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AN: The prompt for this chapter is 'snowball'. Set during DA:O when Gwen searched for Andraste's ashes. She brought along Alistair, Sten and Leliana to Haven and to where the ashes were hidden. This is also when she got her sword, Spellweaver.
Gwen teaches Sten the finer points of snowball fights…
Mages and Templars and Wardens Oh My!
Chapter 2 – What is a snowball?
The tiny elven mage was exhausted. They fought and killed a high dragon and she got herself a new sword. Not just any sword, but one that was made specifically for mages to use. She kept swinging it around as they left the temple the ashes were in and started down the mountainside back to Brother Genitivi. She delighted in the feel of the magic thrumming through the weapon and she giggled every time little sparks of lighting would shoot out.
Gwen stepped in a big patch of snow and promptly fell face first into the cold mass. She manage to sit up and noticed that Leliana was laughing while Alistair was looking everywhere but at her, trying to keep a straight face but failing miserably when he began to chuckle.
"Oh ha ha, very funny," she grumbled as she stood back up. She felt something wet hit the back of her head. She whirled around and narrowed her eyes. Alistair, the one she loved, had an entirely too innocent look on his handsome face.
"So is that how it's going to be?" Gwen asked nonchalantly as she sheathed her sword and picked up some snow. She patted it down into a ball and threw it expertly at Alistair. Unfortunately, he dodged the snowy projectile and it hit Leliana in the face.
Knowing how well the bard was with a bow, the mage ran for cover, dragging the tall Qunari with her behind a snowbank. The huge warrior looked down at her, confusion in his eyes.
"Kadan, what is the meaning of this?" he asked as Gwen threw a couple more snowballs at Alistair and Leliana. She hid back behind the snowbank and grinned.
"Having a snowball fight is like being in a battle, Sten. You try to overwhelm your opponents with snowballs before they overwhelm you." The Warden lobbed a couple more snowballs, laughing when she heard Alistair curse.
Sten stared at the tiny elf make some more snowballs and he picked one up, studying it for a moment. "What is a snowball?"
Gwen rolled her eyes and pointed to the lump of snow in the Qunari's hand. "That is a snowball, Sten."
"Then what is the purpose of this pointless activity?"
"Like I said, it's like being in a battle. It's also a good way to have fun and get back at people who've made fun of you, or those who have annoyed you."
Sten stared at the snow in his hand and then at Gwen. "So this is not a pointless activity. It can be considered training."
The Warden nodded and grinned as she saw a glimmer of understanding in the giant's eyes. "That's right. And right now, I find my fellow warden and the bard to be highly annoying."
"Why is that, Kadan?"
"They laughed at me when I fell in the snow."
"Then I shall defend your honor," Sten remarked as he gathered a lot of snow and made one massive snowball. He stood up and held the enormous cold mass in one hand, not heeding the smaller snowballs that collided against his armor. He marched halfway to where Alistair and Leliana were encamped and heaved the massive snowball with a grunt. A loud thud could be heard as the giant ball of snow hit the others.
"Hey! No fair with the large snowballs!" Alistair whined loudly. He was about to say more when two more smaller ones thrown by Gwen expertly hit him.
Leliana didn't say a thing because she was covered with snow and was trying to get away from the tiny elf and the giant Qunari. Another huge snowball was thrown and hit the Orlesian bard, causing her to fall down into the snow. Luckily, she wasn't upset by the outcome…she was laughing just as hard as the Warden.
Sten stood up and walked out from the snowbank he and Gwen had shared. He glanced down at the tiny elven mage, the corners of his mouth barely quirking up.
"That was oddly…satisfying, Kadan," the giant stated.
"Winning a snowball fight is always satisfying," Gwen agreed, her lavender eyes surveying the 'battlefield'.
Alistair closed his eyes and groaned. 'Note to self… never get in a snowball fight with a Qunari,' he thought to himself.
AN: I always wanted to see a snowball fight with Sten…LOL. Anyway, I hope that this was marginally funny…^_^
If anyone has any prompts, ideas, or where I can go get prompts for this, I would love to hear from you…^_^