Chapter 2: Escaping the Block
YUGI'S P.O.V.
"Hey Yug... Wake up..."
I drosly opened my eyes and looked at the world around me...
I was in the back of a cart riding down an old path though a forest. Kaiba, Joey, Mokuba, Tea, Tristen, Ryou, and... Yami and Yami Bakura... we were all riding in the same large cart, with 6 strangers, 3 men and 3 women...
But what really caught my attention was the fact Yami and Yami Bakura was here...
He was sitting across from me dressed in wrags and hands bound, but so was everyone else...
The blonde man looked at me and said with a thick almost nordic accent, "Good, you're finally all awake..."
Kaiba hissed, "What the hell is going on?! Why are we tied up?!"
He replied, "From what those Imperial bastards said, they found the 9 of you at an Imperial Camp... Only surviors from what I heard... As for the three women, they were trying to cross the boarder and walked right into an Imperial Ambush, same as us and that theif over there..."
I turned to the man with red hair as he said, "Damn you Stormcloaks. If they hadn't been looking for you, I'd had that horse and be half way to Hammerfeld."
The woman with black hair and pointy ears looked at him and said, "It's not the fault of either side for you being captured theif, your own arrgoant mistakes is the cause of your arrest. Besides we're all brother's and sisters in binds now thief."
Mokuba looked at the man at the end of the cart who had a gag over his mouth. "Why is he gagged Seto?"
Kaiba replied, "Maybe he talked to much..."
The blonde man yelled, "Watch your tongue! You're speaking to Ulfric Stormcloak, the true High King!"
High King? Where the hell are we?!
The woman with red hair looked at him and said, "Ulfric? Jarl of Winhelm..."
The theif looked at him and said, "You're the leader of the rebellion... But if they captured you... Oh Gods, where are they taking us?!"
The woman with white hair and pointy ears looked down and said, "I'm not sure where we are going... But Sovenguard awaits..."
Wait... Is she saying...
Tristen looked at her and said, "You don't mean..."
She looked up with her golden eyes and said, "I am sorry... but it is the truth... The cart leads us to our death..."
The theif cried out, "No... this can't be happening!"
Mokuba began crying in his brother's shoulder, and the rest of us just stared in complete shock...
Yami Bakura whispered, "This can't be happening... We don't even know what we did wrong..."
The blonde man looked at us and said, "They found you in a camp of slaughtered Imperials... Guess who they believe to have done it..."
Oh God were going to be killed for a crime we didn't commit...
What kind of place is this?! It's like we've been tossed back in time!
The blonde man looked at the theif and said, "Hey, where are you from?"
The thief asked, "Why do you care?"
He replied, "A Nord's last thoughts should be of home..."
The thief looked down and said, "Roicksted... I'm from Roicksted..."
The blonde man looked at the women and asked, "What about you three?"
The one with white hair replied, "Me and my sisters, claim no land as our home, for we belong to two..."
The three men stared in shock and the theif said, "Wait do you mean..."
The black hair woman nodded and said, "We're half elves... Father was of Nord blood, mother was a High Elf maiden..."
Wait... Did she just say elf...? This is definatlelly not the past...
The blonde whispered, "Shor's blood... You three are a raity among lands since the Great War..."
The red head nodded and said, "We are birth-blooded... All three born on the same day..."
Triplets? I should have guessed, they all look the same... almost...
The blonde man looked at us and said, "What of your group? Where do you hail from?"
Yami looked at him and said, "No where near here... I'm not even sure if we're anywhere near our home..."
The woman with white hair looked at us and said, "I see... You were taken from your home, and thrown into a world unknown to you..."
Ryou looked at her and asked, "How did you..."
She gave a soft smile and said, "The Divines gifted me with an ablity to read one's past, although your reminds me quite a bit of the Dwemer ruins, with such machines you possess..."
We began to approach an stone wall gate when a guard yelled, "Genral Tulisus Sir! The Headmen is waiting!"
The man in front yelled, "Good, let's get this over with."
The thief cried out, "Shor! Mara! Kynareth! Akatosh! Divines please save me!"
Divines... Gods perhaps... I remember the woman talking about it earlier...
We rode by to see a bald man in romanesk armor with two, I assume elves in tail.
The blonde looked at them and said, "There's the military governer, Genral Tulisus, and he brought the Thalmor with him. Damn Elves, they probably had something to do with this... Uh, no offense to you ladies..."
