Outcome of Rejection and Learning to Trust Again

Skylar opened her eyes and instantly sat up. She looked down at her body and made sure that she was not missing any limbs. When she was certain she pushed herself to her feet. She looked around and noticed that she was still on the island. She turned around and looked up at the castle.

"Asshole..." She mumbled as she brought a hand up to her sore chest. Skylar shook her head and made her way over to the boat and made her way away from the island before Harkon changed his mind about letting her go free. "I am going to have some explaining to do when I get back to Isran..." Skylar said to herself as she realized what happened.

"You let her go to her father!?" I flinched as Isran yelled. "And what's worse is they now have an Elderscroll!" He said as he threw his hands up in the air. "What may I ask was going through your head, girl! You should have cut that vampire girl down when you first saw her!" Isran was sure scary when he was angry.

I sat in a wooden chair as Isran continued to yell at me. As he did so he paced back and forth. "Well?" He asked standing in front of me so he could look me in the eyes.

"I don't know..." I answered him. Isran sighed and took a step back.

"I do not understand what went wrong missy... You are a werewolf... It's in your nature to rip the heads off vampires... Why was this one different?"

I looked down at the ground as I tried to answer that question myself. "I don't know..." I whispered. "Something about her... She's different from the others..." I said mostly to myself than to Isran.

Isran moaned and ran his hands over his face in frustration. "Ok..." He said shaking his head. "What is done is done." He sighed and leaned against a crate. I bit my lower lip and looked at the ground. "We need to clean up this mess... and we need help to do it. I am sending you to look for two old... Let's just call them friends of mine shall we." I looked up at him with an arched eyebrow. "They will be able to help us, and I am sending you to find them." He continued. He pushed himself away from the crate and began to walk away. "Oh and by the way Skylar, They are going to take some convincing. Good luck." I watched him as he walked away. I did not like the sound of the last part... not one bit...

Sorine and Gunmar were Israns two so called friends... Sorine had sent me on a wild goose chase for a missing satchel while we were being attacked by not one but two dragons! While Gunmar made me help him take care of a cave completely full of cave bears. If that is not convincing someone I don't know what is. My whole body ached from top to bottom. My bruises had bruises, and my hand was just throbbing. As i made my way into Dawnguard I saw Sorine and Gunmar turn to me as I walked in. They both greeted me with a smile. I smiled back. Oh I was so ready to fall into bed and sleep for a week. That is after a drink a few health potions to speed my bodies healing process.

As i made my way into the middle of the room iron gates instantly shot up on all sides preventing any kind of escape. I pulled out my dagger while Sorine and Gunmar drew their weapons as well. We saw Isran standing on the balcony above us. "What is this Isran!?" Sorine yelled at him. "A security measure. "He replied in his deep voice."

We stood in the middle of the room as we were bathed in the suns light. I had to shield my eyes it was so bright. Finally after a few seconds it stopped and the iron gates went down. "Sorry." Isran said. "Can't be too careful."

Isran gave his two old friends their jobs to do while he called me up to see him.

I suddenly felt very nervous as I was making my way up to the balcony that he was standing on. As I approached him he had his arms crossed over his chest and wore an expression that told me he was not happy at all. I shifted my weight from one foot to another as I stood in front of him under his stone cold gaze. He was silent for what seemed like forever. It was beginning to drive me insane, it was as if his goal was to make me as uncomfortable as possible before he actually began to speak.

"I suppose you had a very long and interesting day?" He asked me with his arms still crossed over his chest. He cocked his head to one side and arched one eyebrow as he waited for my answer.

"It was... Interesting, and very busy." I answered him with a quick smile before he gave me a deep chuckle. "In the end I did as you asked." I finished and received a nod.

"You did indeed..." Isran said as he dropped his hands to his sides as he walked past me. "Follow me... There is something I need you to see."

Confused, I did as I was told and I followed him down a hallway that was behind us. We past what looked like a bedroom. I could not help but wonder if it was his, it seemed quite set up to match his personality. On one side of the room was a bed, and all throughout the rest of the room were weapons scattered about in an unorganized manor, with armor on top of tables and dressers. There were also weapon racks that were full, which would explain why the others were left lying around. There were also books here and there, I was almost grateful as I glanced at the deserted literature around the small room. It told me that he his world did not only consist of smashing vampire's skulls in... Unless they were books about slaying vampires...

