~The next day~
The sun was shining through the only window of the room. The village was now bustling with life, quite a change from last night.
Leliana quietly opened the door to the room, since she was awake and Saya needed to wake up as well. She entered the room and walked towards the sleeping girl. She sat on the edge of the bed and shook Saya gently. She fluttered her eye-lids, then closing her eyes from the light.
"Wake up sleepy head" Leliana said cheerily and got up from the bed. "It's time to wake up! Come to the chantry when you're done dressing up, i will wait for you there" She said one last time before walking out of the room. Saya was now left in the silence of the room, only talking and the chirping of birds could be heard from outside. She looked around the room as if she didn't know where she was, but then she remembered the events of last night. She sat on the bed and dangled her legs over the edge. So I guess this is real she thought to herself. She gave out a long sigh, got up from the bed and looked out of the window. Well if there is no way back home, I guess I have to learn about this new world she thought and smiled to herself.
She looked over to her clothes and only then realized what she was wearing last night. It was a long-sleeved, black shirt and a blue hoodie along with black jeans. Only problem now was that they were all dirty and still wet. But she put them on anyway. The grime and water on the clothes made Saya feel like shit and she started to shiver from the coldness. She then remembered the coat that Leliana gave her; it was lying on the same chair. So she put that on as well, to not get a few weird looks when she's outside. There was a mirror in the room that she hadn't noticed earlier. She looked at herself through it. Her hair was a mess and she had bags under her eyes. She sighed once again at the sight and put on the hood that the leather coat had and walked out of the room.
She exited the inn and walked outside. From the looks of things it was early morning and the people in the village were all awake. Ignoring everyone; Saya started to make her way to the chantry.
After a moment she was approaching the large door of the building. There was a man standing the equipped with armor. Saya got a bit tense, but didn't stop walking.
"Good morning, young lady" Suddenly the man spoke. Saya nodded and the man continued "May I ask, what business you have in the chantry?"
Saya looked at him and spoke "I'm here to meet sister Leliana… She's waiting for me inside" The man nodded and stepped out of the way, and Saya entered inside.
Leliana stood near the altar as Saya approached her. The chantry was full of people, like last night only worse. Some people looked like they were panicking
"Oh you're here" Leliana said excitedly.
"What's going on; the people seem scared of something?" Saya asked curiously.
Leliana looked down and her expression seemed to darken as she talked "The revered mother told everyone not long ago, that we need to evacuate the village"
Saya looked puzzled "But why?"
"Word came, that there are darkspawn heading towards Lothering… they are going to be here by dusk" Leliana continued, she looked sad.
"What are darkspawn?" Once again Saya questioned.
"They are horrible creatures, consumed by evil and taint" Leliana started "I'm surprised you haven't heard of them, what with the battle in Ostagar that happened last night, everyone's been talking about it" She finished
"Well, the thing is that I don't really know ANYTHING about this 'world', because I think I've been somehow transported from…" Saya talked and suddenly stopped when she saw Leliana looking shocked at her "What?" Saya asked. Leliana took Saya's hand and quickly went outside where it was a bit quieter.
Leliana looked around and then spoke "I've been having these visions for the past week. It was very confusing, but what you said about transporting from your world, it… all makes sense now. I don't know how to explain it, but I've come up with an explanation… One of my visions showed a courageous girl, that's not of this world standing in battle that would save Thedas from a dark future; she uses magic that the ages have not seen in a very long time…" Saya looked very confused and she couldn't process the information. Well it's probably not me, I can't even use any kind of magic, from what I hear a lot of people in this world can, yeah that's right Saya thought to herself.
"What do the other visions say?" She asked
"Well… the vision shows me standing on a cliff, and I see darkness envelop the world around me. It consumes the cliff and I fall into deep darkness" Leliana explained "I think these are signs from the maker… that we are going to be part of something greater"
"We?" Saya asked abruptly.
"Of course. That was you in my vision I saw, and you certainly don't belong in this world" Leliana said with a smile, while Saya didn't share the same emotions. But she didn't want to start arguing so she nodded.
"Well, anyway we shouldn't dwell on that, we have to get you cleaned up, and get you new clothes" The red-head said. She seemed really excited about this "We are going to wash your hair, go shopping, oh, this is going to be so much fun!" She said, grabbed Saya's arm and they both ran off.
~Time skip~ brought to you by Alistair's cooking, maker save us all. (Plz suggest time skip ideas like this one, I'm sure I'll use them and credit you, cuz I don't have any other ideas than this one :3 thank you)
The day went by and Saya had already gotten her hair cleaned by Leliana, she now had her hood down revealing her long, caramel colored hair (like Alistair). Saya had never felt so clean even when she was home. She had even forgotten that she had side-swept bangs, since her 'mom' use to clip them on top Saya's head, so that they wouldn't be a bother.
Leliana now led her to a shop where they sold battle ready armor (those three words spell out B.R.A lol) There was quite a variety of armor to choose from
"Well since my vision showed you using magic, you should get something relatively light so you can move around the battle field freely, but also something that can give you enough armor" Leliana reminded. Saya immediately noticed a piece that looked marvelous. It was mounted on an armor stand (Go to my profile and look under "Story stuff" if you want to see what the armor looked like) It looked like it had everything Saya wanted in her armor, so Saya approached the armor stand and stared at the piece. "I'm guessing you like this one?" Leliana asked her with a smile. Saya nodded. "How much does this one cost?" She asked the man behind the counter. He looked quite old, about 50.
"Five sovereigns" Oh good they don't even use the currency normal people use. Saya thought to herself. Leliana nodded and approached the counter. She gave the money to the man and he dismantled the armor from the sand and folded it cleanly, then put it in a leather bag and gave it to Leliana. Both of them made their way outside.
