I'm sorry it took so long, but I have been busy and I will be busy for the next few weeks. This story should be done soon, I don't intend for it to be long, but my next fanfiction will be much longer.
They watched the flames rising from the college.
"How did they get here so fast? Cyraust said they were in the Pale, how did they march through Winterhold and get here so quickly?" Reuben said.
"We should have gone directly through Winterhold instead of going through the Pale we would have got here much sooner." Rynaz said.
"It doesn't matter, we couldn't warn them so we have to help them." Blaze said.
They rushed through the town and up to the college, but they were horrified at what they saw. The bodies of mages and Thalmor alike strewn on the bridge, and some in the icy water below them.
"They don't know we are coming, we can sneak up on them. We can fight much better than the other mages, especially when they are tired from fighting." Rynaz said.
They went through the courtyard of the college picking off what few Thalmor they saw.
"Judging from the foot prints in the snow and the bodies on the bridge, it is likely that the Thalmor outnumber the entire college ten to one." Reuben stated.
"So that would mean they have around a thousand troops. Be prepared for whatever you are about to see." Blaze said before opening the large wooden doors.
They saw around twelve young novice mages surrounded by the elves, using all their knowledge of magic to cast a large shield around themselves, but they looked tired and worn by overcasting.
The master wizards ran in casting any spell they thought was powerful enough to relieve the young mages of their plight. Fire, ice, and lightning alike flew into the circle, catching the High Elves by surprise. The fighting was over quicker than it started, and the young mages were freed.
"What happened here novice?" Rynaz asked a young Bosmer.
"Some of the adept mages were practicing on the top of the college walls and saw them coming." The Wood Elf answered, "The Archmage ordered all mages at less than adept level to get inside and told the apprentices to watch the door."
A young imperial standing next to him continued the story.
"The fighting on the bridge was fierce and went on for over an hour." The Imperial recalled, "but then the mages began to give way, so the Archmage called them back into the college, but only about fifteen of the original thirty five came back."
A small Khajiit spoke up and continued off of what his friend said.
"The door held for a while, but as it began to give way the younger teachers started to lead the novices up to the top of the tower." The cat said, "but some of the braver students such as us came down to help, but when we arrived we found the mages and the elves had taken their fighting to other parts of the college, some went outside, some went to the midden, and others to the living quarters, but we were stuck here and lost three other novices before you arrived."
The Wood Elf who started the story continued it.
"We were outnumbered, the fighting on the bridge had left the Thalmor with eight hundred soldiers of their original one thousand, but we were still fighting against ten to one numbers given the twenty we lost." He said, "We wanted to help the ones on the top of the tower, because we saw a large force headed up there, but we were trapped until you came along."
"Then we need to hurry. Four of you go to the midden with Rynaz, four with Reuben to the living quarters, and four with me to save the novices if we are not too late." Blaze said.
Rynaz took the Khajiit, along with a Dunmer, an orc, and an Argonian down to the midden. They fought all the way to the atronach forge and found the High Elves being attacked by around twenty Dremora, and a group of 10 conjurers, ranging from apprentice to master skill level, lead by the conjuration teacher Bjorn Frostmoth , a middle aged Nord.
They helped pick off what was left of the High Elves and reunited with the college conjurers.
"We need your help Bjorn." Rynaz said.
"I know, but my students are tired and I have already lost seven students." Bjorn responded, "but we will help however we can."
Reuben's group consisted of the young Imperial, a Redguard, a Nord, and a High Elf. Reuben found the hall of attainment in utter chaos. The destruction and alteration students were led by Ralis the Bosmer destruction teacher.
The group rushed in helping however they could, the Imperial using restoration to heal the wounded, the Nord enchanting items for the other mages, and the others fighting the threat.
They finally over took the opponent because of new found hope in their new arrivals. Then Reuben turned to Ralis.
"What happened? Where are the other teachers?" Reuben asked.
"The alteration and restoration teachers were killed in the fighting on the bridge. The conjuration teacher went to the midden to fight. And the illusion teacher went to the top of the tower to help protect the novices along with two master level wizards." Ralis replied.
"Which master level wizards?" Reuben asked.
"The Khajiit J'zera and that Nord girl Lana." Ralis answered.
"If something happens to Lana Rynaz would be devastated." Reuben thought.
Blaze and his group consisted of the Bosmer, a Breton, a Nord, and a Dunmer. They rushed to the top of the college to rescue the novices.
"Where is Archmage Barren?" Blaze asked.
"I think he teleported to the top to assist the novices." The Wood Elf answered.
They made it to the roof only to find around two hundred Altmer being fought back at once by the powerful spells of the Archmage.
It was amazing that this one man was fighting off two hundred well trained soldiers, but he was Archmage for a reason.
Blaze and the novices watched in awe as he took down wave after wave of Thalmor. He didn't even think to help, he didn't notice how tired the Archmage was, and he didn't know what was about to happen.
The Archmage's shield wavered for only a heartbeat, but in that moment an elven arrow went right into Barren's spine and he collapsed on the tower.
Filled with rage Blaze unleashed a huge magical inferno burning around half of the High Elves to death, injuring others, and causing the others to run in fear.
Blaze sat next to the dying Archmage and heard his final words.
"You must protect the college. You are now taking my place as Archmage, so protect these students with your life." Barren said, before his eyes closed for the last time.
Thank you to anyone who reads and/or reviews I hope you like the story, but it is almost over. However it may take I while for me to finish, as I have been busy as of late.