A few more hours have passed and they finally reached the mountain path, the wind had picked up and it was a lot cooler now than it was before. June held herself and shivered a little bit as she looked around, she looked up at the sky seeing it was beginning to turn gray. "I really hope it doesn't snow..." She said looking back down.
Vilkas couldn't help but smile at her. "It probably will since we are near the mountain, weather in Skyrim is funny like that. You should of picked better armor." Vilkas said as he was eating some bread. "This armor moves well with my body and I don't think any other armor would look this good on me." She replied slightly looking away with a grin. Vilkas examined her body and admired the way it looked on her body. 'She's right, I can't imagine her in any other armor really..' Vilkas thought to himself.
Not because she was a thief but because he had only seen her in that armor for so long. 'Be nice to see her out of it.' He thought to himself with a small grin. June looked at him noticing the look he was giving her, she furrowed her eyebrows down at him. "Something on your mind?" She asked crossing her arms. "Nope." Vilkas quickly answered keeping his eyes on her. June quickly looked away trying not to pay any attention to him.
Farkas shifted his eyes between them and raised an eyebrow trying to figure out what was going on, he slowly leaned over towards Vilkas. "Did something happen between you guys?" Farkas asked in a whisper. "No." Vilkas answered quietly. Farkas furrowed his eyebrows down not believing his brother but he just looked away letting it go.
A couple hours have passed since they had reached the mountain path, it was now snowing and the path was beginning to get harder to see. June held herself tightly as she looked a head of the path. "It looks kinda narrow..." She said trying to ignore the cold wind on her face. "Don't worry about it, I've taken this path many times!" The driver called back to her trying to make her feel better.
June let out a loud sigh as she looked down trying to control her shivering, Vilkas reached into his bag and pulled out a blanket. "Here." He said holding it out to her. "You're just now giving this to me?" June said quickly taking it and wrapping it around her. "Didn't think you needed it till now." Vilkas replied snickering. June looked up at the sky trying to see what time it was but it was impossible to see with the clouds. "I wonder how late it is..." She mumbled to herself.
The carriage began to slow down and the path began to get steep. June looked back up standing up a little to get a better look at the road, she quickly sat back down sighing nervously. "Getting scared?" Vilkas asked leaning back in his seat. "No." She answered looking away. "If you are I can hold you." Vilkas teased with a smile. "No I wouldn't want you to get uncomfortable in your pants." June said with a grin. Vilkas quickly looked away from her trying to think of something to say back.
The carriage swerved a little causing them all to jump and grab onto the sides of the carriage. "Sorry folks, the path is a little icy and this one is pretty steep right now." The driver called back to them. 'I would of rather walked than this...' June thought to herself as she gripped onto the blanket tightly. She slightly looked up seeing that Farkas and Vilkas were now getting a little nervous about this. 'Hell I would of rather just walked up this path than take this carriage..' She thought to herself slightly biting her lower lip.
The wind picked up causing thick snow blowing in their faces, June squinted and blinked trying to keep the snow out of her eyes as she looked around. "How much longer is this path!" June shouted over the wind. "I'm not sure, I might have to pull over and wait for this wind to go away!" The driver shouted back to her. 'Where in the world would we stop!? I really hope we don't end up lost...' June thought to herself getting aggravated and a little worried.
The steep path felt like it was starting to straighten out again, June felt a little relieved as she felt the carriage even out a little but than something began to not feel right. June slowly began to look up as it felt like the carriage began to rise up in the air. She squinted her eyes starting to be able to see pass the wind and snow and all she saw was a large drop off and they were falling down it.
It took them all a moment what was happening and than the horse neigh loudly in fear as it began to fall along with the carriage. "Hold on!" Vilkas yelled as they all quickly held onto the sides of the carriage. The horse had fallen completely down un connecting from the carriage causing it to flip forward in the air throwing Farkas and Vilkas out of it. They screamed as they fell, the carriage slammed against the ground hard rolling a few times before it completely broke apart.
Vilkas and Farkas hit the ground hard, but luckily their was enough snow to prevent them from getting badly injured. Vilkas looked up seeing the rest of the carriage falling off the edge of the mountain and he also saw June hanging onto to it as it fell. "June!" He yelled as he quickly jumped and sprinted over but he didn't make it in time.
