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We split up again, though I didn't see the point in it when we were all going to go to the same place anyways. Varric claimed that it was so that we wouldn't be tracked down by any of Sebastian's men, even though we were in Ferelden, not Starkhaven. This time Zarrah went with Merrill and Orana, and Varric went with me and Fenris. The plan was to go back to Kirkwall once we met back up with Isabela at the Amaranthine Docks. We were just a day's walk out of Amaranthine, and I had decided to wonder off by myself. I needed time by myself and Varric had conned Fenris into a game of Wicked Grace. The nice cool spring that I'd found myself by felt wonderful on my sore feet. I closed my eyes and let my body soak in the sun. I took a deep breath and moved myself even more into the water. I shivered at the coldness of it, but it still felt good.
I heard a sound behind me, but ignored it, it was probably Varric or Fenris coming to check up on me. I kept my eyes closed until a strong hand came up over my mouth and lifted my body out of the water.
"Didn't we get a description of one of the elves that looked like this?" a husky voice asked.
"Our King will be very happy that we got one of the rebels," a scratchy voice smirked. "Let's get her out of here before her friends show up. That was our orders."
"Wouldn't our reward be bigger if we could get that Hawke and the apostate mage?" the husky voice asked.
"I'm not willing to risk my life to capture two others," the scratchy voice growled. "Let's take this pretty little elf back to Starkhaven. If the king's instincts are right, then her friends will come to save her."
FENRIS! I thought wildly. Oh by the Maker Fenris come and save me again! This really can't be happening to me! The man that held me kept his hand over my mouth and carried off to wherever it was that their ship was being kept. Tears escaped my eyes and I prayed that I could keep calm for my child's sake. I'd never forgive Sebastian if anything happened to my child.
Two months…two lousy months I'd been kept on the ship on the way to Starkhaven, my child had made my stomach rather huge in the time, and all I could think of was my love, my Fenris. It hurt me to think that I may not ever see him or my sister ever again, but I also prayed to the Maker that Sebastian's men wouldn't find any of my companions. I'd never been to Starkhaven in my entire life, but this wasn't how I wanted to visit a new country. I felt like I was a slave again, and when I met the bastard of a king, I was going to give him a piece of my mind for treating a "friend" like the one thing they'd been freed from. I couldn't even get myself to enjoy the scenery on the way to the holding cells in Starkhaven's Palace. My two captures had ignored me the entire time we were on the ship, and on the way to the palace's dungeons, they'd noticed I was with child for the first time. While they argued I prayed that my friends were back in Kirkwall and safe.
"Aymjah?" I heard Sebastian's soft and gentle voice whisper.
I stood, went to the bars of my cage, spat right into the King of Starkhaven's face, and shouted in Antivan, "You bastard! You blighted two-faced prig!"
"What are you doing here? I ordered my men to capture Hawke and her companions… not you," Sebastian seemed confused.
"I am considered one of her companions you incompetent slug! You would have preferred Fenris? The only reason why you took your thrown back was to get revenge!" I shouted hysterically, but I didn't stop there. "You had an ex-slave, who happens to be with child, captured just so you could gain an upper hand in your war against Hawke and Anders!"
"ENOUGH!" Sebastian shouted.
"Go screw yourself!" I growled, still speaking in Antivan. "Fenris will rip your heart out if anything happens to me or my child, and I will watch happily as he does it!"
The cage door swung open, he grabbed me and shook me, "I said enough Aymjah! I hold nothing against you or Fenris for what happened in Kirkwall. Let's get you upstairs so you can bathe and eat properly."
"I'm not going anywhere with you!" I shouted. "You've made it so I've been taken from the one man I love just so you can further your war!" He lifted me into his arms and carried me. I protested the entire time he carried me, and he finally placed me on a carpeted floor. Before I knew what he was doing, he undressed me quickly-the entire time I complained, and then he placed me into a hot bath.
"Once you're done we'll talk," he said forcefully. "You may speak in Antivan if it pleases you, I do not care."
The door swung open and my capture with the husky voice came rushing in, "My King! There's a rather angry group of- I think it's the woman you were talking about, and they're threatening to burn the whole palace down if you don't return the woman elf."
"So… they came for her after all," I heard Sebastian mumble. "Is there a mage with them?"
"I only saw two female mages," the man said. "There's a dwarf, a… strangely dressed woman, and several elves. They all look bloody pissed, my Lord."