The red haired one replied, "None taken, besides our mother cut any ties to them when we were born..."
The small village was quite beuatiful, with it's stone patchwork and view underneath the mountain...
But then it hit me... I'm going to die here... I'm going die looking at these mountains...
Then the cart began to slow down...
Joey looked at the blonde and asked, "Why are we stopping?"
He replied, "Why do you think? End of the line."
YAMI'S P.O.V.
We all got off the cart and they had us line up while a man and woman in Roman like armor called out names.
The blonde man said, "Empire loves their damn list..."
The man held the book looked at us and said, "Ulfric Stormcloak, Jarl of Winhelm."
Ulfric walked up and the blonde man said, "It has been an honor Jarl Ulfric..."
Then the list man said, "Ralof of Riverwood."
The blonde step forward and stood next to Ulfric.
"Nokir of Roicksted."
The thief walked up and said, "Wait! We're not rebels! You can't do this!"
Ralof yelled, "Face your death with some courage Horse Theif! Even the lad is showing more valor than you!"
Nokir began running when the woman yelled, "Archers!"
He was half way up the road with a arrow landed between his sholuder blades...
They... They just killed him... like it was nothing...
The man looked at his list and said, "You three, step forward."
The women stepped up and he asked, "Who are you?"
The white hair woman replied, "I am Angel Mitpes and these are my sisters, Luna with red hair and Solaris with black."
He looked at them and asked, "From which country do you hail and how exactly are you sisters if one of you is a nord and two of you are elves?"
Angel looked at him and said, "We are half bloods... Born of Skyrim and Summerset Isle... That's what we are..."
An roll of shocked faces rolled throughout the crowd, but none seemed more suprised than those of the Thalmor.
The man nodded and said in a whisper, "As is custom of you kind, we will burn your remains and spread the ashes in both Skyrim and Summerset Isle."
They nodded and stepped forward.
The man looked at us and said, "Step up and present your names."
We each stepped up saying our name (Yami Bakura giving his name as Shiro) ending with Mokuba who whimpered as he said it.
The man looked over his list and said, "Captain, what should we do? They're not on the list..."
She glared at him and said, "Forget the list Hadvar, they go to the block."
She was condeming us with no reason... That's just low...
Hadvar looked at her and said, "But Captain, there's a child, will you condem a mere lad to death?"
She glared at him and said, "Enough talk, they go to the block!"
Mokuba began weeping silent sobs... Today was our dying day...
Hadvar looked at us and said, "I am sorry, we'll have your remains buried in... Where are you from?"
Before any of us could answer, Angel said, "They are Skyrim born..."
He nodded and we walked up and stood in line, when I saw it. The headmen's bloody block and him sharpening his axe.
Tulisus looked at Ulfric and said, "You plunged Skyrim into Chaos Ulfric, and now we're going to put you down and restore the peace!"
Skyrim... That must be this counties name...
I heard a strange guttural noise in the distance. Kaiba asked, "What was that?"
Tulisus yelled, "It's nothing, carry on!"
The Captain yelled, "Yes Genral Tulisus!"
She looked at a robed woman and said, "Give them their last rights."
The woman nodded and said, "As we commened your souls to Etherius, Blessings of the Eight Divines upon you! And..."
"For the love of Talos, let's just get this over with!" A man in a blue and brown armor approached the block without hesitation.
The Priestess nodded and said, "As you wish."
The Captain placed his head on the block and step on his back so he couldn't get away.
As the Headsmen raise his axe the man yelled, "My anestors are smiling at me Imperials, can you say the same?"
I watched as the axe quickly fell and severed his head from his body... I heard a whimper from Mokuba and the rest of us were stuck in a sence of terror...
Ralof looked at the man body and said, "As fearless in life as he was in death..."
The Captain looked at me and said, "You're next."
I felt shivered run down my spine as I was forced to walk up to the block.
Hadvar looked at me and said, "Nice and easy..."
I looked at my friends, who were brimming tears in their eyes and some stared with sad looks in their faces...
But who could blame them, one of them... Is going to have to watch all the others die...
I suppose I should count my self lucky...
I heard the weird noise once again as they set my head on the block. I looked up at the man as he lifted the axe when... I saw something unreal...
A dragon, flew down from the mountain. I heard someone yell, "What in Oblivion is that?!"
The Captain yelled, "Centries, what do you see?"
The dragon landed on the tower and knocked the headsmen out of the way.
