A/N:

Here's the next chapter. I hope you will enjoy it. In fact it is a bit longer then the last one. I must say I really like to make them longer. The side effect is you only get one chapter at once, but I think that is ok since the content in this chapter would take three shorter ones.

WARNING: In this chapter there is a rape scene. I marked it with "GgGgGgGgGgGgGgGgGgG" at the beginning and the end, so if you don't want to read stuff like that, you can skip it.

Thank you very much for the reviews and alerts, it means a lot to me :)

Now have fun.

Chapter 18:

As it turned out, it was no option to go back the same way, as the bridge had probably lowered with the ground around the coffin and now only a wide chasm remained.

"This was your way in?" Serena asked and looked down into the abyss.

"Well, my way here is probably not an option. Do you have another idea? "Aurora asked in return.

She saw Serena was looking around.

"On the other side, there is also a bridge," she said, pointing to the stone building, the swung itself elegant from one side to the other.

Aurora nodded in agreement.

"Well then, let's try this path," Serena said, and grinned at her, the last remnants of the blood were visible again.

Aurora was about to point it out, as Serena ran her tong over the drops and brought them into her mouth. She let out a small sigh and grinned at her again.

"Your blood is really tasty," she said with a dreamy expression, and then began to walk towards the second bridge.

When she moved in front of Aurora, she saw that she was swanking easily and apparently had trouble keeping up straight. Just before she threatened to plunge, Aurora ran to her and put Seranas right arm over her shoulder and her own around the middle of the old vampire to stabilize her.

"Hey, slow down. We don't want you lose consciousness again," Aurora whispered.

"I'm fine, I'm just a little weakened by the lack of blood," Serena, gave her as answer.

"How can you control so well? You were down here who knows how long, how can you keep the thirst under control? ".

"First, I have to get some of your blood and it is powerful, that I can tell you. But most of all: Be glad you're not human. I don't know if I could control myself with a mortal around. "

Aurora wondered briefly if she should offer her to drink from her blood, but then remembered what Marcus had told her about the intimacy it. However, after she remembered his word, the thought seemed even more inviting. Yes, she wanted to share her own blood with this beautiful woman.

"You can drink from me," she finally said, probably too fast out of excitement.

She could see the change in Seranas look as she licked her teeth. After a moment, her expression changed back to serious.

"Have you ever let a vampire willingly drink from you?" She asked.

"No," Aurora said in a small voice.

"You're first Time shouldn't be like this. I don't want to take that from you. Let us get out of here soon and then I'm going to get something to eat " Serena said, with sympathetic tone.

The answer sends a sharp pain of disappointment through Aurora's body, but she nodded and helped Serena to stay on her feet.
When they reached the other side of the bridge, suddenly something moved in front of them. Two strange-looking creatures with wings jumped in their direction. Their movements were accompanied by metallic screech and rumble of stones.

"Gargoyles, watch out!" Serena, cried beside her and lifted her free left hand, she immediately began to collect Magica in it.

Aurora did the same and moved with her right hand for her malachite blade, since it would be very difficult to reach the Akaviiri-sword with Serana's arm around her shoulder.

"I try to keep them at a distance, you must do the rest, if they break through to us," Serena, ordered.

Aurora didn't liked the way she was talking to her, but did what was wanted from her. Serena was obviously a talented mage. The first of the two beasts was dead before it had come only in the vicinity of Aurora's sword, the spark of an extremely powerful shock-spell illuminated the entire cave for one second.

The second Gargoyle, however, managed to evade her magic for the first time and now was running in their direction with huge and fast steps. An ice-blot, sent from Serana, hit him in the chest and shattered there, as if it had hit directly on to stone, without causing damage. He was so fast that Aurora had to just point the sword forward and he would race into it, but the blade didn't penetrate into him and bounced off his skin. The impact was so strong that the shock that was sent through the blade back into her arm, ripped the sword out of her hands.

Only a moment later the monster collided with her and she was thrown backwards and lost Serena, out of sight. She found herself just inches away from the edge of the abyss. The gargoyle standing a few meters in front of her and seemed to prepare for his next attack.

