Farkas reached Haknir's Shoal by sun down. The sky was growing dark at a fast rate and that was an advantage for Farkas. He could see in the dark and it would be easier for him to stay hidden in the distance. He was crouching behind some boulders near the camp. He peaked out and saw that it was full of Thalmor soldiers.

Horses were lined up near a pond and there were a couple of carriages filled with weapons and several trucks lined up behind them. Farkas's stomach began to twist as he imagined what kind of things were inside them. "Weren't we suppose to get more supplies today?" He heard one of the soldiers speak. "Yea, looks like they're running behind. Probably got drunk and passed out by the road." Another soldier replied.

Farkas slightly shook his head as he remembered back on the Thalmor that he killed on the road. "When are those cultist's supposed to arrive?" A soldier asked. "Tomorrow morning." Replied a soldier. "Well lets hope this is enough for their...things." The soldier walked over to the trunks and examined them. Farkas saw that he had a disgusted look on his face. "Why are we even working along side those..filth.." A soldier sneered at the thought of them. "We've always been able to handle our own. Do we really need their help? Skyrim shouldn't be too hard to take down." The soldier took a drink from his mug.

"That's true but the others might not be as easy. The cultist are skilled with..Certain things and they have strong magic. As long as everything goes as plan with this Miraak than everything should run smoothly from there." The soldier walked back over to the fire and warmed his hands above it. "Speaking of Skyrim." Another soldier joined in on the conversation. "We got word today that they are going to be moving on Whiterun soon." The soldier explained.

"Lucky bastards get to have all the fun! I wish I could be there to see the Yarl's face when they take over that poor excuse of a city." The soldier laughed. "Isn't that a bold move though? Taking over one of the main cities will begin the war. Do we really want it to begin so quickly?" The soldier walked away from the fire. "I hear their going to blame the Stormcloaks. Seems like something that barbarian Ulfric would do." The soldier spoke with a shrug. "It should work as long as they kill everyone there." The other soldier walked to the table and grabbed a mug full of mead. "Let's hope so." The soldier sitting by the fire raised his mug in the air and took a big drink out of it.

Farkas couldn't believe what he just heard. They were going to attack Whiterun!? Farkas's throat tightened and his stomach hurt. His mind went back on the other Companions, his family. He than thought about all the innocent people in Whiterun, they were even going to kill the children!? Blaming the Stormcloaks would make the Civil War worse and only make them fight over things that didn't happen!

Farkas couldn't handle this, he felt like he was going to be sick. Fear and anger stirred inside him causing his wolf to go crazy. Farkas felt like the wolf inside him was going to claw right out of him, he felt like he was going to loose control. 'I can't believe it...They're going to get so many people killed...' Farkas clutched his stomach and swallowed hard.

The wolf jumped inside him making Farkas fall to the ground. He let out a painful exhale making the Thalmor soldiers jump. "What was that!?" One of them drew a sword and began to look around. "I think it came from here." A soldier pointed towards the bolder. The rest of them drew their swords and quickly walked over. "What!? Who are you!?" A soldier yelled seeing Farkas. The soldier pointed his sword down at him. Farkas let out a painful groan. "Hey!" The soldier kicked Farkas in the head causing him to see stars, and only making it worse. "Answer me!" The soldier yelled again.

A low growl came from Farkas making them all freeze. Farkas slowly looked up at them, his eyes glowing gold and sharp dripping fangs. "W-what.." The soldiers slowly backed away but any attempts to flee were hopeless. Before they knew it Farkas was now monster and the only thing heard that night were screams and the howls of a hungry wolf.

Morning came slow for Seradia, she wasn't able to get any sleep. Her nerves were too bad and she was too afraid. It was kind of the Yarl to offer her a place in his palace but the protection of the guards did not calm her down at all. She spent most of the night reading books she found in the room trying to get her mind off of things. Most of the books were boring and nothing was really distracting her.

The other half of the night she just laid in bed staring at the ceiling, wishing her friends were with her. Especially Farkas. She had never felt so lonely before, even with all of these people with her. She was alone, and had to deal with this alone.

Seradia let out a small sigh as she slowly got up off of the bed, she clutched her stomach and winced painfully as she stood on her feet. Her wound still hurt as if it were still fresh. She put on some fresh cloths and ran a brush through her hair. She left the room and made her way through the palace to the main room. She walked down the large stair case, the room was full of talking but once she entered everyone grew silent and stared at her.

Seradia looked at them all confused and than moved her eyes to the Yarl who was also staring at her. "Is..something wrong?" She asked slowly. "The guards we sent to Rorikstead returned not long ago." The Yarl slowly stood up from his throne. Seradia's heart dropped as if she already knew what he was going to say. "They arrived late last night and found the town burning." The Yarl's voice dropped as grief for his people took over. Seradia covered her mouth and tears formed in her eyes. "There were no sign of the Thalmor and only a few citizens made it out alive." Irileth took over.

"Are they here in Whiterun?" Seradia asked. "Yes, they're at the Temple getting healed right now." Irileth nodded. Seradia put her hand to her chest as she looked down at the ground. 'Only a few..' She bit her lower lip. 'I should've stayed..' Her heart felt heavy and tears began to run down her cheeks. 'If I stayed than maybe..I could've..' She swallowed hard trying to keep the tears back but they had already escaped.

