After Cassandra and Snow's conversation, they met back up with Varric and Solas before heading back to Haven, and when they got back, they ran into Leliana and Josephine. "Oh, you four are back." Leliana said, sounding a bit surprised, "We didn't expect to see you so soon."

"Something came up…" Cassandra replied, trailing off.

"What is it?"

Cassandra glanced at Snow who nodded back. "I'm pregnant."

"Oh, that's wonderful!" Josephine said happily, clapping her hands together in excitement.

"It is?"

"Yes, aren't you happy?"

"Should I be?"

"Most women would be." Leliana pointed out. "I know my friend, Amanda, would do anything to become a mother."

"Well, you'll have to forgive me if I withhold my enthusiasm." Cassandra walked off without another word, and went into the village.

That next evening, Snow walked into the tavern and saw Cassandra sitting alone at one of the tables, and she decided to check up with her. "Cassandra…?"

"What?"

"How are you feeling?" Snow asked, sitting across from her.

"Alright, I guess…"

"Have you given any thought into whether you're going to keep the baby or not?"

"I have, actually."

"And?"

Cassandra shook her head and answered, "I can't be a mother. I'm a warrior, that's all I've ever known. What kind of life can I give to a child?"

"A good life! You and this baby could live happily together as mother and daughter… or mother and son, whatever it turns out to be!"

"I don't know…"

"Listen to me, I have experience in this area. My sister got pregnant a couple years ago, but during her pregnancy, her husband died, so she started talking about giving away the baby when it was born. Once it was born, however, she held it in her arms and suddenly decided that she didn't want to give it up for the world. So, what I'm saying is, you could grow to love this child."

"I already do."

"Then why do you want-"

"I'm thinking about what's best for the baby. I already told you, I can't be a mother; I don't know the first thing about how to raise a child."

"No one does at first. I mean, sure, you could read up on the subject and research everything there is to know, but every child is different. Every child has their own needs, their own wants… and you never really know what to do until you do it."

"So, you think I should keep the baby?"

"Yes, I do! If Galyan were here, what would he want you to do?"

"He'd… want me to keep it, but he always wanted us to raise a family together…" She slowly placed her head down against the table with a sigh.

Snow frowned and thought about what to say before placing her hand gently on top of Cassandra's and saying comfortingly, "I understand that you're hurting, but maybe that grief has clouded your thinking a bit." Cassandra lifted her head a bit to look at Snow before she continued, "I mean, this child is Galyan's, it's a part of him, and I know that Galyan is gone, but isn't that all the more reason to hold on to what you have left of him?"

Cassandra paused as she thought. "…I never thought about that way before." She sat up straight. "You know what? You've changed my mind; I am going to keep this baby!"

"Good! I'm glad!" Snow said and watched as Cassandra gave her a nod before leaving, and she thought, 'She's not nearly as stubborn as Varric made her out to be.'

The next morning, Snow was getting ready to leave for Val Royeaux, and she was in the war room with Cassandra, Cullen, Josephine, and Leliana as they talked about how they would approach the clerics.

"Having the herald address the clerics is not a terrible idea." Josephine said.

"You must be joking!" Cullen replied.

"Mother Giselle isn't wrong; right now, the chantry's only strength is that they're united in opinion."

"And we should ignore the danger to the herald?" Leliana asked.

"Let's ask her."

Snow sighed and said, "I'm more concerned that this won't actually solve any problems."

"I agree," Cullen said. "It just lends credence to the idea that we should care what the chantry says!"

"I will go with her." Cassandra said. "Mother Giselle said she could provide us names, use them."

"But why?" Leliana said, shaking her head disapprovingly. "This is nothing but a-"

"What choice do we have, Leliana? Right now, we can't approach anyone for help with the breach. Use what influence we do have to call the clerics together, and once that's done, we will see this through!"

"Thanks for offering to come with me," Snow said. "But are you sure you can make the journey to Val Royeaux?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well… given your condition?"

"I'm pregnant, not terminally ill."

"I know, but I just want to be sure that you can handle it."

"You don't need to worry about me. Besides, I'm not even showing yet, so I'll be fine."

"If you say so."

