Here's chapter 4. It seems pretty long to me, so hopefully it's not a chapter filler. Anyways, I'm going to get working on chapter 5. We got lots of stuff happening now. Enjoy the story. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Bethesda.
We all sat around the table in Jorvaskyr. Jon on my left, Kevin on my right and Steve next Jon. Everyone was drinking and celebrating our welcome into the Companions. Aela, however, I thought was just drinking the mead for her sake. What the hell was her deal?
"So you four, where are you from?" Vilkas suddenly asked. Damn it, I hate questions like this. I would of said Ohio, but we aren't in that world anymore. Ugh.. improvise again.
"We are from High Rock, no specific city. We've been drifters for our whole lives. We came to Skyrim hoping we could settle down. And here we are." Kodlak laughed to himself, I was the only one to catch that too. Did he know that I was lying? Seems like everyone else took the bait.
"Oh that's amazing. How did you learn your battle tactics?"
"Just by personal experiences through time." He nodded and had another gulp from his goblet.
They went back to talking about adventures they had. Aela was quiet but freakishly staring at me. I was actually starting to get a little concerned.
I noticed Jon beside me chowing away on some cooked beef and chicken legs. "Settle down Jon, quit being fat!" He laughed with food in his mouth. Even in America, he ate like this, but here, I don't think he could any messier.
"Don't call me fat!" He sarcastically said. Well, obviously he wasn't fat, and far from it. Kevin and Steve were laughing at Jon's table manners. Farkas noticed us calling Jon fat and he started laughing. I was happy that he had a sense of humor in him. It's hard to find people like that in Skyrim. Well, Farkas is pretty serious by nature from what I've known from the game. But I guess the game makers forgot to include that he laughs pretty easy.
Then I remembered about Kodlak's fate in the game. I had to talk to him about that. I also had to talk to Skjor about his fate. They may get very disturbed from me telling them how they died. Or will die.
Vilkas got up and approached me. "Here, Bame, ever had a Nord mead? Seems like you never had one. Here have a mug of it." He handed me a mug of mead. I was a little reluctant to drink it because I never really was a drinker and I never really liked beer. But I did have a liking for German beer and French wine. Jon, Steve and Kev all eyed me and I can see in their faces that they didn't want me to.
"Eh what the hell. What's could be so back about it?" And I took a swig of it. Now I'm no fan of alcoholic beverages, but this was a pretty good tasting beer. "It's good shit!" I called out. Everyone in hall cheered and chugged their mugs. Kevin and Steve were shaking their heads laughing their asses off. I was gonna get some shit from them later. Then I looked at Aela, she was still giving me an evil eye.
I took another swig of the mead and set it down. I'm not going to overload on that stuff. I'm one of the people that likes to know what's going on if you know what I mean.
About an hour later, everyone was going to barracks for the night. Vilkas, half drunk, came up to us. "Here, I'll show ya where you will all sleep. Come with me." We followed him to the barracks and he showed us a separate part of the room just for us.
"Thanks Vilkas. See you tomorrow." He nodded and staggered out of the room. We looked at each other and we got ready for bed. The beds were actually pretty nice. "Good night guys. See you all in the morning."
"Good night Bame." Jon replied.
"Night."
"Night."
I laid there and tried fall asleep. I thought about Kodlak and Skjor about what and how I was going to tell them about their demise. Hopefully they would understand. I don't know, I'll see what happens.
Roughly an hour later, I still couldn't sleep. I decided to get up and walk up to the main floor. The hall looked almost exactly like it did in the game, but just real life like. Then I decided to walk outside to see the night sky. I remembered from the game that the night sky consisted of very bright stars and auroras.
I walked out the backdoor and into the courtyard. The sight of the night sky was breathtaking. This was beyond better than the game. I took a chair from the patio, brought it into the courtyard, sat down and I just stargazed. It was quite the beautiful sight. Colors of all sorts.
"Pretty nice, eh?" The voice nearly made me shit my pants. I quickly turned around and I didn't see anyone.
"Where are you?" I nearly shouted.
"Up here, ice brain." I knew it was Aela. I looked up on top of the roof and there she was with a bottle of mead in her hand.
"Aela? What brings you out here?"
She was just sitting there on the roof drinking. "Let's just say I'm up here to look at the stars." I knew that was a lie. A person like her wouldn't take the time to see the beauties of such things.
"Okay.." I didn't know what to say, or what to think. She got up and jumped down from the roof. She went to the patio stairs and sat down.
"The other night, you said you know of our secret." I turned my chair around and prepared for a long conversation.
"The circle are werewolves. You are part of the circle so that makes you one." She leaned back and looked up.
