Maisie writes 4.0 (with help from Max)

I walk into the tavern below Skyhold, and walk over to the corner where bulls seated. "Hey bull, did you ever have a good childhood? How'd you get your name?" I ask looking at him curiously. He leans back "Well, under The Qun, you don't really have childhood. It's work, train, sleep, repeat." Then Krem walks in and sits down with us after hearing that "Do they wear shirts under the Qun chief? Or do they just go around binding like you do?" Bull rolls his eyes "for the millionth time Krem it's a harness!" He smirks at him "ah yes, for your pillowy man-bosoms. If you need help binding I'll help, or they can too. Speaking of that this is for you." And tosses me something. I open it, and find a new binder "is this for me?" A nod "uh uh thanks." I stamper. "I knew your other one got ruined and I was out today and got it. Anyways what were you guys talking about?" He asks looking between Bull and I. "I asked how he got his name." I reply. "Well, I was really strong, still am obviously. And so I became called The Iron Bull. Only under the Qun, names are just a series of numbers, just like you have Ali my friend." Bull says leaning his head on his fist. I look at my arm, and draw my cloak around me. "Chief, what do you mean 'just like you do.'?" Asks Krem and he gets up and walks over to me "can I see your arm?" I release the cloak from my grasp and he rolls up my shirt sleeve, looking at the numbers inlaid in my shoulder. "Is this lyrium? Or just ink?" And touches the numbers, I flinch, and he takes his hand away apologizing if he hurt me. "Probably a mix of both. A small amount of lyrium to make the workers last longer or die faster depending on their fate and the amount. And theirs would be mostly ink, so the numbers are visible." Bull says lowly. I draw my knees up to my chest and sit there scared like a little mouse who saw a cat as visions flash before me. There granular and choppy, and move quickly, but the sights and sounds can't be mistaken. Qunari officers dragging me from my home, carving into my arm as I scream and lash, taking a blood soaked knife and quickly cutting my hair, then pushing me out the door into the storm, and rain, and mud, still bleeding, and crying, and confused. I hear screams and wails as people are pushed into the furnaces and chambers, the crack of a whip, a baby crying, it all speeds up then darkens abruptly. I reopen my eyes, I'm on the floor. "Hey kid, you alright? You took a bit of a fall when you passed out." Bull says, I see him and his Chargers standing over me, Stitches pushes his way to the front with his medical kit "here, let me see them." And examines me quickly, but throughly and carefully "They look okay, but seem a bit shaken." He says to bull. "1.5.9.7.0.1.5.9.7.0.1.5.9.7.0. My numbers." I mumble to myself. Dalish and Skinner sit down next to me "Flashback?" Dalish asks in elvish, I nod. "Was it about those bastard soldiers? Did you kill em in your dream?" Skinner asks, she's a bit stab happy, that's how she got her nickname. "You still have those stuffed animals Krem?" Bull murmurs. He looks at him and nods, somewhat confused. "Well damn it Cremicius Aclassi go get them!" Bull says with over dramatized movements, probably to try and amuse me. "On it...dad." Krem says with a laugh "Don't move. Grim come with me, we're goin' on an adventure. And if you can find Fenris." And walks off. Bull grins "go my small son, go." And turns back to the rest of the Chargers. "Dalish careful with your staff." He says moving her out of the way. She crosses her arms "how many times do I have to tell you, ITS. A. BOW. If it were a staff that'd make me a Mage, and an Apostate. Of which I'm neither." Bull pats her on the head "sure it is kiddo." Rocky helps me up, and I brace a chair for support until I stop feeling dizzy. Ten or so minutes later Krem and Grim come back with a bag "we got em chief! And we found another of your favorite 'Vints, along with Hawke." And Fenris and Hawke come around the corner. Hawke smiles and waves happily and almost runs over hugging, and nearly tackling me. Fenris comes over and asks me what happened. I explain and Krem pulls out something from the Bag "I saw Zevran and he was looking for you, and he gave me your key so I got your Halla." And pulls out a blue stuffed Halla, with my Hebrew name embroidered in the side. I smile and hug it closely, and he dumps the rest of the bag "as for the rest of you rabble, Fenris and Garret included. I had some free time so each of you have a stuffed Nug, with wings, and for some outfits. And for the elves, each of you get a halla with your Hebrew name embroidered in it. Translation courtesy of Alarian." He says handing them out. And then he signs something to Grim, who mostly communicates in Grunts and Signs and they go back-to-back and exchange