"I have been listening to you go on about this woman for as long as you could speak Serana." Valerica said
"Mother, you don't understand!" Serana stated loudly
"If your father isn't stopped, we will all be dead. Trust me Serana and sleep. I'll come back when it's safe."
"Mother, no. I cannot just…."
"hush, Serana! Sleep."
xxx
"Lucien said the girl we are looking for should be neat the Dwemer ruins there" Gabriella pointed
"Humph, didn't know we recruited children" Festus said under his breath.
"Shhhh!" Babette said "she's there."
"What's she doing?" Veezara asked
"Shhh! Watch." Babette replied
"Wow! She provided them a fitting end." Gabby said
"That she did. Let's go." Babette said
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I was 12 years old wandering in the shadows beyond the light of our camp fire. Far enough away that no one noticed that I watched in horror as the forsworn descended on the 4 people at our small camp. Viciously slicing, chopping and cutting them down, my parents included. When they finished there gruesome task, they ate, drank and slept like they were not surrounded by the carnage they themselves had wrought. There, hidden in the shadows, all I wanted was to make sure that those bastards would never leave this place, just as my mother and father never would. I snuck out and reached into my mother's boot to grab her prized daedric dagger. It felt so good in my hand, I knew it would do the job I had in mind for it. I crept up to each of the sleeping men and quietly slit their throats. I stood in front of the man I had watched repeatedly stab my mother in her back and neck. I stabbed him in the thigh and when his eyes opened wide and he shrieked in pain, I cast a paralyze spell on him as I saw him laying there paralyzed I stared into his eyes and said you killed my parents guess you should have killed me. I drove my dagger deep into his abdomen deep into the bone. as I remove my dagger from the soft tissue blood began to ooze from the wound. the smell of copper filled the air as my dagger repeatedly found its mark even after his bowls had released and his last breath escaped his lips and whispered "You killed my mother, guess you should have killed me too." I smiled and kept stabbing him well after he was dead.
"I think you got him." Babette said as I spun around to face her raising the dagger in my hand. "Easy there, I'm a friend; I'm not going to hurt you." I lowered my dagger when I saw that she was a kid too. "Why don't you come with us? Come home?"
"I have to bury my mother and father, and then I don't care what happens to me." I whispered in a voice that was filled with the loneliness and emptiness that had overwhelmed me
"We care." She said as Gabby, Veezara and Festus came out of the shadows "So, let us help you bury them. Then you will come with us. Everything will be alright and as it should be." Babette said with a knowing smile
I enjoyed living in the sanctuary and I liked the people, my family. They taught me how to be an assassin, the best assassin. I heard the Night Mother for the first time on my 13th birthday. When I talked, if it wasn't repeating what the Night Mother said, it was mostly to Babette. I went out as often as I could, always searching for a woman with black hair. When I was 16 I became the leader of the Dark Brotherhood. It was also this year that I knew I was in love. I took as many contracts as I could so I could look for her, for Serana.
"Another dream?" Gabriella asked. "Of your perfect woman? You know it might be good for you to go out and get laid instead of beating the shit out of any guy that hits on you. You are 18 now, it's time you had some fun. I can't see that saving yourself for some woman, a figment of a dream, mind you, who you may never meet or who may not even be real, is doing you any good."
"She is perfect" just thinking about her made me ache with want and sent chills down my spine. I can't imagine myself with anyone else. Wanting anyone as desperately as I wanted her. Gabriella coughed, I blushed.
"That's quite the effect she has on you." I could feel my cheeks getting hotter and redder.
"I can't help it, I love her." I admitted. "I know she is out there and I know we will find each other."
Listener, come to me. I went and knelt before the Night Mother and her soft voice filled my head. Do not worry young one. You will find one another soon enough.
"Thank you Mother"
"Hand out the contracts. Except their gold and kill the targets. Hail Sithis"
I gave the contracts to Astrid to give out and carried out one in Windhelm myself. Then I went back to the sanctuary.
"We've been hearing that there have been vampire attacks in the major city and towns. The Dawnguard has been resurrected to deal with it. I have to know how much of a threat they really are. Listener, will you please investigate and return with any news?"
"Of course Babette, I'll head out as soon as I'm packed." I said thinking that the more I was out, the more I could look.
