Serana's path to happiness after tragedy.
Chapter 7
I don't own Serana or skyrim.
As Serana fell asleep she didn't notice Aaron's look which would tell exactly what he was thinking. He was in love with this woman. A vampire at that and he would have never expected that. He finally had something to look forward to in his life again. He smiled as he thought about how she would look like in a white dress walking down an isle. Probably in the middle of the night or a very cloudy rainy day. He shook his head and with those images in his head he slowly fell asleep.
Serana herself was having a lovely dream about a little girl running through a field of wheat with her chasing after the child. In the distance you could see a number of large figures with black armor that gleamed in the rather bright moonlight. She laughed as the little girl ran off as fast as she could.
"You can't catch me mommy!" The child yelled at Serana as she ran. Serana laughed and seeing this as a challenge decided to cheat a little and turned into a horde of bats and reformed right in front of the giggling little girl. Who gasped and ran through her legs before she could catch her and kept running laughing harder because she wasn't caught. Serana sighed. It was time for her child to go bed and she was determind to catch her though didn't have to as a massive young man jumped over them and quickly spun around snagging the child and holding her out in front of him as she struggled to get free.
"Daddy how did you catch me? I was to fast for mommy so how could you catch me?" She asked pouting cutely. The father smiled at his child. Then whispered to her.
"Angel i'm faster than mommy." He grinned as the moonlight showed his battle scared face. He heard Serana yell to him from a distance.
"Aaron come on it's time to go home. Besides after dinner you know what's going to happen later tonight." She yelled and winked one of her bright orange eyes at him. Causing a massive grin to appear on his face and his stomach growled so loud she could hear it causing him to be take off like a shot with Angel in his arms. Serana saw this and saw the child giggling in her fathers arms as he raced to where she stood. She smiled at the adorable scene in front of her. Suddenly the moon disappeared and everything went so dark even she couldn't see. She took a step and called the man's name but he was gone as was the little girl. She started to tear up before she was enveloped in a bright white light that temporally blinded her. As the light died away she found herself in front of a small house on a little culdesack. She smiled a little it was quiet and quaint.
She jumped a little when the door to the house opened slowly by itself and little boy appeared in the door way. She watched the little boy as he beckoned her to come inside. The child turned around and walked back in the house. Serana being extremely curious about this situation followed the child inside. As she went inside she looked around and smiled at the simple decor.
"How cute." she said as she looked at a picture of the child in question. He had Bright green eyes and black hair with Green streaks in it. Almost like he had been born with his hair like that.
'Hmm where have i seen that hair before.' She wondered but put it in the back of her mind as she saw a light on in one of the rooms. Which she quickly went to and opened the door the rest of the way and was greeted by the two occupants. The child she had seen a little earlier and a woman with black hair with green stripes in it who had bright blue eyes and was wearing all black and had chains and a spiked collar around her neck. Serana thought about who this could be before it hit her like a ton of bricks. Her eyes widened as she realized that this woman was Andrea, Aaron's dead fiance and she guessed the child with her was their son Spike. Serana then looked on a table next to the bed and saw a picture of Andrea, baby Spike and Aaron together. She then stared at the woman while her jaw dropped.
'What am i doing here?' She thought as she looked around and touched the walls to make sure they were real and when she looked back at the woman she was grinning.
"I was wondering how long it would take you to recognize me. Welcome to your first true out of body experience." The woman stated in an angelic voice that could calm the most raging of beasts or people. Serana now knew how she had managed to deal with Aaron's rages. Her voice could soothe him easily.
"We need to talk" Andrea said making Serana gulp nervously. She wasn't sure where she was and judging by this place they were at she probably couldn't get out unless she was allowed to considering it was apparently an out of body experience. She felt a small breeze that blew through the house and she smelled fresh cut grass on the air. She watched Andrea smile and put her hands together under her chin.
"Spike go outside and play with your friends. Me and the nice lady need to have an important dicussion." Said Andrea and the child smiled and started to leave but not before giving Serana a pen. Which confused her. She sighed and clicked the back of the pen to put it away but instead got a nasty shock.
"OUCH! What the hell was that?" She asked seeing the child laughing and his mother snickering. She was a little peeved but brushed it off. She'd find out later. She saw the mother lookin at her and how her face had suddenly became serious when she looked back at her.
