This was inspired by the Season Unending quest in Skyrim, it takes place before several other Sedsha pieces. I hope you all enjoy :)
"You want me to do what?" Vaesha asked as she nearly dropped her goblet of blood.
Kaisha sighed and plopped down in a chair, her hands gripping both sides of her head before combing her fingers through her hair.
"I need you to attend this peace council at High Hrothgar for me…" she answered "I don't have the energy to listen to Ulfric and General Tullius bicker," she added "I hardly have any energy to deal with you and Sedric when you bicker!" she said with a slight hiss.
Vaesha sighed and took a long sip from her goblet, leaning against the wall by the fireplace as she rested her eyes upon her great granddaughter.
"I know nothing of what is going on," Vaesha replied "besides, Sedric and I don't bicker that much in your presence…" she added before taking another sip.
Kaisha heaved a heavy sigh,
"All you need to do is help the two idiots come to terms to stall the war so I can deal with Alduin…" she replied "I'm more on Ulfric's side after what happened to my mother, so if Tullius pushes to get a foot holding, don't let him…" she added.
Vaesha nodded,
"When is this meeting taking place?" Vaesha asked as she finished the last of her blood.
Kaisha rose,
"It takes place in two days, when I am expected to arrive to High Hrothgar, if you leave now you can get there by sundown tomorrow…" she answered.
Vaesha let out a heavy sigh,
"Alright, I will go do this for you, but you will owe me something in return…" Vaesha said as she pointed a finger at her descendant "and I am taking Sedric with me because he will only get into trouble when I am gone…" she added.
"Thank you Grandma…" Kaisha said in relief "I can finally get some rest after days of travelling," she added "I'm sorry for making you do this, but you will understand when you get there…" she said with a sigh.
Vaesha bowed her head and turned towards the stairs of the small home that Kaisha had owned. She walked passed her Housecarl, who gave a curt nod before moving out of the vampire's way as she pushed the double doors of a bedroom open.
"Sedric, pack some supplies, we're going on an adventure!" Vaesha exclaimed.
The Vampire Lord sighed heavily and rose from where he slept, glaring slightly at the feral vampire through his loose hair.
"Why can't this wait until later?" he asked in a groggy, yet annoyed voice.
Vaesha placed her hands on her hips and stamped her feet,
"Because what we are doing is for Kaisha and it cannot wait, especially when the fate of Skyrim, perhaps the world is at stake!" she argued back.
She heard the Vampire Lord starting to shuffle around the small room blanketed in darkness,
"Very well…" he grumbled as he pulled on a boot, tucking his trousers neatly into it before pulling on the other boot and doing the same.
Vaesha smiled slightly in victory as she stepped into the room, grabbing her satchel and prized dagger from a table set in the corner of the room before stepping out, Sedric following a few seconds later.
Kaisha was waiting at the bottom of the steps, a ring in the palm of her hand,
"This ring will make your eyes blue so no one will suspect anything," Kaisha explained as she placed it in Vaesha's hand "I ask that you do not do anything that would me seem out of my mind though…" Kaisha said as she stepped aside.
Vaesha grinned and placed a hand on her granddaughter's shoulder,
"Sweetie, you are telling that to the wrong person…" Vaesha said before walking towards the door.
Kaisha groaned at her grandmother's remark, looking to Sedric who only shrugged at her as he passed.
"Don't hand me a mug of sheep's piss and call it Colovian brandy!" Tullius growled as he slammed his fist down on the table "I cannot agree to these terms!" he added with a hiss.
Vaesha sat up, slamming her hands on the stone table,
"You asked my opinion and you got it!" she hissed "So stop your crying, put your big boy pants on and we can continue this damned meeting!" she added with a snarl.
Sedric watched the faces of the Imperial and Stormcloak Delegation after Vaesha's outburst. He watched as Legate Rikke muttered insults under her breath towards Ulfric, and Vaesha's decisions, almost chuckling at the rather colorful names she was calling her.
"I say we go from here, because Tullius will only end up crying," Vaesha said as she leaned back in her chair, her arms crossed over her chest "Stormcloaks take Markarth and the Imperials take Dawnstar…" she added "and the massacre at Karthwasten was nothing more than Forsworn… I would know I was there…" she added to make it seem like she was really Kaisha.
Arngeir cleared his throat and called for attention,
"If you all agree on these terms of the negotiation, then we may proceed…" he said as he looked to Vaesha.
"Very well, I have no other choice than to agree to this terms weighing in on the Stormcloak side…" Tullius said with a regretful sigh.
"Finally!" Vaesha said as she rolled her eyes and sighed.
Sedric chuckled as Vaesha still continued to act like Kaisha, the council attendants rising to their feet and shuffling out of the room, all except for Esbern.
"Dragonborn, I learned some valuable information about who the Leader of the Greybeards really is…" he said in a low tone.
Vaesha raised a finger to her lips in a shushing gesture,
"It's a secret…" she murmured "And I don't want to hear about your preaches of your dying order either!" she hissed.
Esbern gulped and bowed his head before pulling out a piece of parchment from his pocket,
"Then you might find this to be more helpful," he said as he slid it across the table towards Vaesha.
Vaesha nodded and pocketed the parchment,
"May I leave now? I have a dragon to slay…" she said as she rose to her feet, gesturing for Sedric to follow.
Sedric seemed to have sighed in relief, even though he enjoyed watching Vaesha mess with the perfectly sane people of the council. As they left the council chamber, Vaesha read the parchment,
"It seems that this is a shout… I will have to study it when I get home…" she murmured.
Sedric rolled his eyes and followed after Vaesha out into the blistering cold of the Throat of the World, a blizzard roaring around them.
"So, what was the result?" Kaisha asked as she sprinted down the stairs, clad in her tunic and trousers.
Vaesha held the parchment Esbern had given her between her fingers,
"Imperials got booted from Markarth and took Dawnstar, Tullius cried like a spoiled princess, and Esbern has a shout for you that he thinks may help…" she answered as she handed the parchment to Kaisha.
Kaisha looked to Sedric,
"She didn't do anything foolish, did she?" she asked as she opened the parchment.
Sedric shrugged,
"You might have some people questioning your sanity, but not as bad as you might think…" he answered simply before walking past her and grabbing a bloodied goblet.
"I told you to be good!" Kaisha exclaimed at her grandmother,
"No, you told me to not make you appear mad," Vaesha answered promptly "granted you asked a mad person to do that, but you still managed to stop the civil war until Alduin is slain…" she added.
Kaisha rolled her eyes and read the parchment,
"Od….ah…viing…" she murmured before looking up from the parchment, her pupils momentarily appearing draconic.
"I got to go to Dragonsreach; I should be back soon…" Kaisha said as she ran up the stairs of her home.
"We will head back to Proudspire…" Vaesha said as she moved to where Sedric stood with a goblet of blood for her.