A/N - this is somewhat of a companion piece to A Purpose, but only the characters are the same, not the actual story.
In case anyone needs a reminder, I don't own anything sadly, or I would be too busy writing storylines for video games and not writing smutty fanfiction... and I must send my love out to Jinx1983 and her forum of Awesome Authors!
The odd run in with Flemeth and shaken Alistair a bit.
He had been staring at the Empress' mural of the warden commander of Fereldan. She looked so sad and lonely, making him think if they really were meant for each other. She was from another world and perhaps if she hadn't had that accident he would have never met her. He didn't know what his life would have been like if she wasn't brought to Thedas.
Also, he wondered what life would be like if she had actually been born in Thedas. Would he have ever met her? Would she have even looked twice at him? She probably wouldn't have blinked at him. He probably would have ended up with Brieanna, which made him want to throw up.
"Doubt your love for the warden?" Alistair turned around to see someone that looked like a slightly younger version of Flemeth.
"Um, I don't know what you're talking about." Alistair said and he started to walk away.
"I know you know what I'm talking about, bastard son of King Maric." Flemeth said. Alistair froze and turned to face her.
"You were dead. We made sure of that." Alistair said. Flemeth chuckled.
"Morrigan and Serene are smarter to know that I didn't completely die. Morrigan has led me away from Fereldan, hiding something from me. I'll figure it out, but you have sparked my interest. There is something you need to know, see." Flemeth explained.
"What would that be?" Alistair asked.
"What could have been, should your warden have been born here. It was a simple choice her mother made her. She was dying while carrying Serene, and instead of turning right towards a healer, she turned left towards the docks and died before leaving for Fereldan. I can show you what life would have been like if she had turned right towards the healer." Flemeth said.
"How are you going to do that?" Alistair asked.
"When you go to sleep, you will dream of this, of the life that could have been. Now go, I have things to do." Flemeth said. Alistair frowned and walked away from the witch. He headed back to his room that he rented and laid down on the bed.
"Huh, what the world would have been like if she had been born here?" Alistair mumbled to himself as he got ready for bed and closed his eyes.
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Sharon doubled over in pain again as she made her way to the docks. She was six months pregnant and after consulting at least five different healers, she had been told that her and the baby would not last the trip to Fereldan. She prayed to the maker she would make it, he had to know about the baby.
Sharon was walking and stopped when she arrived at a crossroad. She was about to go left towards the docks when something in her told her to go right. She decided to go with her gut and turned right. She decided to head toward the tavern to try to get something to eat. She stumbled into the tavern and nearly knocked over an elf.
"Damn shem, watch where you're…. Sharon?" The elf snapped. Sharon looked closely at the elf. She had mousy brown hair and hazel eyes that were slowly losing the annoyance in them.
"Fiona?" Sharon asked. Fiona nodded and suddenly jumped forward to catch Sharon from falling over in pain.
"I think you need to lie down. I've got a room upstairs and then I'll examine you." Fiona said. Sharon nodded and allowed the elf to guide her upstairs. Sharon fell to the mattress of the bed and cringed in pain.
"What are you doing here, Fiona? I thought I would never see you again." Sharon asked. Fiona smiled as she let her healing magic flow over Sharon. She frowned at what she discovered.
"You're pregnant and you're suffering from the taint sickness. What's going on?" Fiona asked. Sharon sighed.
"Remember when you and Duncan came up this way when you were to Ferelden?" Sharon asked. Fiona nodded.
"I was taking something to Maric." Fiona said sadly.
"Well that was about the time I got pregnant." Sharon pointed out. Fiona remembered that night because Duncan didn't come back to their room to help with the baby. He had spent the night with Sharon it would seem.
"Duncan is the father?" Fiona asked. Sharon nodded.
"The healers I've spoken to say I won't live to see Fereldan, but I have to tell Duncan. I know it was just one night we had, but I love him and need to let him know." Sharon said. Fiona nodded and pulled out something from her pack.
"I'm going to give you something that might help you, it helped me. I don't know how well it will work for you though. This will allow you to live long enough to have the baby and cleanse the womb of the taint. I don't know how much time you would have after that." Fiona explained. Sharon nodded.
"It doesn't matter to me if I died eventually; so long as I have this baby and let Duncan know about it." Sharon said. Fiona nodded and handed Sharon a vial, smiling. Sharon took the vial and swallowed the contents.
"Her, you need to tell him about her. It's a girl." Fiona said with a smile. Sharon beamed with pride and started to cry.
"I always wanted a girl." Sharon said.
"Where are you going to go first? Duncan could be anywhere in Fereldan." Fiona asked.
"I remember him saying he was from Highever originally. I think I will go there, settle down and then start looking for him." Sharon said. Fiona nodded.
"Highever is a good place. I heard the Couslands are very kind people. Maybe they can even help you find Duncan. He worked with the Teryn for awhile." Fiona said.
"Sounds like a plan, Fiona. I'm so glad I went with my gut instead of heading to the docks. You may have saved my life and my baby's." Sharon said.
"Do you have an idea on what you want to call her?" Fiona asked.
"Serene. I'm going to call her Serene." Sharon said.
Now Alistair is about to find out if Serene was born in Thedas. What will Sharon find in Highever? Will she find Duncan and will he learn about Serene? Will Serene and Alistair every meet now? You'll have to stick around to find out. Drop a review and find out.