I nearly yelped in surprise as he stopped me by extending his arm in front of me, preventing me from taking another step. I looked up at his stone face confused. He turned so that he was standing in front of me. He towered over my smaller frame as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"While you were away you had a visitor." He told me as he looked me in the eye. I blinked a few times before I opened my mouth to speak.

"A visitor? No one I know, knows that I am here." I answered him confused. He shook his head and chuckled that chuckle that I have been hearing far too much lately. Within the short time I have known Isran I have come to the conclusion that his chuckle, the way he crosses his arms over his chest , and the look in his eye are really beginning to get on my nerves.

I sighed and pulled my hood down revealing my dirty blond hair before i too crossed my arms over my chest and focused most of my weight on one leg. "I am serious Isran, no one knows I am here other than the people I have met in Dawnguard." I answered.

But Isran only shook his head. "Well it seems that one other knows you are here. Are you sure you can't think of anyone, what about someone you met recently?" His expression did not change as I was starting to catch on to what he was trying to tell me.

A certain vampire girl's face flashed in my mind. My eyes widened in realization, and my heart nearly skipped a beat. She had come here? Why? Images of Isran and the other Dawnguard soldiers attacking Serana clouded my mind. I could just see her as soon as she set foot in this place being struck down as soon as someone realized that she was a vampire.

"Where is she? What did she say? Did you hurt her?" I asked quickly as my arms dropped to my sides and I took a step closer to Isran. This made him take a step back, and place his hands on my upper arms to stop my advance. It was not a gesture not out of fear but instead it was the result of me intruding in on his personal space. If there was one thing that I knew about Isran really well, it was that his personal space bubble was very large. And if someone were to enter his bubble he would get very nervous.

"Calm down, Skylar... That Leech is still here." He said as he pushed me out of his personal space. I almost instantly regained my footing.

"She is not a Leach." I spat at him. I watched his expression grow angry.

"You are beginning to make me question your loyalty to the Dawnguard." He said in a serious tone. I shook my head and raised my hands.

"My loyalty is true Isran." I said after I realized what had just spilled out of my mouth. Isran sighed and nodded.

"Just remember who your enemy is and never forget it." I nodded and took note of his words. I knew that despite Isran's charming personality he truly did mean well, and he was right. She was a Vampire and I was a Vampire hunter.

"Well... What did she want?" I asked him as he looked down at me. I suddenly felt as though he was trying to figure me out. Honestly, I could not blame him, I spent most of my life trying to figure me out as well, and even now I feel as though I know so little about myself. It makes me feel so pathetic sometimes.

Isran sighed and stepped aside to allow me to enter the next room. "She would not say." He explained to me. "She said that she would only speak to you..." I nodded as I listened to his words. "We did however get the Elderscroll away from her and make her so that we were certain that she could not hurt anyone here."

I arched an eyebrow and looked up at him. "She actually brought the Elderscroll here?" Isran nodded.

"Her poor judgment turned into our advantage." He said with a low chuckle.

I nodded with my mouth half open. I was honestly surprised by her poor decision. I had not known her for that long and even now I knew that something was just not right. I reached for the door but once again Isran stuck his arm out to stop me. I dropped my hand and looked up at him annoyed.

"Is there something else that I need to know right now at this moment." I said as I forced a smile. Isran place his hand on my shoulder. I was completely shocked by his gesture, but I did not shake it off.

"Just... Don't turn your back on her... Even though she is restrained, she is still dangerous in my books." He gave my shoulder a pat before he pulled his hand away. "I will be waiting out here. If anything goes wrong... Scream." He said as he leaned against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. I looked at him and laughed.

"Will do." I said as I pushed the door open.

"Your friends really do not like Vampires do they...?" A familiar voice said as I shut the door. I turned around to find Serana sitting at a table with her hands clamped down to the wooden surface with iron shackles. My brow almost instantly furrowed at the sight.

"I... Apologise for their behavior..." I said as I tried to tear my eyes away from the iron shackles.

Serana sighed and shrugged. "I should have expected this... Even back before I was locked away humans and vampires never did see eye to eye, I guess I should feel happy that they didn't just kill me." She said as I sat in the seat across form her's.

I watched her for a moment before I looked over my shoulder and towards the door. I then quickly dug into my satchel and pulled out a lockpick.

