There are some additional changes in this section that's not included in the story of the game. I hope you don't mind. I just made it to add more depth to my story.

Alex and her companions continued on, occasionally battling demons left and right, but soon she saw the spirit that had Justinia's form stop in front of a green barrier before disappearing. As she walked through, she realized that the path split into two, and she decided to explore the right one, as the spirit headed up to the left.

They continued to what looked like a bog, with rocks protruding everywhere. As usual, there were demons, but they were able to dispose of them. They moved forward, until they reached the end of the area, until they found what looked like a graveyard.

Alex held up a hand, just short of a meter from the graveyard, making her companions stop. "Can you… can you just wait here? I'll investigate this myself."

Alistair looked at her, "Are you sure that's wise, Alex?"

Hawke shook her head, "I'll come with you. And no, you can't deny me. I'm your older cousin, and I'll be damned to leave you alone in the Fade."

Alex was about to protest, but Hawke took her elbow and headed into the gates of the graveyard. As they went through, Hawke suddenly stopped, her face paling at the sight of one of the graves, and she let go of her as she walked forward slowly.

Alex looked down at the gravestones, and she blinked in shock, as the grave stones held the names of her inner circle, as well as her advisors. Her steps slowed as she read each one of them, walking around the grave yard.

" This looks like… a graveyard with everyone dying because of their greatest fears…" Alex said as she walked, and she began reading the headstones aloud, "'Solas: Dying alone, Cole: despair, Sera: the Nothing, Dorian: temptation, Cassandra: helplessness, Varric: became his parents, Vivienne: irrelevance, Iron Bull: madness, Blackwall: himself…" She looked at the smaller graves, " 'Leliana: broken heart… Josephine: incompetence, Cullen: insanity…'"

" 'Marianna Hawke'…" Hawke said as she looked down at the grave in front of her, " 'Failure.'"

Alex headed over to her to see that the grave her cousin was standing on was her own, and Hawke started blinking hard, as if she was stopping herself from crying. Alex took her hand, and she looked down at her, "You didn't fail anyone, Marian."

Hawke shook her head, "I did. I know it. I failed to save Bethany, and I failed to save my mother. I even failed to save the man I love, to make him stop his plans. I failed to save my city, the mages and my people. I even failed to defeat Corypheus before."

"No, I don't think so." Alex said, "Carver is still alive and out there, because you saved him. Varric still believes in you, and he considers you his best friend. And you and Alistair were able to show me what's going on with the Wardens. You are NOT a failure, cousin. And don't you EVER think that way."

"I swore to Anders that I'd protect him." Hawke said, "I promised him that he'll stay with me, until the day we die. But Vengence consumed him, and he… I tried so hard to stop him. But Justice's hold on him was too strong. I argued with him, shouted at him, and for a moment, I thought he would repent. But Justice… Vengence… he twisted him and he… he said that I shouldn't hate him for failing. When he caused the explosion at Kirkwall… I had to kill him. He and Vengeance had become one. If he had lived, he would have done much worse, killed more people. And he knew… he accepted it. He said that he was glad that it was me, that it was nice to be happy… for a while." She said, and she swiped at her cheeks, as tears started to fall from her eyes, and she breathed in heavily.

Alex remained silent, waiting for her cousin to calm down, and soon Hawke sighed and smiled a little at her, "I'm sorry about that. I… never really had a time to mourn Anders. When Kirkwall's Chantry exploded, we had to run, and we hardly rested. I couldn't stop and wait for the templars to get me. And then I had to investigate the Wardens. I'm sorry… I'm all right now. Are you done?"

Alex nodded, but she laughed a little when she spotted a small grave, a little off where Hawke's was, and she pointed at it, "Look… look at Alistair's."

Hawke squinted as she read, " 'Alistair:… Solona?'" She blinked hard, "He's afraid of his wife?"

Hawke and Alex looked at each other, before their faces split and they started laughing, "Oh sweet Maker, he's afraid of my sister!" Alex said as she laughed, wiping the tears of mirth from her eyes.

"The stupid man fought the Archdemon, but it looks like he's scared of the Hero more." Hawke said, laughing as well, "I guess I now know who does the laundry in their house."

The thought of seeing her muscled brother-in-law washing a woman's unmentionables made Alex laughed out harder, with Hawke doing the same. "Oh Maker, I won't be able to get that mental picture out of my head now."

"Me neither." Hawke said as she grinned, "Your sister must be a really strong mage to scare someone like Alistair."

"Maybe." Alex said, and soon their laughter slowly ebbed away, and Hawke looked at Alex. Her gaze softened as she touched her cousin's face, smiling a little, "You are so brave, cousin. I wish I had the same courage as you. You lead the armies of the faithful to close the Breach and stop Corypheus, and you are willing to make the hard decisions for the good of everyone."

Alex grinned, "I think you're just as brave, too. You did your best to save Kirkwall, not to mention you fought a Qunari Arishok and a red-lyrium powered Knight Commander Meredith."

Hawke laughed, "Varric and my friends helped with Meredith, even Cullen was there to help me. But for the Arishok… well let's just say, he's not much of a sprinter."

"Wait what?" Alex asked her in confusion, but Hawke merely chuckled and put an arm around her, "Don't worry, we'll talk about this once we get back to Skyhold. I think I promised a pint when we're done with this."

She smiled as they turned around, leaving the dismal graveyard, "Sounds good to me, cousin."

Hawke smiled at her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders, and Alex looped her arm around her cousin's waist. They walked back to their companions to see Varric and Cole talking, and Alistair and Blackwall had their arms crossed on their chests as they chatted.

As they neared, Alistair lowered his arms and went to them, "Are you alright, Alex? Nothing happened while you were gone?"

At the sight of her brother-in-law, Alex's face puffed, and she laughed as Hawke grinned at the Warden, who looked confused, "We're fine, Alistair. We just had an amazing epiphany, that's all."

"Really now?" Alistair said as he pointed at Alex, "Then why is the Inquisitor laughing harder than a Nightmare demon?"

"It's nothing, Alistair." Alex said, still grinning at him as she passed him, patting his arm, "We were just talking about your feet… and the innuendo concerning them."

Alistair blinked as the others walked ahead, with Alex and Hawke still laughing, "About my… Maker, what is wrong with you women?!"