DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING
Note: So now...the battle! I hope you guys love this I'm going to do my best to make this as good as I can because I've been thinking for ages how I want to do this.
Marian rubbed her eyes before nodding and waking Leto quickly. Upon waking he looked at her with fear in his eyes. Looking from his mother to his father he asked softly.
"Are you going to die?"
Marian paused for a second and Fenris could see that she was wondering if she was lying. But she shook her head and said no that they would be just fine. Kissing his forehead she whispered.
"I always love you with every fiber of my being. No matter what happens."
Hugging her tight he began to cry quietly, but seeing the sky brightening faster as they spoke she quickly let go and told him he had to hide in the wardrobe. After he had gotten in Fenris reached inside clutching Leto to him and said.
"I love you son."
Before pulling away and saying quickly.
"Stay hidden no matter what happens do not make a sound. Do you understand me?"
Leto nodded his eyes wide in fear and tears running down his face. Shutting the door Fenris looked at Marian and she quickly wiped the tears in her eyes and she picked up his armor quickly helping him strap it on. When he had strapped his sword to his back he turned to see her placing her own weapon on her body. Taking her hand he turned her and she could see he wanted to say something but didn't know how. Leaning in she watched his reaction. His eyes were on her but he wasn't pulling away. Kissing him gently she let him know without words that she loved him. Not knowing what else to do she turned and walked downstairs seeing her friends and family waiting for her.
Knowing she didn't have much time she thanked Tomwise, Worthy, and Martin for being there with her and how she'd never be able to repay them before turning to each of her friends and telling them how much she loved them. Carver and Fenris were the hardest. Carver had pulled her aside and spoke quickly but each word had meant so much.
"I'm sorry that we could never be as close as you and Bethany. I know we fought a lot but I always loved you. I just hated that I was always in your shadow. I will fight to the death for you and Leto I swear I won't let you down."
Hugging him she whispered.
"Your the best brother in the world Carver. Don't let the past ruin the future. We'll make it through this. Together."
Seeing the sun rising and knowing dawn was here the group silently split up but not before she saw Carver give Isabela a gentle kiss. Turning to go into the library Fenris stopped her by placing her hand on her wrist and she noticed the cloth once more and felt her heart flutter. Looking as if he was going to say something once more he finally gave up and she felt her world stop as he kissed her powerfully and passionately. Holding her tightly to him they remained still before finally pulling apart and he said.
"Be careful please."
She nodded and whispered.
"You too."
Hearing Carver whisper from the library they quickly ran inside Charade right behind them seeing everyone in position and waited silently. Hearing a clank from outside she felt for her staff holding it in front of her seeing Carver and Fenris withdraw their blades. It was only a moment before they heard the soft sound of footsteps with the swishing of what Hawke knew was templars robes and Carver took a step forward before Marian held a hand out blocking him. Turning to her she shook her head and mouthed to him not to move. Frowning at her and receiving a glare in return he moved back. The room was silent for a moment until she heard Meredith speaking lowly to her soldiers.
"Find Hawke. The boy will be with her. Leave the boy alive. He belongs to me. Kill Hawke and the rest."
Shaking silently Marian took a deep breath to calm herself before she heard what she'd been waiting for. The templars in the main room were spreading out and she heard one of them step on a trap that she knew Isabela or Martin had placed. Knowing this would be the start she motioned to Charade who silently cocked an arrow at the door. Hearing the templar yell in pain they heard Meredith hiss.
"Do not give away our position!"
She said before they heard Martin yell.
"Too late!"
Marian closed her eyes for a moment before nodding her head to her group as soon as she heard their door opening. Marian knew she was ready. They had waited for the signal and she knew once Meredith knew they were waiting she'd check each room which had happened. As soon as the door opened and they saw her two templars screamed.
"ITS HAWKE!"
Swinging her staff she instantly froze the first four men that entered the room and felt a whoosh of air as one of Charade's arrows shoot past her too close for her liking but she knew her cousin hadn't had a choice. Carver had been in front of the chests and was now battling three templars who were circling him and Fenris and Hawke were fighting the templars running through the door and those that had gotten through already. Looking past them she saw her friends and servants in the main room fighting and noticed no one had gotten upstairs which filled her in relief.
Seeing a blade coming toward her she quickly ducked before setting fire to the doorway making sure she missed her loved ones. Then she saw something that made her heart drop to the floor. Carver fell to the floor to dodge a blow but in return he wasn't fast enough to stop the templars from ruining two chests proving that Leto wasn't in them. Seeing the two stop, the one who must have been in charge yelled to the men in the room.
