Okay, so this story is long so I broke it down into several short chapters. Please enjoy and don't hesitate to make comments, reviews or criticism.

Shi'ari started talking first, "I hope you are enjoying the stew. The inn keeper is actually known for this stew."

"Terra's is better.." Farkas grunted after he finished a spoonful of the stew.

Terra chuckled and reached for her plate that he had brought her. She took a moment to look at the meal he had brought her. The stew was simple and thick. It was a brown stew, she could see piece of meat, probably beef mixed with deer. The vegetables were cut into large nonuniform chunks. She took a few spoonfuls, it did taste different from her own cooking, but they were not use to having cooking from many other places, especially since the Companions often camped out after jobs were done instead of going to a inn. Right now, maybe it was just her hunger, but the stew tasted great. She couldn't contain herself and scarfed up the plate that she had. Once she was done she stared at her plate hopeful more would appear.

"That is a good sign," Shi'ari had finished braiding Terra's hair and patted it gently. "But you can't over do it now. We'll see how it goes tomorrow." The elf woman got up and left the two Companions alone.

"You didn't have to do that back at the dragon, Harbinger, I didn't even know that you could work magic," Farkas seemed to be pondering on what he was going to say. "You used your voice against that dragon. Are you the person everyone was whispering about?"

Terra stiffened up at the second part. She had wondered if he would make any comments about what he saw or if he would just let it be. There was no point in her lying to him. "I am… I guess, but that doesn't change anything," she tried not to make it sound too important but the fact was people that she was a symbol that they could put faith into and that couldn't really be ignored even if she tried her best to. She didn't want that responsibility but at the same time being the Harbinger was in that same light, was it not?

"It does, you took on that creature on almost single handedly," Farkas growled at her. "Your strength has grown. When we took you in we knew that you were special but this was beyond what, I am sure, any of us had planned. You are my shield sister but you are more, when I vouched for you at the first circle I didn't know the outcome. Yet Kodlack seemed to have seen more then anyone else could…you even saved him from something terrible."

"I did what was requested of me, Farkas," Terra said it trying not to look at him. He might seem not too bright to everyone but he was intelligent on a level no one seemed to notice, he took orders without questioning but in reality he only followed the orders he believed were right and just. She glanced at him and noticed him twitch for a moment. "What is wrong? Is there something else you want to say?"

Farkas said nothing but took what he had been holding in his hand and placed it on the table then gently slid it across the to her. Curiously, Terra picked it up and looked at it, he had an amulet of Mara. She stopped breathing a moment and felt the blood leaving her face. She touched her neck and realized just at that moment that she had been wear the amulet because it boosted her restoration skills, but had forgotten to even check if she still had it on. She never thought when she wore it about the other implications. She looked up at him, his eyes looked sad for a moment and he got up gathering their didn't say anything when he left with the empty plates.

"What had that been about?" Terra whispered and gently placed the amulet back on, but didn't hide it under her clothing as she did when she was in public. She felt her body strain from exhaustion and decided she would move to the bed, but stopped when she realized there was only one bed. She looked around the room and saw the bed roll tucked in the corner. He had given her the bed even when he was needing to recover as much as she had. "Fool," she ground her teeth but went for the bed roll, he needed the bed tonight. She set it up slowly but soon had it stretched out and rather comfortable looking. She panicked a moment when she didn't see their packs but relaxed when she noticed he had stuffed them under the bed. She struggled pulling the pack while focusing not to put too much weight on her leg for fear of busting the stitching. The pack gave way after a moment and she landed back on her butt, she sucked air through her teeth as she landed, but the pain did not detour from her objective. She dug through the pack cursing about the settlement of her stuff and how she never knew really what to put in these thing but soon found what she was looking for. She crawled slowly to the roll and slid in, in her hand was a small stuffed wolf that she had made one of her first nights with the Companions and hugged it tight to her chest as she fell asleep.

