Hey guys it's your favorite 3headed-dragon here with chapter 2 for this fic. Not much to say so let's get right into it.
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Chapter 2: Getting to Kirkwall
TWO YEARS LATER
Two years had passed so fast for Mordred, he had only meant to spend a few days in the city of Lothering but instead he and his little moon had spent two years in the city. Mordred knew exactly why he spent so much time in Lothering and her name was Bethany Hawk. Everytime he tried to leave the city something inside of him would just scream at him to not leave Bethany behind. After so many failed attempts to leave he simply gave up and stayed in Lothering, this allowed him to get to know Bethany even better as pretty much every day she came by to ask him questions on all sorts of subjects. Bethany sometimes brought her siblings with her on her visits so he got to get to know them better too. Jane warmed up to him the fastest with Garret following after her and Carver didn't really warm up to him at all, Mordred didn't care if Carver liked him or not as long as he didn't' hurt Luna then Mordred would leave Carver be.
Mordred had also gone to the Hawk residence from time to time and got to know Leandra and Malcom better. He found them to be good people who just wanted to live as normal a life as possible. He also learned that Bethany didn't like having magic as she felt she was making her family suffer since they had to hide her, Mordred was able to stop her from feeling this way by teaching her healing magic so that she could help people. Somewhere down the line they had established a relationship, with Malcom's and Leandra's blessing of course, and Mordred would admit that he was really happy as Bethany was great with Luna; Bethany even got to hear Luna actually talk but did learn to understand Luna when she didn't.
Jane constantly teased them about when they would get married and Mordred was actually thinking about it but he was afraid his family might scare her off. Everything was not great though as after establishing a relationship with Bethany, which took a year, two months later Malcom died of an illness. This devastated the family, Mordred did his best to comfort them in their time of need. It wasn't long after that that they learned of the Blight, soldiers came to the city looking for recruits to join the army, knowing that they needed the money Carver and Garret joined up but not before Garret made Mordred swear to protect their mother and sisters while they were gone. Mordred had no problem doing this and once they were gone he and Luna moved into the Hawk residence.
Right now Mordred was in the hidden basement where Malcom used to teach Bethany and Jane magic. On the ground in front of Mordred was all the pieces he had collected for his staff but in two years he had never put them together due to being too busy. One piece was a long wooden black staff that looked like a hand trying to grasp something, another was a demon skull, a large amethyst, and finally a scythe blade. Mordred was about to start putting the pieces together when he heard footsteps coming down the steps behind him, turning around he saw that it was Bethany with Luna in her arms.
"Darling what are you doing down here?" asked Bethany. The reason she was carrying luna was because the stairs were old and she didn't want Luna to get a splinter in her foot, the girl still refused to wear shoes.
"I'm just finally putting my staff together Dear." said Mordred.
"Oh really, well mind if we watch?" asked Bethany.
"No I don't mind just don't stand too close." said Mordred. Turning his attention back to his staff pieces mordred allowed his magic to flow into the air, doing so cause runes on the walls of the basement to glow. These runes had the purpose of keeping all magic that happened in the basement contained so that no one outside would sense it. Mordred then directed his magic into the pieces and they started to float around him. "Staff made from a tree struck three times by lightning." said Mordred as the staff stood straight up. "Skull of a powerful Pride Demon." said Mordred as that skull settled itself into the grip of the staff. "Blade of a scythe bathed in the blood of a 1,000 evil men." said Mordred as the blade embedded itself into the other end of the staff. "A gem willingly given by a man full of love and gratefulness." said Mordred as the gem embedded itself into the center of the staff. "And finally my own magic to bind it to my very being." said Mordred as his magic washed over the staff sealing all the pieces together and almost seeming to bring the staff to life before Mordred pulled his magic back and allowed the newly made staff to fall into his hand. Looking over the staff closely he nodded to show that he was satisfied with the staff for now, he would add runes to it later in order to make it even stronger.
"Wow, I had no idea that was how magic staffs were made." said Bethany.
"It's an old way of doing it, most staffs today are made by simply soaking materials in lyrium so that they can better channel magic. The way you just saw takes longer but in the end you get a stronger staff." said Mordred.
