Chapter 6: Training

Akatosh nodded. "What should we work on first?"

"How about the dragon shouts?"

"Those should be easy for you to master." Akatosh smiled. "Why don't you change back to your hedgehog form first?"

"Can't I use shouts as a wyvern?"

The god nodded; it was much easier. "Yes, it's a lot easier as a wyvern. But I think you should learn how to do it in your normal form as well."

"I'll do it in this form first and then my regular one."

"All right. Now pay attention."

Silver nodded. Akatosh thought over all of the shouts and decided which order he was going to teach Silver. Then, he nodded and began teaching him. Silver learned them in a matter of hours. He grinned and tested them out. Akatosh sat back and watched as Silver used shout after shout.

It smiled once Silver was done. "Excellent," Akatosh said.

Silver smiled over at him. The wyvern nodded. "Now what?" It asked.

"Now try using them in your normal form."

It nodded and turned back into Silver. Akatosh smiled at him again. The god watched as Silver did the shouts. When he was finished, he turned back into a wyvern.

"Very good."

Silver bowed. "I am pleased you think so."

Akatosh chuckled. "You'll need more than shouts to kill Alduin."

"Like what?"

"Knowing how to fight."

The wyvern nodded. "How does a wyvern fight?" It asked.

"I'll show you. Come on." Akatosh flapped its wings and flew into the air. Silver followed it. Akatosh looked back at Silver as they flew. "Do you like being a wyvern?"

Silver nodded.

"I enjoy it quite a lot."

Akatosh nodded. It looked at Silver and began to attack. Silver narrowly avoided the attack and tried countering with one of his own. The god smirked; it had to teach Silver how to fight like a wyvern. it charged again, raking its claws along Silver's scales. Silver looked down at it and was rewarded with getting hit in the face.

"Pay attention!" Akatosh roared. If you want to be a wyvern, you must learn how to fight like one!"

Silver looked back at him. Determination came into his eyes. "I won't fail you," he said, and lunged at Akatosh.

Akatosh smiled at Silver's determination, but still stopped the lunge. "You have to be better than that, Silver. It's easy to counter if they see you coming."

Silver growled, gnashing its teeth. "What do you suggest I do?" it asked.

"Don't be so obvious. Use distraction. It may not seem like it, but there is more to wyverns fighting than brute strength."

"All right. What's more to us than strength?"

"We're smart. Wyverns use their head when they're fighting."

Silver nodded. "Tell me what to do," it said.

"I'll teach you techniques to take your opponent off guard. Obviously, they aren't necessary against most things you'll be attacking."

Akatosh paused then and started teaching him. The days passed quickly as the two wyverns got ready. They knew Alduin would be prepared.

"Are you prepared?" Akatosh asked.

"I am," Silver said. It flapped its wings a little. "Where is Paarthurnax going to help?"

"Let's ask him."

The silver wyvern smiled and flew off as Akatosh followed it. Soon, they were landing on the Throat of the World again. Paarthurnax soon joined them. "I have been waiting for you," he said.

"Silver is ready to fight Alduin."

"Excellent," Paarthurnax said. "There's one more shout that he must know, in order to defeat him."

Silver looked at him. "What is it?"

"It is called Dragonrend."

"Dragonrend? Do I even want to know why you have a shout like that?"

Paarthurnax growled. "The shout forces a wyvern to land and understand the concept of mortality, and paralyzes them temporarily. We used it to defeat Alduin in the past."

Silver nodded. "That makes sense."

"The words of the shout are Joor Zah Frul: Mortal Finite Temporary."

"What do I do after I use it on him?"

"Kill him, of course," the old wyvern said.

"Of course. That was a stupid question."

Paarthyrnax chuckled and nodded. "You sure you're ready to face him?" He is very hard to kill, not to mention he's the son of a god."

Silver took a breath. He wasn't completely sure if he was ready or not. "I don't know," he said. "Should I be?"

"We don't want you to get killed fighting him," Akatosh said.

"Neither do I."

"You have to be sure you're prepared before you set off to fight him."

"I will. Where is he?"

"Alduin is at Dragonsreach."

"When should I leave?"

"When you're fully prepared."

Silver nodded. "Can you make my wyvern form permanent, Akatosh?"

"Are you sure you want that?"

"I do. It will be easier to fight against Alduin."

Akatosh nodded. "All right."

He closed his eyes and sent a spell towards Silver. Silver closed his eyes and waited. The wyvern gasped as it could feel everything become permanent. It looked at Akatosh and nodded. "Thank you," it said.

"Of course."

"Well, here I go." Silver turned and flew off.