Terra was awoken for a moment in the night when she heard breathing and then felt someone lifting her off the ground. She was too groggy from sleep to fully opens her eyes but felt the warmth of someone clutching her and then suddenly she was laid out on something soft. She looked up through sleepy slits and Farkas came into focus. He gently tucked the blanket around her, careful not to touch her leg.

"Shh," he whispered into her ear. "Go back to sleep, you need to rest in the bed. I will take the roll so please don't do that again, Harbinger." He glanced warmly at the small animal she had clutched to her before turning away to return the now empty bed roll.

The morning light was coming through the window but Terra managed to hide herself. Only with the knock on the door did she even attempt to stir. WIth the sudden realization a person was knocking on her door she got up quickly and proceeded to fall to the floor from landing hard on her hurt leg.

"Ouch," she hissed and looked down to realize that the wound was now seeping, worse then anything else she felt stupid for having tried to rush when she noticed that Farkas was already near the door. She struggled to adjust herself so she didn't look so deflated but it wasn't going to work not with her leg now throbbing as a reminder of her stupidity.

Farkas stared at Terra with an astonished look on his face. He seemed to try not to be laughing at her as she laid sprawled on the floor in a heap.

"Oh no," Shi'ari ran to Terra when she noticed Farkas staring at the woman on the floor and she cursed softly, "Let's get this cleaned up and ready for another session of healing." Shi'ari took a blade from her belt and tore the skirt away from Terra's thigh and looked over the wound. "Oh good, not as bad as I thought but you could have risked tearing the stitchings."

Terra sighed as she shifted under her weight and the woman's glare, "I was just trying to… I don't know how to take care of things like this. I am not…"

"Stop, there is no need to explain. You are use to being on your own," Shi'ari smiled softly. "Farkas will you help me?"

Farkas moved gently to assist in picking up the woman from the floor, "Where should she go?"

"The bed," Shi'ari smiled and pulled the covers away. "Yes, this will allow me to work with you resting, Terra."

"Harbinger, I will bring us some breakfast," Farkas said in a matter of fact voice and promptly tried to leave as quickly as possible, but stop when Terra made a sound. He looked over at her trying not to focus on the now revealed thigh.

"Oh let me get us breakfast," Terra pulled at her pack that had been left near the bed. "You have been paying for everything and I feel guilty about it." He glared at her for a moment and left. She was taken back by that.

"You should allow him to pamper you," Shi'ari said gently as she took instruments out of a bag that Terra hadn't noticed her holding. "He only wishes to take responsibility for you. He feels at fault and by no means does he feel like this has amended any of the actions."

"It wasn't his fault, I did this," Terra sighed and laid back, "This was a beginner's mistake and I am paying the high price of it. The pain should brand my mind to never allow this to happen again." She watched the high elf at work.

Terra enjoyed watching Shi'ari work at the moment especially since she couldn't do anything else. The stitching and the seeping was cleaned up and once this was finished she began chanting over the wound. Terra had seen some of the old ways of restoration but never had learned it, this was amazing. The fact that the woman was practically rebuilding the thigh area so that the wound would not leave a hole just blew her mind. Terra could only ever seal a wound never reconstruct the missing pieces of flesh so watching it happen before her eyes was amazing.

Farkas returned later on with a plate of fruits, meats, and some cheese plus a glass of liquid. He moved a chair over to where Terra and Shi'ari were. He sat quietly, situated himself on seat and stared at the healer working her magic but shook himself away and turned to Terra. "Here, you need to eat something with the healer working and your body trying to heal, you need this," Farkas held out a fork that had a piece of meat and cheese stabbed onto it.

Terra blinked a moment at the action but thought better of saying anything and gently she took a bit from the fork. She chewed it slowly enjoying the flavors in her mouth. She smiled at Farkas when she was finished, "it is delicious."

"Good," Farkas smiled gently at her. "You need to finish this all." He stabbed some fruit this time and held it out for her.

