This is my first Wheel of Time Fanfic. I'd be grateful to know which characters people think should be genderswapped as well as Rand.
The thin, reedy sound of a newborn babes cries filled the quiet, cold air. The battle was done, bodies littered the slopes of Dragonmount.
Tamlin al'Thor stumbled through the snow frantically searching for the source of the noise. What was a babe doing on the battlefield?
Soon enough he spotted the source, a woman, propped up against an outcrop of stone, barely conscious. Her garb told him that she was an Aiel woman, though why she'd been allowed to battle while pregnant he couldn't begin to understand.
He rushed forward quickly, crouching down next to the woman. He didn't care that she had been fighting on the opposite side to him. She was suffering and she had a babe, "Stay awake. You must stay conscious." he stated as he removed his cloak and wrapped it around the shivering babe to keep her warm and laying her in the snow so he could see to her mother. "I am Tam al'Thor."
The woman coughed weakly, "Shaiel... and before it was Tigraine..." she looked towards the babe, tears in her eyes, "A girl... I thought I was having a boy. I thought... when I went into labour I finally understood. Born on the slopes of Dragonmount.. the reason I was told to leave. The reason the Aes Sedai warned me..." she closed her eyes. "She is the Dragon... I can feel it. A girl..." she opened her eyes, focusing on Tam, "Take her. Hide her and protect her. The fate of us all depends on her."
Tam stared at the woman, his eyes wide before he glanced down at the baby. He had heard the name Tigraine, most had, so he knew who the golden haired woman was, and, somehow he knew she was right. The babe was the Dragon, female though she was. And, though the thought terrified him, for he knew of the prophecies, he was a good man. The babe was innocent, so he nodded, picking up the girl again "I will. I'll hide her from the Shadow and prepare her as best I can for her future... but... you are Tigraine Mantear. This babe is heir to the throne of Andor."
"She is." the woman nodded. "And her father is an Aiel man by the name of Janduin. Wait until she is old enough to know when to hold her tongue to tell her." she shook her head, "I will not survive the night.. take her and go. Find safety and warmth for my daughter." then, almost as an after thought she pulled out a small golden locket with a hand clasping a thorny rose stem engraved on the front, "And giver my daughter this when she is ready."
Tam nodded as he took the locket "I shall... me and my wife have been trying for a child with no luck. She shall be a blessing."
The woman nodded, reaching out to touch her daughters cheek before her hand slipped down and her eyes closed.
Tam stood slowly, cradling the babe in his arms carefully. And, with a heavy heart and a weary mind he turned away from the body, already making plans for the future, his daughters future.