Hey guys! Chapter 3 here! Can you folks believe it!? Sorry that it took so long, I've been a bit busy.

Rina

Recap

"Well, I know one good thing Ceres." He said, turning to the Mabari war hound that lay near the entrance to the cavernous lake. "Least I'm not dead or feasting on the flesh of my best friends." Ceres gave an unamused bark before turning around and padding out of the cave. Alistair shook out his hair and started walking out of the cave. This place was a lake. A real lake. "No blight here. How fun! Maybe I can sleep at night now." He said, smiling. But things were never that pleasant or easy were they?

Kysanthium couldn't stop staring. Staring is rude but she couldn't help herself. She stood in front of the mayor of Ordon Village, a big bald guy named Bo. He did have a nice yellow mustache but he was BIG. She couldn't help but wonder if he was some sort of light skinned Qunari. But he was fat too. How odd. She thought to herself as he droned on about the honor it was to have her in his village and how she had to hold her own. But the blight was coming and she had warned them of it only minutes before. Now, they knew from where the Darkspawn had came from: the canyon area behind the ranch. How none of them had noticed this at all? Maker only knows. They had the entire village barricaded but the only people who knew how to fight were her, the elf boy link and his old instructor Rusl. That was not enough to defend a village. "Listen, Arl Bo," she said, using the same title he would have in Ferelden. "We can't stay here. It's too close to where the Darkspawn are coming from."

"Its just Bo." he said, looking at Kia with a surprised stare. "We have so much here, our homes, our cattle, our children are here. We can't leave so fast."

"Listen to me!" Kia slammed her fist on the nice wooden desk. "I'm not kidding here, these monsters are the real deal. They won't even stop to think about you. They will tear you limb from limb in second! These things don't think." She let out a sigh at the men's shocked looks. These middle aged men and Link were the village's only men- excluding the three boys from the village. All of the women were inside, doing whatever the hell they do. "I've heard about those other monsters that plagued here and stole your children. You guys should have learned from that! The darkspawn are different! They can set fire to entire villages in seconds! They have huge ogres that are larger than your house and have no problem busting through barricades. Not to mention all we have here are a small contingent of three people that can fight these things off and one of them is still severely injured from the last time you guys got attacked. Darkspawn are evil to their core. And they don't usually play fetch. They will eat you right then and there." She leaned back in the uncomfortable wooden chair.

"What would you have us do then?" One guy, a tall, skinny lanky fella, asked softly. He shuddered like a coward and looked around.

"We have to pack up what can be packed and go. We need to make an exodus to the closest and largest town that would be easy to defend against the darkspawn. More importantly, we have to warn everyone that these things are coming. Where is the nearest village?" She asked, looking at Bo.

"Kakariko Village. Its got a gorge blocking its way though with a narrow bridge that would be hard to get the cattle over." Bo answered, scratching his head.

"But it can be done?" She asked, looking at the mayor. He nodded slowly before looking at the map spread out on his desk.

"Then lets do it. I'm sure you guys have harnesses for the goats. We can herd them over the bridge. As for the threat of monsters and such, Rusl, Link and I will take back front and middle to defend against any threats. Hopefully, no darkspawn have passed this point. My biggest concern is the spirit in the spring. We can't move him, but he has to be safe from harm."

"I think the spirit will be fine. Only a shadow monster can harm them and even then, they still remain." Link said, sitting up. "As for Kakariko, that'll be a good defence for us. It only has 3 points of access, one of them being from Death Mountain. The gorons are sure to help us out. The points of access will be easily guarded if we have gorons to help us as well as us ourselves." Kia nodded slowly.

"Lets get the preparations done alright?" She said, standing up. "we leave in a fort-night."

A few days later...

The villagers stood outside of their homes, all their things packed up and placed on pack mules. Uli held a cradle in one arm and a small child in another. Poor woman, Kia thought, they should really stop having sex. She shook her head and looked around, waiting as Link came out with a really tall guy that looked as dumb as the mayor. He had tanned skin and brown hair. His eyes were a dark brown with a slightly hooked nose between them. His tunic was a simple white color along with green shorts. According to link, that's similar to what he had worn before he was gifted the hero's clothes.

