Chapter 1 – 7 Months

She had known that she had made mistakes, the events leading up to her current predicament was proof of that! But as she sat their on the edge of the bed in the guest room of her good friends palace, her hand covering her now visibly swollen stomach, the gravity of her shortcomings were dawning on her.

Her name was Faye and she was the legendary hero known as the Dragonborn! Despite her heroic title, she felt far from legendary, she had managed to escape her recent capture in Solstheim, for seven months she had been held against her will and now that she had managed to escape, she knew she was putting her friends life in danger by being here, due to the fact that she was being actively hunted for who she was and the child she was carrying. However, she was out of options and she knew it. At this realisation she held her head in her hands and began to sob.

5 Years ago

Her life had not started out this way. She grew up in High Rock and led a very privileged life, up until she reached her fifteenth year and then the life as she knew was gone forever.

It was the screams she heard, that first awoke her from her dreams. She sat bolt upright and in her panic reached for her nightstand and to a candlestick that was currently occupying that space. Another scream, that one she recognised her mother! Someone was in their home. She could hear them coming up the stairs, and then she heard a weapon being drawn and then another scream. At this point she knew her mother had just been killed. She knew whoever had done it was now coming for her, she quickly got out of bed and locked the door, to her room. Candle stick in hand she then crawled under her bed and prayed to the Gods that these people would not find her. Tears started to roll down her face as she clutched the candlestick close to her. She could hear the sound of smashing downstairs; she could also hear the screams of her family's servants and guards as these vile intruders slay them one by one. What felt like a few minutes went by and the sound she was dreading reached her ears her bedroom door had now been kicked open! She held a hand over her mouth and tried to stifle a sob. She could hear the foot steps and then a malice laugh.

A rough hand grabbed her ankle and pulled her out from under the bed. She knew she had to act fast and then attacked her assailant with the candlestick, the man in her room easily anticipated this attack and caught hold of the candlestick before it could hit home. He then back handed her and she fell to the floor.

"You must be the daughter? I wonder if you will die a coward like your mother!"

Faye was terrified, she was on the floor and started to slowly crawl away, she was dressed in her nightgown and during the attack it had slowly risen up over her thighs. At this point her assailant changed his plan and decided he would have some "fun" before finishing this girl's life. She matched the gaze of her assailant who roughly grabbed her and pushed her down on the bed. He held her arms down and started to pull at her night gown. Faye was screaming and thrashed, she knew what her fate would be if she did not fight and she was not going to accept it! However she was getting weaker and more desperate to escape this mans clutches; she forced the last of her strength into one final scream.

She could not believe her eyes, her scream had physically thrown the man from on top of her and sent him colliding into the stone wall of her bedroom, she heard the mans head crack against the stone wall and she knew whatever she had done, it had killed him.

"Milady" Her gaze swept from the dead form of her attacker to Mikael one of her families guards, he was bleeding and bruised. "Are you ok? Milady". Faye's gaze went back on to the dead man. "Did he hurt you?

Again Faye was in too much shock to even reply.

"Faye, we need to leave now!" Mikael grabbed hold of her arm and pulled her from her bed. He led her out of her home, sneaking past the other bandits and out of the city. The whole city was under attack! Faye and Mikael ran as fast as they could during the night and as dawn was approaching they stopped by a river in order to tend their wounds and rest.

Now

Faye awoke in the Palace of Kings, when did she fall asleep? She was dreaming again, about that horrible night, Mikael had protected her since then, taught her how to fight, taught her magic and they also searched for clues as to how Faye's scream could launch a man across a room and kill him. She laughed at this! She knew now what had caused that and how this is now a major part of whom she is!

The morning light was flooding in through the window, and she knew she was going to have to face her friend Ulfric and explain to him her current predicament. She was also going to have to ask him for help in reaching her home outside of Falkreath and hopefully there she could give birth and go into hiding with her child.