Jesper's POV


My vision was blurred, and all i heard was soldiers yelling, civilians panic and the giant lizard creature roaring about. I notice i laid face down on the cold hard ground after the lizard somehow yelled med down.

Suddenly i felt a pair of hands dragging me away and i looked up as my vision cleared and saw it was Bethany. She dragged me into a tower where some of the stormcloaks and Ulfric had taken shelter. When we got in, Ralof helped me up on my feet.

"Jarl Ulfric, what is that out there?! Can the legends be true?!" He asked in haste

Ulfric surprisingly had a calm expression on his face and said "Legends do not burn down villages Ralof"

"Still now we got the chance to escape and continue the fight my Jarl" Ralof told Ulfric and then looked at Bethany and I "We need to find a way out of this tower, and a way to avoid the dragon and the imperials. You two, we are going upstairs to find a way out" He said and pointed at Bethany and I.

I simply complied, given the situation i was in and followed up with the girl behind me. Ralof stopped and said "Wait! You hear that?"

"YOL TOOR SHUL!" A loud voice yelled and a powerful fire blast made a hull i in the wall and the fire got in. We manage not to get burned, and it seemed it flew off for now, and we checked the hull and saw we were next to a half burnt down building.

"Great now what?!" I complained annoyed

"It doesnt look that far, I bet you could jump the distance!" Ralof told us.

"You gotta be crazy!" Bethany told him with a surprised look on her face.

"Divines help me" I quickly prayed and made a running jump towards the other building. I landed on my feet but quickly stumpled and fell on the floor out of need for balance. I then saw the girl Bethany jump too and suffered same results as I. I walked over to her and asked "You okay lass?"

She nodded and i manage with my tied hands to pull her up.

"Where do we go now?" She asked desperately.

I looked around and saw the staircase burnt and blocked, but i quickly spotted a hull in the floor, leading down.

"Just follow me okay" I said and jumped down. This time i landed on my feet without falling. Bethany seemed more willing now then before and followed me.

We ran out of the building and ran alongside a stonewall, until the dragon landed right next to us, with its wing almost hitting me. I jumped back in shock and waited for the beast to fly off.

"Maker are you okay?" Bethany asked worried.

"Yeah im fine just spooked. Lets get going before it comes back" I said and got up and go.

We ran into the guard captain's assistant who i heard his name was Hadvar. He told us to follow him if we wanted to live. And being in our situation we had no problem in stepping in line.

As we ran we saw the town was in complete disarray, towns people were dying or ran around in panic while the imperials tried to fight off the dragon.

We made it to the keep but saw Ralof, with an axe in his right hand, crossing our path.

"Ralof you damn traitor, out of my way!" Hadvar yelled in frustration.

"You imperial dogs cant stop us now" Ralof told him.

"Fine i hope the dragon take all of you to Sovngarde!" He then looked at us and said "Come prisoners this way!" and pointed to a door on the far side of the keep.

"No this way friends!" Ralof said at a more nearby door.

"What shall we do?" Bethany asked while keeping an eye out for the dragon.

Divines, eighter i go with the imperial and risk getting imprison or freed. Or i follow the rebel and escape.

"This way lass" I told her and ran to Ralof position.

She followed without hesitating inside the keep with us. Once we all were inside, Ralof slammed closed the door behind us, most likely to prevent the imperials to get inside.

"Hey, arnt your fellow rebels coming this way?" Asked a confused Bethany.

"We figured out staying in one group would attract attention, so we split up and agreed to meet in Windhelm as quick as possible" He answered

I lifted an eyebrow and asked "Why did you come alone here?"

"I hoped to find you two near the keep and help you escape, it was better if i went alone. As i said a group could attract attention" He said.

Both Bethany and I looked surprised at what he risked for us, 2 people he barely knew.

"Wow, thank you Ralof" Bethany thanked him kindly.

"Its no problem lass, now lets get these bindings off you two" He said and took out his awe and cut us loose.

"Ahhhhh much better" I said in relief of moving my arms proberly.

"I agree" Said Bethany.

We turned our look to Ralof who kneed down infront of a fallen rebel, who seemed to have an arrow throw his throat.

"May you rest in Sovngarde, true son of Skyrim" He said. He turned to me and said "If you dont mind, i think its best you take his gear. He wont be needing it anymore"

I didnt like the idea of wearing something a dead man had on, but i did need it. I took off my rags and got on the dead rebel's light armor and fur boots and gauntlets. And took his axe and swung it around a bit.

As i turned around i saw Bethany looking at a wall. I smirked and said "You can turn around now"

"Im just not used to seeing a man in his small clothes" She confessed as she blushed.

Then we heard footsteps from the otherside of some bars we could not open from here.

We saw that the guard captain and one of her soldiers were coming, with swords and shields.

"You three hold it right there. Get this gate open soldier!" She commanded.

As the gate open she drew her sword and said "You are all under arrest, drop your weapons now!" She demanded.

Ralof and I did not comply and just stood infront of Bethany since she did not had any weapon on her.

"So be it" The captain said and went straight at me, while Ralof got the other guy.

She came at me with sword first and her shield covering her front, so i had to parry her attack. After that i kept on bashing my axe at her shield, keeping her busy defending herself. As i raised the axe over my head to give a powerful swing with it, she shield bashed me in the face, making me drop my axe and drop to the ground.

I saw she walked over to me and threw down her shield and hold her steel sword in both hands above me.

"Now you die, you rebel scu-" She said before getting frozen solid in her place. I looked shocked at her and i looked back to see that Bethany had shot the icy spell.

The ice statue fall down and shattered, i picked up the steel sword which were intact. I saw Ralof finishing of the other guy with a good swing at his throat. I turned my attention back at Bethany who looked like a child caught doing curfew.

"Your a mage?" I asked in disbelief.

She sighed and looked at the ground and said "Yes"

"Well thats our luck i guess" I said smiling, which somehow caught her off guard.

"Wait, arnt you going to send me away?" She asked surprised

Ralof and I looked at each other with raised brows and looked back at her "Why would we do that?" He asked

"I thought it was custom to send a mage away to a circle" She said

"I havnt heard of any mage circles, but only of guilds and colleges" Ralof told her.

"How about we start this conversation after we are out of here?" I suggested, which both agreed on.