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Chapter 6: The Reveal
[Janice POV, third person, Blue Palace's courtyard]
"Are you ready for your reveal, Your Highness?" Cocceius asked.
"Of course," Janice replied.
"Wow, I've never been to the palace, not even once considering that I have been living here since I was born. I wondered what is in there?" Blaise exclaimed excitedly.
"You'll see," Derkeethus said as he rubbed the boy's short hair.
"You should have seen the Palace of the Kings in Windhelm, it is so big!" Sofie replied.
"Sure it is, now come on, we don't got all day." Janice said as she proceed to the door.
"Let me get that for you, Your Highness," Cocceius said.
"Its fine, I've got something planned," Janice said with a cunning smirk.
"I see…" Cocceius said.
Opening the door herself, Janice stepped in to face the anticipating crowd of Jarls, housecarls and two faction co-leaders. "What are you doing here, my Thane?" Balgruuf asked.
"Your Thane?! She's my Thane, you indecisive bastard (A/N: If you hadn't play through the Civil War Questline, here is a spoiler tidbit: Balgruuf can't really decide who to join until Ulfric attacks Whiterun)!" Maven yelled like the angry matron she is.
"She is also my Thane!" The rest of the Jarls, except Elisif, yelled before shoving each other.
"Break it up, my Jarl!" Each of the housecarls yelled as they tried to protect their respective Jarls, Rayya stepping in from behind Janice to help.
"Why are you here though?" Elisif asked Janice.
"Why, I thought as being Thane of all the nine holds, isn't it important for me to meet the new Empress?" Janice said, hiding a slight chuckle as the Jarls still haven't notice Cocceius behind her looking a little concerned.
"Why are your housecarls, Tolfdir of the College and Aela of the Companions here then?" Elisif asked as she pointed to the mess of Jarls and housecarls resisting each other's attempts at going at each other's throat and then over to the two faction co-leaders sitting far away, watching in amusement.
"I suspected that would be the case," Janice said as she pointed to the group of Jarls. "As for those two, I asked them to come here to see the new Empress with me, they needed to know who would be the new leader now, am I right?" Janice continued.
"Enough of this, it is time for the announcement, Your Highness!" Cocceius said with a bit of impatientness, pushing through the gap between Janice and the door.
"Cocceius! Nice to see you here, is the Empress in the courtyard?" Elisif asked, the mass of Jarl and housecarl finally stopping their fighting.
Brushing herself off, Idgrod, Jarl of Hjaalmarch, said irritably, "I should have foreseen this."
"No, she is right here, I present to you, our new Empress! Empress Janice the Dragonborn!" Cocceius announced with glee, bowing as he lift his hand to Janice in an introductory manner.
"What?!" The people in the lobby, except Rayya, exclaimed in surprise. "I definitely should have seen this coming." Idgrod exclaimed.
"Can we head inside? It is getting rather cold here." Janice said as she push past the frozen bodies of the Jarls.
"Sure, Your Highness." Balgruuf said, being one of the first to recover, already slightly used to all the weirdness happening around Janice.
Good lord, she is the Empress! Maybe I can use it to my advantage. Maven thought cunningly as she looked on. Directly threatening her would not work, so I must play it softly. Maybe I would ask her to endorse my mead? That would definitely drive sales up! Maybe I could even come up with a special Empress edition brew, hehe. Maven thought as she started plotting.
"I haven't been officially recognised yet, so I am technically still your Thane." Janice said to them from the stairs. Derkeethus and their kids followed her, the children at awe at the furniture inside the building.
"Come here housecarls." Janice said to the group still opening and closing their mouths like a fish.
"Yes… Yes, Your Highness?" They answered nervously.
"Would you like to be my personal guard?" Janice asked them.
"It would be an honour, Your Highness!" The group saluted.
"Great, but the three of you," Janice said as she pointed to Gregor, Valdimar and Rayya. "You need to stay behind to guard the house, you may dismiss the bard and the carriage driver, but I expect them to be back if I send word of my return." Janice said to them.
"Yes, Your Highness," the three bowed.
"Great, you three are dismissed." Janice said with a wave of her hand.
"What are your plans for your term, your Highness?" Balgruuf asked as Janice sat down on Elisif's throne.
"I am not quite sure, but I would do my best to see that the Empire can survive and thrive in these tough times." Janice answered.
"May the feasting commence!" Cocceius said after half an hour of talking.