"So you're the woman who managed to finally get through to Aaron and capture his heart. I admit i'm impressed that you were able to do it and so quickly too. Espeacially considering he swore to never love again after we died. He didn't want it happening again to anyone. One of the many reasons he joined the military. Revenge also among those reasons. Sadly he has not and never will truly recover from his grief. It will get better but as you well know it never truly goes away. Anyway, so i see you've fallen in love with Aaron as well." She said with a smile. As she watched Serana sigh and slowly nod while looking down.
"I can't blame you really. He is such an amazing man and he would be good for any women. He's never realized that. But i do which is why i'm glad he's found someone to help him continue to live his life and bring him back from the brink." said Andrea. She smiled when Serana looked at her in surprise.
"What do you mean bring him back from the brink? Was something going to happen to him?" She asked in a slightly panicked voice.
Andrea sighed. "Yes he was on the brink of not only losing his mind but also on the brink of suicide and taking alot of aliens with him. When that ship that he's been working on is able to to leave the planet he was planning on evacuating everyone on it and going after what he beleived to be the aliens home world and crash the massive ship into it and then fight and try to kill as many aliens as he could and on the brink of his death he would detonate a speacially made bomb to blow up the ship obliterating it the entire planet and any planets or moons within seventy million miles of the explosion." Said Andrea with a serious but extremely sad expression at knowing just what he had been planning before Serana walked into his life.
Serana looked at her like she had completely lost her mind. She also had no idea that he was hurting that much. Soon she finally regained enough sense to talk again.
"Why would he do something like that? I mean i have no doubt he was hurting but to outright destroy planets even if they are crawling with those creatures." She almost screamed in outrage that he would even consider something like that. Not really worried about the creatures on the planets but for the man she had come to love, now that she knew just how far he was willing to go to get revenge and get rid of the pain he felt. Tears formed in her eyes as she mulled it over in her head. She was taken out of her thoughts when Andrea spoke up.
"Now you see why i'm glad you came into his life. Even if i'm rather jealous of you for being able to be with him now. He's been so desperate to end the pain and get revenge that he's willing to destory anything that gets in the way of that goal. But now that there is someone in his life who gives him all the reason in the world to live he's stopped and will now do anything to keep you safe. Most likely also disabling the bomb he made too. Of course there is a slight complication about you being in a relationship or marriage with him. It's really tiny, barely able to see it." Andrea said as she looked around not sure how the woman in front of her would take it.
"What kind of complication?" Asked Serana getting a bad feeling about this but also blushed a bit when she said the word marriage. Though her skin wouldn't show it.
"Well you um... How do i say this?" Andrea said. While watching Serana sit patiently. She decided that the blunt approach would suffice.
"You're going to freak out about this however miss Volkihar you will be the leader of a Harem. Aaron's harem. You will be sharing him with several other women." Said Andrea as she waited for the explosion that was no doubt about to come from the Vampire in front of her as she saw the woman's eyes grow to size of dinner plates.
"WHAT! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO BE THE LEADER OF A HAREM! I HAVE NO INTENTION OF SHARING HIM WITH ANYONE EVER!" Serana screamed at the woman in front of her completely losing her cool as she herself went into a rage. Andrea just smiled at the outraged woman in front of her. She'd have been the exact same way if anyone told her that. She would explain it to her soon. But she just had to keep watching the angry woman and try her hardest not to laugh at her.
Serana couldn't believe what she just heard. She was going to have to share him? No she just would not do that. It was like him sharing her with whole bunch of other men which she knew wouldn't happen and not just because he would kill all the other men. Also because she just would not do that. The very thought of being shared with other men made her want to vomit. She'd sooner stand naked in the sun for seven days straight than do that. She then sighed as she slowly got her emotions back under control as she saw Andrea just sitting there with a smirk on her face.
"Ugh why on earth do you think i would share him with other women?" Serana asked as she remained calm for now. But just noticed a sad smile comeing onto Andreas face.