Just as he reached for her hand she had fallen off the cliff, Vilkas fell to the ground and watched her fall down the mountain. She fell out of what was left of the carriage but she didn't just fall straight down, she ended up hitting her head on the rocky slope of the mountain. She didn't fall too far down, she landed on a separate path of the mountain that was an entrance to a cave.
Vilkas quickly got up and looked for a way down, he began to panic when he saw she wasn't moving when she landed. "June!" Vilkas called to her. Farkas got up and limped over, he had hurt his ankle when they fell. He looked down seeing June laying still on the ground. "Uh oh..." Farkas said quickly looking around for a way down.
They both looked around in a hurry and in a panic, but they both quickly stopped once they heard a low loud growl come from below. They stepped towards the edge and saw a giant frost troll slowly approach June. "Oh crap." Vilkas said suddenly feeling the wolf inside him awaken.
June felt cold snow against her face, she could hear loud foot steps approaching her along with a loud growl. 'Am I alive?' She thought to herself as she slowly opened up her eyes. Her vision was blurry and she could hardly see but she was able to see a giant white blur approach her. 'Vilkas..' His name suddenly popped up in her mind. "Vilkas.." A low whisper escaped her lips. It was quiet but Vilkas was able to hear it, he could hear that she was trying to call for him and that made the beast fully awaken.
June's eyes began to feel heavy and they slowly started to close. "Vilkas.." She whispered again with a fading breath. The troll quickly lunged at June but before it could get any closer to her a giant jet black wolf jumped down right in front of her. June slowly reached her hand out seeing the giant black blurr appear but before she could get anything out her hand fell to the ground and she fell unconscious bringing everything back even the memories of her father.
(It was a sunny afternoon and a small five year old girl was hiding in the bushes waiting. She kept her breathing steady and made sure she didn't make a sound, she stopped her breathing once she saw him get in sight. He had long blonde hair the same color as hers and blue eyes, he had a muscular build and was very tall. His braided beard blew in the wind as he looked around carefully. A small smile formed on the little girls face as she slowly continued her breathing. 'This time I'll get him..' She thought to herself as she slowly crawled out of the bushes.
She suddenly stopped seeing him slightly turn his head for a moment but he turned his attention back towards the barn. The little girl smiled as she slowly got up and sneaked up behind him getting ready to jump on him. "AH!" The man yelled quickly turning around and snatching her up. The little girl screamed and laughed as her father spun her in the air. "Not good enough yet little June." Her father said with a loud laugh.
She giggled as she threw her arms around her fathers neck and hugged him tightly. "Someday! You'll see!" She said nudging her head under his chin. His beard tickled her face but she ignored it, she took in a deep breath smelling her father's scent that she loved. "Will you two quit fooling around and come get lunch!" She heard her mother call to them. Her father turned around looking at her, her mother had a smile on her face as she was wiping her hands off with a cloth.
June turned her head watching her mother go back inside. "I wonder what's for lunch." She said tilting her head back at her father. "Probably your pet dog, you know how it gets on your mother's nerves." Her father joked with a chuckle. "No she wouldn't do that! He doesn't have enough meat on his bones yet!" She joked back with a big smile. Her father replied with loud laughter as he walked towards their house keeping his daughter in his arms.
Months have passed by and it was now her birthday, she turned six. The usual loud chirping of the birds woke up June, she blinked away her tired vision and slowly looked at the window seeing the sunlight peer through. She yawned loudly stretching her arms up as high as she could, she sat up hearing her door slowly open. She saw her mothers head peek in and her green eyes smile at her daughter. "Are you awake love?" She asked in a whisper.
June smiled real big at her mother. "Wide awake!" She said cheerfully throwing her arms in the air. Her mother chuckled as she quickly came over and hugged her tightly. "Do you know what day it is love?" Her mother asked sitting down on her bed. "Umm..Is it apple stew day?" She asked tilting her head. Her mother replied with a laugh as she scooped her daughter up into her arms. "Its your birthday my love!" Her mother said cheerfully.
June blinked a little confused and than smiled real big. "It's my birthday!" June said with a loud giggle as she threw her arms around her mother. "Come on let's go eat breakfast than your father has a surprise for you!" Her mother said picking June up and walking out of her room.
