(The fire blazed high over the mill and house, laughter and screams were heard all around her, a little girl hid in a pile of hay in their barn for what seemed like a long time. "Do not leave this spot no matter what!" Her mother had told her what seemed like forever ago. Wet streams of tears ran down her face as she tried to hide her loud sobs. "Don't make a sound!" She was also told. She gasped in fear as she heard the doors in their barn open.
She covered her mouth with both hands as she stood completely still and didn't even breath. She could feel her heart beat against her chest, she started timing the beats of her heart with the sound of the footsteps coming closer and closer. Her hands began to get soaked by the stream of tears running down her face, the top of her index fingers wet from clear mucus running from her nose. 'Why is this happening?' She thought to herself in terror. 'I'm scared..I'm scared..' Her heart began to beat faster and harder as her body begged her to breath but she wouldn't dare. 'I'm so scared...Daddy...Mommy...' The foot steps got closer and closer.
She began to panick as she tightly closed her eyes. 'Please...Help me...' The little girl pleaded in her mind. Than suddenly a hand tore away the hay grabbing a handful of hair and now the only thing she could hear was her own screams.)
June jumped awake gasping loudly, she quickly sat up breathing hard with sweat running down her face. Her body was trembling and she could feel her eyes begin to water. She quickly stopped though slowly looking around seeing it was nearly dark and than she remembered where she was. She slowly looked at Vilkas and Farkas, they were both looking at her surprised and confused by what just happened.
They both exchanged looks and than looked back at her. "You..Okay?" Vilkas asked looking at her a bit worried, he noticed the sweat running down her face. June quickly looked away from them feeling a bit embarrassed. "I'm fine." She answered him turning herself around to where she was sitting properly in the seat. "Bad dream?" Farkas asked raising an eyebrow. "No, it was nothing." She said keeping her eyes away from them.
Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down at her not believing she was telling the truth but he didn't persist he just left it alone. He examined the emotion on her face and the way she was holding herself as if she was scared. 'She was trembling..' He thought to himself still a bit surprised by what happened. 'Must of been some dream.' He thought to himself leaning back in his seat keeping his eyes on her.
June shifted in her seat feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed. "We should be getting there soon." Farkas said looking down the road. "Yeah I can almost see some of the buildings." Vilkas said looking down the road also but he went back to looking at June. June shifted her eyes at Vilkas noticing his stares and than quickly looked away again. "What?" She asked him getting annoyed. "Nothing." He answered keeping his eyes on her. June sneered at him but she kept her mouth shut, she tightened her grip on the edge of her seat as she looked down at the bottom of the carriage.
Twenty more minutes have passed and it was filled with nothing but awkward silence making those minutes seem like hours but they finally reached Ivarstead. "We're here." The driver said pulling the ropes back to stop the horse. "Finally..." June mumbled quickly getting up as she grabbed her bag and than jumped off the carriage. "Thanks." Farkas said to the driver as him and Vilkas followed behind June. "We can stay here for the night and than get back on the road early morning." Vilkas said as they walked into the Inn.
June looked around at the familiar things inside, it had been a long time since she came here. It seemed like a very long time ago since she became Dragonborn, it seemed like it had been a long time since everything in her past. She just stood there slowly looking down at the ground. 'I hate sleeping...' She thought to herself. When she closes her eyes instead of getting dreams, she gets things from her past, horrible things. She quickly looked up feeling eyes on her again, she looked to the side seeing it was Vilkas standing besides her looking at her a bit concerned.
June sneered at him again and quickly looked away. "Stop staring at me you pervert." She said crossing her arms. "Per...I'm not a pervert!" He yelled a bit shocked by what she said only causing her to laugh at his reaction. "You sure? Because it looks to me you're undressing me with your eyes." She said grinning at him. Vilkas sighed loudly and quickly walked away from her. 'I don't even know why I bother..' He thought to himself walking to where his brother was standing.
Farkas handed a coin purse to the Inn keeper and than turned to look at Vilkas. "I got us a couple rooms." He said pointing to two rooms that were side by side. "June's having her own room?" Vilkas asked furrowing down his eyebrows. "Yeah?" Farkas answered raising an eyebrow. "Unless you wanna share-" Farkas began to say with a smile but Vilkas cut him off. "Stop right there." Vilkas quickly said annoyed as he walked past his brother towards their room.
