Okay a really long chapter, I think I was going for storytime like it would be around the campfire plus I think I also wanted to get the background out. As always I don't own the game, characters, or locations mentioned.

Please review and let me know how to improve my writing, I do enjoy doing this I might even rewrite these old stories to improve them or just delete and focus on my newer stuff. I only have four more complete chapters of this one.

That night at camp Emma gave Marian a spare tent that she 'just so happened to have', really it was from the sphere but no one needed to know just yet. After everyone had set up their tents, bathed, and was sitting down for dinner everyone was waiting for the two friends to speak but they seem to be avoiding it or honestly forgotten. Elisa decided that enough was enough "Emma, you promised you would answer questions remember?"

Emma paused in spooning some vegetable soup in her mouth, she lowered the spoon with a cornered look in her eye but still, she answered back "Yes I did as is your right as the commander."

Elisa was surprised at that statement "So as commander, can I order you to let other people know?"

Emma closed her eyes as if in pain or extremely nervous and sighed "Any that you deem worthy."

Elisa pressed "And if I deem everyone here worthy?"

Emma smiled softly "Then I shall answer as according to the agreement our predecessors signed with yours."

Arthur put his arm around her shoulder "For the sake of poor Emma's nerves how about one question for each person tonight and the rest could wait until morning or if there is a particular topic that would take several questions for you to understand and Emma does not mind rambling on about." He said and squeezed her shoulders on that last bit causing her to smile and rest her head on his shoulders.

Elisa filed that information away for later as she turned to the others "Who would like to ask first, I would like to wait until the last if you don't mind?"

Alistair raised his hand, Emma bit her lip in an effort not to laugh at the powerful warrior acting like a little schoolboy, how adorable! Arthur made no such effort, he laughed loudly "Okay Alistair you can go first. What is your big question?"

Alistair looked at Emma "Now will you tell us where Azeroth is, is it a continent?"

Emma sighed "For one who acts like a fool you certainly know what to ask to get the ball rolling. This is one of those exceptions Arthur mentioned. No Azeroth is not a continent or a country" Emma paused hear and took a soothing breath before carrying on with the big reveal "Azeroth is a planet, our world. We were sent here from the planet Azeroth to aid the Grey Wardens as per the ancient agreement that was made by our predecessors."

The only sound to be heard was the nocturnal woodland critters, Elisa broke the silence "Come again? You mean you're…"

Arthur finished for her, uncharacteristically patient "We're from another world."

Fenris was shocked by this, the girl was hiding something after all and yet, "How do you look human then, is this some kind of foul magical disguise?"

Emma looked at him, the sadness in her eyes was almost heartbreaking for a monster, almost "No Fenris, we are truly humans, we are just humans from other worlds. Arthur and I are not even from Azeroth either nor are we from the same world but apparently many worlds have humans on it. Don't ask me how many because I really have no idea, all I know that at least five currently have humans on them. Who would have guessed right? I know that the scientist back on my birth planet would give anything to see what I have." She tried to laugh it off but anyone could tell the laugh was forced.

Arthur shook his head and added "When you stop and think about, which of us is in the worst situation? You, who are sitting with two otherworldly people, or us, who are on another world and surrounded by aliens, as Emma's birth planet calls them. You are as alien to us as we are too you."

Elisa frowned "When you put it that way it does sound like you are at a disadvantage. It must be frightening almost." Elisa could not imagine being in their shoes, having to go to another world to fight in their wars.

With a simple smile, Emma waved away her concerns "Oh not really. As I said previously Arthur and I have grown up on a world that is not our birth world. And more so Arthur and I are not from the same world. Honestly, I think at this point I feel more comfortable with aliens than I would with Earthlings." Emma closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh, the kind that carries all the burden and sadness this young woman must face every day.

Sensing it was best to move on Stella asked: "What did you mean when you said that Cromie, the little person from before, was a 'timekeeper'?"

Lucilla butted in "Yea, and before you went with Cullen you said it was bad to keep a dragon waiting. So who is she?"

Emma and Arthur looked at each other before Emma motioned for him to answer. "Okay here is the thing, Cromie is a dragon or more specifically a bronze dragon. They are the ones that keep the timeline in Azeroth flowing smoothly, interfering from time to time to fix things here or there i.e. they are timekeepers. We have helped a couple of such missions ourselves, you know going back in time and such to prevent their opposite, the Infinites, from messing with the timeline. Dragons on Azeroth, since I don't know about here, can take the shape of the mortal races, case in point Cromie favors the appearance of a gnome. Each Dragonflight has its own duties and is ruled over by an aspect, again, for example, the bronze is ruled by the Aspect of Time Nozdormu the Timeless One. Next question." Too blunt genius. Got the point across though. We want them to like us again remember.

