There was no way that what I was seeing was actually happening, no way in oblivion.
But alas, after wiping my eyes and blinking a few times I could see that it was indeed happening, and rather frequently as well.
I am of course referring to the little known occurence of Dragons flying backwards. Not something you see every day but lately I've been experiencing it more often that I'd like. It's quite hilarious when you think about it but in reality it always looks eerie when one of those immortal, totally supreme beasts starts doing that, really freaks me out.
Not to mention that sometimes it makes killing them all the harder. Especially when you hit'em with Dragonrend and they come crashing down, ass first. More than once I've ended up with my face in the dirt because of that, with Lydia or one of my other friends having to pull me up. Not exactly something that the so called 'Hero of Skyrim' should be doing is it? Having to avoid getting glomped by an ass.
I enjoy being glomped, don't get me wrong, but only by my family or really close friends. And I consider asses to be neither.
"You alright there?" Serana asked as we stood there in silence.
"Yep, just watching the gracefulness of my kith." I replied sarcastically.
Serana chuckled as I hitched up my breeches and took off, shouting and screaming at the top of my lungs at the Dragon, who I shit you not, looked at me with relief.
After I had pulled my greatsword out of it's skull I slid it back into the sheath on my back and knelt down, pulling a small dagger out of its scabbard on my belt. I then proceeded to carve my name into the skeleton with the dagger.
When I was finished I stood up and started picking up the bits of scale that had been hacked off by me in our fight, slipping them into my knapsack.
"More goodies for me?" I asked as Serana came up to me with hands clenched.
"Nope, not for you." She replied, "for my mother."
"You mean the one that's still in castle Volkihar?" I asked, "the old decripet castle that we laid siege too?"
"No, the one in solitude, who sits by the gate waiting for my return. Of course the one in the castle." She retorted, putting the flowers and bits into her satchel.
"Fine, I release you from your oath of service." I said as finished picking up the scales.
"Thanks, I'll be back at the castle if you need me, okay?" Serana shouted as she started running in the opposite direction.
It took me a few moments before I realised that having let Serana go, I would now have to drag the Dragon skeleton to my house in falkreath. On my own. Or maybe not...
"Well, looks like I'll be needing some Mammoth power." I said as I started towards the nearby giant camp, pulling my sword from its sheath again.
Just another day in Skyrim.