Disclaimer: I don't own Skyrim, just the characters I make up myself.
Okay everyone second fanfic and in Skyrim which I've been wanting to do for a while, anyways I hope you like it. Everyone enjoy and please!
Crystal yawns widely and stretches her arms over her head, looking at the clock. Wow nearly two am! I must have dozed off while writing the newest chapter of The Crimson Blade. I look up at the screen of my dad's computer and click on the log in tab on the fanfiction site and see that I have a new message and it's from my northern friend Jack aka siriusblack98. The message is simply informing me, that the latest chapter in his story, Heart of the Bandit, is up and running. I type out a quick message saying I'll check it out soon and that a new chapter for my own story, The Crimson Blade, has just been posted too. Yawning again I attempt to focus my foggy mind ad I log out and stagger out the door into… a forest? I look around shivering at the snow-covered forest surrounding me, yep definitely a forest am I dreaming? I must be how else could I have gotten here? But then… why does it feel so real? I look behind me half expecting to see a doorway back to the real world, like in that book, The lion the witch and the wardrobe, but there isn't so I start walking and soon a road appears. I can hear voices and what sounds like fighting in the distance, I've just stepped out onto the road when I hear a clanking sound behind me and then pain explodes in the back of my head and I black out.
Sometime Later
The first thing I'm aware of is the sound of a cart moving below me, the second the sound of others breathing around me, and third the intense pounding on the back of my head that makes me wonder is someone took a jackhammer to it. I open my eyes and immediately notice the blond-haired man in strangely familiar armour sitting across from me, he looks at me and seeing my eyes open he gives me a relieved smile. "Hey, you. Your finally awake, you were trying to cross the border right? Walked right into that imperial ambush, same as us and that horse thief over there," he says smiling.
"Damn you Stormcloaks," the dirty man sitting beside him says, "Skyrim was fine until you came along. Empire was nice and lazy."
Stormcloaks? Empire? Skyrim? What the heck! Did I somehow get teleported into the game? It still feels like a dream but the insistent pain in my head is just too real to be a dream, omg what happened? "If the hadn't been looking for you, I could've stolen that horse and been halfway to Hammerfell," he continues then looks at me, "you there, you and me we shouldn't be here. It's these Stormcloaks the Empire wants."
Someone beside me snorts and I turn to see a tall guy in rags just like me and the thief, with messy black hair falling in his emerald green eyes and pale skin. "You got what you deserved. It's called Karma," the guy says.
The blond haired man looks at him funny and I can't help but give him a bit of a look too, after all that was a little mean. "What?" Green Eyes says looking at me, "you didn't have to hear him whine all day, I mean you're going to die; you're going to die right? No sense crying over it."
I nod because he is right if your going to die I'd rather face it head on, rather than cower and cry over it. "We're all brother and sisters in binds now, thief," the blond Stormcloak says ignoring Green Eye's words.
"Shut up back there!" Shouts the imperial soldier driving our cart.
The thief gulps and looks at the man bound just like the rest of us but with a gag too and dressed in a fancy cloak instead of armour or rags, sitting next to Green Eyes. "What's wrong with him, huh?" The thief says after a minute.
"Watch your tongue!" Snaps the blond Stormcloak, "you're speaking to Ulfric Stormcloak, the true High King."
"Ulfric? The Jarl of Windhelm? You're the leader of the rebellion."
"Wow talk about stating the obvious," Green Eyes whispers to me and I can't help but to agree.
"But if they've captured you… oh gods, where are they taking us?" The thief continues his voice starting to get high and squeaky.
"I don't know where we are going, but Sovngarde awaits," the blond Stormcloak says sombrely.
"No, this can't be happening!" Squeaks the thief, "this isn't happening."
The thief may be right this can't be happening, what did I do to deserve death? Nothing, but unlike the thief I know there is nothing I can do to avoid this. The situation is dire and I doubt I will survive despite the game's storyline, I just hope that despite our problems my family doesn't miss me much. "Hey, what village are you from horse thief?" Whispers Green Eyes too low for anyone but me to hear.
I am just wondering why Green Eyes would whisper this so quietly that the person the question is directed at can't hear when I hear the blond Stormcloak say the exact same thing. "Hey, what village are you from horse thief?"
"Why do you care?"
"Why do you care?" The thief says.
"A Nord's last thoughts should be of home."
"A Nord's last thoughts should be of home," says the blond Stormcloak.
"Rorikstead, I'm from Rorikstead," Green Eyes whispers.
"Rorikstead, I'm from Rorikstead," the thief says.
