A/N Finally after 2 long years I have updated the story. I'm seriously sorry it took so long. Life hasn't been the best especially this year. I'm getting a new laptop so I'll be able to work on my stories more. Enjoy!

Chapter 27: Alive!

Vicky's POV

It's been two moons since the battle of Whiterun. So much had happened in that time. Now taking a much need break me,Tori, and Jed Jr are in my and Ivan's new Whiterun house. In two days time me and Tori are going to walk up to Dragonsreach and have to explain to the Jarl that we want to do what Dragonsreach was made for and trap a dragon. Tori thinks it will be easy. I'm not so sure. Jed Jr is quietly reading a book by the fire. The only times he's actually quite is when he's reading or painting.

Suddenly we hear a lot of noise coming from outside. Staying up I open the door and walk outside with Tori and Jed Jr close behind me. A group of people are staying close to Breezehome and I can see that two of them are Simba who is holding Stepal and Gretchen who has a look of shock on her face. When Gretchen see's me she says,"Vicky you won't believe it!"

"What is it" I ask stopping in front of her. "It's my mother. She alive!" She says excitedly. I gasped in shock and looking to my right I realized that the women standing right next to Gretchen looks exactly like her. "No way. Where has she been all this time!?" I think to myself. Out loud I say,"Jed Jr find Ivan and Ozzie in the Banneredmare and tell them to come here."

"Yes Vicky!" Jed Jr says and with a big smile on his faces runs off. Looking towards Gretchen and Ivan's mother who's name I don't remember I saw that standing quietly and looking nervous is little girl that looks almost exactly like Petar. "Looks like Ivan and Gretchen have a little sister." Before I can think of anything else Jed Jr comes running back followed by Ivan, Ozzie, and my parents who had been with them. No one speaks for a minute before my father finally says what I'm sure all of us were thinking,"Ophelia where have you been all this time? Everyone thought you were dead!"

Ophelia signs before saying,"Is this everyone? I don't want to have to explain everything more then once. It's a long story."

"No I'll go get them. Meet us by the big tree in the middle of the city."

While my father goes to find everyone else the rest of the walk over to the tree. Ophelia looks around nervously at the rest of us and her eyes rest on Ivan and Ozzie both of which are now sitting on a bench. Ivan's face is unreadable while Ozzie looks ready to burst into tears. The little girl grabs Ophelia's hand and asks,"Mama can I tell them who I am now?"

Ophelia smiles at her,"Of corse." Smiling nervously the girl walks over to Ozzie,"Hello my name is Zeeva I'm your daughter." Ozzie looks at her and wipes tears out of his eyes,"You look like my mother Zeeva." He says before he stays up and give her a hug. "I know mama told me. She said I look like my grandma but with her eyes." Ozzie smiles and lets Zeeva go. Zeeva then walks over to Ivan. "Hello brother Ivan." Ivan smiles at her. "Hello Zeeva. Nice to meet you." Neeva smiles back,"Nice to meet you too." Finally Zeeva walks over to Gretchen who is standing behind Ophelia and says,"Hello sister Gretchen. Mama was right you do look like her." At this Gretchen laughs nervously and says,"Haha yeah hello."

"Look here come the others!" Jed Jr calls out. Sure enough everyone else was walking towards us. Once everyone was together in a circle by the tree Ophelia starts her story.

"It all started nine years ago. Me, Ozzie, and Kyros went out together to hunt. We barely made it out of the city when we ran into the Thalmor. They told us we were sentenced to death for being friends with their enemies. We got into a fight and killed lots of their men. I told Kyros to run and get Gretchen, Ivan, and Stepal someplace safe. Ozzie was knocked out soon after and so was I not long after that. When I woke up I was alone in a strange place. I have no idea how long it was until I realized that I was on a boat. Eventually we reached land and I was thrown into a cell with others. It was there that I learned the horrible truth. I was being sold as a slave."

There were gasps and yells of outrage at this. I stared at her in shock completely lost for words. Once everyone quieted down she continued. "The slavers put strange cuffs on my arms that made it so I couldn't use my magic. I was in that cell for four days before a family bought me. They took me back to their house were they had three other slaves. An elderly Argonian named Zeeva, a younger Argonain named Naklz, and a Redguard named Jalya. I was only there for a few days when I realized that I was with child. I was very upset. I know that my family probably thought I was dead and I wondered if they were alright after the fight with the Thalmor. I knew that I had no chance of trying to escape while pregnant. Our slave masters son Garyn snuck food for me every day without his parents ever finding out. He was only six years old at the time. The same age as my youngest son. Zeeva the elderly Argonian took care of me and told me stories. She helped raise Garyn and Garyn absolutely adored her. Sadly two weeks before I gave birth Zeeva died. She was really old and sick and our masters refused to get her the care she needed. Garyn has never forgive his parents for it. I named my daughter Zeeva after her because she was a nice caring women and I wanted to honor her memory.

The years came and went and as Zeeva and Garyn grew we planned on how we would escape. Last year when Garyn was 13 his parents trying to get him to become a slave owner himself took him to get his own slave. He came back with an Orc women named Homub. Well the two ended up falling in love and we had to change our plan to escape a year sooner then we had planned because a moon ago Homub found out that she is with child. We couldn't risk Garyn's parents finding out so we took our plan and made it happen. It wasn't easy but we did it. Garyn snuck us armor and weapons. He unlocked our cuffs and we snuck out of our rooms and got into a fight with our masters. We were able to take them out easy now that we were uncuffed and had weapons.

Once we were free Garyn brought us to a mage who opened a portal for us in Sentinel. It was there I found out that Kyros had been killed by the Thalmor. No one knew weather Gretchen, Ivan, and Stepal were still alive. The last they had seen of them they were on the back of a Camel running away from the Thalmor. Ozzie had last been seen a day later going in search of them. After being told this I figured that you probably went to Elsweyr because that's where we were thinking of moving back to before the attack. So I found another mage to open a portal for us in Elsweyr. We soon found Simba's parents and they told us that Gretchen and Ivan were still alive but that Stepal had been murdered by a Senche-Raht.

At this Ophelia signed sadly and continued. Turns out Simba's family and a few of Ivan's friends were on the way here because Ivan is getting married next moon. They opened a portal right here in the city and well here we are." Once she had finished speaking everyone was quiet for quite awhile. Even Jed Jr who is always running all over the place was quiet.

After about five minutes of awkward silence Zeeva spoke up,"Ivan who are you getting married to?" Standing up Ivan smiled big and walked over to me lifting me up in his arms said,"This is Vicky my soon to be wife."

"Hello everyone." I say smiling at the group of people who I still don't know who most of them are. "So can we have introductions now?"

"Oh so sorry about." Ophelia laughs and walking closer we are soon introduced to Simba's parents Kisila and Josder Prongs. Ivan's friends Napi and her husband Amazha. And Rarina and her husband Nahasta. Naklz the Argonian. Garyn the dark elf who helped Ophelia and Zeeva. And finally Homub the Orc.

Suddenly Ivan gasps loudly and says,"Oh no I forgot about the stew that I started earlier!" He then takes off running toward the house while Valdis laughs,"Well at least it was him cooking and not Vicky. Hahahaha." At this I give her a dirty look while my father tries and fails at not laughing. Ignoring them I say,"Come to mine and Ivan's house for dinner. I'm sure he hasn't burned it. He's never burned anything since I've known him." And with that I start walking back to the house with everyone else following me.