Cullen asked, "Why did that man, Sir Wilson, call me a paladin?"

Emma looked at him with a curious tilt to her head "Your people don't remember the paladins do they? Or perhaps they never had them before. Cullen, you have the potential to be a powerful paladin if you receive proper training I can sense it." Emma could see he was still confused so she provided "A paladin is a holy knight deeply connected to the Light or the power of God. Tell me Cullen have you ever taken notice that you, oh I don't know, say heal faster than most people or something along those lines"

Cullen nodded hesitantly scared almost, Emma smiled gently at him and continued softly "That is the power of the Light in you, healing you. With the Light, a paladin can heal, dispel evil magic, protect allies, and a favorite amongst the younger ones call up a Divine Shield or 'bubble' as they call it which protects them from attacks. I have seen many trainees use it and then their friends charge at them before bouncing off the shield." Emma rolled her emerald eyes at the memories while the others laugh at the ridiculousness of youth "The paladin is one of those classes that can do it all: tank, do a great deal of damage, as well as heal. They are greatly respected amongst the people as they are sworn to defend the land against the forces of the Burning Legion and the Scourge. They are a powerful warrior class sworn to a code of honor and I personally have seen Will to great things with his skills that even turned the tide of battle."

Cullen looked enthralled after that speech but Emma felt the need to do something a bit more drastic. "Here let me see your hand, Cullen." He hesitantly gave her his right hand which she took in both of hers, Cullen vaguely noticed how his hand dwarfed her small dainty hands and closed her eyes focusing her energy and using it to guide his past blockages to his hand. She opened them when she heard a gasp and saw his hand glowing with the golden power of the light of which blended with her own green, she looked up at his astonished face with a serene smile and glowing eyes "Back in Stormwind, after I learn how to do energy work like this, I mostly use it to help children that put a mental block to their power. I don't add to it since I am not a paladin myself but I can help remove energy blockage so to speak. Temporarily of course, but it enough to show them their potential. If you want my guardians gave me training books for all the classes including paladin which you can look at, it is your decision. I do think it would be to your advantage and add to your strength but ultimately the choice is yours." She returned to her seat beside Arthur leaving poor Cullen looking at his had with so many expressions flying across his face.

'Too blunt genius.'And leave him untrained and not at his full potential while we are at war. I know but what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Gander is a male goose. It is… oh. But the point still stands.

Marian asked next watching their expressions as they looked at each other "Okay either you two have known each other for a very long time and/or in a relationship, or you two can communicate with your thoughts."

Both faces turned bright pinkish-red, Arthur coughed "Umm… the first and last one. We're not. We're not dating. We're just friends. Best friends, since we were ten."

Emma nodded sharply "Yeah, we just figured out one day that we can communicate with each other with our thoughts, and only each other so no worries about me going into your head. And you know we just started doing it more and more often and now we just do it on a whim. And yes Elisa that is why I was so happy yesterday and this morning since I had contacted Arthur that the first night and found out he was alive and well. That is also why Arthur and I are always on the same page, more or less, and before anyone asks we don't actually share a mind but we can discuss things before we say or do anything. And we also use it to communicate during more sensitive missions or on the battlefield."

Marian smirk "That actually sounds pretty useful."

Arthur smirked back "Especially when we were kids and trying to play a prank on our friends and guardians. The coordination that came with it was awesome" Everyone laugh, easily seeing a younger Arthur playing innocent pranks with silent smaller Emma helping behind the scenes.

Lucilla then asked Emma "Were you really raised by elves or were you lying before?"

Emma laughed "Oh we were, actually we were raised by all the races: night elves, blood elves, high elves, humans, dwarfs, gnomes, draenei, orcs, trolls, and Tauren. We were raised to know no race and see everyone as equal. Sure it was a bit hard moving from guardian to guardian every two months in times of peace but it was interesting. I got to meet so many wonderful people on both sides."

Arthur joined in "Yea what she said, each race has a different value at its center so we learned to appreciate different things. Of course, it could also be that our guardians had very enthusiastic approaches to life in general so that kind of seeped into us as well as our military training."

