Author's Noted: This coincides with SnowHelm's chapter, 'Bad Day to be Baroness' in her story 'Revelations'. Please read, enjoy and review!

Sunshine was in her Garden, building it into a Sanctuary for herself, when she felt the arrival of the remainder of the Wardens and something else. She extended her Knowe and extended her power out. She looked at the guest through the eyes of her Knowe and was stunned to find an Arcane Spirit inhabiting a human body. Well that's something you don't find everyday wandering around in a Fairy's Knowe. She jumped up and followed the whispers of Grace's interaction with him. Curious, he seemed to be in a body of someone Grace reacted poorly to, and so the Knowe was responding. The spirit seemed confused by the sensations the Knowe was beginning to throw at it. She was caught up in her thoughts and so it was with some surprise when she felt the warm hands of Duncan around her waist. His breath tickled her ear.

"Come, love, everyone will be happy to see you," he kissed her neck. "Especially with our surprise." Sunshine knew Duncan was getting excited about being a father to their little ones and wanted to share the news with their friends. She laughed happily wondering how all their new additions would be enjoyed. She imagined that Del, Zen and Emily would be especially surprising. She needed someone for her dear Danforth, she'd have to think about that one. Duncan pulled her into the Main Hall and stopped dead at the sight of Travis.

Aha! She thought, this is the guy. Yep, pretty nasty business being killed by Blood Magic, but it was poetic. She was focused on the Spirit and noticed its discomfort within the Knowe, he probably didn't even realize why he was uncomfortable. She was about to talk to him when she was pulled out by a frustrated Duncan. She went along as he tugged her about muttering things about killing the First Warden, and why didn't he do it when he had the opportunity. It went on for some time. She waited patiently for him to finish.

He finally looked up at her, "what do we do?" Sunshine gave it some thought.

"Well you brought up many different things. So in no particular order, kill the First Warden, I'll talk to Justice, have babies, get married, have lots of fantastic sex, help Ferelden rebuild, find Howe, kill Howe, still have lots of sex, destroy corrupt religious officials, make Ferelden safer, make Ferelden a cultural center, visit Kirkwall, Starkhaven and Orzammar, find and kill Zathrian...Should I keep it up?"

Duncan shook his head. Sunshine knelt in front of him, taking his hands. "Duncan, you love Grace. She is a target because of her unique origins, not because of you. We just protect her and love her. Now you go get your grump off the ground, get a report from your troops and I'll go talk to Justice. A feast is already being prepared." She kissed him, turned and left to go to Justice.

She found him in the back, next to her Garden, staring at it when she caught up with him. She stood next to him as he looked on it in wonder. He turned to her after minutes had passed. "What is this place?"

"You are in my Knowe. What you are specifically looking at is my Garden Sanctuary, I just refer to it as one or the other most times. It must be strange for you to be in a piece of the Wild."

He was silent for awhile, "it is disconcerting." He paused again, "It makes me wonder if I have a past."

"Why is that?"

"Because it feels like a myth to me, not to Travis. I believe that he would respond poorly to this."

"I believe I would never have given him the chance."

"What are you?"

"Many things, but I think what you're looking for is Fairy or Wild. Just as you are Arcane. It's a strange thing for you, as you have belonged to a world that silenced its Wild."

He frowned, "I am not of this world."

Sunshine smiled, "you are. You are just attached to a dimension associated only with this world. I believe it is referred to as 'The Fade'."

"Yes, but you are saying it is unique."

"Absolutely."

"Have you been there?"

"No, it would not be safe for me to enter."

"Would it do to you what being here did to me?"

"No, I might hurt it, intentionally or otherwise. I'm afraid of what that would do to this world, especially the Mages. If you want an Arcane expert to help you understand by visiting it, I have a number of friends that can help."

"Do I make you uncomfortable?"

"Not in the least. Come let's find you a place to stay until we determine what the best course in your life is."

"I am not truly alive."

"Yes, unfortunately you are."

He was silent for the rest of the journey through the Knowe. Sunshine made a special place for him that would be dimmer to the Wild. He turned to her in the room. "It is more peaceful here. You did that with intention?" At Sunshine's nod, he asked her why.

"Well, what else can I do? Make you miserable because you are in a body that people here have bad associations with? That would be unhelpful and lame."

"Lame?"

"Slang from my world, not this one. It means 'bad form' in this context." She left him at that and went to check on the Wardens and welcome them.