"This isn't half bad," Janice said as she sipped her venison stew.
"It could have been better, the Gourmet Chef we have stationed in Skyrim tried to kill the Emperor, luckily it was just a double after Commander Maro had been alerted of the plans from a traitor within the Dark Brotherhood." Cocceius told Janice.
May Astrid find peace in the void, Janice thought as she remembered killing Astrid for her treachery.
"Send word to all the chefs in the Empire, I want to sample their venison stew. The winner shall be my personal chef." Janice told Cocceius.
"It will be done after your coronation, Your Highness." Cocceius said.
[Downstairs with Alduin and Meeko]
"This is some steak!" Alduin exclaimed.
"Yes it is, this is great!" Meeko said.
"Shut up, dog." Alduin said rudely.
Meeko's ears drooped down as the apparent opportunity to converse with the dragon got shattered.
[Time skip]
After dessert and some more talking, Janice announced that it was time that everyone leave. "I will be going to my house here to stay for the night." Janice said.
"We insist you stay at Castle Dour, Your Highness. The castle is meant for the Empress after all." Cocceius said on behalf of the Jarls.
"No, I prefer my house here. I don't prefer staying there when I have a house in the city already." Janice said.
"We will be in Castle Dour should you need us, Your Highness." Cocceius said politely, not wanting to argue with Janice over trivial matters.
"It is good to be at home!" Janice said as she threw open Proudspire Manor's doors. "I want you five to look after my husband, the kids and the dog for me, I have some things to do." Janice instructed the housecarls.
"Yes, Your Highness!" The housecarls saluted.
"Come on Alice, it is time for you to know some of my secrets." Janice whispered to Alduin as they head out the door.
"What secrets?" Alduin asked as she followed Janice.
"The kind that I need to make sure no one knows about or I am dead." Janice replied. "Let's go outside the city."
"She has many secrets to hide, great one. Would you like to be spoiled?" The dragonsouls spoke in a telepathic connection with Alduin.
"I think I will find out soon enough. How does it feel to get absorbed and be bounded to her anyway?" Alduin replied through the connection.
"It was horrible, it is like something is draining your power in the most painful way possible. Fortunately it is comfortable inside, we have a nice view of the world through her eyes. We would often scream at the unfortunate dragon that is being attacked by her, but, of course, we fail to warn them." The souls replied.
"I see," Alduin replied back in acknowledgement.
[Outside Solitude, about 500 metres from the stables]
"Alright Alduin, I need you to teach me how to use my dragon form." Janice said as she uses Dragon Aspect to turn into her dragon form, flopping to the ground again, still not fully capable of supporting herself probably with her wings.
"Ow… Maybe you should teach me how to use these wings first, I think I know how to use magic in this form." Janice said as she tried to rub her chin with a wing.
"Step one," Alduin begun instructing like a drill instructor. "Use the joint connecting your fingers to the arm, what you call as wrists, to lift yourself up."
"I see, I was using my hands to push myself up, not great for balance I suppose." Janice said as she put her legs upright and tucked both her wings under her, using her wrist to push against the ground.
"Put your right wing and your left leg forward and repeat with the other set to move forward." Alduin continued.
"Alright," Janice said as she made it across to the dragon.
"Couldn't you have given her the knowledge to her?" Alduin asked the souls.
"We could, but she needs to consume one of us first on her own accord. Besides, this is much more fun, isn't it?" Replied the souls.
"No it isn't, I am going to tell her to consume one of you." Alduin replied.
"Kill joy," replied the souls.
"The souls said you can consume one of them to get the knowledge of flight and other things dragon related if you want to." Alduin told the black and red dragoness.
"Oh good, it will take me forever to master flight anyway." Janice replied as she begin the process.
"Hey, want to race to the Throat of the World?" Janice asked Alduin as she took off with the knowledge of flight.
"That was fast, sure I'll race you." Alduin replied in astonishment.
"Let's go then," Janice said as she flew off.
[Janice first person POV]
"Let's go then," I said as a flew away from the road leading to Solitude towards the mountain.
Feeling the wind going across my scales, I felt very free, like I can go anywhere I wanted. I had always wanted to fly, to feel the thrill of flying above the trees, in the clouds and over those pesky, claustrophobic mountains that was always in my way. Looking back, I saw Alduin trying to catch up, was I really flying that fast? I remembered when I tried to aim my dragonrend at her when we were fighting, it was really hard to hit her with it, yet here I am flying faster than the fastest dragon I had encountered in my travels. Maybe it has something to do with my combat training.
