Dragon Age: Tragic Endings, New Beginnings
Chapter Eleven: Level 5 Judge light, (This is a song that I have wanted to use in the story, but never knew where to put it, until now that is)
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Resonating wishes now awaken
For a future we can't surrender
After overcoming chanced fate
These feelings will shine
Why not try entrusting your feelings to a future that isn't here?
You kept searching for the true meaning of strength
You knew the meaning of accepting pain as it is
And kept walking on towards tomorrow
Going in circles the scenery now flows
Ahead of the winding world
Feel the deluge of signals through your body
And release it all now
There's just truth in my heart
I'll never waver
Because I have feelings that won't disappear
Without averting my eyes from reality I'll release my doubts
I'll reach the next stage and realize it all.
In the distance I could feel your back as you ran
But I wonder how long I could feel you this close?
Without hiding my anxiety I looked at the sky as it drew near
One day I'll get over these wounded memories
Longing will call upon my power now
Because I have something I want to protect
Going in circles the scenery runs up my chest
And the pain disappears into the wind
Believe in the light of Judgment
And shoot even fate
Let's make the daybreak with our own hands
With courage that will change and a heart that won't
I believe in myself and these precious emotions
I'll crush it with these feelings!
I vow within the light of origin
To cast judgment on the endless darkness
I feared drowning in an isolated vortex
But I'll no longer turn back
Going in circles the scenery now flows
Ahead of the winding world
Feel the deluge of signals through your body
And release it all now
There's just truth in my heart
I'll never waver
Because I have feelings that won't disappear
Without averting my eyes from reality I'll release my doubts
I'll reach the next stage and realize it all.
Believe in our unquestionable bond
Sage had made sure Alistair was comfortable before she prepared to set sail. Stirring the boat she looked around, her ship by now must have turned around figuring out that their captain was missing. Sailing in the direction that her ship went in she sighed. This had reminded her of the time where she had first sailed her ship, this was when she was still an apprentice, and Blood still had command over the ship.
She had never before been on a ship, let alone sail one.
[Flashback]
She gazed out at the sea, feeling a little nauseous and under the weather. This was her first time on a boat, and she hadn't quite obtained her sea legs. She sighed and looked down at the blade hoisted on her hip. It was the captains' prized blade. She had told him she didn't want to take it from him, that she didn't deserved a sword of this caliber, he had shook her head at her, and told her she was a fine apprentice, his only one that hadn't died on him.
She smiled, the captain and her were growing close, and she had started to think of him as a father. Though he could never replace her real father, he was still a father figure to her, and she missed being able to think that she finally had something to look up to, instead of the other way around. It was nice to finally feel like she didn't have to lead anyone, or command someone; it was nice to feel that she didn't have the responsibility of someone's lives on her shoulders. Finally she could be led.
She looked up at the top deck, where the captain was stirring the boat, and watching the sea's for an unsuspecting ship, just sailing on the water. She smiled, they haven't seen any sign of a ship in days, and he was just itching for a fight.
She steadied herself, taking in a few deep breaths, to ward away the nauseousness. Slowly she began to make her way up to the top deck to visit with the captain.
Once up there the captain gave her one look and threw his up and laughed at her. "Aye, haven't quite got yer sea legs yet, huh puppet?" She stuck her tongue out at him and looked away, hiding her smile. She had never met someone with a Geordie accent before, until now. "Puppet come here." He ushered.
She smiled brightly as she bounded over to him. He laughed as he rubbed her head, messing up her red locks. "Aye, have ye ever sailed a boat before?"
She shook her head. "No, I haven't, I've never even been on a boat before,"
The captain gave her a booming laugh as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "Aye, explains the sea sickness!" He laughed while he pulled her son she was holding onto the stirring wheel. "Aye, and it's high time for ye to learn how to sail a ship puppet, anyways, I need to get some rum." He smirked as he made his way don't stairs, ignoring her loud protest.
"Captain!" She yelled after him. "Fine but if I sink the ship! You're going down with it!"
[End of Memory]
She felt tears burning her eyes again; she whipped them away before they fell on her cheeks. She loved her captain, like a father, and to know that he was dying right know, or suffering, was heartbreaking. He always had helped her, he was even going to help he find Alistair, but then he got sick, cursed by that stupid Flinch. Whose body by now was eaten by sharks.