Terra felt a little silly but allowed him to continue this routine with her until she finished everything on the plate and the glass of liquid that turned out to be wine. She looked at him thoughtfully. She hadn't been treated like this ever, "where had he learned to be compassionate like this?"

The healing went on for most of the day. Shi'ari would stop for a moment or two to take a break, eat something or leave to tend to other duties. Farkas would leave but return after a while. At one point he helped Terra get to an outhouse that was near the inn.

There were a lot of people in the inn. The travel must of picked up since the death of the dragon. It had only been a few days but word seemed to spread fast in a small town and with travelers it seem to spread even faster.

Farkas allowed Terra to sit in the dinning hall of the inn later in the evening only after the okay came from Shi'ari. Terra was well enough to handle the excitement of her body being moved like that and she could sit for a long period of time. This was only agreed upon because after that she would need to return to the room to bath and clean the wound before bed.

Terra listened to the music and was enjoying the gossip from the groups of towns folk when someone busted in shouting. The news was about a snow storm that was on its way, but just as the information had been absorbed the winds began to pick up. The people quickly got up and began returning to their homes. The inn keeper began to clean up after most of the people cleared out of the dinning hall. The bard sat there for a bit taking in the sudden silences. He soon looked over at Terra and shrugged as he returned to playing music. Terra pulled a coin from her purse and tossed it over to the bard who caught it in midair.

"What would you like to hear?" the bard bit the coin quickly before sticking it in his purse on his belt.

"Anything really… could you play the pipes instead of the lute?" Terra smiled softly.

The bard eyed her a moment then grinned. He placed the lute into its case and pulled a set of pipes out from a small bag. He then set to play a sound that slowly began to compose itself into a song.

Terra recognized the tune and began humming along side. She was feeling a bit better and she didn't seem to care at the moment that Farkas and herself had almost died out there. Because at that moment it didn't matter because they were alive.

"Terra, its time to return to the room," Farkas said softly as he held his hand out for her. She noticed that they were much larger then her own. Even within hands being calloused from handling a sword they still had a softness to them. She could even say they had a comforting warmth to them. She shook her head to get rid of such thoughts and felt her smile slip for but a moment. When her smile returned she nodded to the bard a thanks for the music then took Farkas' hand.

Inside the room, the bath had already been set up with the steaming hot water and some clothing that she hadn't seen before was set out for her to change into. The room was a bit chilly even with the fireplace going.

"Do you need help?" Farkas asked sheepishly.

"I would like to try it myself," Terra began to slowly undress as she neared the tub. "If you would be more comfortable leaving, it's okay Farkas."

"No, it's fine, I need to be near just in case there is something wrong," he turned his back to her as he spoke. She noticed that he had pulled his hair back. She suddenly realized that it wasn't just pulled back but it was braid. A sting of jealousy entered her mind at the thought of Shi'ari running her finger through his hair.

"You could get yourself a chair so you aren't standing the whole time," Terra tried to figure ways to make him more comfortable and take her attention away from the feelings she had suddenly strike her. "I'm not fully undressed yet so you can turn around and set yourself up." She watched him to see if he would listen to her. Though she was preoccupied with trying to figure out where these strange emotions were coming from.

Farkas complied to her request and set himself up near the table seating to his back to her. He said nothing and didn't move.

Terra finished undressing and stared at the tub. She figured to hold her weight on her good leg and ease herself in with her arms. The plan worked and she sat gently in the hot water. It stung the wound but felt good on the rest of her body. She gently laid there and tried to understand what she need to do.

"Did you make the wolf you had with you?" Farkas asked from his seat. He seemed to be fidgeting with something.

"I did, it is to comfort me and chase nightmares away," Terra felt foolish saying it but something told her that he would understand.

"Do you have nightmares often?" he leaned his head in a manner that made Terra think that he might have his eyes closed talking to her.