"The reason is because of just what his reaction would be if he lost you too. He'd go right back to his original plan. He will take that ship and crash it into a planet and then blow it up when he died. He's a little crazy but the pain and the endless nightmares have caused caused him to slowly partially lose it. If he loses you as well and doesn't have anyone else to help keep him sane then he will enact his plan. We can't allow that to happen. He'll go straight to hell and neither of us will see him here with us. Also you'd have quite a few sisters to talk with and help you out and vice versa. All in all the harem plan sounds much more appealing than the alternative if he loses you. Trust me i know him better than even his own family did. Espeacially now. He also definitely won't like the harem idea either because he's a one woman man. He's always been that way but eventually he'll accept it. Even from here in heaven i still watch over him. Right now he's actually quite worried about you and has not left your bedside for the last two weeks except for hygien bathroom breaks and food." Said Andrea with a grin on her face.
Serana was absolutely shocked. She'd been here with this woman for two weeks. It only seemed like she'd been her a few hours. Also she was flattered that Aaron had been watching over her the whole time. If her heart was alive she knew it'd be fluttering.
"How have i been up here for two weeks? It only seems like i've been here for a few hours. Not only that but where am i anyway?" Said Serana.
Andrea just smiled at her. You're no longer on earth if that's what you mean. As for where you are you're in heaven currently in limbo considering your bodies still alive but your soul is here. Also time here is different than it is on earth. Time passes much slower up here. I don't know why it does though. A few hours up here is a week or two on earth. Andrea said with a soft smile.
"Heaven?" Serana asked looking at her funny.
Andrea just smiled again before speaking. "Heaven, Sovengarde basically the same place. Just me, you and Spike. We're the only ones here in this neighborhood right now. When you leave everyone else will come back since we needed privacy. Now however it's time for you to go. Please take care of Aaron and if you agree to the harem idea get him to agree as well. Oh and before you go i should let you know one of his speacial talents before you claim him."
"And just what kind of talent are we talking about here?" Serana asked. She saw Andrea grin widely as she came towards her.
Andrea giggled and grinned naughtily at the shocked expression on Serana's face.
"Let's just say he's very talented in the bedroom department." Andrea said with rather naughty expression on her face.
"You're a bit of a pervert aren't you Andrea? I'll keep it in mind though." Serana said as she shook her head at the perverted grin Andreas had on her face.
"Well it was nice to meet you Andrea" Said Serana who smiled when Andrea said almost the same thing to her and when Spike told her to take care of his daddy. Andrea got up and put two fingers on Serana's head and pushed and Serana found herself in darkness again and she felt herself falling and before she knew it. She gasped and shot straight up in the bed as she found herself back on earth with the giant man she loved asleep in a chair beside her. Even though it was early afternoon.
She turned to face him her legs over the side of the bed where she was facing him. She caressed his scared face as he snored lightly. Which caused him to shiver in a good way. If she had to guess he hadn't slept in a very long time. She pulled him onto the bed with her as he continued to sleep and slowly put her arms around his neck and lay her head on his shoulder sighing finally content. Her sigh woke him up though as he wrapped his arms around her waist and squeezed a bit happy that she was finally awake.
"Good afternoon gorgeous. I've been rather worried about you." He said with a smile on his face. Though was curious as to why her arms were around his neck.
Aarons voice caused her to jump out of the bed and off him in surprise but quickly smiled seeing he was awake and looking at her. She then layed back down on top of him her head and hands on his muscular chest as she listened to the comfortable sound of his heart beat and his breathing. She hadn't been this happy or content in such a very long time. Too long if you asked her.
She inhaled his scent and it made her be at peace but it also made her body shiver. His scent sent her mind into overdrive she loved this man and she was going to stay by his side until she died. Whenever that would be. She smiled as the same dream of him her and a little girl came back to her. She suddenly felt his lips on her cheek. He was getting bolder and she was a little excited by it. She found herself wishing for that dream to come true.
'One day maybe it will. I can't wait' She thought with a grin on her face. As she enjoyed the warmth of the man below her. She slowly crawled up him a bit and kissed him gently on the lips. She was surprised and happy when he returned her kiss. She was 100% sure now that she had fallen totally in love with him. She saw him lift his hand and his arm as well as his eyes were covered in a blue aura as he used telekinesis to bring a blood pack over to them and handed it to her. She smiled and then drank the entire thing. She then noticed that he was shirtless and for the first time she could see up close the damage those battles did to him. She traced her fingers over his scars causing him to groan a bit. This in turn caused her to smirk as she put a little more pressure to his chest.