She sighed and looked down at Alistair who was still sleeping. She smiled; she was glad that their relationship was finally fixed, if only a little. Now that he knew her secret, things would be a lot different this time around. She hoped that she wouldn't do anything to hurt him, because her feelings would get in the way. Hopefully he'll understand.
She looked back over at the sea and saw a big black ship coming into view. She smiled brightly upon seeing the red pirate flag flailing in the wind. She felt relief flood through her as the ship stopped next to the one she was sailing in.
She boarded the ship just to be tackled by a hysteric Leliana. Who was crying sorry over and over, while her arms hugged Sage's petite frame tightly. "Leli, I'm fine, it's Alistair that needs help!" She exclaimed, feeling her face heat up due to the attention.
Leliana immediately let go and ran over to Alistair with the help of some of Sage's crew they brought him over to her ship.
Sage turned towards Zeveran, who seemed to be trying to hide his relief. Slowly he walked over to her and hugged her tightly, breathing in her scent. "Oh my dear minx you had me so worried." He spoke to her as if she had come back from the dead.
Sage smiled as she hugged him back. "Zeveran I'm so sorry! I'll tell you everything!" She said as he placed an arm around her and the two walked towards the kitchen.
Sage and Zeveran sat down at one of the few tables in the kitchen. Zeveran sighed; he knew that Sage would want to wait until Leliana joined them to tell them her story.
Sage picked up a pitcher of win and poured herself a glass. He looked at her outfit. The dress was Antivan made. It looked beautiful on her, and Zeveran swore it would only look good on her. He had wondered where she got the dress in the first place.
Once Leliana came into the room, Sage immediately stood up, looking at her with a worried expression. "How is he? Is he going to be okay?"
Zeveran raised a curious eyebrow at her reaction. Weren't they in some sort of fight? Didn't he say something that offended her? Why was she so worried about him? He attitude seemed to have completely change towards him,
Leliana gave her a warm smile. "He'll be up and around as soon as he wakes up." Taking a seat, and pouring herself a glass she added. "It wasn't a fatal blow; it only sucked almost all of his life energy. Sage, did he protect you from something?"
Sage looked down at her goblet and nodded her head slowly. "Yeah, the captain was a blood mage, he was slowly draining my energy, then the blow that he used on Alistair, he had intended it to hit me. "
"Hm, I think if you combined, the attack he was using on you, with the attack he used on Alistair, I think that attack was actually supposed to take away years off your life, but if you don't use the attack together, than it won't work."
"Leli, how do you know so much about Blood magic?"
Leliana laughed, "Well when we went to red cliff, and Alistair, Morrigan, Zeveran and you went to the magi circle to get the mages, I stayed and talked with Jowan. He had told me a lot about blood magic. I was interested in the type of spells they were, I still believe that it is a horrid practice. But I wanted to know more to pass a better judgment on it."
Sage smiled, but turned away. "So Leliana, um, when can I see him?"
Leliana smiled gently as she placed a hand on her friends shoulder. "You can see him soon, but right now he's sleeping. He won't wake up in a while, you know?"
"Yeah I know, but I won't wake him." She answered a little timidly.
"Well why don't you tell us how you got on that ship first?"
"Right, Right, she answered while looking up at the two of them. Clearing her throat she began. "Well I had told Alistair of what happened, a year ago. He was quiet for a while, and wouldn't say anything. Then well you saw the hole in the ship. Hmmm, I'll have to speak to him about that one…
"Anyways, then he was mumbling I heard him say a few comment like 'Idiot' and 'How could you let this happen?' I thought he was talking about me, you know how I sometimes jump to the wrong conclusion? I really have to stop doing that…" She rambled, getting off topic, but catching herself and continuing on. "That had caused me to run out on him," Sage stopped upon seeing Zeveran's and Leliana's faces grow dark and sadistic. "Wait, wait, before you jump to any conclusions, I slapped him for it, but it was wrong of me to do so he was saying those things about himself, he didn't mean me.
"Well after I ran away he followed me. At first when I saw him coming up the steps, I didn't know it was him, so I panicked and fell off the side of the ship. The Alistair jumped in after me, and we were capture by cutthroats and Flinch."
