Alright people this is it! I'm extremely nervous I have anxious to post this ever since it's completion a week ago. I'm posting it ahead of schedule cause I got alot of chapters done early.

You all have been warned! Many many times in fact. I would like to thank Imperial-Hawke for reassuring me this is a good idea, toxic mayhem for reviewing my stuff, and GlysMari for the amazing reviews, giving me the much needed confidence boost!

Without any further ado, let's do this...hang on to something people..it's gonna be a wild ride!

I'll be hiding in the bunker. *slams hatch closed*


Stars Fall

Chapter 28 Revelations

"Well I'd say you have pretty much mastered walking through walls Fenris." Hawke said with a smile, as she and Fenris made their way out of the mines of the Bone Pit one evening.

"I truly thank you for all your assistance with this Hawke, honestly I don't believe the idea would have occurred to me, but it is very useful." He smirked at her.

It had been almost a year and a half since Hawke had become Champion. Last night she had come into the Hanged Man looking for Fenris, finding him playing cards with Varric and some of the other patrons in the main room. Hawke had asked him if he would like to try out his abilities fully by seeing if he could phase through much thicker walls than he had been lately. Fenris had agreed to the idea, and the two of them agreed to go to the Bone Pit after the miners left for the night the following day.


Fenris had to admit, the mines within the Bone Pit had proven to be an excellent testing ground and he was pleased that he had succeed in phasing through every wall Hawke had requested.

As they were walking down one of the paths away from the Bone Pit a sudden shout from above them, made the two of them stop and look up.

A man was standing on a ridge, illuminated by the moonlight, smiling at them "Champion what a pleasure it is to see you."

Hawke raised her eyebrows at the man "Why do I get the feeling it's more of a pleasure for you than it will be for me?"

"Because you're going to die tonight Champion." The man laughed, as he spoke armed men arose from both the ridge where the man was standing and the ridge on the other side of them. Suddenly a small explosion knocked Hawke off her feet.

Her ears ringing, Hawke glanced at Fenris who was on his feet glowing and snarling at the men. Hawke watched as the dust settled in front of her, seeing that the men had caused a rockslide to block the path in front of them, effectively trapping them both, with the only way out being the way they had come from.

Hawke again looked at the men on the ridges, counting them quickly, there were at least thirty of them, and half of them had bows drawn with arrows pointing at her.

Hawke got to her feet shakily, the ringing in her ears was slowly fading. The man smiled at her again and laughed heartily "You cannot imagine how happy I was when one of my boys overheard you last night at the tavern, saying that you and this elf were coming out here alone, how stupid are you Champion?" he finished with a sneer.

Fenris snarled at the man, Hawke rolled her eyes "Not as stupid as people like you like to think."

At that moment one of the men released his arrow, it flew straight at Hawke piercing her shoulder. Hawke cried out in pain. Fenris snapped at the sound of her pain, seeing that arrow pierce Hawke, knowing that she was injured, realizing they were horribly outnumbered, and most of the men were out of range of their blades, he just lost it.


Fenris roared at the night sky, allowing all of his control to break free. He reveled in it, the freedom, the strength, the complete power he was capable of wielding breaking free. He had never done this in front of a human who he intended to let live, before but it was the only way he knew, without another thought he started moving.

Hawke watched in shock as Fenris snapped and started moving, she had seen him move fast before but never like this.

He was literally moving so fast she couldn't see him, he looked like a liquefied blur of blue and white. Her eyes couldn't keep track of him as he moved. All that she could really process was how every man, that the blur that was Fenris passed, dropped like a rock.

The ringing in her ears had finally stopped, allowing her to hear the snapping of bones, the breaking of necks, and the unmistakable sound of steel piercing flesh.


Fenris was tearing through the men, none of them prepared for this, then again who would be? He was a creature of legend, most mortals assumed his kind didn't even exist, Hawke didn't even believe in the existence of his kind.

The last man fell to the ground after Fenris ghosted over to him and broke his neck.

Hawke was still standing where she had been, frozen in place at the sight of seeing Fenris moving at such an unbelievable speed and kill all the men before she could even register what was going on.