An idea crossed Auroras mind. She quickly let her magical energy flow in her hands and catapulted an ice spike with all her strength right in to the ceiling of the cave. Directly above the Gargoyle a large boulder broke down. When it buried the beast under itself, it splintered in countless small pieces of rock that flew around and stabbed in Aurora's skin.

When she got up she saw that Serena, was in a similar condition. She quickly ran over to her to see if she was okay. When she extended a hand to help her up, she just shook her head and started slowly to sit up on her own. Aurora began to look for her sword. She couldn't see it anywhere. It must have been buried under the boulders along with the Gargoyle.

As Aurora turned back, she saw that Serena was walking on a small staircase to its top. She quickly pushed the thought of her lost sword away and followed her.

After a few pathways and other rooms that all, were built by the Old Nord, they reached a large, circular hall. The building looked a bit like an arena, because they were half way up and at this level could also go all the way around the hall. In the center, a few meters below them, a round place was located, which was covered with sand. On the opposite side of the hall there was a wall that was made out of solid rock. On it were strange symbols.

A sudden, deafening roar tore her from her thoughts. On a stone throne in front of the wall, which she had not noticed before, a Draugr sat. It was larger than the two, she had faced so far and held a great ax in his hands.

"Wait here," she said to Serena, and quickly began to run down to the ring.

Another roar filled the room, letting dust from trickle the ceiling. This time, however, Aurora was ready and could avoid the blue shock wave by throwing herself to the side and as close as possible onto the floor.
Suddenly she heard a whirring sound and looked up just in time to see a small golden dagger bit in to the breast of the Draugr. One second after it had hit its target, an electric flame exploded from it and the head of the Draugr burst into little pieces. His lifeless body sank to his knees and then fell forward onto the ground.

As Aurora slowly sat up, she watched how Serena came down the stairs. It was obvious to her that the spell had drained all her strength. Just in time Aurora reached her and could save Serana from fallen down the last two steps.

"That was pretty impressive," she said with a slight smile on her lips.

Serena just nodded and put the majority of her weight on Aurora's shoulder. The path into the next chamber led directly past the wall. Aurora had realized what it was and was not particularly keen to walk this close to it. But there was no way around it, so she slowly began to move.

"What kind of magic was that, I mean what the Draugr used? Have you seen anything like it? " Aurora asked while there were walking.

"Not personally, but if I'm not mistaken, that was a Shout in the dragon language, Dovahzul," Serena said exhausted.

They had to go out of tis cave as soon as possible and get something to hunting, so Serena, would regain his strength.

When they were about ten meters away from the wall, Aurora began to hear the whispering in her head again. It seemed to call for her. The further they got to the wall, the harder it was to resist the urge of following the command. It was impossible to think of something different than what the wall wanted her to think.

Without to let go of Serena , she slowly moved to the wall and felt like it pulled more and more. When she finally was pressing her forehead against the wall, the blue threads, which were already appeared for the last time, appeared and started to circle her. She noticed that they didn't seemed to touch Serena.

She heard a word in a foreign language in her head.

GAAN. Stamina.

It burned into her mind. Like last time, she knew she would never forget that word.

When the wall released her, she stumbled backwards until she finally fell to the ground. Serena was still standing at the wall and looked at her.

"What the fuck was that?" She asked.

Aurora had to blink several times to see the other vampire clearly.

"I don't know, but that wasn't the first time that happened."

Serena looked back at the wall and ran her hand over its surface. Apparently lost in thoughts, she began to speak.

"As far as I know, these walls were built from the old Nord. The inscription is written in Dovahzul. But I don't know what it says or what they mean, "she said softly.

When she had finished, she leaned forward a little to see the characters accurately. Aurora waited another moment before she rose from the ground, and admired Serena's beautiful body. When she turned away from the wall, Aurora quickly looked at the floor and stood up.

"See something you like?" Serena teased with a small smile on her lips as she walked slowly and unsteadily.