"What are you doing?" Serana asked almost alarmed as she watched me lean forward and begin to pick at the shackles. I was silent as I worked at the locks. After a few seconds each lock clicked and the shackles opened as a result of my skilled fingers. I gave a triumphant smile as I pulled away and placed the pick back into my satchel.

"There, now we can have an almost normal conversation." I said smiling at her.

Serana sat still for a moment before she pulled her wrists out of the shackles. She rubbed each of her wrists before she looked at me. "Thank you." She said gratefully, she then shook her head. "I bet you thought you would never see me again did you?" She said looking at me.

I nodded. Serana looked at me for a moment before her brow furrowed as her expression changed. "I am so sorry about what my father did to you, if I had known what was going through his head I would have got you out of there, in fact I should not have let you set foot in the castle in the first place, I have no idea why he did not kill you right then and there."

My mouth fell open slightly. Did she really come all this way, put her life in danger just to apologise to me? I shook my head. "No it's ok, you don't have to apologise." I said trying to calm her down. But she only shook her head.

I sighed and looked around for a moment as if I was trying to find the right words to say. I finally looked at her to find her simply sitting there watching me. "Did you really come all this way... Just to apologize for what your father did?" I asked her.

But she shook her head. "No, that is only a part of it." I nodded and placed my hands on the table as I leaned forward slightly. "Ok, I'm listening." I said as I watched her take a breath.

Serana closed her eyes for a second before she began to speak. "I have been locked away for so long, I do not know who I can and cannot trust yet, but for some reason I feel as though I can trust you." She paused before she continued. "I can't even trust my own father... Not that I ever could." She stopped talking for a minute.

I shook my head in confusion. "If you don't trust your father that much then why did you have me take you there?" I asked her.

She looked at me and shrugged. "Honestly... After all this time I was curious... No I hoped... I hoped that maybe after all this time he would look at me and see me as his daughter, and maybe feel happy about seeing me again... But no I was wrong, he was more concerned about the Elderscroll than his own daughter... "

I bit my bottom lip and leaned back in my chair. I ran my hand over my lips before I let it rest on my lap. "And now..." I nearly jumped at the sound of her voice. "He is planning something... Something big... And it has something to do with the Elderscroll. Before I was locked away my father would speak about some prophecy that was supposed to bring him unlimited power over the world... I am afraid that he has figured it out." She said looking at me. "I know your friends here do not trust me... But I can help. I can help stop my father... You just have to trust me..." Serana leaned forward in her chair and placed both of her hands flat on the table. "Please..." She begged before she sat back in her chair.

I thought for a couple of seconds before I sighed. "I trust you." I said with a smile. "After what I saw back in that castle... How can I not?" I said looking at her.

She sighed in relief and smiled. "Thank you." I returned her smile with one of my own but it was gone after a second. "So now will you tell me why you were locked away like that?" I said tilting my head to the side.

She shook her head as she spoke. "My mother locked me away with the Elderscroll in an attempt to hide me from my father. It was also a good way of keeping the Elderscroll away from him as well."

I nodded. But as soon as the words processed my eyes went wide. "Your own mother locked you away!?" I asked shocked. Serana nodded. "I know how it sounds, believe me I do. But it was a mother's decision... She wanted to protect her daughter, and at the time it was the only way."

Still shocked I nodded. "I guess that kind of makes sense..." I said.

Serana nodded. "A vampire mother is still a mother." She said and I nodded in agreement.

"So about this prophecy..." I asked.

Serana's eyes lit up. "I know that the prophecy speaks of two other Elderscrolls... We need to find them before he does."

My eyes went wide at her words. "There are more!?" I asked alarmed, and she nodded. I sat back in my chair. "I never expected to even see on Elderscroll in my lifetime... You expect me to find two more?" I asked her. Serana shook her head.

"No, not you, We. I am coming with you. I have been locked away in a cave for so long, I am dying to get out and see the world and all of its changes. No better way than to join you." She said smiling, but as soon as the smile arrived on her face it was gone and she looked down at her hands. "That is... If you want me to join you… I mean you are a vampire hunter and I a vampire... I understand if you don't want..."

I shook my head and smiled. "Serana, I would love for you to join me." I said with a chuckle. She looked up with a grateful smile. "But before we set off I need to fill Isran in on all of this." I made a weird face as I said Isran's name. Once again, I am in for one long conversation with Isran...