Leliana groaned as she treaded through the snow, taking her second trip up to see the Urn of Sacred Ashes. She didn't particularly like pilgrimages, but she knew she owed it to the Maker, plus, she wanted to reminiscence the excitement she had with the Warden when they had to go to save Arl Eamon.
"This is miserable." she moaned, walking forward through the blistering cold.
Suddenly she heard a screeching, whirring sound that felt familiar to her in some way, and her attention was drawn to the light being flashed to her left. She saw a blue box with the words inscribed Police Public Call Box on the top.
The door pushed open as a man in a suit and tie, walked out and looked at her with a smile.
"This place is lovely! But I don't think this is the right dimension." he says.
"What?" Leliana asked, "Who are you? I don't understand? What is that blue box?"
"Oh, excuse me," he straightened his jacket and gave off another smile, "I'm the Doctor."
"Doctor? Doctor who?"
The Doctor sighed.
"I'm confused. Desperately confused." Leliana said.
"This is the TARDIS, stands for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. It can travel almost anywhere. It can go through space, through time…" The Doctor let out another laugh, "Though you just think I am mad."
Leliana looked downward, strangeness and irony was staring her right in the eye, she had seen enough craziness in her lifetime with the Warden.
"Uh," Leliana looked back up at the Doctor, "What are you?"
"I'm a Time Lord! Say, you've seen the TARDIS. Where do you want to go?" The Doctor turned around and opened the door for Leliana, but she looked up at him with those same confused eyes.
"Go where?"
"This dimension seems stable enough. What time period would you like to go."
"Go back, a few months, to a place around Lake Calenhad." Leliana said, and she walked into the TARDIS. She knew going places with strangers was never a good idea, but she was desperate to see something again, and she wanted proof that time travel was possible. "What kind of magic is this? It's…"
"Bigger on the inside… yeah I know. Now let's go!" The Doctor ran and jumped to the console, flipping switches and turning dials, until the whirring sound returned. Leliana grabbed hold of one of the chairs to keep herself steady as she was thrashed around within a strange new room, which also happened to exist in a blue box that looked as if it could barely hold one person.
The whirring eventually stopped, and the Doctor pushed the door and lead Leliana back to a cool, crisp night where they could see a few tents lined up, and two people talking by the fire. One had fiery red hair, and the other's was indistinguishable due to the fire was blocking it.
"So that's you?" asked the Doctor. Leliana nodded.
Both Leliana's shed a tear, and quickly wiped it in synch, "This was when I realized I was in love with…" Leliana watched as her younger self looked down at her hands, then back into the Warden's eyes. The Warden leaned into Leliana, tilting her cheek upward for a kiss. The older Leliana smiled as she kissed the Warden, a long, full, passionate kiss.
"It was the best night of my life." the older Leliana said with a smile.
"And you want to know something creepy, when you were doing all of this, your older self and some guy in a blue box were watching it the whole time."
"What?" Leliana asked in shock.
"That's how time works, my dear. While you were sitting there thinking about nothing but your love, your older self, and some man you found in the wilderness, are peering in on you, and while you guys are…" the Doctor looked back up at Leliana and the Warden," oh, well I don't think that was meant for fingers… doing that… I'm giving this speech." the Doctor explained.
"That's interesting… and scary." Leliana said.
"Time is quite interesting and scary. But you haven't seen it all. Would you like to go anywhere next?" the Doctor asked, his voice sounding desperate. But it was true. He wanted a new companion. He lost his last one when he fell into this dimension. There wasn't any indication how long he would be here, and he needed somebody to keep him sane until he finds a way back.
After she had told him where she wanted to go, the TARDIS materialized in a coliseum. They walked down to one of the seats where a fight was taking place between a warrior and another man. The man grew angry as the warrior began winning, when the man swung his sword, and tripped the warrior with his feet, knocking the warrior back that the warrior's helmet flew off. It revealed a woman. The crowd gasped and watched and yelled.
The man screamed about how the competition was invalid, but the crowd booed and cheered, saying he was only angry because he lost to a woman. He angrily walked over after a minute to the woman and slit her throat in anger after hearing the crowd's excitement for the warrior .
"Aveline, Knight of Orlais." Leliana breathed.
"You enjoy this?" the Doctor asked.
"This is a story passed down through generations, Kaleva killed Aveline out of anger, because he was shown up by a woman. After her death, woman were allowed knighthood." Leliana told the Doctor.
"I'm sorry, still getting used to this dimension. I kinda fell out of another. That world could get awfully boring, the humans think they're the only species, the only language, but truthfully they're just a speck of dust compared to the universe. They're sitting on a planet in the middle of the depths of space! But this world, you've somewhat accepted other species, don't mess with matters in space that don't concern you, and are self-sufficient. I'm impressed. Even with all of the animals and magic. Magic. What is this magic."
"It's hard to explain, Doctor. It's like… I remember Morrigan explained it as concentrating, it's like that feeling you get when you realize something, realize something really big, by concentrating, and it opens up this connection, that allows you to use magic like a body part, where you can summon fire, whatever you want, but like with body parts, you quickly become fatigued and must rest."
"That's an interesting way of putting it." the Doctor said
"I've always wanted to see how it ended." said Leliana, as half of the crowd jumped down and tackled Kaleva.
The Doctor lead Leliana back into the TARDIS and once again asked Leliana where to go.
They exited the TARDIS after it rematerialized on a building that looked like it was made of sand and cement. They looked down at the war unfolding.
"Like it?" the Doctor asks.
"Like it?" Leliana frowned as she looked down at the carnage, "The entire city brought to the brink of disaster by mages and Templars who finally grew the courage to rebel. The entire city being thrown into chaos and the only person who can make sense of it is some nobody from Lothering I used to see at the Chantry. You really think I like this?"
"Leliana, don't you want to stop it. We could stop it all! Stop a war. You know what happens next or what's expected and we could change it!" yelled the Doctor.
"No, we can't change world events, it's wrong. If the mages feel their oppressed they'll do something, it should be in Kirkwall, rather than anywhere else." Leliana said, as Hawke rushed into battle and attacked a knight and a mage. Leliana sighed, grabbed the keys to the TARDIS from out of the Doctor's hands and went inside.
"Now you know what this baby can do? Where do you want to go?" the Doctor asked yet again in a hopeful voice.
"Why do you want to give me the tour of time? It's like you want me to go everywhere with you."
"Truthfully? The TARDIS fell out of the Time Vortex and into this dimension. I have nobody with me currently so I kind of want somebody to travel with me and be my guide to this dimension. Are you in?" he asks.
Leliana pondered this decision, knowing she only had this moment to wonder whether she wanted to be more than her average self. To travel through time, it all seemed so wonderful to her.
"Of course I am!" the archer ran to the console and said, "Where to?"
I know this is kind of a random crossover, but I thought of it a lot. I'm going to add more companions, I've been thinking of a few people, maybe one who's related to Hawke, maybe a dwarf, I've kinda wanted to make a female dwarf. Possibly somebody who's a mage so the Doctor can get an up close experience of what magic is and how it works. I know this seems like the silliest crossover, but I hope you like it. The ending was kind of bad I know but that's how it happened. I hope you really like this fic and hope to see you next chapter.