A few months passed without much development, although, Haven had been destroyed by Corypheus, the Inquisition moved to Skyhold, and it had grown substantially since then. Snow came back to Skyhold from a mission to the Hissing Wastes with Bull, Dorian, and Varric and went to go see Cassandra, who was in the main hall, eating. Over the past few months, Cassandra had started to show that she was with child, and now, anyone who looked at her could clearly tell. "Hi Cassandra."

"Oh, Inquisitor, you're back."

"You know you don't need to call me Inquisitor." Snow said as she sat next to her. "How are you feeling?"

"You don't need to keep checking up on me, you know?"

"I look out for my friends, especially friends who have another life to look out for."

Cassandra cracked a small smile. "Well, I appreciate your concern, for both myself and the baby, but we're fine."

"Good!"

"But while you're here, Inquis- Snow, I need a favor."

"Name it."

"I've been thinking a lot lately about all the red templars we saw at the assault on Haven, and all the reports of them still out there…"

"And…?"

"What I haven't seen or heard of is Lord Seeker Lucius… in fact, I have seen no signs of any seekers among the red templars. I have a growing suspicion that Corypheus has imprisoned them."

"Finding them obviously means a lot to you."

"I left the order, but I could never abandon them. I cannot claim that rescuing them would be beneficial, they would not look kindly on the Inquisition, but even so… if there's a chance. If we could spare recources to follow up on these leads, I would appreciate it."

"I'll have people look into it for you, I promise."

"Thank you. Oh, and… one other thing."

"Yes?"

"When you find them, I want to go with you to investigate."

"But… you're pregnant!"

"I am well aware of that, but still… I feel I have to do this. Please, just take me with you."

Snow sighed. "Alright… you can come, but you have to promise you'll be careful, no rash action, that's an order!"

"Yes, Inquisitor." Cassandra said, using her title to show that she was serious and to acknowledge her authority.

A couple days later after Snow and Cassandra had gotten back from Caer Oswin along with Bull and Dorian, Snow went up to the floor above the forge and found Cassandra sitting at the table, looking down at the book containing the secrets of the Seeker order in front of her. When Cassandra noticed Snow there, she said, "This book has passed from Lord Seeker to Lord Seeker since the time of the original Inquisition… and now, it falls to me."

"Are you alright? You look… drained."

"Do you know what the Rite of Tranquility is?" She asked as Snow sat across from her. "The last resort used on mages in the circle, leaving them unable to cast, but depriving them of dreams and all emotion. It should only be used on those who cannot control their abilities, but that has not always been the case."

"Deprived of all emotion… that sounds…"

"I've always thought it a necessary evil. What finally began the mage rebellion was the discovery that the Rite of Tranquility could be reversed. The Lord Seeker at the time covered it up, harshly… there were deaths. It was dangerous knowledge, the shock of its discovery in addition to what happened in Kirkwall…" She sighed and continued. "But it appears we've always known how to reverse the rite, from the beginning."

"Why keep that knowledge a secret?"

"…We… created the Rite of Tranquility. I told you about my vigil, the months I spent emptying myself of emotion. I was made tranquil and didn't even know, then the Vigil summoned a spirit of faith to touch my mind; that broke tranquility and gave me my abilities." She suddenly stood up and walked to the window, looking out of it. "There's more… Lucius was not wrong about the order. I'm not sure what to do now…"

"You could rebuild the Seekers, make them better than they were, no more secrets."

Cassandra was silent as she thought for a moment before looking back at Snow and smiling. "Thank you. I could not have done this on my own."

Snow smiled back and replied, "Don't mention it. I'd do anything for my friends!"

Another few months later, Cassandra was nearing the end of her pregnancy term, but still insisted on going with Snow and Cullen to storm Samson's hideout along with Solas and Varric, and after about twenty minutes of persuading, Snow finally agreed to let her come. Although, Snow set a few rules, one of them being that everyone else would fight for her, and that she was not to engage in a fight unless it was absolutely necessary. Storming Samson's hideout revealed that someone had tipped off Samson that they were coming, so he had fled before they got there.

On the way back to Skyhold, the five of them were walking on the cliffside that dropped down to the canyon in the Western Approach as Cullen ranted. "I can't believe that scumbag Samson! He let his own people die because he's too much of a coward to face us himself!"

"Don't worry, Cullen." Snow said, placing her hand on top of his. "We'll get him."

"I pray you're right."

