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Brieanna paced in front of the door of Serene's room while Anders examined her. She still hadn't regained consciousness and Brieanna was trying desperately not to focus on the man that was leaning against the wall opposite of her. She just couldn't believe it, after all this time he just happens to stumble upon Serene.

"Brieanna, could you please stop pacing and tell me what in the Maker's name is going on here?" The man asked. Brieanna stopped and glared at the man, deep into his blue eyes and then looked away to hide the blush of the memory of her first real crush.

"Who gives a shit about what's going on? Where the fade have you been for the past fifteen years?" Brieanna snapped as she glared at the wall.

"I think I caught some of that, but are you talking to me or the wall?" The man asked with a slight chuckle in his voice. Brieanna snapped and before she could even think to control herself, she spun around and slapped him across his face.

"Don't you dare try to joke about this. You've been hiding out somewhere, leaving your people to deal with a blight and Loghain and now that you've just popped out of nowhere, I'm suppose to treat you like I'm still ten?" Brieanna snapped.

"Brieanna, I'm sorry. I just..." The man stopped as he saw the tears streaming from her eyes.

"I loved you, Maric. I wanted to be you, so much. A great ruler and a hero. Then you died and then everyone else died and all I can see now is the man that just ran away from everything and let my whole world fall apart." Brieanna said as the tears streamed down her face. Maric sighed sadly and wrapped his arms around the young woman in front of him. There was much he needed to know, and much he needed to tell.

"Um, yeah. I think I'm going to need Fiona's help here." Anders said as he poked his head out of the door.

"What's wrong? Is she hurt?" Brieanna asked. Anders shook his head.

"She's fine, but she's gone into labor. Fiona's spent more time around this kind of stuff, I haven't." Anders explained. Brieanna nodded and shoved Maric towards the door.

"Have him hold her hand. She'll feel a little better than the man responsible for most of the pain in her life is with her. Maybe she can dislocate his shoulder." Brieanna mumbled under breath as she walked away to find Fiona.

"You're not Alistair are you?" Anders asked. Maric frowned and shook his head.

"Alistair? He's my son." Maric said.

"Oh, that makes no sense at all, at least what Brie said anyway. Well I heard that she was quite a menace when she gave birth to Bella, so I hope you will forgive me if I can't heal you right away." Anders explained as he pushed Maric into the room. Serene was fully awake and pushing when the men walked into the room. Anders quickly pushed Maric to stand next to her as he knelt between her legs. Maric went to move away when Serene nearly yanked off his arm.

"You know this is all your fault, you know that right?" Serene snapped. Maric looked at Anders.

"Is there a woman around that doesn't think this is my fault?" Maric asked. Anders shrugged.

"She is a bit distracted right now and probably thinks you're Alistair. She was screaming at me earlier about mice and mages. She's also tried to kill me a few times over the past couple of years screaming about a fade demon." Anders explained. Maric frowned.

"Alistair and her?" Maric asked. Serene grabbed his arm and yanked him down to her.

"No, the damn easter bunny. God, the brains definitely didn't come from you. At least not the ones in your head." Serene snapped. Maric tried to pull away from the woman, but she had a grip on him that seemed to be made of iron. Anders chuckled and turned his attention to the space between Serene's legs.

"Um, should you really be down there?" Maric asked. Anders looked up and frowned.

"Weren't you there when your son was born?" Anders asked. Serene snorted.

"Of course not. None of the damn Theirin men were there for their babies." Serene snapped. Maric's face paled and Anders gave her a look.

"You be nice or I will start doing things I'm not suppose to." Anders pointed out.

"Go ahead, might make Duncan come out faster. Though sex didn't help with Bella. It was funny though." Serene chuckled.

"You had sex while you were in labor?" Anders asked. Serene shook her head.

"I wish. I had just finished when my water broke. Poor Teagan thought he did something to Bella. I still tease him." Serene said.

"I thought you said Alistair was the father?" Maric snapped.

"No, I said it was the damn easter bunny. Where the hell is Fiona?" Serene snapped.

"Brie went to get her. I'm sure she'll be here in a second. Think you can hold off killing Gramps here?" Anders asked. Serene grumbled under her breath and then nodded.

"You might want to let her know before she comes in here though. She might be as surprised as Brie to see Santa here, alive." Serene pointed out. Anders chuckled remembering how humorous it was trying to understand what Serene was talking about when she was explaining Christmas.

"If he's Santa, and daddy's the easter bunny, what's that make me?" Anders asked. Serene glared at him.

"A raccoon if you're not careful." Serene snapped as she lifted her foot to put her heel to his temple. Anders smirked as he went to check her dilation like Fiona showed him and gently rubbed her clit just enough to get her flush.

"I'll do more than just break your water if you're not careful." Anders whispered. Serene glared at him, more for turning her on than anything else.

"Just go see what's taking so long, sparkle fingers." Serene said.

"Oh, I see how it is. Next you'll be making a comment about my robes." Anders joked.

"Oh, I've got plenty of comments about those. Mostly from Brie. Something about it feeling odd that she pulls open her pants and you pull up your skirt." Serene said.

"Fine, but I'm telling Oghren about the fade demon." Anders said. Serene laughed and rolled her eyes.

