AN: So fighting scenes is reeeeeaally not my virtue. So sorry in advance if it sucks.
Please be kind and review :)
Diana woke up early the next morning, she felt more nauseous then she had previously, maybe it wasn't so strange, since she might die in two days. Zev was still asleep, she didn't want to wake him up, just yet.
Her armor pieces, the boots, gloves and chest piece were lying all over the place, she chuckled and put it on.
She went to the mirror in the room, and looked at herself.
Diana saw nothing of the girl she had been before all this happened.
Father, mother, look at your creation. I wonder if you are proud of me...
She saw her own reflection, but felt it was not hers. The one she's seeing, is full of scars, mental and physical ones. She felt for the first time that she was a woman, standing proudly in the Warden armor, Diana chuckled, well she should be feeling like one, she is after all twenty years old.
Her hair was long, it was different to see. She saw her earring glimmer in the reflection of the mirror, she touched it gently, thinking about what it meant, and she smiled to herself.
Not trying to think to much about the past nor the future she sat next to the man she loves, stroking gently with her fingertips over his sun-kissed back. He had no scars on his body, she was jealous of this. He woke up by her gentle touching, and smiled.
"Already dressed? tsk, tsk, to bad."
"I can easily remove it if you have something in mind." She grinned.
"Do we have the time?"
"We'll make our own time" She said kissing him.
"My naughty princess, should I play hard to get?" While he unbuckled her armor.
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They had met up with the dwarven army on their way to the Circle of Magi, collecting the few mages still capable to fight. As they closed in to Denerim, they saw the dalish elves emerging from the nearby woods.
There was smoke raising in the red clouded skies, it came from the capital, the screams was heartbreaking.
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"Now who do you wish take with you? I suggest taking Alistair and Loghain with you and one more!" Riordan voice echoed in her mind, they cleared most of the darkspawn at the front gates of Denerim. She came to, Riordan's revealed his plan by luring the dragon to the high point of the city.
"You said that you sensed two Generals, didn't you?"
"That's correct."
"and there are a lot of more darkspawn roaming here."
he nodded.
Diana bit her lip, she was going to make a tough decision.
"We need to get to the dragon as fast as possible, but it will slow us down if we need to kill the two generals, killing them would though probably confuse the darkspawn."
She sighed.
"The plan is going to be this:
Alistair will remain here with arl Eamon's soldiers, and the dwaven golems, it will give the men courage to see their king, and having big boulders that can kill ten darkspawn in one go will also help, Sten will come with you Alistair." Sten bowed in response.
"Loghain will lead the dwarves into the city, since he is a general of Ferelden and have experience as one. He will create distraction and kill the two generals roaming within the city. It will give Riordan and me a chance to slip through without having to fight to much. The elves and mages will follow our footsteps and keep the monsters at bay with arrows and magic. Oghren and Troy will also accompany you, Loghain."
There was a moment of silence, except for Troy that whined.
"Don't worry boy." She smiled at her trusted hound.
"I want Wynne, Leliana and Zevran to accompany me, if they wish to."
"Ah for you, I would gladly storm the gates of the black city" Zevran said putting his hand on her shoulder.
"That does sound like a good plan if we don't die on the way to the dragon." Riordan bowed.
"I'm off, I hope I won't see you again, sister, if you get my meaning. Good luck!" and the senior was off.
Diana faced her fellowship, the persons that had been with her since a long time now. Six and a half months. It was hard, she said that it had been an honor to have the privilege of having them as her friends.
Alistair grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the group
"You are not taking me with you? Why are you leaving me behind?"
"If Riordan fails, it falls upon me or Loghain to kill it" She said trying to have an blank expression on her face.
"Don't you think I want to be at your side, as your comrade?"
"You will not chose that Alistair i'm sorry."
"Sorry my ass, I'm coming with you!"
"No, you need to stay here with your men, if I die, and if Loghain dies, you need to warn the rest of the Wardens. You are king now Alistair, and the people need their king alive!"
"To hell with that!"
"NO, now you listen. You made ME leader over this expedition, so what i say, you follow...have faith in Riordan, and hope that fate is kind." She saw tears in his eyes
"....Fine, but if you die, i'm going to very upset with you," he said kissing her hand.
"I won't then." She smiled.
He and arl Eamon made way to the city gates, with the soldiers from Redcliffe.
Loghain stod next to her,
"So you are not taking me with you after all?"
"When you have killed every darkspawn filth in the city, try to find us if you are so eager."
"Warden, I just wanted to say. You surprised me during this short time we have known each other. Never thought I would say this..." he mumbled,
"I'm honored to have joined your cause," he bowed, "and I will be by your side when you face the dragon!"
He gave word to the dwarves to follow him in the city, and he was gone as well.
She turned to the three remaining companions, the all had sadness in their eyes.
"Do not worry, we will not fail, now lets go kick some darkspawn butt!"
They started to run through the once big capital, it was almost burned down and broken. The smell of smoke was strong as they roamed through the city with the elves and mages at their backs.
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Diana had seen it many times in her dreams and in the deep roads, seeing it up close was frightening. She pulled out her daggers. The beast was damaged, its one wing was torn apart.
Well, then it can't fly away at least!
