Chapter 14
Kili stared down at her fallen attacker. Female, fully dressed in black and red leather armor, blood flowing freely from her mouth and out onto the snow covered ground. Green eyes, once bright and fulled of a burning passion to kill, now stare lifelessly at the cloudy sky above.
Kili released a shaky breath, that turned into a white mist before her. Slowly she turned to her Barton companion who she was lucky to have with her. Delphine was her name, and because she wanted proof of Kili's birthright they where traveling to Kynesgrove, where a supossed dragon's tomb was, there Kili would slay a dragon, if it was brought back to life, and prove to Delphine that she was indeed the Dragonborn.
"What she we do with her..." Kili asked coldly, wanting to blame this sudden attack on the Barton, but see the attacker try to kill Delphine too, the blame was elsewhere.
"Search the body, see what you can find, and lets be on our way." Delphine said as she cleaned the blood off her blade, "The sooner we get to Kynesgrove the better, and we are just waisting time."
Kili glared as the older women trudged ahead on the icy path, but said nothing. Bending down Kili remove the leather cover from rest of the attackers face. A nord, like herself, probably no older than twenty-two. Shaking her head, Kili opened the other womans shirt. The only thing other than her sword was a snall note.
Care not to smire blood over the entire paper ink Kili opened the note. Mouthing the words as she read line for line.
As instructed, you are to eliminate Kili by any means necessary. The Black Sacrament has been performed - somebody wants this poor fool dead.
We've already received payment for the contract. Failure is not an option.
-Astrid
After reading the note for the third time, Kili slowly crumpled the paper up and threw it somewhere off into the woods. Gritting her teeth she stood back up and a grabed the dead woman up by her arms. Using her legs she throw the body over her shoulder, not careing for the blood running onto her cloak and walked over to the edge og the cliff side road. Down below the river ran proud and strong as if it where spring. Without hisitation or second thought Kili throw the dead woman over the edge and into the freezing current of the river below. Then look her steps behind Delphine again as they traveled on towards Kynesgrove.
"Find anything usufull?" Delphine asked as Kili pressed on ahead of her.
"No," she lied, "Now hurry up old woman, you are not getting any younger" she said coldly.
Delphine gave a small chuckle and pressed on behind the dark haired Nord.
When the pair finally reached Kynsgrove the in keeper ran past them screaming for them to run, fearing the worsed Delphine ran up the hill to see what was going on. Kili ran behind her and kept close.
Reaching the mond Kili saw the black dragon from Helgen, shouting as it flew over head. In a panic Kili grabed the older women and hid behind a near by boulder.
"What's wrong?" Delphine asked slightly confused by Kili's actions.
"I know that dragon...the black one..." kili whispered out as the black dragon shouted over the mound, "We should watch...and see what he does,"
The women peired over the boulder as the black dragon started to hover over them and shouted into the tomb before them. Kili could hear the dragon words floating through the air and ending in thunderies booms in the air.
"Can you understand him?" Delphine asked.
"I can hear the words...not understand them," Kili hissed, "I've only been Dragonborn for eight mouths!"
Delphine just suck her head and turned back to watch.
"Sahloknir! Zil gro dovah ulse! Slen Tiid Vo!"
Another shout from the black dragon and the earth around them began to shake. The tomb spilt open and eath flew everywhere. Then a skeleton of a dragon crawled out of the hole and it stared up at his master as it's body slowly reformed around it's bones.
"Alduin, thuri! Boaan tiid vokriiha suleyksejun kruziik?"
"Geh, Sahloknir, konli mir."
"So...the black one's name is Alduin and the gray one's name is Sahloknir..." Kili whispered softly as they continued to watched.
Alduin's head turned to face them, Kili felt her pulse quicken and drum into her as his red eyes burned into her blue ones.
"Ful, losei Dovahkiin? Zu'u korov nid nol dov hi." he spoke to her.
She shuttered as his words rattled through her bones, not understanding his words to her. Slowly she stepped out from behind the bolder. He knew they were there the whole time, why keep hidding.
"You do not even know our tongue, do you? Such arrogance, to dare take for yourself the name of Dovah!"
Kili gulped and pressed up aginst the bolder in fear.
"Sahloknir, krii daar joorre." Alduin shouted and flew off.
Sahloknir flapped his wings and hovered over Kili and Delphine and screeched at them, "My lord Alduin requires your death! I am glad to oblige him."
"You have faught well Dovahkiin...your voice...out matched mine...My soul is yours as a prize..." Sahlokir stuttered out as his body started to burn.
"Rest well Sahlokir." Kili whispered as his soul joined hers.
Slowly she turned towards Delphine who's eyes where weighted in amazment, "You...really are the Dragonborn,"
"Yes...nearly get chared by a dragon to prove my birthright" Kili growled out as she sheathed her geat sword onto her back, "You owe me answers old woman. Talk."
"I'm one of the last members of the Blades. A very long time ago the Blades were dragonslayers and served the Dragonborn, the greatest dragonslayer. For the last two hundered years since the last Dragonborn emperor, the Blades have been searching for a purpose. Now that dagons are coming back, our purpose is clear again. We need to stop them."
"And you need me to help you?" Kili asked sourly.
"It's your duty!" Delphine snapped.
Kili sighed, "What's our next moved then,"
"First we need to find out who's beind the dragons. Right now I have a few guess but I need time to get information on the people I sespect..." Delphine trailed off, "I'll contact you when I have what we need, where can I find you?"
"I'll be in Whiterun." Kili said softly.
"All rigtht I'll try and hurry,"
With that Delphine took off into the woods, Kili sighed again and ran her hand through her burned hair. She would have to cut it off above her shoulders in order to fix the damage of Sahlokir's fire. Slowly she made her way down the snowy hill and back to Whiterun wanting to do nothing more then to lay in Vilkas' arms.
Slowly Kili made her way across the grassy planes of Whiterun's capital. The sun was warm against her skin despite the winter month. Finally she made it to the gates and pushed through them and into the town. She was slightly worried about what Vilkas would think about her hair. She had to cut it shorter than she exspected, just below the ears.
When she got to the ancent building she walked around to the back after hearing sounds of combat.
"Roxanne are you sure this how you hold the bow?" Ria voice asked.
Kili chuckled at the young Imperal as she queastioned the Khajiit archer, "Ria, I'm an archer, of course that's how you hold it."
Kili shock her head a walked up to them, "You really shouldn't question your teacher Ria, it is unwise,"
"KILI!" they shouted together and ran to hug her.
"I take it I was dearly missed these last three days." she laughted as she returned her friends hugs.
As they two pulled back from their hug it was them they descovered Kili's hair.
"Kili, what happened to your hair?" Roxanne asked in slight panic.
"Oh...a dragon burned most of it, so I had to cut it." she explained.
"Another dragon?" Ria asked.
Kili nodded, "Unfortunitly, also something else attacked me, but lets go inside to talk about that shall we." she suggested.
"Yes of course," Roxanne agreed, "Vilkas and Farkas took Athis and Torvar out for training, they should be back before night fall,"
Kili gave her a sad smile, "Good...I have something everyone needs to hear."
"Is everything okay Kili?" Ria asked slightly worried now.
"I hope so Ria...I hope so..."
To be continued...