Cousland: The Chosen - Dragon Age Fanfiction

-Chapter Thirty-Two-

The caves echoed loudly and Oghren coughed violently, awakening his companions whom were sleeping as Amaris and Adrian took watch.

"Stop waking me up so damn early." Oghren grumbled as he took a swig from his flask. Amaris chuckled and her eyes were filled with amusement.

"It's not even dusk yet. You passed out drunk a few hours ago," She started , Adrian chuckled interrupting her.

"You were snoring so loud the darkspawn on the surface could probably hear you," He said as he emptied the rest of the water from the bucket on Oghren's head. "Think of it as me heroically saving your life." Oghren grumbled angrily and wiped his face off with his dirty under shirt glaring at Adrian as he did so.

"I would put you in line tall boy but I'm too tired to do so." Oghren grumbled sleepily as he fell back onto his cot and passed out once more. 

In his own cot Alistair grimaced as he looked around. His golden eyes held the empty spot beside him and he sighed.

"We don't know where she is." Wynne said softly, her eyes locked on the young man in front of her. He nodded and sighed deeply looking down at his wounds.

"I...I keep thinking of the Broodmother," He said with a deepened frown, his golden eyes darkened and he winced as he tried to support him sitting up. "Branka's lover, everything. I can't help thinking of that..monster corrupting Evelyn. She was so close to being gone and now she is." He said thoughtfully, tears brimmed at his golden eyes which were now a darkened amber.

First day, they come and gather everyone.

Evelyn and the group moved closer to the chanting, flesh, corpses and hearts lay spewed around the stone flooring, the walls themselves felt alive. Evelyn knew someone was watching them, she could feel it deep within her.

"Do you hear that?" Amaris asked, her voice soft. Since killing the hordes upon hordes of darkspawn everyone had kept cautious as not to be ambushed.

"Spiders," Darrien grimaced. Morrigan chuckled and took her lover's hands.

"Nothing we cannot and have not handled before." Christian said lowly, speaking for the first time in hours. Finnick growled lowly and licked his slobbery lips, blood coated his fur coat and no doubt his claws were filled with darkspawn flesh but he didn't seem to mind as he briskly walked beside Evelyn.

Second day, they beat us and eat some for meat.

"Here they come." Evelyn warned as she heard the creatures legs scurry across the floor, everyone drew their weapons and readied themselves. Poisonous spiders scattered immediately and attacked everyone close to them, including Evelyn.

"Aim for their eyes but make sure you immobilize them first!" Evelyn yelled to her companions as she fought off her own spider. The spider took advantage of Evelyn's action and sprung her at arm. The spider tore her armor and immediately it bit her, ripping the flesh open as it inserted it's poison.

Third day, the men are all gnawed on again.

Alistair fought off the spiders eagerly, ripping their legs out of under them when Evelyn screamed in pain and fell to her knees clenching her arm tightly.

"Evelyn!" He called out loudly, he immediately moved towards her and the spider he was fighting attacked his leg, it bit through his flesh quickly but Adrian cut it down before it could place it's poison in Alistair.

Fourth day, we wait and fear for our fate.

Evelyn cried out in pain once more as the poison began to eat at her flesh, everyone quickly fought and killed their own spiders and went to their leader.