Aurora could feel herself blushing.

After a steep staircase, that had taken Serana to the border of her reserves, they finally stood before the exit of the ruins. Outside it was still night, and the moon was still high in the sky. They would still have several hours before the sun came up, hopefully enough time to hunt.

The journey that lay in front of them was not as long as other ways in Skyrim, but to reach the fastest was to run cross country. Luckily they had met quickly on some hunters who had been so guileless and had taken them to their camp. In total there were four men and two wood elves. After only a few minutes Serena, had drained them all. Aurora couldn't imagine how strong her thirst had been.

After Serena had regained her strength, they traveled much faster and reached Morthal in the very next night. On the day they had stopped and stayed in the shadow of some large trees and slept alternately. In fact Aurora had slept most of the time, when she had offered to take part of the watch, she only had answered she had slept enough for the next thousand years.

From Morthal on, they were even faster, because they could use the road, so they made their way to Dragon-Bridge until the half the next night.

In the distance the actual Dragon-Bridge was to be seen, but that wasn't what cached Aurora's attention. A man ran down the road from the north and would reach them in a view minutes. Serena apparently had noticed him too and slowed down.

"What does he want?" She asked, sounding slightly amused.

Aurora just shrugged with her shoulders and waited silently for him to come to them. The man, a Nord as it seemed, came directly towards them.

"I need your help," he said desperately and wanted to talk and straight on, but was interrupted by Serena, who held up a hand and silenced him.

"Should we listen to what he has to say or just take the bite" she said with a sly smile.

Aurora had learned to know the other vampire over the last two days, and liked her type of humor, even if in situations like this, she didn't know whether she was serious or not.

"Please, my wife and daughter are being held by Imperials. I dread to think what they do to them. "

"Why do you flee, then?" Serena asked sharply.

The man winced and looked down.

"To seek help. There are a dozen men, I would have never been able to free them myself," he said sadly.

"Why do the Imperials hold your family?" Aurora Asked in a kinder tone.

"They think I am a Stormcloak and helped Ulfric to get into the city of Solitude where he killed the High King".

"And, are you?" Serena asked the question she wanted to ask as well.

"No, of course I'm not," the man said indignantly, "Please help me".

Aurora looked in to Serana's face it looked like she thought, then nodded almost unnoticeable.

"All right," she finally said, "We are going to help your wife and daughter. Where can we find them?"

"In the village there is a house, an imperial flag hangs outside the door, in there they are."

"Good, you're hiding here and wait until we return," said Serena, and began to walk towards the bridge.

Dragon Bridge was a small village, but always has had a high military presence, as it was strategically very precious by the location right in front of the bridge. As they walked the main street through the village and had come a few hundred meters in to Dragon Bridge, a house was on the left side of the road. Two large banners that showed the imperial sign hung left and right of the entrance.

"That it must be," Aurora said, pointing to the door.

Serena stepped forward and looked at the imperial coat of arms.

"Why does the Empire use a dragon as heraldic animal?" She asked.

"As far as I know, the first emperors of the Empire were Dragonborn," Aurora told her.

She could see that Serena was about to ask another, when they heard a scream from inside the house. It was high and sounded like it came from a woman or a girl.

"Let's not waste any more time," Aurora could hear from the other vampire, then Serena was already at the door of the house.

Only a moment later she opened the door with a kick and stepped inside. Aurora quickly looked around to make sure no one had seen them and shook her head. When she entered after a few seconds, she saw Serena stand there, unmoving like a stone statue. Two of the soldiers had drawn their weapons and pointed them at Serena, but that was not what had shocked her.

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On the table in the back corner of the room, a woman was lying. Her clothes were torn and hung down in pieces from her body. Two of the soldiers were about to rape her while a third was holding a girl and forced her to watch. Half a dozen other men in imperial uniform stood around the table and cheered their comrades or insulted the woman.

"Yes, take her! Her treacherous husband surly even hasn't the right part of a man's body to satisfy her! " One of the men exclaimed in an arrogant voice.