She was happy to see Leliana and Aedan, and showed them to their new room. Leliana found the bathroom and sang a little song of joy. Aedan just hugged her. "I'm so happy you're alive, Duncan was miserable. We were all miserable, but Duncan especially. And there is this surprise," he said moving his hands down to her belly, "twins. Our Commander certainly has it in him."

Sunshine laughed at that, "well the twins are my fault as there is one boy and one girl." At Aedan and Leliana's perplexed look. "You can only get those types of twins from the mother having more than one egg to fertilize, otherwise the twins can be blamed on the father and are identical." She kissed them both and left to find Zevran and Anders.

"Okay, you two sexy men," to which they laughed. "No one knew if I should put the two of you together or not, so I opted for adjoining rooms and a shared bathroom. If you prefer you can have it merged into one room."

"Sunshine," Zevran asked, "why did you change our living quarters." Sunshine frowned.

"You don't like it? I did my best to get it right for the two of you, I know you had been sharing a room, but I also know that you are not necessarily exclusive so I thought this would be a good compromise?" Zevran laughed.

"Mama Sunshine, why are you so good to us? I love my room and the bathroom, you are most thoughtful." He hugged her to him, Anders grin and hugged her too, cocooning her between them.

"I love my room, Sunshine. And it was thoughtful of you, we're just not used to people actually caring this much for us to think of these sorts of things. Our lives..." Anders trailed off.

Sunshine kissed him on the cheek, repeating it with Zevran. "I know. We shall all be healed, I promise."

Sunshine was worried about Nathaniel, as she knew him not at all and was relieved when she found out Duncan had shown him, Oghren and Rajack their rooms. She hurried down to the Kitchen to help prepare for the feast.

The feast was a merry affair with music from Sunshine and Leliana, completely unpracticed but fun as they found their rhythm together. Sunshine noticed Grace's absence and felt her on the Battlements. She smiled as the Knowe told her she was alone and fine. When Grace joined them she swept them all away with her joie de vie and the feast was a great success. It was the calm before the storm. Sunshine was glad that everyone was so well received, with people even making an effort with Valenna. She rebuffed them and no one let it ruin their high spirits. It was good to have everyone back and whole.

Sunshine knew that she shouldn't have listened to Duncan and killed Velanna as she had wanted to previously. At some point he was just going to have to give and let her take care of things her way, at least she hoped he would. She heard Velanna begin to fight, at her feast! The stupid bitch! She came up and heard her mention that she was stuck. Really? Sunshine thought, what is it my animal magnetism forcing her to stay?

"Well you are more than free to leave." Sunshine said, pointing to the door. "And don't let it hit you on your ass on the way out!"

And there she went, along with Grace. Good God, could she not just give it a rest? Huh, maybe she's hoping for 'suicide by Grace' that seemed to be a popular method in this world. Sunshine began to amuse herself with that line of thought:

"Oh, and here I am, so weary of all this living. Whatever shall I do? I know! I'll die at the hand of the lovely redheaded one. Hmm, but she's too nice. I'll have to do something really vile to get her to kill me. Apparently I have to not only hurt her but other people as well. Ah so be it! Life is just too tiresome for a normal end, I want to be ripped apart by her."

She knew she shouldn't be thinking these thoughts, but wasn't truly worried about Grace or her baby, as everyone else seemed to be. Valenna was weak, and so she resorted to bullying. She was also moronic, as most bullies tended to be, because this was a fight she was going to lose. Sunshine didn't realize that it was possible for her to actually think less of Valenna than she already did. Valenna would prove her very wrong, and Sunshine would come to realize that her knowledge of disdain was in its infancy at that point.

It was nearing morning and everyone was asleep, save Sunshine and Justice. Justice she ignored, not caring what he was doing. Dead bodies probably don't need sleep and Justice probably didn't know how to turn himself off. Sunshine woke Valenna up, roughly. Valenna started and then looked at Sunshine confused. "I'm not even going to debate the wisdom of Grace sparing your life. Let me make myself clear. We have a large amount of people living here. You are the only person who doesn't add joy to my Knowe. Even the Spirit brings his curiosity and good will, you however, just bring malice. I want you to know that I take the welfare of everyone here seriously. You have done nothing to encourage me to extend anything past shelter, and that is only because of my deep love of Loren and Lynais. Let me assure you, if you should harm anyone here, but especially one of the staff, I will destroy you." She turned to leave, "Velanna, take me seriously." And she made her way back to Duncan.

