Sorry about the very long wait, it has been pretty busy for me. This is the last chapter to the story. But there will be sequels to it. And any of you that want to make a sequel to it, feel free to, I actually want to see what you guys would want to write about what happens after this chapter. So please do so.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything that is affiliated with Skyrim.
"OD.. AH.. VIING!" As soon as Linda shouted her call, Odahviing started roaring in the distance along with the two other dragons. Britsotzii's roar had a more, so to speak, feminine tone to it. Krilloksil's roar had a lower tone than Odahviing.
The first thing we see is Krilloksil's magnificent flight poster. It looked like he was showing off his ability of flying by showing us these insane and breathtaking tricks. Britsotzii turned her head towards Krilloksil and she shook her head in disgust. Odahviing didn't even look and he landed right next to Linda.
"DREM YOL LOK. GREETINGS DOVAHKIIN. YOU CALLED FOR MY ASSISTANCE?"
"Well, yeah. The thing is, we are attacking Solitude tonight. Would you and the other two dragons want to assist us in it?" Odahviing bowed his head then looked up in the sky at Britsotzii. She nodded her head while flapping her large wings. Odahviing then looked at Krilloksil. He was still doing spins and twirls. Odahviing shouted out his name. Krilloksil immediately stopped and landed next to him.
"MY APOLOGIES RED HUNTER. WHAT DID YOU WANT ME TO DO?" Krilloksil lowered his head and his wings. Odahviing blurted out many words in their dragon tongue. Krilloksil looked at Linda and nodded his head.
"Alright thanks. However, you dovas know that it would be hard and extremely dangerous to land in the courtyard in Solitude. Not to mention, taking out soldiers around the buildings would be nearly impossible. So can you dovas take out their catapults and make sure no reinforcements enter the city?" Britsotzii landed and it seemed like she snorted a little. Odahviing and Krilloksil chuckled. Linda crossed her arms and gave the dragons a serious expression.
"OF COURSE! THAT WON'T BE ANY PROBLEM FOR US. WHEN DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE ACTION?" Linda placed a finger on her lip and looked at me.
"What do you think Ralof?" She raised her eyebrows. I turned to Odahviing and crossed my arms.
"Right after our preparations for our catapults. As soon as we are done, I'll let you know when it's time. Is that okay?" Linda turned to Odahviing.
"THAT IS FINE. JUST WAVE TO US AND WE WILL BE ON OUR WAY." Odahviing lifted off and landed on the cliff to keep watch. Britsotzii moved to the other side of the cliff and got into a resting position. Krilloksil lifted off and started flying around in circles.
He seemed like he was happy with what he was doing. Especially after Alduin. Although, I didn't know Britsotzii's story. At first I was a little hesitant in moving in her direction. Thankfully, Linda walked up to her before me and patted her wing, then sat on a rock next to her.
I moved towards the female dragon and sat down next to Linda. "So, Britsotzii.." The dragon moved her head towards me with an open expression. "What is your story?" At first, she was confused what the question meant, but then she understood it and her head turned the other way. "I mean, if you don't want to share, I completely understand." She looked back me and took in a huge breath of air and exhaled.
"No, it's fine." I was surprised that her voice wasn't ear piercing loud. "My father was a powerful dova that served Alduin faithfully and without question. Even after I was brought to this world, he never really cared for my existence. He was always focused on helping out Alduin and his quest for complete dominance." Her head lowered and her expression changed to being sad. "He never understood what Alduin was really trying to accomplish. A week after he was resurrected, he and I got into an argument about what side to choose. Obviously he chose Alduin."
The female dragon lifted her head in the air and inhaled and exhaled slowly. "After a while, the argument turned into a fight. He and I kept on exhaling fireballs at each other. Eventually, one of my fireballs hit him.. in the mouth. His mouth exploded in flames. Immediately, his body flew to the ground and created a crater in the ground. I landed next to him.. and he was gone. But... I devoured his soul..." She looked down at the ground with shame in her expression. "Ever since that day, I swore to never serve under Alduin. In my opinion, he is the 'family-eater', not just the 'world-eater'." I got up and sat closer to her and patted her shoulder, or what seemed like her shoulder.
"I'm sorry that that happened to your family. But... it had to be done..." She looked at me, then back to the ground and nodded her head. "It will be just fine, Brit." She looked at me with a confused look. "May I call you Brit?" She looked at me like I had two heads. Linda tapped me on the shoulder with an amused look.
"Well Ralof, do you know what 'Brit' means in the dragon tongue?"
"No what?" It is part of a name, right?
