"Lisa!" Bethany cried as Lisa pulled at the creature's grip before tugging out another knife and sinking it into the dragon's hand. There was a large roar as it let go of her and she tumbled to the ground. That was painful. And the worst part was that the beast wasn't done with her. This time it gave up using it's hands and clamped it's teeth around her, the majority of its teeth digging into her arm. At this point Lisa wasn't sure she could do this anymore. Everything hurt, she was bloodied and bruised, and she wasn't seeing this ending.

But out of nowhere a fireball slammed against the dragon's face as Aveline sliced the back of the monster's hind leg, making it fall to the ground. Lisa pulled out another knife and stabbed the final blow into its eye before painfully shoving the dragon's mouth open.

Lisa laid there, her arm numb and while there were plenty of massive wounds she was also sure it was broken in several places. Bethany rushed towards her as she started pulling at her armor to get at her skin. "Shit…this is bad…this is really bad," she started breathing quickly as she looked at the damage it had done.

"It's okay, Bunny, just…just get my arm," she assured her as Bethany nodded slowly, trying to force her eyes away from the bleeding wounds on Lisa's side as she turned to her arm. She pulled in a deep breath as she closed her eyes and her hands started to glow blue. It was several minutes long and Lisa had to admit it was far from painless, yet she did her best from showing it on her face.

When it was all said and done the three of them were extremely exhausted as they dragged their way to the dark streets of Kirkwall. "You need to get yourself to Anders," Aveline commented as Bethany nodded in agreement. Even after all of that magic the wounds on her arm and side were still open and bleeding. So while Aveline went back to the barracks, Lisa tried to convince Bethany to go home.

"No, you can't go there alone with an arm that doesn't work."

"Look, it's dark out, I don't want you being out on the streets now. You know more Templars are more diligent at night," she explained as Bethany frowned and shook her head, only for another voice to chime in.

"She's right, you know. Why don't you get home and get some sleep? I'll take it from here," Isabela remarked as the pair turned to watch her push off of the wall she was leaning on. Lisa smirked before kissing her sister on the cheek as the girl sighed and nodded, heading off to go get some rest. Isabela simply chuckled as Lisa, giving her a quick look over. "I'd wondered where you'd gone today and it seems like you got yourself in a bit of a trouble."

"Oh, you know, just a few cuts here and there," she remarked, wincing slightly as she moved her arm. At that the pair made their way to Anders's clinic where the man heard Lisa's explanation, told her she was crazy, and then mended the most serious of injuries as best he could. She still had a few cuts but they would easily heal over time.

The two headed back to the Hanged Man only for Isabela to hold out her hand and stop Lisa from going in. The girl looked at her curiously. "Lisa…I want to thank you for sort of all of this…letting me join your little crew and all. Not a lot of people look at me and think that I would be worth their time." Lisa frowned before leaning down to press a tender kiss to her lips.

"You're plenty worth it, Isabela. You're the only one that thinks otherwise," she remarked before heading into the tavern. And for the first time in a very long while…Isabela was speechless.

There was another week of planning before Lisa made the trip to finally deliver the fifty sovereigns to Varric's brother. It was somewhat of a momentous occasion. Months of work and lack of sleep and more injuries than she would've liked to count lead up to this. And while Bertrand hardly seemed to care who she was, he seemed plenty happy to take her money and her maps and agree to let her come along.

All that was left was saying goodbye to the family, which in turn meant saying goodbye to her sister. It wasn't something she particularly wanted to do, but she knew it was the best thing. Her mother wouldn't be able to take being alone and worry about both of them. At least with Bethany home she had one physical child to hold on to.

"Are you sure?" Bethany asked as Lisa hugged and kissed her mother goodbye. She turned back to her sister and gave her a small smile before pulling the necklace with her father's ring on it off and taking Bethany's hand. Lisa curled her sister's hand around it as Bethany gave her a surprised look.

"I need you to keep this safe…it's really precious to me. I couldn't possibly have Darkspawn getting their blood all over it," she smirked as Bethany's eyes started to tear up. Quickly Lisa pulled her into a tight hug.

"I promise," she whispered into her ear holding her hand to her chest once Lisa had pulled away and made her way over to the group of travelers. Isabela gave her a playful nudge in the ribs.

"Look at you being all sentimental," she teased as Lisa rolled her eyes and nudged back. They were then off. Months of preparation coming into play as the group powered into the wilderness and quickly underground. Lisa had to admit that it was all very strange to her. The dwarfs didn't seem to have a problem but she and the rest of her friends – even Varric – were having trouble coping with it all. Her body was so confused with all of the darkness because every time they set up camp and she put her head down to sleep it would still be dark when they woke up. She felt disoriented and short for breath like if she was climbing a tall mountain.

By day three their path was blocked and Lisa had to admit she was a little relieved. This could mean she could take a nap. How she found she loved naps. But today wasn't the case because they'd been put in charge of going and finding a way around. Lisa stretched and nodded, rounding up her team just as one of the dwarves ran frantically towards her. His name was Bohdan and he was a merchant dwarf that was extremely worried about his son Sandal. The boy was special somehow, she couldn't quite put her finger on what but she made the promise that she would find him and bring him back.

So they descended into the tunnels as Lisa yawned and stretched her arms over her head some more. "Cover your mouth why don't you, Sleeping Beauty," Varric chuckled as Lisa gave a nervous laugh and lowered her arms down.

"Sorry, my body hasn't really gotten used to all of this. I think it keeps expecting for me to go to bed or something."

"Well you need to keep your wits about you in a place like this," Fenris muttered, bringing up the rear as Lisa nodded lazily. She did have to admit that she missed Isabela being on this trip. The woman had waved them off at one point, saying that she had an appointment or something. But maybe that was for the best. Lisa did have to admit that this didn't exactly seem like a place for a pirate. Her life was spent on the sea, in the open air with nothing to keep her contained. This whole trip was like walking in a giant cage.