Theda, Kirkwall

Year 9.34 Dragon, The night of the qunari attack. Bethany's POV

I cannot believe it. I simply cannot believe my own eyes, that the qunari would attack the city! What could they have to gain from this other then risking war with the entire free Marshes. But more important, I have to help my fellow mages in defending the city. I kind of hope my brother will find us soon, he always seem to know what to do.

Orsino lead us from the gallows to the here at the market place.

"Why are we staying here Orsino?" Asked a scared mage

"Yeah we are sitting ducks here!" Complained an other in frustration

"Patients. We have make a defensible position until we can get some help" Orsino told us

"From whom? The templars? They just smite us and cut us down for not being in the gallows"

"Orsino is right. And beside there must be some help heading here, this is the most direct route to the keep right?" I said

Then we hear an war cry from the upper market, followed with spears. Most of us managed to dodge or hide from their attack, but it got a few of us.

Orsino took out his staff and quickly set a wall of fire between us and them.

"Remember your training folks, we need to hold them off!" He told us while keeping the fire wall up.

I quickly used the time to charge up a firestorm over the qunari, and it hailed down upon them like rain. It did some damage but they just keep on coming and soon they ran through most of us.

Not long after it was only Orsino, I and 2 other mages left, and we were backing up to the wall next to the stairs down. Before they ended us an arrow were shot right between the eyes of what I guess was the leader of the group. I quickly turned my head and saw that it was Varric who made the shot. And my brother Garret and Anders and Fenris were with him.

It didn't took them long enough to finish up the group of qunari. After the fight Anders quickly tried and heal as many as he could around us, while Garret and Varric approached me.

"Bethany!" Garret yelled with surprise and joy in his voice

"What took you so long?" I asked with a smug smile

"We would have come earlier but *someone* thought he had to check his room at the hanged man if it was raided" Garret said while slowly glancing at Varric.

"The city is under siege, it is the perfect chance for wannabe thieves and looters to try and get some spoils of it" Varric in his defense.

We all laughed a little of it, but my smile quickly disappeared when I saw one of the collared quanri approach and charge up a spell. I quickly summon an protective shield for spells, and when he cast his, it knocked everybody down but me.

My shield disappeared soon after and it was just me and the mage qunari standing. He started charging up a frost spell, while I charged a fire spell to counter.

"Maker if you are there give me strength" I quickly prayed and threw my spell at his so they clashed.

We kept clashing our spell at each other, but I gain the upper hand quickly. That until a loud boom went off and sent us both down.

Out of nowhere came a portal up from the ground and started to suck us in. I tried to get up but couldn't stand. Garret quickly saw this and ran over to grab me.

"Bethany noooooooo!" He yelled in shock as he leaped down to grab my hand. He got me but the portal still were sucking us down it.

"Oh maker what is going on?!" Garret yelled at no one in particular. He then pulled his knife out and manage to sink it down in a crack between the tiles on the ground to hold me steady.

I was so scared, my feet were right at the edge of the portal, and only my brother's hand prevented me from falling in.

"Brother I-I-im scared" I said frighten

"Ahhh just hold on" He tried to assure me

We then felt the knife that were holding us steady, were beginning to slip out of the ground, and it startled both of us.

I began to loose hope and starred down at the portal and then at my brother. "Let go off me" I said in a quiet sad tone

"Say what?!" He cried in shock.

"If we both hold on we both get sucked in. If there is a chance of you surviving then you have to let me go" I said as I tried to let go of his hand.

He looked down at me in disbelief and said "No! Bethany I demand you don't let go!" and tried to hold my hand tighter, but I manage to slip off

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I screamed as I got sucked in, with the portal closing behind me.

Tamriel, at the border between Skyrim and Cyrodiil

4E 201 Jesper's POV

I just got over the border and already I could feel the change in climate here in Skyrim. Gods its been so long since I left for Cyrodiil. Divines know I shouldn't have done that.

I began my journey to Riften to hitch a ride there to Whiterun, hopefully the house is still there.

I walked along the road and notice an group of what look like the stormcloaks rebel up ahead. Hmmm wonder what they are doing so close to the border.

Then they seem to slow down as if something was wrong. I just keep on walking, maybe I could pass them without trouble. But then an arrow quickly passed me and I jumped back in shock.

"AMPUSH!" Yelled one of the stormcloaks and began to raise his blue shield with a bear mark on it to protect himself.

As I manage to get up I started to run and was followed by what appeared to be imperial soldiers. I got into the woods and hoped I could hide from them till they left. But that plan went down when I saw a portal open above me.

"What in the name of?" I said and suddenly got something landing on me so I ended on the ground with the body on across me.

"Ahhh Talos damn" I cried in shock and suddenly saw it was a raven haired young woman on me. She appeared to be out cold.

"Here he is, and he got an companion!" Yelled an voice behind me and saw it was the imperial soldiers who caught up to me.

I raised my hands and said "Hey you got it all wrong, I was just passing the border"

"Save it scum" One of the said and bashed me in the head, knocking me out cold