Chapter 16: Abimael And Silver
Sonic and Shadow sighed as they walked though the cave.
"We still haven't found Manic," Sonic said, annoyed.
"Maybe we haven't gone deep enough?" Shadic asked.
Sonic shrugged. "Maybe he isn't here after all."
"Maybe. Do you think Father and Jet found anything?"
"Possibly."
He smiled at his son. "Let's go find him." They continued walking. A few minutes later they saw Shadow and Jet, still in their wolf forms. "There they are."
"Hey," Shadic said as he walked up to Shadow. "How are you two?"
"We fought some werewolves, but we're fine," the wolf said.
The two wolves shifted back to normal.
"Have you two found Manic?" Jet asked.
Shadic shook his head. "Not yet."
"I'm beginning to think he isn't here," Sonic said.
"Great," Shadow said. "And we couldn't catch any of the werewolves for questioning."
"We need some advice," Jet said. "The mage might be able to help."
"What mage?"
"Silver. I've known him for a while."
"Where is he?"
"At the College Of Winterhold."
Shadow sighed. "Of course."
"Should we go there?" Shadic asked.
"I guess. If Silver can help."
They walked out of the cave and looked at the dragons.
"We need to go to the College of Winterhold," Sonic said.
"Martin and I will take you there," Forbranir said.
"Thanks."
The five got on the dragons, and headed towards Winterhold.
"So Jet," Sonic said. "What's Silver like?"
"Nice."
"How do you know him?"
"He's a friend."
"What kind of magic does he do? You mentioned he's a mage."
"A bit of everything."
"Is he able to shapeshift? I've heard mages can do that through alteration magic if they're skilled enough."
"He can," Jet said. "So can his daughter."
"And if he can't help, maybe someone else there can."
"Silver has a daughter?" Shadow asked, looking at Jet. "What's her name?"
Jet smiled. "Abimael."
"I look forward to meeting them. How long have you known them, Jet?"
"A while."
They flew in silence for a while, looking down at the land below them. A few hours later, they reached Winterhold. Everyone climbed down and looked around.
"The College is this way," Jet told them. "Follow me."
"Let me guess," Sonic said. "It's the only interesting building in this place."
"That is true. Many people come to the college to become mages."
"We are going to be able to go in, right?"
"Yeah, we will," Jet said.
"Even though we aren't mages?"
"Anyone is welcome, not just mages." Jet looked at Shadow. "Aren't you a mage? You use magic."
"I didn't study here, and Sonic's no mage."
They walked up to the bridge leading to the College.
"Have you been here before?" Sonic asked his husband.
"Not to go in the College," Shadow replied.
They walked inside and looked around.
"Is Silver here?" Jet asked a mage. "Or Abimael?"
"They're both here as far as I know," the mage told him.
"Great. Where are they?"
"What do you need them for?"
"We need him to see if he can find someone for us. Sonic's brother has been kidnapped by werewolves."
"I can see if he wants to help."
She walked away and came back a few minutes later with Silver and Abimael.
"Hello Jet," Silver said with a smile. "What brings you here?"
The hawk smiled. "We need assistance finding someone."
"And who might that be?"
"My brother Manic," Sonic said.
"What about him?" Abimael asked.
"He's a vampire. Some werewolves kidnapped him."
"How did that happen?"
Sonic explained what had happened when Manic got kidnapped. Abimael thought about it and looked at Silver. "What do you think, father?"
The white hedgehog began to pace. A few minutes later, he looked at Sonic. "This is very strange; werewolves aren't known to kidnap vampires. You mentioned that there was a mage with them?" Sonic nodded. "What happened when the mage was there?"
"We got paralyzed."
"Do you know where the werewolves are keeping him?" Abimael asked.
"I would have to look into that."
"Is there anything you can do?" Shadow asked the two mages.
Silver shrugged. "Possibly."
"Wait here while we discuss it over," Abimael said.
She and Silver walked into the other room and closed the door so that the others couldn't hear them. Silver looked at his daughter. "What do you think?"
"It could affect our plans if they're looking for him," Abimael said.
"We could always send them somewhere that would help us in the end."
"I agree. Where do you suggest?"
Silver thought over all of their plans. "We could send them to Imperial City in Cyrodill," he said. "Or perhaps Oblivion."
"I'm not sure they'd believe either of those."
"Solitude, perhaps?"
"That's the capital. I doubt they'd believe that's where he is."
"Well, where do you suggest?" Silver asked her.
"How about one of the old ruins? Any of them would be a believable place for werewolves to bring a bunch of vampires."
"That would work. Which one?"
"There's one called Ragnvald," Abimael said. "We could send them there."
"Very well."
The two walked out of the room.
"Well?" Sonic asked.
"Ragnvald," Silver said. "You should be able to find them there."
"Thanks," he said, and sped off as the others followed.