"I see. You said a gem willingly given by a man full of gratefulness and love, how did you manage that?" asked Bethany.
"While I was traveling I saved a man's family from some Blood Mages and he gave me the gem as a thank you even though I told him it wasn't necessary." said Mordred.
"Well that was very nice of you, maybe one day you can help me make a staff?" asked Bethany.
"Sure Dear, I'll start looking for items of power that will match your personality." said Mordred.
"Do the materials really matter that much?" asked Bethany.
"Yes, as an example my staff is more combat oriented and will boost my offensive spells. My staff would be a terrible match for you simply because while you can fight you're not really a combat Mage, so I'll need to find materials that balance both combat and healing." said Mordred.
"That makes sense, well Luna and I are going to the market would you like to accompany us?" asked Bethany.
"Sure Dear." said Mordred before sending his staff away to a pocket dimension."
"...You have to teach me that." said Bethany.
"Another time Dear, let's go." said Mordred.
It wasn't long before Mordred, Bethany, and Luna were in the market in Lothering. Mordred noticed that Luna still didn't like being in large crowds but at least now she wasn't hiding behind either Bethany or himself. He stopped when a familiar scent made its way into his nose, following the scent Mordred soon came upon the sight of someone he hasn't seen in years. She was a beautiful woman with fair skin, dark brown hair that was pinned up in a bun with some of her bangs being swept to the left side, yellow eyes with dark eyeshadow, a slender build, long legs, a toned ass, a narrow waist, and C-cup breasts. For clothes she wore black knee high boots, black tights with a calf length black skirt, a very revealing and loose silk top that hid very little of her upper body, an ornate necklace, a leather band on her right bicep, and a protective sleeve on her left arm with feathers on the shoulder. The woman's nose twitched before she turned her head towards him and he saw her eyes widen slightly at the sight of him before they started moving towards each other.
"Morrigan, Sweet Sister how good it is to see you again." said Mordred.
"The same to you, Dear Brother. I must say that you did an excellent job of worrying everyone when you didn't come home." said Morrigan.
"Does that mean you worried as well Sister?" asked Mordred.
"Of course not, of all my younger siblings you are the strongest so I had no need to worry." said Morrigan.
"Well I'm glad you had such faith in my power Sister." said Mordred with a smirk.
"Don't get a swelled head Brother. Oh and don't think I don't smell your scent on the two females that are here, one about your age and another that is much younger, is this why you've been gone so long?" asked Morrigan.
"In a way, but you sound almost jealous Sister." said Mordred.
"Please Brother, I have no reason to be jealous." said Morrigan.
"Anyway, what are you doing here instead of in your favorite forest?" asked Mordred.
"Mother has sent me on a quest to stop the Blight with some Grey Wardens and a Mabari." said Morrigan.
"Hmmmm, so the battle at Ostagar was lost then." said Mordred.
"Yes, General Loghain pulled his men out of the battle and left the King to die." said Morrigan.
"I see. You aren't having any trouble traveling with the Wardens are you?" asked Mordred.
"No, I hope you don't think I need protection just because I'm traveling with two males." said Morrigan with a light glare.
"Of course not Sister you are plenty strong on your own, but that doesn't mean I can't be protective at times." said Mordred.
"It sounds more like you're the jealous one now. You know Brother, Mother and Father would not mind if their children decided to mate with each other and with our lineage the child of said mating would be born with no defects. Imagine the power a child born from you and I would have." said Morrigan with a smirk.
"You are such a tease Sister. We both know that you are far too independent to even consider settling down at this point in time." said Mordred.
"Oh I don't know about that Brother, if I were to find a man that respected my independence and was powerful I could see myself settling down. Maybe you could be that man Dear Brother." said Morrigan with a smirk.
"Like I said, you are such a tease." said Mordred.
"Darling there you are, I was wondering where you wandered off to. Oh and who is this?" asked Bethany as she walked up to him with Luna in her arms while looking at the beautiful woman standing across from Mordred.
"Ah I see, this is your woman and your…...adopted child I'm guessing." said Morrigan.
"Yes, though I had Luna before I met Bethany. Bethany this is my older sister Morrigan, Morrigan this is my Dear Bethany. Luna, this is your Aunt Morrigan, Morrigan this is your niece Luna." said Mordred.
