Heroes of the Past and Present

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Chapter 11 (Going Back in Time)

Trina didn't know who this person was, or what she wanted, but she wasn't to be easily swayed. She had to admit, the gizmo in the woman's hand was very realistic looking. No one else spoke, and Tori slowly stepped beside her, growing overeager to hear what this person had to say. She didn't like it, she didn't want Tori to be misled or fooled, and was still heavily skeptical of what Jade might be trying to pull.

"May as well hear her out," Sinjin remarked. He moved beside her and shrugged his shoulders, "If you still think she's up to something, then let that be it." There was a strong determination in this woman's eyes, as if it meant life or death. Sinjin turned his gaze upon the woman, speaking with strong skepticism. "You say your name's Aveline? All right then, tell us what's going on and how you heard about Trina's ancestor. Trina's my...friend, I don't like people who try to deceive, or harm her." His eyes flicked towards Tori's friends, and they all shrank under hisglare.

"I don't lie," Aveline said with a clear voice. "I never lie." Trina laughed out once and looked to Jade, who immediately shrank away. So Jade's 'ancestor' was a woman who never lied? How amazing! What a story this was playing out to be. "My name is Aveline, and I know Sarah Hawke. She is one of my closest friends and I am the Captain of the Kirkwall Guard." Trina's eyebrows rose and her skepticism diminished slightly, she still needed proof. "We're in the middle of heavy tension between the Mages and Templars right now, we think Meredith and, or, Orsino will snap soon."

"So why aren't you there, then?" Trina still wasn't sure about this woman. How she knew these facts was uncertain, but she wasn't seeing any clear evidence still. "If you're really Aveline, you should be there fighting Meredith and Orsino."

"Well they haven't done anything yet. The problem we're facing right now is Sarah is in danger. Her life, and the fate of Kirkwall hangs in the balance." Trina raised an eyebrow and felt Tori grab her arm. She started to roll her eyes and declare this woman to be a nutcase. "One of the last few Mages from this time, I suppose, came to our time and used some form of blood magic on Sarah. She's in such a deep sleep that Bethany, Merrill and even Anders couldn't wake her."

"Anders?" Sinjin scoffed and crossed his arms, "The traitor?" Of course, Sinjin didn't like the story of that man. One of the few characters of her father's tales that he disliked, only because he betrayed everyone in the end.

"I don't think he's a traitor yet," Trina assured him. This was judged by the sudden confused look on Aveline's face, clearly she wasn't aware that Anders was going to bomb the chantry. "Seems to be before the all out war actually breaks out." She looked back to Aveline and lowered her arms. "If you really came from back then…cause I recognize some of the names you just mentioned…then when did you come back from? What's going on right now?"

"Well…we just rescued Bethany from a group of Mages who had her in a comatose state, but the mages could break that one. As for Anders? I don't know about him being a traitor…though he has been acting suspiciously, he asked Sarah's help in something but she wouldn't work with him due to the suspicious nature of what he wanted to collect."

"Makes sense." It went along with her father's stories, and was such a small detail that might have been overlooked by anyone trying to construe such a malicious plot. The same was said of Bethany's rescue. Her eyes drifted to the orb, she was beginning to suspect maybe a validity of truth to this. "If Sarah is in some sort of danger, why are you here? This magic…"

"It is a type of blood magic that Bethany and Merrill have stated can only be broken by the blood of a child or descendent. We also have no idea where Sarah is now, this mage…'Erin'…transported her body to one of her own ancestors in our timeline. It could be either Meredith, Orsino, or the child they had together…which, shocked us to find out…"

Her eyebrows rose and she looked to Sinjin, meeting his concerned gaze. It was another small fact, something her father would often end the complete story with. The fact that it was merely suspected that Meredith and Orsino had a child together. "Okay…Aveline…keep talking."

"Right." Aveline closed her hand and beat it down onto her palm. "Bethany held the portal open with her own magic, and is trying to keep it open. If it closes, She, Anders and Merrill are going to have to find a way to open it up again wherever I am at. They do have a drop of my blood to make it happen. Unfortunately that means Merrill had to use the blood magic she was struggling to not use. It was an emergency though, it had to be done…"

"I was about to ask how you'd detect us or even how you'd know Jade might be your ancestor?"