"Kia, this is Fado. He's one of the goat herders. I'm one as well, but since I'll be protecting people, I'm leaving the goats up to him." Link said, giving her a sheepish smile. She guessed he was embarrassed that he used to be a ranch hand before he became a hero. If only he knew.

"Hello Fado, I'm Kysanthium. Kia for short." she flashed him her best smile. His face turned pink as he sputtered, looking for something to say. "its okay. We're going to have Link leading this journey in the front, along with rusl somewhere in the middle. Lets try to stay in an organized line, but don't leave your children on the outside. If we're lucky, we ought to make it to Kakariko with no problems! " she shouted to the villagers. One everything was lined up, they started leaving the village. A loud roar began to sound as Kia fell to the floor, grasping her hair in her hands. In her eyes, she was no longer in front of the villagers. Rather, she was staring up at a large dragon. This one was different than the ArchDemon from the last Blight. A new ArchDemon. This one was even uglier, bones protruding from its skin. Its wings were spread, showing its black bones and a thin membrane between his bones for wings. They were coming. They were close. She heard the dragon roar once before it shouted

"KILL THEM ALL! FEAST MY FOLLOWERS!"

She came back to herself before shouting. "Link! We have to leave now! They're coming!" that sent the villagers into a slight panic, they began to run out of the gates, Link and Rusl behind slight with Kia. They came to a stop over a gorge with a very fancy wooden bridge over it. Kia and Link stopped, going to the gates that closed off the village and closed them slowly, stopping when Kia was trapped on the other side. Link hopped on top of the fence and held out his hand to her.

"Kia! Lets go!" He exclaimed. He held his fingers out stretched to her when she gave him a lost look. Her eyes were glazed over for a second before returning to normal. She grabbed his hand quickly and he helped her over the fence, her tunic rustled against her skin she ran with him. They exited through the forest, stopping at Coro's house to drag him out. He took his few provisions, including a horse and followed them. The goats were their biggest issue: They didn't want to listen to Fado. So Link had to hop onto Epona's back and Whoop at them the entire time. A pain when you're running. Then they had to stop. Uli was pregnant for a fourth time and couldn't keep up with the cradle.

"Here," Kia said, taking the cradle. "Sera," she said, addressing the portly shopkeeper whom was carrying her cat. "Give the cat to your daughter and carry Uli's son. We need to get her on a horse or else she'll lose her baby." Link thought Sera would protest, she always does, but instead, she nodded and took the child from Uli.

"What about the monsters?" Uli asked, looking at Kia as she carried the cradle.

"If we hurry, we should be able to get far enough that the darkspawn are no longer a threat." Kia answered, nodding to herself. After all, the darkspawn would be occupied trying to make the village theirs and burning everything down. By her calculations, there must only be one brood mother, which meant that the darkspawn were only in the thousands rather than millions. "Lets get into the forest alright?"

"wait..." A soft voice called from a spring they passed. Kia stopped and handed the cradle up to Uli.

"I'll be back." she said, wandering to the spring. They were going to have to make it quick, the village needed to get moving soon or else they'd lose their lead on the darkspawn. "Hello?" she asked, looking around. As she looked, a spirit began to form around a crystal ball, forming a monkey with a long tail wrapped around it.

"O leader of the other worlds, I am the spirit Faron. You must travel far and wide to my two brothers, Lanayru and Eldin and retrieve their pearls. Only then will the answer be unlocked to saving this world and your own. This is what you must do." Then, the ball the spirit was holding floated over to Kia. "These crystals contain my brethren and I, so as long as you carry these sacred jewels, you will have Our help."

"So, the other one, Ordon. He's in the little ball he gave me?" Kia asked, staring wide eyed at the large monkey.