She didn't see Riordan anywhere and assumed he must have fallen. Nothing else mattered now.
The mages and the dalish went in positions where they could shoot and cast spells at the mighty demon.
Diana saw darkspawn swarming the place, trying to protect its master, her adrenaline was pumping, and killed everything in sight. She rushed against the dragon, trying to get under it, slicing her sword at its chest and throat. It flew up, but with its damaged wing it couldn't get far, it went on the edge of the platform where only arrows could reach it. Diana charged the darkspawn that were close to her. Leliana was shooting at the beast with the elves, so focused she did not see the big ogre heading towards her.
"LELIANA, BEHIND YOU!!" Diana screamed, she did not hear her.
The Warden ran with all the strength her legs could muster, but it was to late. The ogre grabbed Leliana, lifted her up in the air, she screamed and tried to shoot with her bow in the ogre's eyes.
Diana was getting closer, but not close enough, the ogre squeezed her best friend, and Leliana dropped her bow, and fell unconscious, it took her head in its mouth and tore it off.
It felt like everything was going in slow motion "LELIANA..." She cut through every darkspawn, vengeance filled her entire spirit. She jumped the ogre, rage was filling her up, and she cut the ogre to pieces, with blood gushing out from it.
She heard Wynne yelling "Diana, behind you!" She saw a hurlock alpha waving his gigantic axe towards her, she jumped from its blow.
Diana faced the alpha, blocked his blows with her daggers, she was furious which made her lose focus on the battlefield. The archdemon had landed in the middle of the tower again, she started to run towards it forgetting about the hurlock, it did not.
She fell down, feeling warm blood running down her back The alpha got a good hit, and she couldn't move. It went in front of her face, lifting up his axe, Wynne petrified it, allowing the assassin time to run to her and cut of its head. Zevran looked at Diana, she was loosing a lot of blood, that she knew. She couldn't move. Wynne hurried to her. She looked at her wound, "Thank the Maker that it did not hit the spine." Diana screamed in pain, it was hurting so badly, " need....I need to kill it...."
Wynne looked at her, "I can't heal this wound with my powers alone...You've been a good friend. I'm proud that you have called me such." Wynne said wavering her staff, slamming it on the ground, silver beams erupted from Wynne's body, covering Diana's core.
She had been healed before by Wynne, but this was much more warmer, more powerful. She could even feel her wound closing up on her back.
Diana got up, with Zevran's help.
She saw Wynne lying on the ground. "Wynne?" She didn't respond. Diana shook her shoulders "WYNNE!" her body didn't respond. She must have used the spirit to save her, exhausting all her powers.
"She sacrificed herself for me...." Diana felt tears welling up, both Leliana and Wynne were dead. Zevran grabbed her arm, pulling her away. "Mourn the dead later!"
She and Zevran started to run towards the dragon, she got under its throat, with her dagger slicing all the way through. The head fell down and Diana smiled, Zevran saw what she was about to do and screamed, "Diana, NO! Wait for Riordan or Loghain to come!"
She stopped for a second,
Thinking about her parents, her brother, Wynne and Leliana, she thrusted the sword with all her might into the head of the dragon. A blinding white light, surrounding her, the pain was unbelievable, she screamed but did not flinch. An explosion, she got pushed on the ground and then nothing.
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Zevran got up from the ground. The force of the explosion knocked everyone down close by.
He ran towards Diana, she laid there, lifeless.
He took her in his arms, looking at her face, that was filled with darkspawn blood. Then he noticed something, she was still breathing.
How could this be?
He was filled with happiness, she was still alive. He took her in his arms, looking if she was wounded somewhere. The remaining mages and elves were close to him. All the darkspawn were dead or have scattered the city.
"Is she alive?" The old first enchanter asked.
Zevran nodded.
Irving sat next to him, with the same magic as Wynne had, he filled Diana's body with it.
"She just need rest, my lad." he said, while walking over to Wynne's corpse, with the rest of the mages. They took her body and started to walk down the tower.
Zevran took Diana, carrying her, when he saw Leliana's destroyed body, he stopped for a moment. The beauty of the bard had vanished, as the body laid there twisted.
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When he came out of Fort Drakon with her in his arms, he saw Alistair and Eamon hurrying towards them.
"Is she...?" His voice cracked.
"No, she is not dead."
"So Riordan took the blow?"
Zevran shook his head.
"But, Loghain died when he fought the last general...so, how did...What happened?"
"Our fair Grey Warden did indeed take the final blow. She did not die, why I do not know."
"oh, Maker. How?...Where's Leliana and Wynne?"
Zevran sighed, "They are dead...Did you not see the mages?
"No, I had all my focus to get here..." His eye were filled with tears, and he approached the Warden's body, caressing her face.
"Let's go back to the camp outside the city. It will not take long to rebuild the city, with the help from the mages, but we have nowhere to put her at the moment."
"Leliana's body is still up there, it is not a pretty sight, but you should recover it. I think she would appreciate it."
"Of course, I will go now. I will see you back at camp."
Zevran nodded, and kept walking, ignoring all the eyes that were on them, pointing. He heard voices screaming:
"Hail the Grey Wardens!"
"The Blight is over!"
They were all cheering, the Blight was over, but at what cost?