A/N: And Here's the next Chapter! Sorry for the delay, A couple things got in the way... one of them called Dawnguard. anyway the important thing is that the chapter's done.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Elder Scrolls series, I only own my Original Ideas.

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Chapter 35: Hitting the Books

Shouts-at-Sun's POV

I continued south out of Winterhold, climbing over the pass out of the seemingly perpetual blizzard. I soon passed Fort Kastav. As I did, I noticed that a troop of Stormcloaks had already occupied the fort and set up defenses. I continued down the mountain, and quickly arrived and the Windhelm-Dawnstar road. I trekked west a short ways, before turning south to skirt around Lake Yorgrim. From there, I plunged south into the wilderness. After travelling some distance, I came to a large Dwemer ruin. As I approached, I spotted a trio of bandits. They hadn't noticed me yet, though, so this gave me an opportunity for a sneak attack.

I prepped an Ice Spike in either hand, took careful aim, and fired from my left hand. Immediately after firing the first Ice Spike, a charged up another one, fired off the one from my right hand, and then my left again. All three spells struck true, defeating my opponents quickly. I then drew my sword and moved in. Within the external ruins, there were a few more bandits waiting, but they didn't last long. Soon enough, I found the entrance to the ruins. Next to the door, someone had written 'Irkngthand'. I tried to open the door, but it was solidly locked and I could not find a way to open the door. Whoever sealed this place did not want anyone getting in. Realizing that I had no way of getting into these ruins, I moved on for now, continuing towards my actual destination. I trekked southwest, passing fairly close to Shearpoint, until I finally arrived at Fellglow Keep.

I quickly dealt with the small band of defenders outside of the keep, and then looked for a way in. the front door was sealed, but I found an unlocked side door leading to the dungeons. I entered this door, and began my exploration of Fellglow Keep. The first passage led me down a short staircase and into a flooded chamber. As I moved forwards, I carefully disarmed a couple of bear traps on my way to the next room. There I was spotted by one of the mages hiding out here.

"An intruder!" said the mage, "get him my pets!"

With that, a couple of Frostbite Spiders came crawling down the walls at their apparent master's command. I slew both the spiders and their master, and then moved on. The next hallway led me into small cellblock. There was a mage guarding this room, but he was more focused on watching the prisoners. I noticed that something seem odd about the people in the cells… their unnaturally pale skin, oddly colored eye, sunken cheeks, and pronounced incisors… there was no mistaking it: the prisoners were Vampires! Across the room from the cells was a trio of levers.

'Well, the enemy of my enemy is my friend,' I thought.

I then moved as quietly as I could towards the levers, and then pulled all three, thus freeing the vampires. The cell doors swung open and the vampires quickly attacked their former captors. After the room was clear, one of them came over to me.

"Thank you for freeing us," said the vampire, "but… I can sense the beastblood in you. Why did you free us?"

"Because you've done nothing to make yourselves my enemies," I said, "unlike the mages occupying this place. Speaking of which, have you seen person named Orthorn?"

"I've heard that they were putting someone by that name in the next cellblock," said the vampire, "be careful, the master of this place is a truly nasty woman who refers to herself as The Caller. It might be best to avoid her".

"Thank you for the warning," I said, "but it's likely I'll have to confront her. Anyway, you should get out of here. The way I came in should be clear. Stay out of trouble!"

"Don't worry about that," said the vampire, "we know better than to get mixed up in anyone's strange plots again".

The vampires then ran off, leaving me to continue forwards. I entered the next cell block, and discover that the mage guarding this chamber was much more attentive than the last one. As soon as I entered the room, he threw a lever, unleashing a pair of wolves to attack me. Unfortunately for him, the wolves would have been much more effective against almost anyone but me. Instead of attacking, the wolves took one look at me, and immediately ran off with their tails between their legs. I glared at the mage, and then stabbed him with my tail-blade. I then pulled the other lever, releasing Orthorn from his cell. He immediately ran out to speak with me.

"Thank you for freeing me!" said Orthorn, "Did the college send you to find me?"

"Uh yeah… about that," I said, rubbing the back of my neck, "I'm actually here about your overdue library books…"

"W-What?" said Orthorn, "Oh I see, Urag sent you then. In that case, the leader of these mages has the books".

"You mean The Caller?" I asked.

"Yes, her," said Orthorn, "If we go together, we could probably get the books back easily!"

"No," I said, we're not going to get the books back," I said, "I am".

"But… but," said Orthorn.