Can you image their reaction to Ara, Tabby, Mica, or Aly? I would pay good money to see that. Hahaha same here, oh well we shall never know.

Fenris did not know how much more oddness he could take so he asked what he deemed safe and normal "How much training did you receive?" Emma and Arthur looked at him and shrugged. You go you know him. Okay.

Emma smile "Honesty way more than sane. We were taught the skills of a warrior, you know two-handed and sword and shield, we were taught how to shoot like a hunter and to use daggers like a rogue. From our magical guardians, we were taught a little differently, since we ourselves don't have magic we learned the effects of each spell of different magical classes so that we can plan an effective battle strategy with them. As Will always said: a good commander must be able to play to his/her men's strength and cover their weaknesses.

"We were also taught the values surrounding each magic type: from the shamans and druids we learned to appreciate nature and the spirits that tend to it, from the priest we learned self-control and to find peace in troubling situations, and from the mages we, well I at least, learned to thirst for knowledge to this day it is rare to find me without a book somewhere on me."

Arthur added, "We were also taught skills such as blacksmithing and mining, leatherworking and skinning, herbalism and alchemy, inscription, tailoring, first aid, enchanting, cooking, jewel crafting, engineering you know just useful skills in any situation."

Fenris raised an eyebrow at that, the list was impressive, to say the least, he stated "You must have had constant training then"

Arthur shrugged "Pretty much, most of it was on the field but when we were in cities then we went to the resident master of the crafts and sit and learn. For me, it was learning the languages that were the hardest part of our education, while Miss Genius here took to everything like a fish to water."

Sten asked gruffly "And they allow a woman to train in arms, do they not know the duty of the female?"

Emma stiffened and turned to glare at the qunarii with an ice-cold drawl "Listen here you sexist idiot, there ain't nothing wrong with a woman fighting, we can fight every bit as good as a man. If you want to talk about duty, you can safely bet your bottom copper that my 'duty' is to fight things that mess up the balance. It is my DUTY as Princess Emerald. I have known that since I was ten years old, and guess what I don't need someone like you to tell me how to go about doing my duty. Get it. Got it. Good."

She finished still glaring at the grey giant who grunted "we shall see", Arthur slowly put his hand on her back to calm her down.

You can punch his lights out later, Princess. Just calm down.

Emma looked away and closed her eyes taking a deep calming breath. I hate men like that, telling me my place is in the kitchen the nerve of some men.

At least you make a really good pie.

Arthur…

Sorry, I just trying to make you smile.

Elisa asked quietly "Emma, what do you mean you're the Princess Emerald?"

Emma rubbed her head "Okay bear with me on this one again. Arthur and I have these… abilities, I guess you could call them powers if you wanted to, I prefer 'abilities' though as it kind of lowers the importance a bit cause everyone has abilities of some sort. We have them because we are the Princess Emerald of Nature and Knowledge and the Prince Amethyst of Leadership; though I would request that you continue calling us Emma and Arthur, please. We are kind of, how should I put this, the defenders of balance. For in the mortal realms how can there be good without the bad, unfortunately, and for the most part the native people can balance their own world but when things such as this Blight happen then people like us come and lend a hand."

Alistair drawled "And by 'like us' you mean?"

Arthur tried to rationalize it "Well the whole Emerald and Amethyst thing is both our names and titles and a new pair is born about a hundred years after the death of the last but somehow the power finds a new user or whatever the proper term is and it starts all over again. That treaty you have for the 'Guardians of Light', that is our intergalactic title, why they used that one I have no idea so don't ask, it was signed by the Lights five cycles ago so here we are. Anything else because if we keep going it will really get confusing and sometimes it is best to handle things, you know with baby steps." Arthur finished with a cheerful smile and an easy-going shrug.

Fenris looked at Emma with a hardened expression on his face, Emma was intimidated but for a second then her stubborn nature kicked and she met his gaze evenly even when he accused "A user, a host you mean you are an abomination."

Emma answered with all the stubborn pride in her voice "Fenris we are from Azeroth, there an abomination is a giant ugly monster sewn together and animated by necromancers. I can assure you that I am completely alive and well, nor is there or has ever been anyone in my mind telling me what to do. Arthur doesn't count because I don't have to listen to him and can tone him out anytime I want to. As for the host comment, if you want to be negative about it sure call it whatever your little heart desires, but honestly, after ten years of having these abilities active all I can say is I am used to them. God chose me to have these abilities for reasons only He knows, all I can do is use them to help people and actually make a difference."