"It's nice to meet you Morrigan." said Bethany.
"Oh that remains to be seen." said Morrigan.
"Be nice Sister." said Mordred.
"Oh alright, it's nice to meet you as well Bethany." said Morrigan before looking at Luna. The two just stared at each other for a few moments before Morrigan smirked. "Hehehe, oh you I like." said Morrigan with a light chuckle. "Well Brother I should be off on my little adventure, if you are staying in this town then I suggest you prepare to leave before the Horde gets here." said Morrigan.
"Thank you for the advice Sister, but before you go allow me to do this." said Mordred before grabbing her right hand and then by simply tapping the palm of her hand a rune appeared. "I know you can take care of yourself but should you ever need anything just channel your magic into this rune and call out my name, I'll be there." said Mordred.
Morrigan looked at the rune on her hand and then at her brother before sighing. "So protective, very well if it makes you feel better I'll keep this rune on my hand. Until we meet again Dear Brother." said Morrigan before walking off.
"Same to you Sweet Sister." said Mordred.
"Well…...she was nice." said Bethany.
"Only because I asked her to be. My family can be…..difficult to deal with at times." said Mordred.
"She said that the Horde was on its way here, that means that the battle at Ostagar was lost." said Bethany.
"Yes that is what it means, however we will stay for as long as possible to see if Garret and Carver come back." said Mordred.
With that they finished their shopping before heading back to the house where they told Leandra and Jane what was going on. They were of course worried about Garret and Carver but were happy that they weren't leaving until it was impossible to stay any longer. As time passed Mordred made sure that they packed up some things while storing them in his pocket dimension and made sure they saved up some coin that they may need. Mordred also spent a lot of time either teaching Jane, Bethany, and Luna spells or patroling for Darkspawn. Leandra was always trying to keep calm about things but even she could feel that something was coming, something terrible. A few more days later Garret and Carver came running through the door with Garret yelling about how they had to go as the Darkspawn were coming. Everyone quickly ran out of the house with Bethany holding Luna, they had to fight a few Darkspawn on their way out of Lothering but did manage to get out before Lothering was over run.
The group was now running through a mountain pass with Garret and Carver leading the way, Bethany with Luna in her arms, Jane and Leandra in the middle and Mordred guarding the rear. Some Darkspawn had tried chasing them down but they were no match for Mordred's offensive spells that easily cut them down; they kept running until Leandra ran out of breath and fell to her knees.
"Are you alright my Lady?" asked Mordred as everyone came to check on Leandra.
"Yes, I'm just not as young as I used to be." said Leandra.
"None of us are as young as we used to be." said Mordred.
"We should have left long ago, why did we take so long?" asked Bethany while looking at her brothers.
"Why are you looking at us? We've been running since Ostagar!" said Carver.
"He's right Dear, I know you're upset about all of this but you have to understand that no one here is to blame." said Mordred. "Are you alright Little Moon?" asked Mordred as he looked over Luna. Luna simply stared into her father's eyes for a few moments, silently talking to him as she usually does. "Good." said Mordred.
"You're right Darling, I'm sorry Brothers." said Bethany.
"It's alright Bethany as we're all a bit tense right now but we have to keep going." said Garret.
"Where are we even Going?" asked Jane.
"we can go to Kirkwall." said Leandra.
"Kirkwall!?" asked Jane in surprise.
"There are a lot of templars in Kirkwall mother." said Bethany with worry in her voice. Surprisingly enough it wasn't worry for her sister, Mordred, or herself it was worry for Luna as she held the little girl tighter.
"I know but we still have family there and an estate." said Leandra.
"I don't care as long as we keep moving, we'll be lucky to get out of here alive." said Carver.
Mordred noticed that Carver's words had caused Luna to start shaking slightly in fear so he gently patted her head in order to calm her down. "Don't worry Little Moon, I won't let anything happen." said Naruto. Once again Luna simply stared at her father though her shaking did stop.
