Nirya and Seradia finally finished gathering up the books from the list and were now heading back upstairs towards the Arcanaeum. "So you're not going to tell me why Ancano was in here with you?" Nirya gave Seradia a small nudge to the shoulder. "You already know." Seradia quickly answered her keeping her eyes away. "I know the cover up story.." Nirya mumbled as she rolled her eyes.
Seradia bit her lower lip as she tried keeping it to herself. She wanted to tell Nirya but she was afraid it would get out, she did trust Nirya but sometimes she would let things slip out. If it got out Seradia and Ancano might get in trouble and she wouldn't want that, she didn't even know if she wanted this. Everything was happening so fast she could hardly wrap her mind around it. It came out of no where and now she questioned her own feelings and questioned this side of Ancano that suddenly appeared. What was he aiming at? Does he actually like her or does he just want her?
Seradia sighed quietly as she pushed the thoughts out of her mind, she forced the butterflies away and quickly looked up as the entered back into the Arcanaeum. They both walked up to Urag's desk and put the pile of books down, he looked up from a book he was reading. He sat down the book and got up from his chair. "Thanks girls." He said going through them. "As I said earlier you may pick one from them." He said with a small smile. Nirya shook her head and walked away but a big smile appeared on Seradia's face as she started to go through them. "I don't know how I'm going to decide..." Seradia said as she picked one up and flipped through the pages.
Urag rubbed his beard as he watched her go through the books. "I'll tell you what." He began to say as he bent down getting into his desk. "There was a lot to go through down there so I'll give you this instead." He stood up and handed her a key. Seradia examined the key and than looked up at him in question. "That's the key to the basement, you can help yourself to what ever you want down there when ever you want. Just remember to lock it up when your finished." He crossed his arms.
Seradia's eyes grew bright and she gave him a big smile. "Thanks!" She said cheerfully as she turned around and ran off. Urag couldn't help but smile as he watched her, he than grabbed the books and walked towards one of the shelves. Nirya was by the door that led to the Hall of Elements waiting for Seraida but she frowned when she saw her going back to the door that led to the basement. "Hey, what are you doing?" She asked furrowing her eyebrows down at her. "I'm going to go look at all the books, you can go with out me." Seradia quickly answered giving her a wave with her hand. Nirya just shook her head and walked out door, Seradia hurried down the stairs as she had trouble keeping her excitement down. She wondered what kind of books were down there and she couldn't wait to go through them all.
It seemed like Seradia had been in the basement for hours and she probably was. She rubbed her swollen eyes from all the dust as she picked up another one and opened it up. She was trying to decide which ones to read first, she decided to go with some of the lore books first. After about another hour she finally picked a couple to start with, she locked the basement door and stuck the key in her pouch. She ran up the stairs hugging the books to her chest tightly, she couldn't wait to start reading them. She hadn't even finished the book she had but she didn't care, these were books that no had read yet so she was going to start with them first.
Before she went to the door that led to the Hall of Elements she stopped and waved at Urag. "Thanks again!" She called to him and than quickly went through the door and up the stairs. She couldn't hold her smile back as she looked down at one of the books she got, she quickly opened the door and ran through. As she ran through the door she smacked right into somebody causing her to drop her books and fall backwards, but before she hit the ground someone grabbed her arm and pulled her up. She slipped forward and landed into someones warm arms, she blinked and slowly looked up seeing it was Onmund who was holding her.
He gave her a small nervous smile, Seradia blushed and quickly jumped out of his arms dusting herself off. "Sorry I didn't see you.." She cleared her throat. "He's not the one you ran into.." She heard an un familair voice say. She slowly looked down seeing a Khajiit was laying on the floor, his ears were laying back as he glared at her. She jumped and quickly went over to him. "Oh I'm so sorry!" She said as she grabbed his arm trying to help him up. He quickly held up a hand making her stop, he brushed her hand off of him as he got up from the ground by himself.
"J'zargo doesn't need help." He firmly said as he dusted himself off. "Oh..I'm sorry.." Seradia said again not sure of what to do. She just than realized she had never seen him before, she looked over to the right and saw a young Dark Elf woman standing next to him. "I'm sorry..But who are you two?" She asked pointing at them. "Their new students like me." Onmund answered her as he picked her books up off the floor. "Oh! I should've known, I'm sorry!" She apologized again. Onmund handed her books back to her and gave her a sweet smile. She looked down holding her books close to her chest as she couldn't help but feel embarrassed. "I'm sorry again..I just don't have my head right now.." She said quietly with a frown. "Obviously.." J'zargo murmured as he looked away from her.
