Here's chapter 3. Hope you enjoy :D

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Damn.. I woke up to the intimidating sound of a dragon roar in the distance to the northeast. Probably closer to Morthal.

"Ralof! Get your ass over here." Galmar shouted from his war tent. He needs to lighten up. He's so paranoid that Hadvar was going to escape and give away the location of the camp. So I got into my cuirass as quickly as I could and ran to the briefing.

"Sir, reporting in." I noticed that Linda was in the tent too. She looked at me then looked back at the map on the table with a frown.

"Took you long enough, whelp," Galmar hissed. He crossed his arms and gave me an ugly look. "Ralof, I want you to lead the attack with the Dragonborn on Fort Sungard tomarrow night. You are to take thirty men and women with you on this raid. Do I make myself clear?"

I straightened up and gave him a meaningful look. "That fort is as good as ours, sir."

He smirked, "Good, you got real fire in you, I like that. Good luck soldier." He then eased up and looked at Linda, "As for you Dragonborn, you are the key to this battle. Try to keep our soldiers alive. Understood?"

"I understand," she promised. She then looked at me with those emerald eyes. I couldn't help but keep looking into her eyes.

"Dismissed. Make us proud." Galmar said as he leaned onto the map and looked at it. Linda and I snapped out of it and started walking out.

The dragon's roar came again. This time a little closer. I had to unsheath my war hummer, but Linda put her hand on it.

"Don't worry Ralof, I know that roar of that dragon. Sounds like Odaviing." She said casually. I thought she was joking.

"Odaviing?" Is that a name? I knew Alduin was named because of his power and him being the World-Eater.

"Yeah, remember we caught him at Dragonsreach? Yeah, that Dragon. He's allied to me." I eased up and sheathed my hummer. Of course, she had to be allied to a couple of dragons.

"Oh, yeah I remember that."

"Yeah. Hey I got something for you Ralof. Here, come to my tent." We started walking to her tent. Her tent was much bigger than mine. Probably because she was a higher rank.

"Close your eyes." I did. She took out something pretty big.

"Okay open up."

She was holding a huge battle axe. It was gorgeous and looked twice as lethal than my petty iron war hammer. Oblivion, way more than that.

"Wow that's amazing! What did you forge it with?" I didn't recognize the type of steel.

"Ebony. It took me a while to get." She handed it to me. It wasn't as heavy as my iron war hammer. I looked up and she was smiling at me.

"Wow thanks Linda."

"Sure, my pleasure." I had to give her a hug. She accepted without hesitation.

"May I ask how you found the ebony ingots?" I had to know, ebony had to pretty rare because I never really seen it, only heard of it. She looked at me with a smirk.

"Well I became friends with one of the Orc strongholds to the southwest of Windhelm, I forget the name of the place but they let me mine some of their ebony." She was pretty confident to say that, Oblivion, I would be too! That's amazing that she befriended an Orc Stronghold. Gods, I don't know if I could get the nerve to even pass by it.

"That's amazing Linda, I don't know if I could of don't that."

"Eh, wasn't that bad. If you listen to them and respect them, they are pretty nice people." She explained. She's right. If only Ulfric would understand that Orcs are no different from us and would be a powerful ally in this war, for that matter, the Bosmer, Dunmer, Bretons, Altimer, Argonians, and the Kajiits. Skyrim could become the next empire if everyone was treated equally.

"Well, I'm going to go check on Hadvar. Care to come along?" She already was pulling me with her.

"S-sure Linda." Divines, always so pushy, I didn't mind though.

We made our way to the tent and Hadvar was awake. He was laying down, looking up with his hands behind is head. "Hadvar, how are you feeling?" Linda asked.

"I'm feeling.. okay." He did not look okay to me.

"Doesn't look like it. What's wrong?"

"Rikke is going to execute me for loosing that convey. Thanks to you Ralof." He turned to me with those glaring eyes. He was beyond pissed off.

"Hadvar, I chose the side I believed that would be best for Skyrim. I do not like war, but it is something I must do for my homeland. I cannot have those damn Thalmor take over our home. They would be the end of us!" I said as I started heating up.