Leliana gave her a small smile, "Well at least you weren't stranded for long, oh and I've never seen that dress before. Did you get it for Alistair?" She asked rising an eyebrow at the red headed captain.
Sage blushed ten shades of red, almost matching her face. "Uh, no, the captain made me change into it. It was this or being naked, Zev! Get your mind outta the gutter!" She said glaring sharply over at the antivan elf.
He smiled devishly towards her "Oh my dear warden, you have me all wrong. You look much better in that dress than in your birthday suit."
"Thank-HEY!" She yelled glaring dangerously at him, then mumbled, "I think I'm going to take that as an insult."
"Oh, but my dear captain, you have me all wrong, once again, I am wounded!" He said as he brought his hand to his forehead, in almost a fainting motion.
Sage put a hand up to him for his to stop going further. She knew he would just make another comment that would tick her off, and frankly she had other things to do than to exchange banter with the elf. "I'm going to go visit Alistair. " And with that she stood up, walked over to the kitchen counter, grabbed some cheese on a plate, two goblets, and a pitcher of wine, and slowly made her way out of the kitchen.
Leliana turned to Zeveran and sighed, "You really know how to make women vanish from a room."
"Ah, what can I say, it's a talent of mine." He smirked, bringing the glass to his lips, and taking a long sip from it.
Alistair was currently residing in her room. She had told Leliana that he would be most comfortable there instead of down in the crew quarters, so they had him placed there. Silently she crept into the room, and smiling over at Zane, when she entered the room.
She carefully placed the food and wine on the table in the middle of the room, she then tiptoed over to the bed where she sat down on the edge of the bed she gently placed a hand on his cheek. She smiled; she really did miss him, too much in fact. But now that he was here, she was scared that their relationship would move to fast.
She heard him grumble in his sleep, and his eyes slowly opened. He smirked drozily at her, while she smiled. "Good morning sleeping beauty." She commented.
He let out a small snort of a laugh. "Oh, I'm beautiful now am I?" He asked batting his eyelashes at her. "Oh thank you kind lady."
She rolled her eyes, and flicked him in the forehead, "Well you making jokes now, so I guess you won't be dying on me after all." She laughed a little and placed that hand that was on his cheek back down on her lap. "I'm glad you're all right, you had me worried you know. How are you feeling?"
Shrugging his shoulders under the covers he answered, "Eh, I could be better, just tired really."
Sage stood up and grabbed the pitcher, pouring him, and herself a glass. "I brought you some cheese, and this is the best wine we have on the ship."
He raised an eyebrow at her as he took the glass; his eyes followed her as she went back over to the table and grabbed the plate of cheese. "You drink? You've never drank before."
She laughed as she handed him the plate of sliced cheese, and sat down next to him. "Yeah well there's a story behind that, you see I got so sea sick when I was first on the ship, so to cure it, and to get the taste out of my mouth, Captain Blood made me drink a glass of any alcohol on the ship, whether it be gin, vodka, wine, anything, to get me to stop puking my guts. I had always gotten drunk after just a few sips, but he kept making me drink the glass, said it would help me get my sea legs. It did, until I got drunk." She paused, smiling remorsefully down at her goblet. "Even now, it's hard to stay sober after a glass. Zeveran always tries to get me to drink more, but it never works out the way he wants."
Alistair looked at her expression, and felt his heart skip a beat. She looked just like he did whenever he talked about Duncan. Was Blood that special to her? "So Sage, you and this Captain Blood were close huh?"
She smiled, "Yeah, he was like another father to me, though he could never ever replace my true father, he was-IS very close to me." She caught herself, Blood was still alive, and he would get better, once they find the waters. "Like I said, Captain Blood had saved me from not only dying on the streets, but from people seeing the hero of Ferelden in that kind of shape." She said with distaste.
"Anyways, when I awoke, I was on the ship, in this room. Panicking I ran around and finally found Blood. I had yelled at him to return me to Denerim, but he only shook his head, said that we were already too far away. After that I began sulking around, refusing to eat anything. "
Alistair gave her a worried stern glare, but she shook her head at him. "Just keep listening. Then after a few days, Blood had called me down to the brig, where he tossed me a sword, and began to fight me. That was the day, I not only became his apprentice, but it was also the day we became close. "
Alistair remained silent, Blood was her Duncan, and he was dying right now. He smiled up at her, placing his hand on top of her on her lap. "Don't worry; we'll get the waters in time to save him."