"How can you possibly know that?"
"Let's just say, I have my valuable sources."
She looked back down and leaned forward. "From who?"
"It doesn't matter. I just know and that matters." She took a swig of her mead and leaned back again.
"Keep it to yourself then. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes. I won't tell anyone."
"Good. Another thing.." She started, "How do you know how to shout?"
"Once again, I just know. Lots of practice." I was not about to say that I know because of a fucking game. Her face started showing signs of desperation.
"There's something about you that I don't like." Great, one of these conversations.. I hated these conversations. I rolled my eyes and leaned back in my chair.
"I'm sorry you feel that way. But before you start going around and saying to everyone that I shouldn't be trusted, I want you to know this."
She grimaced and grunted. "What?"
I leaned forward from my chair. "I know what Kodlak's and Skjor's fates are or could be. I can save them from death." She became very confused. "Look, I know that I've only known Kodlak for a day, but he is like a father to me already. He reminds me of my father. Trust me Aela. I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm here 'cause I needed a real home, the same goes for my friends. They aren't as acclimated to society as I am. They have been living in seclusion for practically their whole lives. During our travels, we have been fortunate enough that we haven't seen or been in any tango. Do you understand?"
She sat there with a very confused look. She looked out at the Throat of the World and was lost in deep thought. She looked back at me and nodded. "Fine. You convinced me. But if I'm wrong about this, I will sever all your limbs and feed it to the wolves. Understand?"
"Why don't you like me? I know we've been in a small fight, but still. I'm not here to make people's lives worse. I'm here to make them better. Even yours. I have no grudges because all that they do is make my life worse. It makes life more complicated. I like to live simply. It makes life.. for a lack of better words- simple." She looked down and crossed her arms.
"Fine. You win. I guess-"
"Look Aela, it's not about 'winning'. It's about what's right. What's morally right. I know that I'm hammering ya right now, but seriously. If you live morally, your life will be so much happier. I've been trying so fucking hard to live morally. I want to be happy. And you should too. Otherwise, what's the point of living?" She was lost in deep thought. I hope she's thinking of changing her life style a little. I don't know exactly, I didn't know what she was like in the game to be honest. Other than she was a hot head. She got to her feet.
"I understand. Be seeing you." She walked to the door into Jorvaskyr and went in. It was kind of random that she just left. Oh well, hopefully she will change.
I heard another person walking around the corner between the underforge and the mead hall. I turned my head and waited for the person to walk by. His face came into the moonlight. It was Kodlak. "Good evening, my boy. What brings you to this fine night?" I smiled and turned around.
"Oh nothing, I just like the look of the night sky. It's very pretty."
" Indeed." He grabbed a chair, set it down right next to mine and sat down. I was wondering if this was a good time to talk to him about his fate. Maybe I should wait until the Dragonborn comes. If he comes here. I don't know what to do. I'm going to try to say something. "Hey Kodlak?"
"Yes?"
My mind ran fast than a jet, excuse me, a dragon. I hesitated but I had to say something. "Uh.. Never mind."
"You can be truthful to me boy, don't be afraid to talk."
"Oh no its just I forgot what I was going to say. Sorry."
"Oh no its fine." We just sat there and staired up at the stars. I didn't mind that Kodlak was there, actually I enjoyed his presence. "So Bame, may I ask you something?"
"Yeah sure anything Kodlak."
"How do you know how to shout?" Damn, another shout question. But it was Kodlak, maybe I can tell him the half truth.
"Well I found out the meanings of the words of power and practiced the saying then. It took a very long time to understand them. I only know a couple shouts by heart. I know Unrelenting Force, all three words which are force, balance, and push. And I know Fire Breath, only the first two words which are fire and inferno. And I know Whirlwind Sprint, only the first word... Damn I forgot it just now. Brain fart sorry. But the dragon word is Wuld. In short, it's very complicated to learn them." He nodded his head.
"Well its good that you are with us I guess. I reckon that you know about our werewolf secret." I nodded. "Good, usually it takes a year for new members to find out. Now, let me ask you this." I nodded again. "What do you think of our secret? Speak freely." I knew his side on this topic, but I should stay truthful.
"Honestly, if it's for the better of other people, then by all means use it. I personally do not want to become one. I fear that I'm might lose my head if I do become one." He nodded and smiled. I knew that he liked that answer, but it was the truth in my mind.
"Well, I guess your right." Suddenly he got up. "Well, these old bones need some rest. That goes for your young bones as well. You should get some sleep soon." He started walking to the doors.
"Okay Kodlak, I will. Good night." He waved and walked inside. I turned around and watched the stars a little long. Hopefully this positive energy stays with us here. Hopefully...