"No buts," I said, "You've done enough already. Just get out of here, Orthorn. I'm going after The Caller, and if you follow me, there's a high likelihood that you won't make it out with your life".

"I… alright, fine," said Orthorn, "just be careful, okay?"

I nodded to him, and he ran off towards the direction I arrived from. I moved forwards again, and soon came to what looked like a practice area, where a mage was training some apprentices. There was also a large pool of oil leaking from the lamps overhead. I used my Firebolt Spell to lignite the oil, quickly defeating my foes. I then moved further in, passing into what looked like the undercroft of a chapel. The then far end of the undercroft, I found a staircase leading up to the main keep.

The door at the top of the stairs let me out into a ruined chapel. Here, I dealt with a few more mages and their summoned minions before moving forwards. The next area was what appeared to be the main entranceway of Fellglow Keep. It was quite heavily guarded, and I was now quite glad the I'd sent Orthorn on his way… I'd of had quite a difficult time protecting him here. I drew my Frostblade in one hand, my Firebolt Spell in the other, prepared to strike with Tail-blade, and cleared my throat. It hen leapt straight into battle, striking, shouting, slashing, and casting at all the enemies that were present. I ducked and weaved, avoiding my opponent's counterattacks, and after a short while, the room was clear, allowing me to move forwards.

I moved up the main stairs, and arrived in a circular library. I checked, but none of the books here seemed to be the ones I had been sent to find. After a thorough search, I moved onto the next area. This next area appeared to be the bedchambers for the mages who'd been living here. The only guards present in this room were a skilled mage and his Flame Atronach. I fought them off, and then check the area for anything of interest. I ended up finding a couple of spell scrolls in a nearby treasure chest. After this, I climbed the staircase leading to the top of the guard tower, and reached the door at the top, which was labeled 'Ritual Chamber'. Seeing as I'd already searched the rest of the keep, I entered the Ritual Chamber, preparing to meet with the master of this place.

In the Ritual Chamber, I immediately saw The Caller in the center of the chamber. On three pedestals around the room, I saw the books.

"Well, well," said the Caller, "Some wild beast comes into my lair… Too bad you're not fit to be a sacrifice for my experiments".

"I'm here for the books," I said, "If you let me take them, I'll leave you in peace".

"No… never!" shrieked The Caller, "I'll never let you take my precious books!"

"If that is your choice," I said, "then so be it…"

The Caller cast a powerful Frost spell with both hands, attempting to freeze me solid. Luckily, I had the perfect counter.

"YOL!" I Shouted.

My fiery Shout completely negated the Frost spell, surprising my foe. The Caller recovered quickly however, and teleported to one of the alcoves set into the room's walls. At the same time, she summoned two Atronachs to attempt to distract me. I didn't let myself be fooled that easily: I rushed at the caller, dodging her poorly aimed spells. I soon reached her alcove, and attacked her with Frostblade, only to have her warp away as I prepared to strike again. I moved to attack again, and from there the cycle repeated until The Caller finally fell. I paused for a few moments to catch my breath after the fierce battle, and then moved to collect the books. As I did, I examined the books to see if they might have any information about the artifact from Saarthal.

'Let's see here,' I thought, 'Fragment: On Artaeum, no… The Last King of the Ayleids, might be, but probably not… Night of Tears? Doesn't that have to do with The Companions? Maybe… let's see here, Saarthal! This is the one!'

I placed all three books into my pack, retrieved the key that I'd spotted hanging from The Caller's waist, and left Fellglow Keep. I immediately started back towards Winterhold. Along the way, Lokhunnonvul contacted me. I thought this was odd, since I'm usually the one contacting him.

"Zaanahstkrein," thought Lokhunnonvul, sounding worried, "I have some critical information for you"

"What's wrong?" I replied, "What did you find out?"

"That artifact you discovered in Saarthal," thought Lokhunnonvul, "I discover something about it. It is a highly dangerous artifact known as the Eye of Magnus. You need to be careful… from what I discovered, if that artifact is removed from Saarthal, I… truly don't know what may occur".

"That is troubling," I replied, "At least the Eye is still in Saarthal… I don't think that there was any way of getting it out of those ruins…"

"Are you sure of that?" thought Lokhunnonvul, "I can sense the Eye within the College of Winterhold".

"If that's true... I'm heading back to Winterhold already, I'll check on whether the Eye is there as soon as I arrive," I thought.

"Okay," thought Lokhunnonvul, "Be careful, Dovahkiin".

The connection closed for now, and I continued on my way... hoping that the Eye wasn't there.

A/N: And there we go! Next time: Good Intentions. See you then!