Dont know if i like this chapter or not... its kinda of a filler chapter anyway.

Shianni arrived back in the Alienage about an hour after I did. As I first thought she told me off. Barraged me with questions and telling me off for the answers I gave. She looked nothing like the Shianni I left here years ago. Her red hair was longer. Stopping just past her shoulders. Her skin was just as fine as the day I left. Her eyes narrowed at me the second she seen me. Her hands went straight to her hips and I knew I was in trouble. I stood up from the chair I was sitting in a tried to smile at her as she scowled at me.

"And What are you doing here?"

We were all in Soris's apartment room. It was tiny and dull. Its what you would expect an Elf to live in. A single bed against the back wall and a basic table and chairs. I smiled even under her angry gaze "I don't know."

"You don't know!?" She growled.

Soris stood up trying to calm the situation but Shianni's glare was enough to make him sit down again.

"For four years we thought you were dead! Hell, the whole country thought you were dead!" Her eye narrowed as she stepped toward me. I honestly thought she was going to smack me one. So when she wrapped her arms around me in a tight hug I almost cried.

The three of us spend most of the afternoon just chatting. Shianni was very interested in hearing about my land outside of the Alienage "Wasn't it hard for you to find somewhere?"

I shook my head and took a sip of water. "The place was deserted when I got there," The visions of my land back home made me a little home sick. "It was a waste land. I basically just claimed it for myself. Not many people came back to the area after the Blight."

Shianni had a small smile on her face and her eyes seemed to be far away as she dreamed of what it must have been like to be free of this place.

I began to relax as I sat in the area I had grown up in. It was nice to be home again. Around familiar things. It had all slipped my mind as to why I had run here in the first place. There was a knock on the door and Sori rose to open it. It was unusual for people to knock. We all knew each other in the Alienage. No one ever knocked. So when the door opened and Zevran was standing there I shot upwards. I glared at him as he shot a charming grin at me. "Ah Warden there you are my dear." He stepped inside past Sori's.

I glared at him. He knew what was happening with Alistair and his wife. It made me so furious to think that he was hiding this from me since he came to the farm. I stormed over to him and grabbed him around the elbow before dragging him outside the house towards the great tree. "Why didn't you tell me Zevran?!" I stabbed him in the chest with my finger nail.

"Tell you what Darling?"

"Don't be stupid!" I sneered at him "You know exactly what I am talking about! That woman in the castle is his wife!"

Zevran shrugged "I didn't think it would be an issue."

"Not an issue!" I went to stab him with my finger again but he grabbed my hand and shook his head at me. It didn't stop me. I snatched my hand back and growled "You knew Zevran! And you choose not to tell me."

"Yes I knew and I apologies Kali. Just please come back to the castle."

I narrowed my eyes at him and shook my head "No. I will come back when Carver gets back so I know what is going on. Then I can find out weather I have to stay in this stupid city or go home!"

Zevran shrugged. Rolled his eyes and walked away.

I returned to the house and sat in the chair brooding for a few moments before Shianni got to curious "Was that the Elf you were travelling with during the Blight?"

I nodded and glared at her as her hand rose to her lips and she smiled slightly "No." I growled.

"What?" she blushed

"No. Your to innocent for him. He'll chew you up and spit you okay."

She pouted and slumped down in her chair.

And so I spent the next two days in the Alienage. I met people I had not seen in a very long time. I even helped a few sort out their homes and families. I sat down in the front of the Great Tree with a small pile of small children gathered around.

Every single one of them had heard the story of the Hero Of Ferelden and where she had come from. They all wanted to hear stories of how I saved the world. It took me a long time to figure out what story I should tell them. Not many were fit for children ears. It was either a story of a child possessed by a demon, werewolves who attacked Elves or Dwarfs who went mad after being in the deep roads.

I settled on the story of the Dalish. A lot of City Elves had heard the stories of the Dalish but never believed them. I remember hearing of them myself as a child. They loved the fantasy of the Elves. The Halla were extremely attractive to small elves who were use to seeing nothing other than mangy dogs. They all quarrelled over who was going to sit the closest.

Over time I became comfortable here again. The Elves stopped looking at me as if I was a foreign object and eventually I started to feel at home again.

On the third day I sat in front of my Fathers grave with a single flower in my hands. "I'm sorry father." I whispered "I should have been here. Not only for you but for all our people." Guilt was started to grow in my chest. "I'm so sorry Father."

"We need you Kali," I flicked a look over my shoulder and seen Zevran leaning against the post with a serious smile on his face. "Alistair has been nagging me to come get you."

"What," I snapped turning back to my Father "The King to High and Mighty to come down and see us low landers now?"

"I warned him off," his leather boots sloshed in the mud as he walked forward "I don't think the man who broke your heart would be very welcome down here."

I sniggered, picturing Soris standing in Alistair's way as he tried to enter the Alienage. "Yeah I guess not."

Zevran placed his hand on my shoulder "Come back to the Castle Kali. The Grey Wardens need the Hero Of Ferelden." When I didn't say anything I heard him sigh "Carver is back. He has a report for you and Alistair."

I stood up and spun around "Fine!" I stormed past him muttering loud enough so I knew he would hear "You want the Hero Of Ferelden. I'll be the Maker Damned Hero."

His sigh was also loud enough so I could hear, but I chose to ignore it, worried my own temper would get the better of me and I'd end up smacking the one person who has never asked anything of me.

I returned to the Castle with a rather large chip on my shoulder. If they wanted the Hero Of Ferelden, they had her. No more letting my emotions getting involved. Alistair and I were done. That was very clear now. The servants all nodded as I pasted them. Zevran jogging along behind me to try and keep up. "Kali."

I ignored him and kept marching towards to War Room.

He snatched my arm "Kali! Listen to me?!"

"Oh so now you want to talk to me do you? Funny how you pick your moments." I stopped, turned and snarled at him.

He sighed and shook his head "You know I am not one for drama Kali. I made an oath to you-"

"Shut up about your Oath Zevran!" I growled "Your Oath ended the minute the Blight was over. I never held you to it. I never asked you for anything! All I wanted was a friend who told me the truth! I thought you out of all the people would have known me well enough to know that loyalty is important to me."

He opened his mouth to say something but shut it. Looked at the floor then met my eyes again "I should have told you Kali." He sighed "I didn't want you to run again."

"If you had told me the truth-"

He glared at me "If I had told you the truth you would have run. You would have disappeared and I know I never would have found you." He stepped forward and grabbed my shoulders "You always run when it gets to hard."

My eyes narrowed and I growled before yanking my arms out of his grip and walking away from him "I do not always run. I took on the Arch Demon for Maker Sake!"

"Kali!" He snapped.

I froze. Having never heard Zevran lose his temper before I was shocked. Turning slowly I brushed my dark hair out of my eyes and stared at him.

"Yes you took on the Arch Demon but the second your feelings get hurt you run!" he walked forward and caught me in a tight hug "We are not all here to hurt you Kali. I for one would protect you with my life." He pulled back and looked me dead in the eye "I didn't tell you about Cecilia because I was protecting you."

My guard lowered quickly and I smiled weakly up at my dearest friend. "I'm sorry Zev." I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him tight "I'm sorry."

He pressed his lips against my head "Ah my dear Warden if you thank me this way every time I annoy you I will have to do it more often."