"Merrill's blood magic. First she had to use this magic to make us undergo an almost fever-like state when we meet our descendent. The descendent would be going through the same symptoms we would. Should have been just me, but the magic affected everyone apparently. The symptoms would flare up when we're close and would only go away when we make contact with the descendent."

"I thought I was coming down with something," Jade stated from behind. "My body grew hot, and I thought I could smell my own blood! Ask Beck, when that portal opened in my room, I started thinking I was bleeding because I smelled blood. It all went away the minute Aveline and I shook hands."

Trina crossed her arms and started to walk across the room, staring up at a picture on the fireplace. She narrowed her eyes and spun around, still suspicious. "And I guess that thing in your hand has something to do with me and Tori?" Aveline lifted the object and nodded.

"Yes. Anders created the crystallized orb and Sebastian put a drop of his blood inside." Sebastian? The archer? She tilted her head and continued to tap her foot on the floor. Studying Tori, she could see the girl believed everything Aveline was saying. She had the same hope in her eyes that it was real. Trina, however, wanted to hear more before she'd even start to believe. Aveline took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "The blood would be in the form of a tiny dot moving in the direction of the descendent. It would flare up and enlarge the closer we came. My descendent here, Jade, insisted she help look."

"It's that fact right there that makes me remain suspicious of you. If you were claiming to be anyone else's ancestor I might believe you more." Jade frowned and the others shrugged their shoulders, all well aware of the reason for Trina's disbelief. "You say my ancestor's life is in danger, why am I still standing?"

"Because Sebastian and Sarah have already had a child. Their baby remains in the Hawke Estate right now, being watched over by the housemaid and servant." Tori began to grin, claiming how she just knew Sebastian and Sarah were always true loves. Trina rolled her eyes and took a step forward.

"Okay let's say I believe you. What next? I know a thing or two about martial arts, I could probably fight through some mages and…demons that also shouldn't exist…shades and whatnot. How do you plan on getting back?"

"Bethany's holding the portal open while Merrill and Anders try to figure out a portal spell of their own. Bethany's having to focus her time and energy on that portal, but if it closes she's going to start working more furiously with them. Even when you come and help us, after waking your ancestor, we can still reopen a portal back here because you parent would be here."

"Uh huh…" Trina heard her father gushing and looked over to see the man grinning from the kitchen. She rolled her eyes and walked over. "Dad, are you believing this?"

"Yes. Remember growing up I told you how I had the only copy of Varric's book?"

"Varric!" Aveline laughed once and put her hand to her stomach. "He was always putting our adventures down on paper. I'm amazed his works have been around this long, he will be amazed to hear that." Trina looked over to the woman, groaning in disbelief. She felt her father's hand on her shoulder and looked over to him.

"Trina, you have a duty to your ancestor. You have to save her life…"

"What? Dad! You believe this crock?" She pointed to Jade and narrowed her eyes. "Jade is the one saying this! How do we know she didn't find that book, find someone like Aveline and make all of this up just to mess with us! She's already got Tori believing, don't fall on me Dad. Come on…don't fall now."

"Trina think about it," Jade began, "What reason would I have to make up something so complex like this?" Trina spun around, glaring angrily at the girl. Jade put her hands to her chest and shook her head, "I gain nothing from this. I have no reason to do something like this to you. It's real, it's true, I am not lying to you. I promise!"

"I don't believe your promises, Jade. I don't believe any of your crap." Trina moved over, glaring at Jade and the rest of the friends. "I wouldn't be surprised if all of you had a hand in this, to be honest. Trying to trick us into thinking we have to go on some dangerous mission to save my ancestor and help put a stop to a dangerous war. While sure, it doesn't sound like something you might do, I can't help but to think you have something to do with this whole mess. The whole lot of you!"

"You really don't trust us that much?" Cat asked. "What can we do to prove that we're trying to change."