Snow looked back and noticed Cassandra leaning against a rock, looking like she was trying to catch her breath. "Cassandra, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I just… I'm just a little worn out, that's all."

"Maybe you should've stayed at Skyhold… I mean, you could be due any day now."

"You really need to stop worrying about me." Cassandra said. "I've survived worse things than this."

"I can't help it if I'm worried about my friends, especially a friend that's about to-"

"Shh!" Cassandra suddenly said.

"What? Why are you shushing me, I'm just-"

"No, really. Shh!" She slapped her hand over Snow's mouth and whispered, "You hear that?" Snow let out a muffled 'no', but then heard something and looked down.

"I hear it…" Cullen said, worry lacing his tone and he slowly kneeled down and brushed some sand off the stone they were standing on and gasped; the stone appeared to be… cracking.

"Aw shit…" Varric sighed, frozen. "We're about the fall through the ground, aren't we?"

"Not if we're careful. We need to back off of this cliffside one at a time. Cassandra, you're the closest to the edge, so you go first, just don't lift your feet." Cullen said, and Cassandra nodded, slowly moving off the cracking rock. "Alright, Snow, you next."

Snow slowly followed Cassandra's footsteps, but as she moved, she must've stepped right in the wrong spot and a loud crack resonated through the canyon before the rocks gave way, and the four of them fell down the cliff. Snow coughed and looked around after the dust settled, "Is everyone alright?" She asked, and they all responded with groans; she looked around some more and called, "Cassandra!"

"I'm up here!" She called back from back on top of the cliff.

"Hold on! We're coming!" Snow cried and the four of them tried to find a way back up the cliff.

Cassandra looked down and watched as they tried to find a way up when she suddenly felt a strong sudden pain in her abdomen and growled. She then gasped when she realized what was happening, and she cried, "Snow!"

"What?! What is it?!"

"It's coming!"

"It's coming?" Snow asked, confused. "What's coming?" It then dawned on her and her eyes widened. "…Oh! The baby! What do we do now?!"

"Fuck! Just when I thought it couldn't get worse!" Varric sighed.

"Just hang on, Cassandra!" Cullen called, they all started looking even faster to try and find a way back up.

"Okay, okay…" Cassandra said, panting and sat down. "They…They're coming. We just need to… hold on until then." She put her hand on her stomach and sighed, "I got to say, sweetheart, you really got timing…"

When Snow, Cullen, Solas and Varric were heading back up to get to Cassandra, they suddenly spotted a couple hyenas up the trail, and they had their noses in the wind before starting to make a b-line for where Cassandra was.

"We can't let them get to her!" Snow cried.

"Wait!" Varric said, "Chuckles and I will go protect Seeker; you and Curly stop them!"

"But-"

"No time for buts! If they reach her, it'll be too late!"

"…Alright! Let's do this!" Snow said before they ran off after the hyenas, and Snow and Cullen got in the hyenas way, preventing them from going further while Varric went with Solas, continuing down the trail and straight to Cassandra. When they got there, they saw that the hyenas weren't the only ones who had sensed her distress. A quillback had beaten them there, but before he was close enough to attack Cassandra, Varric pulled out his crossbow and fired, and the shot hit dead-on, killing the quillback instantly.

"Woo-hoo! Right between the eyes!" Varric cheered. "Bianca-baby, you never miss!"

"Excuse me!" Cassandra growled. "I hate to interrupt your touching moment with your crossbow, but if you can't tell, I'm giving birth here!"

"Oh, right!" Varric said sheepishly and walked over, putting Bianca away. "Sorry. You okay?"

"Am I okay?! Do you know anything about childbirth?!"

"No, not really."

"Well, I do." Solas said as he kneeled down next to Cassandra. "Just relax and we'll have this baby delivered in no time!"

Meanwhile, over with Snow and Cullen, they were fighting the hyenas, but as soon as they were done, more showed up. "Oh, come on!" Snow yelled. She reached behind her for another arrow from her quiver when she realized it was empty. "Shit! I'm out of arrows!"

"Don't worry! I'll deal with the rest on my own!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, go and help Cassandra!" Cullen ordered, and Snow nodded before leaving. She made it over to them in a couple minutes, and found that Solas had taken off the outer part of his robe to cover Cassandra's lower half after he'd taken her pants off.