Farkas chuckled as he watched his brother walk away, he turned back around seeing June had already sat down at one of the tables and already ordered some food. She crapped a cup and poured some mead into it, Farkas walked over to the table and took a seat next to her. She just ignored him and drank her mead as she waited for her food. "Already settling?" He asked her resting his arms on the table. "Don't worry I'll pay for my own food and drink." She said taking another drink of her mead.
Farkas raised an eyebrow at her as he examined her closely. "Now you're staring at me." June said with a loud sigh. "Sorry, just curious about something." Farkas said looking away from. "What would that be?" She asked him slightly looking at him. "You seemed pretty shaken up earlier on the way here.." He began to speak but stopped seeing the look on her face. "But it's non of my business." He said watching the girl that worked in the Inn set down a plate of food in front of June. He went a head and ordered some for himself and his brother along with plenty of mead.
June noticed that he had ordered a lot of mead. "Don't get your brother to drunk, he gets frisky." She said with a smirk on her face. "Didn't need to know that." Farkas said looking at her a bit disgusted. June chuckled at the look on Farkas's face as she started to dig into her food.
Vilkas walked out, he had changed out of his armor and into his normal clothing. He saw Farkas and June sitting together talking and laughing a little, he couldn't help but feel a little fire burn in his stomach as he witnessed them having a good time. He walked over clearing his throat grabbing their attention. They both looked up at him. "Room for one more?" He asked sitting down in between Farkas and June before either one of them could say anything.
June looked at him a little annoyed when he scooted her over with his hip. "Here." Farkas said giving his brother a large bottle of mead. "Oh good I was needing a drink." He said with a smile opening it up. "Just keep your pants up this time..." June mumbled with a grin on her face as she took a sip of her mead. Vilkas quickly looked at her annoyed and than looked away feeling his own face grow warm. "I got some food to." Farkas said trying to ignore their bickering.
Vilkas looked over seeing the platter of food and couldn't help but smile a little. He grabbed his own plate and reached over grabbing some food and putting it on his plate. June had just finished her food and just sat there in silence drinking her mead, Vilkas slightly looked at her and than looked back down at his plate beginning to eat. Farkas looked around as he tried to think of something to say to break the awkward silence.
He cleared his throat slightly catching their attention. "It's a nice night tonight, the air isn't too cool." He said rubbing the back of his head. "Yeah?" Vilkas said raising an eyebrow. "Maybe we can do some hunting." Farkas said taking a bite of some salted meat. Vilkas choked on his food as he was taken by surprise by what Farkas said, he quickly took a drink of his mead and than glared at his brother. "You know with bows and arrows!" Farkas quickly said so Vilkas didn't get the wrong idea.
Vilkas relaxed a little and sighed in relief. "Nice idea genius but I don't have a bow and arrows with me." June pointed out looking away from them. "That's right and you're not getting any." Vilkas said firmly as he looked at her. "Afraid I'd shoot you in the back?" She said looking at him with a small grin. "What makes you think you're that good?" Vilkas said. "Well I did save you from a dragon twice." She said crossing her arms. "Right.." Vilkas said rubbing the back of his head feeling a little embarrassed.
Farkas cleared his throat again trying to catch their attention again. "Its a bright night and a day after a good rain, that means animals will be out tonight to enjoy the cool air." Farkas said taking a drink of his mead. "Well sounds like a good idea Farkas but we can't leave her alone here." Vilkas stated taking a bite from some cheese. "I know that's why we take her with us." Farkas said looking at them both. "Again no bow and arrow." June said. "Again, you're not getting any." Vilkas said closing his eyes while he took a drink of his mead.
Farkas sighed loudly as he rubbed his forehead. "Come on Vilkas what harm could it do to let her hunt with us? It might do you two some good to get out and actually do something other than work and fight." Farkas said looking down at the food on his plate. Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down as he tried to think, he sighed rubbing the back of his head. "Fine.." He said as he went back to eating his food. "But you're not getting your own, you will share with me." He said slightly looking at June. "Oh good..." June said sarcastically as she looked away from them.
Farkas smiled a little and got up from the table. "You'll be wanting to change back into your armor than Vilkas." He said. "I don't need armor to hunt." Vilkas replied getting up as well. They both walked into their room grabbing their bows and arrows. "I bet there's more to her than you think." Farkas carefully spoke. Vilkas looked at him a bit surprised. "Where did that come from?" Vilkas asked him furrowing his eyebrows down. "Well I know you care for her some, after all you did get frisky with her last night, at least that's what she said." Farkas said with a smile trying to contain his laughter.
