The Youth of the Dalish: A Dragon Age Fan-Fiction Story

Kathy

That nephew of mine is in love with that pathetic mage? Almost thirteen and already making mistakes. It was around the same age my dumb sister gave up magic to be with that scabby elf she called Kurl. I guess I found some use for him in the end, the demon I summoned felt rather comfortable in his skin. And that Grey Warden just killed him, one of my beauties stolen off the chance at making great things. At bringing back the Dales.

Kathy lay on a cot, across her nephew. Her sister's body worked great as a vessel. She had some doubts but it worked. She didn't like the pale skin of her, however, she had to play along. She couldn't blow her cover, not yet at least. As much as she hated admitting it there were a great deal of mages in this clan that could stop her the second they found out who she really was. She had to recruit first.

"Mother..." Juli groaned.

Kathy cleared her throat, "Yes?"

"You ok? Is something keeping you awake?"

The amount of caring the boy felt for her sister was sickening. But indeed something was keeping her awake. She needed to plan. She had to burn her whole army to make it to the surface alive. Part of the irony almost made her laugh. She didn't regret it, it got her out of the deep roads, so it was worth it. The boy still waited for an answer. For a moment she studied him; the resemblance between Juli and Kurl was uncanny. It made her cringe. Why couldn't he have looked more like us? She tried to pay no heed to the thought, at least, the power the boy possessed came from her family. However, the purity of his heart came from that vermin of an elf he calls Father.

She tried to gather her bearings to smile, "No honey. Just don't want to lose you again." She let some of the intoxicating kindness that she still felt from the new body. She had to play her part right.

"I'm sorry about Tobias." Juli said.

Is he trying to solace me? Kathy tried her best to not laugh. That worm deserved to die. He had given me a hard time as he almost helped Cathy escaped. She tried her best to satisfy the boy with a grimace.

"Sorry I couldn't save you two."

Please stop! So much kindness. It hurts. It hurts!

She quavered under her blanket.

"Don't worry about that." She was trying her best to keep her composure.

The boy looked surprised.

"What matters is that you're safe." She said.

Maybe he would shut up and go to sleep!

The boy made a small yawn. Eventually his eyes gave up on him and he was asleep.

Kathy was too stoked to sleep. Being back on the surface was something she had wanted for years now. After her sister casted a spell that trapped Kathy inside the deep roads forever, all she ever wanted was to be back to the surface. For the longest time she wanted nothing but to come back to Thedas and rip Cathy's heart out for what she did. However, now that she had her son right in front of her, she thought of a better way to make Cathy suffer even more. The spell Kathy casted was more like a blending spell rather than a controlling one. Even though Cathy wasn't in control of her own body anymore, anything that Kathy wanted her to see she would see. It was as if two people were in a boat, however, only one of them could steer. And Kathy was the captain. To make her son suffer, yes that she will see. That's the best way to make her feel what I felt when I was trapped in the entrails of hell. And she knew exactly how to do it; by killing his love. The one he calls Doreen. Under her breath she muttered, "and after I have tortured 'Doreen' enough that the foolish girl will beg for her own death, I'll bring back the Dales."