How does Green eyes know what they are going to say? Maybe he can help me but I'm not so sure he has been rude after all but… I feel that I can trust him, which is weird since I've never seen him before but he feels like a friend. I am pondering this when I feel the cart jolt to a stop and hear the thief say, "Why are we stopping?"
"Why do you think? End of the line," the blond Stormcloak says.
Everyone starts to get up and hop off until it's just the Stormcloak and me who smiles at me sadly before standing. "Let's go. Shouldn't keep the gods waiting for us."
I nod and follow him off the cart, stumbling to stand next to green eyes. "Easy there, you fall they won't help you up," Green Eyes says quietly.
"No! Wait we're not rebels!" the thief says loudly.
"Face your death with some courage thief," the blond Stormcloak says.
"You've got to tell them! We weren't with you! This is a mistake!"
"Step towards the block when we call your name. One at a time," yells this lady I assume calls the shots due to her armour style and the authority in her voice.
"Empire loves their damn lists," Mutters the blond Stormcloak.
A man with long brown hair and imperial armour, steps forward bearing a long list and clears his throat before starting. "Ulfric Stormcloak, Jarl of Windhelm."
Ulfric steps forward and walks to the block. "It has been an honour Jarl Ulfric," the blond Stormcloak calls to him.
"Lokir, of Rorikstead."
"Don't do it Lokir," Green Eyes says out loud.
"It appears his words make no impression. "No, I'm not a rebel! You can't do this!" Lokir screams, and then runs up the street shouting, "you can't kill me!"
But he is wrong; an imperial archer quickly draws an arrow and shoots him down before he even goes fifteen feet. "Anyone else feel like running?" The imperial lady says sarcastically.
"Yes now that you mention it, I have the suicidal urge to run down an open street that you just shot a man down in. Thanks for warning me," green Eyes says in a staged whisper.
"Ralof of Riverwood," calls the man in imperial armor.
Ralof gives me one last smile and then it's just Green Eyes and me, I take a deep breath and wait for the man to call my name. But he doesn't, he looks at his list and at Green Eyes and me, clearly confused. "Wait you two, step forward," the man says and I step forward with Green Eyes.
"Who are you?" He continues looking at me first.
I gulp and take a deep breath to steady myself. "Crystal, Crystal Keeton," I say clearly to the man.
I feel Green Eyes stiffen beside me and I wonder what his deal is, what does my name mean to him? "This can't be," he mumbles to himself.
"And you?" the man says to Green Eyes.
Green Eyes gives me a smile. "You're not going to believe this," he says to me before turning to the man.
"My name, Hadvar, is Jack LaCroix," he says just as clearly as I did.
"What?" I gasp shocked.
"Yes Crystal it's me, Jack, siriusblack98 in the flesh. Nice to finally meet you in person," Jack whispers to me.
Jack? How can this be? How did we both end up here in Skyrim? So that is how he knew what the others would say, would do. I just wish there was time to ask questions, but time is up and I won't be getting any answers. "Captain what should we do? They're not on the list," the man, Hadvar says to the imperial lady.
"Forget the list. They go to the block," she responds.
"By your orders captain," Hadvar says rolling up his list.
"I'm sorry, I'll see to it your remains are given graves," he continues addressing us.
"Oh yes, I feel so much better now thank you," Jack says loudly as we join the group of Stormcloaks waiting at the block.
A really short man starts talking to Ulfric and I zone out, staying as close to Jack as I can. If this is following the storyline then we will live and I know that but right now I'm having a hard time remembering that. I come back to it just in time to see a Stormcloak's head get chopped off and his body shoved aside. "Next the Breton!" Shouts the Captain; funny they think I'm a Breton.
I'm just stepping forward when Jack steps in front of me. "No, let me go first not her," he says loudly.
"No Jack, let me go!" I say trying to push him out of the way and failing.
"Make me," is all Jack says in response.
"Shut up! You go together, headsman put some back into this one looks like we got a double header," says the Captain.
We both walk to the block and as I'm pushed down next to Jack on the block our heads squished together the slot, I hear an echoing roar. "What was that?" Says the man with the list.
"Ignore it. Hurry up headsman," shouts the short man.
As the headsman raises his axe I hear another roar and a dark shadow passes over us landing on the tower in front of us, the shadow is a dragon! The short man shouts something but I'm beyond caring, the dragon looks at Jack and me directly in the eye and lets out a shaking force, knocking everyone over including the headsman. I stand up but another shake sends me to the ground and my head cracks against a rock, knocking me out for a second time.
Okay everyone my second fanfic and first one for Skyrim! Hope you enjoyed it please do review!