Description: It's the end, the world is growing cold around her yet that voice persist in her head. "Show me Shepard, show me your sacrifice is worth it. What makes this cycle have the right to live?" Her thoughts turn to her crew. But the voice still wasn't pleased and even in her last moments, it was tormenting her. "No Shepard…I want to see everything."

See Shepard's life from the beginning, the defining moments that made her truly the woman she is.

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the Mass Effect world or to its characters. My interpretations of these characters are biased of countless hours of game play and thousands of fanfics. If there is any questions you have please feel free to comment them in the review or send me a PM.

Warning: I am trying to really scan the chapters for grammatical mistakes, but I am not the best. So please excuse this inconvenience. If it really bugs you, I am looking for a proof reader to bounce ideas and written chapters off.

Unrelated Note: I know that my Skyrim Fanfciton has sat unattended to for a while. I have no intent of stopping it, I just have been blocked. I am starting to write again and thought using another of my passion to help motivate me would be good. I intent to try and stat writing and posting chapters of both very soon.

This idea has been written down for a very long time and I am finally giving it a go. I hope you enjoy my view of Shepard and her world. ~ 3 Twitchy

"The Fall of a Hero"

Burning. All she could breathe was the air heavy and thick with ash. Rubble pressed against her body at all directions yet she could still feel her fingers scraping against stone every time she tried to move. This was it, yet it seemed surreal. After all she had accomplished, these where her final moments…..again.

Last time she had meet death her body had been coursing with adrenaline, her armored fingers scraping against her back trying to stop the air leak. Her mind was already clouded from the pain she felt, the only reminder being the heavy heartbeat in her ears. Without air her mind began to grow dull, her body ached and yet it was so quick. It did not last for minutes but rather seconds as the icy embrace of space took over and she merely fell asleep far before her body came close to impact upon Alchera.

She was still tired, yet now it seemed that death would come slowly to her. Each breathe painful and yet a reminder she was still alive, still fighting. Yet she wanted to let go, there was no way she would survive being crushed like this, even if someone found her. Her continued struggle only brought her more pain, yet she continued to fight as she always had.

There had been no one to wish her well, to demand her to return as they steal a final kiss from her reckless lips. Then again such sweet words would have stopped her from her final decision. All that was left in her mind was the happy moments between her crew, those she had saved…and those that had died.

They say that when you die you see is your life flashes before you. It's true, you see every moment, mistake, dream and wish. Unfortunate for her, there was little joy in her flashbacks. Her life had been hard, filled without countless decisions that impacted all around her. She had sacrificed friends for the greater good, watched as thousands burned upon the planets as the reapers attacked. So many lives she had tried to save, and yet they had ignored her. She had always believed herself to be a good person, yet it seemed the rest of the world was not. It wasn't till the end of her life that she saw some joy, the sight of her crew. Those awkward conversations and meetings of each person, the personal missions as she tried to help them move forward. Even though her face ached by the cuts and bruises she had sustained in fight, it didn't stop her from smiling at these thoughts.

Somewhere in the distance she heard a voice, Liara saying her name. It seemed odd…frantic unlike her memories of Liara. The words 'Shepard" over and over again as the world began to grow dark.

A child's voice rang out in her mind, the voice sounded so familiar yet she couldn't place it.

"Hey that's not fair! I was supposed to see it all, you skipped out on me Shepard. Now we go back to the beginning and this time I want to see it all."