I know that some of you want me to get them together soon, but I had planned that the 'adult occurrences' that I warned about after she cures him of his wolf blood. Sorry about the spoiler, but that was my plan. Thanks for the input. I am going to put them together in this chapter, but sex won't happen until later. Is that agreeable?
This probably will be the longest chapter so far, maybe, so have fun reading! I am so glad that most of you out there are enjoying this, thanks for reading!
Chapter 8:
Once we had arrived at the island, Loranna went further up the island, she said that she wanted to scout it.
The rest of us entered the tomb. There was a large statue of Ysgramor in the center of the first chamber. Its hands were outstretched like it should be holding something. Wuuthrad, of course! That's our only way to get into the rest of the crypt.
Loranna rejoined us very quickly, I stepped up. "You have come. Return Wuuthrad to Ysgramor so you can continue on."
"You're not joining us?" She asked.
"MY mind was too clouded by vengeance. And I don't regret any of it. I cannot go on."
"Okay. I'll see you soon." She said with a disappointed look on her face. She put Wuuthrad in the stone YSgramor's hands and the rest of the Circle went on into the tomb, once the hidden stone door opened. I stayed back and decided to meditate. I had thought back to the recent events. But soon Farkas came back. "What is the matter, brother?" I asked him, fearing that something bad has happened to any of them.
"Spiders. I-I'm scared of them." He looked down in shame.
"Don't feel bad, brother, everyone is scared of something. And Frostbite spiders are yours." I patted his shoulder comfortingly.
"Thanks, brother." He put his hand on my shoulder. "Are you meditating?"
"Yeah, I was, not much else to do, but I needed to do it though."
"Why?"
"My reasons are my own."
"Fine" He looked at the Ysgramor statue.
Eventually, Loranna came back with Aela. Aela had a shocked look on her face, and Loranna seemed proud of herself for some reason but also nervous."
"So, what happened." I asked Loranna.
"Kodlak has been cured. But he named me the new Harbinger." I looked over at Aela for confirmation, she nodded.
"He did?! Well, the Old Man trusted you and I respect his decision. Besides, I think you'd be a good Harbinger."
"Thank you, Vilkas, that means a lot."
I nodded, "You can go on ahead to Jorrvaskr if you want to, I'm going to stay here and look around for a bit. Who knows of the history told within these carvings." She nodded and went over to Farkas to see if he was going to head back with her.
"I think that Vilkas wants to stay and look around some more, and I go where my brother goes."
Aela went back to wherever they came from before, to commune with Ysgramor. Loranna left for Jorrvaskr. The carvings were very interesting. They were swirled all over columns, around burial stones, some of the carvings were even of faces. I have no Idea what they mean, unfortunately. And I am not going to even try to guess.
"These are magnificent." I spoke aloud to myself.
"If you like that sort of thing." Farkas said. I flinched, I had forgotten that he was still here, and that he was following me.
"Heh, heh, sorry Vilkas. Didn't mean to scare ya."
I laughed, "Its okay, its just that you were so quiet that I had forgotten that you were there."
"Yeah, I'm pretty sneaky, heh, are you actually interested in this shit? All it is, is rocks with lines in them, that no one can read."
"Let me tell you something, Farkas. One cannot appreciate these until you take into consideration all of the work that the ancients put into these. And how long they spent. You have to try to understand at how important these were to the ancients of that time. And if one can actually find a way to read these, you can learn a lot."
"And they spent all that time on these for what? To have them end up underneath the ground and covered in weeds?" Farkas complained.
"That's not the point, brother. There is history in these carvings. But if this doesn't interest you, you can always go back. I'm sure you can find something else to do, like complain to Aela instead of me." I snapped at him.
Farkas didn't respond. I went back to my inspection. But, eventually, I became bored and headed back to the exit with Farkas following close behind. Once at the exit, we found Aela already there waiting for us.
"Let us head back," she said to us. We followed her back to Jorrvaskr.
