Too late...
I'm too late. The dragon had already came and destroyed this little village named Helgen.
I could have helped. I could have.
Damn it! Isn't this what being a hero means? To come in time to help? To save lives? I should have came earlier.
Selvia sorted through some burnt rubble in hopes to find something. She had heard noises from her house in the forests of Falkreath and came to see if she can help, only to find out she came too late. The damage is done.
A loud thud happens behind her. Selvia could tell what it was. The smell of smoke was strong.
Selvia turned around slowly and became face to face with a dragon. It was looking at her curiously.
Remain calm, Selvia. I must remain calm.
After the dragon was done, it shifted positions. Instead of it's head close to the ground, it's head is now over Selvia; looking down at her. It starts to make this rumbling noise.
Remain. Calm.
"Wake up," it spoke.
Remai- Wait... What?
"Wake up," it said again louder.
"Wake up!" A different voice yells.
Selvia opens her eyes. A dream. It was just a dream. Truth be told, she actually wanted to go help when she heard the attack, but something held her back.
"Are you awake now?" The same voice says.
That is what held her back.
Selvia's parents both died during one of the winters and left Selvia and her older sister, Solena, in charge of their household. A manor in the forests of Falkreath named Lakeview Manor. It was a nice house if you exclude the many bandit raids and giant visits to come and claim your family cow.
"Wha- What do you want?" Selvia asks half asleep.
"A giant took one of our goats," Solena says, crossing her arms.
"Not my fault, if that's what you are wondering. I bet what you are also wondering is if I go and buy a new one, huh?"
"Precisely. We, however, do not have enough to buy a new goat, so you are going to sell some items to gather some coins to buy a new one, got it?"
"Question: Why me?"
"I need to stay and do the daily chores of the house. You know, chores you don't do in the first place?"
"Right right. I'll hurry with the goat."
"Yes, you will. Items to sell are near the front door. Better get to it now."
Selvia got out of her bed and changed into her traveling clothes. As she pass through the house, she glances at a small mirror they have. Dark red hair, purple eyes. A rare combination that you do not see anywhere else. Selvia gets to the front door, picks up the items, and heads out.
It normally would take a bit of time to get to Falkreath to purchase and sell items, but something made Selvia stop and listen. A goat bleating. Not just any goat, however, THEIR goat. Their goat had a distorted noise because it kept getting hurt around the house.
That... That's our goat! If I could just get it back, there is no need to buy another!
Selvia, tightening the items securely so they do not fall out, starts following the noise.
Is there a giant camp nearby? If there is, at least we can know and hire some men to take care of it. I'm tired of trying to buy animals after they disappear.
Soon enough, Selvia comes upon a giant camp. It was her first time seeing one, so she takes a moment to survey the scene. A goat on a makeshift table, a giant near a large bonfire, and two mammoths nearby.
Are those mammoths? Wow... I didn't think I would see one, much less, two in person.
Selvia starts sneaking around the camp and towards the table. The first part of her plan is to get to the goat. The next, find a way to keep the goat quiet. After that, get out of there. To Selvia, that would be the best plan other than take the giant head on, which, of course, she would rather not do.
She gets close to the table and checks to see if the goat is even still alive.
Of course it isn't... *sigh*
Selvia silently curses herself and starts to move backwards to get out of there. What she didn't notice is that there was a mammoth right behind her. She bumps into it and it gets startled. Of course, the giant then noticed her.
The giant then got angry.
The giant then starts to run towards her.
Well, I am sure done for.
Selvia turned around and sprinted towards the woods. She tried to go the direction of Falkreath, but she isn't quite sure where it is, so she just runs in hopes to outrun it.
Just remain calm, Selvia. I got to remain calm. Breathe and run. Breath and run.
As she runs through the woods, she takes a risk to look behind her to see the distance between her and the giant. It's not much, but with careful planning, she could get away from it. Selvia turns back to look forward and didn't have enough time to look at what she had ran into. After Selvia and whatever she ran into fell, she quickly looked at what it was, turned to look at the advancing giant, got up, and continue running.
An elf. Brown hair, gold eyes. Male.
The giant is only mad at me, so he wouldn't go after that elf I just ran into... Would he?
Before she even knew it, the elf was running as well. He ran faster than Selvia. Selvia watched as he passed her up, eyes focusing ahead.
Well, I did run into him. I guess it would be just like him to leave me behind.