"BREAK THE CHESTS, BUT LEAVE THE BOY ALIVE!"
Marian shot a panicked look at Fenris just as a blade cut into her arm. Swearing she turned and sent the offender flying with a stone fist before turning and using her frost again. Marian and always preferred fire and ice to the other skills she had and she continued to use what she knew she was best at effectively ending threat after threat. Hearing her brother yell in pain she moved on instinct running up the stairs and attacking his offender before asking breathlessly.
"Are you alright?"
He nodded before looking at her ashamed.
"I'm sorry sister. They got another chest and two more near Charade. She did the best she could."
Spinning to see Charade she was relieved to see her alive and then registered what Carver said and ran back down the stairs throwing herself in front of the last chest in the room. Hearing shouts from the main room she heard a templar yell.
"THERE EMPTY!"
Before letting out a scream as Isabela stabbed him. Dodging a blow and grabbing her attackers leg and flipping him so he couldn't stab the chest. Feeling another blade slice her for her trouble. Gritting her teeth against the pain she felt she grabbed the attacker again and shot fire again. Feeling a momentary lapse she turned to see Fenris had blood trickling down his arm and grunted as he jumped back next to her to cover the chest. Concentrating hard she quickly healed his wounds before casting spell after spell against the onslaught coming toward them. Seeing the two of them blocking the last chest the templars concentrated all their manpower on Fenris and Hawke and finally after Marian received a brutal stab to the shoulder she fell to the ground against her will and although she and Fenris tried to cover the chest they weren't quick enough and the templars threw open the chest before realizing there was nothing there.
Marian pressed her hand to her shoulder and felt blood gush past her fingers. Taking a deep breath she cast another set of spells before noticing something she should have noticed long ago. She hadn't seen Meredith. If Meredith believed that Leto was near her, why hadn't she seen her? Taking a breath she grunted before turning to Fenris and saying.
"I haven't seen Meredith."
Realizing what she meant he instantly got up and grabbed her hand before yelling to Carver and Charade to go into the main room knowing their cover was blown and something in the plan had gone wrong. Not having time to figure out which was the case they began to fight in earnest again. Scanning the room quickly she felt her heart stop when she saw smoke and tar bombs going off in her bedroom as well as arrows firing. They had broken into her bedroom. What was worse was she saw Meredith and she was at the bottom of the stairs raising her blade to stab Orana. Acting quickly she shot her fire at Meredith catching her off guard.
Seeing Hawke she abandoned Orana and headed straight for Marian managing to stab her seconds before Marian had returned the favor slicing Meredith's leg open as well as sending Meredith flying into the wall knowing she must have cracked at least one rib on impact. Feeling more confident she continued casting spells and felt Meredith becoming weaker. Raising her staff once more ignoring the blood flowing freely out of her shoulder now she was about to strike once more when she heard Aveline scream.
"HAWKE!"
Looking up the stairs she saw Varric firing Bianca rapidly looking at her with more fear than she'd ever seen. Firing one last spell at Meredith she ran upstairs to see the templars swarming Tomwise and Aveline and two templars had Aveline by the throat and one next to the wardrobe Leto was in. Firing quickly at them they dropped her and she quickly felled the templar in front of the wardrobe and sighed in relief. Quickly tearing through a group of templars she fought hard to eliminate the threat and felt herself tiring as she began to get more and more injuries. One of the templars had managed to cut open her back while another had cut her leg just above her knee. Both were deep enough that she knew she might be in trouble. Ignoring the pain and the blood she kept shooting spells feeling her mana drain quickly.
Fenris had ran up the stairs as well and when she met his eyes she knew he was tired. He was injured and there was blood seeping down his fingers. Using what energy she had left she healed his injuries ignoring his shouts for her to stop. Reaching into her belt she pulled out a lyrium potion and drank quickly before dodging another blow and swearing when she saw Meredith entering the room sword raised high with Captain Cullen behind her. Cullen's eyes meet her and they widened in shock seeing how bloody she was. She knew if he had fought her friends he hadn't hurt them or at least tried not to. Firing at Meredith she felt her strength ebb and quickly noticed Fenris run straight for her sword high. They traded vicious blows and she saw Meredith stab him in the stomach as he cut her arm open. Taking another deep breath as she kept fighting she healed him once more only to hear him yell desperately.
"MARIAN STOP!"