"Look out!" Alduin called.
Swinging my head forwards, I saw a rapidly approaching tree. Before I can react though, I felt my snout smack against the tree trunk as I cringed from the impact. Without the flapping of my wings, I fell to the ground with a loud thud.
[Third person POV]
"Ow…" Janice groaned as she tried to recover from the drop.
"Are you alright?" Alduin asked in concern as she landed beside her.
"I will be fine, I just need to cast a healing spell." Janice replied as she chants the spell under her breath.
"I wonder if you can use your other magic spells while you are in this form." Alduin asked.
"Only one way to find out! Incinerate!" Janice shouted as she collected a ball of fire in her jaws and fired it towards the tree that had caused her to crash.
"I wonder if I can do that." Alduin asked in awe.
"I wouldn't trust you." Janice replied.
"I just wanted something for self-defence!" Alduin retorted.
"Sure, self-defense that random poor beggar," Janice shot back.
"I hate you so much," Alduin replied.
"Whatever, let's go," Janice said as she flew off.
[Time skip]
At the Throat of the World, Paarthurnax was sleeping on his usual spot on the word wall and Odahviing on the snow. Approaching Paarthurnax quietly, Janice shouted "Hey wake up!" In her usual tone whenever she wants to talk to the dragon but found him sleeping.
"What? Janice! How many times have I told you not to disturb me?" Paarthurnax replied with a yawn, not bothering to open his eyes.
"Wake up or I will turn you into a chicken!" Janice said as she landed to take out her Wabbajack staff.
Landing beside her, Alduin whispered, "isn't that a little harsh?"
"Nah, now wake Paarthurnax!" Janice said as she charged the staff1.
"There is no such thing as a spell that can turn me into a chicken!" Paarthurnax replied groggily, still with his eyes closed.
"Fine then!" Janice shouted as she let the spell go.
Paarthurnax begun to shrink, growing feathers over his scales until he turns into a chicken. "Wha… WHAT?!" The chicken that is standing on the word wall screamed, tumbling from the perch.
"Roaaaar!" Janice said as she opened her jaws in a mock eating fashion.
"AHHHH!" Paarthurnax the chicken screamed as he backed into the wall, shivering.
"Haha! You should have seen the look on your face!" Janice said, laughing.
"Who-who are you? And where is the Dragonborn? Why do you sound like her anyway?" Paarthurnax asked the black and red dragoness, oblivious to the fact that Alduin was there.
Calming down from the hysterical laughter, Janice replied, "I was turned into a dragon, Paarthurnax. I am Janice the Dragonborn?"
"How is that possible?" Paarthurnax asked.
"A certain black dragon prayed for the souls of the departed dragons, apparently Alduin wanted to speak with the dragonsouls within me and they had to infuse their power with my own. Apparently I had absorbed too many and the power managed to transform my entire body." Janice replied before Alduin could cut in.
"I see, so how long would this transformation last?" Paarthurnax said, referring to himself.
"In about thirty seconds, as for me, I can use the Dragon Aspect shout I learnt in Solstheim to transform back and forth whenever I want." Janice said.
"I see, I better get to a bigger space then." Paarthurnax said as he walked towards the slope leading to the monastery.
"Odahviing is a very heavy sleeper," Alduin commented as she prod the red dragon.
"OD-AH-VIING!" Janice shouted the name as if summoning the red dragon in his face.
"The Dovahkiin needs help!" Odahviing screamed as he got up.
"The location is… here?" Odahviing said as he traced the call.
Where is she though? Hmm? There is a black and red dragoness in front of me. She looks very hot… Odahviing thought. "Hey, what is your name?" Odahviing said, trying to sound sexy.
"What's yours?" Janice said, playing along. Alduin had scooted back near the word wall, giggling at the exchange.
"I'm Odahviing, my love," Odahviing replied.
"I'm Janice," Janice replied, showing off her body.
"Lovely name, it shares the same name as someone I knew," Odahviing said, trying to resist his temptation.
"Thank you. My, what nice muscles you have," Janice replied.
"Show me your thu'um, my lady," Odahviing said.
"Show me yours first," Janice said.
"Okay," Odahviing replied as he used fire breath shout on Janice. Without his knowledge, Janice had a ward up, blocking the shout completely.
