A/N: Okay, so this is a short chapter right now. Think of it as a teaser, because I'll have another one up next week.
Chapter One
"Run! Run now!" Areus shouted at the fleeing farmers. Whatever that had been attacking Whiterun for the last seven hours had quit the city and begun burning the farms in the outlying regions of the Hold. The farmers had to leave everything and run to Whiterun, the only safe place.
"Harbinger! That's the last of them!" Someone shouted from down below. Areus leapt down from the battlements to see who had yelled. It was Aela the Huntress.
"Are you sure?" Areus asked? The Huntress simply nodded.
"Get anyone who can use a bow to get on the wall. Including yourself." Areus ordered. "Whatever it is, it's coming back." Aela nodded and rushed off to follow his orders. Areus scanned the area, looking for someone in particular.
"Vilkas! Farkas!" He called, waving the twins over.
"Yeah?" Farkas asked.
"You need to get anyone who can't fight out of the city. Try the sewers." Areus gave out more orders, and the twins headed off to follow them.
"Areus! Get up here now!" His housecarl, Lydia screamed. Heeding her cry, Areus rushed back up to the battlements, where most of the guards and a good number of citizens were. What he saw scared the shit out of him. The fog that had surrounded the city for the entire day was now thinning, and what it revealed was horrifying. The entire landscape was burned to a crisp. And hovering above what was left of the Western Watchtower was a massive orange and black dragon, much bigger than Alduin. That wasn't the worst part. There was a ring of what looked like Khajiit holding a line of captives. The Khajiit had orange and black fur, the same colour of the dragon.
"Do it!" The dragon suddenly roared. The Khajiit pulled their arms back, blades appearing from nowhere.
"NO!" Areus screamed, jumping forwards off the battlements, Lydia and Aela trying to pull him back. Areus hit the ground, drawing his dragonbone war axe and his daedric shield. He charged, as fast as he could, but he was too late. Before he was even close to the Khajiit the monsters slashed downwards, beheading each and every victim. Even worse was when they bathed in the blood spewing from the exposed necks.
"RAAAAAAGH!" Areus roared, slamming into the nearest Khajiit, breaking it's neck. He could hear the collective screaming behind him, knew help was coming. He didn't care. The animals would die. He slashed through their armour like it was nothing. He cut down the entire line before the people on the wall made it to the gate.
"DRAGON! GET DOWN HERE AND FACE ME!" Areus screamed up at the monster.
"Very well Redguard. I will destroy you myself." The dragon flew down towards him, and Areus ducked to the side. When he landed his back was poked with something hard. Looking down, he saw it was his helmet. So that's how he knew I was a Redguard. Must have lost it in the bloodbath. Areus picked it up and slipped it back on his head. He turned, just in time to see the dragon's tail sweeping for him. Areus ducked down and raised his shield. Thankfully it held. The tail simply scraped over him. Sheathing his axe and dropping his shield, Areus drew his dragonbone bow from his quiver and quickly shot arrow after arrow, each one hitting their mark. The dragon roared, swooping over the city and crashing to land in front of Areus. Areus sheathed his bow and took his axe back out, quickly grabbing his shield back up. He placed his foot on the dragon's snout, lining up a slash across it's face. Suddenly, a bright flash came from the dragon's body, and Areus was blinded for a moment. When he looked back, he had a few seconds to realize that instead of a dead dragon, there was one of the odd Khajiit with a spear. Then the spear entered his stomach and went straight out the other end.
"NOOOOOOOO!" Areus dimly heard Aela and Lydia scream as one. Then the Khajiit pulled an Elder Scroll of his back. An Elder Scroll? Who the hell is this? Areus thought. The Khajiit unfolded it, reading aloud a strange language. Then a green glow wrapped itself around Areus, and then everything was gone. The spear in him was gone, his friends were gone, the Khajiit was gone, Whiterun was gone. There was just a green glow. Then images started appearing. Areus saw the Khajiit turn back into a dragon and fly away. He saw Aela, Lydia, all the Companions, Brynjolf of the Thieves Guild, Isran and Serana of the Dawnguard, and Frea of the Skaal. He saw Ralof, the Stormcloak, and Hadvar the Imperial. There was Tolfdir of the Mages College, and Jarl Balgruuf, the ruler of Whiterun. He saw Aela dying in battle with a bandit that was too much for her, he saw his daughter Lucia dying of old age, and he saw the deaths of all his friends. Then everything went dark, and the last thing he comprehended was a girl's voice, saying "Sven! Go get Mother and Father!"