Vilkas's eyes got big as he glared a little. "She told you!? It was a mistake! You know how I am when I'm drunk!" Vilkas quickly yelled only making Farkas laugh. "No need to get so defensive brother." Farkas said keeping his smile on his face as he walked out of the room. Vilkas followed him mumbling curse words under his voice. "You ladies done?" June said getting up from the table. Vilkas sneered at her and quickly walked past her, Farkas still had his chuckled smile on his face as he nudged his head motioning her to follow them.
They all made their way out of the the Inn and walked down the road a few ways before turning down a path that lead next to a river. "If I can remember right we can take a short cut by walking across this river and than up that hill, it'll take us into some trees that are pretty rich with animals." June said pointing across the river. Farkas and Vilkas looked at her a little surprised. She raised an eyebrow at them. "What? I used to hunt all the time." She said crossing her arms looking away. "I used to hunt here all the time." She said looking back up towards the trees. Vilkas examined the look in her eyes, the emotion in her eyes looked happy as if she was looking back on fond memories.
Farkas walked close to the river examining it. "We should be careful crossing, since it rained quite a bit yesterday the water level is up and the current has picked up leading to the falls." Farkas said pointing to the waterfall that the river led to. "Well we shouldn't worry too much, Vilkas is so heavy he'd probably just sink instead of float." June said with a smirk. Vilkas sneered at her a bit annoyed by her comment. "Let's just go." Vilkas said go ahead of them.
June and Farkas followed him and waited while he walked across the river carefully. The water level was up to his waist and the current was strong but he was able to push through it. 'I wonder if June will be able to make it across..' He wondered slightly looking back at her. He saw her examining the water closely as if she was thinking the same thing. Vilkas continued to make his way across the river to the shore, he shivered a little bit as the cool wind hit his wet clothing. 'Should've brought some extra pants..' He thought to himself in regret.
He looked over at them across the river and almost fell over by what he was seeing, he saw Farkas picking up June bridal style. "I'll try not to get you wet." Farkas said trying to lift her high as he walked into the water. Vilkas clenched his fist tightly as he saw June holding onto Farkas tightly, she looked like she was comfortable in his arms. 'She wasn't comfortable in my arms when...' Vilkas thought to himself as he clenched his jaw watching them.
Farkas walked carefully across the river watching his step, he held June tightly being careful to not drop her. "You know the current is pretty strong but I still think you could've walked through it." Farkas said looking at her. "Yes but than I would get wet." She replied with a grin. "Should've known." Farkas said with a chuckle. Vilkas sneered at them seeing they were both talking with smiles on their faces. 'I don't care..' He tried convincing himself as he watched them.
Farkas made it to the shore and carefully put June down, she looked at them both seeing they were slightly shivering. "Cold?" She asked with a grin. Vilkas sneered at her and walked away, June raised an eyebrow at him. "What's his problem?" She mumbled following behind him with Farkas following behind her. Although it was dark the sky was clear and the moon was bright which was enough light for them to see and shoot animals.
They walked up the hill and into the tree area. "If I remember right this place is rich with goat." June said looking around. Vilkas just mumbled and kept walking. "Something wrong?" She asked him raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms. "I was just thinking that you would probably prefer sharing a bow with Farkas, am I right?" He said turning around to look at her.
June and Farkas both looked at each other and than back at him. "Well I would actually prefer a room with Farkas." She said with a wide grin. She knew it would make Vilkas mad and seeing his glare towards her only made her laugh. Farkas quickly looked away feeling himself blush, he let out a loud sigh knowing they were about to fight again. "How would you know?" Vilkas said as he slowly walked over to her and than stopped once he was close to her. He took in a deep breath smelling her sweet scent.
June looked at him a little confused. "What?" She said furrowing her eyebrows down at him. "How would you know that you would prefer Farkas? You could enjoy sharing a room with me more, it seemed like you were enjoying it last night." He said with a small grin forming on his face. June's eyes widened and her face quickly flushed red. "W-What!?" Is all she could say as her stomach began to twist and turn.
Farkas quickly looked at Vilkas feeling a bit awkward at the situation but is also surprised by what he had just said. Vilkas just stood their smiling as he watched her struggling to find words to say. "Y-you...Pfft..." She tried to speak but nothing was coming to her mind. She just sneered at him and quickly stormed off. Vilkas chuckled following behind her, Farkas blinked a bit confused by what just happened. He just shrugged and walked quickly trying to catch up to them. 'I think I'm starting to figure this girl out..' Vilkas thought to himself with a smile on his face as he watched June walking a head of him.