It then blasted me with strange words...
"Strun Bah Qo!"
Storm call...?
The sky filled with clouds and fire began to rain...
I quickly got up and made my way toward shelter.
"Yami! This way!"
I turned and saw our group run into a building with a few others and I quickly followed them in.
ANGEL'S P.O.V.
"We made it... We're alive..." Mokuba cried out as he leaned on his older brother.
Kaiba nodded and said, "That Bitch was going to kill us and for what? Because our names weren't that list... Although the dragon did come as a suprise..."
Yami nodded and said, "Honestly I don't care as long as I never have to go near that block again..."
"YOU IMPERIAL BASTARD, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
"MY FAULT?! YOU DAMNED STORMCLOAKS WERE THE ONES WHO BROUGHT THE DRAGON!"
Hadvar and Ralof were agruing over who's fault it was while the rest of us cut off the binding we had.
After I was done freeing everyone I went over the two arguing men as they continued their shouting.
"YOU SWINE! I SHOULD SLAUGHTER YOU RIGHT NOW!"
"GOOD! THEN YOU CAN SHOW WHO'S THE REAL MONSTER HERE AND..."
I yelled, "ENOUGH!"
The two looked at me with wide eyes as I said, "You two idiots don't seem to get it. There is a dragon outside and it's destroying Helgen as we speak and they're are people in here who were wrongly accused who despratly want to live. So, I suggest you put down your weapons and get over your damn differences, so we can get out of here alive! And before you even start to blame one another again, look at the faces in this room..."
The looked at the group who tried to grip what the heck just happpened. I looked at them and said, "Do you really want them to see more of 'that'? For Mara's sake the boy is acting more mature that you two!"
They looked at me and Ralof asked, "Which side of..."
"Neither... I am on the side of the people, and as of right now, neither Stormcloak nor Imperial has done anything to benfit them... They have both caused equal bloodshed and cost many familes to die out..."
Luna nodded and said, "Same goes for me and Solaris... We side with Skyrim and her people..."
Hadvar sighed and said, "By my oath, I shall not harm nor agrue with Ralof until this mess is over."
Ralof nodded and said, "As do I..."
I nodded and said, "Good, now I think we'll need to equip our friends here... knowledge and arms alike."
They nodded and made their way to the chest in the back of the room. I looked at my sisters and they nodded.
"Alright, I'm going to explain this once, so pay close attention. You are in the the world of Tamreil, in the country of Skyrim. In this land the wilds take up the majorty, with creatures you are both familar and unfimaliar with... The lands are dangerous, filled with bandits, wild animals, and now dragons... They're many laws set up with the country's boarders but there is one that stays true even though it is unwritten... Kill or be killed, you must be willing to fight without mercy, for if you don't your life is forfeit and you shall see the gates of Sovenguard..."
They just stood there quite as can be with solem looks on their faces...
Before today they never seen death before... I can see it in their eyes...
Ralof stepped up with bundles of armor in hand and Hadvar with weapons as well.
I looked at them and said, "We're going to arm you so we can make it out of here alive, so I guess I have one question to ask you."
I looked at them with a glare and asked, "Are you willing to fight or are you going to sit here and accept your death?"
For moments no one spoke until finally I heard a voice say, "I know how to use a bow a bit..."
I looked and saw Yugi looking at me with a look between timidness and determination.
I nodded and said with a small smile, "Then it's a good thing we have a bow Young Yugi... You're heroism shall be rewarded."
Then one by one they stepped up claiming a weapon for each, only leaving three without one.
Mokuba, Ryou, and Tea were without weapons, but... I had a plan for that.
I looked at Luna and said, "Do think you can..."
She nodded and said, "They'll have it down in a good 10 minutes... just make sure they get the robes..."
I nodded and began helping the others get into armor. Yami, Kaiba, and Joey took the heavy armor, while Yugi, Shiro, and Tristen took up the light armor. Finally Tea, Mokuba, and Ryou came out wearing apperaince robes.
Kaiba looked at his brother and asked, "How is that suppose to protect him?"
I replied with a smirk, "It's not. It's suppose to help him control what my sister just taught him to do."
He glared at me and asked, "And what the hell did she just teach him?"
Mokuba held his hand up and closed his eyes. The group watched in amazement as a small fire appeared above his hand.
Yami whispered, "Magic..."
I nodded and said, "Basic spell, but it will do until we leave. Everyone ready?"
