I do not own the Dragon age series, this is only a fan fiction.
The truth of the matter is Henry Smith's life was a complete contradiction in so many things that it sometimes makes it hard for people to get to know him or trust him. He worked out like we was the captain of his high school football team but he never did any team sports, he took fencing and some karate at most.
When you picture a jock you picture a guy who has no desire to read, but Henry was an reader of the least likely sort of books, he had a room full of spells books, charms, potions and supposedly obscure magic theories. He just loved to read anything and anything related to magic.
Those who were in the same circles considered him a walking, talking, breathing library on the occult. The other thing you would expect is that such an attractive, intelligent and multifaceted person would be beating girls off him with a crowbar. He never dated anyone, he had no person that could truthfully say he called his girlfriend.
The last contradiction was that he simply loved role playing video games. His absolute favorite was the Dragon Age Series, he bought the first two and plays them nonstop for days when he is not doing either homework, working out, or reading. This was his sole means of entertainment.
His parents told him that they would get him the third volume but he had to wait and his own money was going to paying a book that he was sure it was a great book which he was had on layaway. Let's face it 60 bucks was a lot of money to spend on a game.. His parents secrets wish he would grow out of them.
The other side of this eighteen year old was that all these things had a reason he was not aware of, he was actually not the biological son of the people he had called his parents. They found him out in the middle of a crater in a building that was believed was destroyed by an explosion caused by a broken gas line.
The two just picked up the child moved to a different city, and that is how his life was until something that not even the most paranoid person would expect. The bed were he was sleeping burned to ash as a big portal opened right beneath him and was sucked into it. His classmates made fun that maybe the freak was doing a spell and he turned himself to dust.
Little did they know how wrong they were and how much they would wish they were not him. The portal took him through a region of reality that was very strange and what was most strange is that he saw it in his dreams.
A beautiful young woman welcomed him and told him to sit down and relax, she told him that her name was Andraste and they needed to talk.
From playing so much Dragon Age he recognized the name immediately. "So what would the bride of the maker, chosen champion of the elves and major figure of the chantry wish with me?"
She smiled at him, "You never figured why you loved Thedas as much as you do, did you? You love it because it is your home. I am that very Andraste but to you I am something more, I am the woman that carried you inside my body for nine long months and the bride of your father which you just called the Maker. "
Henry could not contain his laugher, and she did not like the tone and told him so." What is next you are going to tell dad is an elf and Mithral is my aunt. Boy am I having a strange dream, maybe I should listen to mom and stop playing this game for so many hours. "
Andraste looked rather upset at his comments." He is not an elf but he could be called one since all elves originate from him. Mithral is not your aunt she is more like a cousin. And this is serious so stop this insulting laughter at once. "
Henry became serious, " Look do you have any proof that you are telling me the truth, it is a rather strange story to swallow. You have to admit it is hard to believe Thedas is real, Andraste worshipped bride of a deity is my mother, and the maker of all is my dad."
Andraste simply pointed at a surface that looked like a mirror. "Then how do you explain your ears and the fact that we are speaking in elvanan?" Henry told him he simply liked to read occult books, and his ears were a birth defect.
"No my son they are no defect, now listen to me. Your father has sent you to that world as a precaution because he sense a band of Tevinter mages were going to try and kill him and us so he sent you to that world for your safety. I am here in the fade while your father slowly heals in the deepest part of this realm. "
" There is a situation that you must remedy, the life of your destined bride is in danger and you must save her or you will never find happiness that you would have had with her. I know that you secretly always loved her while you played that weird thing that let you see into our world. Your beloved Bethany needs you, and so I brought you home. "
Henry told her even if what she said is true, and that was still hard to believe he had no means to protect her against darkspawn, bandits or malificarum, he was just a simple guy after all." No you are not, take that blade by your feet. And see for yourself. "
The sword began to glow and his clothes began to change to a dark armor," You are an Arcane Warrior my son, just like the children of your father once became. The focus of a Mage is usually a staff, but to you it is a blade. This is your combat form while here in the fade, your clothes will change back to normal when you leave, it is dark because you lack the light of the one you love, the love of Bethany Hawke. "
The strangest thing this was all making sense to him. He saw something on the mirror like surface Bethany was being chased by a group of angry looking men. " She is in danger, if you are indeed my mother then listen to the plea of your son help me save her from them, I don't want her to suffer in the hands of those wicked men."
She smiled as with a move of her arm she opened another portal and this time he is walked into it willingly. "Don't fear Bethany I am on my way."
Bethany felt like she had the single worst luck in all of Thedas, she just wanted to cook something special for her mother's birthday. She just had to find these Tevinter slavers were she went to pick berries for the cake.