"I need to ask you something." The Yarl got her attention back. "When you found that letter, did you see anything of when they might come here?" He asked. Seradia shook her head and than looked back down. "I'm sorry.." She whispered. Balgruuf clenched his jaw and than turned his head to Irileth. Irileth opened her mouth to speak but the doors slamming open made them all jump. Everybody looked and saw a guard running into the room. "My Yarl!" He was out of breath.

"What is it son?" Balgruuf quickly walked up to him. "It's the Thalmor, they're here." The guard breathed heavy. "They're here!?" Irileth ran up to him. "Yes but not how we thought, there are only a few of them." The guard explained. Balgruuf furrowed his eyebrows down and thought for a moment. Seradia clenched her jaw as her heart beat increased, could it be the same Thalmor from Rorikstead? Could they be looking for her? Her nerves were acting up and she felt like she was going to be sick.

"Don't let them into the city!" Seradia yelled in panic. "I have a feeling it's the same Thalmor agents from Rorikstead and I think their looking for me." Her voice shook and she slurred her words as she panicked more. "Calm down." Balgruuf raised his hands in the air and slowly approached her. "We won't let anyone hurt you." Balgruuf spoke in a calm tone but it wasn't helping Seradia at all.

"What should we do?" Asked the guard. Balgruuf looked over to Irileth and than looked at Proventus. "We should talk to them and see what their intentions are." Said Proventus. "What!? If we do that than they could strike at the Yarl or anyone easily!" Irileth yelled at him. "And if we don't let them in they could force their way in and hurt the citizen's of Whiterun!" Proventus yelled back. "We should just have a talk with them." Proventus looked back at the Yarl.

Balgruuf rubbed his forehead as he tried to decide. "You can't allow this my Yarl, they could-" Balgruuf quickly rose his hand up making Irileth shut up. "Let the one in charge and only one guard in." Balgruuf looked to the guard. "Yes sir!" The guard quickly took off. Proventus sighed in relief and Irileth just shook her head and walked away. Seradia's gut tightened and her heart felt like it was going to bust right out of her chest. She looked around quickly in a panic trying to find some place to go. Balgruuf looked back at her and noticed the look on her face.

He walked up to her gently placing his hands on her shoulders trying to calm her down. "Don't worry, I doubt they would make a move so quickly after Rorikstead." He reassured her. "Go back to the room and wait there." He slowly let go of her. Seradia stared at him for a minute and than nodded. She turned and quickly fled the room before the Thalmor came. Balgruuf went to his throne and sat down waiting for their guest's.

The Thalmor general and his guard walked into the room and quickly up to the Yarl's throne. "How unexpected." The Yarl sat up in his chair and leaned forward. "What is the meaning of this!?" The general, Jimar yelled. "Care to..elaborate?" Balgruuf raised an eyebrow at him. Jimar sneered at him. "I mean,what is the meaning of keeping me waiting outside of the city and than only allowing me to have one of my men!?" Jimar yelled again. "Because you're visit was unexpected and I did not want my citizens panicking from a sudden Thalmor appearance." Balgruuf furrowed his eyebrows down at him.

Jimar just scoffed at him. "Now, care to tell me why you're here?" Balgruuf sat back in his throne crossing his arms. "We're here for a woman who is known for Talos worshiping." Jimar looked around the room. "Oh?" Balgruuf raised an eyebrow at him. "Yes, we pursued her in Rorikstead and she fled. We believe she came here." Jimar explained. "You mean the my newly burnt down village." The Yarl lost control of his anger for a moment. Jimar's expression did not change. "We had no choice, the people of Rorikstead attacked us while we were searching for the woman." Jimar looked away with a stuck up expression on his face.

Balgruuf sneered at him and quickly got up from his throne. "You do not have the right to make such decisions involving my cities!" Balgruuf's loud voice echoed in the large room. "Because of you my people are dead!" He shouted. "And if you do not corporate more of your people will die!" Jimar yelled right back. "The woman, we want her and we want her now!" His voice also echoed in the room. Everyone stood in silence and just watched the two.

Balgruuf's face turned red as his anger boiled inside him. Jimar quickly walked up to the Yarl getting close to his face. "We will do what we have too." He hissed in his whisper. "Do you really want us to go that far?" Jimar towered over Balgruuf and he could feel the Thalmor's breath on his face. Balgruuf glared at him deeply and just stood there in silence. "You aim to start a war." Balgruuf whispered in an angery voice. "No, we aim to rid this world of filth." Jimar spat at him. "Search this place, tear it apart if you must!" Jimar commanded his guard as he stepped away from Balgruuf.

Balgruuf and Irileth tried to stop him but Jimar stopped them. "Do we need to use force? When it comes to a Talos search we can do whatever we have too." Jimar sneered at them both. Irileth quickly looked at Balgruuf and he signaled her to step down. "You won't find anything." Balgruuf looked back at him. "Than you have nothing to worry about, do you?" Jimar spoke in a harsh tone to both of them.