The next morning, after breaking her fast, she pulled Lynais into Emily's office and sat down with them. "I need to address a few things with the two of you. First, I love both of you. Second, we need to plan your wedding - cost is not an issue, your happiness is. Lynais it will be up to you to encourage Emily to have as lavish a wedding as you both can dream. Third, I am tired of having to insist that you and the other 'staff' join us for all meals. We all have jobs here, and so we are all 'staff', please know that unless you are specifically choosing to have a private meal, or anyone else is, I expect to see everyone, from kids to adults, at meals. Which brings me to my final piece, while Valenna is availing herself of our roof I, and Lynais, are concerned for your safety. I ask that you and the staff sit as far away from her as possible. I will ensure that she never seats herself near her. Lynais has agreed, or should I say insisted, that he always sit with you. And I am only separating you while she is here, and it isn't from anyone but her. Loren, Del and Zen have agreed to keep an eye on her and sit with her. Any questions?"

Emily just smiled, "I knew I liked you before, but now I know I love you! I'll let the 'staff', as you say, know your desires. Now shoo, both of you, I have an extensive Keep to maintain, I will see you at lunch."

Sunshine and Lynais grinned and left, making their way to Sunshine's Library in her quarters. "You know, I really like her, Lynais. You have a good eye and a good heart." Lynais looked down.

"I'm sorry I ever brought Valenna -"

"Stop apologizing, I understand why you did it. Tell me about Emily, we haven't had much of a chance to chat about her."

He smiled, "I do love her. I was surprised that I felt that way, I didn't realize it until I saw her again. I had thought I would be conflicted because of my history with Valenna, but when she came in, and I saw her...it was like all those emotions were never real. Only Emily was." They both grinned at his romance. "And I'm going to be a Papa! I need to get Grace a present, something special. I had given up hope, of love, of family, at least of having one of my own. I can't believe my good fortune. I know I would never had gotten this opportunity if not for you, Grace or Emily. I'm glad that you and Grace have made us into a clan."

They were interrupted from further conversation as Grace came in and begged for some of Sunshine's time. Lynais smiled at them and departed. Grace took his seat, sighing a little at the comfort of the seat on the couch. She tucked her feet up, as Sunshine had, and the two faced each other. When Grace began talking about her conversation with Robin, Sunshine realized she needed to really answer Grace's questions. She watched in amusement as Grace tugged at her bottom lip, God, she was so freaking adorable.

Finally, "How does Robin know everything about me? And when he said everything, does he really mean everything? Even everything in my past on Earth? Everything that's happened since I got here?"

"Most likely. He probably spent the past four months learning all about you including how you like to wipe your...nevermind." At Grace's shocked expression. "Yes he does, he most likely won't share with me, if that concerns you. Is that what you're worried about? Or is just that you're uncomfortable with someone else knowing, perhaps both?" Grace flushed slightly, was she that obvious?

"Why would he learn about me?" Grace asked, her voice faint and high pitched. Sunshine supposed that having a myth dig into your past might be odd, but come on, he was Sunshine's father. She blinked at Grace a couple of times.

"Well, I'm sure he sensed your connection with me. If it makes you feel better he probably knows all about Duncan, more than he probably wants, at that."

Grace muttered to herself, "he does." And flushed with embarrassment at that particular memory of her conversation with Robin. "Why would he be so, uh, rigorous with his research into me?"

"Grace, you and Duncan spent four months sustaining me, and keeping me in Thedas. He's my father. He knew I wanted to stay, of course he's going to pry. He makes Duncan look tame in the background check department."

Grace looked even more embarrassed at the thought of her father inquiring about her companions. "Oh," was all she could manage. Maybe moving the topic away from herself, and onto Sunshine was a good course of action. "He told me that you were beyond destruction and, as such, were immortal. If you were just a regular human from some Earth, how did you become immortal?"

Sunshine laughed, "Oh Grace, you make me laugh. I stumbled into what is best considered a 'travel space' for lack of a better term. I wandered around, became a Dragon, got Shanghai'd into the Fey House and was given the role of Wild Huntress. Maybe if only one of those things happened...I can be wounded, I can even have my head removed from my body, but it's really unnerving for everyone when it grows back, and I prefer not to have to undergo that, for a fifth time."

"Say...what!" Grace finally sputtered out when she realized Sunshine was serious about the beheadings.