They finished breakfast within an hour and June had just finished getting dressed into her new dress that her mother made her a couple weeks ago. She walked outside seeing her father waiting with a smile, June returned his smile and ran up to him with her arms stretched out. Her father laughed scooping her up into a big hug. "I have your present in the barn are you ready for it?" He asked her with a big smile. "Uh huh." June nodded holding onto her father tightly.
He walked into the barn and put June down. "Wait here." He said patting her head and walked behind a giant hay pile. June put her arms behind her back and waited patiently. "Close your eyes." She heard her father say. She smiled and closed her head feeling her excitement rise, She heard rustling and than footsteps approaching her. "Okay open." He said.
June opened her eyes and was greeted by her father knelt down in front of her, he had his hands behind his back. June tilted her head trying to see what it was. "What is it daddy?" She asked impatiently with a big smile. Her father chuckled as he moved around so she couldn't see behind his back, he than quickly took out a small wooden bow with a bag full of little arrows. It was the perfect size for her.
June's eyes widened as she slowly took the bow from her father and examined it closely, she looked on the side of it seeing that he father had carved her name into it. She smiled real big at her birthday gift, she always went with her father when he would go hunting. "I know how much you've always wanted to hunt with me so I made this for you." He said looking at the big smile on his daughters face. "You'll need to practice of course and that is why I made those as well." He said turning and pointing behind him.
June looked up and saw three targets were build at the end of the barn, She smiled real big and leaped up hugging her father tightly. "I love it daddy!" She said loudly. Her father laughed and hugged her back. "You can also practice along side me." He said. June looked at him a little confused. "What do you mean?" She asked him. "I mean when I go hunting like I am about to right now." He said with a big smile. "Really!? I can hunt too?!" She asked with excitement.
Her father nodded. "But don't tell your mother, I promised her you would only practice here." He whispered bringing his finger to his mouth. She nodded in response, he smiled and got up letting go of her. "Let's go now before she finds out what we are up to."" He said quickly walking out of the barn. June followed closely, they both laughed quietly as the sneaked away from the farm and into the trees.
They had been in the woods for awhile now and her father let out a loud sigh. "You're mother is going to kill me." He said rubbing his forehead. He slightly looked at June seeing her dress was covered in mud, she had tripped over a tree root sticking out of the ground and fell into a muddy puddle. "Sorry.." She said trying to wipe the mud off. "Don't worry about it, let's just hope we didn't scare any animals off." He said smiling.
They walked quietly and carefully looking around, her father suddenly stopped kneeling down. "Look there." He whispered pointing in the distance. June got down along with her father and looked seeing a goat was grazing on some grass, she smiled real big. "Can I try?" She asked almost jumping up and down. "I think this might be a little too big for you love, let me get this one." He said patting her head.
She watched carefully as her father drew back an arrow, he took in a deep breath and than released the arrow. She watched the arrow fly in the air and hit the goat in the neck, it cried only for a moment but than died quickly. "You got it!" She smiled jumping up. Her father quickly grabbed her pulling her back down. "Look!" He said pointing to the left. She looked over seeing a rabbit was hopping around looking for foord. "This one is for you." He said with a smile.
June smiled real big and got her bow and arrow out, her father took her arms and put them in the right position. "Now you have to hold onto the arrow real tight as you pull it back, it can make your arms tired sometimes but practicing will help build your muscles up for it." He lectured as he kept his eyes on the small rabbit. "Now since the rabbit is a little far away, aim your arrow a little higher than the rabbit is and...shoot." As soon as he said that she let the arrow go and it flew through the air.
June held her breath as she watched it and it hit the ground right next to the rabbit causing it to jump and run, she frowned lowering the bow. "That's okay, you just need to practice and soon you'll be able to take on a saber." Her father said with a cheerful smile. June looked at him with a disappointed frown but than returned his smile with a small giggle. "Let's get back before your mother comes hunting after us." He said quickly scooping her up into his arms.
A year later and June was now seven years old, it was a hot sunny day and she was in the barn practicing the bow. She was able to hit above the middle target, it seemed like she was getting closer and closer to the middle. She pulled back an arrow and just stood there for a moment remembering the way her father does it, it starts with a deep breath and than relaxing the muscles.