"Strong muscles, but such a weak thu'um," Janice said as she twirled around to show that she had suffered no damage.
"How? Show me your thu'um then." Odahviing said as he bit back at the anger welling up.
"Sure thing, brace yourself." Janice replied before blasting Odahviing with a roar of fire bigger than any dragon had ever breathed. It even sent Alduin scampering.
"Ow… That... was a good... one." Odahviing coughed before fainting, his face showing severe burn marks.
"Janice?" Alduin said, shivering in fright as she approach the Khajiit-turned dragon.
"I think he is almost dead." Alduin said as she prod the burnt flesh.
"I will fix him up." Janice said as she conjured a ball of light in front of her and fired it into the dragon.
With his wounds self-stitching themselves, Odahviing woke up and stared at the dragoness that had almost killed him with a single breath. "Who are you, really?" Odahviing said as he got up.
"I am the Dragonborn, and that is what you get for trying to get it on with me!" Janice replied.
"What? But how…?" Odahviing asked in shock.
"The souls of the dragons she had killed turned her into a dragon when they attempted to form a telepathic link between themselves and Alduin. Speaking of Alduin, where is she?" Paarthurnax said as he lands on the word wall as a dragon again.
"Over here!" Alduin said, waving her wings around, trying to get attention.
"There you are, how are you getting along, sister?" Odahviing said, still not used to calling Alduin his sister.
"I'm fine, though I believe Janice has something else to announce." Alduin said as she pointed her wing towards the black and red dragoness.
"Right, I am to be the Empress of the Empire!" Janice exclaimed.
"Woah, Empress? Don't you already hold a leadership position in, like, 5 factions and across all nine holds? Isn't that enough for you?" Odahviing exclaimed in surprise.
"I believe it is due to the fact that she is the Dragonborn, the real ruler of the Empire according to the history books." Paarthurnax replied.
"Exactly, anyway, I need to be off, I need to talk to some other people too. But first," Janice said. "I need to tell the Greybeards about it." She continued.
"We will come with you." Odahviing said, "I want to see their faces when they see you as a dragon, the face they made when you showed them Alduin was priceless!"
"I am not only a dragon you know." Janice said, "I am also a vampire lord."
"Right, whatever, can we go now?" Odahviing said impatiently.
"You want me to fry you again?" Janice retorted.
"No…" Odahviing said, bowing his head in shame.
"Thought so, let's go." Janice announced.
[Down in the monastery]
Odahviing and Paarthurnax landed loudly in the courtyard like all big dragons do, while Janice and Alduin landed in front of them gently. Hearing two big landing outside, the Greybeards headed out to the courtyard to find four dragons looking at them.
"Paarthurnax, Odahviing, Alduin? And who is this?" Arngeir said, still a little bit sleepy from waking up.
"Hello Arngeir, I am Janice the Dragonborn in dragon form!" Janice announced proudly, a smile forming on her lips.
"But how-. Nevermind, it is what we feared, your quest for power has driven you to find a way to turn into a dragon. I told you power corrupts!" Arngeir shouted at the dragoness in a disciplinary tone.
"Or, Alduin here prayed for the dragons I had slain and that their souls transformed me." Janice retorted.
"So it wasn't on purpose?" Arngeir asked as the other members stood frozen in shock.
"Yes, though I find out that I have incredibly powerful powers. Like how I can fry Odahviing here into a crisp just now." Janice said as she smirks cunningly at Odahviing who is trying to back away in fear.
"Would you show us a demonstration?" Arngeir asked the dragoness.
"Sure, hold on to your underwear." Janice said before using Unrelenting Force shout on the Greybeards, blowing them back, through the heavy bronze doors and into the craving at the entrance. Borri was unlucky enough to get sent through the doors and over the side of the cliff.
"Oh crap." Janice muttered as she flew off to grab the falling Greybeard. Borri was lucky that Janice had saw him flying through the door.
Flying as fast as she can, she grabbed the Greybeard by his hood with her claws, just a few centimetres away from the stone rocks at the bottom of the mountain. Borri, unable to speak due to his strong voice, just grabbed Janice's claws with his hands and weakly pulled himself into a comfortable position as Janice flew up and into the opened doors of the monastery.