They all nodded and I said, "Then let's get out of here."
KAIBA'S P.O.V.
"Alright, we're going to be walking into the catacombs, beneath Helgen to escape to outside undetected by the dragon... Hopefully once we're out, we can make it to Riverwood and get situated." Angel said to us as we finished equiping ourselves.
To be honest, this place has been a nightmare already... I now know this isn't a dream...
In dreams you can't get hurt... But right now my arm says otherwise...
A bit of the fire from the dragon burnt it eariler... It still stings with a burning pain...
Solaris looked at me as I was putting on my gauntlet, trying to hide it, and said, "You're burned..."
I looked at her and said, "It's nothing I can't handle."
She pulled out a vial and said, "Drink this and the pain will stop..."
I held up the small red vial and smelled it... It smelled sickly sweet like honey or sugar...
I poured the liquid into my mouth and swallowed. It may smell sweet, but it is bitter as hell!
Then the burning sensation... It stopped...
I looked at my arm and saw that the redness had gone down and there was no longer a open wound...
Solaris smirked as I tied my gauntlet on and said, "That's the benifits of healing potions. Now grab your blade, we're leaving in a moment."
I nodded and picked up the large sword they gave me. They said I had the body type to wield a massive blade like this but it would take some time before mastering it.
I slid it into it's sheath on my back and walked over to my brother. Mokuba looked at me and said, "You look... weird in that stuff Seto..."
I smirk and said, "Says the boy in the robes that can create fire in his hands..."
He laughed and said, "Touché'."
I looked around and said, "So where's Yugi?"
Mokuba pointed behind me and said, "Angel said she wanted to see his skills with a bow before we left so she set something up..."
I turned around to see an apple sitting on the table across the room and Yugi had the bow drawn back and his arrow loaded. As he released the arrow flew threw the air and pinned the apple to the wall...
"Whoa..."
That's what practicly everyone said after seeing that.
Ralof looked at him and said while patting him on the back, "You're natural kid... Shoot almost as good as a wood elf. Where'd you learn to shoot a bow like that?"
Yugi shrugged and said, "When I was little my grandpa used to send me to summer camp and one of the activies was archery... I guess the lessons kind of stuck to me..."
A loud roar erupted from outside and Solaris said, "Its' closing in... We need to leave now."
Angel nodded and said, "Hadvar, you worked here, you lead the way."
He nodded and said, "I just hope the cells haven't been destroyed."
Tristen looked at him and said, "Cell? Like jail cells?"
He nodded and said, "The keep is where we keep all the law breakers in the hold. If the cells were damaged, then we'll have a major problem on our hands."
Angel, her sisters, and the two warriors took the lead as they opened the door leading down the stairs.
We all walked down deeper into the keep when I felt the building shake. The stone collasped in the walk way giving us only one way to go.
I heard voices coming from the room and the door burst open. A bunch of men holding weapons and dressed in wrags came running out.
Hadvar yelled, "The prisioners have escaped! Prepare for a fight!"
And in mere moments the men came at us trying to kill us without a regret... I defended with my thick sword...
Dammit! If he keeps this up, he going to kill me...
'There are many laws set up with the country's boarders but there is one that stays true even though it is unwritten... Kill or be killed, you must be willing to fight without mercy, for if you don't your life is forfeit...'
The unwritten law...
Mokuba... I'm sorry you have to see me do this...
I quickly raised my blade with both hands and swiftly sliced through the convict's chest, sending his cold body to the ground... Lifeless.
I... Killed... God I killed someone...
'Kill or be killed...'
I had no choice in the matter...
"KAIBA LOOK OUT!"
I felt something zoom by my face.
I turned around to see a man with an axe ready to strike... Only to have an arrow land between his eyes.
He fell to the floor and I turned back to where the arrow came from. Yugi had his bow in hand and shook at the grusome deed he had just did.
Soon the battle met it's end, having everyone ( and I meant everyone) killed at least one of the prisoners...
We all had blood on our hands now...
Solaris looked at the bodies and said, "Wait a second... These were the bandits at Orphan Rock!"
Hadvar nodded and said, "That they were... Empire captured them alive hoping for one of them to tell where they hid the kids they took from Honorhall Orphange... Only four kids were left from the raid."
Kidnappers... We killed kidnappers... That stole little kids! That is low...
Kind of glad they're dead now but... I looked at my bloody blade with a discontend... I wish I wasn't the one to end their lives...