June lifted the arrow up and began to take in a deep breath but a sudden yelling interrupted her causing her to let go of the arrow. It missed the target and hit the wall above it, she put the bow down and ran outside seeing that the yelling was coming from her parents. They were fighting. June furrowed her eyebrows down watching them confused, she couldn't really hear what they were fighting about but they quickly stopped seeing she was watching them.
They exchanged looks and than went separate ways, her mother went back inside and her father went towards the stables. 'What's going on?' She wondered as she watched them both. She quickly ran after her father, she entered the stables seeing he was sitting in one of the chairs and he had his face down into his hands. "Papa?" She hesitantly said as she slowly walked towards him.
He quickly looked up and gave her a smile. "What is it love?" He asked holding his hand out to her. She took his hand, he pulled her close to him and picked her up putting her on his lap. "What were you and Mamma talking about?" She asked quietly. Her father gave her a saddened look but quickly smiled at her and kissed her on the forehead. "Don't worry about it love, have you been practicing the bow today?" He asked her moving a strand of hair out of her face.
June smiled big and nodded. "I can almost hit the middle, my hands and arms are sore though." She said looking down at her hands. "They will be for a long time pup." He said grabbing her hands and holding them. "Why don't you go see if your mother needs help with dinner?" He said putting her down. June nodded and ran off towards the house, he sighed deeply watching his daughter run.
June entered the house and saw her mother was leaning over the cooking pot sniffling like she was crying. "Did you burn your self again Mamma?" She asked walking over and taking her hand looking at it. "No love, I'm okay." She said smiling down at her loving daughter. "Is there something you need?" She asked kneeling down in front of June. "Papa told me to help you with dinner." She replied with a big smile.
Her mother returned the smile and kissed her cheek. "Go and peel the potatoes for me." She said pointing to the basket full of them. June did what she was told and quickly grabbed a small knife and sat down on the ground beginning to peel the potatoes. Her mother watched her for a moment with a big smile and than went back to cutting up carrots and putting them into the pot.
Three days have passed and her father was in his armor and packed by the door with soldiers waiting for him outside. Her mother was crying into her hands, her father wrapped his arms around her tightly kissing her neck. "Don't worry I will be back before you know it..." He whispered to his wife trying to comfort her. June watched them both as she felt tears begin to roll down her cheeks. Her mother nodded as he wiped her tears away, he slowly looked over at June.
The look of sadness quickly came to his face once he saw tears running down his daughters face, he let go of his wife and knelt down in front of his daughter. "Don't you cry on me to love." He said wiping June's tears away. "Where are you going papa?" June asked with a shacky voice. "Papa has to go away for some day soon you will wake up with me here." He said giving her a cheerful smile as he tried to ignore the lump rising in his throat.
June began to sob as more tears ran down her face. "But why do you have to go?" She barely managed to get out through the sobs. "There are bad people near and Papa has to go make them go away, but don't worry about it love I promise I will be back soon." Her father's voice began to shake as he quickly took his daughter into his arms hugging her tightly.
June nudged her head under her fathers neck, she was taking in his smell and running her fingers through his hair for the last time. Her father pulled back and gave her a big smile wiping the tears away from her face, he got up and embraced his wife kissing her for the last time. "I love you, I love you both very much." her father whispered into his wife's ear. He looked at them both giving them a comforting smile and than slowly opened the door walking out, June watched her father leave and it felt like she was watching him leave in slow motion.
Two years have passed and there was no sign of her father's return, for the first few months he had been gone June would wait by the entrance to their farm waiting for him for hours but after a long time she stopped and just hoped. June was now nine years old and she was in the barn practicing with her bow, she went hunting on her own now and was able to kill small elk's and goats. She had been able to hit the middle mark on the targets for months now.
June lowered the bow seeing the worn out targets, she smiled as she started to imagine her father coming back. Excitement raised up in her as she imagined herself showing her father her progress and hunting with him to show him she can actually hunt now. "June!" She heard her mother calling for her. June sighed putting her bow and arrows down and walked out of the barn seeing her mother standing outside of her house.
She smiled seeing her daughter. "June could you go harvest the cabbage in the garden?" She asked her as she was wiping her hands off on her apron. June nodded and ran off towards the garden that was behind the house, as she approached the garden she was greeted by Marten, the man her mother hired to help with the farm ever since her father left. "Hey kid what are you doing here?" He asked her in his usual grumpy voice.
