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"Morgan has a new admirer."

There was silence as everyone in the Sanctuary looked over at Serana first, who was smirking, before looking at Morgan, who was narrowing her eyes as she sipped her goblet of blood. Arnbjorn and Festus started chuckling, while Nazir started laughing outright.

"I dare say Serana has competition. Anyone we know Morgan?" he guffawed.

"Nazir? If you don't want to wake up feeling a little drowsy, I suggest you shut up." Morgan said with a grin. She knew Serana would tell everyone, but she hadn't counted on her telling everyone while they were having dinner. Even Elisif was giggling.

Nazir just nodded, but continued to laugh. Morgan sighed and looked at Arnbjorn and Festus now.

"I need a new set of clothes. Think I could get some from your husband Astrid? And Festus, you better start keeping an eye on that one and only hair on your head…I might use that to clean between my fangs."

Now the laughter was aimed at the three men. Elisif was clutching her sides and was giggling uncontrollably at this point. Vezarra hadn't said anything, which was why Morgan hadn't given him any joking threats. Besides, she liked him more than the other males there because he didn't crack jokes at her expense.

"Does she have fangs too?" Vezarra said with a smirk.

For the love of Azura, Morgan thought as the laughter once again erupted, at her expense. She simply grinned back at him.

"I must say, I need a new set of shoes to walk around in." she said with an evil grin now.

Babette was leaning against Elisif as she was laughing hard too. Only Serana was watching Morgan though, but she was grinning at her and knew she wasn't being serious.

"Oh my! What is all the laughter about? Do we have a new jester here? I thought sweet Cicero was the jester!"

Morgan looked at the corner of the room to see a small man dressed in a jesters outfit standing there with what she thought was a mad grin on his face. He wore an ebony dagger on his thigh though, and she knew he wasn't what he seemed. Astrid noticed that everyone had gone quiet and she knew she had to speak up.

"Morgan, Serana. This is Cicero. He's the Keeper."

Morgan didn't know what a Keeper was, but the way Serana raised her eyebrow told her fellow vampire knew what Cicero was.

"You protect and serve the Night Mother." Serana said softly, meeting Cicero's gaze evenly.

"Ooooh, you know about sweet Cicero! But I don't know anything about the two lovely ladies! I have been introduced to everyone else here!" Cicero cackled.

Astrid rolled her eyes at Morgan before replying.

"Calm down Cicero. I doubt Babette has enough calming draughts to last a few days if you carry on. Cicero, Morgan is the Dragonborn that everyone here has been talking about. Serana is her…friend." Astrid explained.

Cicero laughed again and Morgan couldn't help but smile at this man. He was crazier than a rabid skeever, but there was something about him that made her laugh.

"But they have eyes that are like the unchil…I mean Babettes." Cicero stammered, as Babette threw a dagger at him that narrowly missed his nose and embedded itself into the wall. Babette grinned innocently as Cicero looked at Babette in apology before looking at Morgan.

"Serana and I are vampires Cicero." Morgan explained. "Like Babette, but don't worry, we won't bite."

"Oh, I don't know, he has a nice neck." Serana said with a mischievous grin.

"Behave Serana." Babette grinned.

Morgan then looked at Serana now.

"I haven't forgotten what you said by the way." she said with a playful narrowed stare.

Serana suddenly grinned wickedly, exposing her fangs fully for all to see. Cicero was leaning over slightly to see her fangs better as she continued.

"About the cute little girl that kept wanting to see your teeth. And the way everyone was asking you questions about Alduin and your fights with dragons was so adorable?" Serana sniggered.

Astrid stiffened at the news about others finding out what the Dragonborn was, but then she recalled that everyone already knew. But for some strange reason, the people that had seen her true self weren't afraid. She held her questions at bay for the time being, she knew bigger things were afoot.

Morgan was standing up now, and Serana did the same.

"Get running darling." Morgan said with a sweet smile.

Serana yelped as Morgan suddenly ran at her, and she sprinted out of the room with her right behind her. Everyone stayed where they were as Babette suddenly sniggered.

"Morgan just tackled her into the pond." she explained.

"Oh, I love water fights! Although it makes you all soaking wet of course!" Cicero sniggered.

Babette sighed as everyone laughed. She was probably the only one beside Nazir who hated jesters. She liked Cicero as being part of the Dark Brotherhood of course, but his arrival seemed to make things more complicated. She and Astrid had spoken about it ever since he had arrived, a day before Morgan and Serana had returned.

Cicero had appeared at the Sanctuary with a massive wooden crate in the early morning. Astrid knew of his coming of course, she and Cicero had exchanged letters over the last few months, but seeing him for the first time had shaken the leader a little. She hadn't expected him to appear so crazy, and his constant giggles and jokes were hard for her to take. Babette had insisted that his arrival would change things, and Astrid knew that the vampire girl had hundreds of years experience in history…she never aged after all.

"Oh, can we see what they…."

Elisif sighed and shook her head. Astrid had been surprised that Cicero would listen to Elisif every time she spoke, but she had to admit the young woman had a backbone of steel when she wanted to get her point across. Even Arnbjorn listened to her when he asked her what she would do if she met Ulfric Stormcloak again, and she had replied with a steely comment that Astrid loved to replay in her mind.