After the elf got far ahead, he took out his bow, loaded it, turned around, and shot at the giant. After the arrow had left the bow, he had already turned around to run again and load his bow with another arrow. Selvia turned her head to see if the arrow that had left the bow even hit the giant. It did, in fact, hit the giant. In the heart. The giant was still chasing after them, but slower than before. The elf turned and fired another arrow, and it peirced the giant's heart again. The giant then falls to the ground, trying to regain strength. The elf sends yet another arrow at the giant, specifically at it's head, killing it.
He... He killed the giant with just three arrows... Who is he?!
The elf just stands and stares at the dead giant. Selvia slowly approaches the elf.
"Hi, thanks for-" She starts.
The elf cut her off by quickly raising the bow with an arrow loaded at her, aiming at her head.
"Who are you? What are you? What is your allegence? Why was the giant chasing you?" He asks.
"Selvia. Imperial. Empire. I spooked it's mammoth on accident."
"Why where you even near them?"
"It took my goat."
The elf looked confused and surprised a bit. "You followed a giant because... it took your goat?"
"I thought I could get it back..."
The elf lowered his bow and arrow. Selvia could see him more in detail now. Wood Elf, brown hair, golden eyes, a scar going down on his left cheek on his face. He wears a black cloak, covering his whole body.
"How stupid are you?" He asks.
"What? I'm not stupid. Just adventurous." Selvia says with a large smile.
"You could have gotten killed."
"But I didn't get killed."
"You could have."
"But I didn't."
He justs closes his eyes and sighed.
"Don't make a stupid mistake like that again."
"I'm sorry, but I don't orders from strangers." Selvia smirks, "So... Who are you? What are you? What is your allegence? Why are you in this forest?"
He opens his eyes and looks at Selvia, annoyed.
"Allimir. Wood Elf. No one. Hunting."
"No one? Really? But the Empire does so much for us."
"Neither side is correct in how to run a country. Just let them fight it out and see who wins."
Well... At least it's better than him being a Stormcloak...
After a moment of silence and looking at the dead giant on the ground, Selvia decides to break the silence.
"Well, I got to go and buy a new goat."
"Don't make any stupid mistakes."
Selvia smirks, "I'll try not to."
With that, they went their seperate ways. Allimir went further into the forest after pointing in the correct direction of where Falkreath is. Selvia followed the direction. Not before long, she had arrived at Falkreath, sold the items, bought a goat, and walked it to her home.
Selvia put the goat in the pen with the other animals and went inside. She finds Solena standing in the middle of the main hall with her arms crossed, looking quite crossed herself.
Oh, here we go...
"Took you long enough." She says.
"I got delayed."
"And would you like to tell me in detail about the delay?"
"No."
"No? You wouldn't? May I at least guess somehow of what happened?"
"Sure, go ahead."
"All right. You made a stupid decision and it almost got you killed. You would have died if you didn't have your remarkable luck you were born with. So did I guess it right?"
"To a point."
"Selvia..." Solena sighs and rolls her eyes, "You are going to get yourself killed. And when that happens, I will be all alone to do the chores and defend the home. When will you understand that you are not ready for the dangerous outside world?"
"I think I am ready, though!"
"How? What do you have that you can take with you to help you out there?"
"Me and my remarkable luck."
Solena justs scoffs. She tightly closes her eyes and puts her hands on the sides of her head. "I'm not going to hear anymore. Just go do your chores. I'm going to take a rest. You will not go out until I deem you ready."
With that, Solena turns around and starts walking to a bedroom. Selvia just stands there, eyes on the floor, thinking.
How can I be ready if there is no way for me to train? I need to go out to get training. I believe I am ready. I am ready to go... I will go.
Selvia went to get paper, quill and ink, and started writing a letter to her sister. It said:
Dear Solena, My Sister:
You underestimate me. I am ready. Even if I am not, I will be. Do not worry about me, I will survive. I will come back when I have proven that I am ready.
Selvia - Me and My Remarkable Luck
Selvia placed the letter on the inside of the door of the bedroom quietly. After she had placed the letter there, she left to go to the cellar to get her father's prized dagger. It is an iron dagger that has been marked EPIC. It's the only weapon in the house, other than kitchen knives. After packing some important essentals, Selvia took one last look of the house before leaving it.
I will come back to prove that I can it.
She walked out the front door, closed it behind her, and paused, taking a breath of the forest air.
I am ready.
Selvia starts down the road that she knows will take her to the hold capital Whiterun.
I will be ready.
After some moments of walking, she gained more confidence that her plan to become a hero will come true.
With Me and My Remarkable Luck
