When I awoke, Leliana was already dressing and I rolled over and smiled at her.

"Is it time to get up already? I feel like we just went to sleep."

Leliana giggled.

"It was only a couple of hours ago."

I stretched and then stood up, breathing deeply to wake myself up.

Noises came from outside my tent and I knew the others were already up. I began dressing then helped Leliana finish up with her armor and she in turn helped with mine.

Walking outside, I saw everyone in various states of breaking the campsite down and almost everyone's tent was down but mine.

Leliana headed to her own tent to begin breaking it down and Shmooples walked faithfully as ever beside her having been let out by Alistair.

I guess I need to start waking up earlier.

I stretched again quickly and then heard Sten's voice which did not sound very happy. I walked toward the sound and found both Alistair and Sten trying to pull down Alistair's tent.

"Like this. You are doing it wrong!"

Alistair was bickering back and forth with him and I walked over to offer my assistance.

"Yes, thank you, Detra. Sten doesn't seem to understand that when two people help each other, they should also talk about what they will do next and not just act alone,"

I walked to Sten's section of the tent and with a short grunt, he walked away from both of us.

"He has such an attitude problem. I wonder if all Qunari are like that? I won't be rushing to invite him to any dinner parties, I can tell you that."

I laughed.

"Sten is just...Sten. His only mission in life seems to be to work, work, work and I guess he does not realize that we are not the same as him. Just makes him different is all."

Alistair and I counted to three and pulled the tent stakes out of the ground and began rolling his tent up, making idle chatter about the journey ahead.

"So what do you think we'll find at this Peak, Detra? I can't even imagine because there are so many possibilities. One hundred years and no tenants? We could walk into anything."

"That is true. That is why I am bringing everyone. I do not want anything unpleasant to happen and with all of us together, I think we can face whatever we find there. Whatever is waiting for us will have quite a fight on its hands."

"I hope you're right."

I helped Alistair finish up and then finished my rounds about the camp, helping where I could and then I returned to my own tent which was still up.

I pulled one stake out of the ground and looked around for some help to deal with the others but Leliana was already on her way towards me, smiling as Shmooples walked beside her.

"Ready? One, two, three..."

We did the same as Alistair and I had done with his tent and Zevran appeared to take care of the third stake.

"Good morning, ladies. How did you both sleep last night? Assuming you actually did sleep that is."

Leliana and I looked across at each other and shared a smile and of course Zevran did not miss a beat.

"I am still waiting for that invitation, by the way. I truly believe that I could enhance the worth of any tryst of which I am part of. This is actually a proven fact. You might even be able to check up on this in certain libraries."

I laughed as I finished rolling my end of the tent up.

"Zevran, darling, it will never happen so put it out of your mind. I love you dearly but you are not my type at all."

I watched Leliana withhold a snicker at her end but Zevran was not deterred.

"Things do not always go as planned, Warden. You may just change your mind someday."

Zevran smiled and walked away to his own area and I shook my head.

He just could not accept the fact that he would never have either of us so he passed it off as a 'not yet' situation.

'No way' is more like it.

"Zevran seems used to getting his way with the ladies, it seems. Do you think anyone has ever told him no?"

"Surely there must have been one or two. He cannot be everyone's type."

We both laughed as the tent rolling was complete and I began tying it up.

"And what of you, Detra Cousland? Surely you have never been refused?"

Royal blood is an amazing aphrodisiac and I could not ever remember being refused as I filtered through almost every encounter I had ever had within a minute or so.

Of course I was very selective in my choices and it may just have been that there was always a mutual attraction.

Still, it did not hurt to have bragging rights but it is not something I would want Leliana to know.

"No one gets what they want all the time, Leliana. No matter who they are."

I finished tying the tent together and Leliana stared at me as I gathered my belongings. Before I could ask her why, she responded, laughing.

"I will take that as a no."

I did not want to discuss this topic any further so I carried my tent over to the sleigh and distanced myself from Leliana.

The sleigh was our main method of transporting all of our supplies. We called it the sleigh because it looked just like one but it was enclosed on all sides with a curved wood covering in case of adverse weather. The Dalish elves had made it and Lanaya simply gave it to our group when we had helped cure their people and end the werewolf curse. They had many of them for their own moving purposes and she assured me that Varathorn could build another before it was needed. It had been of tremendous help for us because as our party grew, so did the supplies needed and we could not carry everything on our backs.

I spotted Wynne putting the last of her things in her pack and headed over to her. I needed to make sure she was fit for travel and to see if she was all right.

"Wynne, how are you? Do you need any help?"

Wynne searched around herself and then looked up at me.

"No, no. I have everything together I believe."

I moved closer.

"Are you all right, Wynne? The past two days you've seemed..."

"Oh, it's nothing. I am just very tired is all. The spirit... It cannot take the strain I place on it sometimes."

I touched Wynne's shoulder.

"Wynne, I need you to take it easy. Let me pick up the slack if need be but I need you in this. I cannot do this without you."

Wynne smiled at me.

"That's kind of you to say, Detra, but I know that you could. I am not sure how long I have left but I will spend my last days by your side, ending this Blight so you need not worry."

"Please don't speak like that, Wynne. You could have years left and not know it."

"Oh I know these old bones pretty well but you are right. I could have many years left and that means there is no need to worry. We should get going now."

I took Wynne's tent to the sleigh as we walked back towards the rest of the group and I saw Zevran and Morrigan walking back from the spring with water-filled skins and they began passing them out to everyone.

I headed back to the sleigh to secure the ropes and Morrigan appeared next to me, holding one of the skins out to me.

"Warden."

I was afraid to look up at her and I did not, instead just replying as she usually did to us.

"What is it? I am busy."

Morrigan was silent for a moment and then she tossed a skin on top of the sleigh in front of me and it landed with a splat.

"For the journey."

Morrigan then walked away, passing out the rest of the skins she had left and I watched her walk away, wondering why I had acted as I just did.

No time to ponder though as everyone began gathering in a group around me.

Mabs came to me when I clapped for him and he walked by my side, excited for the expedition ahead.

Items packed onto our backs and in the sleigh, we were now ready to go.

"Lead the way, Levi."

Levi happily obliged and walked ahead of us, a cloth map unfolded in his hand.

Sten took first pull with the sleigh as he always did, he believed everyone else was too slow with it and we headed out, the sun just now touching the horizon.