"yes, dear commander. As you collect our light, you will gain the ability to ward off the own taint in your body and others. Do not fret, for you shant be alone. Take one of your old companions with you for protection." Then, a large gulping sound rang through the spring as two people were tossed out into the shallow water from the back of the back of the spring.

"I say, thou shall regret what thee has done spirit! Prepare thyself for battle! I know not what you are, but I shant allow this embarrassment to happen!" Came the voice from one of the women spouted. She had short black hair and a very scanty top. Her legs were clad in black tights, her feet covere in simple black heels. A small bit of purple eye shadow was dabbed above her eyes, creating a slight contrast to her pale skin. The other woman had short silver hair and long golden mages cloak. Kia's face lit up in a slight grin as she looked at the both of them.

"Morrigan! Wynne!" Kia shouted with excitement. She then jumped on them both, tackling them into the water and getting them, and herself, wet with cold water.

"Well, hello to you too Kia. Doing good are we?" Wynne said, chuckling with delight.

"Get off of me Kia, Time is of the essence and you look like a buffoon!" Morrigan exclaimed, glaring at Kia. She grinned and stood up, offering a hand to them both. Wynne took her hand and pulled herself up while Morrigan got up on her own.

"Guys! I have a lot to explain. Including why I'm dressed like this." Kia said, launching into a short explanation of their situation.

"Well, now you have two more protectors to add to that list." Wynne said, leaning on her staff.

"excuse me? Since when was I in this?" Morrigan asked, giving them a surprised look.

"Oh well, your mother wanted you to travel with me and help me out the blight. Too bad you're going against Flemeth's wishes..." Kia said, letting herself trail off.

"Oh, If thee wants to get technical." Morrigan muttered. She stomped off, followed shortly by a laughing Wynne and grinning Kia. These two women were her best friends afterall. Now if only Alistair was here. She gazed at the sky softly and let a sigh escape her lips. She missed her husband dearly.

It took them a week to travel to the Village of Kakariko. It wasn't easy and there were a lot of monsters. Herding the goats was the hardest of all. Even with their harnesses, the buggers were still stubborn. Kia spent the whole time talking with Wynne and Morrigan. Link mostly disposed of monsters with his arrows, taking care of almost all of the creatures.

It was around supper time when they circled around a large fire that Morrigan nudged Kia's side. "It seems our warrior boy has an eye on you Kia. 'Tis best you let him know of your marriage, yes?" Morrigan said. However, Kia could tell it wasn't her he continued to sneak glances back at. It was morrigan. Every so often, he'd look back and stare at the sorceress before looking away with a blush.

Kia then stood up and walked over to Link, sitting down and smiling at him. "why don't you just ask her on a date?" she asked slyly, a smile creeping up her cheeks.

"W-what? No! Not at all." he replied, giving Kia a shocked look.

""I see the way you look at Morrigan. She's single you know. Go ask her out on a date." Kia said, laughing slightly.

"It's not that easy!" he said, groaning a little.

"lemme tell you something. When me and my husband first got romantically involved, I had to start it. I just went up to him one day at camp and said 'Alistair. I love you.' and planted a big smooch on his lips." Kia said, chuckling softly.

"Its true. I was there. I was minding my own business when all of the sudden, these two fell on the cold pot of water I was using to make Health potion and spilled it all over my new dress. I yelled for half an hour but they were so involved in each other's lips they didn't even notice me." Wynne said, chuckling. Kia gasped and gave Wynne a slight aghast look.

"That is NOT how it happened!" she said, indignantly.

"True, I dimmed it down for the children." Wynne gave a slight giggle and grinned. Kia looked aghast for a moment."Its true though."

"go on, you saved a kingdom from the twilight! Go ask the lady out on a date." Kia said, patting his back. Link got up and slowly made his way to morrigan, looking around.

"Yes?" Morrigan asked, looking at Link. His cheeks tinted a deep red. "Well, If you aren't going to speak then at least sit down so i'm not eye level with your crotch."