"Well it's not like it's a whole lot of fun having my head regrow in the space of a few moments because some asshole thought I should be without it. But yes, Immortal, no death for me. Well if my body dies and I'm not connected to a place the whole thing will just disappear, from what I understand. I get a new one as soon as I cross my nexus."

How could she be so nonchalant about it? Grace thought, leaning her head between her knees as she tried calm down.

"Grace, honey, you ain't looking so hot, you okay?"

Grace looked up a little at that, "no more losing your head, promise?"

"Uh, I'll do my best?"

Grace looked up fully and shook her head, "I mean it Sunshine, no dramatic stuff, I like your head right where it is!"

Sunshine couldn't help it and doubled over in laughter, Grace glared, she laughed harder causing tears to flow. "It's not like I stand there and do it as a party trick or dare people to do it. No posting a sign on my back that says, "Behead Me, Please!" I don't just go wandering around and falling on giant blades either. It's just... uh, well let's just say I'm not always beloved."

Grace could feel her on that one, "yeah, I know the feeling."

Sunshine gave her a knowing look, "here, I can compromise, on occasion; I will do my best to avoid decapitation if you do your best to avoid any more rites of tranquility."

Grace felt the blood depart her brain and put her head back on her knees, "deal!"

Sunshine got up and made them both some tea for them, handing Grace a cup. "I know you Brits are all snobby about your tea, but here have sonme, it's pretty good. Better than Danforth's at least. You know I always thought it was a myth that Brits would say stuff like 'cuppa', boy was I surprised when I heard that one. Home boy's accent was so thick I thought he was offering me 'copper' and I stood there for a few moments wondering how he knew that I needed some new wiring for one of my electronic devices. I was more than a little surprised when he handed me tea instead of wire. Man, he did make him some good tea."

Grace just looked at Sunshine, taking in her strange rambling, and realized that she was smiling and color had returned to her cheeks. A thought popped into her brain at the mention of copper wires and needing to fix electronic devices. Power.

"Robin told me you held in your power, why? I don't even understand what he meant by that." Grace said before she lost her train of thought to more of Sunshine's odd ruminations.

"You ever own a fan? Right, well you know how there are different settings? And if it's just a little stuffy you want it on level one? So imagine that when you turned it on it went off like a wind machine and created hurricane strength gusts. Does this make sense?"

Grace's sweet, side smile kicked up a notch, "So what you're saying is you can get really scary?"

"Yes, especially if you're expecting a gentle breeze and get 130 mile per hour winds."

"So why are you holding it back? That sounds like it would be useful."

Sunshine quirked an eyebrow, "You've clearly never been in a hurricane."

Grace ginned back, "No but I bet I could make one. Maybe not quite to the same extent as yours though, Miss Destroyer of Worlds!"

Grace watched, stunned, as Sunshine's face went pale with shock and her voice became faint. "He told you about that?" Sunshine was barely able to say.

Within a couple of moments both ladies had their head on their knees trying to get the blood flow back to a critical piece of their body - the brain. Grace recovered first, or at least decided to be the first to speak, "Sunshine! What the hell?"

Seizing the opportunity, "oh, right, a joke! Haha! I am a comedienne!"

Grace was not going to be deterred, sidelined, or whatever else Sunshine would do to deflect answering. "Sunshine. You need to tell me, please help me understand what you're saying."

Sunshine looked at her red cowboy boots on the ground next to where she sat, and sighed. Enough with the sighing, she commanded herself. "Do you ever wonder how they stay so red? I do. It's like they have -"

"Sunshine."

"Wow, you said that with 'warning in your tone', love it. I hate to admit it, but it a little hot when...nevermind. Look Grace, this is a horror filled, monstrous topic. It still haunts me at times, and I thought that I was beyond that."

Grace got irritated, "I helped kill an Archdemon! Why won't you and Duncan stop treating me like I'm too fragile to know the truth!"

Sunshine shot up and grabbed Grace at that. "Look Grace, this has nothing to do with your age, your innocence - no don't protest - or anything that has to do with you. I would tell anyone in this Keep the same thing. Robin and Oberon had to pry parts of this story out of me, and I was far more graphic with them than I will be with you. The only people who know about the first three of the worlds are Cthulhu, who was by my side, and my Pack. And only the latter knows about the most recent one.

The three worlds were all connected, and when I say 'worlds' in this case I mean entire solar systems. They were close together, relatively speaking, in the same universe. The populations there had not only managed high levels of technology, enabling space travel, but some of the people used dangerous forms of Dark Arcane magic. It was a gruesome combination. Normally the Arcane Houses don't bother asking any Wild Houses for aid in easing problems in their fuckered up universes. A conversation for another time. I'm close to Cthulhu, I mentioned he wanted to bond with me but acquiesced to Robin, well we still became friends. He called on me to help with the first world we went to.