She furrowed her eyebrows down at him. "Well that was rude!" She pointed out. "It was rude that you ran into J'zargo!" He quickly pointed out right back. "I wasn't looking where I was going!" She tried to defend herself. "And that is why you are rude!" He crossed his arms and looked away as his ears went back again. Seradia glared at him as she tightened her grip on her books. "You shouldn't talk to that way you know.." She slowly looked down with an her angry look. "And why is that?" J'zargo asked rolling his eyes. "Because I am an Adebt mage and you are just an Apprentice, so you should treat me like the other high mages around here." Seradia pointed her nose in the air and looked away from him.
J'zargo just laughed at her making her quickly glare at him again. "Do not worry, J'zargo will quickly advance to Adebt and before you know it J'zargo will be above you." He gave her a cocky smile. Seradia sneered at him, she barely knew this Khajiit and she already disliked him. "Come one guys, don't hate each other before you get to know each other." The Dark Elf girl got in between them, she gave them both a sweet smile. They both quickly looked away. "I already know what kind of a person he is.." Seradia mumbled under her breath. J'zargo mumbled something in his own language that she couldn't understand.
"My name is Brelyna, it's nice to meet you." The Dark Elf took a step towards Seradia. Seradia slowly looked at her and examined her features, she saw that they were already in their new mage robes. "I'm Seradia.." She replied looking over at Onmund. Onmund quickly stood up straight seeing her eyes meeting his, he gave her a small awkward smile. Seradia tilted her head as she examined the mage robe on him. "W-what is it?" Onmund asked nervously. "I just didn't think I'd ever see a nord where one of those." She said looking up at him with a smile. "It looks good!" She looked up at his hood that hung over his face.
Onmund quickly looked away as his cheeks slowly glowed a faint pink. "T-thanks.." He stuttered with a small smile. "Ah good, just the person I was looking for." She turned hearing Mirabelle's voice. Mirabelle walked through the main doors with them quickly closing shut behind her, Ancano was right behind her. Seradia felt her heart leap in her chest and her butterflies return as she saw his eyes move to her, she found herself quickly looking down as soon as his eyes met hers. "Seradia." Mirabelle approached her. She slowly looked up at her. "I find myself rather busy at the moment with paper work from our..Thalmor friends.." She spoke the last words with a hint of annoyance in her voice as she shifted her eyes to Ancano.
"So would you be a dear and show the new Apprentices around the college for me?" She asked with a hopefully smile. Seradia looked at them and frowned at J'zargo seeing he was frowning right at her, she didn't want to but she also didn't want to disappointed Mirabelle. "Sure, no problem." Seradia quickly perked up with a sweet smile. "Great! I owe you one." She patted Seradia on the shoulder. "Alright, this way Ancano." Mirabelle sighed as she led him through the door leading to the Arch-Mage's quarters. Ancano gave Seradia one last glance before he followed Mirabelle through the door and up the stairs.
She let out a small sigh as she watched the doors close behind them, she than looked at the three apprentices standing in front of her. "Onmund they didn't give you a tour when you first arrived?" She asked him. "Nope, they said that they wanted to wait till the others got here." He replied with a shrug. "Let's get this over with so J'zargo can start training." J'zargo said crossing his arms and looking away. Seradia just rolled her eyes and started to walk into the Hall of Elements. "Follow me." She waved her hand at them to follow.
It about an hour to show them around the college they went back to the Hall of Elements. "So I assume that you already know where your chambers are and if you ever need anything or need any help my chambers are on the top level above yours." She gave them all a smile. "Other than that, I think our tour is over." She hugged her books to her chest tightly. After that they all parted ways except for Onmund who nervously walked up to her. "So uh..that was a great tour.." He said rubbing the back of his neck.
Seradia raised an eyebrow at him but she had a smile on her face. "Really..well said.." Onmund looked away as he felt his face grow warm. "Thanks?" She couldn't help but laugh at him a little. "So..How long have you been at the college?" He asked clearing his throat. Seradia tapped her chin as she looked up trying to think. "About a year now I think." She looked back at him. "Oh I see." Onmund replied awkwardly. He couldn't think of any thing else to say even though he wanted to talk to her more. "Well, if you don't mind I really want to read these new books I got." She said looking down at her books. "Oh alright! Maybe I'll see you later." Onmund quickly said with a smile. Seradia nodded at him and than walked away towards the door leading outside.