"We should go back to the inn so you can change" Leliana finally suggested
"Yeah, i really want to try it on" Saya spoke happily. And they walked to their room in the inn.
~Time skip~ brought to you by the hermit in the Brecilian forest (oh look another one)
Just as Leliana suspected the armor had been enchanted by a special rune, that made the armor fit the body of the wearer. So the armor fit Saya perfectly. The girl looked in the mirror and admired her new look. Her outfit really complimented her curves and made every one of them stand out.
"I love it!" Saya said, ran up to Leliana and hugged her.
"Well, i'm happy to help, it will give you enough protection against danger and it will give your powers benefits, since this armor is ment for mages" Leliana explained and broke the hug "Now, i have to take care of some business in the chantry, so you can stay here or explore the village more" She spoke and made her way to the door. She was almost out of the room, but suddenly remembered something "Oh, i almost forgot i got you a pack, so you can carry items easily... It's under your bed" She said cheerily and walked out.
Saya's face lit up and she immediately got on the ground and took the pack from under her bed. It was a quite simple pack made of leather, but that didn't bother her. She put it around her shoulder and was staring in the in the mirror once again. She couldn't believe how good she looked.
Suddenly she heard noises in the bar, of something falling over and crashing, and then followed by a scream. She could also hear a man shouting. Saya immediately ran out of the room and into the bar.
As she entered she saw Leliana on the ground and a table fallen over, it also looked like the scream came from one of the women that were in the bar. And the man who was shouting, seemed dangerous.
Saya felt angry once again and she could feel the same energy stirring inside her as last night. She couldn't hear anyone talking, she just heard ringing in her head. She saw Leliana talking to the shouting man. After a moment the ringing stopped and Saya heard three words from the man; that really ticked her off.
"Shut up, bitch" The man directed that sentence to Leliana. And Saya could feel tremendous energy at the end of her finger tips.
Saya jumped in front of Leliana with her eyes full of anger.
"Don't you talk to her like that!" Saya yelled
"Don't tell me what to do, you brat, unless you want to regret it" The girl clenched her fists. Her hands started glowing bright purple intensely. And suddenly the floor below the man disappeared and was replaced by an endless vortex. Hands started to reach out of the vortex and pull the man in. He screamed and screamed, but it was no use, a hand grabbed his face and that silenced him. The vortex closed and the man was nowhere to be seen.
It was just then that Saya noticed a group of people standing near the entrance, it looked like the woman who stood in front of the group was their leader. She had blond hair that was tied in a bun and she wore leather armor. She also had two swords on each side of her hip. The man standing on her right looked quite handsome he had the same hair color as Saya and was carrying a shield and sword on his back. The woman in the back seemed unamused by anything that was happening, she had black hair that were tied back and was wearing a robe that was... revealing too much. She was also carrying a staff on her back. The two in front were looking at Saya with a shocked expression on their faces as were the comrades of the man who had shouted all this time.
"W-w-what was that!?" On of the shouting man's comrades asked terrified.
"W-what is she?" The other men asked.
Saya looked over to the blond woman standing in the entrance. She nodded and stepped forward "Now then, go back where you came from and tell your leader that he will pay for what he did!" The woman ordered the remaining men. They seemed terrified. They were looking at the woman and then looked back at Saya whose hands still haven't stopped glowing. Then they ran out of the door and everyone in the bar went back to what they were doing.
Saya calmed down and helped Leliana back up who seemed to be smiling widely, which made Saya confused. The group approached the two of them and the blond woman was the one who started speaking "Well that was impressive, where did a little girl learn to do that?"
Saya shrugged and spoke "I don't know, i just got really angry and that happened"
"Then I'm guessing making you angry is not a good idea" The man behind the woman said. Saya smiled and nodded.
Leliana then stepped in "I was hoping it wouldn't have come to violence, but i understand why you were angry at the man"
"I think the outcome would've still been the same... Well let me introduce myself. I am Elissa Cousland the youngest daughter of teyrn Cousland of Highever and now a grey warden" The woman bowed slightly
"Well, that was an official introduction, anyway I'm Alistair... i am a grey warden as well" The man explained.
"Moriggan, introduce yourself, would you" Elissa turned to the woman behind her.
Morrigan sighed loudly "Fine" she exclaimed "I am Morrigan a witch of the wilds" Morrigan said as she stepped forward.
Leliana nodded and introduced herself "I am Leliana, a lay sister of the chantry" she bowed and continued "And this is Saya" she motioned to the girl. Saya smiled slightly and waved.
"Well aren't you just adorable" Elissa commented
"And deadly" Alistair added. Saya giggled at it.
"You are grey wardens! The one's who are marching against the blight?" Leliana asked the group.
Elissa nodded "Yes we are... although we are going to need a lot of help"
Leliana's face seemed to light up "That is why we are going to accompany you" she talked.
Elissa seemed to be surprised by the statement. "Well..." she started as she looked at Alistair "We ARE going to need all the help we can get... so you are welcome to join us on our quest" She finished with a smile.
Saya looked up at Leliana, and then eyed the group. Saya saw Alistair staring at her, and it made her uncomfortable. Maybe he doesn't like me? she asked herself and then looked the other way.
"Well we should get going, before dusk comes and the darkspawn overwhelm us all" Elissa suggested. Leliana nodded and the group exited the inn.
Okay so... what do you think! Please leave reviews to let me know what you think and possibly what i should change.. I would really appreciate it :D Well anyway... Next chapter- Saya get closer to her new companions.