The deep shouts of the man behind me only increased my need to be anywhere besides here. My muscles burn as I pushed myself further and further, weaving in and out of people in the crowded market place. Guess you could say it's a result of my fight or flight instinct. I chose flight. Waking up in an underground 'clinic' when you are certain you had gone to bed the night before in your room, in your home would make most people sympathize with me in this situation.

"Stop! Please, just wait!" I hear him yelling. Others were trailing close behind him, though I don't stop to look back. Just seeing their faces when I woke up was quite enough for one life time.

It's all a dream. It's all a dream. Come on Ray, you'll wake up soon, just keep going.

My eyes focused on the large cart currently blocking the exit to the market, I had to get around it some how.

"Here goes nothing.." I mutter as I leap up onto the nearby market stall, surprising the dwarf man who I assume it belonged to before pulling myself over the top of it and down a flight of stairs. I dared not look back as I reached the bottom and made a sharp left hand turn down another sand coloured alley way. Before I could breath a sigh a relief a hard set of arms tackled me to the ground, pinning me to the floor as I lashed out violently.

"Calm down!" He ordered. I ignore him and continue to thrash.

I hear quick foot steps approach us, there must of been at least 4 pairs of feet came to a grinding hault.

"Damn Hawke you could at least by the woman a drink first." Another man chuckled. The mention of his name caused me to go limp beneath him. This cannot be happening, this isn't real.

"Not all of us require our women to be unconscious." My captor replied jokingly.

"You wound me messere."

"Enough you idiots, Hawke get up you're hurting her." A woman tells them. I continue to stare anywhere but at them as the arms release me, unmoving.

He remains crouched beside me, his amber eyes staring intently at me.

"I'm sorry Miss, did I hurt you? I tend to get a bit over excited." He says gently with a hint a light humour. I shake my head, unable to find a tangible sentence in my mind. "We didn't mean to frighten you in Darktown, we were just concerned after how we found you."

I breath deeply, turning my eyes to meet his. It is him. From the messy black hair to the scruffy beard. Hawke. From a place I know all too well. "How did I end up there?"

He looks at me, his brows furrowing. "It was...you.." He sighs and runs a hand through his hair. "We were in Anders Clinic, the place you woke up. We heard the loudest, most shattering noise from outside. We ran out expecting danger..Then we saw you."

"Me?"

"It was like the Maker himself had thrown you, the amount of force it must of taken. You burst through the ceiling, unconscious and landed harshly into the ground. We weren't sure if you were even alive. Thankfully, you are."

I feel sick. There was no way any of that, or this, could really be happening but it just seems so...

He shifts to sitting cross legged beside me, meanwhile I have sat up, pulling my knee's to my chest.

"You were still breathing so we brought you to Anders to check you were alright, try and figure out how you got there. Then-"

"I woke up."

"And ran." The chuckling man finishes behind me.

Hawke gives me a small smile, "You know, I never quite got your name?"

Should I give them my real name? It might be unusual here..Then again they have names like Bethany... Go with the default.

"Rhaena. My name is Rhaena.." I answer quietly. His face contorts into a larger grin.

"Pleasure to meet you Rhaena. I'm Garrett, although most just call me by my last name, Hawke." He tells me comfortingly. I nod in acknowledgement, causing him to rise to his feet.

"Me and my friends truly mean you no harm, we simply want to help you." I look up into his eyes and see truth in them. He holds out his hand and I carefully take it, allowing him to pull me to my feet. I feel myself blush at the contact of his hand and quickly let go, making him smile once more.

"Okay, okay ladies man. When are you going to introduce us? You aren't the only saviour of the day." Hawke laughs and nods to the group next to us.

"Allow me to introduce my band of misfits; The loud mouth with the unhealthy fixation on his crossbow is the ever so charming Varric Tethras" The man in question was a dwarf, crossbow swung over his shoulder and smooth blonde hair.

He bows like a gentleman at me, "A pleasure to meet such a lovely lady this fine afternoon." My lips crack into a smile of their own accord, out of fear or madness I have no idea.

"The lovely lady to your right would be Aveline Vallen."