My daddy always said each persons' duty is to leave the world in a better place than when they found it, and that is what I am trying to do by fighting all these evil things. I am not really sure what else you want me to say. I can keep rambling until you feel better but I'm not sure what you want to hear." She shrugged finishing her little speech.

Fenris looked at the girl, no creature if all she said was true, but still, there was something so human and open about her that he had a hard time keeping the two things separate.

Liliana asked next "So you're not trying to trick us with your sweet mannerism, so your people can invade Thedus?"

Emma looked at Liliana like she thought she was crazy, and she did, sighed saying "Okay let's see if I remember everything: no I am not invading anything, cause Azeroth is plenty for me. I do come in peace except for the darkspawn. I don't need you to take me to your leader because she is right here. I am not going to take your cows because I don't want them, nor will I adduct you cause that is wrong. And I don't need to phone home because home doesn't got a number. And no, I won't eat anyone because I don't eat meat at all. I think I got everything, right?" She turned to Arthur with a small smirk on her face.

At this point, Emma and Arthur were fighting back laugher while everyone else was laughing at the expressions and voices Emma was making getting more exaggerated and her little side comments more sarcastic each time. Lucilla hiccupped "What was all that?"

Emma laughed "In my birth world they are kind of fascinated with the idea that we are 'not alone' and so a lot of alien clichés were made. Those are only the ones I can remember, I am sure there is a boatload more. I just remember my Daddy really liked that kind of stuff, though it scared the livin' daylights out of me."

Elisa saw a flicker of sorrow pass over her face, she got up and sat beside Emma with Arthur on the other "How did you come to Azeroth?"

Emma paused and asked, "Do you really want to know, it is not a happy story?"

Elisa thought for a moment before saying "Since you have guardians I would guess you are an orphan."

Emma nodded, took a breath and began her tale. "The first ten years of my life were both utterly ordinary and nothing short of perfect. I lived one a little farm in a place called Texas which is part of the United States of America. I remember it being really hot there, to this day I still don't like the cold. I had a loving family, never truly knew hunger, fear, pain or any real hardship. My little world was filled with laughter and warm hugs and kisses, there was always someone there to lift me up whenever I was down. Then one winter night when I was ten my life as I knew it forever changed.

"My memories from before have faded a bit but to this day I can still hear the screeching tires, see the blinding bright light, the fear on my Mama's face as she looked back at my four-year-old sister Charity and me. We crashed and these shadows came opened the doors to the car, the last thing I saw before I blacked out was a blade shining in the light running across the neck of my baby sister. The blood, oh Good Lord the blood. Then someone put their hand over my mouth and then everything went black. The next time I opened my eyes I was in a cell with Arthur and the others and I knew my family was dead."

Elisa looked at Arthur with concern for the girl trying to hold back her tears but still asked: "How?"

Emma swallowed and continued tears no longer able to keep in "There was way too much blood on my nightclothes to be from the cuts on my arms from the glass. Later I was told a funeral was held for my parents and sister as well as a candlelight service for me, the missing body. I have never been back since, so my extended birth family still thinks I am missing or worse.

"Anyway, after we were rescued, Arthur and I were sent to Azeroth to be trained as the perfect warrior, trained in all forms of combat and raised to know no contempt for other races. Since they are no one with abilities like ours, at least not for other a hundred years, we have had to figure our abilities for ourselves, with our guardians keeping a watchful eye over us. They became my new family and I love them dearly, but I still miss my Momma and Daddy and Charity. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about them." She cleared her throat and ended "So that is the sad tale of the little girl who lost everything only to become Princess Emerald. You know when I was playing dress-up and prancing around the house calling myself a princess this isn't what I had in mind."

The Wardens gave a small laugh at that. Elisa looked at Arthur next, he sighed and gave his story as well.

"Fine as long as this is never mentioned or spoken of again, as far as I am concerned my past should stay in the past. Before I became Prince Amethyst I was actually a prince by birthright. The last born of King Niall and Queen Fiona, by the last born I mean I was the babe that killed the queen so I wasn't very popular with my siblings and my father could barely look at me. I have had who knows, four older brother and three older sisters, at least those are the ones that survived childhood and are my full siblings. One day my brothers and I were out hunting when a group of men rode up and demanded I was to be handed over. My dear brothers didn't even hesitate, they knocked me out and the next thing I know I am in a cell with this weird girl who was wearing a silly nightgown. Emma told you what happened next."