She was scared and was praying for someone, anyone to save her. She knew what these evil men would do to her and she did not want to be raped and end up being sold like cattle.
The portal opened behind the three men and a stranged man dressed in black leather armor appeared behind them and with a quick motion he send a wave of magic every throw his sword and the energy was unleashed as he slashed at the men. The three men had no chance to evade and had their heads destroyed from the neck up.
The sword must have been badly made or very old because the sword broke into a million pieces. "So much for trying to save her. I can't believe I can't save one woman." Henry looked at his hands and shards of the sword had cut him.
Bethany saw the blood and she without knowing why went to try and help him. She ripped a long cloth from her own dress and tried to bandage his wounds. "Don't fall asleep, focus on my voice. Are you alright? Answer me, please."
He looked at her face and he smiled as he began to realize the game did her no justice. She was so much more beautiful than the game could ever hope to make her look. As he was about to answer her brothers came swords drawn and ready to kill him. "Stand back, Carver look after our sisters wounds while I dispatch this vile criminal."
Bethany looking at her brother and told him if he as much hurt a single hair on his precious head, she would burn him and Carver to ashes. "This man saved me from those Tevinter slavers and you will not harm him, I swear it."
Carver did not want to deal with this foolishness. "Saved you with what his hands, this filthy knife ears could not save you from a rat much less a trio of Tevinter slavers. Just stand back and our brother will kill it and we can go home."
One of the Tevinter's was a Mage and so she picked up his staff as her older brother was getting closr to attack the man that rescued her. Without thinking she sent a fireball directly in front of him that made him stop on his tracks. "I mean it Garret, you harm him you die."
"What manner of blood magic how you used on my sister elf? " She was not moving her staff as to indicate that she was not going to stop from trying to save him from her brother's foolishness. Henry got up and walked over to her and that was when they noticed he was the one bleeding and not their sister like they had believed.
"Bethany, please you can not harm your brothers, please put the staff down and listen to me. You would not want their blood on your hands. I know you, now please calmed down. " Bethany did calm down as he placed his hands on hers and she did something that she did not understand now but one day she would.
She let go of the staff and with tears in her eyes she wrapped her arms around his strong neck and she kissed him passionately on his lips much to the shock of her brothers. "You are safe now my love, I am happy that I was able to save you long enough so your brothers can come and find you. I guess I can die now."
Henry fainted and fell to the ground hard. The bleeding was more severe the Bethany knew, she told them what happened and asked Carver to save him. He used his first aid skills to save him and Garret and Carver both tried to take him to their mother. She was a trained healer after all.
Their mother began treating his injuries as she asked her daughter to clarify what was going on. She told him everything, "So let me get this straight, this elf appeared out of the fade and using a piece of junk as a sword he cast a spell and killed three Tevinter slavers that found you and were chasing after you when they found you picking berries for a surprised birthday cake?"
Garret said that he was bigger and heavier than your ordinary elf, he could be a pride demon in disguise and here she was trying to save it, instead of doing the right thing and killing the bloody thing. "You father Malcom was saved many times by a dalish mages. You should be grateful instead you are asking me to kill the savior of your sister's life."
Carver stepped in and said if not a demon then a blood Mage, she threatened to burn them to ash if they attacked the filthy knife ears. Leandra slapped him hard across the face. "No racist terms in my house, I raised you better than that."
She turned to her daughter as she watched Henry sleeping, like she was a blasted bonded warhound. "Bethany why did you threaten your brothers?" She did not stop looking at him. "Because he saved me and my idiot brothers were trying to kill him."
"See blood magic, she never called me an idiot, Carver is pretty dumb be she never called me that. " Leandra got between the two of them and pulled them towards the bed he was sleeping in. " Those cuts are constant to what your sister said, you should be grateful that he saved her, not trying to get him killed. "
" You would change your tune if you saw them make kissy faces with each other mother. " Bethany was not paying attention as she touched his hair and she looked at his sleeping face, again she did not know why she did it but she kissed his lips and curled right next to him and fell asleep.
" If I didn't know any better I would say she is affected by magic alright, but not blood magic, it seems my baby girl has finally fallen in love. " Both brothers just looked at each other with a surprised look on their faces.
" It just had to be a flithy penniless wandering knife ears, our stupid sister finally falls in love and she falls in love with what should be called the least desirable bachelor in all of Thedas. I don't know show I be laughing or crying. " Leandra got to her sons and grabbed both and made their heads hit together.
" How many times do I have to say it no racist terms in my house, and for that no dinner for both of you. " Garret and Carver made the comment maybe she was also in love with the knife ears, since she was protecting him so much. Leandra corrected her earlier statement." I was wrong boys, no dinner, no breakfast and no sleeping in my house. You two want to behave like ungrateful beasts, you two can sleep in the barn. "