Disclaimer: I own neither Tangled nor do I own Dragon Age.
~Sundermount~
Anders finished healing Hawke after the last fight and they sat side by side on a fallen tree and talked. After a while Hawke stood up and said, "Well, I should get some more firewood." With that he walked away leaving Anders smiling happily to himself.
Knight-Commander Meredith stepped out of the shadows and pulled down her hood. "Well, I thought he'd never leave."
"Knight Commander?" he asked incredulously turning around to see her.
She glared at him. "This really shouldn't be so hard to remember," she said icily. "I know I've told you to call me 'Mother'."
"Ah, yeah, right…Mother?"
"Hello, dear."
"But, I-I, don't, we -" Anders started before being pulled into a hug by Meredith. "How did you find me?"
"Oh, it was easy, really. I just listened for the sound of complete and utter betrayal and followed that."
"Mother -"
Meredith stopped hugging him and pulled him out an arms distance away from her. "We're going home, Anders. Now." She grabbed his wrist and started pulling him after her.
"You don't understand!" Anders said, stopping her. "I've been on this incredible journey and I've seen and learned so much! I even met someone."
"Yes, the Ferelden refugee, I'm so proud," she said sarcastically. "Come on, Anders." She tried pulling him forward again.
"Knight-Commander! I mean, Mother, wait!" he said, pulling his hand away. He looked down before starting hopefully, "I think, I think he likes me."
"Likes you?" Meredith said spinning around to face him. "Please, Anders, that's demented!"
"But, Mother, I -"
"This is why you never should have left! Dear, this whole romance that you've invented just proves you're too naive to be here!" She circled Anders putting a hand on his cheek. "Why would he like you? Come on now really. Look at you! You think that he's impressed?" She stepped away further into the woods and held her arms open for him. "Don't be a dummy! Come with Mummy. Mother -"
"No!"
Meredith faltered. "No? Oh. I see how it is. Anders knows best; Anders's so mature now! Such a clever grown up lad," she said, patting his head. "Anders knows best, fine! If you're sure now go ahead and give him these!" She pulled out the maps for the Deep Roads.
"How did you -"
"These are why he's here! Don't let him deceive you!" she said angrily, throwing the maps at Anders. He caught them and looked back up at her. "Give them to him; watch you'll see!"
"I will!"
"Trust me, my dear! That's how fast he'll leave you!" she said, snapping her fingers and walking towards Anders. "I won't say I told you so! No, Anders knows best! So if he's such a dream-boat, go and put him to the test!"
"Mother, wait!" Anders cried out, reaching for her.
"If he's lying, don't come crying!"
"Yeah, I don't think you need to be concerned about that much at least," Anders said dryly.
Meredith glared but otherwise ignored him. "Mother knows best!" she said. With a turn of her cloak she had disappeared again into the woods.
"Yo! Hey, can I ask you something?" Hawke called, coming back to the camp with his arms full of firewood. "Is there any chance that I'm gonna get super strength in my arm, because, I'm not gonna lie," he said with a chuckle, "that would be stupendous." He stopped seeing Anders standing looking off into the forest. "Hey, you alright?"
Anders turned around. "Oh! Sorry, yes. I was just, um, lost in thought I guess."
Hawke looked at him for a minute before shrugging and carrying on with what he was saying. "I mean, 'cause here's the thing; super human good looks, I've always had 'em. Born with it! But super human strength? Imagine the possibilities!"
~The Hanged Man~
"Wait, she was there that night?" Hawke asked incredulously.
"Yeah, and she was really angry," Anders said. "The whole 'mother' thing wasn't any less weird either."
"More importantly than that though, you had the maps?"
Anders blinked at him. "Yeah. Why?"
"What do you mean 'why'? I could have been living the fancy life so much sooner if you had given me the maps then!"
"Yes, well. These things happen."
Hawke threw his hands up in frustration. "You're a real jerk."
~Author's Note~
Posting two quickly cancels out not updating at all for months, right? Yeah, I'm totally on top of this 'updating' stuff. Anyways, let me know if you have any scenes or songs you want to see done with either a male or female Hawke or the other characters. Have a good however long it is until I post again!
