ON THE WAY BACK HOME

Almost immediantly, Ralof and i left for helgen. We knew it would take a while to get there so we stocked up on food from the market stalls. We ditched the imperial armor and got new clothes also. I got set of hide armor and a new dagger as i lost mine when i threw it at the imperial. Ralof got a set of steel armor and blue robes, although he didn't wear the robes he ripped some parts off and put it on with the Armor so that it looked almost like stormcloak armor. We set of and got a carriage to Riverwood. When we got to Riverwood it was clear that the imperials had done some amount of damage, but the stormcloaks came out on top. The mill and Ralof's house was all but destroyed. At the back end of the town was a pile of dead bodies. Presumably the dead from the battle but to my surprise my father wasn't there. They turned the in into a makeshift medical camp were they were treating the wounded. Ralof found his mother and sister there. Gerdur told him that their mother was seriously injured. She was attacked by an imperial while protecting Gerdur. As a result of this Ralof's father has been called back from the army. My house was nothing but a pile of ash. I thought to myself what might have been if this hadn't wanted to stay the night with his mother and sister to make sure everything was ok. We stayed the night in one of the rooms in the inn. After saying goodbye to everyone we left for helgen. We passed bleak falls barrow and the blessing stones. Ralof and i stopped at them. He chose the warrior stone and i chose the thief stone, thinking it might come in handy in case we need to steal something. We were 3 days into our journey and we could see helgen. I thought everything was going well until Ralof disappeared. He said he was going to scout the area to make sure that there were no imperials near. He was gone about an hour and it was starting to get late. I walked through the wooded area he went into. I saw him lying face down on the floor. I ran towards him and checked to see if he was ok. He was breathing. He must have been unconscious. I heard a noise from behind me. I looked up just in time to see a sword handle strike me in the head.