After I finished a game of DA: O one day I heard Rob Thomas's "Her Diamonds" come on and I thought of an idea of a one shot in Alistair's prospective when Cousland-Therin Queen goes to the Deep Roads.

First Fanfic, please review.

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Oh what the hell she says I just can't win for losing
And she lays back down Man there's so many times I don't know what I'm doin'
Like I don't know now

"Maker, it hurts! My head."
"Are you sure you don't want to go to the deep roads tonight?"
"No," She cries a little, "I want one last night in your arms."
"It's going to be fine, remember what you said about Mother Mallol?"
"Yes, she said when we die we go to the Maker, and see our loved ones..."
"See, you'll be with your Mother, Father, Nan, and Biscuit! Oh I missed that dog... and it stealing my cheese."
She laughed - I got her to laugh even during her calling.

By the light of the moon
She rubs her eyes Says it's funny how the night Can make you blind
I can just imagine
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
But if she feels bad then i do too
So I let her be

"I feel like the darkness is blinding me."
Now she's crying, and I think, "What am I supposed to do?"

And she says oooh I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
And her diamonds bring me down
Cause I can't help her now
Shes down in it
She tried her best and now she can't win it

"I can't take no more."
She was always beautiful. She still is now.
I was supposed to go first!
But I can't help her, she's gone. If she never was a Grey Warden.

I only wish that was it. "Don't say that." She said, I must have said that out loud...

She sits down and stares into the distance
And it takes all night
And i know i could break her concentration
But it don't feel right
By the light of the moon She rubs her eyes
Sits down on the bed and starts to cry
And there's something less about her
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do So I sit down and I cry too
But don't let her see

She burst into tears and I know she never showed anyone that venerable side of Warden-Commander Queen, Adria Cousland-Therin.
And I sit down and I cry, because I don't deserve to be the one she loves.

And she says oooh I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
And her diamonds bring me down Cause I can't help her now
She's down in it She tried her best and now she can't win it
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down
She shuts out the night Tries to close her eyes If she can find daylight
She'll be alright
She'll be alright
Just not tonight

We try to go to sleep but no peace is found, a quarter of an hour later she speaks to me again.
"Do you think I can find sweet light in the Golden City? I can't shut out the darkness and night on earth."
"You'll be alright. Just not tonight."

And she says oooh
I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
And her diamonds bring me down
Cause I can't help her now She's down in it
She tried her best and now she can't win it
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down
And she says oooh I can't take no more
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
And her diamonds bring me down
Cause I can't help her now She's down in it
She tried her best and now she can't win it
Hard to see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down

She leaves for the Deep Roads alone, and speaks a final goodbye to me, and gives a long lingering kiss.
"I love you Alistair. Know that. Take care of Duncan and Wynne, and write a good will so they will be kept in good hands at your calling. I'm going to kick some sodding Darkspawn arse.