"Oh I don't know, join me on this alleged mission maybe?" She laughed at her own joke and the others all began to shift in their seats. "You'd all stand behind Jade no matter what, anyway." Trina turned to Aveline, meeting the woman's eyes. She was still remaining very calm, opting to not get involved in this argument. "Look, I'm really sorry you're seeing all this right now. There's a lot of drama going on here, and well…I don't know if they put you up to this or how Jade got her hands on my father's book, but-"

Within an instant, a bright flash blinded her. The others in the room cried out and everyone shielded their eyes until the flash went away. Aveline looked to her right and everyone followed her gaze, gawking at what was standing in the middle of the room. A large white rectangular light, about seven feet in height, had just appeared like a portal.

A woman that bore a strong resemblance to Tori stepped halfway out the portal and looked around the room, stopping her eyes on Aveline. "Aveline! We've found you." The woman leaned back into the portal, shouting out. "Anders! Merrill! It worked! It opened up right where Aveline is! I'm going in!"

Aveline stepped beside Trina, giving her a smug smirk as she put her hand to Trina's shoulder. "That would be Bethany." Trina couldn't believe her eyes. This was impossible!

"N-No…that…Mages aren't real though. Elves don't exist, demons and monsters aren't around…"

"Not in 2013 sure, but they are very real in our time. As for those demons. Shade demons, rage demons and whatnot? They're created mostly by the abominations."

Bethany walked out of the portal, her eyes locking with Tori and Trina. She started to smile and put her hands to her chest. "I see Aveline's found you. We need you, Sarah needs you. Please…help us…" She was speechless, and kept looking back and forth from Bethany to Tori. Tori had a grin stretching from ear to ear, and all of Tori's friends were gazing in awe at this woman in old style robes.

"Hey Bethany, I should tell you about these things called 'French fries'," Aveline muttered. Bethany raised an eyebrow and Aveline walked over to her. "My god I'm missing our timeline. You wouldn't believe the things that I've been through, or even what the first thing I wound up seeing was!"

"Grandma no!" Jade cried out. Beck's eyes widened and Trina raised an eyebrow.

"I-I don't know how to do what you all do," Trina admitted. "I know a little martial arts, but that's it." Tori nudged her and she quickly looked over.

"Trina you're a great fighter! You know you are! Don't sell yourself short."

"Still…I don't know how much help I'll be."

Bethany rubbed her chin and slowly nodded her head, "We can train you. Teach you the ropes. Anders, Merrill and I have also made it so this portal will stay open and hidden." Aveline pushed her hands into her pockets and frowned.

"I'm guessing the other one closed?"

"Yes it did."

"Great…" Trina started to stumble over, still overcome with disbelief and shock. Sinjin and Tori held her up and she shook her head. "So. Trina. What do you say? Sarah needs your help, big time."

"I don't have much choice do I?" She put her hand to her forehead. Confliction ravaged her like a storm. If she went, she'd have to learn to fight and she would have a hard time dealing with everything going on around her. Though, she knew the story best and could use that to her advantage. "F-Fine…" She turned her gaze to her father, her voice squeaked when she called out to him. "I'll be home soon?"

"I know you will," David replied, giving her a soft and reassuring smile. "Do your best Trina. I believe in you."

"My god…Sinjin? Would you…"

"I'll be at your side," He confirmed. Clearly he wasn't going anywhere. Tori walked with him as well, leading her towards the portal. The friends started to get up too, but she paid them no mind. She heard someone say they wanted to be there for her, and before she could react, she was walking through the portal with Sinjin and Tori.

This was it, there was no going back now. She wanted to save her ancestor though, she had to. Of course, she wanted to apologize to Jade for thinking she thought up some elaborate hoax. Things were a bit different now, it seemed. She hated to admit, but she was incredibly scared to be doing this. Surely Tori and Sinjin were too. No one had any idea what they were getting themselves into.


There you have it, they have entered into the past. I think the conversation went well, did you? We'll see what is to come.

Oh it might interest you to know, I saw this quote from one of the companions in the game before Dragon Age 2 (not going to have an affect in this story but still, the quote is good to know since it could technically explain certain factors such as disappearances of demons and whatnot). Morrigan says to the Grey Warden (before Hawke's time) before vanishing: "Change is coming to the world. Many fear change, and will fight it with every fiber of their being, but sometimes change is what they need most...sometimes, change is what sets them free." She doesn't say what she's doing or where she's going, but it can be implied that this person has to do with the way things are in this present day.