An Everlasting Love

Fandom: Elder Scrolls (Skyrim with DLCs)

Author: CatandKaraForever

Rating: T

Genres: Romance, Adventure, Action, Fantasy

Allea's Point of View:

"You have got to be kidding me," I swore as I stood looking up at the ceiling of the burning tower next to Serana, Lydia, Aela, and Ria.

We were inside of an Oblivion gate which had opened just outside Windhelm. I had stolen the sigil stone, and the tower was coming down around us, but we weren't being teleported out.

"Mu los ful dilon*," I shouted, accidentally letting out a string of Dovahzul as I swore.

"We're fine, babe."

"No, Serana, we're in serious trouble here."

"Gee, you think? We're freaking trapped in bloody Oblivion," Ria chimed in.

"Listen to me," the calm-headed Aela said, "there's got to be a way out of here. Even if we can't just teleport out, there's got to be some secret exit or something."

"There better be," Ria said, "or we're screwed."

"I might be able to help," a female voice called out.

My head snapped around to look at the speaker. She was obviously a Dremora, but she was unarmed and had her hands up in a placating manner.

"Who are you? You're a Dremora, I should just kill you," I said, taking up a combat-ready stance with my sword drawn.

"I'm here to help you. My name is...well, my name is something you would not be able to pronounce. But I am extremely displeased with the Daedra, and I want nothing more than to take revenge on Mehrunes Dagon, who led the attacks on Tamriel."

"What did Mehrunes Dagon do to you?"
"First, you need to know a little more about me. I was not always a Dremora. Once I was a young Ayleid girl named Elanwe. I had a lover. A female lover named Iniel. She was an Ayleid just like me. Mehrunes Dagon took a shine to me and my magical talents. He took control of my mind, and murdered my lover so I would be angry and bitter. I swore then I would take my vengeance on him. I have not had a chance, but now that I see you people I see my opportunity. If you help me avenge Iniel, I will help you find a way out of Oblivion. I want out of here as well, but I didn't want to hurt anyone, which if I came out through a gate I would have to. Your talents can help me, I think."

"Ok, what do you want from us? And if you try to trick us, I will kill you," I threatened.

"Ok," Elanwe said, "I will consider that. But I give you my word I am not trying to trick you. Anyway, Dagon himself has a lover, a human lover. He keeps her in his realm the Deadlands in a castle. As far as I know, he actually cares about her. To the best of my knowledge, she is the only person he cares about and he goes out of his way to protect her sometimes. It's probably a really bad idea, but I have a plan. I need help to do it, though."

"Ok, what's your plan?"

"Infiltrate the Deadlands, break into the castle, and hold her prisoner until he himself shows up to save her. Then, we murder her in front of him. If I'm right and he cares about her, this will make him suffer the way I suffer. And vengeance will be served. And I'm not sure how we'll escape, but I'm sure we can think of something," the Dremora said.

"This is obviously a trap," Serana said, "I mean, think about it. She's asking us to help her break INTO a Daedric realm, and murder a Daedra's lover. We'd have to be stupid to help her."

"Look, I don't know if this is a trap or not, Serana, but either way, we have to try to help her. I actually don't think she's lying to us," I said, "Fine. We'll help you, but you have to help us afterwards. Deal?"

"Deal."

Elanwe extended her hand, and I shook.

"Thank you. Might I have the honor of knowing your names?"

"My name is Allea, this is Serana, and Lydia, and Aela and Ria," I said, pointing to each of them in turn.

"I have a way into the castle, but I just needed someone to help me fight past the other Dremora. I've been hiding from Dagon because he knows I'm a traitor to him. He wants to kill me," Elanwe explained, "if I showed myself I would be slaughtered. I've taken enough of a risk just by revealing myself to you."

"Let's go," I said, clenching my elven sword tightly.

Elanwe summoned a portal, and I jumped in, coming out of it rolling. When we exited the portal, about twenty Dremora were standing around it, weapons ready. I winced at the sight of so many Dremora as I tapped into the Thu'um.

"KRII LUN AUS!"

The wave of purple energy swept through several of the Dremora, and I lunged at one, slashing its leg out from under it. I smashed its skull with my sword, and turned, deflecting another Dremora's dagger away from my ribs with my sword. I snapped my fist into the Dremora's face, cracking its nose. Ria slashed its throat and turned, burying her sword in another's chest. Aela swung her glass mace, splitting a Dremora's skull with it. I summoned an ice spike and hurled it through a Dremora's chest, and Elanwe leapt, narrowly avoiding a battleaxe. She somersaulted, her crimson armor not slowing her down. She came down behind one of the other Dremora and stabbed it through the back with a sword of transparent blue energy which she had summoned in mid air. She spun, parrying a greatsword off the spectral blade. Ria's shield came up just in time to block a Daedra's sword. She slashed its legs out from under it, stabbing it through the throat afterwards.

"FO KRAH DIIN!"