Ignoring him she kept healing him until she felt lightheaded and turned once more to fight Meredith ignoring yet again the wounds she'd received until Meredith had cornered Fenris along with about ten templars all closing in. Racing toward them as fast as she could she fired everything she had wanting to pass out but holding on to consciousness as best she could. Taking the attention from Fenris to herself she fired once more feeling her mana leaving her but reaching inside with everything she had and yelling threw it all at Meredith before gasping as two templars stabbed her. One blade pierced her uninjured shoulder and one across her shoulder. Weakly pushing them off she spun and felt Fenris shoot past her killing everyone near her and heard a weak gasp on the floor as a blade sliced her calf.
Hissing in pain she turned to see Meredith on the floor as weak as she was. Looking through the room they noticed only a handful of templars remained along with Cullen and Meredith. Turning and seeing her on the floor Cullen surprised everyone by yelling.
"RETREAT!"
The templars didn't listen and went to attack Marian who felt her strength leave her as she held on to the wall pushing herself slowly toward the wardrobe. One templar had managed to reach her and she was unsuccessful at fighting him off and she felt her head slam into the wall hard enough to make her see spots in her vision. Fenris had been helping fight her attackers and instantly rectified the situation and Marian wanting to help reached into her belt once more she felt for a lyrium potion and tried to close her fingers around the bottle only to realize she couldn't. Seeing black spots in front of her vision she tried to remain upright but couldn't falling to the floor she looked once more for Meredith only to see Cullen carrying her down the stairs screaming.
"RETREAT!"
Rising to a sitting position she looked to see the room empty except for Fenris who was instantly at her side, but she heard the noise downstairs and knew they were trying to kill Meredith. She didn't think they were successful and had her suspicions confirmed when she heard them swearing. Capturing her face in his hands Fenris drew her attention back to him and she tried to smile but felt pain racking her body. Raising a shaky hand she caressed his face before gasping.
"I feel...I feel myself..."
He shook his head violently.
"Your not going to die you promised Leto. You promised me. Marian stay with me."
Taking a shaky breath she tried to speak again.
"Fenris, I'm sorry..."
Shaking his head again he felt tears flowing down his cheeks as he said.
"None of that matters now. We need to get you healed. You have to stay with me please."
Hearing noise behind them she saw her friends who instantly gasped seeing her and Varric screamed.
"ANDERS!"
Carver knelt by his sister and tried speaking to her but could tell she was fading fast. Her eyes were fluttering and the blood wouldn't stop flowing. Hearing screaming they all turned to see Leto who had ignored his mother's orders and saw Fenris covering Marian from his sight so he couldn't see his mother. But Leto was screaming to see what was wrong and Fenris yelled.
"Carver take Leto."
Carver looked at him and then Marian until Fenris yelled again stronger and Carver instantly picked Leto up and ignored his kicks and punches but tried to calm him down as they went into Marian's mother's room. They had quickly realized half of the group had done the same each wanting to comfort the poor boy.
Marian gasped in pain as Fenris ripped the sheet off of her bed and placed it against her chest trying to staunch the blood and Marian closed her eyes for a moment before placing her hand over his and said softly.
"Fenris...I need you to ...do something for me."
She managed.
He stopped and instantly said.
"Anything."
Before turning and screaming.
"WHERE THE HELL IS THAT BASTARD ABOMINATION?"
Reaching and grabbing his gauntlet to get his attention Marian whispered.
"You have to take care of Leto. Promise me."
Fenris shook his head.
"Marian stop this! Your not dying! I won't let you!"
He said trying again to staunch the blood. Gasping in pain once more she clutched his gauntlets desperately her eyes wild.
"Promise me Fenris."
Fenris broke down clutching her to him crying in her chest not caring that he was becoming blood-soaked and nodded.
"Promise me!"
She whispered weakly.
"I promise."
Falling back in relief she forced him to look at her and said.
"I love you. I've always loved you from the very first moment I saw you and I always will.
Smiling weakly she kissed him before falling back and closing her eyes as her breathing grew weaker and Fenris screamed.
"ANDERS IF YOU DON'T GET IN HERE I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF!"
Not two seconds later Anders rushed in with bandages and a belt full of potions pushing Fenris aside he assessed the damage before looking at Fenris apologetically and saying.
"I might not be able to save her."
ok so dramatic right? stick around because the next chapter is even more intense although i will say this. Hawke is my favorite so she will not die in this next chapter but a lot does happen so stick around guys!