Setting the incredibly frightened Greybeard down, she charged a grand healing spell in her jaws as she examined the crumpled bodies of the others. Arngeir's legs and arms were bent unnaturally, indicating fractures, Wulfgar seemed to be paralyzed from the waist down as he tries to crawl away with his hands and Einarth seemed to be unconscious.
With bones cracking into place, the Greybeards got up. Arngeir was going to open his mouth when Janice interrupted, "with that kind of power, comes incredibly great responsibility," Janice imitated him.
"Right -" Arngeir started before Janice interrupted him again. "And that I need to be careful of who I trust." Janice imitated him again.
"Would you stop that?!" Arngeir shouted at her, nearly using Unrelenting Force, although that might not even phase the dragoness.
"Okay!" Janice said as she cooed to Borri patting her, in thanks for saving him.
"I wonder, now that I am a full fledge dragon, would you like to try shouting at me?" Janice asked as she walked out into the courtyard, the trio of dragons seemingly hadn't notice the rescue.
"She called my thu'um weak!" Odahviing cried.
"Are you really going to try to compare mine with your little puff of fire?" Janice taunted.
"No…" Odahviing replied.
"Good, now I want to test your voice Paarthurnax," Janice said as she turned to the old green dragon.
"You're going to regret this, especially for turning me into a chicken just now." Paarthurnax said as he charged his fire breath.
The great heat of the flame-thrower like breath was enough to create smoke from the Greybeards' cloaks from where they were standing on the porch, the snowing weather to turn into a rainstorm and the snow around High Hrothgar to turn into warm water. "You done?" Janice yawned as the fire subsided, seemingly unscathed.
"What? That is not even possible, not even if you put up a ward." Paarthurnax exclaimed in surprise.
"I didn't, now, try mine." Janice said as she prepared her frost breath. Seeing this, Alduin and Odahviing quickly flew to the top of the monastery, not wanting to be caught in the line of fire.
"Nonononononono, NO!" Paarthurnax screamed as he backed away from the dragoness, splashing water all around.
Letting loose her frost breath, she froze the pool of water into ice, the splashed water creating beautiful sculptures and pillars. The wet green dragon got frozen in a cocoon of ice, his eyes darting around inside. "H~welp," Paarthurnax managed to mutter.
"Do you want me to melt you?" Janice said as she approach the green statue, silently wishing that she had a drawing kit with her.
"Nee~oh," Paarthurnax muttered.
"Too late," Janice said as she fired her fire breath at point blank range, instantly melting all surrounding ice and snow as well as setting the Greybeards on fire. By some strange miracle, that was the only collateral damage from the fire. The Greybeards had to roll themselves out on the ground, no water that is not hot enough to burn them being available. Paarthurnax, instantly having been thawed from the ice, was subjected to the full wrath of the ungodly inferno. As the fire died out, Paarthurnax's body was nearly devoid of skin, though some small miracle had left him barely able to breathe. Quickly healing the smoldering flesh of Paarthurnax to a stable degree, Janice quickly instructed the Greybeards, who was nearly in their underwear, having their cloaks brunt off almost totally, to bring her lots of linen.
As she transforms back into her Khajiit form, she quickly lifted the body up like it was made of foam, and told the Greybeards to wrap up the dragon like one would do with a present. Casting more healing spells, Paarthurnax slowly came into consciousness. Feeling restricted, he asked, "What… happened?"
"You got badly injured during our little battle of Thu'um, it is best you rest." Janice told the dragon.
"Never challenge someone who had killed thousands of dragons, it is not worth it…" Paarthurnax said before blacking out again.
Finishing her work, she turned to the Greybeards and asked, "so, think you could hurt me with your Thu'um?"
"Paarthurnax wielded the strongest Thu'um of us all, I don't think we could even challenge you." Arngeir replied.
"I thought you said Borri, Wulfgar and Einarth have such strong Thu'um that they cannot speak?" Janice said. "Besides, your Empress commands it!"
"What?!" Arngeir exclaimed.
"Yes, you heard right, the Elder Council has appointed the Dragonborn as the new Empress, like the old days." Alduin said as she lands on Janice's left shoulder.
"So, are you going to do it or not?" Janice said as she transforms back. "I don't got all night you know."
"Sure, Your Highness." Arngeir said as he and the other members prepare their own Fire Breath shout.
As the four waves of heat wash over her, Janice realizes that each of their Thu'um had an unique strength. Arngeir's was hot, Borri's was light but harsh, Wulfgar's has some dark energy in it and Einarth's was cold for some reason.
