Author's Note: Sorry if I sped this prologue up a bit at the end. I was getting tired of typing that story. I wanted to hurry up and get to the juicy bits. *Evil smile* Anyway, this story has no sex themes. I mean, they might "do it" ,*Evil smile*, but it's rated T mostly for violence and language. So, no mean comments/reviews! First VXD fanfic ever! Be nice for once! lol Enjoy!

Once a Hero, Always a Hero

A Skyrim fanfic by foureyedbabe.

Vilkas/Dragonborn

Prologue:

"Once upon a time, there lived a young brave knight named Henry."

"Make the knight a girl daddy!"

"Okay, let's start over then. Once upon a time, there lived a brave young knight named Lilly. And she came from a faraway place called Skyrim. But when she was just a little baby in a bundle of blankets, her mommy and daddy had to take her to a place called Cyrodiil. And they lived in a settlement called Skingrad.

" But when Lilly was only barely a year old, her mommy died from a sickness. Her daddy was very sad, but took very good care of their daughter. Her daddy worked in an alchemists shop not far from their home. Sometimes, even little Lilly would go along and help. When Lilly wasn't helping her father, she would help some of the townsfolk with gardening. And helping around their local chapel.

"Everyone loved that little Lilly, and appreciated her hard work. And everyone saw she was becoming a very good and hard worker. Her father was very proud, and he knew her mother would be too.

"Lilly knew her father and everyone in their town was counting on her to follow in her father's footsteps, of even become a great farmer one day, but Lilly had other plans.

"She wanted to become a Knight. Ever since she could remember, she wanted to become a Knight. She didn't want to work in her father's footsteps, she wanted to follow in the footsteps of the greatest hero's ever, like the Hero of Kvatch, or the Knights of the Nine, or The Blades. She wanted fame and glory, and most importantly, she wanted to protect the people of Cyrodiil.

"When she was older and talked to her father about it, he said 'As soon as you have enough money for good armor and sword, and you kill your first beast and lay it at my feet, you can become a Knight.'

"That was enough to make Lilly work hard for what she wanted. To make her father proud. So she would work from a little before dawn, till a little after dusk. One day, Lilly was told to fetch berries' from the forest. She walked through the town gates with her father's old dagger in the back of her belt, and made her way to look for a berry bush.

"While she was picking them, she heard a rustling noise, and as she turned, a wolf had emerged, and it was hungry. Lilly slowly put her berry basket down and slowly guided her hand to her father's dagger. The wolf watched her closely with yellow eyes. As soon as she gripped the hilt of the dagger, the wolf charged her. She quickly leapt out of the way and threw her dagger at the wolf. It landed in it's head, and the wolf gave a last whimper, slumped to the ground, and moved no more. Lilly gave herself time to catch her breath before returning home, not only with the berries', but the wolf slung over her shoulder.

"When Lilly dropped that wolf down at her father's feet, pride swelling in her heart, her father just laughed. He laughed so much tears began rolling down her cheeks and onto in shirt. After he had calmed down, he got up, walked over to his beloved daughter and hugged her tightly.

"After Lilly's father gave her some money to buy her armor and sword, Lilly had set off to The Imperial City to find work. She found many adventures along the way, and when she finally arrived in The Imperial City, there awaited many more adventures than before. Lilly went to many different city's and helped many people. She risked her life for people numerous times, and after months of helping anf training, she was dammed a Knight of Cyrodiil. She lived everywhere for a long time, and when she finally died, her sprit lived on with the Gods. The end."

"Ohh! That was really great daddy!"

A man held his little daughter in his arms on a small bed in a small room lit with only one candle. "Well, I'm glad you liked it. I'd assumed you'd be tired of it by now, considering I've told it to you since you were just a wee little thing." Said the man. "I'd never get tired of that story! It's my favorite story EVER!" Cried the child, standing on her knees on her bed and throwing her arms up, smiling an almost toothless smile. Her father snuck his arms around her and pulled her to him. She giggled and laughed as he tickled her, and almost jumped five feet away as she turned and started to tickle him.

Soon they calmed down from their laughter and hugged each other faintly smiling and breathing heavily.

"Daddy?" The small child asked. "Yes love?" He answered, eyes closed. "I want to be a knight. Like Lilly in the story. Can I?" She asked as she gazed into her father's now open bright blue eyes.

He smiled. "If you set your heart to it, I believe you can do it. And as long as your careful." He said, closing his eyes once more. "Cool." She said, closing her eyes and smiling. "G'night daddy." She said faintly falling asleep.

"Goodnight my lovely little flower Lilly." He said, and both dropped into a peaceful sleep…