"Yes, even as a child," Terra watched him. "I could see… things, so I made myself little animals to protect me."

He paused a moment and then whispered, "Would you make me one?"

Terra shifted in surprise and felt the sting of pain from the quick moment, but took a breath before answering. "Of course, what would you like?"

"I would like it to match yours," Terra realized he was holding her wolf in his hands and that it was the stuffed animal that she noticed him fidgeting with.

"Sure, I have some material in my pack, I could make one to match," she began scrubbing herself, because she started to feel selfish making him sit there like that while she bathed. She dunk the water on her head and began scrubbing and sighed softly as it felt good to be able to do this one thing.

"Thank you," he answered after a few moment.

"The storm sound bad," Terra said as she thought about the sound outside their window. She noticed the darkness and some flickers of movement that she assumed where snow flakes.

"It will keep most people in their homes tomorrow," he turned to look out the same window, "Doesn't matter we have a bit of time before you are really ready to travel."

"Did you send word that we were fine?" Terra thought about the Companions being worried about them.

"No," Farkas said sternly.

"Why?" Terra asked as she gently got up slowly but sat on the edge of the tub as she reached for a towel and began drying herself off.

"There is no need, we are known to go on our own so this is fine," Farkas said it as a fact, "We are on our own journey so I do not wish to disrupt it because it is something for us to have."

"I see," Terra finished drying up and stood slowly before the fire, she went for the clothing that had been provided for her. She stared at it, this was a night gown, she looked over at Farkas in surprise. He must have gotten this for her. "Thank you…this has been a journey of much learning. Though I am a failure as your Harbinger, I hope that this does not misled your thoughts of me."

"What are you talking of Harbinger?" Farkas turned as stared at her a moment. "You are wearing it…"

"This is for me? I just assumed so since it was by the bath," she stared down at the nightgown.

"It is but you wear that amulet with no knowledge of what you are telling others around us," Farkas stared at her.

"It was because of this I was able to heal you as much as I could," Terra touched the amulet at her neck. "I am glad I was wearing it, but if it makes you uncomfortable I will take it off…"

Farkas shifted uncomfortable, "Is that the only reason?"

Terra started to walk toward him and stopped, "Why?"

"You wear it as declaration of wanting marriage," Farkas said it sternly.

"I know that it means that also, but…" Terra was unsure how to say anything. She feared being alone and wanted someone to love her, not to be like her own mother alone in a cottage hoping for someone to return. That wasn't the reason though she wore this amulet to allow herself to focus and help others.

"Silly of me, forget it," Farkas moved to her and picked her up in one swift move. "To bed with you." He laid her down, stopping a moment to say something but shook it from his mind and then walked to the table and grabbed the wolf. He gently caressed it before giving it to her, "Sleep well."

Terra wanted to saying something, anything to get him to explain what was on his mind but he wouldn't do it. She watched him as he took the bed roll out and set it up with ease. He took his place on it and turned his back to her. She laid there in silence and listened to him breathing. How did she feel about him? She turned away from him but couldn't forget his look when he realized she was wearing the nightgown.

At some point she fell asleep but was soon awoke by the wind howling outside. It seemed to be screeching and scratching at their window. She stared at the now dying fire and began to shiver. Her wolf was no where to be found and she began panicking. Her eyes started to water, she was so confused, she felt like she was in the wrong place. Soon she snapped out of it when she saw her wolf. It had fallen near Farkas' bedroll. She tried to move but her limbs seemed to ache with the cold. She pushed herself out of the bed and tried to sneak over to the place where the stuffed animal laid, but could only stumble with the aching of her limbs.

The floor was freezing and Terra felt horrid that Farkas was laying there in just a roll. She stared at the animal and Farkas then slipped back into bed. It wasn't hard for her to pretend she was cold because she was actually freezing and when her feet had touch the floor she felt like there was no warm left in her body. Something inside her triggered and she could feel tears to begin to fall and her breath came out in whimpers as she tried to figure out why she suddenly started to cry.

