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Chapter 15:

The unending fall in the Rift welcomed Aurora back in Skyrim. It was still about half a day's journey to reach Riften, which was exactly her destination. Only a few times she had been in the city and was therefore relatively unknown there. Also she knew the Rateay, because she had accomplished a mission for the companions there one time. She thought it was the perfect spot to hide until she found something better in the city.

She honestly didn't know what to do once she was in Riften. But she was happy to be back in Skyrim after almost two years.

One week later:

Aurora sat at a small table, across from her there was an old man. In front of him on the table surface her sword was laying. The one she had found in the ruins of the Cloud Ruler Temple. With an interested expression he examined the blade.
He had noticed Aurora, when she passed through the largest hall of the Ratway and he and saw her sword out of the little window in his massive door.

"How was your name was again?" She asked.

"Oh, my name doesn't matter, but I would be interested to know where you have found this sword," he replied with a friendly but distanced voice.

Aurora wondered if she should tell him the story. She decided when she told him nothing about her self, who and what she was, no harm would be done and maybe she could learn more about the blade.

"I've found it near Bruma," she said.

"Near Bruma?".

"In a ruin about two hours north from the city, if I'm not mistaken before the great war there was the Cloud Ruler Temple".

"You were at the ruins of the temple?" He asked incredulously, "Weren't there Thalmor?".

Aurora nodded.

"A patrol was there, they where searching two people. The names they called, were Esbern and Delphine. Ambassador Elewen obviously wanted them to be caught. "

Aurora could see how his face changed shortly. Concern was reflected on it again.

"Do you know why she is looking for them?" Aurora asked.

She could see that the man in front of her considered what to say. After one moment, he answered:
"It is said, they are the last remaining members of the Blades", he said and began to examined at the sword in more detail. In the way, he held it in his hands, she could see that he was used to swords and weapons in general.

His movements were safe and experienced as he held the handle near to his eyes to take a closer look. She watched him a few minutes before she began to speak.

"How comes, you know so much about swords?" She asked.

"I've saw a lot on my travels, but no such thing as this sword," he said, and put it back on the table.

He lied, Aurora could not explain why she knew it, but he was lying.

"It was build on Akaviir, the Dragonhunters who came from there brought it to Tamriel. It is very old but unbroken strong. A wonderful weapon. A masterpiece of Akaviiri blacksmithing" he said.

He took the sword in his hand one last time, then put it back into its sheath and pushed it back across the table so Aurora could take it back.

"Take good care of it, it is a legacy that must not be lost."

She just wanted to address the fact that he had lied, when shouting got load outside in the hall and she got up to see what had caused it.

She looked through the small window in the door and could see a small crowd of people on the lowest level of the room. She opened the door and went down, always being careful to maintain her illusion magic. When she reached the bottom she saw an Orc standing in heavy armor above a corpse. She didn't need to look further to see that the dead body belonged to some vampire. The disgusting smell of his blood told her that I had to be a very young and wild vampire. Probably he had come down to feed, but had been too careless.

The orc began to speak.

"The Dawnguard is in control of the situation. Go on, nothing more is to be seen here".

Dawnguard? She had never heard of such a group, but jujged by the name, they clearly where some sort of vampire hunters. She probably would need to learn more about them.

By now it already was late in the evening, so she decided to venture up in the city to information herself about that organization. She quickly went back into the room of the old man, said goodbye and fastened her sword on her back.

The city streets were empty, as was it custom in Rifton, no one wanted the give the thieves guild more opportunities than absolutely necessary. She walked toward the Bee and Barbs, if she had to learn something about these people, then this was the right place to start.

On her way a guard crossed her path and spoke to her. Apparently it had to be very boring on his shift if he approached her so openly. She almost could see how hard he wanted to start a conversation with her.

"Have you heard, they want to call the Dawnguard back to life. Vampire hunters. Actually might be something for me", he said enthusiastically.

Aurora looked in his face, he was young, maybe eighteen years old.

"What do you know? About the Dawnguard, I mean." she asked him and beamed a beautiful smile in his direction.

"They sit in an old fortress, east of Rifton. Once they were famous vampire hunters, but now they are forgotten. Only a few people in the Rift remember them", he paused and took a nervous air. "You looks like it would be just the right thing for you" he said, looking at the floor. Aurora could see how his face turned red.
It took a moment before he spoke again.
"Do you think they would have a use for me?" He asked, hopeful.

Aurora had to suppress a smile. He was so naive. First his petty attempts to flatter her and then his question, so formed that she had to respond with a complement of him. If he knew what she was. At the end of her thoughts she couldn't suppress her grin anymore? Quickly she looked at the floor, so that he couldn't see her teeth.

Apparently he interprets this as a sign of shyness, because she could feel his heartbeat fasten. When she had her face back under control, she looked into his exes and said:

"Surely they would have, especially for such a man like you."

His mouth dropped open and he seemed not to know what to do. Aurora gave him a pat on the shoulder and turned away from him. As soon as she brought her face from his field of vision, she had to concentrate to suppress laughter, so he didn't hear.

When she had reached the south-east gate of the city, Aurora looked back and saw that he still stood there, exactly where she had left him.

She began to move eastward, searching for the fortress the young guard had mentioned. Now that she was back in Skyrim, she absolutely didn't want to flee again, not if it was preventable. She would look at the Dawnguard once she found them and then decide whether they constituted a danger or not.

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