something. He then walks over to Bull and pulls it out "Suprise! I made you a dragon, cause I know you LOVE dragons. Almost as much as Ali loves trains." And hands him a little navy stuffed dragon with little red wings, and green buttons for eyes, it looks like it's made of corduroy fabric, I mean he is a tailors son. Bull takes it "Awww thanks Krem. I love it. Come here you." And gives him a big hug, pulling him off the ground "ugh Bull, your choking me." He coughs out. Bull puts him down. "Sorry bout that." I turn to Hawke and Fenris "what are you two doing here?" Hawke then says "well to enjoy the inquisitors fine company of corse! Haha no, we came because Zevran has to go to antiva for a few weeks, and Leliana will be busy doing things here in orlais, so, wait for it...you get to come hang out with us and our criminal misfits for three weeks!" Hawke says doing jazz hands. I laugh "well doesn't that sound lovely." I giggle. Fenris then says "Garret a better way to phrase that is probably, 'your legal guardians have to go away for a few weeks on business so you get to come spend time with my wonderful boyfriend and me, as well as our friends.'" Hawke rolls his eyes "you just wanted it rephrased to add yourself." He gives him a look. I stand between them "oh stop it you two. Let's go find Zev and Leli. Bye Bull! Bye Chargers!!" I yell as I pull Fen and Garret up and drag them out the door. "Your actually a lot stronger then you look Alarian. I'm like 190 lbs plus armor." Hawke says as we walk. I shrug "I guess being a warden does that." Then I see a glimpse of blond hair and pointy ears, and run around the corner "Zevran!" I yell and tackle him to the ground laughing. "What was that for may I ask??" He says pushing me off him. "Because I wanted to." He stands back up and dusts himself off "Oh hello Champion, Hello Fenris." He says noticing them. Fen nods and Garret says hello. "When are you leaving for antiva?" I say sadly. "Tuesday." Then puts an arm around me "I'll only be gone for a few weeks, okay?" Zev says giving me a squeeze. "Okay." I say glumly. Then off we go to find Morrigan, Sten, Oghren, Alistair, Shale and the rest of the company. Leliana comes late to dinner, and seems upset. I pick at my food between watching her, and she looks at me making eye contact "Marien wants to speak with you." She whispers after dinner as she takes my plate. After dinner Morrigan and Leliana go with me to The Inquisitors chambers, Cullen opens the door and drags me inside "we need to talk." He says gruffly. Morrigan pushes open the door and she and Leliana walk in closing it behind them. Marien Jade stands on the other side of the room, next to a chair and beside it two others and a table. "You sit there." Cullen says pointing to a chair. I sit down and Marien sits opposite, Cullen in the chair between us in from of the table, and Morrigan and Leliana on the bed. "What do you want?" I ask them with a frown. "To talk about that fight." Cullen says rifling through papers, morrigan interjects "which one Commander Rutherford, there's been many." He glares at her "you know which one I'm talking about,witch." He replies coldly. Morrigan goes to stand and Leliana stops her. "What about it." The inquisitor asks. "Why did you kill them?" Cullen asks her pointing at me. She shrugs "Simple, they deserved it." I shoot her a look "what did I ever do to make you hate me so much that you'd murder a child?!" I say as it's quite an important statement. "You and your warden friends killed the king, the regent, blew up a village, and your an elf, your a Mage, your a Jew, I honestly wish you'd stayed in that camp of yours. Qunari have quite good tactics in that form." She replies with a tilt of a head. Everyone gasps at the last part. "okay 1. Loghain pulled his forces back, that killed Calin. 2. Loghain deserved that. 3. That's Shale and it's because the control rod stopped working. 4 just because we're different races, specializing in different things and different religions among other things is no basis for hatred. It's not kind and it's not right!" I yell the last part. "And if you had anything to do with that I swear..." Then bolt up and pin her against the wall "I swear if you were the person who contacted those Qunari assassins and gave me more Pain and PTSD and anxiety and a whole mess of other shit, I will destroy everything you love. Here one second, then poof, like ashes in the wind, gone. Then you will know, just a glimpse of what it's like to be in my shoes. I am a messenger of God remember? That time on the mountain? I Am." I whisper, then snap and disappear, that's another one of my powers, teleportation. I think of a place, then snap and I tumble out of a little portal and there I am. I can hear Mariens voice yelling "you stupid elf! I kill you again!" I teleported to Zevran's quarters, an he's not