Hawke gasped as Fenris turned and slowly approached her, she almost wanted to laugh at how slowly he was moving when she thought about how he had just moved and killed their enemies within mere minutes. He was moving like he was trying to avoid scaring her, in truth part of her was scared. She felt her fear grow slightly when she saw his eyes, they weren't the moss green she had come to know and love, they were a piercing ice blue now. Somewhere in the back of her mind, Hawke recalled seeing his eyes this color before, but she couldn't for the life of her remember when at this particular moment.

Hawke attempted to swallow the lump that had formed in her throat several times, unsuccessfully.

Fenris stopped a few feet away from Hawke, he could see the slight fear in her eyes, he couldn't blame her, she must think he is a monster. He hoped that she would allow him to explain, he had always wanted to tell her the truth, he just wasn't sure how, now it seemed as if he had no choice.

Think Hawke, make words, whatever just happened it's still Fenris, he won't hurt you, I hope. Maker he looks scared, talk Hawke, ask questions… Hawke remembered her shoulder suddenly, and swallowed a health potion quickly. The arrow had only just pierced her flesh, so she considered it a minor wound, she quickly felt the effects of the potion. Hawke looked at Fenris watching her, swallowed again and forced some levity into her voice "So Fenris…" she cautiously approached him, stopping a foot away "Is there something you'd like to tell me?"

Fenris nodded, looking away from her, his own voice shaky "Yes Hawke, but not here, lets go back to the Bone Pit."

Hawke raised an eyebrow at him but nodded her head in agreement. Don't need to be surrounded by corpses in a blocked off path for this one.


They quickly made their way back to the Bone Pit, Hawke settled herself on a bluff overlooking the open quarry below. Hawke could sense Fenris apprehension as he stood behind her, her own heart was racing, what the hell happened to him?

Hawke rotated her body to face Fenris, still keeping his distance, Hawke decided to try and make this easier for him, he seemed as nervous as she was. "So what was all that?"

Fenris sighed opened his mouth to speak and closed it again, he was unsure of where to begin, Hawke was watching him patiently. He sighed and sat down a few feet away from her leaning his back against a rock. He looked away from her at the ground, before beginning his story, his voice filled with apprehension.

"Do you remember what I told you about the Fog Warriors?"

He looked at Hawke who nodded, he sighed "I wasn't entirely truthful with you about that."

Hawke shrugged her shoulders "I figured you were leaving out a few minor details."

He laughed weakly at that "If only they were minor details."

Fenris became serious once more "The truth is that after Danarius was forced to leave me behind, I was mortally injured. When the Fog Warriors found me I was almost dead. They brought me before Arkus, he ordered them to leave him so he could work on me. He realized that he couldn't save my mortal life and so he decided to try and turn me. He had never turned anyone before, and to his knowledge no one had ever tried to turn an elf, but he thought that with the lyrium in my skin, there was a chance that he would be successful. My kind can only turn one person and Arkus chose me."

Hawke whispered "Turn you?"

Fenris met her eyes, his expression deadly serious "He made me a vampire."


Hawke started laughing, the idea was completely ridiculous. She was crying from laughter when she met Fenris' eyes again "I'm sorry Fenris but that was too funny, seriously though what happened?"

Fenris scowled at her, apparently he had to show her he was telling the truth.

Hawke gasped as Fenris' eyes suddenly changed back to that icy blue color and when he opened his mouth, two long gleaming white fangs popped into place on his canines in his upper jaw.

Holy Fuck!

Hawke felt her jaw drop, but there wasn't a thing she could do about that right now.

Fenris retracted his fangs and changed his eyes back to their normal color, before he gave her a doubtful look "Believe me now?"

Hawke slowly shook her head, she couldn't quite find her voice. Her world had just been flipped. Vampires! What the fuck? How could they? What in the Maker's name? Why? Questions were flying through her mind faster than she thought possible.

Fenris allowed her all the time she needed to process this, sitting in silence. Hawke pushed through all the muddle that was her thoughts and looked at him angrily "I want answers damnit, I think you owe me that much, and this time I want the fucking truth!"

Fenris nodded "I shall answer your questions truthfully Hawke."

Hawke settled for what seemed the easiest one first, she was still fuming "What happened with Arkus?"