"Thank you" Babette said with a knowing smirk and a wink
When I walked into the Dawnguard, I heard two men arguing. Apparently the vampires are interested in something inside Dimhollow crypt. They got the location of the crypt from the vigilant's, before the vampires killed them and burnt the place down. The info I overheard was worth checking out but the Dawnguard was a joke. I slipped out the door before anyone saw me and started back towards Dawnstar. I saw vampires attacking citizens in the streets of Morthal. I did what I could to help. I shot one with my bow, but didn't kill him. They retreated into the night before they had killed anyone.
"I believe that the Dawnguard has maybe 4 members right now. They have no security at all. They are holed up in a small crumbling fortress. So right now, I don't believe they are a threat." I told Babette and relayed the rest of what I had overheard
"I have never heard of Dimhollow, I find it intriguing that vampires would be interested in anything other than blood, so if you don't mind, I'm coming with you. We should bring Gabriella and Veezara as well."
"Ok, but only because you are too cute to refuse, I teased"
"I'll show you cute" Babette hissed flashing me her fangs. "Let's get packed, and leave at sundown?"
"Works for me" I smiled
We found Dimhollow and fought our way through the vampires that were in there with relative ease, as well as some undead dogs none of us had ever seen before. We came to a large chamber dominated by a circular structure. There was a pedestal in the middle surrounded by braziers. Obviously some sort of puzzle. This had to be what the vampires were here for. I reached out and touched the button on top of the pedestal a spike ripped through the palm of my hand I screamed in agony and my blood dripped down the pedestal. A purple light shown through the floor and lead to the braziers. Babette, Gabriella and Veezara solved the puzzle with the braziers as I used my limited knowledge of restoration magic, which took a great deal of concentration to be sure my hand healed properly. The floor opened up and revealed a large stone sarcophagus. A stone slab slid down the front and a woman started to fall out. Instinctively I reached out to catch her. She regained her strength, stood, lifted her head and looked at me, "Kassimyr" she said, shocked.
"Serana" I whispered and fainted.
I knew I was laying in my bed but before I dared to breathe I prayed to Sithis, the Night Mother and whoever would listen to please, please, please, let it have been real and not another dream. "Serana?" I questioned.
"I'm here Kassi, I'm right here." Her voice was like the sweetest music, soothing, exotic and extremely arousing. Finally, I dared to open my eyes so I could see the woman that had kept me company on so many nights. I could hear my heart hammering and I felt the butterflies in my stomach. Slowly I looked up at her. The woman I saw in my dreams was beautiful, but the women in front of me was nothing short of divine.
"It's really you?!" I reached out my shaking hand and lightly ran my fingers over her cheek; her skin was so soft and smooth. I brushed her lips with my thumb, and I couldn't stop myself from putting my hand on the back of her head and pulling her lips to mine. It was electrifying when our lips touched I thought the passion and desire I felt would consume me. I pulled away feeling the heat in my cheeks turning them bright red.
"I am so sorry!" I said, extremely embarrassed by my action.
"It may have been unexpected but I certainly enjoyed it" she smiled. "In case you're wondering, your friends and I carried you back here to the Sanctuary. I will let you rest, and then maybe you would like to talk face to face, instead of through the fogginess of dreams?"
"Please stay? I don't need any more rest, I have waited so long to see you and talk to you." And tear you out of your armor, kissing and touching every inch of your naked body.
"Your heart rate just spiked, is there something you'd like to say to me now?" she said with a knowing smirk. If my cheeks could get redder, they did.
"Would you care to go out for a walk? I asked "you must be dying for some fresh air."
"That would be wonderful" she replied. When we walked out of my room everyone was looking at us giggling.
"Something funny?"
"Not funny my Listener, It's just….leave it to you to get your dream girl" Nazir said. Then they all started laughing. My cheeks must be getting redder somehow. If not I must be about to die of embarrassment.
"By the way people, my name is Kassi. Fucking use it damn it!"
It was a clear night, both moons were out and the stars were shinning. A nice night for a walk, I thought.
"So, what have my friends been saying about me? Or would I rather not know?" I asked
"Well, after you passed out, Babette and Gabriella told me how you have been dreaming and talking about me for at least the last six years. Veezara said that they probably should keep quiet and not try so hard to piss off the Listener. Nazir and Astrid said you were a virgin. Astrid said that you have been waiting for me and that you are in love with me. I guess they don't realize that we know each other very well."
