Chapter 5: Dragonborn

They reached the Throat of the World and landed. All three of them looked around for the dragon. They eventually saw it. It looked up at them and spoke.

"Akatosh," he said. "What a pleasant surprise. What brings you here?"

"Paarthurnax. We need to talk."

"Is it about Alduin?"

"It is. He escaped and is back in Skyrim."

Paarthurnax frowned. "How quickly do you think he can be stopped?"

"We need to find the Dragonborn. Silver and Silvond will help us."

"What did you come to me for?"

"We need your help," Akatosh said.

Paarthurnax nodded. "You have it. What do you need?"

"I want you to find out where he is and what he's up to."

"I'll see if I can find out."

Akatosh nodded and they left. When they did, Alduin appeared. He growled at the three. Before anyone had said anything, he attacked them. The three wyverns were taken by surprise. Silver was killed as Alduin attacked. Silvond yelled out for his father as Akatosh began snarling at Alduin. Silver's soul moved from his body to Silvond's. It entered Silvond's body and he began to change. Silvond closed his eyes and winced at the feeling. The wyvern growled as it became Silver.

Silver looked down at his body in confusion.

"What happened?" He asked.

"You absorbed Silver's soul... And took on his form..."

Silver smiled. "That's amazing."

Akatosh nodded. "You must be the Dragonborn, then." Silver nodded. Akatosh looked from Silver to Alduin. Alduin laughed and flew off. Akatosh looked at Silver again. "You need to get strong enough to kill him."

Silver nodded. "What should I do?"

"Strengthen yourself."

"Very well. Can you train me?"

"In some ways, yes. It might be best for you to go out and wield a weapon for you to strengthen those skills."

"What about my wyvern form?" Silver asked.

"You can probably change into it."

"And Silvond?"

Akatosh nodded. "I don't see why not."

Silver smiled and nodded. "I'll give it a try." He closed his eyes and tried to transform. Silver opened his eyes a few minutes later. "I can't change into Silvond," he said. "How come?"

"I'm not sure."

The white hedgehog nodded and tried to transform into a wyvern. Slight pain sparked over his body as he concentrated. He groaned and began to transform. In minutes, he was a wyvern. He looked at himself in happiness.

"I'm back in this form," the wyvern said. "But why can't I change into Silvond?"

Akatosh thought about it. "Are you having a mental change? You're referring to Silvond as if he's a different person."

"I guess I am." Silver sighed.

"But aren't you Silvond, just taking on Silver's form?"

The wyvern shook its head. "Apparently not."

Akatosh looked confused. "What do you mean?"

"I'm already looking and thinking like myself. That as well as the fact that I can't take his form makes me think I'm not Silvond."

"But he absorbed you and took this form. How are you not Silvond?"

Silver shrugged. "Maybe it's just the form affecting me?"

"It might be." Silver tried to change back. Akatosh watched as nothing happened for a minute or so. The wyvern shook its head. "I can't become him."

"We'll figure out what's going on later."

"No...it's fine. I guess I really am Silver. Silvond must have not been real."

"What are you talking about?" Akatosh asked.

Silver looked at him. "He's been a ghost for a long while now."

"A ghost? How? What do you mean?"

Silver took a breath and let it out slowly. "He died a while ago. His ghost didn't leave."

Akatosh's eyes widened. "But he was in his own body and solid when you came here."

"I know. It's complicated."

"Shouldn't he have been transparent?" Akatosh asked.

"Yes. Well, he wasn't exactly a ghost, but he wasn't really alive, either."

"What do you mean by that?" Akatosh asked.

"Silvond died about a year ago. I got past my grief in a few weeks, but Shadic was distraught. Nothing I did made him any better, and we eventually spoke to someone about it. The body he had was... It's a little hard to explain. Basically, his body was man-made and his soul was transferred into the body. I had some doubts, but it made Shadic happy."

Akatosh nodded. "And he eventually became transparent and a real ghost, right?"

Silver nodded. "Yeah, sometime after he got here. I think it was something about the magic here."

"It was little over a year ago. He went out with a friend and something happened."

"We don't know. Something was wrong with him the next morning. Amy called us from the hospital, and he died later that week. The doctors said something about a disease but everything about the whole thing was strange."

Akatosh thought about it. "Sounds like he died a natural death."

"Yeah. It was just too sudden."

"Fourteen."

Akatosh nodded, and Silver looked at him. "What happened to Shadic? He became you, right?"

"Yes, he did."

"That's interesting. What happened when he did?"

"I don't know what became of Shadic." Silver nodded. Akatosh sighed. "We should hurry and get you ready."

The wyvern smiled, and got ready to train.