Aurora's eyes wandered back to the girl she had closed her eyes tightly and clearly tried to press her hands on her ears. The soldier prevented it from happening by holding her by her arms.

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She heard Serena whisper.

"You bastards".

It was said so quiet that she didn't know whether the two soldiers had heard it or not. But it didn't matter, because a moment later Serana jerked forward and struck the skulls of the soldiers against each other with such force that her hands pressed through the bone and when the two dead men fell to the ground, some bone fragments penetrated through the skin to the outside.

A sudden fog surrounded Serena so dense Aurora couldn't see her. Some moments later a loud hissing sound was to be heard and a creature that reminded her distant to a Gargoyle emerged from the fog. What the fuck had Serana changed in?

Whatever it was, it was powerful. Without even getting the slightest bit in trouble, she killed one soldier after the other. Aurora could see how she lost herself in bloodlust and decided to act in order to bring the girl out of her reach.

She drew her dagger and jumped behind the man, without hesitation she cut his throat. The sounds he made couldn't be heard in the noise Serena and the soldiers were making. When his grip on the arms of the girl loosened, she quickly pulled her away back to the other end of the room.

When the child was safe, Aurora looked back at the other vampire. Her movements were graceful and deadly. She was incredibly hot. Serena, was the Dead, she was quick and efficient. She felt arousal growing inside her.

The last soldier that stood, was one of the two who had raped the woman on the table. Serena, closed one of their big hands around his neck. Her claw-like fingernails dug into his skin. His face was a mask of horror. His back hit against the wall, the impact was so loud Aurora the wall would break down. His legs quivered freely in the air. After Serana had looked at him for a few seconds, Aurora could see how she sank her teeth into his throat and ripped out his wind-pipe.

It took a moment, before she turned back into her human-form. Her armor had apparently survived the entire process. Slowly she walked to the table and picked up the woman, she was hovering at the edge of unconsciousness.

"Let's go," Serana said as she walked out of the house and past Aurora.

The child's face was fearful, Aurora sighed and looked into the eyes of the girl. She was about fourteen years old, but almost as tall as herself. She held out her hand and laid on the girls cheek. She could feel her shrank back from her touch.

"I know you are afraid and gods know, you have every right to, but we want to bring you and your mother back to your father," she tried to calm the girl.

The girl's views hadn't changed, Aurora couldn't blame her, after what she had just witnessed. But finally she nodded.

"Well, we have to get out of here quickly, before the guards notice what happened here," she said, "Get on my back and hold on tight."

The girl hesitated, then nodded again and climbed up. Aurora quickly caught up Serena and they ran side by side out of Dragon Bridge. After a few minutes they reached the hiding of the Nord and stopped. It wasn't long before the man crawled out of the bushes and knelt before Serena onto the ground.

"Thank you, I don't know how to thank you," he said, taking his unconscious woman from Seranas arms.

His daughter jumped from Aurora's back and ran to meet him. Lightly Aurora touched Serena at the shoulder and they began to move away from the family.

"We should hurry before they lock down the village," Serena, said.

A lomg time they walked silently side by side, until the silence was unbearable.

"Serena, ...", she did not know what to say, just knew she needed to say anything at all, "... are you okay?" She finally asked.

It took a moment before the answer was shoot back.

"I'm fine," she said, but shook her head, "I'm fine," she said again in a shaky voice.

By now they were out of Dragon Bridge a few miles and followed the road to Solitude. Suddenly Serena sank down to the cobblestones of the road and buried her face in her hands. Silent sobs could be heard. Slowly Aurora sat down beside her and put a hand on to her shoulder.

"What's going on, talk to me," she asked softly.

"How can you ask something like that? You are a daughter of Cold Harbor just like me. What do you suppose what's going on, "Serana spat.

Carefully, she put an arm around Serana's shoulder and pulled in for a hug. It took a moment, but she relaxed and accepted the embrace. Back in the room Aurora had been reminded at Molag Bal, but was quickly distracted by Serana's little trick. The night still wasn't that old, they had the time to take a break, so she gave Serana all the time she needed, holding her in her arms until she calmed down.

