"He left?" Aletta asked sadly her shoulders slumping "Where did he go?"

"Solitude, to report in to general Tulius he left not to long ago…" Alvor stated honestly wiping his filthy hands on a rag "I thought you knew? Didn't he say goodbye?"

"I haven't seen him since yesterday morning…" Aletta stated sadly. I guess he didn't care to say goodbye… she thought.

"Hmmm… I'm sure he would have said goodbye to you…" Alvor puzzled rubbing his chin.

"Well he must've forgotten…" Aletta said bitterly but the disappointment was evident in her voice.

"So you're leaving today?" Alvor asked quickly changing the subject. Aletta nodded in response "I wanted to give this to you…" Alvor reached into a nearby box and pulled out an elven dagger "In case that magic fails you one day you'll have something…

"Oh wow…" Aletta ran her fingers over the brassy metal in awe "This is gorgeous…"

"I thought you'd like it…" Alvor smiled pleased with her reaction "You stay out of trouble now" he gripped her shoulder and gave her a firm squeeze "If you ever need a place to stay you may come here"

"Ill remembers that…" Aletta reassured although she fully intended to not come back to Riverwood. Sure it was a cute village and the people were nice but it was agonizingly boring. "Good luck Alvor."

"Good luck to you to" Alvor called out to her as she left his forge.

"Leaving so soon?" Ralof pouted as Aletta clipped her satchel shut "Seems like you just got here…"

"I've been here for almost 2 days and I'm already suffocating" Aletta sighed slinging her bag over her shoulder. "I didn't come from High Rock to Skyrim for a cozy small town life."

"Ah." Ralof nodded "You're an adventurer I understand." He walked up to her with crossed arms "You could join the Stormcloaks in Windhelm if you're such an adventurer."

"I'm not getting involved with some war." Aletta walked out the door as Ralof held it open for her "I'm just not cut out for that sort of thing."

"The war's not for everyone…" Ralof shrugged "But I would like you having my back."

"If I ever have the chance to have your back ill have it." Aletta laughed. She looked away from Ralof and saw Faendel leaning up against the fence.

"Are we ready to go?" Faendel asked excitedly as he readjusted his pack overflowing with furs.

"I believe so" Aletta sighed mentally rechecking what she packed.

"This is where we say goodbye I guess…" Ralof murmured and pulled Aletta in a warm hug taking her by surprise. Aletta wrapped her arms around him and tried to match his strength.

"I'm sure we'll see each other again." Aletta pulled away only to have Ralof press a firm kiss on her cheek. Aletta's ears turned a bright red and Ralof smirked.

"Be safe." Ralof felt his pride swell as he saw her ears turned a bright red.

"You to blondie." Aletta stuttered wide eyed and walked away blush evident on her face. Faendel following close behind.

Upon leaving the gate Aletta and Faendel saw Camilla and Sven leaving the forest hand in hand both walking very funny. Faendel cast a longing look at her as she passed by. Aletta grabbed his shoulder and pushed him further down the path.

"Let it go Faendel…" Aletta patted his shoulder "No use crying over something you can't have…"

"Just concentrate." Faendel instructed.

"Okay…" Aletta breathed as she concentrated on the rabbit in front of her trying to will her magicka through her head "Nothing's happening…"

"It'll take some practice" Faendel shrugged "I think it's easier for me because I'm a Wood elf."

"What's Valenwood like?" Aletta's eyes lit up on curiosity like a child being told tales about dragons.

"It's mostly wood land… nothing like the beauty of Skyrim." Faendel mused as if he was bored of his own country.

"Oh…" Aletta didn't want to ask anymore seeing as his would'nt gives the description she wanted. She looked on the path ahead and saw a figure walking in the distance. "Hey look." She pointed to the man that seemed to appear in front of them. "How long has he been in front of us?"

"He's been there for awhile now."

"Hmmm…I didn't notice him…" Aletta mused and noticed that they would pass him eventually and every inch closer he looked more and more familiar..."Hadvar?" Aletta called out just to see. And sure enough the man turned around and it was him.

"Surprise to see you two here." Hadvar smiled weakly and waited for them to catch up "What are you doing out here?"

"We're on our way to Whiterun." Faendel explained. "Why are you out here?"

"He's on his way to Solitude." Aletta answerd for him. Hadvar gave her a surprised look. "Alvor told me."

"He did?" Hadvar's face lifted just a bit at the thought that Aletta had asked for him.

"Yeah… I had thought you would say goodbye to me before you left." Aletta reminded teasingly but still tinged with some bitterness.

Hadvar's face turned as red as a tomato "I…I-I thought that Th-that you…I mean I didn't…I wasn't…I didn't intend to-"

"You forgot?" Faendel offered. He felt pity for the man, it's quite a mind trap went your stammering in front of someone you feel for. Faendel could definitely tell that Hadvar held some feeling for her. He may not know it but he might someday. It reminded him of all the times he tried to talk to Camilla but knew he would just end up stuttering like a fool.

"i-erm…yes." Hadvar lied… he had wanted to say goodbye to Aletta but when he saw her getting along so well with Ralof, he feared that she would'nt care to say goodbye to him. "I Apologize Aletta." Hadvar said genuinely.

"Eh." Aletta shrugged. "It's fine…you probably have a lot on your mind yeah?" Aletta suggested hopefully. "With this whole war and everything?"

"Y-yeah…Th-that's it…" Hadvar mumbled. A moment of silence passed and Faendel felt really awkward, shuffling in his spot and looking around.

"So…" Faendel started "Are you taking a carriage to Solitude?" Faendel asked.

"Yes I am." Hadvar stated simply. "I was just on my way to Whiterun now."