My blast of ice encapsulated a Dremora, and I slashed its head off. Ignoring the fact that I should not Shout again so quickly, I tapped into the Thu'um almost immediately, preparing another Shout, which I unleashed as three Dremora came at me simultaneously.
"IIZ SLEN NUS!"

The three Dremora turned to ice, and I smashed all three with quick blows from my sword. I parried another sword, following up with a thrust that drove my blade through the Dremora's armor and into its muscled chest. The eleven remaining Daedra backed away slightly, assessing our weaknesses. Auriel's Bow sang five times, each shot dropping a single Dremora. One of the six survivors swung its hammer at Ria, smashing her shield and knocking her to the ground. She fell onto a fallen Dremora, gasping as her shoulder drove itself through one of the spikes of the creature's armor. She pulled herself off, wincing as the ebony spike slid out. She dropped her hammer, clutching at her wound. Serana fired several ice spikes that dropped the remaining Dremora in a jangle of heavy armor.

"The castle is in that direction, I've done some scouting around it."

She pointed to our west with the bloody tip of her spectral blade.
"Let's go, I don't want to be here any longer than I have to be," I said truthfully.

We fought past Dremora by the dozens and arrived at the castle, where we slipped inside quietly through a secret entrance Elanwe showed us.

"Do you know where this lover of Dagon's is?"

"Not precisely, I'm afraid, somewhere in this building, that's all I know. He moves her around quite a bit for her protection, so it might be difficult to find her."

"Are you sure she's here?"
"Yes, I'm sure. Unless he knows our plans, which considering this is his realm, it's possible, but it's too important that we do this for us NOT to try."

"Ok. Let's move."

Serana crouched, summoning an ice spike in either hand. She hurled them, and two Dremora guards went down, shafts of ice protruding from their throats. I cast a spell to make them fall quietly. Serana set a dwarven arrow to the string of Auriel's Bow, keeping the ancient weapon ready. Elanwe slew a Dremora mage with a quick thrust of her spectral sword. Serana fired her arrow, dropping another Dremora mage in a quiet rustle of robes and a light thump.
"Nice shot, babe," I told Serana, patting her shoulder.

"Thanks," she returned.
"Can you keep the fluffy stuff to a minimum," Elanwe hissed, "we're here on a mission."

"Ok, ok," I said, thinking to myself that the Dremora was just jealous because she didn't have that with anyone anymore.

Serana slid Auriel's Bow away, drawing her elven dagger. She scuttled up to another Dremora mage, wrapping her arm around the woman's neck. She sliced the Dremora's throat open and let it fall lifelessly to the ground. Serana rolled, and hurled her dagger into the back of an armored Dremora's head. It fell to the ground with a loud clank, and Serana winced.

"Not good," she muttered, "I hope no one but us heard that."

When three Dremora archers walked into the hallway, I Shouted.

"ZUL MEY GUT!"

My voice was distorted away from the original Dovahzul shout and came out 'Hey Melon nose!' One of the Daedra turned, getting an arrow in the face from Serana in exchange for his stupidity. The other Daedra turned, one receiving a dagger through the eye and the other getting a sword through the stomach.

"LAAS YAH NIR!"

Soon we found the woman, a young Bosmer girl, probably in her teens. Elanwe leapt the distance between her and the girl, snarling in the girl's face. The woman shrank back, obviously terrified of the Dremora.

"Do you come from Mehrunes? Why are you threatening me?"

"I do not come from Dagon, elfling. I came here to do this," Elanwe growled, picking the Bosmer up by the throat and turning.

"Mehrunes Dagon. Show yourself, you coward. I am here. The day of reckoning has come for you, Daedric scum," she shouted.

"Elanwe. She's just a girl. Let her be," I said, "she's a victim too. Mehrunes Dagon probably bent her to his will. Probably made her his concubine, he probably doesn't even care."

"What do you know of him?"

"Well, I know that he is one of the two most evil Daedric princes of all, and he doesn't care about anyone but himself."

"Bal's minion is right," a deep male voice said as he appeared amidst them, "I do not care. Kill her if you wish it. I came here because you broke into my home, killed my brave Dremora, and are threatening me."

"Oh, but I'm NOT threatening you, I'm threatening her. Your lover."
"There is something familiar about you, rebellious Dremora. Who are you?"

"It is I. Elanwe. The Ayleid whose lover you slew in cold blood and mutated against her will to become one of your Dremora thugs," Elanwe said calmly, "and I am here to make you suffer the way I do every day."

"You are a fool, Ayleid. You should not have come here."

The Bosmer kicked Elanwe in the stomach, and the Ayleid dropped her. The Bosmer summoned a bow, and aimed it at Mehrunes Dagon.

"I have had enough of your evil antics, foolish Daedra. You bent me to your will, made me your slave, and I hate you. I will help them. You no longer control me, Daedra scum."

"Then you will all die, fools," Dagon said, smirking sinisterly.

To Be Continued...

*'we are so dead'

A/N: Elanwe and Iniel the Ayleid lovers are not the same Elanwe and Iniel you encounter in Elder Scrolls Online, I just liked their names.