The group got moving once again but of course it wasn't long before they came across more problems. This time it came in the form of coming upon the sight of two people fighting off Darkspawn, though one did become injured while the continued to kill order to defend the other. The Hawks and Mordred had Leandra and Luna stay back while they killed off the Darkspawn. Once the Darkspawn were dead they found that the people they saved were a woman and a man with the man being a templar.
"Apostates, keep your distance, the Order dictates!" said the templar.
"Wesley." whispered the woman.
"My the Maker sure has a sense of humor, first Darkspawn and now a templar, and here I thought they all abandoned Lothering." said Bethany.
"The spawn are clear in their intent but a Mage is always unknown, the Order dictates." said Wesley as he moved to Bethany only to come eye to eye with Mordred. Wesley flinched at the sight of Mordred's eyes, they were intimidating on their own but what really got to him was the fire lit in them that threatened to consume his very soul.
"Try if you wish Templar, I promise your death will not be quick." said Mordred.
"Wesley these people saved us, the Maker understands." said the woman.
"Of course." said Wesley as he moved away from Mordred a little too quickly.
"I'm Aveline Vallen, this is my husband Ser Wesley. We can hate each other once we're out of the path of the Blight, we were heading north but ran into the Darkspawn." said the now named Aveline.
"Then we're trapped, the Wilds are to the south that's no way out!" said Carver.
"I'm running right into the horde, we go south." said Garret. Carver huffed at this but everyone went south regardless. Along the way they fought and killed off Darkspawn and would then loot the bodies for anything useful. Mordred made sure to keep an eye on Luna and Leandra in order to make sure they were doing okay and an eye on Wesley to make sure he didn't try anything. Soon they came to a much wider area when compared to the narrow path but then the ground started shaking before they saw a huge ogre running towards them, most of them managed to get out of the way but Bethany stayed in front of Leandra and Luna in order to protect them. The ogre took this as a challenge and roared at Bethany.
"Maker give me strength." said Bethany before throwing a fireball at the ogre but it didn't do much damage. The ogre roared at Bethany once again and was about to reach for her when it was hit by a bolt of purple lightning that forced it to stumble back.
"YOU STAY AWAY FROM THEM!" yelled Mordred before he continued throwing lightning bolts at the ogre causing it to keep stumbling back and roaring in pain. "GARRET FINISH IT!" yelled Mordred.
Garret wasted no time running up to the ogre before jumping onto its back and stabbing it repeatedly with his short swords until he climbed up to its head and stabbed it through the eye and into its brain. The ogre fell over dead allowing Garret to climb off of it and everyone else to regroup. "Is everyone alright?" asked Garret.
"Luna and Mother are a bit shaken but other than that we're fine." said Bethany. Bethany then suddenly found herself in Mordred's arms as he kissed her with so much passion that it took her breath away and made her knees weak. The kiss didn't stop until Mordred felt a pull on his pants leg, looking down he saw Luna looking up at him so he picked her up and hugged her between himself and Bethany.
"I'm so glad you both are alright." said Mordred.
"Thank you for saving us Mordred." said Leandra.
"No problem my Lady, besides it was Garret that killed the beast." said Mordred.
"Of course, thank you as well my son." said Leandra.
"You're welcome Mother, now we really need to get going." said Garret. Just as the group started moving again they were quickly surrounded by more Darkspawn.
"Maker, there's no end to them." said Bethany. She then suddenly found Luna in her arms as Mordred started to walk forward. With his back towards the group none of them could see the dark purple scales that started to appear on his face or the smoke coming from the corners of his mouth. Before Mordred could do anything though everyone heard a loud roar, looking up the cliffside where the roar came from the saw a large magenta colored High Dragon. The dragon then flew down and started destroying Darkspawn with its fire, claws, and tail, once it was done it started to glow and shrink down down to human size.
When the glow stopped it revealed that the dragon had turned into an average sized woman with fair skin, yellow eyes, long white hair that fell down her back while some of it was styled into horns, a slender build, long legs, flared hips, a narrow waist, and D-cup breasts. For clothes she wore chainmail armor under a dark purple dress with a diamond shaped cleavage window, knee high plate armor boots, elbow length armored gauntlets, and a metal headpiece. Mordred instantly knew who the woman was but decided to focus on making sure Bethany, Luna, and Leandra were okay.
