Chapter 2

Celestra trudged along a path towards Applewatch farm, a place she hadn't been to in a while. She had originally planned to avoid the area, it bringing back to many bitter and depressing memories for her to stomach on even the best of days, but something seemed different now. She had a dream where Sithis instructed her to go back to Applewatch, she didn't know why but she felt it was worth looking into. As she approached the farm she noticed footprints leading up to the door. They were either left by a very foolish burglar or someone wanted her to know they were in the farm.

Celestra readied her blade as she approached the door and cast a detect life spell. She saw only one person inside. From the form she could guess the intruder was a female. The female seemed to be sitting on a chair on the far side of the room across from the door, hands placed on her lap and sitting up right. It took the Nord a moment to ponder her options before opening the door. Celestra threw the door open, blade clenched in her hand as she stormed into the farm before slamming the heavy wooden door behind in. Her eyes stayed hard but her interest was piqued when the intruder didn't flinch. It was like the female, from the looks an Imperial, was completely at ease with the sudden burst of anger.

The Imperial stood and offered a small, polite smile, "Hello, Celestra."
Celestra pointed her blade at the female, "Who are you and how do you know my name?"
"I mean you no harm, trust me… And I know plenty about you. You've told me yourself." The female said calmly.
"I never told you anything, Imperial." The Nord growled, "You know nothing about me."
The Imperial merely blinked before speaking up, "Celestra Bane. You were born in Dawnstar with Lucien Lachance." The female glanced down sadly, "The same Lucien who hid and died here… I know you saw him as a brother, and I know you had a deep affection for Vincente Valtieri, a vampire just like you." The strange female looked up with sympathetic eyes, "I know you miss them dearly and regret being tricked by the betrayer of the Brotherhood."

Celestra lunged forward with lightning speed, grabbing the female by the throat and pinning her to the wall. The Imperial's feet dangled a few inches off the ground but the woman showed no signs of struggle. She merely looked at Celestra with a sad, sympathetic gaze. Celestra's rage boiled in her veins, "How do you know this?!"
"In a hundred and seventy something years you will have told me." The Imperial choked out, "I will be one of the few who know that story, one of the few you trust."
"What are you talking about?" The Nord's eyes darkened as she raised her blade.
"I am not from this time. In the time I'm from we are friends. We are great allies." Sylvi explained, "The Vigilants… They are playing with dangerous magic and I got caught in a spell that sent me here… They want to destroy the Daedra and we are fighting to stop them."
Celestra furrowed her brows, "If I trust you so much… Tell me something I would not tell another living soul."
Sylvi gasped for air before looking the Nord dead in the eyes, "H-hail Sithis… Killer of the gods."

Celestra's eyes widened as the words echoed in her mind and memories of Morrowind flashed through her consciousness. She released the Imperial and stared at the wall just above the woman's head. Sylvi coughed as she rubbed her throat and gasped for air. She glanced up at the stunned vampire and placed a hand on the woman's shoulder, guiding her into a chair. The Imperial pulled a chair up in front of the Listener and watched as she slowly came back to reality. Celestra's voice for quiet, "So you are a friend."
Sylvi nodded, "Yes. I was going to try find you in Cheydinhal, but Applewatch seemed a more likely place to find you."
"And everything you say is true? These Vigilants are causing trouble in your time?"
"Oh yeah… We thought we had them taken care of… But a few remaining pests clustered together. They are using time magic."
Celestra's eyes widened, "Impossible. Mortals cannot wield that sort of magic! Only Akatosh… By the Nine… Don't tell me…"
Sylvi shook her head, "I don't believe Akatosh is working with the Vigilants… I'm sure he has other things to be concerned about."
Celestra's shoulders drooped, "Oh no."
"You know something about this?" Sylvi leaned forward, "Please, sister, if you can tell me anything…"
"They found Akatosh's Scroll." Celestra stood up, the chair tipping over behind her from her abrupt movement, "How in Oblivion did they find Auri-El's Scroll?!"
"I wonder how they do a lot of things…" Sylvi murmured before looking up, "What is Auri-El's Scroll? Do you know where it is?"
Celestra frowned, "It's supposedly a scroll written by Auri-El, or Akatosh if that's what you wish to call him. It is also called the Scroll of the Time Dragon... And I have no idea… No one knows where it is. Only a few people even know about the myths behind that Scroll." She ran a nervous hand through her hair, "This is really bad…"

Sylvi stood up and looked the Nord straight in the eyes, "Celestra… You can read Elderscrolls. Do you think we could find one that might help us?"
Celestra furrowed her brows and pursed her lips. The Nord did not look happy about what she was about to say. She looked up at the Imperial, "You aren't going to like this…" She took a breath, "We are going to have to get some Daedric Princes to help us. Mephala might have a scroll… But we need some Princes to take our side. We need back up so Mephala knows just how serious we are. Are you up for dealing with Daedra?"
"Trust me, I've dealt with them enough back in my time to be perfectly at ease with them." Sylvi chuckled wryly.

Celestra nodded as she walked to the door and motioned for Sylvi to follow her. The Nord stopped as she opened the door and looked back at her future ally, "Do I ever get over Lucien and Vincente?"
"You forgive yourself." Sylvi stated simply with another sympathetic look.
Celestra nodded slowly, "I don't suppose you can tell me anything of my future?"
Sylvi shook her head, "I don't want to say anything that might disturb the time line. Me being here is probably trouble enough."

Celestra nodded again as she walked down the dirt road towards Shadowmere. As she hopped onto the steed as offered a hand to Sylvi, "Let's go find us some Princes."
"I want to go to Clavicus Vile's shrine first." Sylvi said as she was helped up onto the horse. She chuckled softly as the Listener gave her a curious look, "I'm just trying to make sure nothing in the future is changed. I am just taking precautionary measures."
Celestra smirked, "You work with Daedra, hm?"
"Something like that." Sylvi said as Shadowmere took off down the path. It was going to be a long trip but the Harbinger had a good feeling about which three Daedric Princes would take hers and Celestra's side in the matter.