"You're shaking." Serana said as Skylar silently slipped back into bed.
"Just a little cold." Was Skylar's response as she curled up to the Vampire. Serana knew that Skylar was lying but Skylar didn't want to lay another burden on top of what Serana was already carrying. "It's nothing really." Skylar chuckled as Serana ran a finger down her arm.
".. Ok." Serana said knowing that Skylar would tell her when she was ready.
Skylar closed her eyes as Serana draped an arm around her Shaking wolf. "I swear to the gods if Dash watches again..." Skylar thought as she tried to sleep for the rest of the night. It was only because of Serana's presence she was able to catch one last hour before the got up in the morning.
"Finally the last scroll we need." Skylar said as she hugged it to her chest happily as they walked down the path towards the Dawnguard. Serana watched her with a gentle smile on her face as Skylar tilted her head to the sky and laughed. "I didn't think it would be that easy to find them all!" She laughed.
Serana shook her head. "You call that easy!?" She asked shocked.
Skylar looked at her and shrugged. "Ok getting the scroll from the grumpy orc was a little harder than I thought it would be but in the end it was all good." She said with a smile.
"Oh you." Serana sighed as she pulled her closer and hugged her with one arm as they continued on their way.
But when they arrived reality came crashing down when they saw the monk they needed with a bandage wrapped around his eyes. "What happened!?" Skylar asked alarmed as she approached him.
"Be calm child... This is the fate for all monks..." He explained. "I tried to read one of the scrolls, this is the result." He said as he pointed to his blindfold.
Skylar's eyes went wide as she ran her fingers through her hair. "So if someone reads the scrolls they go blind!?" She said taking a step back. He nodded slowly and Skylar took another step back but Serana stepped behind her and gently wrapped her arms around the smaller girl before she decided to run.
Skylar took a few deep breaths. Everything that came crashing down on her in the midst of 24hours just seemed to be too much. First she finds out there is a giant werewolf hunter out there somewhere and now the scrolls turn out to be eyeball eaters.
Serana rubbed Skylar's arms. "But there is a way? Right? I mean there has to be a safer way to reading these." She said when she noticed the other two lying beside where the monk sat.
"Yes, there is." He said with a nod.
He told them of a place where humans rarely go, the Ancestor Glade. There they could take some bark from a Canticle tree and use it to gather Ancestor moths only then could they read the scroll safely.
"Why didn't you try this before?" Skylar asked him from where she stood, still being held by Serana.
"Time was of the essence, it still is." He said with a nod. "As it is now, Go." He said as he waved his hand towards the door. "Time is running out." He said quickly.
Serana took Skylar's hand and pulled her towards the door. "Come on." She said gently as she squeezed her hand gently. Skylar nodded and allowed Serana to guide her out of the castle.
It was hours before the arrived at the Glade. "Uuhhh, all this walking, this place better be all that old man said it would be." Serana said as they entered a cave that would supposedly lead them to where they needed to go. "And have i mentioned before that I really do hate caves, I've spent more than my fair share of time in them." She said as she touched the rock wall.
"Yes you have." Skylar said as she scrambled over a tree root that was in their way.
Skylar's head snapped to the side when she heard a low growl from not too far away. "Heads up, we have company.' She said as she pulled out her daggers.
"Just when I was getting bored." Serana sighed as she threw an icespike at a wolf that jumped out of the shadows. It was threateningly close to Skylar but her icespike went straight through its head, preventing any harm from coming to her little wolf.
Even though Skylar was unharmed Serana could not help but to make her way over to her with concern fresh in her eyes. "Are you ok?" She asked her as she touched the back of her shoulder. Skylar turned to her and gave her a gentle smile.
"Of course, thanks to you." She chuckled before she continued to make her way through the cave. "This glade better be all this old man said it was." Serana said as she stumbled through a spider web.
Skylar watched as she forced herself to suppress a laugh. Serana was pulling web off of herself but suddenly she looked up with wide eyes. "Wow..." She breathed. Skylar's brow furrowed as she turned to see what Serana was seeing. The sight made her jaw drop.