"So are we supposed to call you 'your highness" now?" sneered Lucilla giving Arthur the stink eye.

Arthur laughs unaffected by her tone "Good Lord no! If you do I will not respond or laugh at you. I am more than happy with my current situation. I mean come on: being bored out of my mind in a stuffy court or going on great adventures at the side of the girl I am proud to call my best friend. Not really much competition you know. Sure, we both lost our old lives but we found a new exciting one as well as a new big, slightly dysfunctional but loving family. I wouldn't trade it for the world." He finished smiling and gave Emma a side hug which made her smile and rests her head on his shoulder again.

Elisa shared a sly look with Stella and Lucilla while going back to her original seat beside Alistair "Being with Emma makes it all better, huh?" Arthur nodded "After you fight along with someone for nearly ten years, it is kind of hard not to see them as an important part of your life." Everyone nodded their heads in agreement, which is more than logical.

Emma looked at the rest of the group "So now y'all know at least the overview of our past, what about you? How did all of y'all end up in the wardens?" All the wardens but Alistair, but only to a lesser extent, looked apprehensive about telling their story, but Emma wasn't having it and reasoned "Oh come on it is only fair, you made me bare my deepest scars and reopen a few wounds. Beside it is a good team bonding thing if you want a practical reason."

Elisa looked at Stella and Lucilla, they knew it was fair but none of them had talked about their past yet it was too painful. However they all saw the tears streaming down Emma's face as she spoke of her lost family, there were even still trails from where they dried, and they saw the quiet anger and hurt when Arthur talked about his brothers. Those two opened up to them answering all questions asked to them the best they can, so they should return the favor.

Elisa took a deep breath, stared unseeing into the fire and began "I am the youngest daughter of the late Teyrn Bruce Cousland and Teyrna Eleanor Cousland." A collective gasp was heard, all native Feraldens knew those names as they were the most powerful nobles of the land second only to the king. Alistair remembered their talk about lost, this was not going to end happily. "A week before the battle my father sent my older brother Fergus ahead with most of our men while he stayed behind with Arl Howe to wait for Howe's men that were believed to be delayed."

That night I was awoken to Hunter's growls and the sound of men fitting outside my door. We were betrayed by a friend. Howe's men weren't really delayed but waiting to attack us in the night. My mother and I fought our way through the castle stopping only to get our family sword and shield so Howe would not get his hands on them. We were too late to say anyone: Nan, Aldous, Mother Mallol, Lady Landra and his son Dairren, my friend Sir Gilmore they were all cut down without mercy for simply being there along with many others. Even my sister-in-law Oriana and my nephew Oren. He was just five years old, what threat did he pose!"

Alistair reached out and took her hand and rubbed the top of it to comfort her as she finally grieved. "How did you escape?" he asked, hating that he had to even though he knew it was good for her.

Elisa took a ragged breath "We found my father in the larder badly wounded. Duncan had helped him get there but he was too injured to move. Duncan offered to help Mother and I escape but on one condition, I had to become a Grey Warden. I admit I wanted to join before but not at the cost of my home and loved ones. Father agreed but Mother stayed behind with Father to hold them off and let us escape. So unless by some miracle from the Maker himself Fergus is alive, I am the last Cousland." Emma looked at Elisa until Elisa met her eyes, the two women shared a nod with a small sad smile, a recognition of similar souls.

Alistair gave Elisa's hand a squeeze "And to think I was complaining to you about Duncan, I am so sorry. Anyone else would have told me where to shove it but you didn't." Elisa turned to look at Alistair "I could see it was eating you, and I wasn't ready to talk about my family. Eventually, I would have told you but only when I could do so without bawling like a baby like I just did." Alistair smiled gently at Elisa and squeezed her hand again, a silent way to say he is there for her.

Stella looked at Cullen asking him if they should tell theirs. At his nod, she cleared her throat to get their attention and began. "For well over a decade the Circle had been the only home I knew, it was there Cullen and I meet about five years ago. About three weeks ago I had my Howering. Afterword my best friend almost a brother, Jowen asked me to help him and an initiate he had fallen in love with escape. They had found out that Jowen was to be made tranquil as he was a suspected blood mage. There was something about the way he denied the charges that didn't feel right so I went to the First Enchanter to ask if it was true, it was. Irving asked me to play double agent so both Jowan and the initiate would be punished. Jowen was my best friend, but blood magic is something I cannot, will not support. Cullen heard me talking with them the second time, agreeing to help them."