"Wow, never thought it could display such emotions." Janice said in awe.
"Well, the Thu'um is somewhat a projection of our emotions really, so I am not really sure what is going on in yours that cause such a huge effect." Arngeir replied.
"Anyway, I need to get going, come on Alduin." Janice said as she takes off.
"One last question, how is it that I didn't end up like Paarthurnax?" Odahviing asked.
"Simple, I was holding back." Janice told Odahviing as she flew off with Alduin.
"Next stop, Dawnstar." Janice told Alduin as she pick up speed.
[One ear shattering sonic boom later]
"Never knew I could go that fast! I wasn't even using Whirlwind Sprint!" Janice said as she circled Dawnstar, waiting for Alduin.
"Slow down would you?" Alduin said, panting.
"Okay, but it is like 2 in the morning already and I still need to go to Riften after this!" Janice shouted.
"How are you not tired anyway?" Alduin said as they land outside Dawnstar Sanctuary.
"I am a vampire remember? Vampires don't really need to sleep." Janice replied as she transforms.
"Come on, it is time you meet my other 'family'" Janice said.
"What is that door anyway?" Alduin asked as she pointed at the Black Door.
"Innocence, my brother," Janice whispered to the door.
"Woah!" Alduin exclaimed as the door opens.
"Come on, they are probably sleeping." Janice said as she picks up the dragoness and puts her on her shoulder.
Closing the door, Janice shouted, "Nazir! Babette! Where are you?"
"Down here, Your Highness!" Nazir replied.
"Where is the Jester?" Janice asked as she went down into the gathering area below the level where the Night Mother's body is.
"He is knocked out, I gave him a good dose of my sleeping potion, he is so annoying." Babette replied.
"Okay, but how do you know I am the Empress now?" Janice asked, not really caring about the dragon looking around the underground hideout in amusement.
"Shadowmere told us." Babette pointed out.
"I see," Janice said.
"So do you have a plan as to how to continue your work, Your Highness?" Nazir asked.
"Yeah, transport the Night Mother into the Imperial Palace's dungeon." Janice said.
"That would be too difficult, any other ideas?" Nazir asked.
"I will need two crystal balls, some mead and two goats." Janice said.
"What's with the goats?" Nazir asked, clearly not getting the joke.
"Nothing, I really just need the crystal balls." Janice said, sad that Nazir did not get the joke. "I just need to project my presence through two connected pieces of crystals to communicate with the Night Mother and to you guys."
"I see, would these do? I found them when I was doing a contract to kill a fortune teller that can't tell the name of the person even if he has a big sign on his head with his name on it! HA!" Nazir exclaimed as he brought out two pieces of crystals.
"Perfect. Now I just need to synchronise them…" Janice said as she begins enchanting.
"Aren't you forgetting someone?" Alduin said, feeling left out.
"Who are you?" Babette asked the dragoness on Janice's shoulder.
"I am Alduin, the World-Eater. My father saw it fit to curse me to this feeble form." Alduin explained.
"Okay, I'm out." Babette said as she head to her room.
"So, anything else of interest going on lately?" Nazir asked the dragoness.
"If you count her being turned into a dragon, then yes." Alduin replied.
"What?!" Nazir exclaimed.
"Yes, though I would have preferred if a certain dragon wouldn't spill the beans. There is a lot of explaining to do you know." Janice said as she finished the process.
"Show me," Nazir said.
"I need to put this in the Night Mother's coffin first." Janice said.
"I think you should include a note for the idiot." Nazir suggested.
"Right, hmm. 'Do not touch this crystal or I will kill you, and this time I wouldn't be so kind hearted!'" Janice said as she penned the note. "How's that?"
"Perfect!" Alduin and Nazir both said in unison.
"You still haven't told me what is this place." Alduin asked Janice as she came back down the stairs.
"This is the last Dark Brotherhood sanctuary. I thought the term 'Night Mother' would be significant to you." Janice replied.
"The same group that murdered Emperors, including the last one?! Oh my!" Alduin exclaimed.
"She did it all herself, the way she had with daggers was amazing." Nazir said.
"How did you know that?" Janice said.
"I've seen you practice." Nazir replied.
"So you're the one who killed the Emperor? I can see that you are certainly no different than me, murderer!" Alduin shouted into Janice's ear.
