The figure beside her stilled, and he turned her towards him. "Anders." She stated simply.

Anders looked at her with an unreadable expression. With a shaking hand, he slowly lifted her bangs from her forehead, he fell to the floor and a loud keening noise escaped him. Why is he on the ground? I did not see him get hit, and it is awfully dirty there, he will ruin his clothes.

Jennifer did not see the flash of blue in Anders eyes, nor the tears that fell. Fenris was before her pushing her away slightly, he too, with a much sturdier hand, lifted Jennifer's hair from her forehead, he cursed in a language Jennifer did not understand and darted to Anders, picking him up from the ground and slamming him into the wall. "This is your fault mage. You did this! You did this to her!"

All of her friends, or the ones that were there, were at Fenris' side, prying the lithe elf from the mage. Only Varric came to stand beside Jennifer and looked up at her with a questioning thought. He motioned for Jennifer to lower herself to the ground and she shook her head. "It is too dirty in here, Varric. I will stand." She exclaimed emotionlessly. She did not smile, and Varric knew. He knew what had been done and he turned away from her.

"Why, may I ask, is everyone upset?" She looked from one person to the next, her face void of any emotion.

Hawke stepped towards her, grabbing her hand before lifting her hair. When he saw the lyrium oozing brand upon her forehead, he closed his eyes and turned away as if to erase the image from his mind. Jennifer peered around him to look at Anders and Fenris. She walked to them and looked from one to the other. "You are upset." It was a simple statement. Fenris threw Aveline's arms from him and Bethany pulled away from Anders, he fell to the floor again. "I do not understand."

Bethany stepped hesitantly towards Jennifer, she moved to reach for Jennifer's hand but pulled away before she could touch her friend. "It's just… what happened to you… it's what every mage fears."

Jennifer tilted her head to the side. "I still do not understand. Why would any person fear me?"

"They don't fear you. They fear what was done to you." Bethany moved towards Hawke and hugged her brother fiercely as she began to cry.

Aveline moved towards Jennifer and led her to a large boulder near the entrance way. She laid a blanket upon the stone and gently pushed Jennifer to sit down. She then gave Jennifer a piece of bread. "You must be hungry." She said with a small smile. Jennifer only nodded and obediently ate from the small loaf.

As she chewed Jennifer peered over at Anders, his head cradled in his hands, he sat in the dirt murmuring to himself. Specks of blue light flickered across his skin and cracks formed along the length of his face and hands. Jennifer's brow furrowed and she looked at Anders intently. Anders stood and walked towards Jennifer only to be stopped by Fenris. "Do not touch her, abomination. You have done enough."

"I am no abomination!" Anders declared, but it was not his voice, it was deeper, and power seemed to radiate from it. Jennifer sensed something in the back of her mind, but when she searched for it, it disappeared. She took another bite of her bread watching the two rivals with a less than bored expression.

"Because of you, she was taken and made Tranquil! Because of you she had no idea what she was." Fenris fully blocked him now. His markings lighting the cavern in his anger, Fenris stepped forward, the intent clearly written upon his features.

Jennifer gently touched Fenris' arm and her jumped in surprise, turning quickly towards her. "I- what's happening?" She could feel the something niggling the back of her mind again. A ping of something, it almost seemed…beautiful. "I don't understand, what's going on? What's being 'made Tranquil?'"

Anders, but not Anders, stepped before her and peered down at her, but it was Bethany that spoke. "Being made Tranquil is something only performed on Mages. It cuts them off from the Fade, from their magic."

Jennifer looked at Anders, "But you said that I wasn't a mage, that I had no magic."

"A grave error on Anders' part, he wished to shield you from the Templars from the abuses of mages in this realm he wished to protect you." Anders but not Anders stated.

"Aren't YOU Anders?" Jennifer asked. The ping was fading, and inside Jennifer was already mourning it's lost, whatever happened would be undone momentarily, and she would feel empty once again.

"No, I am a friend of Anders. I am Justice, a spirit of the Fade." Jennifer could hear Fenris' audible scoff when Justice named himself 'friend', but said nothing. "I reside inside Anders, so that I may survive outside the Fade. Being trapped here I needed a host and he was willing to let me have use of his body."

Jennifer nodded, even though she was completely lost. "Tell him I said 'Thank you'. I don't think I will be able to when I return to how I was." Jennifer looked at each person and smiled. "Perhaps, it would be better to stay here now. I don't want to cause anyone trouble, and I think I've caused enough."

Hawke shook his head. "Nope! You're coming back home, where you belong." He moved to Justice's side, motioning for him to follow. As he stepped away, the ping disappeared completely and she felt hollow once more. "I wish to return home."

Bethany nodded, tears forming in her eyes. "Of course, we will leave now, and Justice or Anders and Hawke can catch up when they are through." Bethany helped Jennifer to stand and wrapped her arm in Jennifer's as they began walking. Fenris followed on Jennifer's right and slightly behind. Aveline led the way through the caverns with Varric beside her as they talked amongst themselves.

Anders and Hawke finally made their way back to them when Aveline had spotted the hatch leading to Darktown. She pushed open the hatch and shoved aside, stepping through. Anders left shortly after to his clinic, Jennifer peered out over the water of Darktown and saw the sun shining over the tips of the mountains. "It's early, I wish to sleep." Bethany nodded and they all slowly made their way back to Lowtown. Aveline left with a quick hug to Bethany and a nod to Hawke, and Fenris nodded at them all looking at Jennifer with a stern look before walking away. They turned and walked inside Gamlen's Hovel. Leandra ran from the side room and hugged all of them, looking over Jennifer for injuries. "I am unharmed."

Leandra paused, and Hawke took the chance to pull his mother aside and speak quietly to her. Bethany ushered Jennifer into the side room and asked her to change. Jennifer did so without regard to who was standing near her and changed into her night dress. Before Jennifer's eyes closed she could hear, Leandra's crying and Bethany's footsteps as she left the room, tears streaming from her.

While Jennifer slept, she did not dream. She did not see anything except for blackness and nothingness. No visions of her life in her home world, nor dreams of power she so desperately wanted to possess. She did not turn in her sleep, laying still upon her pallet. It's better this way… Something told her in the back of her mind. It's better to not feel, or dream. When she awoke, all color seemed to have vanished but she did not miss it. She slowly rose from the pallet and made her way into the main room of the hovel. Gamlen was there, shaking an envelope addressed to Hawke.

He paused and dropped the letter onto the desk, looking at Jennifer as if she had just caught him with his hands in a cookie jar. "I-I was making sure there wasn't something dangerous in the envelope."

Jennifer nodded once. "I'm sure, Garrett will appreciate your efforts in keeping your family safe." Gamlen looked at her and his brows furrowed. He looked as though he were going to speak opening his mouth like that of a fish before Bethany stepped into the room. Jennifer did not see the slight shake of Bethany's head but could tell from Gamlen's reaction that something silent was spoken between the two. Gamlen quickly left the hovel and walked outside in to the late afternoon light. "He is upset as well." Jennifer stated simply.

Bethany nodded and smiled, she moved to a small table on the opposite side of the room and handed Jennifer an apple. "They are your favorite, right?" Jennifer nodded, biting into the apple but she tasted nothing similar to what she used to savor from the bright red, rounded fruit.

"I should see Anders today. I believe he will be wondering whether or not I am alright." Bethany nodded, suggesting that Jennifer change first and when Jennifer was finished she walked outside towards Darktown.

AN: Don't kill me for the depressing chapter! But I think this should be a turning point for somethings to climax regarding Jennifer and whatever LI she will have. :3