Author's Note:
Hi all!
I kinda realized that when I changed the names, I may have said that I changed the names, but I didn't quite explain who was who.
Oops ^.^'
So for those who have read the story before I decided to make the change:
Emily - Selvia
Kent - Hodlin
Nathan - Allimir
Isabella - Solena
Sooooo, thanks for putting up with my absent mindness!
Alrighty, I'll let you get to reading now. -A.I
Again?
Why is it happening again?
What is going on?
What is happening?
Selvia lays on a cold, hard floor... Again. She is also paralyzed... Again. She is having the same dream. The same woman from her dreams before came up to her.
She sighs, "Did I not tell you to go home?"
Selvia just stares at her in disbelief.
The woman didn't want an answer, though. "Haven't you heard of people telling you to listen to your dreams and heart or whatever it is they say? Listen to me. Go. Home."
Selvia, realizing that something was controlling what she sees in her sleep, decided to act out.
"Who are you?" She asks.
"You don't need to know."
"Tell me who you are." Selvia persists.
The woman blinked her eyes in surprise. "Realizing what's up, huh? Ok, how about this: Rae. That is all I will tell you."
"What is it that you want from me?"
Rae grabs Selvia's hair and pulls her head up to her face, "The same thing I said before: Go home and forget your idea of adventuring and being a hero. Do it."
They locked eyes for a moment, and then Selvia summonded up the courage to spit at Rae's face. "You can't tell me to give up on my dreams, and you are not one of them."
Rae, frustrated and angry, gets the same knife and cut across Selvia's throat.
Selvia woke up with a jolt, again. She was sitting in a chair, a book open across her chest. There was little light in the room, but light enough for a person to read. Everyone else was sleeping with books as well. They were all reading to gather more information about the mysterious item of power. Sahrot the item is called, meaning "powerful" in the dragon language. The group is at Infinite's house right now, which is located in the forests near Riften. So far, whatever new information they have gotten, it may be in one of the many dwarven ruins, but they don't know which. There isn't much recorded about it.
After Selvia had calmed down, she wondered what to do.
Should I go back to sleep or should I keep reading? We have read almost every book in this house.
She sat up straighter in her chair, and then looked around at everyone. Hodlin, in a chair, was using a book as a head rest while holding another book in his hands. Infinite was laying in her bed, books laying all around her and several on top of her. Allimir, sitting up right in a chair, was reading a book.
Wait a minute, I thought everyone was asleep...
Allimir looked up from his book and just looked at Selvia. "Did you have another bad dream?" He whispers, trying not to wake everyone up.
"Uh, yeah. I'm fine, though.," Selvia whispers back, "Did you stay up all night reading?"
"I don't normally sleep a lot."
"You do need sleep at some point."
"I sleep when it reaches midnight."
Selvia looked out the window and saw just night. "What time is it?"
"You all fell asleep around the time it became dark. You've been asleep for three hours before now."
Selvia thought about that for a moment. "Well, it must be pretty close to midnight then. Just get some sleep." Selvia shifted in her seat to get comfortable to go back to sleep.
Allimir thought for a moment, closed the book he was reading, and got up to go towards the last lit candle of the room, which was very near Selvia.
Selvia, finally in a comfortable position, stares off in the distance, just thinking. Allimir was about to put out the candle when he noticed her. "You tell me to go to sleep and you aren't doing so."
She looks up at him, "The bad dreams... They are the same every time. I don't want to wake up in the middle of the night again. Something is influencing my dreams."
Allimir just looks at her, then does a little grin, barely noticable in the dimly lit room, "Think about something that makes you happy, and you won't have bad dreams." And with that, he blew out the last candle that provided the little light they had.
Everyone is now asleep, and in the morning, Infinite was the first to wake up. She sits up in her bed, books falling off, as she looks around the room at the rest of the group.
Yawning, she decides to wake everyone else, "Hey, guys, get up. We still have work to do."
Everyone, as tired as they can be, starts to move a bit, considering whether it was worth it to get up or not, only to get up and stretch.
"We are getting nowhere about the whereabouts of this item," Allimir says.
"I thought I had something about it," Infinite says as she paces the room, "We can't stop, though. Whatever the object may be, it can't and shouldn't exist. If we can't find anything here about it, we may have to go out for more... sources..."
Allimir narrowed his eyes at her, "What do you mean by 'more sources'?"
Infinite stops her pacing as she realized what she had said. She quickly shook her head and walked out of the room. Allimir, without changing facial expression, follows her out of the room to try to speak to her more.
With just Selvia and Hodlin left in the room, Hodlin decides to speak up, "What do you think she meant by 'sources'?"
"I don't know. Something that may have more knowledge than books?"
Hodlin thought about it for a moment, "Like some kind of god or something?"
"Maybe. Infinite doesn't ever really tell us anything unless it's time for us to know."
"I think she does that to keep us interested," he chuckled.
"Well, I don't know. Do you think it's working? Are you interested?"
Hodlin just stared at Selvia, his face turning bright red, and then he fixed his eyes on the floor. "I, uh, yes, I mean, well, maybe, I don't know." And then he just quickly walked out of the room with his eyes and face still down.
Huh, that was weird...