Farkas roused quickly at the sound of her crying and came to her side but stepped on the wolf. When he saw the stuffed animal he picked it up and took it to her. "Terra, shh, it's okay, here is your wolf," he came to the edge of the bed and held it out to her.

Terra looked up at him and wiped away some of her tears, "I'm sorry Farkas, I guess I am just too childish…." she let her breath escape in a small sob as she tried to talk, "It was just the sounds of the wind and it was cold… I guess when I woke to my wolf being gone I just…panicked."

Farkas shifted uncomfortable for a moment. He looked over at the fire and then went to it. He worked to get it going again. Once it was at a healthy warmth he returned to the bed but made a face as he returned, "It doesn't really reach over here…" He looked around for a moment then sighed, "Terra…."

Terra felt her heart skip a beat as he never called her name. She was always Harbinger or shield sister. She looked at him waiting for the rest.

"I can stay in the bed with you," Farkas turned red, "But do not worry I will not touch you. The warmth will just be good for both of us so we don't get sick." He began taking off his armor and stopped a moment. He shifted uncomfortably then moved to the wash basin in the room.

She realized the tub was not there in the room anymore. Farkas must of had it moved out before he went to bed. She watched curiously and then turned away realizing that he was washing himself. She could hear him removing the last of his clothing and the water splashing. "You didn't have to… the water must be cold and…" she tried understand what was happening.

"It doesn't matter, it needed to happen, I should have taken a bath when the tub was in here," he responded as he went to his pack and began rummaging through it. "I'm glad to have spares." She listened as he seemed to be dressing, "This way there is no chance of anything going wrong," he said as he returned to the bed edge. Slowly he parted the blankets and slipped in but stayed as close to the edge as possible.

Terra move closer to the wall to make more room, "You can move over more so that you aren't falling off."

"I will kind of be off of the bed anyway, even with as big as this bed is I am too big for it," Farkas said as he shifted to get comfortable.

Terra could already feel the warmth of him even with him not close to her. She sighed gently and tried to relax. "What had he been thinking?" she stared down at her wolf trying to find answers. She shifted to get comfortable but found herself too tense. She could hear him continuing to shift and move to get comfortable as well.

Farkas was soon asleep. His back turned away from Terra. She watched from the corner of her eye as his shoulders moved with his breathing. He would move every once and a while. She felt foolish, she was a grown woman what was wrong with her. He had saved her and she should be able to handle sleeping in the same bed and nothing happen, but as she stared at him she couldn't help it so she turned away. "Was he use to being in the same bed with a woman? He had fallen asleep quickly," she looked again at her wolf in hopes it could answer for her. When nothing came from her stuffed animal she sighed and closed her eyes.

Terra felt the warmth and cuddled closer to it and pushed as much of her body against it. She soon felt something wrapped around her. "Terra," the voice whispered. She moaned gently and again pushed herself so close it was almost hard to breath. "Terra, please…" the voice seemed to moan the last word. Terra sighed gently and opened her eyes and was now face to with Farkas. She had fallen asleep on his arm at some point but the worst of it was she had pressed herself completely against him.

"Terra, you can move away now," he sounded pained but stared her eyes, she felt a ping of something in her chest. Suddenly she felt his hand brushing her cheek gently and he cooed softly, "You're safe, it is okay. I am not going anywhere. So you can move back to your side so that you don't become uncomfortable."

She nodded gently and moved herself off of his arm and turned away in utter horror. "What had she been doing?" she looked down at the wolf that was tight against her side. She soon let the feeling of childishness fall away and she drifted back into a warm coma.

At one point Terra felt Farkas get up and leave the bed but she couldn't rouse herself to check. She soon heard a knock at the door, but didn't desire to move. She shifted in attempt to get up but only managed to turn over. It had been a rough night for her and she was sure he wasn't doing any better.