"It means 'beautiful', you are basically calling her beautiful" My heart dropped, I didn't mean it by any means of intimacy. Linda just shook her head and started laughing.
"Don't be embarrassed. Britsotzii, never really was complimented by a non-dov. Right?" The dragon bowed her head and smiled.
I looked up at Krilloksil and he was doing spins in midair. I noticed that he kept on looking at Britsotzii. That got me confused. Dragons could love? Interesting. Britsotzii never looked at him. She was more interested in resting, I don't think she even noticed. I'm starting to believe that Krilloksil was trying to show off his moves and tricks not to us, but to Britsotzii. I didn't care much, he was still creating quite a show for us.
"Jarl Ulfric, where have you been?" Linda was almost screaming at him. He almost laughed but that immediately changed when he took sight of the three dragons. His mouth gaped in astonishment.
"By the nine..." His eyes were completely open. Linda snorted humorously at his expression. I had to hide my mouth from laughing so hard. Even the dragons exhaled humorously at him.
"Well, Ulfric," Linda was trying to keep herself together, "these are the dragons that are helping us in the attack."
"By Akatosh, thank you all for assisting our cause." He tried really hard to act as formal as he possibly could, but he couldn't quit staring.
"ALWAYS MY PLEASURE WHEN ASSISTING THE ALLIES OF DOVAKIIN." Ulfric's eyes widened to where I didn't even think they could widen any more than they already were.
"Alright, alright," Linda said while flailing her arms about. "So Ulfric, the dragons are going to cover our flanks while we take the city. They couldn't fight in the city for obvious reasons, so that job is ours. And where in Oblivion is Galmar?"
"He's at the other camp. He'll be joining up with us before the invasion of the castle." Linda nodded with acknowledgement. Ulfric was still in complete awe. "So, my fellow mighty dragons, good luck and Akatosh be with you three." The three dragons nodded slowly and one by one they lifted off into the air and started to fly towards Solitude.
"Okay, let's get on with the attack soldiers!" Everyone hoorayed and started marching to Solitude. Talos guide us.
"This is it men! It's time to make this city ours! We come to this moment carried by the sacrifices and the courage of our fellows. Those who have fallen. And those still bearing the shields to our this day, our enemy will the fullness of our determination, the true depth of our anger and the exhalted righteousness of our cause. The gods are watching. The spirits of our ancestors are stirring. And the men under suns yet to dawn will be transformed by what we do here today. Fear neither pain, nor darkness. For Sovngarde awaits those who die with weapons in their hands, and courage in their hearts. We now fight our way to Castle Dour to cut the head off the legion itself! And in that moment, the gods will look down and see Skyrim as she was meant to be. Full of Nords who are mighty, powerful, and free! Ready now! Everyone, with me! For the sons and daughters of Skyrim!"
After his powerful speech, we all stormed into Solitude with eagerness and bravery. Linda, Galmar and I were all beside Ulfric. When we entered the city, the place was in flames with lots of dead imperial bodies. There was a lot of confusion between the imperials and they couldn't stay in formation. The dragons did their job well.
The first wave of imperial soldiers were not a problem. Five soldiers tried to gang up on Ulfric, but Ulfric shouted at them and they rifled backwards into a wall and death overcame them on impact.
"Ha, thats cute Ulfric, watch this!" Linda inhaled, "YOL TOOR SHUL!" A massive wave of fire lit up eight imperials burning them to death. Ulfric gave her an annoyed look and she only smirked back.
Galmar and I looked at each other and we rolled our eyes. Two people competing over who has a better Thu'um. Obviously Linda was going to annihilate Ulfric. She was Dragonborn nontheless.
Two imperials wielding swords lunged at me and I blocked their attacks with my ebony battleaxe. I pushed it towards them to make stagger which worked perfectly and I swung at the first imperial on my right and I nearly cut him in half. The other imperial looked at his fallen comrade and backed off knowing that it was a doomed fight for him.
"Soverngard or the Void, imperial?" Linda's voice echoed in my head. I raised my battleaxe upright.
"Uhhh... Soverngard.." His voice was skaky. He had a hard time holding on to his sword.
"Then fight for your honor!" At that moment I moved toward him and I swung my battleaxe lightly and he blocked the attack. He then lunged at me with his sword and I swung just enough time to knock his sword out of his grasp. He fell to the ground and he tried reaching for his sword. I raised my battleaxe and swung downward onto his body and it cut him in half. He instantly died right there. "May your soul ascend to Soverngard."
I saw Linda taking on six imperials at once and it looked like she had the situation under control. Her Dawnbreaker sword was lit up and she picked up another sword on the ground and started slicing at the soldiers.
