Sera was angry. No,she was more than just angry, she was infuriated, and an infuriated Sera was no good sign for the wellbeing of everyone in Skyhold.
She was peacefully daydreaming near the door that led to Josephine's office and what she heard made her boil with wrath. The ambassador just told to the inquisitor, her lover, that she was going to marry this Antivan lord. And for the first time since Sera knew the inquisitor, she heard her Worship Evelyn Trevelyan cry.
The ambassador broke the heart of one of the only person who cared deeply for Sera.
And she was NOT happy about it .
Of course, Inky didn't cry in front of the idiot who broke her heart, she waited to be outside the door of the ambassador to leave a broken sob out of her lips. And at this exact second, Sera knew she couldn't just leave and pretend it didn't happen. She had to do something.
The elf heard the footsteps of her leader climbing down the stairs. Probably to the huge place with tons of spiders, the place Vivienne carefully avoided.
Sera knew this place very well, for she has come pretty often to collect enough spiders to scare the people who pissed her off ( Maker knows she comes a lot to this place) but she also knew that the Inquisitor hated spiders, so she also came often to take them away, so Evelyn could peacefully read without being afraid of these littles hairy stuff.
Sera would never admit it was her. She doesn't want the inquisitor to think that she is a big old softie, right ?
Sera used all her stealth to be discreet enough to sneak on the heart broken leader, the heavy breathing of the woman who killed a bloody dragon alone was the only thing showing that she was still alive.
Sera watched with pain the inquisitor fall to her knees, her body slightly shaking from the silent sobs. She was about to say something, anything, even a bloody fart, just to make her do something else than crying. Because Sera was suffering too, because Sera cared for Evelyn more than she was willing to admit .
The prank master lost count of the time, watching her dear friend weeping over her lost love. By the time her ragged sobs stopped, the moon was probably high in the sky. And Sera was still by her side. She knew she was never an agreeable girl, but she couldn't tear her eyes away from Evelyn.
The leader fell asleep against the raw wood of the ancient desk, her eyes still puffy and circled with red, with tears marks on her cheeks. Sera crawled next to her, she also knew that she couldn't leave her like this, the guards shouldn't see their leader in such a compromising situation...
Sera closed her eyes and let out an exhausted sigh, she wiped away the tears of the inquisitor with her thumb, and slowly and carefully pecked the eyes of her leader. She took a deep breath and carried her to her quarters, hiding her face with her own hood.
When she opened the door, Varric was the first one to spot her, it was dinner time, she would get noticed easily. But the dwarf was smart, and understood what was happening within the second, and started to tell a story to divert the attention from the elf and the unconscious woman.
Sera made herself a mental note to thanks the dwarf later, he saved her ass on this one, the man deserved at least some booze.
She carefully opened the door with her feet, grateful for her rogue skills, and climbed the stairs.
Maker, there were a bloody lot of stairs.
When Sera finally arrived to the room of the inquisitor she was breathless and a little bit sweaty, the human was not so heavy, but still...
The elf put the inquisitor in her expensive orlesian bed, pulling the cover up, before kissing her forehead and vanishing into the night, hoping to catch some dinner.
When Evelyn woke up , she noticed she wasn't in the same place, she was slightly worried,and a little bit ashamed, what if Josephine found her ? She was mortified , the ambassador must have been amused to see how heartbroken she is... The inquisitor groaned, Josephine wasn't like that, but still... She broke her heart... Trevelyan needed to go somewhere dangerous, she needed to feel alive again , because all she felt right now was pain and numbness. She took her bow, enough arrows to take down an empire by herself, a warm coat, furry boots, a few healing potions, and she left Skyhold, hooded, anonymous.
She didn't look back, didn't ask anyone to come with her. She was walking alone, with the inquisition's soldiers around her. An army, who didn't know their leader was among them, with her head low, and her casual clothes and armor, she truly looked like one of them.
She decided to take a breakfast before jumping right into hell, one of the few thing that she learnt from her mentor was to always eat before defeat. What an optimistic man.
She sat down with the soldiers, and asked for something to eat.
A gentle waitress brought her some soup, a few pieces of meat of poor quality. She made note to buy better meat for her soldiers next time. If there was a next time, that is.
She ate in silence , listening to the colorful language of the fighters, to the snickers of the rogues, and the calming voices of the healer. A man spoke about the Herald, and all started to praise her name
" She saved us " Started a young blonde, his eyes shimmering with admiration.
" A bloody hero ! " Yelled a veteran, with one eye missing, and a curious yellow-red armor.