"Not so loud! They weren't innocent anyway, the last Emperor was a coward." Janice retorted.
"Right, so you want to go now?" Alduin asked.
"I suppose so, see you later Nazir!" Janice said as she transforms into her dragon form and flew directly into the glass covering covering the alternate exit.
"Ow, little help here?" Janice said as she rub her snout.
"Sure, just don't bite me." Nazir told the dragoness as he lifted the glass covering.
"I am a vampire, Nazir, not biting people is not my style." Janice retorted.
"Great! Anything else I should know?" Nazir asked the dragoness as he set the glass covering aside.
"I am a vampire lord, Lord of Volkihar Keep!" Janice told the redguard as she flew off with Alduin, leaving the assassin's mouth hanging open.
[A second ear splitting sonic boom later]
"Come on Alduin! I told you to use Whirlwind Sprint!" Janice said to the panting black dragoness.
"Don't... go… so... fast, please." Alduin said in between pants.
"Whatever, our third last stop is down there, in the cemetery." Janice said as she pointed with her snout.
"Why are going to a cemetery?" Alduin said, having recovered.
"You'll see." Janice said as she flew down and transformed.
Settling herself down on Janice's shoulder, the duo proceeded to a tombstone with a peculiar stone button. Pressing the button, Janice walked down a flight of stairs and down a hatch. "Welcome to the Thieves Guild," Janice told Alduin as she climbed down.
Before they could react, Brynjolf, Vex and Delvin jumped out from where they were hiding and shouted, "How can we serve the new Empress?"
Jumping from shock, Alduin had to grip onto Janice's neck to stop herself from falling. Janice had other emotions though. "I can see you three from a mile away! Especially you Vex! You claimed to be the best infiltrator, someone who can blend into the shadows to avoid detection. But I saw you sneaking behind that barrel from the top of the ladder! What is wrong with you?! Also, stop looking at her ass, Delvin! You are such a pervert." Janice screamed at them in anger.
"What?! Come here you bastard!" Vex screamed at Delvin who was running away.
"That was sharp, Your Highness." Brynjolf said to Janice. "Anyway, could you turn into a dragon, please? I really want to see how you look like."
"How did you know that?" Janice exclaimed.
"We have spies everywhere, remember? Wulfgar had been quick to send us a letter as soon as he found out." Brynjolf replied.
"What? Wulfgar is a thief? That would explain the dark energy in his shout. Anyway, I just wanted to make sure that I can leave with the knowledge that everything would be fine." Janice said.
"Everything would be okay. You did a good job at building up the reputation of the guild, we are running at full capacity! The old guild is back!" Brynjolf happily announced.
"Alright, come on, follow me upstairs, I will show you." Janice told the man.
Brynjolf followed her up into the cemetery. Alduin managed to jump from her shoulder in time to see her transform into her vampire lord form.
"What?" Janice said in a creepy haunting voice, not realizing her mistake.
"Umm, you might want to look at yourself." Alduin replied, backing away slowly.
"Oh crap! Sorry about that Brynjolf, I just had vampire on my mind just then." Janice said to the frozen Nightingale.
"Umm, Brynjolf?" Janice said as she transforms back into a Khajiit.
"Don't hurt me!" Brynjolf screamed as he ran around the cemetery.
"I am not going to hurt you!" Janice screamed after the thief.
"Who are you? What are you? Go away! I don't know you!" Brynjolf screamed like a child.
"This was even worse when I was still a werewolf." Janice said as she grabbed the man by the hood and pulled him towards her. "I AM NOT GOING TO HURT YOU!" Janice repeated.
"Mommy!" Brynjolf yelled.
"Was I that scary?" Janice asked Alduin. "Alduin? Alduin! Where are you?"
"Stay away from me!" Alduin spat from her curled-up position near the entrance to the Thieves Guild.
"Good lord, not you too! Especially if you were an immense, powerful demigod! Come on, you are afraid of a vampire?" Janice shouted at Alduin.
"Not in this state I'm not!" Alduin retorted.
"Fine! Brynjolf! Get yourself back together alright?" Janice said to the quivering man as she cupped her hands around his face.
"Yes, mom!" Brynjolf said, clearly delusional.
"Great! Let's go Alduin!" Janice said as she let go of the man, crumbling under the fear.
"Okay…" Alduin replied shakily.
"Stay close this time!" Janice said as she transforms and flew up.