"Alright, I'm going to wait until the contractions get a bit closer together before I'll ask you to push." Solas told her.

"Maker, they get closer together?!"

"Yes, but just try to relax as best you can."

Snow kneeled next to her and offered Cassandra her hand. "Here, take my hand, squeeze it, if you have to."

Cassandra took Snow's hand and held it tight, squeezing it with a cry of pain as another contraction hit her.

"Good! That was a good one!" Solas said encouragingly.

A little while later, Cassandra was lying on the ground panting from exhaustion while Snow and Solas tended to the baby.

"You did great, Cassandra!" Cullen said, placing his hand on her forehead.

"Thanks…" She panted with a small smile and lifted her head up a bit. "How's the baby?"

"He's fine!" Snow said with a bright smile.

"He?"

"Yes, it's a boy!" Snow then handed over the baby, who was now wrapped up in a makeshift blanket, to Cassandra, and she looked down at her newborn son and smiled. The baby already had a little bit of hair and it was black like Cassandra's, but when he opened his eyes, she could see that he had Galyan's mossy green eyes. "What are you going to name him?" Snow asked.

"Hm…" Cassandra hummed in thought. "I'm thinking… Anthony, Anthony D'Marcall."

"D'Marcall?" Varric asked. "But your last name is Pentaghast."

"Yes, but he's Galyan's son, so he'll have his last name."

"Well, alright, he's your baby."

A couple weeks after Anthony was born, Snow had been getting ready to leave for the Arbor Wilds and went to go see if Cassandra was ready to leave yet; she found Cassandra hovering over her son's crib as he slept. "Hey, are you ready to go?"

"I just don't think I should… he needs me."

"Come on, Cassandra. When you were still pregnant with him, I always had to dissuade you from coming with me and putting yourself in harm's way, but now that he's been born, you never want to leave."

"That was different. When I was still pregnant with him, he was always with me, but now…" Cassandra said. "It may sound crazy, but… I love him even more since he's been born. He's my son…"

"I understand, but I need you! You're the strongest warrior I have! You're even stronger than Bull, and that's saying something!" She said, and Cassandra chuckled. "Leliana promised that she'd take good care of Anthony while we're gone! So, come on! What do you say?"

Cassandra sighed. "Alright."

"Thank you!"

When they got back from the Arbor Wilds by going through the eluvian, the first thing Cassandra did was go right to Leliana's room to check on Anthony. "Leliana, how did-"

"Shh!" Leliana shushed her before pointing to Anthony's crib where he was, fast asleep, sucking his thumb as babies do.

Cassandra breathed a sigh of relief. "He's alright."

"Of course he is. I told Snow that I'd take good care of him."

"I know, and I trust you, I really do. It's just that this is my first time being a mother… well, being a mother to a baby, anyway. I guess I just tend to fret a bit over him a bit."

"That's normal, it means you care about him."

"I know." Cassandra lowered the bars on the side of Anthony's crib before reaching in and picking him up to hold him in her arms. Anthony whined and cried a little at being woken up from a sound sleep, but once he saw who was holding him, he immediately calmed down. Anthony let out a cute little yawn before closing his eyes and falling right back asleep. Cassandra smiled and lightly kissed his forehead, "I love you, Anthony."

Roughly a month after Corypheus had been defeated, Cassandra was training in the courtyard. Since having Anthony, she realized that she'd gotten rusty from not training as much, so, that afternoon, she asked Leliana to watch him for a couple hours while she practiced and got back into shape.

Meanwhile, down in the dungeon, a vortex suddenly opened before Snow, Dorian, Cullen, Galyan, and Avexis came tumbling through, right where they had left. "Ah, you three are back, and I see you brought back others." Alexius said, sounding completely unfazed by their sudden appearance.

"How long have we been gone?" Dorian asked.

"About ten minutes."

"Oops. Guess I overshot it a bit, sorry."

"That's okay! It's only by ten minutes! I'm sure hardly anyone has noticed that we were gone!"

"Where's Cassandra?" Galyan asked, sounding impatient.

"Last time I saw her, she was by the training area; if only ten minutes have gone by, I'm sure she's still there."

"And… the training area is where, exactly?"

Snow laughed, "Follow me." She led them upstairs and into the courtyard, and almost immediately spotted her. "Yes, there she is!"