Cullen took up the tale "I had heard rumors of him being a blood mage, so I was shocked to hear of the escape plan, even more so that Stella was helping them. So, I asked Stella privately why she was helping them escape. She told me of the plan and asked me to keep it quiet until it was done, and Jowan and Lily caught. I wasn't happy about her involvement, but I agreed."

Stella smiled at the back of Cullen's head then picked up the tale again her face and voice filled with regret "We went to the repository and destroyed Jowen's phylactery so he could not be tracked then went back upstairs where the Templars were waiting. Jowan reviled himself to truly be a blood mage and attacked the Templars to defend Lily. Lily rejected him after that and Jowan ran while Lily was taken to Maker knows where. I was going to be punished for my role in aiding the escape of a blood mage even though both Cullen and Irving defended me. Duncan ended up recruiting Cullen and me, who knows what would have happened to me if he didn't."

Lucilla looked around the fire worriedly asked: "Does everyone have to share their story?" Elisa, Stella, and Emma shook their heads, Emma answered "Just because we did does not mean you have to. I don't know about Ferelden but on Azeroth and back in Texas, eighteen means you're an adult so you decide."

Lucilla looked at the three shem women and sighed "Fine but only because fair is fair. Two weeks ago my father had arranged a marriage for me to an elf named Nelaros from Highever."

Elisa was surprised "Nelaros? Oh, his sister mentioned he was getting married. Their mother worked as a maid in the castle while their father helped the blacksmith, my parents never cared about race so we grew up together and later his sister became my lady-in-waiting when my mother insisted I was old enough to have one while he joined the smiths he was good too. Maker, I hope she escaped."

Lucilla looked at her trying to process that information "You really are the strangest noble I ever meet. Anyway, the wedding came and but was interrupted by Vaughan, he kidnapped me, my cousin Solos' bride Valora, and all our bridesmaids and took us to his castle."

Elisa looked furious "That bastard! I have blackened his eye myself when he harassed our maids, I would have done more but my father came to see what the ruckus was about!"

Lucilla gave a sharp nod in approval and continued "They took us back to his estate, he had knocked me out so by the time I had awoken my other cousin Shianni was already taken and soon Nola was killed by the guards. Then Solos came to rescue us with Nelaros, we fought our way quickly through the castle but by the time we got to Nelaros it was too late, they had already killed him. He didn't even know me for a day, but he willingly risked and lost his life for me. We continued to fight our way to Shianni, killing anyone in our path. But once again we were too late, they had violated Shianni. The shem then had the nerve to offer me money to go peacefully and leave the other women behind, I lost it and gut him like the pig he was. We went back to the Alienage, but it wasn't long until the guards came. I took all the blame and was to be executed if it wasn't for Duncan. He conscripted me and here I am." Lucilla glared into the fire, everyone else was debating whether to say something to her as comfort as well as waiting for someone else to speak.

The awkward silence building was broken when Alistair randomly asked "Hey why did Sir Wilson call you two little wolf pup and lion cube? And which one is which?"

Emma groaned as she hid her blushing face behind her hands while Arthur rolled his eyes.

Arthur said hesitantly "Those are childhood nicknames of ours. Our friends use them from time to time to tease us. Will used it to let us know it was him."

Marian smiled slyly "Is there a story behind them?"

Emma nodded behind her hands and begged "Yes but I would prefer to keep that story for another day. It is kind of embarrassing, maybe after we become closer as a group. It is nothing bad I promise, just a childhood misadventure. I think one visit to the past is enough for one night."

Emma suddenly yawned widely and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hands reminding everyone how late it was. Arthur laughed gently at the innocence of his friend and said "It is getting late guys, let's talk about the watch schedule and hit the hay, agreed? We can talk more tomorrow." Everyone nodded starting to feel the exhaustion of the day.

Elisa decided to divide the nights into four periods and have one group get a full night: Fenris and Marian had the first watch, Elisa and Alistair had the second, Emma, Arthur, and Lucilla had the third, Stella and Cullen the last, with Sten and Lilliana getting a full night and tomorrow they will take first and everyone shall move to the next watch. No one mentioned that Morrigan could take a watch as most did not trust her and she once again set up her own camp. Everyone said good night to Fenris and Marian and went to their tents.

Night Em, sweet dreams. Night Art, sleep tight.