The planet, itself, was the most befouled place I've ever been to. They had really done a number on the ecology of it with their industrial development. Maybe they were also twisted from the Dark Arcane rites they performed and so they didn't care about what happened to the planet. When we arrived the planet nearly wept in relief. It begged me to end it. I've never been to a suicidal planet before. It was vastly unsettling. It held me and showed me it's history, how things came to be. They had even ripped into the planet's core, and someone tore its True Name from it. The one it was given, at its creation as a life bearing planet. It couldn't even fucking remember what monster did that.

I called the Hunt down. I sounded my horn for a full day, my lips were bloody from the Call. We tore through the planet, destroying every life, answering the plea for euthanasia by the planet. Cthulhu felt them first, some fucked up Arcane nightmare he just said was simplest to refer to as 'Dark Ones'. Really fucking ominous when an incredibly powerful Arcane being tells you that it's easier to refer to them as 'Dark Ones'. It's probably equivalent to referring to Oberon as a 'common wood sprite' or something. These fucks are hard to kill and revolting to be around. It was the most unrelentless Hunt I've ever been on. It lasted, for all three worlds, over a decade of our time. That's some long ass time for us Fairies when we don't go back to our Knowe because we can't when the Hunt hasn't finished.

We finally destabilized the spread of their space travel technology enough to stop the Dark Ones from gaining anymore systems in that universe. Once it was contained, I just exploded the suns together. I'm sure it was problematic for the galaxy, but there was no other way. Trust me, I searched for a better solution for my entire time there.

There is one silver lining, I did learn a lot of creative solutions to try and avoid that with other worlds I went to. Although none were so plagued, until..."

As Sunshine trailed off and lost herself in some memory, Grace felt ill. If this was the 'nice' version, she didn't want to know the one she told Robin and Oberon. Something told her she needed to hear the rest of Sunshine's stories about world destruction. She gently took Sunshine's hand in hers and kissed it. "Please, I know this is hard, for both of us, please tell me about the other worlds."

Sunshine looked at her, her eyes wet, "there has only been one since then," she said, in a hushed voice. She squeezed Grace's hand.

"It was a little over six thousand years between the two events. I was given a Call to come to -"

"Wait! Did you say six thousand? How old are you? Please tell me you mean in some other sense of time?" Grace felt faint, 'it's okay, she's a fairy, she's a fairy, she's a fairy. Nothing weird about her age.'

"Oh, you know ."

"Umm, how much 'give or take'?"

"Seven hundred fifty nine, but who's counting? The candles started to cost more than the cake a long time ago."

Grace about fainted, her father really liked 'older women'. "Does my father know?"

Sunshine blushed, "it hasn't come up."

"Oh. Carry on, then."

Sunshine nodded, took a deep breath and began, "the last world...that was right before this one. Fuck, Grace. It was this world. No you, no Duncan. Just...Just...Just...Oh, God. Anders was insane on Blood Magic. Cullen was a rapist and murderer. Alistair...oh, he had been killed early on. There was no Archdemon to kill because the previous blight never really ended. I couldn't find anyone...not one person, who was sane...

I had to pull the Wild magic up and forcibly reclaim the land through the Hunt. I destroyed all tainted life. I was able to save the planet, for which it was grateful, but no intellectual peoples. Even some species were destroyed secondary to DarkSpawn taint. But it's intact and can reform, just not in anyway we would envision it. It's for the best, I think."

Sunshine had become firmer in her conviction of her actions since she had been to this world. Thinking about the people she couldn't save, Anders, Alistair and Cullen. She stopped looking for game connections at that point. Poor Alistair, she thought. Before Grace could really think of the right reply she said, "he was a hero you know."

"Who," was Grace's question.

"Alistair. He somehow managed to be sane enough to find a rite that would call the Hunt. He used his dying blood, not in Blood Magic, but just in plea for help, to call me. I held him in my arms as he died. He was so brave, so beautiful. I promised him that I would bring peace, somehow, to his world." It was too much for Sunshine and she began to weep.

A horrible thought occurred to Grace, "please tell me that you didn't come to destroy this world too?"

Sunshine laughed weakly, "no love, I came, on my own, to try and save it. If I came to destroy it, our first encounter would have been with me as the Huntress and my entire Pack."