Once we had arrived at Jorrvaskr, I went straight to bed, for it was late and I was exhausted.
I awoke in late morning the next day. Loranna came up to me as soon as I emerged from the bedrooms.
"Morning, sunshine!" She beamed at me.
"What do you need, Harbinger?" I asked sleepily.
"I just wanted to let you know that, I told everyone of yesterdays success, and they called for a celebration." She smiled widely at me.
"Okay, thanks for letting me know... I guess." I started to walk away, but she grabbed my arm and wouldn't let go.
"Aren't you wanting to know what time?" She asked.
"No, I'm not going." I responded flatly, not looking at her.
"Please, Vilkas, you gotta go!" She begged and tugged on my arm.
"I usually don't go to things like that, celebrations are not really my thing." I tried to weasel out of it.
"Please, Vilkas you gotta go! You never know, you might actually enjoy it!." She continued to plead and prod.
"No!"
"Just for a few minutes?"
"Not even that."
"Will you go for me then?"
"Uhhhgh, fine! I'll go, but only if it'll shut you up!" I lied to her. Maybe if I can get her alone with me, I can break to her how I feel. But how will she take it, though?
"Yay! The party starts at six tonight. Don't be late!" She cheers and runs off. I went over to the table and picked up a piece of bread and an apple for my breakfast. But I didn't eat it inside, I went out to our little sitting area and ate it there. It was a nice day for Skyrim weather, not warm at all, but it was sunny. After I finished my meal, I headed back to my room and picked up a slip of paper that was upon my desk. It was a job that no one has bothered to do in over a week! I suppose that I could do it some day, no need to have our clients get mad at us.
The rest of the afternoon went by in a blur. I trained the whelps, I at food, I drank a bit, then I got ready for the party. I had forgone my usual armor for something more comfortable, a simple tunic and trousers. I left my sword and armor in my room, I won't need them. I walked up into the main room of Jorrvaskr, it was decorated nicely. There were lots of sweets on the table, and plenty of alcohol.
Yvonne ran up to me as soon as she saw me, "Vilkas! You came!"
"I told you that I'd come, did I not?"
"I thought that you had told me that to get me to go away." She said coldly.
"And why would I lie to you, Harbinger?"
"Well, you weren't exactly the most friendliest of people when I first met you, you know."
I looked down is shame. "I know, but you were new. And I don't usually get close to a person who could die the next day. I'm sorry, that I wasn't nice to you, you have quite obviously proven your worth." I patted her shoulder.
"I forgive you, Vilkas. And I understand. But, can I talk to you, alone for a second?"
Yes, by shor, yes she can! I thought to myself. "Of, course, Harbinger." I nodded. She led us outside, no one was out here, save for Eorlund, but he was way up at the Skyforge, the only clue to his being there was the sound of metal on metal.
"What do you need, Loranna?" I asked her as soon as we reached outside.
"I need to tell you something important, and please, whatever you think after I tell you, don't hate me." She had a nervous, almost scared look on her face.
"Whatever it is, you can tell me..." Are my affections towards her mutual?
"Okay, here it goes... Vilkas... I think that... that I love you..." She looked away and refused to meet my eyes. I immediately grabbed her and pulled her into an embrace.
"Oh, how I was hoping that you'd say that!" I whispered to her.
She pulled away in surprise, "You mean that you love me too?"
"Oh, gods yes. I do, I do indeed." I beamed at her.
Then we kissed, first hesitantly, then more confidently, then, passionately. Once we were out of breath from the kisses, we spent the rest of the party out side in each others company until it was time to retire to our beds for the night.
That night, I fell asleep with the question of, is this the start of a new relationship?
A/N: Okay, I know, it got a little whimpy, but I was rushing to get this out for you guys. But did I satisfy your romance craving by finally putting them together? Sorry about the wait, I'm busy with school and stuff of that nature. If any of you would like to do a skyrim role play, contact information is on my profile. Thanks for reading!