Pain
I woke up to find Gromm next to me, his chest rising and falling lightly. I smiled at the sight. I slid out of bed and went to the wash room. I sat in the tub letting the warm water relax around me; I washed my hair, and my body. I let my head sink back to the smooth wood of the tub, I closed my eyes. It was great, relaxing. I wondered if we will ever go on more adventures, like that day with the giant, explore more caves and what not. I pushed that idea away when I heard Gromm get out of bed. I let the water drain out and wrap myself in a towel. "Morning," I said walking to the wardrobe. "Morning," He responded with a deep and a little cracky voice.
I put my undergarments on and slipped on a light purple dress that went to my thighs. Turned to look at Gromm, he had on just black linen shorts on and his sword strapped around his waist. He walked downstairs and made breakfast. I sat in the chair closest to the fire, I was curious…I wanted to know. I couldn't hold it in, "Will we go back to exploring? I mean I still want to….but if you don't want to its ok." I said looking at him. His head rose from the fire, the glow of the fire on his face making him look tanner than he really was. "Im still thinking, I don't want to lose you." He said getting up and wrapping me in his arms. I loved his warmth; it always made me feel like I lived for a reason. It always made me smile, we were perfect.
I finished my breakfast and washed my plate. "Well I don't want to lose you either," I said going to Gromm and drawing a line on his chest with my finger. Gromm grabbed my wrist, I was confused, he liked it when I did that. "Shhhh. Did you hear that….?" He said, I didn't hear anything, "No….are you-" I was cut off by a man in light armor falling through our door. Gromm pushed me behind him and unsheathed his sword. The man got to his feet, it looked like a bandit. He looked at Gromm, "Die." He said as he charged Gromm. Gromm put the tip of his sword to the ground making the man trip and fall on his back. He got back up and thrust at Gromm, Gromm twisted his sword around the bandits and made the bandit hit the table and cause his sword to get stuck, Gromm stabbed him causing blood to splash Gromm in the face. "Upstairs, Go." He said. I rushed upstairs.
I slapped my armor on, and so did Gromm. He took my hand into his rough one and we ran outside. It looked like hell, bodies of guards everywhere, blood, heads, and arms. It was a bandit raid from hell. Gromm turned his head towards a sound that sounded like bloody murder, our hands were still tangled, we both ran up to the market section of Whiterun. We ran up the steps three at a time, we saw a woman getting chased by four bandits. She got behind us and Gromm let go of my hand and unsheathed his sword. "Go!" He said and I was running towards two. I flicked my wrist and cut one on the neck making him grab at his throat. The other bandit ran towards me while I threw a dagger at his arm, he deflected it and it fell to the ground in pieces. Great.
I raised my sword and deflected blow after blow. Until I saw an opening, he was so caught up at killing me he never covered his leg, after I blocked another blow, he threw his sword to the side and cut his leg making him drop to his leg and then stab him in the head. I saw Gromm finishing off his kills. "You ok?" I said running over to him. "Yeah. We need to move." He said, we went further until more bandits came out towards us. There were too many, I looked over to Gromm who took my hand and drug me over next to him. "Cover your ears," He said. I looked at him and he was looking at the bandits who were running over to us. That's when I heard the ear shattering shout.
I slapped my hands over my ears, and dropped to my knees. I looked up at Gromm, he was shouting then I looked over to the bandits and they all caught on fire and were running back and forth. When It stopped I lowered my hands and Gromm caught me, that's when I fainted.
Lots of stars were around me. Then I saw him, Gromm, shouting. Only the Dragonborn can shout, or….no. He can't be. Am I really married to the Dragonborn? I was torn from this and plunged into a valley. It was empty, just me. Then I saw a figure, it was a dragon. I covered myself to feel the heat of the fire it would breathe. I never came. "Lydia. It's me…Gromm." It said. I looked up and saw it look over to me, it was red, and mixed with blue that went to the bottom half. "G-Gromm? Why are you a dragon?" I asked looking up at it. "Your dreaming. There isn't much time, I have to tell you that im the real Dragonborn. I didn't tell you because I thought you would hate me, you would resent me. Im sorry." He said. Then I heard another shout, it was another dragon.
Gromm flew away, "Gromm! Come back! Gromm!" I shouted to him then the other dragon sank his claws into Gromm…
I shot up…"GROMM!" I yelled. I felt the sweat making my hair stick to my skin. I took a moment to look around. I was on the table the first day I met Gromm, when he was injured. Still in Whiterun, then I heard footsteps on the stone outside the doors. Then the doors swung open and Gromm sprinted to me. His steel plate armor was bloodied like him, his right arm plates were gone, and his chest was slashed open, his hands were bloodied too, just like his face. "Im here." He said holding me. "I thought I lost you. I thought you were dead." He said rocking me back and forth. "Im ok….im ok…." My voice trailed off, I rested my head on his chest plate. His thumb stroked the side of my arm, his rough finger felt good on my smooth pale skin. "Your cold." He said. He rummaged through his bag and pulled out a thin blanket. He wrapped me in it, and then I realized I was in my dress.