"Ralof, go to the Blue Palace and retrieve Elisif with five of your trusted soldiers." Galmar patted my back and started for the inner castle with Ulfric and Linda.
"Alright, you five come with me. We are going to the Blue Palace!" The five soldiers grunted and we headed to the palace.
"Jarl Elisif, come with us." She was sitting on her throne looking down. She wouldn't look up. "Jarl please, for our home." She still wouldn't look up. I knew what she was thinking. "Elisif, I know Ulfric killed your husband, but that was then and this is now. You have to maintain order here in Solitude. Please, put your grudge against Ulfric aside and come with us." Finally, she looked up at me but not with a face that I expecting. Her expression was indescribable, the only thing I could try to make of it was acceptance.
"You." She finally stood up and she looked at me right into my eyes with her blue eyes. "Do you really think that this is what is right? Or are you mindlessly fighting for something you do not fully understand?" That question has been asked by many people since I decided to join the Stormcloaks.
"Well, my Jarl." I started and I inhaled. "I joined the rebellion because I believe in freedom and liberty." She raised an eyebrow.
"Freedom? Liberty? I know Ulfric and he is a racist. Only us Nords will be promised freedom and liberty. What about the other races?" She was right, to an extent.
"Ulfric is a racist. I know that. But I'm not fighting for him, I'm fighting for the well being of my family at Riverwood, my friends, and... my love." Linda's image popped into my mind. "Also, Ulfric will understand in time how important other races are. It is only a matter of time until he figures it out."
"I'm still not convinced." Her expression was flat.
"Two more things and I'll let you decide, Jarl Elisif. One, the Thalmor are roaming around Skyrim and are unjustly arresting and executing citizens. The Empire didn't have any control over that. And two, I am close friends with the Dragonborn and she told me something about High King Torygg." Her expression deflated and she looked down.
"What did she say?" At first, I'm surprised that she knew Linda. Ah, what can I say, everybody knows who she is.
"Well, she told me that she went to Soverngard to eliminate Alduin, and she did. After the battle, a man came up to her and said that he was Torygg. He told her two things, one, that he wanted her to tell Ulfric that it was a good and fair match. And two, he asked her to tell you something." Her eyes started to tear up. She grunted and looked down further. "He asked Linda to tell you that he loved you with all of his heart." That was it, she started crying. "But he wanted you to not dwell on his death, and most of all, not keep a grudge on Ulfric. He knew that living a life with a grudge was fatal." She finally looked up at me and she hugged me. "He also said that he will always look after you. Don't worry Jarl Elisif, you will meet him again in Soverngard. All of us will eventually meet in Soverngard and we look back at the war and laugh about it. We will all be together again as friends." She looked back up at me with sobs and wiping her face. She nodded.
"Alright. I understand. Let's go then." I nodded and we guided her to the middle of the city.
I barely listened to Ulfric giving his speech after the battle. All I heard was that he killed Tullius and that we restored order to Skyrim. He also asked Elisif for an allegiance. She looked at me and said "I do". He seemed very pleased with her and he had a little bit of a surprised reaction to her non hesitant reply. In all of this, I eyed Linda standing next to Ulfric. She looked back at me and smiled. She also made a implication that she needed to tell me something after the speech. I nodded in reply.
The speech finally ended and the soldiers dispersed towards the front gate. I looked around for Linda but I couldn't spot her. So I started walking around trying to locate her and suddenly next to an alleyway, she pulled me into it.
"Ralof, it is over. The war! What are we going to do now?"
"I'm not sure. I haven't had enough time to think about it. I don't have much of anything left except for Gerdur's house in Riverwood." She looked at me oddly. She suddenly moved in for a kiss that I happily obliged to. "All I have is a little amount of gold and the battle axe you gave me." She slapped me lightly on the chest.
"Don't worry Ralof, you can live with me in Whiterun. I have a house there." My eyes widened. Did she asked me to move in with her?
"You mean.. live with you in Whiterun?"
She laughed. "Yeah! Just come with me, but first I have to tell Elisif something." She started for the Blue Palace but I stopped her. "What? What is it?"
"I already told her about Torygg." She looked at me and she paused.
"Oh." She paused for a long time. "I guess that I don't have to tell her then.. I was afraid that she would loose her temper."
"She didn't. She listened attentively."
"Okay then. Then I guess let's go home then."
"Alright then. Let's go." With that, we both started on our voyage to our home in Whiterun. I never thought that I would actually have a place I could call home. Thank the Divines for Linda. She is my savior, and my one and only love.
Once again, feel free to make a sequel. And please review. And thank you all for reading my story.