"Mama!" Avexis cried and ran over, practically tackling her in a hug as she turned around.

"Avexis?! How…?"

"Cassandra!" Galyan said as he ran over to her, too.

"Galyan… Avexis…" She stepped back and looked shocked. "How are you two here? I thought you were both dead…"

"We would've been if it hadn't been for them." Galyan said, motioning to Snow, Dorian and Cullen who were standing a few feet away.

Avexis nodded and added, "If they hadn't stopped us from going to the conclave, we would have died when the explosion happened." When Cassandra just continued standing there, looking shocked, she asked, "What's the matter? Aren't you happy?"

Cassandra snapped out of her shock. "Oh, of course I am! I've never been happier in my entire life!" She hugged them both, and they hugged her back, lovingly.

Over with the others, Snow cheered, "Woo! We actually did it! This is so awesome!" Cullen couldn't help but chuckle at how cute she looked when happy and kissed her.

"Cassandra," Leliana called as she walked over to them, holding Anthony in her arms. "I think- Galyan?"

"Hello Leliana."

"We thought you were dead!"

"I know, and I'll explain everything later, I promise, but first… who's this little guy?" Galyan asked, tickling the baby, and it giggled.

"Ask his mother." Leliana said as she handed the baby to Cassandra.

"What?!" Snow cried, having seen the whole thing.

"Wait…" Galyan asked, "Is this my son?"

"Yes." Cassandra said with a nod. "A couple weeks after the conclave, I found out I was pregnant."

"Oh!" Avexis gasped and smiled. "He is the most adorable baby brother!"

"I'm so sorry, Cassandra." Galyan said.

"Sorry? For what?"

"If I had known… I would've stayed, and been with you through your entire pregnancy."

"It's alright, Galyan, you didn't know, and you're here now! That's what's important!"

"Can I hold him?" He asked, holding his arms out.

"Of course!" Cassandra said with a smile and gently handed him over. "Mind his head."

"He's so tiny!" Galyan chuckled and almost immediately developed a proud look on his face. "Hey there, buddy." He greeted. "I'm your daddy!" The baby looked almost confused for a moment, as if he'd never heard the word 'daddy' before, but then smiled and held out his arms to him, and Galyan hugged him. "What's his name?"

"Anthony. His name is Anthony."

"You named him after your brother?" He asked, and she nodded. "Anthony D'Marcall… I love it!" He kissed Cassandra and they both looked down at their son, happily.

A few feet away, Snow whispered, "How is this possible? She didn't have a son before!"

"I don't know. We must've done something that-" Dorian suddenly stopped. "Oh no…"

"What? What?!"

"The first day we were in the past, do you remember how we stopped that scout from interrupting Galyan and Cassandra while they were together?"

"Yes?"

"Maybe she was supposed to interrupt that and maybe even stop it from happening at all, but since she didn't…"

"That's when Cassandra became pregnant."

"Exactly! This is bad!" Dorian said worriedly.

"What do you mean? How is this bad?" Cullen asked. "I mean, look at them! I've never seen Cassandra so happy!"

"Neither have I," Snow said. "And making her happy was the whole reason I did this, so I agree with Cullen, how is this bad?"

"Because that child was never supposed to exist! Meaning, everything he does could have dramatic consequences!"

"Oh, will you stop being so melodramatic?" Snow groaned. "Have you stopped to think that maybe, just maybe, this was supposed to happen? That maybe us going back in time in itself was supposed to happen?"

"I don't see how that's really possible…"

"A lot of seemingly impossible things have been made possible, if you haven't noticed." Snow looked back over at Cassandra. "Besides, Cassandra is happy, Galyan is happy, Avexis is happy, everyone is happy! So, don't worry so much!"

Dorian sighed and looked at them, smiling, "Alright, I won't worry, Snow! I'll just pray that all will be well!"

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Hello everybody! I rewrote this chapter because I wanted to change a few things! Also, I want to say that when I first came up with the idea of Cassandra becoming pregnant with Galyan's child, I have to admit, I didn't know if I should make it a boy or a girl, or what their name would be! Although, I was watching Dawn of the Seeker again a few days ago and it suddenly hit me! "Anthony!" I thought, "Yes, that's the perfect name! She could name her son after her brother!" One more thing, I think the next chapter will be the last chapter, so… bear with me, okay?

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