"Why don't you stick with us?" Faendel suggested "We'll be safer if we're all together…there are a lot of wild animals out there. Including bears" Faendel shivered at the memory of his last bear encounter.

"I don't see why we can't." Hadvar continued with his two new companions down the road. It was uncomfortably silent for the next half an hour until Aletta asked Faendel to tell them some hunting stories.

"You stepped on a bear trap while trying to shoot a bear?" Aletta Cackled at Faendel's story. "That's rich Sweet Mara that is beautiful."

"It is not." Faendel frowned completely not amused. "It hurt like Oblivion there is nothing funny about stepping on a bear trap."

"But while trying to shoot a bear? Haha! I mean come on even you can laugh at that." Aletta sputtered out between laughs.

"It is pretty funny." Hadvar chuckled lightly "I know they hurt like oblivion but still… that's pretty ironic."

"I bet the bear was even laughing at you…" Aletta wiped away a tear as her laughing subsided. "What about you Hadvar? Have any great war stories to tell us?" Aletta nugged him with his elbow.

"Well…okay I have one…" Hadvar began to tell them when he had just been issued his first assignment ever and how his friend Caius had convinced him that they were being ambushed by Stormcloaks.

"So you just ran out of the tent and started swinging around your sword?"

"Well that's not all of it…" Hadvar trailed off. "I was only in my small clothes…" Aletta and Faendel lost it. Aletta clutched her stomach and shook violently with laughter and Faendel was almost crying.

"Sweet Mara Its so funny it hurts!" Aletta choked out.

Suddenly Faendel stopped laughing. "Aletta stop laughing."

"W-why?" Aletta subsided her laughter.

"Look." They looked in the direction that Faendel was pointing. "Do you see that?"

"It's a giant… it's attacking that farm…" Hadvar declared.

"We should do something." Aletta readied an ice spike in her hand.

"Well it looks like those compani-" Too late. The tiny Breton was already bounding towards the scene with an ice spike and a flame attronach in hand.

"You handled yourself well out there." The redheaded Nordic woman slapped her on the back hard almost knocking the wind out of her. "You would make an excellent Shield Sister."

"Excuse me?" Aletta coughed, Recovering from the Nordic woman's Friendly but anything but gentle slap on the back.

"An outsider eh? Never heard of the companions? Were an order of warriors we are brothers and sisters in honor we come and solve problems if the pay is good enough." She stuck out her Hand "I'm Aela the Huntress."

"I'm Aletta Izel." She took her and almost felt like she was actually trying to crush her hand.

"By shor your hand is freezing." Aela commented as she took her hand back.

"Ice spikes that happens sometimes" Aletta explained sheepishly.

"A mage eh?" Aela gave her a skeptical look "We don't have a mage…it would be interesting to see how you would hold up…"

"Well I'm not really one who joins groups." Aletta drawled. Crossing her arms tossing her gaze at the dead giant.

"Aletta!" Hadvar and Faendel caught up to her sprinting down the path. "Are you alright?" Hadvar asked searching her over.

"It's taken care of… no thanks to you two" Aela growled shooting daggers at the two men.

"You didn't look like you needed help…" Hadvar cautioned obviously intimidated by the woman.

"Of course we didn't. But a true warrior would have relished the opportunity to take on a giant." Aela retorted setting her silvery gold gaze on Aletta. "Ill take my leave then." Aela nodded at Aletta in respect and strolled away. "Farkas, Ria! Back to Jorrvasker.

Aletta met the gaze of the Man of the trio who was standing on the other side of the dead giant. "Your pretty strong" he stated simply "You should come to Jorrvasker and be a companion." Then he joined his comrades.

"Who was that?" Faendel asked slack jawed as he eyed the retreating Redgaurd woman.

"I think Aela said Ria…or something" Aletta smiled as Faendel's eyes raked over the woman taking in her form "She's gorgeous…"

"Well that was fast…" Aletta murmured to herself surprised on how quickly Faendel got over Camilla.

"You are going to say goodbye to me this time aren't you?" Aletta teased as Hadvar heaved his pack into the carriage.

"I don't think I can forget with you standing right here."

"Just wanna make sure you don't forget." She teased "How long do you think you'll be gone?"

"I'm not sure yet…" He indicated "General Tulius probably doesn't even know I'm alive."

"Well if you do have anytime off been sure to visit me yeah?" She cheered "I think ill be around Whiterun for awhile…"

Hadvar messed with his fingers a bit nervous on how she might react to what he was about to ask "Aletta?"

"Hm?" She redirected her concentration from the Clairvoyance spell she was buzzing in her hand to Hadvar.

"I was wondering if…you would allow me to write you…" Hadvar rubbed the back of his neck. "While I'm away at war…It would be nice if I had something to look forward to every now and again."

"Are you allowed to do that? During a war and all?" Aletta questioned.

"Of course as long as we don't give out any information." Hadvar explained "So…may I?"

"Oh of course." Aletta smiled "You can write me as much as you want."

"Great…uh thank you…" Hadvar's insides exploded with joy "I-"

"You gonna stand there all day or am I taking you to Solitude?" The Carriage driver sneered impatiently.

"I have to go now…" Hadvar sighed. Aletta hugged him one last time

"Bye Hadvar." She grunted into his chest as he squeezed her back with a rather large amount of strength. "Ill send a letter in a few days."

"I look forward to it." Hadvar pulled so he could face her. He took her hand and gently kissed her knuckles. "Goodbye Aletta."

can anyone say filler chapter? yeah im sorry it was boring I didn't really have a vision for this chapter so I just kinda bleh'ed it, but it had to be done and done it is! sorry we said goodbye to Hadvar *sniff sniff* and we wont be seeing him and aletta again for quite some time

but we will see a lot more of the companions! whoop whoop so exited for this part of the story!

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