"Sithis take me now! I'm going to kill them" I said. "I am so sorry; I can't believe they told you that. What am I saying; of course I can believe they told you. You must think I'm completely insane. Telling them all of that. Care to join me for a drink? Hopefully I 'll forget my embarrassment." We went into the Windpeak Inn. I sat at a table on the right in the back and ordered 2 mugs of mead. Serana sat beside me.
"It would be easier to drink that if you removed your cowl," Serana laughed
"Indeed," I said and pulled it off my head letting my hair free to fall out as well. I heard Serana gasp and saw a slight blush on her cheeks. "Surely you knew I had hair?" I teased. Our eyes locked and I was compelled to move closer. We were both straddling the bench facing each other. My hand was on her knee, slowly moving up to her thigh, seemingly on its own accord. I heard her release a breath that she must have been holding and she moved closer to me. "My normal calm confidence and quickly slipping away." I breathed as her fingers lightly touched my cheek and I shuddered and melted into her lips as they found mine. Between kisses, she said "I have waited so long for this, for you."
"As have I." I said
"This is what you rejected me for? You embarrassed me in front of my men for some whore?" Harold, a ship captain seethed at me "I don't fucking think so!" he said with a few of his men watching.
"If you would prefer to not be embarrassed in front of your men Harold, perhaps you should walk away now." I replied
"I think that my men and I would much rather knock you down a few notches, miss high and mighty, and take turns fucking you and your whore." He said and reached for me. I heard a loud snap and an agonized scream.
"Don't you fucking touch her?" Serana hissed without letting go of his broken hand. One of his crew pulled a sword and came at Serana who grabbed him by the throat and threw him across the room. Leaving two crew to stand there looking at her in awe. She turned her attention back to Harold. "I am in a good mood tonight, so I'll suggest you take your leave or feeling embarrassed will be the least of your problems." She said shoving him towards the door
"This isn't over, bitch" he said scurrying off into the night.
I was sporting a huge smile when Serana looked at me "what?" she asked
"I certainly don't want anyone's hands on you, but you don't want anyone touching me?"
She offered me her hand and pulled me to my feet "You are mine, are you not?"
"For as long as I can remember, and for as long as you will have me."
"And I am yours. So where were we before that nasty little interruption?" She asked
"Here" I said kissing her deeply
"Kass? Would you like a room?" Thoring, the Inn keeper asked
"Um" I said looking to Serana for an answer who nodded with seductive smirk "Yes!" I said a bit too enthusiastically, which caused me to immediately blush and Serana to giggle
"Take the first on the left," he said
I unhooked her cloak and gently pushed her down on the bed and pulled off her boots. I got her out of her leather pants and finally her corset. How can I be so lucky? This woman is perfect, her beauty is unmatched. And she is here with me. I couldn't help but don a huge smile as I looked at her. Taking in every inch of her naked body.
I crawled on top of her running my hand up her shin to her thigh, over her hips and her tight stomach. I leaned down and kissed between her breasts, I kissed my way to her taunt pink nipple. She gasped as I ran my tongue over it and took it in my mouth. My other hand caressed her other breast lovingly. I continued kissing my way up to her collar-bone, up her neck and back on to her luscious lips. I slipped my tongue in tasting her. As our tongues fought for dominance my hand-made its way down between her legs, I moved her legs apart with my knee.
She stopped me and said "I am very glad you are enjoying my body, but I think it only fair I enjoy yours as well." My black leather armor was on the floor before I could respond and she was on top of me running her hands over my thighs, my stomach and breasts her breath hot on my skin. She kissed her way from my lips to where I was throbbing between my legs. I was making so much noise, but I couldn't help it. She made me feel so good. She moved her tongue in small circles licking and sucking where she knew that I needed her too. Then she slid her finger inside me and moved it slowly in and out. "You are so tight and wet and you taste so damn good!" My first orgasm came crashing over me, my legs tightened around her head my fingers tangled in her hair, I screamed in ecstasy. I never knew anything could feel so good. I wanted to make her feel just as good. The feel of her naked, our bodies touching was almost enough to push me over the edge. I had waited so long to taste her. I kissed my way down stopping to give ample attention to her breasts. I reached down and felt how wet she was, how wet I made her. I continued to kiss and taste my way down. The sounds of pleasure she was making was driving me wild. I couldn't wait; I drove my fingers inside her as I lavished her most sensitive spot with my tongue alternating between sucking and licking keeping a study rhythm with my fingers moving in and out. The sounds she was making were glorious. Her fingernails dug into my shoulders her inner walls tightening around my fingers as she came. The way she tasted and smelled was unbelievable. I never tasted anything sweeter. After we had given each other multiple orgasms we laid in each other's arms to weak for more. I didn't feel empty inside anymore. I felt whole, complete even. It was always just a dream. This was real and it couldn't have felt better.