The new night was still young when they reached some kind of a landing place. It was right behind a fortress which seemed to belong to the Thalmor. While they sat in the bot and ferried across the small part of the sea that separated the island from the mainland, Serena told her some stories about the castle.

"Oh yeah, there is left something very important. Don't tell anybody in there you are more than an ordinary vampire", Serena, said in a serious tone," That's one of the reasons why I was in that awful stone", she added quietly.

Aurora nodded and looked back to the front where the dark silhouette of a great fortress slowly loomed out against the fog.

When they had secured the boat at the pier on the island, they made their way to the main gate. A portcullis barred the way and a guard stood between the grid and the main gatel. He took a few steps forward as he saw them.

"Lady Serena?" He asked incredulously, "You have returned. Open the gate, Lady Serena, has returned. "
He disappeared into the castle, and shortly after the portcullis opened.

"One more thing," Serena, began, "It's probably best if you're leaving the talking to me".

Aurora nodded and together they entered the castle.

The predominant smell in large hall of the fortress was a pungent stench of stale and old blood. Aurora suppressed to wrinkling her nose. How could they live in such a mass? Sure, it was comfortable to have access to as much blood as you want, but this was nothing different than disgusting.

A large Nord with dark hair and hard facial expression got up to walk towards them.

"Who do we have here? I am pleased to meet you. I can see you've brought me my Elder Scroll", he said, pointing to a thing Serena had pulled out of her backpack.

This thing was an Elder Scroll? So that was how they looked, she thought as she watched the object. It was as long as Serana's extended arm and had golden tips at the end. The whole Scroll was in a case that surrounded it.

"Is that all you see in me, Father?" Serena, suddenly asked, her voice sharp.

The man looked calculating at her.

"This is hardly the place nor the time for this talk, don't you think Serena," he replied with a gloomy face, then he turned back to Aurora, "My name is Lord Harkon. I am grateful you brought back my dearest belonging. "

His dearest belonging? How could he think of his daughter like that, if it even was meant to refer to her.

"If you wish, I offer you to join my court," he said.

"What if I refuse your offer?" She asked him.

"You are welcome to change your mind at any time and come back, even if I hope this will not be necessary," he said with a forced friendly face.

"Then I reject your offer for the time being and will come back when I know for certain what I want" Aurora said firmly.

"It saddens me to hear that, but I hope you will change your opinion."

Aurora nodded and turned to Serena. She nodded towards the exit and Aurora began to move. She could literally feel the tension in the room. When she almost had reached the stairs that led up to the gate, Harkon began to speak again.

"I know what you are," he said.

Aurora remained rooted to the spot, he knew it. Serena had warned her not to say anything and she hadn't done it, so how did he know. The realization hit her like a stone in the stomach. He himself was a child of Cold Harbor. This set Serana's first comment in the cave in a completely new light. He had sacrificed her to Molag Bal in order to become a pure-blood vampire.

"I was hoping you would join us voluntarily, but I can't let you go," he said, his voice was so cold a shiver ran down Aurora's spine.

There was no way out the hall was full of vampires loyal to Harkon. Any flight attempt would be suicide, so she could do nothing but let the two vampires let her to a cell in the basement of the castle.

A/N:

If you like the story, than review it, I would be glad.

So tell me, what do you think of the imprisonment in the castle and how do you like the longer chapters?

If you have ideas that can be integrated into the story, review or send me an pm.

A/N 2:

extraordinary banana had an excellent idea. Here I'm going to quote the review it was mentioned:

"…I had another thought for you, in the games you can be the champion of every drastic Lord, however I reckon it would be cool if in your story you had different original characters playing the role of champions and wielding various artifacts, some could be very minor characters with short appearances, some could be much more important characters, they could be good or they could be evil. You could even allow people to submit their own characters and you pick your favorite…".

I think it is a really good idea, so if you want to send me a character or have questions, just send me a pm. :))