Note: Distances are based on something Wynne told my char the other day. I can't remember her exact words, but it went something like "[…] it's been over a year since you left the Tower."
Hope you enjoy it!


The First Time

The first time it happens, the three of them are ten days away from Ostagar and on their way to Lothering.

"Templar." Morrigan's voice calls him back.

Alistair makes a face before turning to face her. "What?"

Instead of an answer, the woman jerks her head back the way they have come.

There, quite some paces behind them, is their third party member. For a girl who has only known the inside of the Circle Tower until recently she has been doing quite well, fighting darkspawn and all that. It takes Alistair a moment to see what Morrigan is aiming at. Eowyn's head is lowered to the ground and her steps are slow and unsteady. While they are watching, she staggers and falls down on her knees.

Back they run to where their leader has gone down. She has gone white in the face and though her skin is cold, sweat covers her brow.

"Eowyn! What is wrong?" Alistair's worried voice cuts through the fog that has descended on her.

She fights the darkness that threatens to engulf her. Alistair has knelt down at her side and catches her as she looses the struggle and her body collapses.

"Looks like we're not going anywhere today." Morrigan's cold remark is the last thing that cuts into that fire and pain and agony that fills her world.

She is in no form to argue and Alistair and Morrigan decide they will stop for the day.

When the pain finally starts to ease she is curled up in a tight ball beside a fire, covered in both her own and a second blanket.

"What happened back there?" Morrigan inquires.

Lifting her head, she can see the other woman sitting on the opposite side of the fire.

"We looked you over. You seem to be quite fine," she continues. Then, after a pause, "But I do know that my mother's healing isn't infallible."

Eowyn shakes her head.

"That fool over there says that it's some aftermath of the Joining."

Under her blankets, Eowyn shrugs.

"I told you", Alistair's triumphant voice reaches her ears.

Silently, Eowyn curses her body.