Chapter 31: the college final.
We rode out as soon as everyone had eaten. I rode next to Calinwen and behind us the red legion men. I sighed and looked at Calinwen. "So what is the plan when we get to the college? Try to arrest Ancano, Or want to just kill him for the trouble and unwanted attention he pulled?" she asked to me.
"We will try, He will be shipped to Alinor for trial by the Thalmor." I looked ahead at the road. "Unless he resists and then we have to kill him." i grinned. "But that depends on when we arrive at Winterhold." We kept on traveling. The tension was cutting, No idea what would happen when we arrived at the College. After a few hours of travel we arrived at the College, I would be lying if i wasn't interested how the Nord deals with magic.
When we came down the slope towards Winterhold Calinwen gasped. She pointed in the distance while saying. "This doesn't look good." she dismounted and we all followed suite, Tying our horses to a pole at what i think is the inn we walked in a quick pace. "Tolfdir, What is happening here for oblivions sake." A old man turned from the magical barrier.
"Well child, Mirabelle is dead." He said matter of factly. "use the staff to push the barrier back, When we reach Ancano we may try to make him stop it. Otherwise we need to fight." Calinwen pulled the staff from her back and used it on the barrier. It began shrinking and we nearly ran up to the College. Tolfdir ran towards a set of doors and we all pushed it open, he nodded at me and i returned it. When we where inside i saw a ball full of blue light. I take it this is the Eye. Ancano began a dialogue about his power to destroy the world.
"Ancano, You are hereby a traitor to the Dominion stop and be trialed or fight and die." The answer was expected. Tolfdir threw a fireball to Ancano but to no avail, The eye opened and Calinwen instinctively used the staff to close it. Me and the other soldiers charged Ancano. But he tried to open the eye again while moving. i looked around seeing Tolfdir and Calinwen fight some weird glowing things. I refocused my attention on Ancano. I swiped at his leg wich he held over but a cut hit his arm, when one or two soldiers tried to attack he dodged one but got hit by the other. It took long this way. I nudged one and nodded to the anomolies and he pulled one other warrior with him. we slashed and tried to stab Ancano but the eye protects him so we keep going on as Calinwen closed the eye eachtime. Ancano became exhausted from the dodging when the eye closed again i swirled on my foot as my blade whoosed in the air hitting his neck. his head fell clean off his body, We bended over taking some breaths. I didn't notice until to late that there where some psijic monks that took the eye with them. "stop!" i shouted and tried to get to one before they appeared but when i got near they where gone. "by the spirits." i said through gritted teeth. I looked at Ancano's body and send a soldier to him. As i looked around Calinwen talked with Tolfdir and i noticed that two of the red legion died during the fight.
Calinwen walked up to me after we brought the soldier who died and Ancano's body to the horses. "I am staying here for a day or two. Then i will go to Solitude." i nodded. "I think we can celebrate next week?"
I chuckled and looked at my soldiers. "Sure, Will have to send their bodies back home so the family can bury them in the family homes or in our own depending." I mounted my horse and looked at Calinwen. "good luck Arch mage." I grinned. "And we will have to talk about that blade." she sighed and nodded. Probably not lookign forward to the Dragonborn business.