Chapter four: Name day

A/N: And here's chapter four! Officially longer than Ariel's Story...yeah i'm working on chapter 3 as you read. It might get out tomorrow or not..I can't promise that. I've gotten so caught up in Sabrina's Story instead of Ariel's. (Heh...I did it again..;)) So, let's get back in the story (Again) and see what Sabrina have in store for her.

I slip out of my light pink nightgown and put on my clothes that i usually have under my armor. My shirt is black and red, but mostly black. The same goes for my pants but only at the end of my calf it changes to red. Then, I grab my coat which is pretty bad ass in my point of view. My collar is just like a cape with no hood but it's straight with red at it tips. My long sleeves are mainly black but it turns red once it hits my wrists. On my shoulders I have a few black and red feathers (in memory of Anders and only Anders). To top it all off, I have a black belt and a red buckle around my waist. I grab my black boots that also has red buckles all over it and my black gloves and head out to the kitchen.

It's been a busy three years that's all I can say. Having to take care of Carver and Bethany. Bethany loves me and doesn't bite me, wile Carver just plain out punches me in the face. Although he's just two, he can still flick me off and get away with it.

Speaking of the little prick, I find him trying to crawl away from Marian,

"Carver! Come back!" Marian yelled.

Instead of speaking, the little devil just laughs and runs straight in to me,

"Gahp.." My guess that's the closes thing Carver can say to 'Crap'.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk...stop trying to run away from your older sister.." I pick him up, "She might save you life one day."

"Gahly." I bet he said 'clearly',

"Take you little brother from me Marian. The last thing I need is a black eye."

Marian snickers at the thought before saying and taking Carver," Yes sister. Father said to go outside."

"Okay, tell Mother that I'm outside with Father."

"I will. Bye."

"Bye."


"Ah! Sabrina! Good nights rest right? I heard you didn't want to get up." Father greeted when I was in the door way trying to get my boots on.

After I was finish I answered," Yes. I slept so peacefully people might have mistaken me to be dead." Then I begain to put on my gloves. Good thing I have a red ribbon with them, it makes it easier to keep them on.

"We all know that will never happen." It's true, I have grown strongly as both a mage and a rogue although I preferred using a longsword and a dagger. I have also taken up jobs along with my Father to raise money for the family. Everyone in the Village knew to rely on me if they needed help.

It's a good thing and a bad thing. It draws unwanted attention to us, especially if a Templar needed help. But the good thing is that sometimes we get stuff for free!

"Yeah but I still had a nice rest.. So, what are we going to do to day Father?"

"Well what do we always try to do Sabrina?"

I'm tempted to say ' take over the world' from Pinkie and The Brain, but they don't have TV here, so he won't know what I'm talking about. Instead, I answer,

"Take care of our Family?"

"Well not today."

"Train?"

"Not today too."

"Then what are we going to do Father?"

"We're going into town."

"To get more work?"

"No! And I'm not telling you...it's a surprise."

" Surprise? What is it?"

"It's- hey! That's cheating!"

I giggle, " It's not cheating unless you get caught Father dear." And there's Isabella's influence... I play this game way to much.


After I got my weapons we head into town. If ran into trouble Father can protect himself with his magic if we ever needed to. He doesn't need to be carrying a staff around town because of Templars. On the way, I started singing,

Got a secret ,can you keep it? Swear this one ,you'll save. Better lock it, in your pocket taking this one to the grave. If I show you then I know you won't tell what I said. Cuz two can keep a secret if one of them is dead.

"Sabrina?"Father asked,

"Hm? Yes Father?"

"Why are you singing about secrets that end up someone being dead?"

Crap! I gotta make a excuse for this..

"I-i-."

"I'm teasing you. You have a beautiful voice by the way."

"Thank you."

"Please continue."

Why do you smile like you've been told a secret? Now you're telling lies because you have sworn to keep it. But no one keeps a secret, no one keeps a secret.

Why when do our darkest deeds do we tell? They burn in our brains, become a living hell. Because everybody tells, everybody tells.

Got a secret, can you keep it? Swear this one you'll save. Better lock it in your pocket, taking this one to the grave. If I show you then I know you won't tell what I said.

Cuz two can keep a secret if one of them is dead.