Sage looked down at him and gave him a sad smile, as she whipped her unshed tears away. "I know."
He sat up, so he could taste the wine. "Oh, "He paused, while taking another sip. "This is good wine, I don't think I've ever had this fine of wine before, and this cheese, it's unlike anything I have ever tasted."
Sage gave him a proud smile. "I only get the best for the crew."
"You're a good captain Sage."
Blushing at his comment, she began to fidget with her fingers bashfully. "Thank you." Shaking her head she stood up and began to pace. Not because she was nervous, but because she wanted to get rid of the fidgeting feeling she had. Sighing she decided to sit back down on the bed, right as Alistair placed his goblet and plate down on the night stand by the bed.
Slowly the two began to move closer to each other, until their foreheads touched. Slowly Alistair placed a kiss on her cheek, which was close to her lips, while placing his hands on the zipper on her back. Once he began to unzip it, Sage pulled away though.
Uneasy Alistair search for some kind of emotion on her face, nervous he held onto her hand tightly. "Sage?" He asked silently.
She shook her head. "I-I'm, sorry Alistair, I-I can't…."
Alistair smiled gently as he placed his freehand on her cheek, cresting it ever so gently. "I understand Sage. I'm sorry." He knew that he shouldn't force her to do anything she couldn't, or didn't want to do; he had already experienced what happened if he tried.
Slowly she stood up, her hand slipping out of his grasp. She smiled down at him. "Thank you…Alistair." She was a little shocked at how gentle his voice was.
"Sage, I love you, and this time around, I promise I won't do anything stupid and lose you." He vowed.
Just as Sage was about to answer, they both heard the door to her room open up. Turning they saw Zeveran standing in the door way, with his face a mask of no emotions.
"Zeveran?" Sage question.
He cleared his throat as he strode in. "I just came to cheek on you two, and see how fine grey warden friend is doing. I guess he's alright."
Sage gave him a small awkward smile. "Yeah, he's fine now, thanks for, um checking up on him."
"Anyway, my captain, that's not the only reason why I have come," He began turning his head away from the cozy twosome. "It would seem that the navy ship that Alistair was sailing on is approaching fast, I believe they want revenge, or maybe to just kill us? I hope the latter."
A dark smile crept upon her face; she turned towards Alistair with a defiant smirk plastered on her face. "Want to see how a real pirate ship takes down our enemies?"
Alistair spoke sternly to her, if they fought the navy ship, than Sage might be arrested or worse, killed. "Sage, maybe you shouldn't."
Sage shook her head, "Absolutely not, there coming after us, we can just say we were defending ourselves from the blood thirsty military swine's."
Alistair let out a sigh and stood up out of the bed; though he was a little wobbly he stood as strong as he could. "Get my armor then, someone's got to protect you and it aint going to be Zeveran."
Zeveran crossed his arms and glared at Alistair, who in return glared back. "And why can't I? "
Alistair scuffed at him. "Well the fact that you tried to kill her would answer your question."
'"I think I've been doing a fine job at protecting her, while you were, gone." He smiled viciously.
Before Alistair was able to retort Sage butted in glaring at the two. "Alright this isn't the time to be fighting, we have a navy ship on our tail, and I for one want to protect this ship, and everyone on it. Now stop you bitch fight and get suited up!" She shouted as she ran to her dresser grabbing her fighting attire she glared back over at them and shouted. "And get outta here, that's an order!"
The two were out of there faster than you could say Anora is a witch.
Sorry that took forever to get posted, and like I said in the previous authors note, thank you for reviewing! I love getting reviews! And I just wanted to remind you guys to post what you think should happen in the sequel or it you don't even want one.
I really have no ideas what I want in the sequel, so I thought about asking you guys, because I know you guys might not like how it ends. Well please submit what you think as so as possible, so I can start plotting it out.
This would have been up sooner, but as you might know, fanfiction has been acting very screwy lately and its hard to go on it and post things up there.
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