"uhm... Morrigan? I think you're pretty." He said, looking down at her. "Would it b-be alright to spend more time with you?"

"Why not? I see no flaw in thee request." Morrigan replied, looking at him. When he didn't sit down, she said "are you going to sit or not?" He then plopped down next to her as the entire group around the camp burst into laughter.

The next day, Kia got up before dawn. A loud yawn escaped her lips as she leaned back, then getting up and stretching. She didn't wear anything but her undergarments, why should she? She was alone and asleep. She then shrugged on the white tunic and slipped up the red pants. Both gates to the village were closed, had been since they got here. They posted Sentries up and along the area: The men from ordon village were more than happy to oblige. Kia slowly walked out of the room and down the hall to Link's pausing only to softly knock on his door. He opened with a grudging sigh and looked at her. One brunette eye brow raised at her appearance.

"You do realize it's the ass crack of dawn right?" he asked, then blushing and bowing a bit. "sorry, I'm not a morning person."

"It is alright. Come on, get dressed. We have to see the spirit spring and go see the Gorons. I heard from Renado that it takes almost half a day to make the voyage. I want to be back by nightfall: that's when the darkspawn are most active." she said, yawning a bit. He nodded and closed the door, returning with his green garb and a few pouches on his belt.

"We can ride Epona. It'll cut our time almost in half." He said, looking at her. "She should be by the spring." They quietly tip toed out of the inn, stopping at the kitchen to grab a few rolls of bread for a quick breakfast with some dried meat. As the approached a spring, the spirit from within spoke.

"Kysanthium." it said. Then an orb of light formed, creating a large bird with the orb on it's back. "Greetings O leader from the other world. My brethren and I thank you for your help in this world."

"No problem, er, Eldin. So, you gonna spew out more of my old friends?" Kia asked, leaning on one foot.

"they have already surfaced in this world. Go see my brother Lanayru. He shall have their location." The spirit then vanished, leaving the orb to float down over to her. She took it and placed it in her bag before turning to look at Link.

"How often is this going to happen?" She asked, lifting an eyebrow. He shrugged sheepishly before untying epona and hopping on. She then mounted behind him, his bow on her back incase they ran into any troubles, she could shoot them while he controlled Epona. the trot up Death mountain was easy enough. They had to stop and go by foot after a while. There were cliffs epona refused to climb. Kia looked up at the iron area, the ladder was busted and only went half away. "Great. Now what?" she asked. Link held up his hand and walked over to a strange orangish yellow rock. He tapped it twice before it began to shift, uncurling to reveal a creature Kia had never seen. The thing was huge! And completely naked. She looked at it, attempting to find any organs that could identify it's gender.

Until link spoke. "Hello, Brother. We want to get up there, mind helping us?" He said, smiling at the creature. "Kia, this is Goron Jur."

"Pleased to meet you little lady. I'm jur. Finally, Little brother Link found a mate. We were sure he was asexual like us!" The goron laughed and then looked at them. "Climb on my back brother." The creature then curled into a ball on the ground. Kia stared at it, dumbfounded. How was that going to get them up at all? Link climbed on the thing's back and held out his hand.

"Come on Kia." He said, lifting his hand. She took it and gingerly stood on the creature's back with him. Then, the thing began to shake violently.

"uhm, Link? I don't think he can handle our weight. Should I get o-" she was cut off, being launched in the air. She shrieked loudly, clinging to Link while flying in the air. They handed in a heap on the floor, her lanky legs were wrapped around his hips, her arms hastily thrown around his neck. She stopped for a second and stared at him, still in shock from being tossed in the air. she then quickly recovered and got off of him, a dark crimson color played across her cheeks. "Think nothing of this. I will never Love anyone like I loved... Love Alistair. So it just the shock of being tossed in the air like a toy." she said curtly, dusting herself off.

Several times they had to do this, and several times she clung to him and gave him the same response. She didn't mean to be so rude or cruel to him, it was just that she loved her husband dearly.