"Is it over? The raid…is it over?" I asked. "Yes. We finished off the rest when I heard you scream my name. You were out for a few hours." He said still rubbing my arm. "We didn't you tell me you were Dragonborn?" I looked up at him. "I didn't want you to be afraid of me, you were scared enough when I turned. I didn't want to see you leave and never come back. Im sorry…I just thought…im sorry." He said pulling my closer to him. Even know his armor was cold I felt his warmness from his body. I felt his cold rings on my back, I felt my ring on my finger. He picked me up and I wrapped my arms around his neck. He walked to the gate, I smelt smoke and death, then I smelt Gromm, and his honey.
We walked to our house and Gromm put my on the bed, and I snuggled into the covers. Gromm took off his armor so his black shorts and a dagger were left. He grabbed some nails and a hammer and went downstairs. BANG!...BANG!...BANG! I thought he was putting the door up, I walked downstairs and saw he did put the door back up. He turned around to look at me, he smiled, I smiled back.
It happened so quick I couldn't even react. Pale arms broke through the door and wrapped themselves around Gromm's arms to make sure he couldn't move, and sucked him through the door. "GROMM!" I screamed. I ran out the door, it was night, but the moon made sure there was light, and I saw a big bat like creature holding onto Gromm, "Vampire," I whispered. Pain shot through me like an arrow, Gromm was going to be killed, and I wanted him back, I wanted it to be just a bad dream, I wanted to shut my eyes and open them and him holding me. It didn't work. He was lost, and there wasn't anything I could do. I dropped to my knees and began to cry and cry. I got up and began to run for him, then Farkas grabbed my waist and began to bring me back to the house, and I tried to escape, but he was too strong…"GROMM!" I screamed again until I fell to my knees again, too weak to get back up.
4 days later…
I was sitting in the wooden chair next to the fire reading a book. I was trying to coop with the pain of losing him. It had been 4 days, Farkas had to make me dinner, and he had to walk me to my room to make sure I don't hurt myself. I was in pain, I wanted him back so bad, I knew he was dead, I knew I was never going to see him again. I wanted to feel his warmth when he wrapped me with his big arms; I wanted to feel his chest on mine. It was never going to happen.
I heard footsteps outside the door Farkas had to fix. I knew it was Farkas checking up on me again. The door swung open and I thought I was a dream. But it wasn't…
I slowly got up and walked towards him, claw marks on his chest, blood covered every inch of his body. Claw marks on his arms, and his back. Blood dripped over his arms, and out from the cuts on his arms. He looked at me, his mouth was open and he was panting. His white hair was smeared with blood as well. I touched his cheek; it was warm, and scratchy from his new light beard. His rough and bloody hand grabbed mine and lightly squeezed, I began to cry then I put my head on his chest. He was back…for me. I cried harder now, I grabbed his hand and walked him upstairs so he could wash up.
The water was steaming up the room, Gromm washed away the blood. I knelt down next to the tub and dabbed some cloth in clean water and pressed in on his wounds on his arms. He grit his teeth, then I dabbed it on his chest. "Thank you." He said looking up at me. I didn't say anything just washed the blood of his face and around his mouth and cheeks. "If you're mad its fine, I understand." He said. I smacked my lips and pushed my lips on his. He lifted his arms out of the water and wrapped them around me. I was melting away, I waited for this, and the warmth of the water was blending with his warmth. I took my dress off and laid in the tub so my back was to his chest, the water was hot at first then it was warm. Gromm's arms were wrapped around my chest; he kissed the top of my head. The pain was gone, he was back, and I loved it. I loved him.
He leaned down to my ear, his beard was scratching a little of my cheek, his breath warm on my neck, "I love you." He said. His breath was hot, it made me shiver. His arms around me tightened, I shifted my body so that I was facing him, and kissed him deeper. His rough hand was on my cheek and his other was on my waist. I loved him more than ever; my little warrior came back to me, and only me. I will never let him go…ever. Never let him out of my sight, he loved me like I loved him.
That night, I was wrapped around him, and his warmth let me sleeping soundly.
I think the next chapter is going to be the last. This was really fun to write, and the reviews were awesome. Make sure to check out my other stories, reviews would be kick ass. I thank you again, the people who have reviewed and made this story happen, you guys are the best.