"I'm pretty sure he's gonna say something about a pike twirler and something inappropriate about statues. Go get Fiona or I will sit on your face until Duncan slids out." Serene snapped as she gave him a pointed look. Anders stuck out his tongue and left the room. Maric shifted uncomfortably next to the bed.

"So you're sure its a boy?" Maric asked. Serene nodded and groaned as a contraction hit her.

"Are you going to attempt small talk with me?" Serene asked.

"I'd like to at least. If you truly are having my grandchild." Maric answered.

"This will be the second one. Bella is most likely with Fiona right now, like she always is. Woman is trying to make up the years she lost with Alistair." Serene said.

"So this Fiona is Alistair's mother?" Maric asked. Serene rolled her eyes.

"How many other mage healers in the grey wardens do you know that go by the name?" Serene snapped back. Maric blushed slightly and tried not to get angry at the woman before him, about to have his son's baby.

"I'm sorry, it's just been a long time since I've been around people." Maric said.

"Save that story for later. I could actually care less about where you've been for fifteen years. I think it would be more important for Brieanna to know. Your death affected her in a big way. She seduces just about everything that walks. I would know." Serene said.

"Its hard to see little Brieanna as anything but a little girl with pigtails sitting on my knee asking about my war stories. Bryce didn't seemed to discourage that from her." Maric said.

"I wouldn't mention her family when you talk to her. They were all killed except for Brandon and Fergus. Rendon Howe was responsible for it under Loghain's orders." Serene said and spat on the floor after mentioning the bastard's name.

"By the maker, I had no idea. I should have known something like this would happen. Flemeth said he would betray me, each time worst than the last." Maric said.

"Flemeth was just a crazy old witch who just wanted to manipulate people to her will. She's probably running around in the Free Marches somewhere trying to find a new body." Serene said.

"New body?" Maric asked.

"That's how she's lived this long. She wrangles men into her lair, rides them hard, has a daughter and when her body is about to die, she kicks her daughter out her body and takes it for her own." Serene explained. Maric went to ask her another question when he felt something dig into his arm and nearly pull it out of socket.

"Maker's breath, woman. I need that arm." Maric cried as he tried to break free. Serene gave him a pointed look and fought back the urge to start crying.

"Don't want to lose an arm, make it useful. Duncan is coming whether there's a healer here or not." Serene said as she flung him towards her legs. Maric looked down between her legs, blushed furiously for gazing at his son's lover and gulped.

"Um, I'm not sure I can do this." Maric said. Serene rolled her eyes.

"I have to start pushing and someone is going to have to catch him to prevent him from flying across the keep. Just think about the little baby that's coming out of my body and not the actually area of the body you're looking at." Serene instructed. Maric swallowed and nodded as he awkwardly crouched between her legs. She began to scream as Maric noticed a tuft of red-brown hair protruded from her body. Slowly the tuff turned into the top of a head and Maric fought the urge to run screaming from the room. This was the reason the father wasn't allowed in the room for the birth.

"Um, so you're naming him Duncan?" Maric asked, trying to keep himself calm more than trying to distract her. Serene let out a loud scream as she pushed again causing more of the baby's head to come out.

"After the former Warden Commander." Serene managed to grumble out.

"Former? You mean Duncan is dead?" Maric asked sadly. He cared about Duncan, almost as much as he cared about Loghain, maybe even more.

"We can talk all about that later. I think this is going to be the push. Get ready." Serene groaned. Maric swallowed hard and tried to focus on the birth of his grandson. Serene screamed for what seemed like forever as the head finally came all the way out and the shoulders started to slide out. Maric grabbed a blanket that was nearby and was prepared to catch the baby. He was glad he was ready because rest of the baby slid easily out of Serene and into the blanket, screaming. Maric beamed proudly at his grandson in his hands.

"He's beautiful." Maric said. He noticed some of the utensils nearby and cut the umbilicol cord. He was suddenly shocked when Serene started to push again and all sorts of odd things came out of her. Serene saw the shocked look on his face and chuckled.

"After birth. It's suppose to be like that. Can I have Duncan now?" Serene asked as she held out her arms. Maric nodded as he swaddled the baby and handed him to Serene.

"That was amazing." Maric said. Serene sighed and nodded.

"Yes, it is. I'm sure if you had seen either Cailan or Alistair born, you would have been a better father to them both." Serene snapped.

"Hey, just a minute there." Maric interrupted, trying to defend himself. Serene stopped him and shook her head.

"We'll have words later, many words. I need to rest now, so you can hold Duncan until either Fiona or Brie come in to kill you. You and I both know that if you had been there for Cailan, things wouldn't have turned out the way they did. Thank god Alistair didn't turn out as bad as him though." Serene snapped as she held out Duncan and Maric took him.

"I'm just glad that Alistair has someone like you." Maric said. Serene's eyelids grew heavy and she was trying to fight sleep off for a bit longer.

"We'll have words later." Serene mumbled before she lost her battle, falling asleep. Maric sat down next to the bed and cooed at the baby in his arms.

"I think I've muddled things up for much too long. She's right about one thing, I would have been better had I seen Cailan and Alistair born. I wasn't there for them, but I will be here for you, and your sister. I just hope that my sons will forgive me." Maric said.