After waking up in the morning, I found that my father was already awake.
"Hey dad, Shouldn't you be the one sleeping the longest with your uhm… problem?" My attempt to start a conversation with him was supposed to be funny I guess, and it was in my head… But it ended up sounding just cruel. "I-uhh I mean why are you up? Isn't it still early in the morning and uh, I bet the moon is still out or something, in fact maybe I should even go back to sleep…" My dad looked at me, closed his eyes and shook his head right before smiling.
"It seems that even though you became a hero to the World and what not, you still say the wrong things more often than not. Don't worry Valund, I'm not offended. Though if you weren't my blood than I would have probably been very angry and I would have to have gone and got my old war hammer" I couldn't help but smile when my dad started laughing at what he said. Soon enough I joined him as well. There is just something about family that often makes you happy. Well, family that you like at least. I wouldn't feel as happy if I was in the same room with Aunt Brenda. I mentally shivered at the thought. We were all sure Aunt Brenda was secretly a deadra worshipper. Well, we haven't any proof at all; it's just that she kind of acted like some of the necromancers I've seen in the Shrines, Practically insane. Here with my father though, it was if the sun sent some extra sunshine over here just for me, If that doesn't sound creepy…
"Well dad, I'm sorry to say this but I have to head out soon; I need to go to Whiterun and talk to Danica Pure-Spring. You remember her?" My dad nodded his head, a slightly surprised look on his face after I said I was leaving. "I'll come back soon, but I just need to talk to her about really good healers for you."
"How long will that take?" He asked.
"Uhh, Three days, more or less." I responded. I actually had no idea how long it took to get from Whiterun from here, I never really timed it because I was too busy trying to control my horse because I was just terrible at riding horses for the first year or so. I assumed that three days sounded about right, because when you sleep and stuff sometimes it's difficult to tell if you slept for two hours or twelve.
"Okay…" He said, slightly skeptical. "I'll tell the ladies of the house, now you better get going because I just want to be healthy and strong again, I don't like being cramped up in a house for this long!" I smiled and despite being the manly men we were, we gave each other a bone crushing hug before I waved and walked out the door to my horse. Hopefully this trip wouldn't take too long, I wouldn't want them to worry or to be extra mad at me.
It was the beginning of the second day of travel to Whiterun; I was leaned up against a rock, with my eyes open. I should mention that I don't often sleep much, don't need sleep. I guess it's a perk or being the Dragonborn or something. So that meant after the one night of sleep at my family's house has me super alert right now. I have to let my horse sleep though, he is just a horse. That would be cool if I got a super sweet Dragonborn horse that didn't have to sleep like me though. Or a horse that had scales similar to a dragons! With wings too! Wait, why don't I just make it a miniature dragon that I can you as a horse! That would be so cool. Why can't the Greybeards give me something like that? I sighed at my ridiculous thinking.
After a little while of thinking of other cool and ridiculous things like that there was a courier walking down the road.
"Hello? Are you Valund?" He said. I never had understood how good couriers were at knowing exactly where the people the letters are sent too are. It's like they used magic or something. I'd wager at the secret courier training place, if they have one, they would all learn this cool spell that showed them where people were.
"Yep that's me, in the flesh."
"Well I got this letter for you, from the Jarl. I see you've got friends in high places." It sometimes also feels like couriers always say the same things depending on who sent the letter to you.
"Uhh, thanks. Anything else?"
"Nope, sorry. Nothing." He said then started walking away. Well thanks for the goodbye sir. I looked at the letter he gave me before opening it.
Valund,
I need to speak your help as soon as possible.
You know where to find me, this is urgent.
-Balgruuf
Good thing I was headed towards Whiterun already, this sounded important. I like adventures and saving the world, and this sounds like that's going to happen. He must have written this in a hurry, because there weren't the usual formalities in his letter. I better hurry, now I have two things to do in Whiterun and I don't want to take too much time away from my family. I jumped up and woke up my horse before jumping on him and then we took off, sprinting.