I saw a smirk on Sebastian's face as he looked over at me, "Ask them where Anders is… if they don't tell you, tell them Aymjah here, will be made tranquil."
The man looked at me curiously, nodded, and rushed out the door. I stared at Sebastian in horror. There was no way he'd actually do that to me. The thought of being made… my love for Fenris gone! I stood in the tub, naked, stepped out, and slapped him across the face angrily.
"You're a monster!" I shouted in Ferelden this time. "How could you do that to me? I never thought you could sink that low!"
"I'm bluffing, Aymjah," Sebastian didn't look at me as he spoke.
"Liar!" I shouted, hitting him again. He grabbed my wrist and looked down at me. "You would make me tranquil just to get back at Hawke and Anders for something that I had nothing to do with! Just let me leave with them, please, Sebastian… you were my friend once…"
"It's done," he turned and left me in the room by myself. I could feel power surging through me, stronger than I'd ever felt before-almost as if the child within me had combined it's powers with mine. Before I could stop myself, I released a power surge so great I was sure that the entire palace shook. I grabbed the tub to steady myself as the ground beneath me shook. The pictures fell from the wall and shattered on the ground, everything that could break that was in the room did at that same moment. If they were going to take away my hopes and dreams, I was going to take the whole palace down with me, no matter who I hurt to do so.
"Shhhh, pretty thing, we're getting you out of here," I heard Isabela behind me as a blanket wrapped around me. I didn't know how she kept her footing in the shaking room, but she managed to lead me out of the room. Soon afterwards Fenris was taking me into his arms and rushing me out of the Palace. I saw Anders as soon as we got onto Isabela's ship.
"Can you check to see if my child is okay?" Fenris asked like he was worried. "She… released a good amount of power, and she doesn't seem to realize what's going on."
"Fenris?" I whispered. "Where's Hawke?"
"Right here," she replied quickly. "We need to go… now! Sebastian and his men are probably following right behind us."
"What a dumb ass!" Varric shook his head. "Did he actually believe that we'd turn over Anders and let him threaten to turn Elfie into a tranquil?"
"He what?" Anders seemed upset about what had happened in the palace. "Where did that power come from? Aymjah doesn't carry a staff."
"My baby," I whispered before I passed out in my love's arms.
I could feel hands on my stomach and Anders's voice came out gently, "They'll both be fine, she's just exhausted from all that power she released at once."
"She said that our baby helped her," Fenris sighed. "Is that even possible?"
"It could be," Anders sounded unsure. "Power is still coming from her, but not as strong as in Starkhaven. That could be the reason why she's still sleeping."
"Is it the baby that is making the power?" Fenris seemed annoyed.
"Possibly," Anders replied. "From what I can sense with Aymjah, she has three life-sources, which means…"
"Twins," Hawke breathed.
I felt weak as I sat up. Everyone was staring at me in amazement. I stretched out and looked around. "Why are you all looking at me?"
"You've been asleep for four days, Aymjah," Zarrah told me. "Anders had to use magic to get you to eat."
"Really?" I looked over at Fenris, who looked relieved to see me awake. "I've really been asleep for four days?"
"You woke up several times, but never for too long," Fenris breathed. "I have good news for you though."
"What's that?" I asked.
"We're having twins," Fenris told me.
"I think I heard that," I sighed as he pulled me into his arms. "Was I asleep when you found out?"
"Yes, Love, you were," Fenris whispered as he kissed my pointy ear. "I'm just glad that you're awake now."
"You were asleep for quite awhile," Anders smirked at me. "Those twins of yours are quite powerful mages for not being born yet."
"Mages?" I breathed. "How's that possible?"
"You're a mage," Anders frowned at me. "Why are you shocked that you're having twin mages? The three of you almost took down an entire palace."
"How can they use magic while inside me?" I was frowning now. Fenris pulled me closer to him.
"Your fear probably triggered it," Hawke told me. "But they are pretty powerful."
I closed my eyes and put my hands on my stomach. Was it even possible that unborn mages could defend themselves like they had? I'd never heard of such a thing. If Sebastian would have made me Tranquil, then my children would have been born Tranquil. I shivered at the very thought, Fenris whispered into my ear, swearing never again to let any human take me away from him while he still lived. His hand rested upon my stomach, I felt a surge throughout my body like electricity, he took a deep breath like he could feel it as well. He kissed my neck and snuggled me. For the first time in two months, I felt like I really was at home with my love.