***Chapter 25***

*After declaring victory, the prisoners were chained up in the old watch tower, the remaining Hunters were getting healed and celebrating with mead. The Command group, consisting of Lilina, Lydia, Adonato, Cassius, Tandver, Jensine, and now Fasrin, made their way to the Sleeping Giant inn in Whiterun. Them and a few healers essentially filled the inn, everyone buying mead, except for Fasrin who got wine, and sat around the fire, Jensine introduces Fasrin*

Jensine: "Everyone, this is Fasrin, I met her at the College. She has lived in Skyrim her whole life."

Fasrin: "Pleasure to meet you all."

*All members in the party looked Fasrin up and down. She wasn't wearing the College robes, but simple clothing, brown robes and gloves, and cream coloured boots and hood, all parts of her equipment had a slight shine of magic. Lilina reaches out and shakes Fasrin's hand before taking a drink of mead*

Lilina: "Hello Fasrin, it's nice to meet you."

Jensine: "How did you convince the College to let you come?"

Fasrin: "Th-they didn't let me."

Lilina: "You ran away? Why?"

Fasrin: "They only think of themselves, I don't want to be like that."

Adonato: "You won't be accepted back."

Fasrin: "I know."

Lilina: "Where will you go?"

Fasrin: "I was hoping you could help me with that. You are a great warrior but also a great mage, I hoped you could become my mentor Lilina."

Lilina: "What? A mentor?"

Fasrin: "Yes, help me develop my skills."

Adonato: "Like Jensine and I."

Lilina: "I've never been a mentor before."

Adonato: "Well you can come back to Lakeview Manor with me; I'll help you to not kill her."

Jensine: "Wait, you? What about me?"

Adonato: "You will return to the Dawnstar safe house, dubbed Heljarchen Hall by Cassius. There you will operate on your own. Obviously we will still work together, but you will get your own missions and more freedom."

Jensine: "Oh."

Adonato: "And I can't have you and Ysolda acting all lovey in my house, might vomit."

Jensine: "What?! I-uh."

Adonato: "Jensine, I'm an intelligence agent; there isn't much I don't know."

Lilina: "What about my home? It's safe to go back there isn't it?"

Adonato: "Well Ulfric is attacking tomorrow, and you don't want to teach a mage magic in the heart of a city. Plus at Lakeview Kolderiiv will be closer and I'm sure she misses you."

Fasrin: "Who?"

Adonato: "Don't worry."

Lilina: "Alright, well when do you want to start Fasrin?"

Fasrin: "I have nothing else to do."

Jensine: "As she is your apprentice, you call her Mafasrin."

Lilina: "Ok Mafasrin, first thing's first, we celebrate."

*Lilina takes a swig of mead; meanwhile Adonato walks out of the inn. A minute later he returns with an Amulet of Mara, tossing it to Jensine*

Adonato: "Ysolda is outside, you're a war hero, and you'll never get a better chance."

Jensine: "Guess not."

*Jensine gets up and exits the inn, Adonato returns to his seat*

Lilina: "I hope she gets lucky."

Adonato: "I hope so too, but in the meantime, let's talk about you Fasrin, are you capable of using all five schools of magic?"

Fasrin: "Yes, including enchantment and alchemy, however illusion is my weakest point."

Adonato: "Interesting, for Lilina's sake I hope you can use bound weapons."

Fasrin: "That I can."

Lilina: "My strongest point in magic is conjuration and destruction."

Adonato: "And mine is illusion."

Fasrin: "Nice, and how long have you two been married?"

Lilina: "What? Haha we aren't married, just friends."

Adonato: "Speaking of marriage, I should go check on Jensine."

*Adonato finishes his mead, turns and exits the inn. Fasrin turns to Lilina apologetically*

Fasrin: "I'm sorry if I made it awkward, it's just obvious you are interested in each other."

Lilina: "Really? You think he likes me?"

Fasrin: "Wouldn't surprise me if he asks you to marry him."

Lilina: "You think he would?"

*Lilina smiles a little as she looks around the room*

Cassius: "Well I think he will soon, if I know him, it'll be when we are riding out of here tomorrow."

Lilina: "He doesn't like me, I'm nothing like Silla."

Cassius: "Exactly, he could never be with someone like Silla."

Lilina: "Why not?"

Cassius: "Too many memories."

*Adonato and Jensine walk into the inn, Jensine tosses the innkeeper a coin then continue upstairs, Adonato re-joins the group*

Lilina: "What's Jensine doing?"

Adonato: "Ysolda said she wasn't ready."

Fasrin: "Poor Jensine."

Lilina: "She might be ready in time, how long have they known each other?"

Adonato: "Less than a year, but we will just have to be patient."

Lilina: "Alright."

Adonato: "We should sleep, but I have one question for Fasrin, have you ever been in a fight? One where you have to attack as well as defend."

Fasrin: "No, I haven't."

Adonato: "This is going to be fun."

*A devil like smile stretches across Adonato's face as all party members decide to get some rest. The healers exit the inn and everyone goes to their rooms, Fasrin thinking about how much her life has changed over the past three days before resigning to sleep*

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