"How do you mean?"

"I wanted to come to a Thedas that wasn't a lost cause. Perhaps it was nostalgia, in part, from remembering the Game. Mostly I think it was for Alistair, I felt like I failed him somewhat last time. I brought peace, but in a very dramatic way. I want, no, I owe him that. There are more Thedas' out there."

Grace pulled Sunshine into her arms, not even being able to fathom the kinds of choices that Sunshine had to make. She lifted Sunshine's face up, "I don't think the choices you made were easy for you, but I'm glad that it was someone like you making the hard choices, and I'm glad you wanted to save us."

Sunshine laughed with a bitter edge, "Now you know why the last Hunter was so keen to give it up. This...," pointing at everything and nothing, "...it's so hard for me to keep it in check. I keep seeing the haunted look. Everything twisted. Every time someone does something that reminds of that place...I...it's hard. I keep thinking that I should have gone sooner. Or maybe I shouldn't have witnessed any of this. Maybe you being here makes this world okay, and I should go somewhere else. I feel so torn."

Grace jumped from the couch, "Shut up!" Surprising both her and Sunshine. Tears streaming down her face suddenly. "I can't even begin to imagine how awful that other world like this must have been. I'm glad you destroyed it because now Anders isn't suffering and Cullen isn't hurting anyone. Don't you dare leave us! I'd rather go. You can't leave my father Sunshine, not ever!"

Sunshine stood as well and held Grace, "oh, I can't quit you guys. I just wonder if I'm being selfish because I love everyone here so much. Maybe my talents would be better used in a world that didn't have you and Duncan. You," she said, stroking Grace's belly, "are tied deeply here." She stroked her own belly, thoughtfully, "as am I. I can't go on, at least not without you. In a couple of centuries once we've fixed this world, to the best of our abilities, we'll go help other worlds."

Grace laughed, "a couple of centuries, eh? Not all of us are immortal."

"Yet," Sunshine said, winking. They hugged each other than. Grace was thankful for Sunshine sharing what was clearly such a deeply personal story. It showed her something very unique about Sunshine. Grace sunk into her own thoughts of how much she had changed, how much was different here, how her assumptions had led to people she loved getting hurt.

"You know, I feel so tricked by the game." Grace complained. "When I got here I made so many assumptions, and fell flat on my face because of that."

"Huh?"

"The first thing I did when I got here was drastically change the events at Ostagar. I managed to save the King. Only if he had died when he was supposed to Alistair wouldn't have been poisoned"

"Oh, sure, because Anora was just waiting to really turn bitch, roll over and hand Alistair the keys to the castle?"

"That's not the point. I changed things because of who I tried to save. I managed to save Cullen, only for him to die because I assumed this world would be like that fucking game I played at home." Grace clenching her fists in anger, punching a defenseless pillow, "it's all been different and my interference has made other changes. But not all of them have been bad, so i guess we just do what we do and hope for the best and deal with whatever outcome. Isn't that just life?" She sounded fairly bitter, even to her own ears. Well, that's right, she thought, I am a little bitter.

"Honey, if the video game played out like either of the two worlds I've been to it would have been pretty boring for game play. You didn't change this world with respect to this world. You changed what your perception of this world was. I was a little blue to have some things be so close and other things not at all. But honestly, I like this version better. Don't think that if you didn't do what you did that the outcome would have been more 'game like'. Game choices, well they don't mirror what would really need to be done. The difference between us, and the changes we make...hmmm, I'm not sure. I just know that you have more right to it than I do. I'm like you're interfering Aunt Hazel and...well, you're not."

Grace mulled this over, "you know what my deepest regret is? Cullen's death. If I could change one thing, it would be that." She paused and winked, "so, Sunshine, got any time traveling skills?"

"I am fresh out of time travel, at least in the linear sense of things. You know I could probably bring him back...," she trailed off lost in thought, oblivious to Grace's expression of shock. "Yeah, I think it could work, I'd need you to share your memories of him with me." She looked up noticing Grace's expression then.

"Grace, am I misunderstanding the kind of regret you're having? I mean he wouldn't be quite the same, he'd become a Fairy and a part of my Hunt, less inhibited for that, probably. I don't know what he was like in this world. More or less, he'd be the same person, that he is at his core."

Grace was trying to process Sunshine's words. Was she serious, was this real, was this a weird dream? She watched as Sunshine held at her hand, and she took it, "what do I need to do?"