Look into my eyes, now you're getting sleepy. Are you hypnotized by the secrets that you are keeping? I know what you're keeping, I know what you're keeping.

Got a secret ,can you keep it? Swear this one you'll save. Better lock it in your pocket, taking this one to the grave. If I show you then I know you won't tell what I said.

Cuz two can keep a secret if one of them is dead.


When we arrived in town, Father pointed out a place I have never seen before,

"You see that?"

It was a medium sized house but also looked like I can hold a lot of animals in it.

"Yes, yes I see it. Do we have a job to-." I began to say but was quickly cut off,

"For the love of the Maker No! We do not have a job today! Today is a day were you can rest and not to be constantly working yourself to death! You're fourteen today...so have a break..." Father interrupted me, then continued,

"Let's have a look inside."

Once we entered, I could hear a parrot squawking,

"'Ello! 'Ello! Visitors! Visitors!"

Due to the parrot's warning, and tall lady with blonde hair and a short man with black hair, came into the room.

"Ah! Malcolm!" Said the lady," This must be your daughter, right?"

"Yes it is Amanda. Sabrina meet Amanda, Amanda meet Sabrina." Father said,

"It is nice to meet you Amanda." I greeted,

"Oh well aren't you a little lady! Nice to meet you too! Sabrina, this is my husband, Philip." Amanda had a every high pitch voice when she said this excitedly,

"Pleasure to meet you." Philip said and he had a surprisingly deep voice. My guess that he is a dwarf,

"It's a pleasure to meet you too."

"Aye! What about me!" Squawked the parrot,

"Oh! And Sabrina meet Roxy." Amanda said then continued whispering in my ear," Try not to make Roxy mad or you might get peaked viciously. Oh and obey what she says too."

"Wh-."I tried to say but Roxy cut me off,

"KAWK! What are you to TALK king about behind my BACK!"

Okay, this parrot is starting to scare me,

"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Amanda quickly responded, " Come on Sabrina! Let's leave the men to talk! I have something special to show you!"

I looked to Father,

"Go on Sabrina! Have fun, this is your day after all." Father reassured,

"Okay...if you say so.."

"Don't worry Malcolm! She'll be in safe hands with me!" At the moment, Roxy perched herself on Amanda.

Okay, I won't be safe in her hands now.


We went through the door were Amanda and Philip came from only to see some stairs going up and some going down. Amanda led me to the stairs that were going down.

About half way down the stairs, I hear barking, meowing, squawking, and other animal noises.

Wait...animal noises?

When we got down the stairs, I looked around the room to see tons of animals,

"Whoa..." I said in awe,

"So...a little Tweety bird told me that it was your name day... I am correct right?" Amanda asked,

I nodded my head as an answer,

"And you like dogs and cats right?"

I nodded my head again,

"So...a dog and a cat you get!"

"YESS!" I squealed,

"Ha... Malcolm said you will be happy... Come follow me."

Amanda led me to a pin the held cats and the pin right next to it dogs,

"Go ahead! Pick one! Or two in this case..." Amanda said,

"You're sure I can have both a cat and a dog?"

"Yeah! Our Mabaris and cats get along well so when you have them together, they won't fight."

"Do they get along with children?"

"Yes!"

"What about a certain pri- I mean loving little brother of mine that's turning three tomorrow?"

"Ye- unless he causes you harm then the mabari and your cat won't cause him harm."

Then Carver will finally learn his lesson not to piss me off...good.

"Can I go in the pin?" I asked,

"Yes, which one?"

"The cat one first."

Amanda opened the gate to the pin where the kittens were.

There were so many! All adorable and fluffy...it was all a mixture of black, white, orange, grey. But then my eyes caught a small color that was different then the others. A lightly pink colored kitten. I walked towards to kitten to examine it, then I picked it up to examine it further.

The kitten had white colored paws and it's belly was white too,only to have white lines coming up towards it's belly but stops when the beginning of it's legs are. Other then this, the rest of the kitten's fur is pink...even it's eyes.

" Interesting..."

"Do you want her? She's know for being cuddly."

"I'll take her."

"Okay..what would you like to name her?"

What should I name her? What about Jane? No! Sounds too normal... Hmm... Hello Kitty? No! Um...I really am stuck on this.. Strawberry? This is just getting ridiculous! ARGH! Wait... Paris... I got my first cat in Paris so... Yeah! Paris!