"I'm going to gut the bastard."

She had said it so calmly that Arnbjorn had nodded at that and asked her if she needed anything. And if she did, she could ask him freely. So now, when she gave Cicero a smile, she knew that Cicero would listen.

"Cicero, I know you love a good joke every now and again. And believe me, I love jokes too. But there's a time and place when it comes to seeing and talking to people. Especially when the people involved are two powerful vampires, one of which happens to be the Dragonborn." Elisif said, still smiling at Cicero.

Cicero nodded enthusiastically.

"Oh, of course Lady Elisif! Cicero will never say anything or intrude on the vampire couple!"

"Good thing, otherwise there might be a walking disaster on our hands" Gabriella muttered.

Babette was the only one who heard that, and she agreed.

"Cicero, I was wondering if you could tell me about your journey. And about what your duties are?" Babette asked him.

"Of course! Of course! I would be delighted to tell the sweet girl about what sweet Cicero does!"

Astrid mouthed a thank you to Babette as she took Cicero's hand and escorted him up the stairs and away from everyone else. Only Babette had the patience to put up with him. She then turned to Elisif and smiled.

"Thank you dear."

"It was no problem." Elisif replied as she nodded to Gabriella as she passed her a goblet of wine. "He's like a puppy dog I suppose. He will listen to you once you get the idea across."

"Yeah, but you make it look easy." Arnbjorn said.

Elisif blushed at the compliment and it was also one of the first times that Astrid ever thought she would see her own werewolf husband give her a smile that was completely genuine. But Astrid didn't get ahead of herself, she knew that he would return to his usual bloodthirsty self once he got his next contract.

"I wonder what they are doing? They've been a while." Festus said after a long moment of silence.

"I think we better not intrude." Nazir said, wondering idly what a vampire bite felt like.

"Agreed" Gabriella said…just as a soaking wet Serana entered the room, still dressed in her clothing.

"I think Babette is a bad influence on me." Serana remarked with a grin as she sat down and started wringing her long hair out into an empty bowl.

Nazir nodded at that.

"I agree with you there. Enjoy your dip?"

Nazir winced as Gabriella gave him a kick under the table…that narrowly missed his groin by inches.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Serana replied with a sultry tone and winking at Astrid.

Elisif sighed again as the laughter erupted once more. Was she and Morgan the only sensible people left in Skyrim? She smiled though as Serana continued to give Nazir a run for his gold when it came to jokes. She could see that Serana didn't let herself be disheartened by being a vampire. And that made her a perfect companion for Morgan. Speaking of which, where was she?

Morgan was also wringing her hair out, sitting at the edge of the pond with her feet in the water. She had gotten her revenge by holding Serana pinned down under the water, only her head resting out of the water and laying on the ground. Then she had kissed her and tickled her. She smiled at the memory of having her at her mercy. She loved her laugh.

Sweet child of the night. I can see why she loves you so.

Morgan sat up straight and looked around. There was no sign of anyone nearby. She used her detect life spells and even used the detect undead spell that Serana had taught her as they had journeyed back to the Sanctuary.

Nothing.

"Where are you?" she muttered.

I am here my child. I am always here for my family. But now is not the time for us to meet. You have enough to do as it is. But I will be watching you child.

Morgan hadn't felt fear for a while. But she shivered now, and she knew it wasn't the cold water that dripped off her. She looked over at the huge wooden crate that was standing there at the far edge of the pool. She knew who that voice belonged to now. The Night Mother herself.

She shivered again. She would talk to Astrid about their next move. It was time she paid Tullius a personal visit.

Meanwhile, General Tullius was standing at the table in the War Room in Solitude. And he was frowning at what he saw. The amount of red and blue markers that signified the battles that were taking place were growing at an alarming rate. Ulfric was clearly trying to get a foothold after what had happened at Whiterun.

"General."

He looked over at Legate Rikke and nodded at her. She was the best commander he had at the moment, although he was sometimes weary of her Nordic customs and ideals.

"Legate. We need to stop Ulfric as soon as we can. Dispatch more soldiers to the eastern fronts. He wont be able to flank us unless he treks across the mountains, and the weather there is treacherous at this time of the year." Tullius ordered.

"But…General. That would leave our forces weakened at the rear near Falkreath." Rikke replied uncertainly.

"True, but there are no enemy forces that are in that area Legate." Tullius replied slowly so that she would understand. "Who in their right mind would attack Solitude with just a few men? A few scouts might slip through but the moment the get within range of our archers, they will cease to be a problem."

"As you command, General" Rikke said after a moments silence.

Tullius nodded in approval as she walked away. She always got the gist once he spelled it out to her. He didn't notice her look of annoyance as she left however. For Legate Rikke knew of one person that was crazy enough to enter Solitude on her own. And unfortunately for everyone, she was the Dragonborn and a vampire to boot. She would do as she was asked, but she would also get her scouts to report on any signs of Skyrim's savior. Maybe they would get lucky and spot her before she did one of her crazy stunts.

Maybe.