June frowned at him. "I'm here to get some cabbage from the garden." She said hatefully towards him as she walked past him. Martin sneered at her as he watched her walk by, June grabbed a basket and a small hand shovel as she started to harvest some cabbage's. Once she finished she quickly grabbed the basket with both hands and left trying to get away from Martin as fast as she could.
She walked into the house instantly smelling the stew that her mother was making. "Here you go Mama." She said with a smile putting the basket down onto the table. "Thank you love." Her mother said walking over to her daughter giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Mama how much longer is Martin going to be here?" June asked looking down at the ground. "I'm not sure, why do you ask?" Her mother asked grabbing a couple cabbage's from the basket.
June crossed her arms and looked away. "I don't like Martin, he smells weird and is mean." She said with a frown. Her mother turned around towards her with a smile. "You know it's rude to talk about people like that, Martin is just different that's all. You don't have to be near him." She said peeling the cabbage apart and putting the peelings into the stew. "If I can get a rabbit can we have that with the stew?" June asked looking over the bubbling pot. "If you get one in time, you know it takes awhile to skin and clean them. But if you get one and we end up not having time to prepare it we can have it tomorrow." She said smiling.
June smiled real big. "Okay, I'm going to go get one!" June said with excitement in her voice. "Dinner will be ready in about two hours, be back before than." Her mother said grabbing some carrots out of the cabinet. June nodded and quickly ran out of the house and into the barn grabbing her bow and arrows, she ran off into the trees.
June had lost track of time and was running back towards the farm. 'Mama's going to be mad..' She thought to herself feeling bad. She had no luck getting any animals but that wasn't really on her mind, she was just worried that her mother might punish her. She quickly ran past the barn and up to the house, she stopped catching her breath. She could smell the food but it smelt burnt and over done, June furrowed her eyebrows down a little confused, her mother never burnt food before.
She entered the house and stopped seeing it was filled with a bunch of strange men, her mother was sitting in a chair and looked at her wide eyed with tears running down her face. "M-Mamma?" June slowly spoke looking at the strangers carefully. They all quickly turned around seeing her, they were dirty and had rough looking armor on. "There's the brat I told you about." Martin said walking out of the crowd.
They all grinned at her and had sick looks on their faces as they looked at her. "So what's it going to be bitch?" One of the men said looking at her mother. "Hand over the farm and everything with it and we might let you and your brat be our slaves." He said with a wide grin. All the others chuckled and grinned at them both. June could feel her heart thumping against her chest, she gripped her bow tightly. 'These aren't good people...' She thought to herself as she felt fear rise up.
June bit her lip as she watched them all turn their attention towards her mother, she grabbed an arrow pulling it back and quickly shooting it at one of them hitting them straight in the neck with it. The arrow wasn't big enough to go completely through but it still caused him to fall over choking on blood. June's mother quickly jumped up grabbing the boiling pot and threw it on two of them burning them badly, they yelled in pain.
In the sudden panic her mother was able to run past them grabbing her daughter and running out of the house. June held on tightly keeping her grip on her bow, her mother ran into the barn and quickly shoved her daughter into a giant stack of hay. "You stay in here, and you don't move or get out no matter what you understand?" Her mother spoke quickly. "But Mamma!" June protested with tears running down her cheeks. "June you listen! You stay here no matter what you hear! You stay here till I come back with some help okay!?" Her mother yelled catching her attention.
June cried but nodded doing what she was told, her mother quickly kissed her forehead and ran out of the barn. "There's the bitch!" She heard one of the men yell. "After he while we burn this place down, and find the brat!" She heard them yell again. June sobbed as she held herself shivering in fear. 'Mamma please get away...' She thought to herself as she prayed that her mother would escape them. 'I'm scared...I'm so scared...' Thoughts came flooding through her mind as she sobbed. 'Papa...Mamma...I'm so scared...' She sniffed loudly trying to get control of her breathing but it wasn't working.
