Chapter 2: The Temple of Akatosh

Finally the wyvern landed and saw its temple. The two got down and all three looked around.

"What are we going to do here?" Silvond asked. His form was flickering a little.

Akatosh looked at Silvond. "Figure out what to do next."

Silvond nodded. "Should we call you Akatosh or Shadic?"

"I'd prefer Shadic from the two of you. Unless I stop being myself mentally."

Silver smiled. "Okay. We'll just call you Akatosh from time to time."

"That's fine."

Akatosh looked around and walked in its temple. It saw many items and murals, then walked up to a book. Silver opened it and began to read. "This is pretty interesting," he said.

"It's the history of my temple and creation of the world," Akatosh said.

Silver looked at it. "Mind if I sit down and read it?"

"Go ahead."

Silver smiled and did so. Silvond looked at Akatosh and spoke. "What should I do?"

"You can look around my temple and see if there's anything else."

Silvond smiled but then was wondering if Shadic was having a mental change already.

"Are you having a mental change? You're talking like Akatosh."

"I might be."

"All right," Silvond said. "Anyway, what do you want me to do?"

"I'm not sure yet."

"Very well. Hey, Akatosh...how did we get here, anyway?"

The wyvern was silent for a few moments. "Something pulled us here. I'm not sure what exactly it was or why."

Silvond nodded. "We'll find out. Thanks, Akatosh."

"No problem." He looked over at Silver for a moment, then Silvond again. "Are you going to explore Skyrim at all?"

"Yeah, we will. Are you going to come with us?"

"I might come to see how you're doing time to time. Other than that, I'll stay here and do whatever I'm supposed to be doing."

Silvond smiled. "That's fine. So...how did you create the world, anyway?"

"You're curious about the strangest things, Silvond." The wyvern shook his head. "I don't know how to explain what I did." Silvond smiled and nodded. "If I think of a good explanation, I'll tell you."

"Thanks, Akatosh."

He smiled and nuzzled his snout against Silvond carefully.

"It seems like your mental change has already started," Silver said.

"I know."

"Should we keep calling you Shadic?"

"Until I'm gone, sure."

Jul 3Silvond nodded. "We've been calling you Akatosh because you've been talking like him."

"Sorry about that." Shadic stretched and got comfortable on the ground. "Is the whole Akatosh thing the only interesting thing going on?"

"We'll find out."

Akatosh looked at Silvond. "Are you going to go out and explore Skyrim? If it's anything like the game, you shouldn't have too much trouble."

"We are," Silvond told him.

"Be careful. I don't want you killed by something."

"We won't. Silver and I have shapeshfting powers."

Shadic smiled and the two bowed to him. "We'll be going now," Silver said.

Akatosh nodded and they left. It smiled and looked around its temple. The wyvern got used to the temple before deciding where to rest. It walked around as memories filled its mind. Shadic stopped and closed his eyes so the memories could come to him more easily. He remembered creating the world and many other things. Playing a part in the Oblivion crisis, and having a son, Alduin. Shadic remembered that name, but Akatosh had different memories connected to it. He also remembered the other names that he had: Arial - El. Akatosh had many different names. As the memories finished filling his mind, he opened his eyes again. Auri-El was the soul of Anui-El, who in turn was the soul of Anu, the Everything. Shadic let out an impressed breath. He was truly honored to be that now. The wyvern let out a proud roar as it closed its eyes and lay down.