She walked outside covering her eyes from the blinding light that reflected off of the white snow, she looked up at the sky and like always it was filled with grey clouds so it was impossible to tell what time it was. She lost track of time when she was in the basement and giving the tour only made it worse. But she just shrugged and hurried to the Hall of Attainment and quickly entered getting out of the cold air. She sighed in relief as the warmth of the room quickly hit her face, she walked up the stairs and the first person she ran into was Enthir.
He was sitting in one of the chairs looking down at some papers, when he heard footsteps going up the stairs he quickly looked up. "Where have you been all day?" He asked her looking down at the books in her hands. "Everywhere." She quickly answered. She didn't want to take the time to explain everything that happened today, she just wanted to start reading her new books. "Alright?" Enthir raised an eyebrow at he as he watched her walk past him and into her room.
Seradia quickly plopped down onto her bed, she laid down and rolled over onto her stomach. She put one book down besides her and opened up the other one beginning to read it. She enjoyed reading lore, especially the lore in Skyrim. It was different and fascinating, it also made her want to write her own book. She couldn't help but feel a little excitement rise in her as the very thought of it popped up into her mind. 'Maybe someday..' She smiled as she turned the first page.
Hours quickly passed by while Seradia was reading, every time she picked up a book she immediately got lost in the pages and into a different world. Reading books is what got her interested into becoming a mage in the first place, even though her family was already full of mages so it was expected of her anyways but she never liked to think about her family. They never really got a long, it was a bad past for Seradia and one of the reasons she came to Skyrim in the first place. Seradia yawned and rubbed her eyes, her head started to hurt a little from reading too much.
She sat up in her bed and looked out the window seeing that it was now dark outside, she grabbed one of her book marks and slipped it between the pages and closed the book. She got up out of bed grabbing her books and than placed them on her desk, she stretched and yawned again. She walked out her door and peeked into some of the rooms seeing they were already asleep, she peeked into Enthir's and saw he was asleep as well. 'How long was I reading?' She wondered as she walked downstairs. Once she remembered that she hadn't eat anything for a while her stomach growled loudly, she stopped at the bottom of the stairs and rubbed her achy belly.
"Somebody's hungry." She jumped at the sudden voice appearing. She quickly looked up seeing it was Onmund. "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you!" He said realizing the startled look on her face. "That's alright, I just thought everyone was already asleep." She gave him a small smile. "Well I tried but I just couldn't make myself fall asleep, I'm too excited about the lessons tomorrow!" He said with excitement showing in his face. Seradia smiled at the look in his eyes, she couldn't help but admire him a little.
Onmund rubbed the back of his neck as he quickly cleared his throat. "I..uh I haven't eaten anything all day so I'm pretty hungry too..Wanna go down to the Inn with me to grab some hot food?" He asked with a nervous smile. Seradia gave him another smile and shrugged. "Sure, I was going to go down there anyways. It's warmer in the Inn than it is here." She said as she started to walk. Onmund gave her a big smile as he quickly followed her.
They hurried through the cold snow wind and carefully made it across the bridge and to the small village of Winterhold. They walked into the Inn and quickly closed the door behind them, Seradia looked up and was surprised to see some of the college memberes were in the Inn as well. It wasn't as late as she thought it was. Onmund and Seradia both took their seats at one of the tables and ordered some hot food and some drinks. Seradia just ordered a water while Onmund ordered some mead, she wasn't much a mead drinker and she never understood why Nord's liked it so much.
Seradia's mouth started to water as the plate full of food got set down in front of them, she licked her lips and didn't hesitate to start eating. Before she knew it the plate was empty and her belly was full, she leaned back with a satisfied smile on her face. She looked to the side noticing that Onmund was looking at her surprised. "What?" She asked him raising an eyebrow up. "It's just that..I never knew such a small person could pack so much food down is all.." Onmund chuckled as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Seradia looked down at his plate seeing it was stil half full, she than felt her face grow warm realizing how fast she had eaten. "Well..I was really hungry.." She said quietly as she looked down at the table. "I can tell." Onmund laughed a little. "You sure you don't want any of this mead? It's pretty good and it helps your food settle." He said lifting the bottle up with a smile. "No I'll pass." She shook her head and held her hand up. Seradia let a small yawn. "I think I'm going to head back and call it a night." She said as she got up. "Alright, I think I'm going to hang around here for a bit more." Onmund said. Seradia replied with a nod and than walked out of the Inn.
She made her way back to the college and than hurried into the Hall of Attainment, she sighed in relief and brushed the snow out of her hair. She quietly walked up the stairs trying not to wake anybody up, she started to undo her robes as she walked into her room but quickly stopped seeing Ancano was in there. He was looking at one of the books she had gotten from the basement. "I didn't see anything like this when I looked earlier." He said seeing that she had entered into her room. "That's because it wasn't in the Arcanaeum." She replied.
