It took them over a week to reach Windhelm. They left their horses in at the stables and made their way into the city. The first thing they did was go to the Palace so that June could talk to her father. Vilkas and Farkas both waited at the Inn.
When June entered the building she was greeted by Ulfric. "June." He quickly approached her. "It's good to see you're okay." He gave her a small smile. "Yes, well I wish we could say that about Seradia." June quickly cleared her throat and looked down. "Yes I heard. I'm sorry about that. She was a good woman." Ulfric crossed his arms as he examined her. "Anyways, is my father around?" She looked back up at him. "I believe he is in the barracks." Ulfric pointed towards a door. June nodded and than turned around walking to it.
She went through the door and down the stairs. She wasn't sure where to go but she heard some laughter in the distance and just decided to follow it. She came to a rather large room that had a few soldiers in it. They all looked at her a bit confused. Gromar looked up and smiled seeing that it was his daughter. "June." He stood up and walked over to her. "It's good to see you again, it's been a while." He put his arms around her and brought her into a warm hug.
"What brings you here?" He asked letting go of her. "We're going to take a boat to Morrowind and I just thought I'd come see you before we left." She explained. "We?" He raised an eyebrow at her. "Vilkas and Farkas are with me." She answered him. "Ah no surprise Vilkas would go with you." He chuckled. June looked at him a bit confused. "Ah nothing." He quickly cleared his throat.
They both sat down and June explained what they were going to do in Morrowind and what was going on. Gromar felt worried and hated the plan more and more as she explained it to him. She was strong and the Dragonborn but there were so many unknown's awaiting them in a foreign land. He agreed that something bad was stirring up but he wished she would wait just a little longer to figure it all out before going but he knew there would be no way in talking her out of it.
After talking for about an hour they both said goodbye and June left making her way towards the Inn. Farkas and Vilkas were both sitting at the bar eating lunch and having a few drinks. "Slow down there brother." Vilkas took away one of Farkas's mugs. "If you keep drinking like this you're going to get a lot more than sea sickness when we leave." Vilkas chuckled. Farkas just mumbled and took another drink of his mead.
They both turned hearing the door open. Vilkas smiled seeing it was June. "Are we all set?" Vilkas got up from his seat and walked to her. "I think so." She look over at Farkas seeing that he was already getting himself drunk. She just sighed and turned around leaving the building. Vilkas helped Farkas up and they both quickly followed after June.
They made their way to the docks, June had to ask a couple people about Gjalund Salt-Sage. The man who brought those people over to Skyrim from Morrowind. They were pointed to him, he sat in a large boat at the end of the docks. When the walked up to it they saw a man sitting in a chair untangling fish net's. "Are you Gjalund?" June asked him. "Who's asking?" He put the fish net's down and looked up at her.
Gjalund examined her and the brothers behind her. "My name is June and we need you to take us to Solstheim in Morrowind." She started to get out a gold purse but he quickly got up stopping her. "No. Sorry I'm no longer taking sail there." He looked frightened. "Why?" she raised an eyebrow at him. "That place..It's..Not a good place.." He quickly looked away from them. It looked like he was remembering something bad.
"Why?" She asked him again as she examined his face. "Look it's just..The last time I went there I had some strange people board my ship and than everything went black. The next thing I knew I was here in Skyrim.." He rubbed his arms as he got chills by just thinking about it. "I think they put some kind of..Spell on me...Ever since than I've had a bad feeling about it all. So promised myself I would never go back." He turned his back to them as he started moving things around.
June slightly looked down as she started to think about it all. It all did sound bad but they had to find out what was going on. "Look I'll pay extra. I know it must of been frightening but you're the only one who has his sails set for Morrowind." June stepped into the boat and walked up to him. "We need to get there. Please." June got out a bigger coin purse and held it out to him. He turned around and looked at it and than looked up at them.
Gjalund let out a sigh as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Alright fine!" He quickly took the coin purse and started getting things ready. "We leave now." He said. "Wait, we need to get our horses and things." Vilkas said. "No, no horses on my ship." Gjalund turned around looking at him. "But we-" He cut Vilkas off. "You're lucky that I'm taking you three, no horses on my ship." He turned back around. "Alright fine, at least let us go get our things." June crossed her arms. "Fine, be quick about it." He ordered them. They all nodded and than quickly left to head back to their horses. They quickly grabbed their things and than went back to the ship. They put their things in a safe spot and than set sail for Morrowind.
A small groan of pain escaped pale lips. Lips that became pale from being nearly dead. Her head was throbbing and pounding, her chest hurt and every time she took a breath she felt like her lungs were covered with cop webs. Seradia slowly opened her eyes, she blinked away her blurry vision and looked up at the ceiling. It took her a little while to realize what was going on.
She suddenly gasped and quiclky sat up. "Ah!" She cried out in pain as she grabbed her stomach. She started to look around in a panic, she was in a small unfamiliar hut. Memories of what happened flooded her mind, from the battle and to her falling. 'My friends..' She tried getting up out of the bed. An older woman entered the hut and looked over a bit surprised seeing that she was up. "No no! Don't move!" The older woman put her things down and quickly grabbed Seradia's shoulders laying her back down.