Fenris sighed and looked at the ground again "I awoke ten days after Arkus turned me, surprising both of us. He was unsure if he had been successful and the last thing I remembered before awaking was collapsing on the ground on the outskirts of the city, I was certain I would perish. Arkus explained what he had done to me, I was infuriated at him, I was a monster now."

Fenris sighed again, Hawke was watching him intently, hanging on his every word "After a few days I finally accepted what he had done. I still didn't like it but there was nothing I could do about it. Arkus started training me; teaching me to control my fangs, how to feed, how to move the way you saw earlier, and eventually how to charm mortals."

Fenris looked up at the sky now slightly smiling "As the weeks with Arkus passed I came to appreciate what he had done. I felt free, strong, I thought nothing would ever chain me again. And it was all thanks to him."

Fenris looked at Hawke quickly before looking into the night sky again "Arkus was fascinated by how quickly I learned everything he taught me, he was a scholar, so he was well versed in the legends of our kind. But he had never heard of an elven vampire, he assumed that the speed I learned all my new skills with was because I was an elf."

Fenris expression turned into a pained one now as his eyes left the dark sky and turned instead to the ground "After I had been in this life a little more than five months, Arkus left to go to the mainland, to see if he could find answers about me. He left me behind because he wasn't sure I was ready to be around so many humans. I watched his ship explode from the shore, not even a vampire like Arkus could survive such an explosion."

"And suddenly I found myself alone. Arkus had been my constant companion, he taught me everything he could, trained me, showed me what it was like to be free. Then he was gone." Fenris sighed.

Hawke felt horrified, she had known Fenris had admired Arkus, he thought of him as something like a father, but she could never have imagined a bond like this. Hawke swallowed another lump in her throat. "What happened afterwards?"


Fenris shrugged his shoulders, speaking plainly "The Fog Warriors allowed me to stay with them, they assumed I had become Arkus' apprentice or something. They had no idea what he or I really were, we were always careful about hunting and feeding around them."

Hawke wanted to ask him about feeding but another question seemed more pressing "So did Danarius actually come for you?"

Fenris glared angrily at the ground "Yes he did. I thought I was free from him, Arkus had thought so as well. But we were both wrong. Since Danarius was still my master in my mind when Arkus turned me, he was still my master in my new life. He looked me in the eyes and ordered me to kill the Fog Warriors, I had to obey. I couldn't stop myself no matter how hard I tried. Once it was done, I fled, ghosting away from him before he could look me in the eyes and order me back to his side."

Hawke was confused "So because Danarius looked you in the eyes and ordered you to do something you had to do it?"

Fenris nodded his head grimly "That is what I believe, Arkus was able to do so as well because it was he who turned me, so the feeling was very familiar. Eye contact was the key, however Arkus only ever did so when he felt I was about to lose control and he would use it to help me to regain control."

Hawke was intriqued "So do you think Danarius knows what you are now?"

Fenris sighed "I have no idea. I doubt it though, like yourself most mortals including him don't believe in the existence of vampires. An idea we do not mind at all; in fact mortals are not supposed to know about our existence." He looked at Hawke with a completely serious face.

Hawke caught onto what he was saying, and spoke quickly "Oh you don't have to worry about me telling anyone, trust me, people think I'm crazy enough as it is."

Fenris half smirked at that. Suddenly a thought struck Hawke, Fenris was instantly nervous at the shocked expression Hawke now wore.

Hawke looked at Fenris, her eyes wide, and whispered, her volume steadily increasing as she spoke "How the fuck did I not notice any of this? I mean I had sex with you!"

Fenris blushed slightly "I forced myself to maintain control, not an easy task but I managed somehow. The only thing I couldn't control was the temperature of my skin."

Hawke smiled weakly at that "You were a little on the cooler side."

Fenris blushed even more, Hawke knew he was uncomfortable speaking of their night together but damnit she had wanted answers, she was grateful he gave them, so she rewarded him by changing the subject. "So when you say feeding what do you mean?"

Fenris looked away from her now "I do need to drink blood. I don't need to kill people for it though, Arkus showed me how to take just the amount I needed and no more. He taught me how to hunt humans as well as animals if there was no other choice."

Hawke shuddered at little at the thought "So you hunt people in Kirkwall?"