"Just open up your memories of him for me, and I'll do the rest." Sunshine smiled at Grace, letting her expression reassure her daughter. Grace opened up and remembered the first time she saw him when she was lying in Anders' arms. She quickly ran through every memory of him, closing her eyes, tears slipping down her face as she remembered his death.

She opened her eyes when she felt a change in Sunshine. She saw her Sunshine change shapes as her Wild moved through her. It was beautiful, she was so caught up in the kaleidoscope of colors and energy that she didn't realize any time was passing.

Sunshine felt the pull of Cullen and knelt by his body, invisible to Duncan, Grace, Aedan and Zathrian as she pulled his spirit free. He looked at her and then his body in surprise. He then realized what was happening to Grace and he tried to move, to stop Zathrian, anything. They didn't even realize he was dead. "No, not this, oh Grace!"

Sunshine touched his shoulder. "Cullen, she survived, as did Duncan and Aedan. I have come to offer you a place in my Wild Hunt. Grace would like you to return, she greatly mourns your death, and feels responsible for it. More than that, she loves you. And so, by proxy, I love you. It is your choice to make."

She then opened up the Wild Hunt so that he would understand what his choice meant. He looked on in awe, and felt the fullness of things. He always had a belief in the Maker, and considered himself to be spiritual, by nature. Nothing prepared him for what this felt like, it was rapture. "Yes," he heard his voice say.

"I would give you time to say a final farewell, but your farewell will not be final. You will be rejoined." At that she took his hand and pulled him through to the Wild Lands. All her Pack looked at them and grinned. Cullen felt himself pulled at, though not painfully, as he was given a new body. It felt like his but different somehow. She kissed him on the cheek, and he regretted that it wasn't on his lips. He knew her, she was his Mistress, somehow he thought that meant she should also be his lover. He blushed slightly at this, but relaxed when she didn't comment, tease, or act like it was in any way unnatural.

"My Chiefs!" She called to the group, and ten or so, to Cullen's eyes, people popped to the front. "One of you shall mentor Cullen, our newest lover and hunter. He is as special as everyone of you, he needs to be fully trained and returned to me at the point of my calling." She gave one final embrace to Cullen whispering a welcome and then melted away.

One of the Chiefs went up, jumped into his arms, and cried, "dibs!" The others laughed and Cullen felt himself floating away and landing in a bed. It was a most interesting welcome.

When his mentor finally declared him ready to return to his Mistress, or Sunshine as she was often called, he was beside himself with excitement. It had been a full age since he had last seen her, part of his mentor's idea, to help 'ripen' him. He laughed at that. He was so different in so many ways, but still the same. He had initially worried that becoming a Fairy would mean he would forget his mortal self, but every memory was there, fully intact. Oddly more so than when he had been mortal. He smiled at the bet he made. He would enjoy his Mistress, amongst others. Yes, being Fairy suited him indeed. He knew that he would find Grace and Sunshine together. He was craftier now. He stepped through the portal that was made.

"Mistress of the Hunt, you call me to you?" Sunshine had resumed her normal look and grinned.

"Yes, please be at home."

He looked around, casually, and saw Grace. Oh, still so beautiful, his emotions rushed through him, "Grace! Grace! Grace!"

He took a step towards her, Grace was frozen on the spot. Tears began to form in her eyes, Cullen looked at Sunshine, with a worried plea. "Go on, do as you see fit," Sunshine said, smiling.

Cullen smiled inwardly, and stepped to Grace, pulling her into her arms and surprising her with a kiss. He took advantage, much to Sunshine's amusement, of Grace's surprise and deepened the kiss, playing his tongue against hers. She reacted quickly and with enthusiasm. He gently broke the kiss, running his fingers through her hair. "Grace, I'm so sorry, can you ever forgive me?"

Grace hid her face in his chest, "there is nothing to forgive, it was my fault."

"Shhh, never say such words. No Grace, no tears. I took my own life, I didn't believe you could save me. I should have believed in you. I was always so afraid to believe in people. I am no longer. Please Grace, don't cry sad tears. I can tell they are sad ones. Please." He ran his tongue lightly along her cheek, tasting her tears.

Grace moved a hand to his cheek, feeling the stubble on his face, ensuring herself that he felt real. That she wouldn't imagine all the different textures of his face. "I've missed you so much. I...I couldn't bear it when you...when you died. I should never have taken us down there. When Zathrian did... I thought it would be enough, but I was too late. Cullen I swear I would have given my life to save yours."