"Why are you tracing my scars?" He asked not exactly understanding why she was doing it. She sat up and looked at him coyly. Which made him a little nervous. He started to get excited but did everything he could to make it go away. Including thinking about some 100 year old woman in a thong and bra which made him throwup in his mouth. It helped though. Though it didn't help when she kissed his chest and he did everything he could to get out from under her to disappear in the bathroom to take care of his little problem she had caused.
Serana grinned playfully at him. She was enjoying this teasing and the fact that she could feel something pokeing her stomach and him scrambling trying to get away so she wouldn't notice.
'This is just too easy. I haven't even showed any skin and he's turned on. I guess i'll let him go and see where he runs.' She thought playfully as she allowed him to throw her onto the bed and started uncontrollably giggling at how fast he disappeared into the bathroom to deal with the erection she caused him to have with her behavior. She waited for him to return.
1 hour later.
Her giggling fit had finally stopped as he came from the bathroom. Looking nervously around to see if she was watching him. He saw nothing and walked out.
"Why would she do that? Don't get me wrong i loved it but that was a little much since i haven't even told her i loved her yet. Hmm i wonder wh...
He was interuppted by a certain female tackling him to the floor where she stared into his eyes. Thankfully for him Serana was still clothed. He had no idea how he would react if she didn't. She grinned and her fangs showed before she kissed him again. He sighed. He wasn't going anywhere now that she had latched onto him and was kissing him.
Serana then sighed into the kiss and just lay on him. She admitted to herself she could stay like this all day. She saw Taco coming over and she petted the little dog as he snuggles into his masters side. Aaron just sighed he smiled a little.
"Hey Serana. The project is complete. I just got word before you wokeup. Me you Taco and everything in here along with my family will be loaded onto the ship tomorrow. I hope you don't mind since we'll be on the ship for a year or two." He said a little nervously. Smiling when she just nodded and didn't really care about it.
She looked into his bright green eyes with her bright orange ones.
"Honestly i don't care as long as i can be with you. You'd best not die on me. I've fallen in love you so you best not leave me behind. She grinned playfully.
"I love you too. Don't worry i won't leave you behind. I suspect even if i tried i'd wakeup without a few certain parts of my body." He said as a shiver went down his spine at the thought of losing those particular body parts. He didn't miss the somewhat menacing and playful tone in her voice. He looked outside and saw it was around 9p.m. Time for dinner beautiful. He just saw her nod and get up before lifting him up and dragging him to the kitchen.
"Alright Serana what do you want?" He asked waiting patiently. He saw her think.
"I'll have meat rare with a glass of blood." She said before walking up behind him standing on her tiptoes and playfully biting his earlobe making sure her fangs didn't penetrate his skin. Making him shiver lightly and smile as he turned on the stove and put four steaks on it. Barely cooking hers so it was hot and had a sear on it but it was almost completely rare. Though cooked his to around medium. Where he then put them on two plates putting some blood on hers with her glass of blood and got himself a glass of big red.
They ate in mostly silence with Aaron sneaking bits of steak to Taco. He looked over at Serana seeing the surprised look on her face. But also he could tell she liked the meat. Considering how she had devoured it rather quickly. While he took his time. He smirked seeing the satisfied look on her face.
"So that good was it?" He asked smiling when she just nodded. Hmph he didn't really think he was that good of a cook. Though his mom's secret steak rub seems to have really worked. He then smiled when she sighed and left the kitchen and plopped down on the bed. Which caused him to laugh as she put her hands behind her head and watched him finish eating.
She watched him wash the dishes then head to the couch. Though she was having none of that. She immediately shot towards him and threw him onto the bed where she smirked at the surprised look on his face. She then layed on top of him where she proceeded to fall asleep rather quickly. He sighed.
'This is new. Oh well i'll accept it as a pleasant change.' he thought. Espeacially when Taco climbed up a set of little stairs so he could come on the bed and snuggled in beside them. Aaron just sighed before closing his eyes and falling asleep. He didn't know tommorow would bring a few rather large surprises espeacially for him. But at least he finally found someone again.
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