·Dragon age
"A Soul Not Of This World"
CHAPTER 1
I am a baby
I woke up, I was small. I was cold and very sleepy, I was supposed to be nothing! Not feel
anything, not see anything, not see her small baby hands.
I didn't see clear and everything was just foggy, but she remembered. My name was
Elizabeth, and it seems like I am reborn. I didn't scream, first try to figure out things. Never
had I ever had a panic attack, and I would not have one now! Some slender arms were
holding my tiny baby body, it was hot. Summer I guess, it took me some while but I was
finally able to see things.
The man holding me had long pointy ears, elf ears! My head began working, elf, magic, other
fucking cool races! I began smiling, I was in a world with wonders!
"Liva! Come here," my mother called. I wanted to scream at her, tell her how old I was and
my real name and that I didn't fucking care about Dalish stuff! These guys only cared about
the past, about how amazing they were before, get over it! I walked to my mother with my
small elf body, two years. They talked at least English, nothing new to learn.
"Yes mother," I smiled at her. She was an young woman with golden hair and blue eyes, very
Scandinavian. She smiled at me with glittering eyes, she looked happy.
"I am happy to have such a polite child," she handed me some elfroot. "Take these to the
Keeper."
I took them and ran out of the tent, the Keeper was a kind man, he cared for us. He would
play with the children, he cared for everyone.
My small feet touched the wet grass and my hands felt the heat of the sun. The Keeper's tent
was bigger than most's and was stronger, the woods gave it a more natural feeling. People
said "on dhea" to me as I passed by, only small words that the people remembered. They
wore slave marks for their gods, I would probably run away when my time came.
The spring was wonderful, time of the reborn. I finally made it to the Keeper's place, he was
inside talking with a dwarf. I took quiet steps, I placed the elfroots beside the keeper, he gave
me a smile. I looked at the dwarf, he gave me a small smile and a nod.
"Have a good day," I walked out in a hurry. I had never seen a dwarf before, the ones that was
masters of crafting! I hurried back home, mother waited there for me with an apple in her
hand. "For me?"
"Anything for ma da'lin," I took the apple and dug in. I was lucky to have sharp teeth and
strong ones, I smiled and gave my mom a hug"Thank you, may I leave to play now?" she nodded and i ran out and walked back to the
Keeper's house, I didn't walk in though. I wanted to see the dwarf, I hided between some
other tents. Other small kids had done the same as me, but everyone was older than me by
five years or more. No hiding would do no good, I walked to the Keeper's door. The Keeper
and the dwarf both came out, both surprised. "I apologies for just leaving like that, but I have
some questions. May I?" I looked at the dwarf.
"Her name is Liva, as you see she is quite special," the Keeper chuckled.
"The name is Alrid, so ask me little one," he brushed his black hair back.
"Tell me about the coins, as you see the Dalish mostly use trade," the Keeper looked at me
with big eyes.
"The money system is quite easy, ten bronze becomes one silver. Ten silver becomes one
gold." I nodded.
"Why not use one type of coin, it would be quite easier," Alrid looked at me, then at the
Keeper. "Why waste so much metal on coins instead of weapon, use the metal that is useless
and is much of, like copper."
"I get your point, but it would be hard to change everything in a single night," he smiled.
"How old are you?"
"I am two years old, sir," I smiled.
"You already speak and understand the world around you so much, you must be genius," he
chuckled.
"Sir, the one who is a genius is you, you took your time to talk to me," I smiled. The Keeper
began whispering into my ear:
"Liva, go play with the other kids now, your mother will get worried." I nodded and said
good bye to Alrid, I walked home, slowly.
Mom and dad was talking about something, it seemed like I shouldn't disturb them. It was
still day so I began gathering white flowers, there was no child in the clan that was the same
age as me. I was most of the time with my mother or alone, father usually was out hunting.
"Da'len, you should not be out here alone," I heard a woman speak. I looked up and saw a
spirit, a spirit! It was green and had a fog like form, I noticed I was out in the woods. I could
see the clan in the corner of my eye. "You should go back to your parents, they most be
worried."
"My parents do not worry about me so much, and I am safe here," I looked at the ten flowers
in my hand, I handed them to the spirit. "A gift."
"Oh, my, thank you," it's voice became a bit happier. It took the flowers and circled me,
studying me. "You have still not awakened, yet I already see you will posses a great deal of
magic.""Magic?" I sat down. "Tell me all about it, Learning."
The spirit told me all about magic, about what it was and where it came from. Everything that
seemed important, I asked many questions, and she would answer. Learning was a kind spirit,
she told me about the different races. The sun was heading down now.
"You better return to your clan, da'len," the spirit turned around. I didn't have time to ask if I
could ever meet it again, so I turned around as soon there was nothing to be seen of her. I ran
back to my family's tent, mother waited there for me with some meat and potatoes. Mother
smiled, she knew that I was fine. Father was already eating and some other older elves were
sitting beside him.
"Where have you been, I was getting worried that you would not return, da'lin," mother
handed me the food and I began eating.
"I was out in the woods, not far away," mother looked a bit worried. She shook her head and
walked out to eat with some other lady elves, so I sat there alone in the tent. I could hear
people talk and laugh, I walked over to the children. They all knew that I would come and
they always welcomed me with smiled. "Good day."
As soon as I sat down everyone began talking again, I only talked when I wanted to or else I
would sit quiet. It soon became dark and the campfires was warming everyone up, when I
was done I gave the dish to a elder child who was heading to wash them. My small hands
would not be able to do something advanced as that, everyone knew I was way smarter than
normal kids.
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