She gently pressed her lips to his, willing the truth to play through her kiss. She felt him respond to her kiss with his Wild. She moaned in response to the pleasure of the action. "I know Grace. No more sadness for me. I'm here now, and for as long as my Mistress so remains." He stepped back from Grace, gently, and looked up at Sunshine, "as I see fit?"

Sunshine nodded, indulgent at seeing Grace so happy. Cullen surprised her by kissing her fully as well, feeling the first taste any Fairy had ever had of her mouth. It was so right, he deepened the kiss when he felt Sunshine's wild respond. She held onto him, and kissed him back tasting his Wild, her gift, on him.

Sunshine grinned, then scowled, and then had a hard time keeping a silly grin off of her face. "Well that'll teach me to tell you to 'do as you see fit'. Grace's memory didn't have you so bold."

Cullen returned her silly smile while nabbing Grace and wrapping his arm around the front of her, holding her back to his chest while resting his hand on her belly. "Well they gave me quite a bit of time before bringing me here."

Sunshine winced, "How long?"

"Oh, about a hundred years."

"Oh, dear God, who mentored you?"

Cullen grinned at the look of dread on her face, "Pooks."

"Pooks! I'm fucked!"

They all felt a pulse of wild and Grace looked at an adorable woman, dressed as a 1920's news boy, with wild black hair and arresting violet eyes. The woman gave her a jaunty grin, bowed at Sunshine, "you rang?"

Sunshine laughed, grabbed the woman and spanked her. Grace's eyes bugged out, Cullen and the woman just laughed. "Pooks! Meet Grace, Grace this unrepentant mischief maker is Pooks, Cullen's mentor. She'll be around for awhile yet, probably at least...well for awhile."

Pooks grabbed Sunshine and hauled her head close to hers, "my turn!" She then proceeded to kiss Sunshine, who while prepared and could have stopped her, she still kissed her back fully letting her taste her. Sunshine was surprised about how right it felt to kiss Pooks, feeling their Wilds collide and mix. Grace was shocked at all the kissing being done to Sunshine, her father's fiancee.

Cullen kissed Grace's ear, "it's okay, love, we're fairies. Sunshine still loves my Duncan dearly." Grace relaxed until his words sunk in, 'my Duncan'? What?

"What do you mean by 'my Duncan'?" Sunshine and Pooks broke their kiss at that and looked at Cullen, although Pooks was completely in the know. Cullen smiled a big, wide grin.

"Oh, Anders never told you? He is the only one, aside from myself and Duncan, that ever knew. Well I told Pooks too."

Grace felt a little light headed, "please tell me that -"

"I had an affair with your father? Absolutely. I was his first, just like I was the first to kiss Sunshine." Sunshine and Grace gaped. After a couple of beats Sunshine began laughing so hard.

Grace frowned, "tell me he's joking!"

That just caused Sunshine to further howl with laughter, tears beginning to form in her eyes. "No dear, he's being honest." Grace felt Cullen pull her closer to him and felt his laughter rumble in his chest.

"Grace," he said, "it was many years ago. Long before the Blight. It was during a difficult period in my relationship with Anders. I pretty much got your father drunk and seduced him. We were together a little over a month, in secret, until Anders came back and asked for me to return. Neither Duncan nor myself were so deeply attached that we didn't decide that my heart truly belonged to Anders."

Sunshine had contained her laughter, "what did Anders think?"

"Surprise and relief. I think it made him feel more comfortable with our love. Although I think now, in retrospect, that he was just afraid of our love as I was."

"Huh, well that brings us to an interesting question: How do we tell Anders, Duncan, Alistair and Zevran?"

Pooks jumped in, "I don't know. What I do know is this: Grace I want to make Wild Love to you, I also plan on making Wild Love to Sunshine and just plain old love to your father. So." She grabbed Grace knowing that Grace was imagining it a bit and kissed her. "Oh, so delish! I can tell you're not ready, but come, let Sunshine and Cullen handle the boys and we'll go get our Wild on. I promise not to fully seduce you." She grabbed a bemused Grace and drew her through a portal.

"Oh, of course," Sunshine said with some exasperation. "I can't believe, and yet I can, that Pooks mentored you!"

"None of this bothers you, does it?"

"Nah, do you plan on seducing Duncan again?"

"Yes."

"Do I get to be there?"

"That is my hope."

Sunshine grinned, and pulled him with her, "Duncan first."