"So, a thief too, eh? You are really living two different lives after all. And you are just that close to taking after me." Alduin shouted to the black and red dragoness.
"I guess so, well, our next stop is Markarth!" Janice shouted at the black speck behind her.
"Give me a break already!" Alduin shouted at nothing in particular.
[A third ear shattering sonic boom over the city of Whiterun later, Proventus third person POV]
"What is with the noise?!" Proventus exclaimed. "This is the third time already!"
"Sir, there have been reports from the spotters outside. They say it is some sort of dragon, black and red in colour! They didn't get a good look at it though, it was flying so fast that it was a blur against the moonlight." A guard reported.
"Fine! Just bring me my winter earmuffs, that should be able to stop the noise." Proventus said.
[Janice, third person POV]
Arriving at Markarth, she silently flew down into her house she bought as the thane, not bothering to change back. Alduin soon followed her inside through the opened door. "Why are we sneaking?" Alduin asked the crouched dragoness quietly. "Shouldn't this place be empty? It is your house you know."
"Shush! Don't want to wake up the old man!" Janice whispered.
"Old man? You mean you let someone else live here?" Alduin whispered back.
"I let my parents live here, they were living in an old shack before I was captured by the Imperials. I couldn't stand it and bought a house here to house them." Janice replied.
"I see," Alduin replied.
Creeping into the bedrooms, they saw two old looking Khajiits sleeping on the master bed together. "Wake up mom!" Janice said as she nudged her mother with her wings.
"Janice? What are you doing here?" the old Khajiit said silently, not bothering to open her eyes.
"Wake up!" Janice roared.
"How rude can you... get?" Janice's father shot up and faced the black and red dragoness.
"Who are you?" The man said as he grabbed a Glass Greatsword that Janice made and swing it at the dragoness, pushing his wife behind him, equally shocked.
"I made this blade you know? I know where its weaknesses are." Janice replied as she runs a wing over the sword.
"Janice? But how?" The Khajiit asked in awe, lowering the birthday present.
"The dragonsouls I absorbed decided to give me a gift." Janice said.
"No, it was because of me! I wanted to talk to them longer!" Alduin said as she stepped into the room.
"Right, whatever." Janice said dismissively.
"What is the World-Eater doing in a place like this? And why is he so small?" The old Khajiit asked, raising the sword again.
"First off, he is a she and secondly, she is my pet." Janice replied calmly.
"Okay…" The old Khajiit said.
"You still haven't told me their names you know." Alduin said to Janice.
"Oh right, I want you to meet my father, J'Zhar Senior and my mother, Jane." Janice replied. "By the way, dad, I found uncle J'Zhar dead in Alftand. I had to kill my other uncle too, he was mad that he didn't have his skooma."
"Those two always get themselves into trouble, it is good that they have finally died!" Jane said.
"You are a very insensitive mother, you know that? Look at her! She is crying already!" Alduin said as she points to the dragoness.
"They were the best uncles I had before one of them found some skooma!" Janice said as she sobbed. "Being forced to kill a family member is hard you know!"
"There, there, do you want some sweetrolls?" Jane said as she picked up the black and red scaly ball and rubbed Janice on her head lightly.
Seriously, how are they all so strong? Alduin thought as she witness the act. Janice got to be at least one hundred and fifty kilogrammes in this form! Then again, she did lift a five hundred tonne green dragon like he was made out of paper just a few hours ago. Wait, how do I even know these numbers anyway? Ow, my head hurts.
Burying her head in her mother's chest for comfort, she cooed softly, "that would be nice."
"Alright. Dear? Would you mind bringing the sweetrolls I made yesterday afternoon?" Jane said as she rubbed the dragoness on the neck as she sat down on the bed. "Come on, it would have been you instead of J'darr, that no good idiot of a brother-in-law."
"I guess so," Janice said as she nibble a sweetroll her mother gave her. "Oh! I almost forgot! But let me change first." Janice said as she jumped off and transformed.
"I am going to be the new Empress!" Janice announced in excitement.
"Really? That is good news, we always knew you will excel!" Jane told her child. "There is one thing we need to tell you though, it is best that you sit down."
"What is it, mother?" Janice said as she grabbed a chair.
"I think it is finally time I tell you our heritage," Jane said.
A/N: Cliffhanger! So stay tuned next week for the next round of updates! See you!
1. I am just going to ignore the fact that dragons can't be changed into anything in the game.