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Thanks to Isolationistmagi for the review.
I have rechecked my fic and yes, there are plenty of grammatical errors. I changed my the tense and hopefully this time there are less errors.
note:
Andaran atish'an: formal greeting
Aneth ara: informal greeting
Ma serannas: my thanks
emm'asha: my girl
source from Dragon age wiki
Chapter 2
It took all of his willpower not to vault over the railing when the ship has docked into Kirkwall. Instead, Theron waited patiently for the crews to properly put up the plank. When his feet finally touched the ground, he dropped to his knees, raised his hands and shouted theaterically," LAND!Sweet earthly, grassly and firmly land!" Zevran raised his eyebrow and chuckled at the warden's antic."Do you really have to be this dramatic? Oh wait, you have to." Ashalle,still a bit nauseous from staying on the ship, added,"You should have seen him back when he was still in his apprenticeship. Paivel always has to rectify all the histories that Theron told the younglings. I still remember Paivel's face when you told them how the elves of the old held great parties and.."
Just before the elderly elf could continue to tell Zevran the rest of the story Theron cut through the conversation with a forced laugh."Thank you Ashalle for that lovely story, but I think we better make haste if we were to reach the camp before sunfall." Zevran took a few steps forward before he stopped and said," You know warden, I don't think I should interrupt your clan reunion after you haven't seen them for a long time. I think I'll stay here for a while, I got some of my informants here that need to be reupdated and of course a certain rose to visit to..."
Theron tilted his head."A certain rose? Why do I have a feeling I don't want to know about it?" "Oh it is a place where one can fullfill all his or her the right amount of golds,of course."Zevran smiled saucily. Ashalle just rolled her eyes and urged Theron to continue their way to the camp and to leave Zevran behind. Theron happily obliged her wishes. After being cooped up in the ship for a long time, Theron took his time to enjoy the freedom of the land, the endless sight of greenery, the feeling of grass and roots beneath his feet and the smell of the forest in his every breath. Creator, did he missed all those sensations."You always did love the forest,didn't you Theron?" Theron nearly stumbled when Ashalle suddenly spoke. Chuckling at the sight,Ashalle continued to speak,"Even among the dalish your affinity with the forest and her children is looked up upon. It never cease to amaze me how willingly the forest's children are to aid you."
Theron just nodded and flashed a grin to his guardian while trying not to look too happy with the compliment. Looking back, his affinity with the forest had help him greatly during his journey to stop the blight. The forest had provided him and his parties with aids in the form of protection and had send her children to aid them in battles. Theron never forgets to give his thanks to the forest for all her aids and protection.
Just before he could immersed in his thought, Ashalle told him that they are near to the camp now. Straightened up himself, he could barely contained his excitement and longing off seeing his old clan again.
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As they approached the camp, a sentinel came out off the forest and bloked their way,Drawing his bow he yelled,"Halt!Who goes ther..Theron?" "Andaran atish'an, brother." Theron greets with a grin. He barely stifled his chuckle when they approached the still wide-eyed sentinel. When Theron and Ashalle were within reach of the sentinel did he breaked out off his stupor and managed to cry out,"Creator!Theron! You're back!We thought we will never see you again!"
"Aww you are not going to cry,are you,Fenarel? It takes lot more than a blight to kill me." Theron joked trying to lighten up the mood. Fenarel turned his back to Theron and took off running while shouting," I'm not crying. I got to tell the clan. They are not going to believe this." Theron tilted his head as Fenarel ran toward the clan's camp."He is crying isn't he?"Ashalle smiled and merely answered,"You were the life of the clan, Theron. All the younglings admire you and all the elders respect you. When you had to leave the clan, it feels like a part of the clan was will be happy to see you."
When they reached camp, several elves were there to greet them. The younglings rushed toward Theron with their eyes shone seeing the Hero of Ferelden,slayer of the archdemon and demanded to hear his adventure. The elders nodded their head in acknowledgement and smile proudly toward Theron. Happily, Theron nods back to the elders while promising to the younglings he will tell them his adventure soon. Out of the crowd, he notices Paivel and approaches him. Paivel nods and greet him "Aneth ara, is good to see you are well." "Ma serannas, Paivel. It is good to see you are well too Paivel. Any good story lately?" Paivel snorted and replied,"And have you embellish it? The younglings still believe in your version of ancient elves. Creator, if I ever hear how the ancient would party hard I will.."Theron just gave a nervous chuckle and continued to greet the clan's members.
As Theron continued to greet his former clan, he noticed a figure carrying loads of books walking towards the the figure came closer,he finally recognised the figure,"Merrill?" Hearing her name, she glanced up and saw Theron. Shocked, she let out a gasp...and tripped over a root. Recovering herself, she tried to gather up the books and just when she about to reach the final book, someone picked the book for her."Are you alright Merrill?"Theron looked as Merrill glanced up and met his eyes. He could saw the tears started to gather in her could only say,"I'm home,emm'asha." With that,she couldn't hold it anymore and burst into tears. Theron hugged her and bring her face to his chest, stroking her head.
"You must think...I'm such a silly girl...crying like a youngling."She managed to choke out between her sobs. Theron smiled and replied,"That's what makes you adorable,emm' your tears,a smile is the only thing that suits your face."
Smiling weakly,Merrill wiped her tears and still avoiding to face Theron."I'm sorry, I couldn't face you without crying again." Laughing, Theron pulled Merrill to her feet and looked at her. She looked almost as the same as the time when he left the clan although a bit thinner.
"Are you eating well, Merrill?. You are all bony now.I bet if a wind blows now, it could lift you off."Merrill shook her head and laughed at the joke."I'm fine Theron. Its just I find little time to eat.I got plenty to study. When you're gone, I...never mind" Theron tilted his head at Merrill but didn't enquire further. Smiling, he dragged Merrill towards the forest while shouting at the rest of the clan,"I'm kidnapping Merrill for a while. Don't wait up on us." Suprised at the sudden action, Merrill asked," What are you doing Theron?" He merely laughed and breaked into a jog, forcing Merrill to follow his pace.
"We are going to do what we usually do, Merrill." Merrill tried to remember what did they usually do ,"Planning on how to take over the world?" Theron laughed,"Close enough."
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end of chapter 2
I hope you all enjoy the story, and do forgive me if theres any grammartical errors. Hopefully chapter 3 will be a bit longer.