Authors Notes: So, It seems the end will be in sight soon =( I'm thinking of doing a sequel type thingy though so subscribe or favourite or whatever it is you do on here :P If you wanna see what happens with that Kthxbai xx

Twenty Five.

It had been two more days before Celina awoke again; the blood around her wounds would begin to congeal but would become stuck to the bandages and be pulled of when changing the bandages, the healers had decided they would let it bleed freely since it had slowed considerably, it would take the legs a while longer to heal, they would heal quicker than a normal persons due to the Wardens quicker regeneration, but then she would have to do a lot of exercises on them to get them to what they used to be, the way they were snapped were in the manner that when they repaired they would be stronger...So that was one good thing that came out of it. The small bump on her stomach was completely gone now, along with most of the bruises she had obtained.

One day when the bleeding had miraculously slowed to a trickle and Celina was awake Niklas and Leliana entered the room.

"Will she be okay for ten minutes without healing?" Niklas asked. "We need to speak..."

The chief healer looked up. "I wouldn't advise it...but she should be okay, if it is only ten minutes."

"Yes it will be."

The healer nodded slowly and they left the room.

Niklas and Leliana pulled chairs up next to Celina's bed. Celina blushed deeply. "I am naked you know..."

"Oh? I hadn't noticed." Niklas quipped.

"We've seen it before Celina, relax." Leliana looked slightly annoyed as she said that. She should be for her eyes only.

"Pfff, along with half of the fort..."

Niklas looked at Celina, a serious but apologetic look in his eyes. "We need to know what happened Celina."

"I...I was wondering when you were going to ask..." She sighed loudly and pushed herself up in the bed a little. "We were on the way back up here and...I felt a kick in my stomach...I thought it was the baby but...but when I looked it...it was an arrow. Then I just dropped, they thudded into me everywhere the men came out from the trees and they...they overpowered Lanaya and knocked her down...They jumped on my legs and left me to die while they..." Celina gagged loudly and Leliana squeezed her hand. "They raped her right in front of me...then I felt a...power...it just surged through me, I—I think It was magic? I killed them, as if they were nothing, some of them grabbed Lanaya and ran with her and then...nothing, the next thing I knew I was here..."

"Where they bandits?" Niklas asked.

"I don't know...They...I don't know." Tears were visibly running down Celina's face now.

Leliana stood and hugged Celina tightly, trying to avoid touching any wounds. Celina winced at first but melted and began sobbing as she thought about what happened.

"Thank you Celina." Niklas nodded and left.

"Leliana?"

"Yes my love?"

"I want to have a child now...I know how fleeting life is...I don't want to leave without a legacy."

"Your name will be known for centuries Celina."

"You know what I mean...I...I just want to go home."

The door opened and the healers returned. "Lie back down."

Celina nodded and slipped back down into the bed. "See you later Leliana?"

Leliana smiled. "Yes, I'll see you later." She blew Celina a kiss as one of the healers shooed her from the room.

***

Time passed slowly for Leliana, the highlights of her day would be the short visits to Celina, there were whispers going around the fort of the 'invincible woman' how she had slain the Archdemon personally and lived, almost singlehandedly saved northern Ferelden and had taken at least ten arrows and two broken legs, and she still wasn't dead! Leliana would smile when she heard these; Celina would laugh when Leliana told her. It had been a week since the last of her wounds had finally scabbed over; the healers had found a pair of crutches for her and had decided it was time for her to begin walking again. The bones were repaired, but the muscles would be weakened and the bone still tender. They gave her ten minutes a day to walk around in the courtyard, a healer would sit by the entrance to the hall in case anything happened, they also allowed her to go to the dining hall on her own. The other Wardens bowed and crossed their arms across their shoulders when they saw her. One healer would watch over her from the bench in the infirmary. One night the healer was asleep so she grabbed the crutches and crept to Leliana's room.

"Celina?" Leliana sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Shhh, move up." She said with a smile.

Leliana couldn't help but laugh as she nudged over in her bed. "You're going to get hell for this tomorrow."

"Ah well, it'll be worth it, it's freezing in there anyway, I'll just use that excuse!" Celina climbed into the bed slowly and placed the crutches on the floor. She turned over and faced Leliana. "Hello." A huge grin across her face.

"Hello." Leliana wrapped her arms around Celina and squeezed tightly. "It feels good to be close to you again."

That was the best night's sleep any of them had since the incident.

***

"I can't believe you did that!" Niklas shouted. "Don't give me them eyes!"

Celina blinked at him innocently. "I'm sorry Niklas; I was cold...Leliana's nice and warm."

Niklas rolled his eyes. "Just ask next time...Or at least leave a note or...something!"

"Yes yes, I will...Oh by the way Niklas; we're leaving as soon as my legs are better."

"Leaving? Where?"

"Back to Ferelden...I have an Arling to run the last time I checked, my holiday seems to have gone on a bit longer than I expected to be truthful."

"Oh...should you really be walking that far in your condition?"

"You know I'm no frail flower..." Celina laughed when Niklas pulled a sour face. "But yes, we're getting horses...They've always looked fun to ride I guess." She poked her tongue out a bit and hobbled off out of the room for her walk with Leliana.

"That woman..."