She suddenly put her hand to her mouth and stopped, she didn't even dare to breath as she heard footsteps enter the barn. She closed her eyes as she heard the heavy footsteps walking around in the barn. 'I'm...I'm so scared...' She thought again as she began to sob into her own hand. She heard the footsteps get closer and closer and than come to a stop, she opened her eyes as she stopped breathing again trying to hear where the foot steps have gone.
She screamed as a hand suddenly reached in the hay grabbing her hair. "Found you!" It was Martin who had grabbed her. "Let go of me!" She said struggling. He quickly grabbed the bow from her hand and broke it in half. "Won't be needing that." He said as he dragged her out of the barn. "Let go!" She screamed in pain as he dragged he out by her hair. "June!" She heard her mother call to her. She looked over seeing that one of them was holding her by her arms behind her back.
Her mother struggled and struggled but couldn't get free. "Mamma!" June screamed as she kicked the ground trying to break free. "Stop moving!" The man yelled getting angry at her mother. "June!" Her mother yelled again struggling. She quickly threw her head back head budding the man in the nose causing him to let go, she made a break for it towards her daughter but before she could get close the man leaped forward quickly stabbing his sword through her mother.
June felt like the world had stopped just than, she felt like everything was still as she watched her mother stand there before her with blood beginning to soak her dress. "June.." Her mother whispered as she fell to the ground with a puddle of blood quickly forming underneath her. "Mamma!" She screamed struggling some more. "Quit moving you-" He began to yell but was cut off with an arrow suddenly hitting him in the head. He quickly fell over dead, June fell down to the ground. She looked at him seeing he was dead. 'Papa?' June wondered with hope as she slowly looked up.
But it wasn't her father, her eyes widened as she suddenly saw a bunch of Khajiit's running past her and towards the men. She watched them fight and she watched them kill the bad men, she looked forward seeing a Khajiit woman in a dress running towards her. She looked at the dress and suddenly her mother came to her mind. "Mamma!" She yelled getting up and running towards her mother's still body on the ground.
June fell to her knees besides her mother with tears streaming down her face. "Mamma?" She said giving her a small shake. Her mother slowly opened her eyes and gave her a small smile. "You're okay.." She whispered with pain in her voice. "My sweet girl is okay.." She said again slowly raising her hand up and placing it on the side of her face. June began to cry harder and sob. "Mamma..." She said with a shaky voice. "Shhh...Don't cry my love..." She said in a comforting voice, even though she was dying she kept a small smile on her face.
June sniffed and sobbed as she looked at the blood coming out of her mothers wound. "Listen to me..June..." Her mother began to say but had to pause as she was starting to loose her breath. "I want you to live...I want you to be strong and live on for me...for your father..." She said with a weak voice. "You're going to be okay Momma..." June said with her lip beginning to tremble. June's mother just replied with a soft smile. "I love you with all of my heart.." She spoke as her eyes began to close and her hand dropped from her daughters face. "Mamma?" June said looking at her in a panic. "Mamma!" She cried out falling over onto her mothers body and crying into it.
She heard footsteps beginning to approach her and surround her, she slowly looked up seeing it was the Khajiit's they looked at her with sadness in their eyes and their ears laid back. She than looked around at their farm seeing everything was on fire and burning down to the ground. She looked up seeing the Khajiit woman standing in front of her with her ears laid back onto her head. "What...What do I do now?" She whispered looking at the Khajiit with sad tear filled eyes.
The Khajiit woman slowly knelt down looking June in the eyes. "You live on." She whispered with sadness in her voice. June's bottom lip begin to tremble more as she slowly looked back down at her mother. "Come with us." The Khajiit woman said. June looked up surprised to see that the Khajiit was holding out her hand to June. "Come with us and live on." She said with a small smile forming on her face.
June looked around at all the other Khajiit's they were all looking at her with small comforting smiles. She looked at the farm and at her mother one last time and than quickly jumped up hugging the Khajiit woman sobbing and crying loudly. The Khajiit quickly wrapped her arms around June and held her back, her ears laying down again in sadness. A few hours have passed and the Khajiit's just now finished throwing the bad men's body into the fire, June was sitting in their wagon waiting for them to finish.
They came and got her when they were ready to bury her mother. After they finished burying her mother they put June back into the wagon and left, June looked behind her seeing that smoke was still there from the fire. She quickly turned back around and looked down holding herself, her hole body felt numb and she didn't know what to think at the moment.