*** Authors Note: Hey guys sorry it has been a while since I last published a chapter but here is the next chapter, please tell me what you think. Just as a reminder about how the speech works in this story: "If it looks like this, it is someone speaking out loud in English" 'if it is like this it is a thought' "If it is in bold and lower case it is some one speaking in dragon tongue [with the translation along side in brackets like this]" "IF IT IS IN ALL BOLD LIKE THIS IT IS A SHOUT" ***
As Edwin left Bleak Falls Burrow, with the stone tablet in her bag, she noticed it was nearing midday, 'I better get back to Ralof before he makes good on his threat' so she began to walk back down the hill heading for Riverwood. As Edwin walked into the town she noticed Frodner playing in the street with a girl and his dog.
"Frodner, is your mother around at all?" Edwin asked as she approached the children not wanting to mention his uncle as she didn't know if the child knew his uncle was hear or not.
Frodner turned to see who was taking to him, when he saw it was Edwin he answered, "Mama is at the house at the moment, but she will be heading back to the mill soon." Edwin thanked Frodner and headed off to the house that was on the opposite side of the town to the mill. As Edwin entered the house she was met with Ralof pacing around the living area, while Gerdur made something at the cooking pot.
"I told you I would be back before midday." Edwin called out to Ralof.
Ralof stopped pacing and turned towards Edwin, "You were cutting it close though."
Edwin just shrugged, "Jarl Balgruuf asked me to help his court wizard with something, as it was at the Burrow just above the town I didn't see any harm at a slight detour. But I do need to head back to Dragonsreach before we can go to Windhelm." Ralof just shook his head, 'How Jarl Ulfric and her brother can handle protecting her is beyond me if she goes off to do things like that without telling anyone.' Ralof thought to himself. "Come on then, if we leave now we can make good time." But before they could move Gerdur turned, and with a firm look on her face said, "You are not going anywhere until you have eaten. Sit lunch is ready."
After lunch, Edwin and Ralof hugged Gerdur goodbye as they headed out of town, back towards Whiterun. They walked in silence for a while before Ralof spoke, "As I am your temporary escort I won't be allowed into Whiterun with you. I will wait outside until you leave, please be quick as I know Jarl Ulfric will be worried about you." Edwin nodded at this but wondered why he couldn't enter with her, she decided not to say anything. They walked in silence until Whiterun came into view. "Please be quick." Was all Ralof said as Edwin walked through the gate into Whiterun and up to Dragonsreach.
As Edwin approached Dragonsreach a person was leaving coming the other way, what caught Edwin's attention was the fact this person was in leather armour but had a hood covering her face. 'What an odd person. To enter a Jarl's home with their face covered, I wonder what they were doing.' Edwin thought to herself as she entered Dragonsreach and walked around to the Court Wizards room. When Edwin entered the room, she had originally met Farengar in.
Farengar looks up from where we was working, "Hmm? Ah, yes, the Jarl's protégé! Back from Bleak Falls Barrow? You didn't die, it seems." Edwin raises an eye at that comment, but just pulls the Dragonstone from her travel bag. "Ah! The Dragonstone of Bleak Falls Barrow! Seems you are a cut above the usual brutes the Jarl sends my way." Edwin just snorts at that. "My associate, who you just missed, will be pleased to see your handiwork. She discovered its location, by means she has so far declined to share with me."
Just then, before Edwin could respond, Irileth runs into the room "Farengar! Farengar, you need to come at once. A dragon's been sighted nearby." Irileth then spots Edwin, "Edwin, you should come, too." Edwin and Farengar follow Irileth back to the hall where the Jarl was.
Ralof was standing near the gate leaning against a wall when Irileth and Edwin emerged from Whiterun. "Edwin, are you ready to go?" Ralof asked Edwin as she walked over to him. Irileth was busy talking to the guard that were coming with them. "No, a dragon has been spotted at the Western Watchtower. I am going to help them out with this issue." Edwin told Ralof; Ralof sighed, "Fine, I am coming too. Not letting you out of my site again." With that Ralof and Edwin followed Irileth and the guards down to the Watchtower.
As they got close to the watchtower a guard came running up to them, "No! Get back! It's still here somewhere! Hroki and Tor just got grabbed when they tried to make a run for it!"
"Guardsman! What happened here? Where's this dragon? Quickly now!" Irileth asked the guard who was clearly in a panic.
"I don't know! Kynareth save us, here he comes again..." The guard yelled as he spotted the dragon coming back at them. Straight away, Irileth, Ralof, and Edwin got ready to attack with the guards that came down. "Here he comes! Find cover and archers, make every arrow count!"
Eventually they brought the dragon down to the ground; straight away Edwin was on his back hitting the dragon with her axe. "Dovahkiin! No!" the dragon yelled as Edwin landed the finishing blow. As soon as Edwin jumped off the dragons back a strange light started to fly from the dragon to Edwin, 'Damn, Divines why now!' Edwin thought to herself as she felt the rush of power flow into her from the dragon, suddenly the word she had learnt while in Bleak Falls Burrow came to her, as she felt the power from it grow lie it wanted to escape from her.
"I can't believe it! You're...Dragonborn..." one of the guards said as he walked up to her.
"Dragonborn? What do you mean?" Another Guard asked as they surrounded Edwin. Edwin looked over at Ralof who had gone white as a sheet of paper.
"In the very oldest tales, back from when there were still dragons in Skyrim, the Dragonborn would slay dragons and steal their power. That's what you did, isn't it? Absorbed that dragon's power? Although the only way to know for sure is to shout." As soon as the guard said that and the word from the burrow once again came to her mind, but this time she let it escape from her into the sky. "FUS [Force]"
"That was a Shout alright. That can only mean one thing. You must be Dragonborn." The first guard to reach her said, "According to the old legends, only the Dragonborn can shout without training, the way the dragons do."
The guards continued the conversation as Edwin walked over to Ralof and Irileth, "Are you alright Edwin?" was the first thing Ralof asked her. "I am fine Ralof. Just confused as to what is happening."
Just then the guards yelled over to Irileth, "What do you say, Irileth? You've being awfully quiet."
Irileth just raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms, "Humph! Some of you would be better off keeping quiet than flapping your gums on matters you don't know anything about. Here's a dead dragon, and that's something I definitely understand. Now we know we can kill them. But I don't need some mythical Dragonborn. Someone who can put down a dragon is more than enough for me." Irileth then turned back to Edwin and Ralof, "As for you too; you are not going anywhere except back to Dragonsreach with me to talk to Jarl Balgruuf." Edwin nodded, but Ralof shook his head, "I will accompany you to the gate, but I am not allowed in the city." Irileth raised an eyebrow at this, "Maybe I didn't make myself clear… You. Will. accompany to the Jarl or I will have one of these guard arrest you" When Ralof still refused, Irileth followed through with her threat. As they were walking back to Whiterun with Ralof in cuffs and Edwin not sure how to handle this situation, the ground around them began to shake as a voice of a group of men filled the sky and could be heard all over Skyrim, "DOV-AH-KIIN!" was all it said.