Selvia, left in the room alone, walked towards and looked out of a window. Morning, maybe close to noon.
Where can we find more information?
She then heard muffled shouting.
Are they arguing?
Selvia went out to see what was going on. In the dining room, in front of the dining table, stood Allimir and Infinite, face to face, looking frustrated, and were arguing with each other. Hodlin stands in a corner, silently watching them.
"I am sure we can find more information in books more than your plan!" Allimir yells.
"We can't find anything in these books! My plan can work!" Infinite yells.
"Your plan can endanger the whole group!"
"Since when did you care about the group? Or anyone?"
"We will not go through with this plan!"
"You say 'we' as if you speak for everyone! Let everyone decide for themselves, shall we?"
"Even if your books don't have information, let's at least try finding books at the Mages' College before making a decision that involves a Daedra!"
As Selvia heard those words, she almost couldn't believe it.
Infinite wants to involve a... Daedra?!
"The Mages' College won't have a book that I do not already have! This is our only option! You don't need to talk to him, only I will! We just need to all travel to the world together!"
"No! I will not stand for it! You would have to drag my unconsious body if I were to go there!"
"Fine!"
Infinite, finally over her limit when it comes to arguing, lands a punch on Allimir's face. After the contact happened, Allimir fell backwards onto the floor and didn't move. Infinite stood for a few seconds, then looked up at both Selvia and Hodlin.
"He said we'd have to drag his unconsious body, and that is what we will do," she looks towards Hodlin, "Carry him," she then looks towards Selvia, "I need a quiet place to concentrate."
Infinite starts to walk out of the room. Before she fully left the room, Selvia speaks up. "Allimir mentioned Daedra..."
Infinite stopped in her tracks and turned around. "Yes. If there is no knowledge here, we may be able to get into some forbidden knowledge, if possible." And then she turned and left the room.
Selvia, confused, turned to Hodlin, who was already carrying Allimir.
"What do you think she meant by 'forbidden knowledge'?" She asks him.
"I don't know. I don't know much about Daedra, except most are evil."
Selvia thought for a moment. "So what does that say about Infinite?"
Hodlin looked to the ground, concern on his face. "I hope not what we are thinking..."
What are we thinking, though?
Is Infinite "evil"?
She can't be...
She is helping us...
She is dragonborn...
What is she doing with Daedra?
"Selvia, it's time," Selvia hears Infinite call from another room, "Bring everyone else."
Selvia looks towards Hodlin, and he starts walking towards the room where Infinite called from.
Infinite would know better than to put us in danger... Right?
After Hodlin dissappeared out of her vision, Selvia starts slowly walking towards the same room.
Infinite waits outside of a room, the door almost closed, but not quite. She has her hand on the doorknob.
"Are you ready?" She asks Selvia.
"What happened to Hodlin and Allimir?"
"They are inside. They should have transported by now."
"What will happen to me?"
"The same thing."
Infinite opens the door slightly, indicating to Selvia to move forward to go into the room. Selvia, a little scared, creaps forward. As soon as Selvia is fully inside the room, the door closes behind her.
The room is completely dark. No windows, no candles, no light. Selvia couldn't even see her hand as she puts it in front of her face.
When is the transportation supposed to happen?
As if she had commanded it by thought, a pale green light appears in front of her. Selvia didn't move, not knowing what to do. After a few seconds, she felt what felt like someone had hit the back of her head and neck hard. As she falls forward, her vision and conciousness starts to fade.
What will I expect to find when I wake?
What will I see when I do?
Will I see everyone?
Will I be alone?
Where will I be?
Who will be around?
More importantly...
What will my remarkable luck throw my way this time?
Author's Note (Again):
Hi all!
I am here to set some descriptions about our people here. I have realized that I have not much describes what everyone looks like. As I like to entertain the thought of everyone imagining what everyone looks like, I'd like to have some basis going on.
Selvia is an Imperial with an odd combination of dark red hair and purple eyes. I know that some people would think it stupid that she has purple eyes, but it's my favorite color, so deal with it.
Her sister, Solena, also an Imperial, even though not described or have a picture in her stead, has somewhat a normal red hair and blue eyes.
Allimir is a Wood Elf with dark brown hair and yellowish-golden eyes. He never changes facial expressions to keep his emotions hidden, so he is always seen as either bored or annoyed.
Hodlin is a Nord with black hair and green eyes. He has a bit of green war paint that starts from the bottom of his eyes and trails down to the middle of his face. As mentioned in a chapter before, he looks young, but he is very experienced in sword fighting.
Infinite is a Nord, who is also the Dragonborn. Infinite is not her real name (as some of you may already realized). She has blonde hair. She has blue eyes with dark makeup around them. She keeps a lot of her face covered, but she has a large scar that cuts across her face. She tends to wear a lot of black with purple accents about it.
The woman that kept appearing in Selvia's dreams, who is now being referred as Rae, mentioned before, is an Imperial who is also a vampire. She has dark blonde hair, almost ginger-like, and red eyes. She also has the same scar as Infinite has (which will be mentioned and explained in a later chapter).
Well, I think I have explained everyone for now. It's for imaginary purposes, of course.
Alrighty, thanks for reading! I hope you all liked it! -A.I