"Don't you? The only difference is when thugs or such try to attack me and I kill them, I drink some of their blood before they die."

Hawke nodded her head slightly, seeing his logic. Another thought occurred to her "That's what you keep in that flask of yours isn't it?"

Fenris gave her a mischievous smirk and pulled out the flask in question "Arkus gave me this shortly after I awoke. The inner lining is made of frostrock, it preserves the blood I collect inside."

"That's useful."

Fenris smirked again as he took a drink from the flask. He replaced it back in a pocket inside his coat before speaking again, laughing a bit as he spoke "The Deep Roads were interesting, Arkus had told me that vitaradix could provide a temporary alternative to blood, though the taste was utterly horrid."

Hawke chuckled softly "No shit."

Yet another question popped into her head "Why did you need our help? You know when you first came to Kirkwall?"

Fenris' expression became serious and dark once again "Danarius can still control me if he makes eye contact, I had hoped that whoever Anso hired could help me in that regard. I had hoped that you could somehow incapacitate Danarius before he could do so."

"Ah I see."

"Any more questions?"

Hawke smiled her sly smile "About a dozen or two."

Fenris shook his head, Hawke posed her next question "What else can you do beside the whole speed thing?"

Fenris smiled slightly "The speed thing is called 'ghosting', and I can only do that at night. My senses of hearing, sight, and smell are greatly enhanced as well."

"Figures."

"During the day I am only slighter stronger and faster than a mortal, and I suspect that the lyrium is the reason behind that. Arkus was the same as mortals during the day when it came to strength and speed. During the night however.." he shot a smirk at Hawke "I am far stronger and I can ghost."

"I can charm people during both day and night."

Hawke shot him a questioning look "Charm?"

Fenris changed his eyes back to the icy blue and smiled at her "It is the way we use to hypnotize mortals, some call in 'enthrall' but Arkus always called it 'charm' so I do as well. When I make eye contact with mortals I can control their mind to a certain extent, make them think or do what I want, although I'm not highly skilled at it. Other vampires eyes don't change color when they do it though, I'm unsure if mine do because I'm an elf or because of the lyrium."

Hawke chuckled "You are definitely unique, Fenris."

Fenris laughed softly "More so than I would prefer."

"So back in Denerim, that's what you did to Wade's assistant isn't it? You used your charm thing on him."

Fenris smiled at her "He deserved it. And I was surprised by how well it worked."

"So where do you go when you disappear all the time?"

Fenris looked away from her "I'm sorry Hawke but that has nothing to do with what I am, I'd prefer to keep that a secret."

Hawke sighed "Fair enough, but I have another question for you."

Fenris rolled his eyes "Of course you do."

Hawke gave him a sarcastic look before speaking, curiosity filling her voice "Why didn't Arkus teach you how to read? You said he was a scholar, surely he would have wanted to teach you."

Fenris looked at the ground again "I'm certain he would have eventually, he was a bit busy teaching me how to control myself. He just ran out of time."

Hawke felt bad for bringing the subject up but she was so curious, she spoke gently "How old was Arkus?"

Fenris took a moment to think "I believe he was somewhere around three-hundred. I never learned his exact age, I doubt he knew it."

This surprised Hawke "Damn, so you really are immortal, huh?"

Fenris simply nodded his head.


Hawke suddenly became serious again, making Fenris nervous once more. She whispered, afraid of the answer he might give "Why didn't you tell me this sooner Fenris?"

Fenris ran his hand through his hair, he had truly hoped she wouldn't ask this, he might have known better "I wanted to, I just wasn't sure how. I was also afraid of how you might react. I feared you would despise me, hate me, or be disgusted with me."

Hawke shook her head "I don't despise or hate you Fenris. And I'm not disgusted with you. I mean this is a huge shock to me, you can't blame me for that but I don't hate you. I'm just upset that you didn't tell me. I trusted you with all my secrets and you felt you couldn't trust me."

Fenris tried to meet her eyes, but Hawke turned her head "I am sorry Hawke, you must also understand Arkus taught me that mortals could not know the truth. That if they learned the truth about us, they would try and kill us, labeling ones like myself as monsters."

Hawke scoffed at him "And how does one kill a vampire?"

Fenris responded without thinking "Amaranthine."

