They said 'War Never Changes', well let me tell you, there's more wisdom in that statement than I realized. After being torn from my home by an entity I would have *sworn* didn't exist, I've got to make a life in a universe I'd never thought I'd visit. Self Insert, several OC's present, Pre-Mass Effect 1. Rated T until further notice.

With her ship under enemy control, Commander Shepard must fight a losing battle against shattered-mirror metaphors, sci-fi clichés, and, above all, herself. An alternative take on the Citadel DLC.

Writing challenge for Full-Paragon. Quarian First Contact. Approx. 1800 years before the Morning War.

The Volus had little knowledge that she attracted the attention of not only an injured party looking for payback, but also the attention of the human group Cerberus. Soon, she finds herself fighting at the side of Commander Shepard and company to stop a threat knows as the Collectors. This is the story of her adventure. F!Shepard/Garrus, Joker/EDI, Liara/OMC, & a Volus OC. Huzzah!

Your name is Garrus Vakarian, and you're starting to wonder if the vid playing in front of you is true. It has been exactly eight thousand seven hundred and sixty five hours since you last saw the Citadel at least somewhat in tact. That would make it around eight thousand seven hundred and sixty six hours since you last saw her.

She knows, intellectually, that she died once. She doesn't remember it. It's as if she went to sleep and then woke up in that Cerberus building. But sometimes she wonders if Death isn't angry at her; for slipping through his fingers, for defying the laws of the universe and coming back.

On the face of it, justice and vengeance are simple things, black and white. After the confrontation with Sidonis, Garrus and Samara discuss grey.

As a high school student on Earth in 2185, I want nothing more but to fit in. But what starts out as my first intergalactic road trip quickly descends into a run for my life, a race across the galaxy, and the crossing of paths with a certain Commander to stop galactic annihilation as we know it. Featuring an original story interwoven into the events of ME1!

Takes place after the Normandy leaves Anderson on Earth and follows the struggle of the survivors to hold out until Shepard can return. Not all is as it seems though as the Reapers slowly but surely over run the galaxy. New chapters coming soon.

One-Shot. 'His face tensed and he gently placed the fork he held on his plate.' It was going to happen sooner or later, he was just hoping it was later. Ashley brings Shepard home to meet the family, ending in uneasy memories from Mindoir. He tried to buried Mindoir, but it just wont go away.

A series of interconnecting drabbles about a paragon Shepard and her companions throughout the Mass Effect trilogy.

An alternate version of the ending of Mass Effect 3. Shepard is confronted with a choice that only she can make. Takes cues from different versions of canon endings.

A troubled and renegade Commander Shepard meets her calming counterpart in Kaidan Alenko. As the galaxy falls apart around them, what will be their fate? Part One will cover some Pre-ME1 and ME1. *Warning, there will be angst.* Currently T for language/Violence. Reviews appreciated.

The law has limits. He does not.

After having a freaky dream involving a Reaper and a Prothean beacon, I wake up on the Citadel in the Mass Effect universe with a biotic amp wired into my skull. Now I gotta help Shepard win a war while learning how to control my new powers. SI fic.

Speeches, farewells, denials, howls of grief and of rage. Those that knew Shepard in life remember the Commander in death. Shepard's gender and any interpretations of romance are intentionally ambiguous and left up to you. Disclaimer: Reading these shorts whilst listening to "An End for Once and For All" carries with it a heavy risk of tears.

Short drabbles about past, present and future of Commander Sharilin Shepard. They can be read in any order. Following the Tumblr "28 days of Commander Shepard" challenge. (Warning: it's Shenko!) DLCs spoilers free!

What happens when Admiral Hackett challenges Garrus and Kaidan to a test of reach and flexibility? This story is based on a dream I had last night. Best dream I ever had. Enjoy :D

An injury causes Shepard to lose her ability to create new memories, with devastating effects on the events of ME3. How can the galaxy overcome its greatest threat without its hero? Is there anything they can do to mend the past or better the future? FemShep/Garrus.

Hackett gives Shepard access to an inter-species counter-strike force to take the pressure off the Normandy for smaller missions during ME3. It's bad enough packing Alliance soldiers into a small space-how can an inter-species military force hope to stop arguing long enough to fulfill a mission? Follows some Shepard and introduces the force based on multiplayer gameplay. OCs.