"What was that Orion?" asked the blacksmith.

He realized he had just thought that out loud to his friends and quickly apologized, saying that it was nothing. Though that feeling lingered in his dragon soul, almost like an animalistic feeling of freedom arose to the future calling of blood. Along with this, his eyes changed to that of a dragon, eyes slitting and turning into an orangish gold colour.

His mind drowned out all noise around him, as the cries of blood gutting screams choired throughout his mind. This Symphony, what he called it, was music to his dragon soul. It would revel anytime it got the chance the taste the sound.

This went on for what felt like entirety to him until a sharp, stinging pain was felt on the back of his head.

He snapped back into reality and realized he had his jaw opened and about to take a bite out of Kayd's neck.

He turned to face the perpetrator of the smack and it revealed to be Karliana but her face was panicked and afraid. He turned back to face Kayd again and quickly got back to his feet and said, " I'm so sorry, by the divines, I'm so sorry Kayd."

After what was said, he noticed that half of Solitude was staring at him with true fear. He ran, pushed people aside, and went scurrying out of the main gates of solitude.

No one spoke until what felt like an entirety until Beirand broke the silence with, "Karliana…. What in the damned gods names was that! He almost killed my only son!"

"I didn't want to say anything because he was getting better at controlling it but there's something you need to know about the dragonborn."

Everyone stared at Karliana, waiting with anticipation for the explanation she'd give. After taking a deep breath, she explained:

"Being the Dovahkiin isn't easy for Orion by a long shot. See when someone identifies as the dragonborn and is proven to have the soul of one, it just gets tougher from there. With each soul that he absorbs after killing a dragon, the soul inside him gets more aggravated and restless. This is the dragon inside him is trying to break free, take dominance over his free will and I heard from scribes of old and ancient times, once that happens, there's no way Orion can regain control. The Dragon takes complete control of his mind, soul, and body. Even as a child, I realized this, after he'd almost killed me. You noticed it too, right Kayd? His eyes looked different."

Kayd thought for awhile and soon shook his head in a yes motion. Karliana continued,

"Being him isn't easy at all, he literally has the weight of the shoulders on him. He's expected by all of Mundas to save the world, do you know how much pressure and stress that gives him? He, sometimes, lets the dragon take control while he's fighting to gain the little amount of time he gets where he is not so stressed. I don't know for sure, but I feel like he wants you to all realize this about him and his doomed driven fate."

"Maybe he just needs someone to help him through this difficult time?" a voice from the crowd spoke.

"Karliana," sighed Svari, "Maybe you should help him?"

"Svari, I already agreed to help him with this"

She sighed even deeper, "Karliana, that's not what I meant"

Confused, she asked, "What do you mean by that then?"

"I mean look at him, you've spent enough time to realize it right?"

Karliana looked at her, more puzzled than ever. What did she mean? Did she mean to tell her that he needs her for more than just the fight? It couldn't be that because he's known her since she was a child and that's all he thought of her as. I mean she had feelings for him, that was without a shadow of a doubt but him, liking her in that way? She couldn't wrap her head around it.

Her thoughts were soon to be interrupted by Svari, speaking, "Karliana, sometimes I feel like I am the adult and you're the child despite you being older than me by a couple."

Svari sighed with annoyance, " Just go to him before he tries to swan dive into battle with a skeever."

Karliana nodded her head and chased after to the whereabouts of Orion.

Once she got outside, she started to call his name and soon found him on a ledge, sitting, looking out towards the sunset.

She took a seat next to him and waited for awhile before speaking to him.

"Orion, it wasn't your fault. I explained to them your situation with the dragonborn, the dominance of the soul, and everything. You don't have to worry, I am sure they will understand that."

He stared off in the distance and didn't say a word.

"Orion?"

"yea , yea I heard you Kar…" muttered Orion.

" I just thought I was finally being able to control that damned dragon inside of me, now I make this foolish mistake after hearing the cry of a single bird."

"Orion… It wasn't your fault, you've been locked up an-"

"And what?!" raising his voice, "And what Karliana?! Yea I gods damn understand and I also understand one thing: You and NO ONE ELSE DIDN'T DO ANY FUCKING THING TO HELP ME 20 SUMMERS AGO. 20 YEARS KARLIANA, 20 GODDAMNED YEARS I WAS STUCK IN THERE."

With each piercing word he spouted, her eyes teared up, "Even you, you even believed them at first and just went on your maryway just ignorantly hating me, but then you grew older and finally in that little fucking brain of yours, that something was off about the crime. This world needs a hero, not a dovahkiin who can't even control his own damn soul anymore. It would have been better if I just had been excut-"

He was cut off when he heard sobs, he regained control of his composure and noticed Karliana was in tears and crying uncontrollably.

He felt like such an ass for taking out his frustration against her, after all, she was just a kid at the time, what could of she done to save him from it.

"Don't talk like that, please don't talk like that" she begged.

Orion felt horrible for what he just did and tried to apologized but before he could she got up and left, heading back into the city.

"Karliana, wait!"

But she didn't stop as he heard the main gate doors close behind her.

A/N: Muahahhaa Cliffhangerrr, I am evil! Though I am sorry for the inconsistent updates. I have been busy with school as we are coming down to finals. I will always try to post at least a chapter a week until I can get back into schedule. Hope you have a great rest of your week

~Skully