"This place looks like it has remained untouched by human hands for hundreds of years." Serana said as she ran out into the glade. Skylar followed her.
As they left the cave they stood on top of a hill, and just below it was a lake with a small island in the middle of it. It seemed like the sunlight was focused on that one island.
"Interesting..." Skylar mumbled as she looked down at the island. "That must be where the scroll is to be read." She said as she turned to see a special knife sitting on top of an old tree stump. "And that must be what we use to cut the bark from the tree." She said as she picked up the knife.
Seconds later she carefully cut out a small portion of bark from a light colored tree.
Skylar jumped as she turned. "Yikes." She squeaked as she saw a bunch of moths flying towards her.
"Looks like they like you." Serana said with a gentle laugh.
"They can like me all they want, as long as they don't eat my clothes... I didn't bring extra with me." Skylar muttered as she made her way down the hill and towards the island. "I wouldn't mind it if you have to walk around naked." Serana said in a husky voice.
Skylar was thanking the gods that her back was to Serana as a mad blush invaded her face. She had to resist the urge to dunk her head in the knee deep water that she had to trudge through to get to the island. "Good to know." Skylar coughed as she climbed up onto the small island.
She listened to the sound of Serana laughing as she pulled out the scroll. "Oh!" Skylar stopped herself before she opened the scroll. "What's wrong?" She asked as she turned towards Serana who had an unreadable look on her face.
"Um, I don't mean to sound a little freaked out, but you appear to be glowing." She said as she stared at Skylar.
"What?" Skylar said as she looked down at her body. "Oh, I am." Skylar chucked as she looked back up at Serana.
Serana took slowly stepped closer to her, Skylar remained silent as she drew so close that she could feel the other girls breath on her face. She watched as Serana's eyes looked down at her lips. It was then Skylar knew what was going on, and before she could say anything was silenced by Serana's lips on her own.
Skylar closed her eyes as her lips began to slow dance with Serana's. It was such a nice feeling, one that she wished didn't have to end. Before she knew it Serana's hands were on her hips and she was pulled closer. She wrapped her arms around Serana's neck.
They didn't know how long they were like that but eventually they had to pull apart for air. "Um, What was it we were doing?" Skylar asked as she tried to focus. All that was on her mind was the vampire whose arms were around her.
Serana laughed and gently pushed her little wolf away. "Reading the scroll." She said as she pulled the dragon scroll off her back and handed it to Skylar. "But... Are you sure? I mean... It could be dangerous." Serana started but Skylar shook her head.
"I will be ok." She said as she took the scroll from her. "Besides... I know you will be here to help me." Skylar chuckled as she tried to lighten the sudden tension. Sadly Serana's eyes still remained completely clouded with worry.
Skylar turned away. She took a breath as she readied herself to open the scroll, she could feel Serana's discomfort from beside her. It was obvious that she was completely against this but it had to be done, if not her father would never be stopped.
Skylar opened the scroll before Serana could convince her not too. As soon as the scroll was opened Skylar was enveloped in an overwhelming bright light.
It was as if she was not connected to her physical body... It was... Surreal. "What is this...?" She asked out loud. Her voice echoed as if she was in a big white empty room. "Hello?" Skylar asked as she tried to shield her eyes from the light.
Skylar groaned in discomfort as her ears began to ring, but then the ringing grew louder and louder until the point of pain. She covered her ears and sunk to the ground as the ringing grew so intense that she felt as if her head was about to explode, she couldn't even make a sound.
Not even a second later images flashed before her eyes. She couldn't quite make out what they were but one thing was for sure, she understood what she had to do.
The light began to fade and it was then she felt the scroll slip from her fingers and clatter on the ground. She listened as it splashed into the water as she brought her hand up to her face to pinch the bridge of her nose. Her brow furrowed and she released a breath, seconds later her body hit the ground with a soft thud, Serana's voice echoed through the Glade as she screamed Skylar's name.