Hawke's eyes widened "Amaranthine? The ore? Seriously?"

Fenris nodded his head somberly "Yes the ore that gave the city of Amaranthine its name. Exposure to it weakens me and when it touches me it burns."

"But amaranthine is in so much stuff! All kinds of metal has it in it!"

"The refined form isn't as harmful, it's the raw form that does the real damage. I can avoid that easily enough, exposure to the refined form is something I just have to deal with."

Hawke shook her head in disbelief "I'll bet that isn't fun."

Fenris shrugged his shoulders "I have experienced far worse. The pain amaranthine causes me pales in comparison to the pain the markings once did. It really doesn't bother me much, I simply avoid the blades and arrows made with it. The other metals made from it are easy enough to avoid as well."

Hawke smiled slightly "I suppose that's true enough, even I don't go around touching every metal bar and chain."

He laughed lightly.

Hawke joined him in laughter for a few moments before Fenris noticed the sky beginning to lighten. He sighed "I know you have more questions Hawke but I feel we need to get back."

Hawke noticed the sky as well "I thought sunlight didn't affect you?"

Fenris smirked at her "It doesn't, but I don't think you want to encounter any of the miners on their way to work."

Hawke groaned at the thought and stood, Fenris rising as well "Fuck no, knowing them they would need me to slay some more damn spiders or something."

Fenris chuckled as he spoke "Maker forbid the Champion of Kirkwall should need to slay spiders."

"Hey I don't like spiders, I am allowed to not like things you know."

Fenris gave her a sly smile "Would you like me to get you back to Kirkwall? The sun hasn't fully risen so I can ghost us at least part of the way back."

Hawke's eyes widened "Ummmm…would it hurt?"

Fenris shook his head at her.

"Uh sure okay I guess."

Fenris moved over to her and picked her up gently, cradling her in his arms. He looked at her before he started moving "You might want to hold your breath though."

He watched as Hawke took in a huge gulp of air, and he ran. A few steps in, he began to ghost.


Hawke was stunned as the world blurred by her, she almost let out the breath she was holding but remembered at the last second to keep it in. Fenris' ghost movements made the world appear as a dark blur, small rays of the slowly dawning sunlight mixed into the dark blur. She couldn't make anything of the landscape out; nothing more than a light blur here, sand she assumed, grey blurs there, maybe rocks, a hint of green, bushes maybe.

All too soon Fenris' slowed, the sunrise finally stealing his ability from him, only to return it with the sunset.

Once he slowed to a normal pace he stopped and gently placed Hawke back on her feet. Hawke immediately exhaled and inhaled fresh air. Fenris chuckled at her breathlessness.

Hawke glared at him "I'm guessing you don't need to breathe either?"

Fenris smirked at her "Not as much as you do no."

Hawke rolled her eyes and straightened, taking in her surroundings. She was shocked to realize how much closer they were, they still had at least an hour's walk but still they were a decent ways away from the Bone Pit.

Fenris watched Hawke looking around them with fascination "I could have taken us to the city gates but you needed air and I can't ghost during the day, which apparently it became daytime a few moments ago."

Hawke shrugged her shoulders "Well you seem to be able to settle for normal speed every other time, so lets start walking."

Fenris nodded his head and they starting the walk back to Kirkwall.


Hawke stopped suddenly just before they reached the gates just over an hour later. She turned to Fenris with a serious expression.

"I need some time Fenris. I need some time to understand all this." She gestured to him before continuing, "This is really a lot to take in and I just want some time away from everyone to so I can collect my thoughts and stuff."

Fenris felt like he had been stabbed but he nodded his head "I understand Hawke. Do you wish me to leave?"

Hawke's eyes widened "NO!"

Fenris looked at her, startled by her outburst. Hawke attempted to save face, slightly embarrassed at herself "I don't want you to leave Fenris, I just need time to myself."

Hawke started walking again "Surely you know all about that."

Fenris scowled as he took in the meaning of her words, he sighed and fell into place behind her as they approached the Kirkwall gates.


*Peeks through periscope in bunker* Is everyone still with me?

More answers still to come I promise...Btw I swear Fenris does NOT sparkle, glow yes but thats for obvious reasons, sparkle fuck no.