Seradia started to feel a little nervous as she knew they were alone again, and in her room together. "Orc must of been hiding things from me than." He said throwing the book down onto her bed. "Is there something you need?" She forced herself to ask him. She gripped her stomach as he approached her. "Yes." He said as he rubbed his chin examining her. When their eyes met Seradia quickly looked down, she saw a hungry look in his eyes and she didn't know what that meant. "I wish to see your spells." He crossed his arms. Seradia looked at him a bit surprised. "Now?" She asked furrowing her eyebrows down at him. "Now." He replied in his commanding voice
Seradia sighed and turned around walking back towards the stairs with a frown on her face. It was late and she was tired but she knew arguing was useless and she didn't feel like it. They quickly walked across the court yard and into the Hall of Elements, she stood in her usual spot she stood in when she trained. Ancano was standing behind her with his arms crossed, knowing he was watching her made her nervous. "Start with a destruction spell, I don't care what kind." He said as he examined her form.
Seradia bit her lip as flames quickly appeared in the palm of her hands, she decided to do a fire ball. She quickly held her hand out and threw the fire ball to the wall. Once the fire ball met with the stone wall it quickly exploded causing her to wince at the loud sound. She forgot how loud that spell could be and hoped she didn't disturb anybody. Ancano raised an eyebrow as he watched the flame slowly go out and reveal its fresh burn mark. They stood there in silence for a moment, Seradia stayed frozen not sure of what to do next. She tensed up as she heard him start walking up to her.
"I see what the problem is now." He said as he kept looking up at the burn mark on the wall. "Problem?" She asked him furrowing her eyebrows down. "Problem with your spell casting, you're not doing it right." He said slowly looking down at her. Seradia felt a little insulted but the feeling quickly went away as she felt him slowly move his hands to her stomach. Butterflies lifted in her stomach and her heart started to beat fast.
Ancano slowly lowered himself down to her ear, she could feel him breathing into her ear and it caused goose bumps to rise on her skin. "Your posture is off." He whispered into her ear. He slowly moved his hands up her stomach causing her to stand straight up, Seradia clenched her jaw as she was having a hard time controlling her breathing again. He was making her nervous the way he kept his hand just below her breasts. "Now try it again." He whispered again as he laid a small kiss just below her ear. "I don't think I can with you...this close.." He could tell she was nervous by the sound of her voice and that made him smile.
"But this is part of the lesson, only a true mage could ignore any distraction while casting spells." He slowly moved his hand down to her waist and placed the other on the other side. Seradia swallowed hard as the fire returned to her hands but this time it was just a normal fire bolt instead of fire ball, that way there was no loud explosion. She took in a deep breath and than put her hands together, she watched the fire slowly form into a giant ball but it quickly disappeared when she felt his hand slowly lower to the top of her leg.
"Hmph pathetic.." He whispered. Seradia quickly took a step away from him making him let go of her and than turned around to face him. "What..What does this have to do with magic?" She asked him. Ancano examined her face and slightly smiled as he saw her cheeks glowing a bright pink. "Magic takes concentration and concentration is involved with a lot of things." As Ancano spoke he approached her. "Well it's hard to concentrate..this late.." She said quickly looking down at the ground. "Is it? Or is that an excuse?" He said raising an eyebrow at her. He stopped in front of her, their body's were close. She could feel his breath hitting her face, she slightly shifted her eyes up at him and saw he was gazing at her.
Once their eyes met Seradia couldn't look away, she admire his gold eyes. "Is it a good one?" She slowly joked with a small smile. Seeing he didn't make a single motion to her joke she slowly looked back down. 'This is so uncomfortable...' She thought to herself. She didn't know what to do, she bit her lower lip as she tried to think of ways to end this awkward situation. Right when she thought of something to say Ancano slowly grabbed her chin and lifted it up so that she was looking at him.
Seradia felt her face grow warm as she saw his getting closer to hers, she slowly closed her eyes as their lips got closer. Their lips slightly touched but Ancano stopped and smiled seeing that she was ready for the kiss and wanted to kiss. Ancano decided to tease her a little bit and pull back from her, he wanted to feel her lips against his again but he wanted to mess with her a little bit and make her wait.
Seradia opened her eyes and looked at him confused. "It is getting late isn't it, there's always time for training later." He gave her a small grin and than walked away leaving the Hall of Elements. She furrowed her eyebrows at him confused by the sudden change, he confused her a lot and she wanted to understand why he kept doing this. She frowned as she walked out of the Hall of Elements and finally going to call it a night.