Lynch felt tense, his whole body was on alert because there was smoke coming from the watch tower to the west of Whiterun. Evangeline was frightened by what it could mean but he didn't let the smoke distract him from his quest. Farengar needed the stone to understand why the dragons were coming back and he needed to build a new life away from the mess that was Skyrim. He wanted to get away from the civil war and the dragons, he knew the tales of Alduin and how the Dragonborn was the only one to stop the dragons but who would stop the civil war? Evangeline walked next to him and he could smell her fear of the unknown, of the dragons and he knew she was thinking what he was but if what happened at Bleak Falls was destiny's way of saying that he was the Dragonborn? Lynch shook his head; he couldn't deal with something of that size when he was busy trying to figure out what the woman next to him was to him. He slid his eyes over to her as he saw her look at an empty home and studied her carefully; she had no real redeeming qualities that normally made his blood become like fire in his veins. She had plain hair and a body that was not as curvy as the women he had enjoyed previously but it was something about her that made the wolf inside howl and try to claw its way out to get to her so that it could protect her at all times.

"I thought that starting over in a new place would be good for me." Evangeline whispered to herself as the ascended the steps to Dragonsreach.

Her voice was sweet and innocent which reminded him of his little sister before he had….

"I just wanted to get married and pick a simple profession…maybe even have children." She sighed then looked back at Lynch to see that he was looking at the clouds of smoke coming from the watch tower.

His eyes had gone to the clouds of smoke from the watch tower to the west of Whiterun, her eyes went to it for a split second then she went inside Dragonsreach. Lynch followed behind her and into Farengar's room,

"Ah! You've returned. Do you have the stone?" Lynch pulled the stone out of his knapsack then handed it to Farengar who handed it to a woman next to him.

"Thank you for bringing this to me. This will help against the Dragons." The woman said then just as Evangeline was about to respond Irileth came running into the room.

"Farengar, a dragon has been sighted outside the city. And you, come as well." She pointed towards Lynch then ran off towards the upstairs of Dragonsreach.

Evangeline followed Farengar and Lynch up and into the upstairs of Dragonsreach where Jarl Bagruuf proceeded to speak about the watch tower being attacked then he told Lynch that he was to meet Irileth and see about the attack on the watch tower. She panicked at the thought of a dragon being so close to Whiterun, Irileth ran off with a 'yes sir' and Farengar was told to watch from the platforms outside of the city gates. Jarl Bagruuf gave Lynch an enchanted battle axe then walked in the direction of the porch leaving Lynch and Evangeline alone.

"Here I thought I would be able to leave a life of struggle behind me." Lynch sighed and turned towards Evangeline to find her face was etched in worry.

"I'm afraid for you." Evangeline was more than afraid; terrified was how she would describe what she felt.

Terrified that the only person she really knew and liked would die in a battle against a dragon so she did the only thing she could think of,

"I'm coming with you." Evangeline watched Lynch as he gave her a look of shock, his shock melted into anger quickly at her declaration.

"You will not." Lynch could see that she knew he was going to say no but her body language told him that she wasn't asking.

"You are still young, you have years ahead of you to live—"

"And you do not? You are no more than ten years older than me." Her hands went her hips as soon as she had begun speaking.

Evangeline would not budge with her decision so he sighed and left Dragonsreach with her in tow. He let her follow him through the town and halfway to the watch tower before Lynch turned around. She stopped right in front of him and lifted her brow at him,

"Turn back. Go back to town and find yourself a man to keep you in a house and safe." He could have beaten himself for saying what he did but he wanted her to be safe instead of worrying about him.

The wolf inside wanted to drag her back to town and lock her in a cell to keep her safe until the dragon was defeated.

"Lynch, I would be the only one who could use magic which might hurt the dragon. I need to learn more about the enemy so that we know how to kill others if they appear and judging from the nord tales…more will." Evangeline gave him a pleading look but Lynch was not budging.

"Evangeline, go back to town and find somewhere safe to hide. I need you—" Lynch stopped, everything stopped.

Evangeline had been so worried and furious that she didn't notice until she took a step forward and saw that Lynch was not blinking; not moving a muscle and neither was everything else around her. The clouds of smoke from the fires at the watch tower were stopped as well which told her that something had caused everything around her to freeze. Not even two seconds later everything resumed,

"—to be safe. I cannot let an innocent die because of some dragon." Lynch stopped and saw the confused look on Evangeline's face.