Seradia looked at the woman as she tried to breath harder but it hurt too much. "Who..Who are you?" She asked in a pained voice. "My name is Iraka dear, please lay back down." The older woman said in a soothing voice. Seradia listened to her and relaxed on the bed, everything started to hurt. "Where am I?" Seradia asked. "You are at my home, I found you by the river." Iraka pulled up a chair and started mixing herbs together in a small bowl.
"How long have I been unconscious?" She asked. "About a month now." Iraka answered her. Seradia jumped up again. "Ah!" She held her side. "A..A month!?" Seradia looked back at her. Iraka quickly laid her back down. "Shhh, please don't panic it will only make your recovery harder." Iraka whispered in a soothing voice. Seradia just watched her for a while as she continued to mix the herbs.
"So..a month.." Seradia whispered as she slowly looked up at the ceiling. A flash of memory came to her mind, the memory of the spike sticking straight through her. She clutched the blanket in her hands as she remembered the blood. "If I remember right.." She began to speak. Iraka looked up at her. "My wounds were pretty bad, most people would of probably thought I was dead if they found me." Seradia tried taking in a deep breath but it hurt too much to breath. "I'm not most people dear." Iraka chuckled.
Seradia looked back at her. "If you found me than..Did you ever find anyone looking for me or..maybe anyone else by the river?" Seradia hesitantly asked. "No dear, only you. She told me to only look for you." Iraka poured some hot water into the bowl making the herbs into a loose paste. "She?" Seradia furrowed her eyebrows down. "Yes." Iraka smiled as she looked up and turned around looking at something that was across from the room.
When Seradia looked she had to squint, her vision was still pretty blurry. It was a large gold statue of the Divine Mara. Seradia furrowed her eyebrows down again a bit confused. "So..Mara told you to find me.." Seradia slowly looked back at the woman. "She didn't me to find you specifically, she just simply told me to look. That there would be a sign and I would know when I found it. You're not what I was expecting but..I found you." She smiled at Seradia as she got up from her chair.
Seradia looked at her like she was crazy. "Sign? What sign did you see to save me?" Seradia asked. "It wasn't a sign like you see on a road or any kind of symbol. It was a feeling, a feeling in my heart." Iraka smiled at her. She than pulled the blanket back and started applying the herbs to Seradia's wounds. Seradia just watched her as she tried wrapping her head around all of this. "So...You're a priestess than?" Seradia slowly asked.
"Does this look like a temple to you dear?" Iraka chuckled. Seradia only got more confused. "I know it must all sound strange but..Since I was a girl I've heard Mara's word in my mind. She sends me visions, dreams." She started to explain. "So you dreamed you would..find me than?" Seradia asked. "No, I dreamed of the river turning red." Iraka put fresh bandages on Seradia's wounds. Seradia blinked as she watched her. "I saw blood streaming off of a cliff and into the river making it turn red. That's when I knew it was time to look." Iraka explained more.
Seradia clenched her jaw as she started to remember it more. "The night after I brought you here..I had another dream.." Iraka slowly sat back in her chair and looked down at the floor. "What did you see?" Seradia asked quietly. "I saw lighting clash together in the sky and felt thunder shake the ground as if two gods were battling each other. After that I saw fire rise to the heavens and blood soaked blades fall to the ground." As she explained it she started to shake.
Iraka started to rub her hands together as if they hurt. "I don't know what it means but..I have a very bad feeling about it and I feel like the reason Mara wanted me to find you is because you're involved in it some how." Iraka looked back up at Seradia. Seradia saw fear in her eyes, normally Seradia would think this womanw as crazy but..Something about her made Seradia believe her. This woman didn't look crazy, she didn't look like a liar.
"So you only found me?" Seradia asked quickly. "Yes." Iraka nodded. "I was with friends before I fell. We were attacked but if you didn't see them in the river or anywhere else maybe it means their okay or...Dead somewhere else.." Seradia slowly sat up. Iraka tried to stop her but Seradia just ignored her. "I don't think their dead though." Seradia whispered. "I need to find them." "Oh no, no!" Iraka quickly got up. "It's still too soon dear, you just woke up." Iraka laid her back down.
"Well than how much longer do you think I need to heal?" Seradia furrowed her eyebrows down. "At least two days." Iraka fixed the blankets. "Two day!? I can't wait that long I really have to-" She was cut off by a sudden sharp pain her in her stomach. She winced and grabbed her stomach. "See what I mean? Please you must rest, if you rest enough and eat well maybe it will only be one day." Iraka gave her a soft smile.
Seradia examined her for a bit and than looked up at the ceiling. She didn't want to wait two days and she didn't plan to but she did know that she at least needed one more night to rest. 'Please be okay...' Her friends faces popped up into her mind. 'I wonder if they did survive if they..Think I'm dead...' Seradia clenched her jaw as her heart started to ache. The thought of them not knowing made her hurt. 'Just one more night...' Her eyes started to grow heavy as exhaustion suddenly flooded her body. She gave in and fell into a deep sleep.