"Hey mortal." I opened my eyes and I realized that I wasn't behind Jorvaskyr. I was in a place with very bright lights. I could barely see anything, it was so bright. I didn't know that voice, but it seemed dignified.
"Who are you?"
A human figure came into view. He had a golden helmet with eagle wings on it, his armor is very bright and golden, and he had a gold sword in his hands. I still didn't recognize this being. "I'm Talos."
"Talos?!" My eyes opened wide with amazement. Talos! I was with him. Why was I here. "Talos, may I ask why I'm here?"
"You are here because I need you to do something."
Do something? For a divine? "What is your bidding?"
"I need you to protect the new Dragonborn."
Oh my god. I don't even know who the Dragonborn would be. "I will. But maybe I ask who he or she is?"
Talos just smiled. "Someone from another dimension, just like you. I'm sure you will happy to be this person's protector." He turned around and started fading into the bright light.
Who? Someone from Earth? Or a different dimension? "What's his name? How can I find him?"
He looked back at me and smiled more. "You know who he is. You will find him at Helgen in a four days." With that he disappeared into the bright light.
"Bame, you up?" I flickered my eyes open and realized that was behind Jorvaskyr again. Was that a dream? I don't know, it seemed like a summoning. I looked behind me and saw Vilkas standing there with a cup in his hand. "You slept out here? You should be in habit of sleeping in your bed."
"I know, I know. I will. I was just out here stargazing and I fell asleep." Seemed pretty reasonable. He laughed and walked up to patio.
"Well, I have a job for you."
I got up and brought the chair to the patio. "What you got for me Vilkas?"
He took a sip from his cup. "Well, there's this old mineshaft south of Riverwood and we had a request to clean it out because of the recent bandit raids. They seemed to have their stronghold stocked up there. You in?" Oh good, I could have an excuse to leave here. Hopefully I could leave in two days.
"Sure. I'm in. I have to go to Helgen in four days anyways." Vilkas raised a brow.
"What for?"
"I have to honor a request that someone has given me." He raised a brow, then nodded. Hopefully that didn't sound too cheesy.
"Okay then. You going today?"
"No, I'll go in two days. So I'll stick around for a bit."
"It's your call. Go wake up your friends, I have some things they could do."
"Okay then I'll go wake them up." I went in Jorvaskyr and headed down into the barracks. I entered our own personal room and there they were sleeping like there's no tomorrow.
"Alright fellas, get up. It's morning." No response, no movement, no acknowledgement. I had an idea, but it may pissed them off. Oh well, they'll live. "FUS!" The thunder echoed in the room and the three shot up to backs from their slumber.
"Bame? What the heck was that for!?" Steve shouted back.
"It's time to wake up. I've been trying to get you up for while." Steve grunted and got up.
"Dang that was loud," Kevin cried, "You could of just asked us to get up." I laughed.
"I did. You guys didn't answer me." The three got up and geared up their armor and weapons. "Vilkas wants to talk to you guys, ASAP."
"What for?" Steve asked while putting up his hood.
"I dunno. Ask him yourself."
We walked out side and we saw almost all the people from the Circle, except Skjor. He was no where to be found. Vilkas spotted us and got up from his chair. "Hey new bloods, I got something for you to do." Kev, Steve and Jon looked at each with very confused and concerned looks. They walked over to him. "Okay, I got this bounty on this bandit leader at the fort just west of here. He shouldn't have many people in his band so I think you guys will be okay. And Farkas will go with you as your Shield-Brother. Is that okay for you?" They looked at each other with complete horror in their eyes. I wouldn't blame them too. Jon, out of the three, is the most experienced person with Skyrim only because he played the game. The twins did not. Jon hasn't nearly played as much as I did. I should ask to go.
"Vilkas."
"Yes Bame." He sat back down in his chair and began eating his breakfast.
"May I go with them?"
He looked back up at me trying to down a bite of beef. "I don't see any harm in it. Just so it doesn't get in the way of your job."
"It won't. How long is the walk?"
He looked up and squinted his eyes. "Er.. Maybe about.. Four hour walk. Not that bad if you ask me."
"Okay thanks." I looked at my friends who had less concern in their eyes. "Well lets get ready for this trip. Let's get something to eat, then be on our way. Sound good?"
"I guess that's okay." Steve hesitantly said.
I looked at Kevin. "That's fine I guess." He said the same way as Steve.
I looked to Jon. "I'm ready whenever," He eagerly said. I love his eagerness to do things and his need for adventure.
"Alright. Get something to eat now, because we are leaving in thirty minutes."
There's chapter 4. I hope you liked it, cuz I really did. Please review!