Souls That Bind
Chapter 1- Sunblade & Moonglade
Author's Notes~ A warm welcome to you the reader, So before we embark on the adventure I'd like to get some things out the the way first of all, this is my first fanfic EVER, so please excuse me if its a bit messy in places, but as I said this is my first actual story, also this story is has no beta reader, so if you want to be the first beta-reader PM me! Now on with the adventure
Disclaimer: Skyrim belongs to Bethesda, but with that said Alric and Nicchi both belong to me, with that out of the way I won't hold you a moment longer. Enjoy!
Windhelm was cold, thought Nicchi, even the people wouldn't stop giving her icy looks or the cold shoulder, maybe because she was a dark elf when she first entered someone accused her of being a Thalmor spy, but all that didn't matter, the only thing that mattered was her contract, she shuddered at the thought of it, her contract was to remove a stormcloak officer who'd been causing a bit of trouble from service, it didn't matter how just so long that he cannot fight "just sneak into his house, kill him and then run out, simple as that" Nicchi kept telling herself, but she knew it wouldn't be that easy, especially with the the fact that this officer had killed the last two operatives sent after him, but she had been planning this for nearly two weeks and could't afford to fail, she only hoped that everything would go to plan…
It was one in the morning when Nicchi decided she would proceed with her plan, and after coaxing some information out of a drunken nord by buying him some mead, she had found out that Alric Sunblade was the officer in questions name, and that he was one of Ulfric's most trusted officers. It was then that she realized this might be even harder than she expected, but her determination was determined to carry this contract out, and so with that she headed towards, Alric's house.
Alric's house was surprisingly clean and obviously well cared for also much to her surprise. The entire first floor had nearly no weapons in it but instead was filled with books, scrolls, maps, and notes, when she got to the second floor she was almost over whelmed with the sheer amount of weapons and armor there, everywhere she looked there where weapons or armor of some sort, from a full set of ebony armor to the assorted daggers, swords, axes, bows, great-swords, war-hammers, and battle-axes, but the one thing that caught her attention the most was a mounted ebony great-sword etched with runes that glowed orange like the sun, it was possibly the most captivating weapon she had ever seen, when she touched the hilt of the blade it writhed and morphed startling her and when she looked back the great-sword was gone, but in its place was a dagger and sheath right next to it, Nicchi reached out for the dagger and sheath and tied it to her belt deciding it would be a waste to leave such a valuable and powerful weapon to rot with the soon to be dead Alric, she looked around and saw a door, slightly open, as if it was beaconing her into the room that lay beyond, as she crept up to the room she could hear the sounds of breathing, she almost laughed with excitement when she found who she presumed to Alric inside, his black hair and short beard fitted the description given to her by the drunken nord, and as she drew her newly found dagger she almost dropped the dagger when it came out of it's sheath with a slight humming sound, and the runes glowed a bluish hew instead of its original orangish yellow, hoping Alric hadn't heard the humming she crept closer to his bed and raised the dagger above her head, just before she brought it down Alric's hand shot up, catching her wrist and his eyes shot open, before she had time to react Alric's other hand darted out, catching her in the gut, sending her sprawling across the floor, he rolled out of the bed and grabbed one of the great-swords from the weapon rack next to him, she narrowly dodged his first swing and countered with a stab towards his chest, Alric ducked under and brought his great sword up, drawing blood on her upper arm, she cried out in pain and doubled over when she received a kick to the gut, he was about to bring his great-sword down on her head when she tripped him, but on the way down he grabbed her cut arm and brought it around with a sickening snap Her arm broke causing her to cry out once again, realizing that if she didn't do something fast, she was going to die, she shoved her good hand into the spot where his heart would be and muttered an incantation, and Alric let go, crying out as he stumbled back, her hand print burned onto his chest, he tried rushing at her but doubled over when pain jolted through his body, "W-what...did you do?" he panted, his voice tired, "I created soul-bond" Nicchi replied, before falling in a chair nearby "care to elaborate?" Alric retorted, Nicchi, hesitated for a second before answering "It is an old incantation, that I 'acquired' from a necromancer's lair, your soul is bound to mine, so if I die you die, and vice versa but it has side effects, one of them being, if you attempt to cause me pain the spell can, and will hurt you instead" she was surprised when he started to smile, then he burst into laughter "you do realize that your mission to kill me has now failed" he said, picking up one of his great-swords, this one looking to be made out of some sort of bone, the runes carved along the blade glowed blood red, at first she thought he was going to strike out at her, but she realized that was not the case when he leaned in back against the stand, and went to pick another one up also placing it back on the stand "how do you know that I wanted to kill you?" said Nicchi, "the Thalmor sent you? Yes? To 'relieve me from duty' as the last one sent after me said? What better and more permanent way to cease my career than to end my life?" his voice calm, but his eyes were like daggers, stabbing right her soul "I was not tasked to kill you necessarily thought that is indeed what the thalmor had in mind, but since that is no longer an option…" Nicchi said while trying to think of another way to fulfill her contract "so what are you going to do with me now? Sell me into slavery? Force me to join the legion? Make me fight for gold?" he asked, it took Nicchi a couple of minutes for her to decide, while Alric continued cleaning up his room "I have contacts that would pay good money for a decent gladiator in the arena…its decided then, you will come with me to the Cyrodiil and become a gladiator until the Thalmor deem it safe for you to return to your former life, which, If know my superiors, will never happen in your life" she said with a sneer "so be it, if that is the price of my actions then I will go with you, will you allow to me gather my things, or must I earn that to?" he said with a hint of annoyance in his voice "no we are to leave immediately, after you get a shirt on" she said pointing to what looked like a cupboard, Alric walked up to it and pulled on a blood red shirt and black coat "then we best not delay" he said before walking towards the door
Author's Notes: I will be posting a profile of Alric and Nicchi as a second story under the title Souls that Bind: Profiles. Also commenting and reviewing helps me improve the story, not sure when the next chapter will be up, it really depends on the feedback I get from this chapter :)