When I woke we were still wrapped up in each other's arms and legs. I propped my head up on my elbow and looked at her. Her skin was perfect, not a blemish or scar anywhere. Her long legs and tight stomachs her large perk breasts. Her lips were so luscious I couldn't help but wrap them in my own.
"Mmmm, that's a great way to wake up" she said between kisses. "So, I was your first? I deflowered you?" she teased.
"You are my one and only" I replied "why, do you have someone else?" I said looking away with a building panic in my stomach.
"Oh no, you are stuck with me now." She put her hand under my chin and lifted my head and passionately kissed me.
"So, you would consider staying with me?" I asked hopefully
"Yes, I will most definitely stay with you. I can't imagine not staying. The only thing I am positive of, that I have ever been sure of, is that we belong together" We laid together and with a passion I wouldn't have thought possible, we kissed and made love once more.
"Come to me my child"
"I have to go to the Night Mother, she's calling. Care to walk with me?" We dressed and made our way arm in arm to the coffin. I knelt before the Night Mother and my mind was filled with her voice.
So many children have prayed to their mother." She listed off the contracts to me. "Hand out the assignments. I would like you to take the one in Helgen. So begins a contract bound in blood.
I gave the contracts the Night Mother had given me to Astrid, she would hand them out as usual.
"Serana, will you join me on my journey to Helgen?"
"Certainly, it will give us a chance to talk more and perhaps explore each other's body's a bit more in-depth" she said with a wicked grin. I felt the wetness between my legs and the heat in my cheeks.
"Um..good, we'll pack, sharpen our daggers and be on our way" I stuttered in response
I have never talked so much, being the listener, that's pretty much what I did, listen. And I did listen to all she said. She told me she was afraid of my mortality. I told her I hadn't given much thought to my growing old while she remained young. The thought of losing her to age my age and death was sickening to say the least. We agreed that we should discuss it more later.
We finally reached Helgen. There was a procession of the imperial army with a carriage full of storm cloaks headed for the executioner. Serana and I stood by the gate and watched. After the first man was beheaded there was a ground shaking roar. Everyone asking what had made such a sound. Then we heard it again even louder. Then the sky darkened and a huge black dragon landed on the tower above the chopping block. It roared again and the sky opened up and started dropping balls of fire on the town. The dragon opened its giant mouth and spit fire at anyone near it. Serana and I turned and ran out the gate. All the way to Riverwood. One of the imperial solders that had been at Helgen made it there as well. We told the town leaders of the dragon attack on Helgen and they begged us to go to Whiterun and ask the Jarl to send help to Riverwood as they had no protection. We agreed. It was an uneventful trip, a few wolf's which we quickly dispatched. As we got closer to Whiterun we saw a giant fighting with a few people. I grabbed my bow and a daedric arrow and shot it in the eye, which killed it instantly. A woman came up to me and said that I had made an incredible shot especially from the distance I was away from the giant. She said I was almost as good as she was and if I had the desire to fight with honorable men and women, I should check out the Companions at Jorrvaskr.
When the Companions were gone Serana said "Shit, did you smell them? They stunk like wet dog, damn werewolves" I burst out laughing. "I'm glad I amuse you" she said.
"Oh you do so much more then that my love" I kissed her then and forced myself off her so we could do what we were here for. We got to the gate and were stopped by a guard, he said they were not letting anyone in because of the dragon about. I told him I was sent from Riverwood to ask the Jarl for help. He let us in and we walked hand in hand up to Dragonsreach. When we walked in we were greeted by a sword wielding dunmer who asked our business there. I said we had been at Helgen and witnessed the dragon attack and that Riverwood was seeking protection.
"No wonder the guard let you in, come, the Jarl will want to talk to you."
"Irileth tells me you saw the dragon attack Helgen and the people of Riverwood wish me to send guards for their protection?"
"Yes, my Jarl. When the dragon flew off it was headed this way"
"By the nine! Irileth rally the guard. Send a complement to protect Riverwood. I want patrols doubled, we will not be caught unaware." " I didn't catch your names" he said to us.
