The first thing Ellie saw was an aurora in the night sky. It looked like the sky from home but only that the colors from the aurora were off. Instead of the usual blues, greens and yellows it was red, orange, yellow and an off shade of pink.

"What's with this mist?"

Ellie looked down to find the path covered in a purple mist that seemed to eat everything it touched. She looked over at the other Dragonborn before producing a fire spell in one hand to give them some light.

"I guess we're going through it"

He shrugged and walked beside her down the path, the fire in her hand seemed to do nothing as the mist ate what little light it provided. It wasn't long until they ran into someone else who walked in circles. He stopped when he spotted them.

"You look lost friend"

As he looked at them Ellie noticed that he looked terrified as the sound of a dragon's roar was heard overhead.

"Alduin put this mist here so he could eat the souls that get lost in it."

Ellie looked up to see Alduin circle overhead as if he was searching for something or someone in particular. Namely her companion but she wasn't about to second guess the fact that he would make a dive for her if he had to.

They continued on through the mist and the guy followed them for a while before Alduin came down and snatched him. The man only made himself a target by making a lot of noise. If he had been quiet there may have been a chance for him to get passed unnoticed. Ellie just shook her head and continued on. After a while they reached a spot of land that wasn't covered by the mist but it was already occupied by a guy that was easily over seven feet tall. Ellie just looked at him as the other Dragonborn did all the talking. She was suddenly feeling very small.

After a minute of talking between the two men the other moved and let them through. On the other side of the dragon bone bridge was a hall and that's where Ellie assumed they needed to go. Ellie followed after the other Dragonborn into the hall and looked around at the mass of people that seemed to occupy it.

There were people eating, training and some standing around talking. It was odd to see them acting so normal for being dead. The other Dragonborn left her in search of someone and in about fifteen minutes he returned again with three other people following him. He motioned for her and the rest of them to follow him outside and Ellie waited on the patch of grass on the other side of the bridge while the rest of them moved on. It didn't take long for Alduin to notice them and start in on the attack.

Elli watched as Alduin circled the hill before diving towards the group. He only pulled up when he realized that if he didn't he would land on his head. He came around again and set off a blast of fire making Ellie want to jump into the fight to stop this.

Alduin eventually landed and started attacking from the ground. Ellie couldn't make out anything they say but could hear Alduin's roars and some shouting but couldn't make out any words. After a while Ellie could see fireballs coming from the sky.

Ellie could hear Alduin roar in anger and frustration and the sounds of clashing blades. After a while she heard one agonizing roar and the mist started to clear. When the mist cleared Ellie could see Alduin's body disintegrating.

Ellie watched as the last of Alduin's body turned into ash and flame before drifting into the sky. She wasn't sure how she should feel as she looked up at the aurora before looking down when the group approached her. The other's went back to the hall, leaving only the two Dragonborns standing there next to the giant, who was prepared to send them home after teaching the other Dragonborn a new shout, supposedly to summon a hero if needed to help ion battle.

Ellie only had to blink before they were back on top of the mountain with Paarthurnax looking at them but he wasn't alone. There were a dozen other dragons there with him, all sitting on rocks and speaking in dragon, to whom though she wasn't sure.

When they were done Paarthurnax put his nose down to the pair and Ellie's hand went up immediately to run over his scales.

"I'm hoping that I can convince the others to follow the way of the Voice"

"That means you're leaving doesn't it?"

Ellie just looked at him, feeling more than a little hurt. Paarthurnax didn't reply before lifting his head before taking off with the other dragons. Ellie watched for a while before heading back down the mountain. Now that this assignment was done she could get back to her studies while going over her thoughts. She already missed Paarthurnax and he hadn't even been gone an hour.

She didn't even have the ability to study with all the thoughts running around in her head. So she gave up and went to hunt something down to eat before going to sit by a window. Amgeir found her after a while and inquired as to what happened. Ellie relayed the information to him beyond that she didn't talk much. She was simply having issues with the fact that she wasn't going to see either of them again.

What made everything worse was that she thought she was getting through to Alduin after she had healed him. It was now sure to her that he had played her to get a reaction out of her and it worked, which made Ellie furious with herself.

Sadly her studies were starting to suffer as well.

"Why don't you go for a bit of a trip to get your mind off things?"

Ellie just looked at Amgeir.

"And go where exactly? I haven't heard from my sister in quite some time so I have no idea if she stayed in Iverstead or if she left"

Ellie sighed. She knew Amgeir was right and that she needed a change of scenery to get her back into the swing of things and hopefully change her mood but she doubted that would even help. It took Amgeir over a week before she finally gave in.

Iverstead was in shambles when she got there. Some of the houses were still partially burnt and she found herself standing in front of her childhood home, which was now burnt to a crisp and unrecognizable. She sighed and started looking around for her sister.

After a while it became evident that her sister didn't stay in Iverstead. She didn't know where she would have gone because as far as she knew there wasn't any other family to stay with. A guy perhaps? Or maybe she went in search of work. It really didn't matter. If she found her on the way to Whiterun then she would think about it then.

Ellie ended up spending roughly a week in Whiterun. She was standing on the balcony when she heard the roar of a dragon. It circled overhead before landing on the balcony with her. When it turned towards her she immediately recognized who it was.

"Odahviing, what are you doing here?"

He looked at her as if contemplating what to say.

"I should be asking you that. Right now it looks like you could use a friend"

Ellie looked down at her feet. He was right especially now that she had no idea where her younger sister was. When she finally worked up the courage to look up at him he was on two feet. He rested a hand on her shoulder.

"I know that I'm a dragon but if you need someone to talk to you can always call for me and I'll listen"

Ellie sighed.

"You obviously don't know then. I can learn Shouts just as easily as any other Dragonborn but I cannot use them, which means even if I wanted to I couldn't call for you"

He thought about that for a few minutes before producing something from behind his back. He pushed it into her hand.

"This may help you with that"

Ellie held it up. It was cold and hard in her hand and dimly reflected the light from the torches around them.

"It's one of my scales. It should have enough magic to boost your abilities so you can use Shouts. I would imagine it's rather frustrating to know you have that kind of power but can't use it."

He had no idea how much it bothered her.

"Thank you. I'm going to keep that in mind. I'm going to head back tomorrow."

Odahviing nodded and then looked out over the land. She looked at him for a few minutes while absentmindedly running her fingers over the scale in her possession.

In this form his hair was a reddish brown mixed with black. The wind picked it up and started blowing it everywhere as Ellie watched. He didn't even make an attempt to pull it out of his face. He must have noticed that she was watching him because he looked over his shoulder at her. He didn't say anything but smiled before going back to whatever it was he was looking at.

Ellie looked him over. He was easily taller than her with more muscle than she could ever hope to have. He looked back at her again.

"Why are you watching me like that?"

She shrugged and moved closer to where he was standing.

"I often wonder what it is that humans think about"

"I often wonder what it is that a dragon thinks about"

That made him laugh.

"Maybe you should get to bed. If you're heading back I would assume you're going to be up early"

That reminded her of something.

"Hey, I wonder what ever happened to the other Dragonborn. I haven't seen him since he killed Alduin"

'Oh, you mean Derek? Last I heard he was playing errand boy. Money is money I guess. When you're ready to leave tomorrow call for me and I'll give you a ride back."

Ellie nodded before heading back inside to go to bed. That was probably one of the oddest conversations she had ever had, with a dragon or otherwise, and she wasn't sure how to take it. Odahviing was certainly an odd one, that was for sure.