"Paris!"

"Paris? That's a new word in my dictionary.. Okay, Paris it is!"

Amanda handed me a black collar that had Paris in fancy letters on a gold pallet and a bell attached to it. It was a bit bigger on Paris but with a few tugs, I made it smaller for her.

"Now for you to be imprinted to a Mabari."

I handed Paris over to Amanda for her to hold,

"How will I know when the Mabari will be imprinted to me?"

"Trust me...you'll know."

After saying that, Amanda opened the gate to the pin that held the I step in, she closed the gate behind me and locked it with a click.

If she didn't want to scare me, she already did that.

I saw a few big Mabairs and a few of their pups. Most of them ignored me but some of them was staring at me.

Okay! Definitively creepy!

Then, from one that was staring at me, a small pup ran towards me, slipping on the way too.

"Arf! Arf!" The small puppy barked,

When he was finally by my side, he began scratching my leg if that he wanted me to pick it up,

"Eh, it won't hurt to pick it up...right Amanda?"

"Hm? Oh that one, I would look up if I were you." Amanda warned,

I did as I was told only to find a big Mabari in front of me, staring me down.

"Hi there."

The dog growls,

I can't show fear...I can't show fear...

"My name is Sabrina...nice to meet you!" I said with a smile as big as I can.

The dog tilts it head in confusion, then, looking satisfied , gives me a lick and a bark of approval. I feel like I just passed a test..

Once that was over, I pick up the puppy,

"Amanda? What is it?"

"That's a boy Sabrina."

A boy... in all the games I play in the Dragon Age universe I always name my dog Sir_Castor...but it never showed the underscore... In memory of Sir Castor I shall name my dog it once again!

"Sir Castor!"

"Arf!" Sir Castor barked in agreement,

"Sir Castor? Gee, you come up with such weird names.. Anyway..here's your collar!"

Sir Castor's collar was the same as Paris's collar. The only difference was that it had Sir Castor's name on it.

"Thank you Amanda!"

"Your very welcome Sabrina! I would do this everyday for such a lovely young lady. Now, here's their leashes and let's head back up to your Father."


We were at the top of the stairs when we herd laughing,

"And Sabrina's reaction to Carver was- oh! Well look who it is miss today's my name day girl!" Father said, " And who are the new newcomers to our family?"

"Paris, the kitten, and Sir Caster the puppy."

"These are some very weird names your daughter is coming up with." Philip stated,

"That's what I said! Anyway," This woman loves her anyways," see you later Sabrina! Have a nice name day! See you later too Malcolm."

"Bye!"

"Bye!"

We all said our farewells to each other, and me and Father started our long way trip to home.


We made it home safely, thankfully we didn't run into bandits or anything, Urg..spiders...

Once Father opened and step inside, he said,

"Honey I'm home!"

Of course Father would say that,

"You're back? So soon? Oh it's done anyway..bring in Sabrina with you!"Mother yelled back, then Marian added,

"Cover her eyes too!"

"Hey! I do have ears you- what are you do-ING!" Father covered up my eyes,

"What dose it look like I'm doing Sabrina?"

"... You win this time..."

I set down Sir Castor to wander a bit wile Paris stayed perch up on my shoulder. After I took my weapons off, Father begain to led me in the direction of the kitchen...

Bumping into a few walls here and there we finally made it in to the kitchen. Then, Father took his hands away from my eyes,

"Happy Name day to you! Happy Name day to you! Happy name day to you..! Happy name day to you!" Everybody sung to me then clapped at the end. Who knew the people here sing 'happybirthday' to you..or should I say name day .

After a few personal messages, I blew out the candles wishing,

That nothing will happen to this family...not Father or Mother, Garrett, Marian, Bethany. Hell, even Carver..please...let them be safe.

A/N: Chapter four completed! Before I go on, all things that rightfully belong to their owner belongs to them. Including Secret by The Pierces, Sir Castor's name belongs to Castor on YouTube, and Bioware owns Dragon Age and don't forget Pinkie and The Brain.I did that last time

Now that that's completed, shout out to HayabusaDragonForce for favoriting and following this story and me. Thank you! It helps alot!

The review button is down there, pay it a visit and tell it how is the story going please.