Chapter 26: War in Whiterun!

Ivan's POV Riverwood

The days have gone by in a blur. We found Esbern and after traveling back to Riverwood with him and listening to what happened with him and the Blades, had to do even more traveling to Sky Haven Temple all the way in The Reach. Lucky for us we had Ulrick to open more portals for us. After killing a bunch of Forsworn as well as a dragon and going around a bunch of traps, we reached the temple. While Tori listened to Esbern talk, the rest of us looked around the temple. In one room we find beds and a bunch of chests. Vicky looked in them and found junk in some and gold in others. Not long later we go to sleep. First thing the next morning Ulrick opens a portal in Breezehome. Not even five seconds after we get into we hear a loud commotion coming from outside.

Opening the door we come face to face with the Battle-Borns and Gray-Manes yelling at each other. "Oh thank Sithis you are back!" Looking to my right I see Simba walking towards up. "What's going on?" I ask. Simba sighs,"It seems war is due to break out here at any minute."

"Oh you have got to be kidding me?" Tori groans. Before she can say anything else someone else yells,"Tori the Jarl needs you immediately!" Unfortunately there are so many people in the streets that we can't see who shouted. "While I guess I'll go see what he wants."

"We'll go too." says Vicky. So we follow Tori as she races through Whiterun and up to Dragonsreach. Once there Jarl Balgruuf the Greater greets us solemnly. "Good you have arrived. I'm afraid I have a favor to ask of you."

That was two days ago. We are now currently in Windhelm. This time it's just me, Vicky, Tori, and Ulrick. Tori was given the task of bringing Balgruuf's sword to Ulfric Stormcloak. Ulrick went with her while me and Vicky look around the city. Vicky runs ahead and then suddenly comes running back up to me. "Come quickly!"

"Huh what is i?" I ask confused. "Come with me and I'll tell you."I follow her to a house. "I overheard people talking and there is a boy in this house trying to contact The Dark Brotherhood. The door is locked though and I'm not good at lockpicking."

"Gotcha." I say and looking to make sure that no one is around pull out a lockpick and unlock the door. "Alright it's open."

"Thanks sweets." she says. I follow her quietly into the house. As soon as we are inside we hear, "Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your child unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear."

Walking into the back room we see a boy that is clearly frustrated. "Hello there.

The boy looks up at us startled. Suddenly he stands up smiling with tears in his eyes and says,"It worked! I knew you'd come, I just knew it! I did the Black Sacrament, over and over. With the body and the... the things. And then you came! An assassin from the Dark Brotherhood. And there's two of you!"

"That's right." Vicky said."

"It took so long. So very long. But now that you're here, you can accept my contract."

Vicky looks at him silently and I look at her confused.

He continues talking, "My mother, she... she died. I... I'm all alone now. So they sent me to that terrible orphanage in Riften. Honorhall. The headmistress is an evil, cruel woman. They call her Grelod the Kind. But she's not kind. She's terrible. To all of us. So I ran away, and came home. And performed the Black Sacrament. Now you're here! And you can kill Grelod the Kind!"

I look at Vicky in shock and see that she is just as shocked. "It will be done as soon as possible." she says.

"Thank you and please hurry. To be honest, I'm kind of lonely here. And as much as I hated getting sent to Honorhall, I really miss my friends there... Please don't kill Constance Michel. She really is kind."

Both of us leaving the house and start walking towards the inn. "Do you think we should of left him there?" I ask her. She frowns," No...we can bring him somewhere else once we are able though. "That's true." Entering the end we go to our room where Tori and Ulrick are waiting. "Thank Sithis you are back!" Tori says as soon as the door is closed. She stands up her eyes burning with rang. "Ulfric accused Ulrick of being a Thalmor!"

"WHAT!?" Both me and Vicky yelled in outrage."

"Oh yes. He then gave back Balgruuf's sword and said if we didn't leave he was having us thrown in prison."

"What the fuck!?" Vicky hisses in anger.

"Yeah it's all a bunch of bullshit."

"We should go to Whiterun now then. Before he comes looking for you." I say.

"Agreed. Let's get our stuff together and then I'll open up a portal." Ulrick says.

Whiterun Vicky's POV

"When I woke up this morning the last thing I expected was to be fighting in a war." I say to Ivan as we walk down the steps after speaking to Balgruuf in Dragonsreach. "Yeah same here." he says in agreement. "We better find the others and make sure they are somewhere safe. "Good idea. Let's split up and meet back at Breezehome." Tori says.

"Gotcha." We head over to Simba and Gretchen's house and knocked on their door. Ozzie opens the door and we walk inside. Gretchen is siting in a chair nursing Stepal. Sniffing around I can tell that Simba isn't in the house."How did it go?" Ozzie asks.

"Um well...not so good." Ivan answers. "We have to fight in a war here in the city that is due to start at anytime."

"Yeah so we need to move you somewhere safe." I say.

"I see." Ozzie says frowning.

Suddenly there is a knock on the door. Ivan opens it and to our relief it's the rest of my and Ivan's family. We quickly explain everything to them and then we all walk over to Breezehome where Tori is waiting with everyone else.

Suddenly there is a loud crashing sound followed by shouts coming from the gates. we walk to the The Bannered Mare. Once there we say goodbye and me, Ivan, Tori and Simba race up to Dragonsreach. Once there we walked up the stairs and into the back. After a bunch of talking we walk back outside and quickly run to the gates.

Before we walk out howe Tori stops and looks and says,"I know the last thing any of us expected to be doing right now is to be fighting in a war. Try not to die. We've been through too much the last few moons for any of us to die just yet." As we start to go through the gate Ivan stops me and says,"Please be careful my love." he kiss me deeply and I can see the love he has for me in his eyes along with worry."

"I won't die Ivan. It's not my time yet. We will all come back from this war outside Whiterun and in a few short moons the two of us will be husband and wife." I give him one last deep kiss before I take his paw in mine and we walk out of the gate.

No POV

Swords against shields. Battleaxes landing on the ground as their owners lay in a pool of their own blood. Mage spells casing agonizing pain and while healing others. Catapults blasting balls of fire into the great city of Whiterun. Loud shouts from Tori as she fights next to Vicky and Kazbar. Stormclocks in a desperate attempt to get past the Dragonborn change at her only to be pushed back as Tori once again shouts," FUS RO DOH!"

There we angry yells of rage from Stormclocks as they were unable to get through the gates. As such, they eventually gave up and Whiterun was safe.