"I am Kassi and this is Serana"
"You have done us a great service so I offer you this weapon from my personal armory"
"Thank you my Jarl"
"I could also use your help in another matter, follow me please?" "This is Farengar, my court wizard, tell them what you need"
"I need you to retrieve a tablet that I'm hoping will have some information about dragons on it, it is at Bleak Falls Barrow" Just great, I thought.
"Fine, why not" I said as I rolled my eyes at Serana.
Bleak Falls Borrow wasn't too difficult for the two of us. Serana shot anything that moved with ice spikes and lightning. After killing a large frostbite spider we heard a man asking for help that was stuck in a web, after cutting him down he ran away saying something about not sharing his treasure. Eventually we found him dead and killed the draugr that he hadn't. We took the golden claw the dead man had in his hand, sure it would come in handy. As it turned out we needed it to open a Nordic puzzle door. We got in, fought more draugr and got the Dragonstone. We also found a word wall I seemed to be able to read some words but couldn't remember them later.
We stopped at the Riverwood Trader to sell the crap we picked up in the ruin, we over heard that they had been robbed and only a golden claw was taken. "This claw?" I asked
"Yes" the brother and sister said in unison.
"Well here you go" I said "also we have some things to sell"
"Since you returned the claw to us, you will always get a discount here" we sold all we didn't need then headed to the inn to get a room.
"Take the first one on the right" the man said. As soon as I closed the door, Serana's lips were on mine. I got my arms around her and undid the clasps that held her armor on her top half then I moved down to untie the leather pants she was wearing. She had me out of mine just as fast, our lips never parting. The love, passion and desire I felt for this woman is without end. We made love as quietly as possible until the wee hours of the morning. We dressed and I ate a quick breakfast and we were off back to Whiterun. A thief tried to rob us on the way. Serana said she was hungry. "I think your breakfast has just tried to rob us" I said. She had her fill then we continued on our way.
"Here is your stone Farengar, good day" Just as we were about to leave a guard came running in screaming that a dragon was spotted just outside the city. The Jarl once again asked for our assistance since we were the only ones who had actually seen a dragon, like that made us experts at killing them. Again I rolled my eyes at Serana and she did the same to me.
So off we went to the Western Watch Tower, to kill a dragon. The dragon was breathing fire and burning everything and everyone that it could. Serana shot it with ice spikes and lightning. I used my bow as did the guards, until it landed then I slashed at it with my daggers. It knew it was going to die and it looked me right in my eyes and said "Dovahkiin, No!" The dragon exploded in flames releasing his soul in a blast of energy that entered my body and with it the dragons' name, Mirmulnir. I felt sad yet exhilarated. All that was left of the mighty dragon were bones. The guards were all looking at me as was Serana. One guard said "You took its soul, you are Dragonborn!"
"I am not, don't be ridiculous" I replied.
"Can you shout? That's the only way to be sure" he said. I looked at him and the guards surrounding him.
"Shout? You want me to yell?"
"Yes try" he said.
"Fine" I took a deep breath and said "FUS!" They had trouble staying on their feet.
"You did it, you shouted, you really are the Dragonborn!"
"Regardless", Irileth said "please let the Jarl know the dragon is dead"
Serana and I walked back to Dragonsreach. "What the fuck Serana? The Dragonborn is some hero from ancient nord legend and definitely not me!"
"Who are you trying to convince? Me or you?" she asked
"Ugh!"
"It will be alright Kassi, whatever is happening, I'll be with you." I put my arms around her waist and pulled her close. I kissed her neck before finding her lips.
"Thank you Serana, I absolutely adore you, you know?"
Then the ground and the very air shook with the word "DOVAHKIIN"
We reported to the Jarl as asked. He asked if anything else happened. That's when one of the guards that had been at the tower came in and said that I had taken the dragons soul and that I shouted. "That explains the Greybeards shout then, you have been summoned to High Hrothgar" "for your help in slaying the dragon, I name you Thane of Whiterun and appoint you a personal house Carl. Also I give you this axe as a symbol of your office."
"Thank you my Jarl"
I turned to Serana, put my arm around her waist and said "Come on love we need to go before they find another use for us."
"My Thane, I am Lydia your House Carl. I will remain here at Dragonsreach until you purchase a home here or until you have need of me"
"Nice to meet you Lydia, this is Serana. We must go now but will be back soon"