Angel looked at the bodies and said, "So you wanted them to confess and now that they are dead that's not possible, correct?"
Both the Imperial and Nord nodded in agreement with that statement. Angel looked at Luna and said, "I think we can get that location but... It involves magic and my sister, Luna is the strongest mage among us and has some knowledge of the art..."
Ralof's eyes widen a bit and said, "Shor's blood... You're serious... But that so... wrong...!"
Luna looked at them and said, "I know the conquesntice of my actions if I do this but... I fear for those children more than the souls of these damned men..."
Us outsiders looked at them as they continued their conversation until Wheeler asked, "Uh what are you talking about?!"
Shiro laughed and said, "Isn't it obvious... She knows Necromancy... The magic of animating the dead."
I looked at her and said, "Are you serious?!"
She nodded and said, "Stand back..."
We all took a step back and her hands glew dark purple with black mixed in. Soon the body of one of the men began to glow as well.
Then it began to move...
The body stood up revealing the stab mark in his chest... This was the man I killed...
He looked at Luna and said in a hollow voice, "What is it you comand of me Mistress?"
She then said, "By Lord Arkay, master of life and death you shall tell me, where did you and your cohorts hide the children?"
The animated corpse laughed and said, "You mean the orphans? Yes... I know where they are... But I doubt you wish to know..."
She yelled, "Speak you vile creature! I am your Lady and you will obey!"
He then said, "Very well... You will find their bodies... In the gullet of the Hagraven who rules Orpan Rock... She was our master... Promising us immortaility as her Briarhearts... So we did what it asked of us with so much pleasure...
" The creature laughed until finally I couldn't take it anymore. I sliced my blade through the undead man turning him into a pile of ash.
Everyone looked at me and I said quietly, "I couldn't... I couldn't bare to hear anymore of... Of that!"
I placed my hand on my face and said, "What kind of sick twisted people would do that to kids?! I don't even know what a Hagraven is and I know that's wrong!"
Luna looked at me and said, "No, I don't not blame you for attacking the bastard... I was about to do it myself, but you beat me to it."
Angel held her hand towards her heart and said in a whisper, "Akatosh... Guide the souls of the innocent into your embrace... And to let the wrath of Stendar put those feather beast and send them to the fire..."
Yami looked at her and said, "What was that?"
Hadvar then stated, "A prayer of sorts... She basicly asked for the children to not bound to the earth and for the Hagravens to meet their end..."
Angel stood tall and said, "They will perish... That I promise."
Descriptions in armor and weapons:
*Yugi- Basic leather light brown armor with a hood that covered the majorty of his hair. He has a hunting bow with a quiver full of steel arrows.
*Yami- Steel plated armor without the helmet, and has a violet cloak over his shoulders. He has a steel shield and sword.
*Kaiba- Think Nordic Armor with a blue cloak without the helmet and he wielding a two handed long sword.
*Joey- Basic Iron armor, no helmets (Alright from this point on, none of them have helmets unless stated, alright? Good.) He has dual battle axes.
*Tristen- Basic hide armor and he has dual maces.
*Tea- Blue and white collage restoration aperentice robes with hood.
*Mokuba- Dark blue collage destrustion aperentice robes with hood and bag.
*Ryou- Grey and black collage illusion aperentice robes and a silver and onyx headband.
*Shiro- Black leather armor with a hood and gloves. He weilds twin steel daggers.
*Ralof- Same as the game with iron battle axes.
*Hadvar- Same as the game imperial sword and sheild.
*Luna Mitpes- Bright red hair with green eyes and pale skin. Bares more nordic traits. She wears light grey leather armor simuar to the vampires but not so skimpy. She has a steel dagger in one hand and shock spell in the other.
*Solaris Mitpes- Dark black hair with brillant green eyes and snow pale skin. She bares more of her high elf traits. Wears fur lined steel armor simualar to the comapions but it all snow bear fur and the metal is tinted at darker grey. She weilds a dual handed steel warhammer.
*Angel Mitpes- Is considered to be an albino, since she was born with white hair and pale skin, although her amber eyes betray that statement. She bares a even mixture between the two races with her pointy ears and nordic looks. She wears a leather curiass, and steel bracers and boots, all colored a off tone white. She weilds a elvish sword and shield that been colored a light grey. She wears a single necklace with a red stone and gold chain.
(A/N: Yes I did it this way... I thought it would be easier to understand and the three women are all my OCs.)