Evangeline couldn't believe what had just happened, it was magic she had only heard of the Psijics using and someone had used it to stop time. No one had been around her or Lynch to be able to do the spell, her eyes went wide as she realized that she it was possible that she had done it. Her eyes flew to his face,

"I'm going whether you like it or not and you can't stop me!" She ran off towards the tower and Lynch moved to follow until he heard,

"Dovahkiin!" Lynch looked towards the sky and saw the bronze dragon coming towards the watch tower.

He ran towards the tower and Evangeline as fast as he could, he saw the dragon coming closer as Irileth and her company readied themselves for a battle worthy of song. The dragon descended onto the tower and spewed fire from its mouth,

"TOOR SHUL!" Lynch grabbed Evangeline and pressed her up against the nearest place outside of the watch tower.

"How are we to beat something that large?" She whispered as she watched the dragon fly over the tower, leaving a path of fire in its wake.

"Weapons and magic." Lynch replied as she looked to see Irileth's guards firing arrow after arrow towards the dragon.

"I can only hope it will work. I can try frost spells and hope they work." Lynch removed himself from pinning Evangeline and drew his battle axe.

The dragon landed not far from their position and he charged as soon as he felt an icy wind at his back. Lynch thanked Talos Evangeline was there, her frost spells seemed to be doing damage to the winged beast. The dragon took to the sky once more but was brought down by a well-placed ice spike from Evangeline; blood covered the beast's maw as it roared and began to walk towards Evangeline. Lynch rushed the dragon and sliced into its wing,

"Die beast!"

"Dovahkiin, you face Mirmulnir! Brit grah! Show me you power! "The dragon lifted into the air and circled overhead before Evangeline used another ice spike to bring the dragon down.

The dragon plummeted to the ground and the remaining guards as well as Lynch, rushed the dragon but Lynch lifted his battle axe over his head for the final blow to the dragon as the guards pelted it with arrows.

"DOVAHKIIN NO!" Lynch buried his battle axe into the dragon's skull with all of the strength he could muster.

The dragon let out a roar before its body slowly began to go up in ashes as if fire was burning it inside out. Lynch watched as the beast burned to ashes and left the skeleton completely bare, then ribbons of white light surrounded Lynch. He doubled over as knowledge was forced into his soul while he screamed in agony and clutched as his chest. Evangeline watched in silent horror as the ribbons of light seemed to enter Lynch's body but it seemed like forever until the ribbons disappeared. She ran to his side and put a hand on his back and another on his chest to make sure he was still breathing.

"Lynch? Lynch? Are you alright?" Lynch didn't answer Evangeline's question, he couldn't because he was at a loss for words.

A few of the guards came close then one spoke up,

"You're the Dragonborn." Evangeline looked at the guard then back at Lynch as he lifted his head and met her gaze.

"I am the Dragonborn." Lynch turned to find Evangeline looking at him with wide eyes.

Evangeline helped him up,

"DOVAHKIIN!" Evangeline gripped his arm and looked to the sky to see where the large booming voices were coming from.

Lynch suddenly felt the weight of the Nirn on his shoulders and his destiny was set in stone. He was the Dragonborn and he now had to defeat the dragons that further plunged his homeland into chaos. Evangeline seemed to understand what this meant for him so she let go of him and looked towards Whiterun.

"I guess we should head back to Dragonsreach." Evangeline felt like her heart was being ripped from her chest.

Lynch was the Dragonborn and she just knew he would be leaving regardless of what she would say to him. She sighed and knew she had two options: to go with him and help him on the hard road those lay ahead or try to go on with her life and live without him. Lynch didn't know how he was going to succeed in being the Dragonborn, it was an honor to be the Dragonborn but he did not think he could handle it and it wasn't just because of his feelings for Evangeline.

The Wolf.

Chapter 5 up sooner than expected because I just wanted to get it out! I have gone through chapters 1 through 5 to: revise, edit, add, take away, etc. So, some things maybe different but I hope it has turned out for the best. I want to thank Suilaid for giving me a wonderful review that kept me going through the process of revising and such! It was appreciated!