"Where are you?!"

*BARK!*

"Come out and fight me Ben!"

The mabari glances up to his master with almost a look of concern. *whine*

The master only returns a glare to her hound, "Oh come on you know what he's done to us." After forcing herself through the tough wilderness the master grunts, "Ug I take a boat to this forsaken land of Ferelden and all I find is brush! No wonder the sodding circle is so lenient here; they probably gave up looking for all the mages. Hundreds of them could be hiding out in the middle of these forests."…Unless they were killed by the Darkspawn first.

*Bark*

"What is it? Do you know where he is?"

The hound began sniffing the ground and only seconds later did he start to run in the main direction of the scent.

"Yes! Lead me to him!"

"Yes! Finally back in Ferelden," exclaimed Tifea as she stretched her arms out. "How many days was that?"

"The boat ride?" asks Jade "About three days I think, why?"

"It was a way better ride getting here then it was leaving," sighed Tifea.

"Really?"

"I don't see what you all find so fascinating about this place," questioned Fenris. Not to mention the smell.

"It's home," responded Jade and Tifea.

"Right… and you, Anders?"

"This is probably the closest place I have to home I guess, I've stayed here the longest, and for some reason, I keep coming back here."

Jade then leaned up against Anders with a smile, "I'm sure the circle has nothing to do with that huh?"

"Of course not," replied Anders.

Raising an eyebrow Tifea glimpsed at Fenris, "Oh yeah, you're the only one that hasn't ever been here."

"So…"

Tifea just turned around with a shrug, "just stating a fact. So where are we right now? Highever or Amaranthine?"

"I'd be nice if it was Amaranthine, that's much closer to Denerim," stated Jade as she and Anders looked at their map.

"No," sighed Anders, "we're in Highever. It should take us about three to four days to get to Denerim though."

"Why are we going to Denerim again?" asked Fenris.

"So that maybe we can ask my friend about helping us, sort of, equal out Thedas."

The elf gave her a skeptical look, "And when you say 'equaling out' you mean what Tifea?"

"Well for starters, since all the circles are pretty much almost gone I was going to try to help mages live closer to normal lives, same for the elves."

Allowing her light heartedness to get to him Fenris gave Tifea a slight smile, "It all depends on what you mean by normal."

"You know what I mean."

Still talking about Tifea's, supposedly half-baked plan, the four left to the outskirts of Highever in search of a spot for them to set up camp. Because both Anders and Jade were mages, staying in a city was never going to be an option for them. And in the processes of finding a good campsite the four were only heading closer to their destination.

"Um, Tifea, how are you going to get this to work anyway?" asked Jade, "I mean none of us have any real diplomatic experience."

"Hey I had a lot of 'diplomatic experience' during my seven years in Kirkwall."

"… Really?" Jade's skeptical enthusiasm rose.

"Relax, that's why we're going to Denerim," grinned Tifea, "I have a friend there who's really close with the king and she's on the Ferelden council."

"But how do you know if she'll help us?" stated the mage, "Does she even like mages or elves for that matter?"

"She has sympathetic feelings towards both sides because she is from both sides," interrupted Fenris.

"Really?" wonder Jade, "When since has there been a mage on the Ferelden council, not to mention an elf?"

"Since the end of the last blight," stated Anders, "I met her when she aided the Gray Wardens, she's quite a character."

"When did you meet her Tifea? Before you left Ferelden?" Asked Jade.

"No, it was when King Alistair came over to talk about some stuff in Kirkwall. I forgot what it was about, but I'm sure I helped him out with whatever he needed. I then spoke to his Advisor, Neria, my friend, about some things and we kind of bonded. She's pretty fun when you get to know her, she's very intelligent, and I think she might have a thing for the King."

"Ohhh," Jade smiled at the news, "What did she tell you?"

"Well she…."

Allowing themselves to fall back a bit in order to not hear the gossip between the two girls, Anders and Fenris simply stared at the two females before them.

"Why does that topic intrigue them so?" asked Fenris.

"I don't know… Must be a girl thing." Replied Anders.