She was a strong looking woman, much taller then myself with bright orange hair and a hard face. "That's Guard Captain to you Hawke. I hope you're not too battered by his idiocy." She managed to smile slightly.

"I don't think he could do more then my entrance did." The words slipping out of my mouth cause her to snort a laugh while Hawke pouts infront of me.

"I wasn't trying to hurt her Aveline." He replies childishly. She simply rolls her eyes at him.

"No you were simply trying to disembowel her brother." I look to see another familiar face, like Hawke's but at the same time very different. In place of amber is bright blue eyes but the same dark hair and lightly tanned complexion.

"It's not like you had any bright idea's to stop her besides running and shouting like a madman." Hawke snorted back at him causing visible irritation on the younger Hawke's face.

"This would be my younger brother Carver." He sighs, obviously they still don't have a good relationship outside of my experience.

All of their eyes are fixed on me, I can feel my skin reeling and flushing at the same time. Though I manage to find my voice eventually. "It's good to meet you all, though I wish it were under..normal...circumstances."

All but Carver gave a small laugh at my comment. I feel a warm hand push my dark chocolate hair away from my forehead.

"You're injured." Hawke tells me as he bends down to inspects the front of my head. He was much taller in person, standing around 6ft 2. In any case he towered over my small 5ft 5 frame.

I raise my hand to feel it only to have him shake his head at me. I drop it and look at Aveline for assurance.

"Can you heal it?" She asks Hawke, noticing my discomfort.

"Not properly, I'm no Anders. We should probably take her to him." He moves away from my head so I am once again facing him.

"Is that alright with you Rhaena?"

I nod cautiously, as the question I'm about to ask will probably make me seem like an idiot. "How can he heal it? Will I need to have it sewn?"

He tilts his head in both amusement and confusion. "He'll probably just use his mana to heal it."

"Right." I say before I fall into darkness, with Hawke catching me being the last thing I remember.

My head feels like someone has been playing it as a drum. The pounding in my head stirs me, my eyes are blurry as they try to open. All my senses begin to wake up, with my ears burning at the sound of people talking not to far away from me.

"-and she just dropped. I don't know what happened." Hawke states.

I hear a deep sigh. "Just like that? Maybe she has issues with magic, wouldn't be the first person."

"That's smart. Bringing someone like that to me, fantastic Hawke." A new and very irritated voice says.

I sit up very slowly, my hand reaching for where my wound was, only to find clean and undamaged flesh. The group across the room notice my movement and turn to look at me. Two new additions to the group; a tanned and dark haired woman, wearing very little but her exotic look and a grin, while standing beside Hawke is a pale, blonde haired main dressed in a combination of grey and blue robes. His eyes look at me, almost as if he's seeing through me.

I didn't want to get off to a bad start with anyone in this dream. "I don't have any problems with mages." His expression shifts uncomfortably, realising I had heard their comments. "I...My head's just in a bit of a spin. I'm not from any place like this.." I say, making sure to be careful with my phrasing. I swing my legs off of the cot they had placed me on. I take notice of my attire, having not paid attention to it since I first woke up in this place.

I'm wearing strong black leather boots that reach my knee's with sharp studs trailing up the back, grey fitted breaches that could be mistaken in my world for skinny jeans while on top I'm covered by a simple white blouse that has a matching black leather corset over the top. Definitely not the clothes I went to bed in the night before.

I stand, using a table for support as Hawke approaches me. "How're you feeling? Gave us a bit of a fright when you dropped..again." I laughed for the first time in what seemed like weeks earning myself smiles from the group.

"I seem to have a nasty habit of doing that. I feel much better though, and I havent started sprinting yet which is a good sign." Varric snorts.

"I like this woman already." I grin at the dwarf who winks back at me.

The mage walks over to me awkwardly "Did you mean what you said? You do not fear mages?"

His honey brown eyes stare into my own dark ones as if to see if I am truthful with my words. "Of course I meant what I said. I never judge person for who they are but what they have done." He continues to inspect me, I feel the flush of embarrassment crawling all over my skin until his eyes soften.

"You are a rarity in that case. My name is Anders, I don't think I caught your name."

I smile at him, "I'm Rhaena, lovely to meet you Anders."