" Zaeed is right ! A fucking hero! Even the Tevinter lass would let down his calibrations for her !" Said a bald woman, covered in tattoos, maybe a fan of the Dalishes ?
" Without her, we are nothing, this woman is our savior ! " Claimed an elf, with weird tattoos-like colorful squares on the right part of his body.
" Looks like someone has an hard-on the Inquisitor!" Joked a young Nord looking raven haired beauty.
" Well, you can't really blame him, can you ?"
The inquisitor smiled. She couldn't leave these men and women down because of a silly love affair. She didn't come this far to abandon. She listened to them a little bit longer, before letting her hood fall on her shoulders.
She raised from her seat, all the people at the table raised their eyes in her direction ,and a lot of gasps left their lips. She winked with her scarred eye, and left without any other word than " you guys are going to get better food, I swear".
All the soldiers who spotted her paid a reverence,full of respect and of pride to be noticed by their leader.
The inquisitor came back to Skyhold, walking with confidence, her hips swaying like if she was dancing to her own music, she wasn't smiling, but she wasn't crying either. Her light brown eyes were focused on one place : the tavern. She pushed open the light door and sat on her tabouret a few minutes to think about what she was about to do.
After a few minutes of reflexion, she now knew what she should do.
She got up and walked to the ambassador's office, but when she opened the first door, someone else was looking at her, guarding lady Montilyet's office .
" Sera ?" Asked Evelyn, who wasn't used to have Sera in this part of the castle.
" Follow me " Simply said the elf.
The inquisitor wanted to see Josephine, but talking with Sera first wouldn't last long and Sera always cheered her up so, she followed the elf in the study where she spent the night... Well, most of it anyway.
" I'm the one who found you, in case you were wondering... Couldn't leave the inquisitor like this, yeah ?" Said Sera, mostly to herself.
"Oh, I see... Thank you, Sera... I was... Tired. "
"I'm not stupid, Inky, I know what happened between you and Josebitch " Interrupted the elf.
The human lowered her head, mostly to cover her red cheeks. Sera knew. Maybe she already spread rumor, maybe she already lost her dignity, maybe everyone else in the castle already knew that she has been thrown away like a piece of crap by the woman she trusted.
"You were going to see her, hm ? To beg her to take you back... Even if she broke your heart. You still love her ? After all this ?" Asked Sera, her usual nonsense replaced by honest care.
" I... I ..." Started Evelyn... But she realized that she was just afraid of being alone, she was afraid of having no one by her side when she wakes up, she was afraid to be seen alone, she was deeply afraid to end up alone, to die alone, without anyone by her side. She didn't really knows love, she just knew what was practical, what felt good. She liked when people were devoted to her, but she never knew what was true love.
" What is love, Sera ?" Muttered the inquisitor.
" Hum... Baby don't hurt me" Tried to joke the elf, but she stopped when she saw the deadly glare of the woman who killed a fucking dragon by herself." Love is when you care for someone enough to eat food you don't like because they cooked it, love is when you kiss them in the morning even if their mouth smells like shite. Love is when you are afraid that you might have to go to the toilet because you won't be with them for thirty seconds. Love is when you adore their snores, when all their defaults become something so endearing you can't help but love them more and more. Love is when their nonsense is funny and cute, and when you give up your creeds and honor for them. That is love to me..." Said Sera, suddenly realizing what she was saying.
" Shite, I sound like an old woman , right ? " Added the elf, looking away.
That is the moment Sera and Evelyn just knew.
Sera was about to say something, but she was interrupted by the mouth of the inquisitor on her own. She let out a muffled squeak of surprise before kissing her back. The tongue of the elf licked the bottom lip of Trevelyan, asking for access, which was granted within the second. They both kissed passionately, forgetting about everything , the demons, the fade, the empty little things, about death, about choices and expectations. When they broke the kiss, they were both breathless, and tightly holding each other, afraid one of them might run off . But one thing was certain, none of them were going to run away.
" I... I love you " Said Evelyn, her voice lightly shaking.
"I love you too, you idiot..." Sera kissed her again.
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" Let's put some salt in Vivienne's tea "
" Sera..."
Here you go ! First fanfic in English, well at least completely in English without having Sensei to correct me. Yep, all by myself. Yep.
So if there is a few mistakes, please tell me in the PMs, or in the comments, please be kind and indulgent, english is NOT my native language.
Concerning the fanfic, three endings are going to be written, and maybe a fourth if I feel like writing it.
For the first chapter, you just read it, it contains the first ending.
For the second one, it's going to be posted within the hour
And for the third one I'm going to write it tomorrow.
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Cycian .