Seradia sat on her bed, rocking back and forth. Her hands were shaking and she felt like she was going to be sick. She bit her lower lip as she held both of her hands together in her lap. 'I wish Farkas was here...' He was the first person to come to her mind when she was scared. 'He doesn't even know I'm alive..' She started to sniff as more tears ran down her face. She took the sleeve of her dress and wiped the tears away.

She started thinking more about him and how their reunion will be. The thought of seeing him again made her feel better and made her start to pray to the gods that he's okay. Footsteps approaching her door made her snap out of it and freeze in place. "What is this room?!" She heard a voice yell. "It's a guest bedroom." A guard answered the unfamiliar voice. 'Oh no..' Seradia's heart pounded against her chest as she heard the footsteps getting closer.

'I have to hide!' She quickly got up and looked around in a hurry. She thought about hiding under the bed but he would see her when he walked in, her eyes quickly went to a tall dresser and that seemed like the best place. She quickly ran do it and opened it, she pushed the clothes out of the way and quickly shut the doors. She was able to see through the crack of the doors, the door to the room opened and she stiffened up seeing that it was a Thalmor that came into the room.

She covered her mouth trying to make her breathing more quiet and calm. She pushed her back against the back of the dresser as tight as she could. Seradia saw the Thalmor guard slowly walk around the room. She saw him get on the floor and look under the bed, it was a good thing she didn't hide under there. He walked over to the curtains and looked behind them. The guard walked to the middle of the room and looked around more. She froze when she saw his eyes go to the dresser and just stare at it.

Sweat ran down Seradia's face as she watched him. He took a step towards the dresser and stared at it more trying to decide if he should bother looking in it. The guard just turned away from the dresser and left the room closing the door behind him. Seradia dropped her hand from her face and let out a deep sigh of relief. Her legs began to shake and she felt like they were going to give out. She slowly walked out of the dresser, she hugged herself as she looked down at the ground.

'Is the Yarl okay?' She wondered since the Thalmor were looking for her. Seradia slowly opened the door and peaked outside, no one was around. Not even the guards, they must of left. That made Seradia more nervous, what would make the guards leave all of a sudden? She walked out of the room and the moment she stepped out a hand grabbed her shoulder and slammed her up against the wall. She gasped in pain and looked up seeing that it was the Thalmor guard.

"There you are you little bitch!" He yelled at her. He tightened his grip on her shoulder making her cry out in more pain. "You've been a lot of trouble and someone's gotta teach you a lesson." He dug his thumb into her shoulder. It felt like a knife was slowly stabbing into her. Seradia slowly looked into his eyes, though she was scared she did not show it. "Do you're worst. Killing or harming me will only prove that I'm right...They...already know your plan." Seradia spoke through her teeth. The pain was making her stutter and pause through her sentence.

"Hmph." He sneered at her. "It doesn't matter. Because nothing will stop the storm that is coming, and believe me. This storm will be much bigger than the last." He slowly pulled out his sword. Seradia kept looking him in the eyes as she quickly grabbed a hold of his wrist. Just as he was about to cut her he suddenly started to feel a burning sensation on his wrist. It was coming from Seradia's hand, she had summoned fire and was sending it into his arm. "Ah!" He yelled in pain quickly letting go of her shoulder.

He looked at his wrist and saw that it was burned badly, the pain did not stop even though he let go of her. She sent a fire inside him and it was running up his arm burning him from the inside. "Ahhh!" He screamed in pain as she fell to his knees. Blisters started to form on his skin and burns were appearing on his cheeks. His blisters were bubbling and he let out one last scream of pain and than fell to the floor, dying.

Seradia let out a deep breath as she grabbed her shoulder. It took a lot of her magic to do that, she had never done anything like that before and truthfully it scared her a little. She stared at the body for a moment and jumped hearing a door slam open. She looked up seeing the Thalmor general Jimar and the Yarl along with his guards and Irileth run through the door. They all looked down at the body on the ground, horrified by its condition. "You little!" Jimar quickly took out his sword. "I was defending myself!" Seradia yelled.

"I believe you." Balgruuf quickly stepped in front of her and Irileth stepped in front of Balgruuf pulling her sword out. The guards all drew their weapons and surrounded Jimar. "This woman is a criminal! You dare protect her!?" Jimar yelled. "The only criminal I see here is you." Balgruuf glared at Jimar. Jimar sneered at him and than looked around at all of the guards. He looked back at Balgruuf and glared right back at him. "Enjoy your little victory while you can! This isn't over!" Jimar yelled and than sheathed his sword. He pushed the guards out of the way and left the room.

Seradia let out a relieved sigh, as did Balgruuf. "What do we do now my lord?" Irileth put her sword away and turned around looking at him. "We get help." Balgruuf began to walk back to the throne room. Seradia furrowed her eyebrows down and followed him with Irileth. "From who?" Irileth asked. "From anyone we can." Balgruuf walked up to Proventus. "Proventus, send letters to Ulfric Stormcloak and General Tulius. Tell them everything." Balgruuf said. Proventus nodded and quickly left the room. Seradia just stood there watching them. 'Now I really wish Farkas was here...'