"Hey! I don't get an introduction to our little beauty here but he does?" The exotic woman states, pushing her way past Aveline and Carver, approaching me with a sly grin.

"So you're the fallen angel this lot found? I'm Isabela, formally Captain Isabela. You're the best stray we've picked up yet." She tells me suggestively winking at the last bit.

"Don't pay her any attention Rosie, it'll only make her ego bigger." Varric tells me.

I raise an eyebrow at the nickname but chose to brush past it. "Now now Varric, don't spoil my fun." She tells him, pouting. He simply shrugs and smirks back at her.

Hawke sighs and turns back to me. "So Rhaena, we need to talk, if you're feeling up to it." He looks to Anders, almost for confirmation, who nods.

"I'll try to answer as best I can." I tell him, still hoping that I will wake up any moment now. We sit back down on the cot behind me, Anders leans against the table across from me while the others sit apart from us but still close enough to take part.

"Okay. So do you know where you are, what this place is?" Hawke asks me. Should I answer truthfully? I know how all these stories are going to go having been through them multiple times in my living room...Except that I am now physically living it.

"I- We're in Kirkwall aren't we? I recognised Lowtown." He nods at me.

"Do you know how long you've been here? Or how you ended up through the roof of Darktown."

I honestly didn't have an answer for him. I shake my head. My eyes notice Anders watching me intensely, heat begins to fill my face again. I try to focus on Hawke instead of the mage.

"Right..Do you remember where you come from?"

I internally begin to panic at how I would answer that to a group of people who did not really exist. My body starts to shake slightly while my breath catches in my throat. Anders notices this and almost dives forward placing his hands gently on my temples, unintentionally forcing me to look at him. Waves of relaxation flood over my mind and body as I calm in his hands. The look of concern on his face softens as he see's this.

"Thank you" I say quietly to him as he releases me and steps back.

"Are you alright?" Carver surprisingly asks.

"Yes, thank you. I don't know why I reacted like that." I reply politely. His gaze is unnerving, less sympathetic then Hawke or Anders.

"Maybe you should wait till she has fully recovered before you bombard her with my questions." Aveline suggests, much to my relief.

"I think that's wise." Anders agrees.

Isabela sighs, obviously things are not as exciting as she'd hope they'd be. "Alright then, but what are we going to do with her in the mean time? Can't let a beautiful woman sleep on the street while we're all tucked up nicely in our beds."

"Rivani has a point. Do you have any place to stay Rosie?" I shake my head at the dwarf. "How about The Hanged Man? Plenty of rooms, good company from a certain rogue and his wench?" He jokes, looking at Isabela who laughs in agreement.

"That isn't exactly the most...safe place for someone new to Kirkwall." Hawke says. "Though I can't say staying at Gamlens with us will be any better."

"I would say with me but it's not even within my power to get a civilian into the barracks." Aveline adds with an apologetic glance at me.

"I'm not even going to consider asking Broody. Just throwing that out there."

Garrett sighs and runs a hand through his hair before looking up at the blonde man opposite us.

"What about here with you Anders?"

The man in question looked relatively uncomfortable with the thought of having a guest. I interupt him before he has the chance to answer.

"You all don't need to bother yourselves. I don't want to a burden after everything you've already done for me. I'll find somewhere." Anders frowns at me.

"But you won't. You do not know Kirkwall and you are still unsure as to how you got here in the first place." He tells me, squinting as though he was in pain. "I- I do have room here. If you don't mind the mess or sharing a home with an apostate." I look between him and the others, realising that my chances of worming out of their lives was slim to none. Though out of all the characters, I'm not gonna complain that it is Anders who is giving me shelter. He like Hawke is much bigger in person, standing around 6ft. He is slim but still has muscle to his build while his golden hair is swept back from his face in a tight but short pony tail.

"Okay...but I will begin to look for my own accommodation in the mean time." He smiles warmly, "Thank you Anders." I could just drown myself in his honey comb eyes..

Thank you for reading chapter 1! Hope you enjoyed it, feel free to leave me a review (nice ones if possible ^_^)

So as you've probably guessed, this is slightly AU with my character being a new addition...but from our world tehe.

Hopefully should put up another chapter really soon.

-A