I regain conciseness but I don't open my eyes right away, I'm scared that another creature of darkness looming over me with hungry eyes.
"Please say that's you Willow" I beg and Willows sigh of relief is nothing but comforting.
"Well you were out of it for awhile. About 20 minutes I think. I have a question" she says suddenly with a smile that seems to mask something underneath.
"Yes?"
"Are you an idiot!? Why didn't you attack it right away!? You may as well have titled your head and told it to take your blood!" she screams at me with rage causing me to jump back in surprise.
"I-I thought it was just a little girl" I say weakly trying to defend myself
"It was a starving vampire with a pale sunken face and eyes like an animal! How in Meridia's name did you think it was a normal girl?!" tears were pouring out of her eyes now. I can't think of something smart to do so I just put my forehead to hers and whisper
"I'm alright, I promise" she sniffles a bit and nods
"Then let's get out of this cave and get our reward. I already put the things head in a sac" she stands up after she is done talking and starts walking without another word. I follow behind quietly; I know that even if she forgives me it doesn't mean that she still isn't angry. The sun is shining brightly outside and I squint my eyes almost completely shut. It seems far brighter than normal but I just ignore it, thinking that it has to do with the blood-loss. I still feel weak and light headed so when Willow isn't looking I try to cast a quick healing spell but it doesn't have any effect whatsoever. I look at my hand a bit confused but once again I simply ignore it, chalking it up to blood-loss again, and continue following Willow back to Windhelm. When we drop disembodied head at the stewards feet all he does is stare at us for a moment with disbelief in his eyes.
"You two kids killed a vampire…? How…" He says shocked but he still pulls out the purse of coins and hands it to us. We accept it but before we can leave a man that is dressed as a noble approaches.
"Good evening, I couldn't help but overhear that you two killed a vampire all by yourselves. That's quite impressive but not very surprising that a Nord was the one to kill it. I would like you to consider joining the rebellion and fight for what is right. Of course the invitation is extended to the Breton." The man's voice is far deeper than I expect it to be from how he looks. Another thing I notice is the way he only extends the invitation to Willow after I looked at him with offense.
"I thank you for the offer but I have my own journey to attend to. Come on Willow" I say with a bit of an edge on my voice and I head to the door. I turn back once only to say
"Oh and it was her who killed the creature, I just got in the way" I smile sweetly and walk out.
"You know that was the leader of the rebellion that you just talked down to right?" Willow speaks up once we are out of the jarls castle. I shrug
"I didn't care for the tone he took when he talked of you" I say simply and I can clearly hear Willow Chuckle from behind me. it doesn't take us long to get back to the inn and once inside I let Willow take care of paying for our room. I feel weak and drained, and not the same kind of drained like when I use too much Magicka. This feeling is like not eating for days but not being hungry. I lay down in the bed that the Inn-keeper lets us use and take my boots off.
"I'm going to grab us something to eat, I'm starving! Want anything?" Willow's stomach growls loudly as she speaks as if to put emphasis on the point.
"No thanks I think I'm just going to sleep, I don't have that much of an appetite" I shake my head and wrap the blanket around myself. Willow looks a bit worried but drops it and goes to grab something to eat while I close my eyes and let sleep take over.
It is laughing again but not hysterically like it normally does. Its laugh reminds of someone who heard a mildly funny joke. I try to ask what it is laughing at but my mouth refuses to move, as does the rest of my being..
"I'm going to have a lot of fun with this one. Red is such a beautiful color isn't it?" the sound of the voice is the same as before but it is far more sane than before almost as if it just got smarter.
"Do you pity yourself? Remember that if you do that you're just pitying me" It chuckles again while a shadow starts forming in front of me. Fear grips my heart and all I can think of what will happen if this voice is given form. I try to yell my protest but once again my voice is blocked by nothingness. I can't feel the light next to me through my own fear this night.