"Ralof, you are wrong. The empire is controlling Skyrim. It always has, until now. We signed that treaty to stop the bloodshed. It is an alliance with the Thalmor." He got up in a sitting position and started clenching his fist.

"You have no idea what that treaty means, do you? That treaty has made the empire into a puppet for the Thalmor. They control everything the empire does. They banned worshipping Talos! I will worship who I want to worship. Next to that, all of the crimes they have done to-"

"Guys shut it!" Linda screamed. Her voice almost sounded like a shout. "We are not fighting about this now. It's not going to solve anything!" She took both of our hands. "Now both of you shake hands. You guys are best friends for Akatosh's sake! Friends don't fight!" Her eyes were full of fury, better not make her too upset. I looked back at Hadvar. He was just as scared as me. We knew of her potential.

"Hadvar, I'm sorry." I said with a bitter taste in my mouth.

"Me too Ralof. This damn war is pulling us apart." He had a shift of expression in his face. He was looking down and seemed depressed.

"Listen. Hadvar, go back to Riverwood. You need to get away from this. You and I both know that the empire will collapse in Skyrim. I don't want you killed in battle." I couldn't bare the thought of my best friend dead.

"No, I'm not backing-"

"I'm not giving you a choice Hadvar. Go back home." I'm not going to let him join back up with the imperials.

"Ralof, my uncle is not going to welcome me home as a hero." He was staring right into my eyes. He was really worried that he wouldn't be welcomed back.

"Don't worry. Once everything is back to normal, they won't know the difference. Plus the Dragonborn will convince them that we wanted you alive and well." I looked back at Linda, she nodded.

"Okay boys, let's get something to eat." We started out until Linda stopped Hadvar," Hold on, you have to get out of that armor. Her take these extra clothes. I wouldn't want the other soldiers to eat you alive." She chuckled.
"Fine. Gimme them," he said rolling his eyes.

I continued out towards the campfire. That dragon roar came out again. Linda stormed out of her tent almost instantly which left me confused.

"Is that Odaviing?"

"No, definitely not him. Everyone get ready for a dragon attack!" Everyone got up and took out their bows. The roar came again and it sounded like it was just above us. Sure enough, here it came into view. This dragon was white as snow and it's spikes we're so long and black.

"It's an Ice Dragon! Careful!" she screamed. "Get ready on my mark!" The dragon swooped down at us and snatched one of the soldiers away. It dropped him mid-flight and at came at a stop, flapping it's huge wings.

"JOOR...ZAH...FRUL!" Linda shouted this light blue aura at the dragon. The dragon gave out a pathetic roar and landed almost instantly. It started crawling at me. I picked up my ebony battle axe and stood ready.

The dragon tried to snap its enormous jaw at me, luckily, I moved aside just in time. I swung my battle axe right at his left eye, penetrating it and his sight. He threw up his head and gave out a death roar. He moved back a little and... started to speak.. What the fuck is going on?!

"BEIN JOOR! MEY, DIR NAAL ZI THU'UM!" That had to be the language of the dragons because I didn't understand a thing that dragon said. The dragon opened its mouth, "FO... KRAH..." Ice started to form in his mouth, but then Linda came in and shoved her Dawnbreaker sword under his jaw and punctured right into his mouth and she pulled it out. The ice disappeared from its mouth. The dragon through its head up and gave out another death cry.

"Nobody hurts my friends you fucking flying lizard! Take this!" She opened her mouth," YOL... TOOR... SHUL!" Just then, a huge wave of fire flew from her mouth and hit the dragon in the face. The dragon's face was on fire and it started to peal off it's scales. Then it's head fell to the ground and it tried to lift it back up.

"Oh no you don't!" Linda lifted her Dawnbreaker and jabbed the dragon in the forehead, ultimately ending its life. Then the dragon's entire body began to lighten up. Then it's scales came off like paper that turned into ash. Suddenly, a light colored aura started to travel to Linda. The dragon's body was no more except for its bones. The aura stopped.

"Well, one down, many more to go." She gave me a delighted smile. Everyone sheathed their weapons.