"Thank you for your help, I don't know what we would have done without you." said Garret.
"I do, you would have been fine. If you are looking to flee the horde you should know you are going in the wrong direction." said the woman as she began to walk away.
"Wait, you can't just leave us here." said Carver.
"Can I not? I came upon a most curious sight, a might orge vanquished by the combined efforts of a powerful mage and a warrior, who could perform such a thing? Now my curiosity is sated and you have your lives, is that not enough?" asked the woman.
"You could show me that dragon thing, that's looks useful." said Garret.
"Hehehe, I dare say it is, if only a clever tongue was all one needed. Tell me clever child how do plan to out run the Blight?" asked the woman.
"We're going to Kirkwall." said Carver.
"My, my, such a long trip, your King will not miss you?" asked the woman.
"I'm sure he'll miss his life more." said Garret.
"HAHAHAHAHA, oh you I like." laughed the woman. "hurled into the chaos you fight and the world will shape before you. Is it fate or chance I can never decide. You know I just may be able to help you after all." said the woman.
"There has to be a catch." said Carver.
"Of course there is a catch, LIFE is a catch, I suggest you catch it while you can." said the woman and Mordred at the same time. The woman looked over at Mordred and her eyes seemed to soften as she smiled at him.
"Should we trust her?" asked Garret.
"We don't even know who or what she is." said Garret.
"I know what she is, the Witch of the Wilds." said Aveline.
"Some call me that also Flemeth, Asha'bellanar, an old hag who talks too much, and in the case of some like the one in your group…...mother." said the now named Flemeth as she looked at Mordred.
"Hello Mother, it's good to see you again and you know if anyone called you an old hag who talks too much you'd tear them apart if the rest of us didn't get to them first." said Mordred. Behind him Bethany began straightening out her hair and clothes, she had next expected to meet her love's mother today.
"Same to you my son, I must say that you had us worried when you didn't return home but looking at the situation you're in I guess I can understand why." said Flemeth as she glance at Bethany and Luna. She could feel her son's magic within Bethany showing that they had at least started the mating process and her son's scent was on the child in such a way that she could tell her son had been taking care of the small elf for a long time.
"I'm sorry for my delayed return Mother." said Mordred.
"It's alright my son, just be sure to make your way home some time soon, your other mothers and I look forward to the stories you have of your adventures as do your younger siblings. Make sure to bring your mate and child as well when you return." said Flemeth.
"I will Mother." said Mordred.
"Good now I believe I have a deal to make with your little friends." said Flemeth before walking over to Garret.
"Mordred, what did she mean by your other mothers?" asked Bethany though she felt she already knew the answer.
Mordred sighed at this but he knew this would come up someday. "She means that my father is married to more than one woman." said Mordred.
"So are you a prince or something?" asked Bethany as she knew that it was only royalty that took multiple wives.
"Or something, my family is quite complicated Dear but I will explain what I can to you when we have more time and things have calmed down." said Mordred.
"Very well Darling, I'll trust you to explain this to me, especially if I might have to deal with something like this in the future." said Bethany.
They then joined everyone else as they had gathered around Aveline and her husband who wasn't looking so good. Apparently he had been corrupted by the Blight and would die soon then become a Darkspawn, the only cure for the Blight was becoming a Grey Warden but Mordred knew that his mother had already sent the closest ones off on an adventure.
"I can't decide his fate Aveline." said Garret as Aveline looked down at her husband as he gave her a knife.
"Be strong, my love." said Wesley before Aveline pushed the blade into him and he died.
"It's get's no easier from here, your troubles have only just begun." said Flemeth.
Well guys there you have chapter 2, I hope you liked it. That's right I'm keeping all of the Hawk siblings alive and Flemeth is Mordred's mother. There will be no Flemeth taking over the body of her daughters. I'll be introducing more of Mordred's family later on in the story.
Also I've been thinking a lot about doing a reading/reaction for one of my stories so if there is a story of mine that you really like and would like to see a reading/reaction for then let me know and I'll see about doing it.
Harem
Bethany, Athenril, Merill, Isabella
Maybe
Morrigan
Well that's it for now everyone remember to Fav., Follow, and Review and as always listen for when the Dragon Roars!