there, I check the others, all asleep, it's late now, 3:00 or maybe 4:00. Sera's with Dagna and Scout, Cole is busy doing spirit. Don't even try waking Vivvy or Josie. Cassandra wouldn't care, Varric is already in Kirkwall again. I run down to the tavern, my bare feet skidding on the cobblestones, and cutting. I open the door and run up the stairs. No not Grim, not Skinner or Dalish, Not Stitches, Not Rocky. Krem, where is Krem. I go to the end of the hall, and find a little wooden door with a sign on it in green letters that look like crayon or something that says "Krem." I bang on the door and a light goes on then I hear feet padding towards the door and a sleepy bed headed Krem opens the door "wha?" He asks leaning against the door dressed only in a shirt and sleeping pants. "Mariens gonna kill me again!! I'm dead, I'm so dead. Help help help help help." I say hugging him as I start to cry. He hugs me back, the pries me off him and closes the door. We sit on the bed and I explain "Cullen said quizzy wanted to talk and se it started off okay until she brought up that camp and stuff and I got mad and then I teleported and she got really mad and I don't want to die...again!" He nods in understanding "hang on." Then runs down the hall and comes back a few minutes later with Fenris "I already explained everything." Krem says and sits back down. "You said that Marien Jade said that what the Qunari do in their camps is good? And speaking of that, may I see your arm Alarian?" I sniffle and roll up my sleeve again, Fenris inspects the blue numbers "you were right, there's at least a small amount of lyrium in these. There Qunari coding numbers, see if you look at them, it has enough for your nickname and the first 2 letter of your surname. That's how they identify you. And...Alarian, look at me." I look at him "You'll be fine, because if She comes after you, she needs to get through me, Hawke, All your companions, all our companions, Bull, His chargers (Krem nods at this), And most of the inquisition." Fenris says with a smile. I look at Krem and he smiles and says "Domt worry about it Ali." In tevene. "Come on, I take you back." Fenris says as he gets up. "Okay. Bye Krem." I say softly. He puts his finger up to say wait, then teachers under the pillow, and pulls out two little animals and a package "these are for you. I know I made Boss one and thought, ya know dragons are cool, and who else is cool? Alarian Surana that's who." And hands me a little stuffed dragon like the one Bull got earlier today, but green with little blue eyes. "And the other, I knew you liked trains, and Thomas the Tank Engine, so here's your own little very helpful engine." Then pulls out the package. "And in case you get bored with those, you'll always have someone to talk to when your alone." I open the paper and the box. It's a little puppet. It's like me, it has a blue tunic and brown pants and a little green cloak with a good and a golden leaf pin. And green eyes and blond hair. And underneath are little doll sized outfits. I look up at Krem "I- I...Thank you." And he smiles "Anytime, you up for tea tomorrow at 4:00? I told Josie I would, I think even Sera and Cole are coming because they heard 'pranks and food'." He says with a laugh. "Wouldn't miss it for the world." I reply, and then say goodnight. Krem waits until we're at the end of the hall and then sneaks across to talk to bull, then goes back to his room and the light goes off again. Fenris and I make our way across the courtyard "Where's Hawke?" I ask him "He's sleeping." Fenris replies "why? How come your awake?" I ask as we walk across the soft grass. "Well- uh, 1. It's night time, and 2. Grown up things. That is not like to get into detail with the likes of you." He says and ends the conversation there. We get back to my floor, and find Morrigan sitting in my room in the rocker reading a magic book "where'd you run off to? We've been worried you'd run away again! Thank you Fenris for returning them." Morrigan says to Fenris, who nods and says good night before going back to his own room. Morrigan helps me get changed into my night cloths, as I explain what happened. Then we haggle over the amount of bedtime stories and settle at two. "It's getting light already." I say looking out the window. "Indeed. You've had quite a night my friend. Time to go to sleep. Or, well it is quite a nice sunrise, I guess we could stay and watch it. But after go to bed, no back talk, no arguments" is elite "Yes Morrigan!" I say in a faux serious tone. We then go look out the large window and watch the orange sun rise like fire over Val Royux. Then after Morrigan tucks me in, and turns off the light and I drift off to sleep, occasionally looking over and seeing her dozing in the rocker. Hehehe.

This has been Maisie Writes...from Ali's perspective.. With help from M :)