"Wow, I never thought I would witness this.. You took that dragon's soul, right?" I was dumbfounded. She smirked and nodded her head. "Amazing!"

"You truly are the Dragonborn, Linda. I never actually thought you were.." Hadvar said as he dropped his bow and arrows. His face was beyond amazed.

"You should start believing me Hadvar," I joked. His face didn't even shift. I started laughing.

"Alright boys, move away, I have to push these bones of the cliff." Linda was getting into position.

"How are you going to do that?"

"Watch," she smirked and winked at me. Then she opened her mouth, "FUS.. RO.. DAH!" A bluish aura went towards the dragon's bones and launched them off the cliff. "Haha, I love using that shout!" she laughed. Everyone chuckled.

"Alright Soldiers," Galmar began," I need thirty sons and daughters to assist Ralof and the Dragonborn on an attack tomarrow on Fort Sungard." With that, almost every soldier raised their hands. "Alright Ralof, get your stuff ready to match."

"Yes sir. Alright people, let's get this party on the way." Everyone cheered.

Everything was quite in order but there was a slight problem, Hadvar. So I went up to Linda, "hey Linda, how are we going to get Hadvar back to Riverwood?" She looked at me and smirked.

"I got an idea, but I don't know if she's going to like it." She looked at Hadvar. His face had a confused look. "OD.. AH.. VIING! He will give us a lift." A lift?

Hadvar's face began to look really concerned. "What do you mean by 'lift'?"

"You will see."

She winked at me. If I am thinking right, does she mean..?

A dragons roar came out again, similar to the one I heard this morning.

"What? Another dragon?" One of the guards moaned.

"No no, this dragon is my friend, and ally." Linda explained.

The dragon came into view. The dragon's scales are a crimson red it's back spikes are as long as that ice dragon we fought earlier. The dragon landed right next to Linda.

"DREM YOL LOK, GREETINGS DOVAKINN. DO YOU NEED MY ASSISTANCE?" Everyone, including me, was dumbfounded that it could speak in our tongue.

"Yes, mind if you do something for me?" Linda asked.

"NAME IT," Odahviing answered.

Linda went up to and whispered something which appeared to be his ear. Odahviing, looked at her and.. I guess you can that a laugh.

"ALIGHT DOVAKINN. HEY YOU, JOOR!" He shouted for Hadvar. Hadvar didn't like where this was going.

"Y-yes.."

"COME HERE. DON'T WORRY, I WON'T BITE YOU." Hadvar was extremely hesitant. Linda motioned him over.

"Come on Hadvar! Don't worry, he can be trusted." Hadvar finally went over.

"JOOR, MY NAME IS ODAHVIING. WHAT IS YOURS?" Odahviing tried to say it as calmly and as casually as he could. Hadvar did sort of ease up.

"Hadvar."

"WELL HADVAR, I'M TAKING YOU TO RIVERWOOD. CLIMB ON TOP." Hadvar's mouth dropped.

"W-what?!" His mouth was still agape.

"Climb up top. Don't worry I'm going with you Hadvar," Linda said with a comforting smile.

"Oh okay then..." He climbed onto Odahviing's back and held onto his larger spike for dear life.

I looked at Linda. I was ready to say something until she cut me off. "Don't you worry either. We'll meet at the rally point. We probably might get there before you." She also climbed onto Odahviing's back.

"Save some for us Linda!" I joked. She gave me a playful look.

"Can't promise you that! See ya Ralof! Okay Odahviing, let's go."

"WITH PLEASURE DOVAKINN. HADVAR, I HOPE YOU HAVE A FUN TRIP! HAHAHAHA!" I can see Hadvar's face go pale. He wasn't going to like this. I waved to them and they waved back. With that, Odahviing opened his wings and lifted off. I could hear Hadvar yelling for his live from a distance.

'Good bye, my love, Talos guide you Linda,' I thought to myself. The time wasn't right yet to confess.

"Alright soldiers, let's get a move on. Let's beat them there!" I rallied.

"HOORAH!" The soldiers grabbed their gear and we started for Fort Sungard..

Well, there's chapter 3. Thanks for reading. :) Please review, I need some ideas.