Ch. 15 The Night Before
Welcome to another installment of You Are Mine, Dovahkiin. I'm pretty sure that most of you all are anxious to see what he will learn but bear with me because there's a couple of things that I want to set up during his training to happen.
In another note, the troll resurfaced long enough to give me a very funny pm before he shut his account down and slinked back under the bridge so to you green guy I say: Keep making my day with your funny ass rants, I love them! XD
Disclaimer: I own nothing, all characters are copyright of Bethesda. Any OC's are the property of their creators. I do own a love for dragons though...curse you books on dragons for giving me this great hobby!
"Your friend might have given you the basic's on dragon mating but there is more you need to know Dovahkiin." Paarthurnax said as Marius cleared a space on a rock and sat down.
"I got the gist of it." Marius said with resignation. "Dragons have some kind of mating flight that is determined by the female."
"True but there is another less used method called a mating fight. Since you cannot take to the skies then Alduin has issued you a mating fight challenge in which the rules are different."
"How different?" Marius asked cautiously.
"It's a success or death situation for the one being challenged with no rules save for survival. Alduin has challenged you and so you will need to either survive for a period of time or force Alduin to submit to your power." Paarthurnax said as Marius sighed.
"Good luck getting that dragon to submit, how long would I have to survive for?" Marius asked as Paarthurnax gave him a sad look.
"That would be her decision, she could say for only an hour or she could say there isn't a limit which means you will have to make her submit." Paarthurnax replied as Marius buried his face in his gauntlets.
"Somehow I think I already know what she has decided." Marius replied with a tone of despair.
"Every challenge can be overcome Dovahkiin and this is no different. It might seem impossible but as you are now but armed with the most ancient knowledge of the Thuum then even the impossible can seem achievable." Paarthurnax said as he looked up at the sky. "Today is yours Dovahkiin but at first light tomorrow is when we begin. Take this time to tell your loved ones and anyone of importance and gather your things for the next month you will be here at the top of this mountain in solitude."
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"The Thalmor will hear of this! You won't stop us from taking what is rightfully ours!" A wizard shouted as Alduin cleaned her claws while overlooking the smoldering camp.
"Some invasion...you joor didn't even last a few minutes." Alduin replied as the wizard coughed up blood.
"This will be taken as a sign of aggression, you just doomed the entire empire!" The wizard shot back as Alduin smirked.
"And this force wasn't a sign of aggression?" she asked curiously as the wizard sneered.
"We hold any right to do what we must to ensure to worship of false gods are stamped out!"
"Ah that's the problem...you don't believe that a simple man can transcend...unless they were an elf." Alduin said as the wizard coughed up more blood.
"We have always been the favored beings and we are the only ones worthy of being in control!" he said before Alduin grinned at him.
"The Empire will be more than happy to renew aggression against you all and with our backing they will win. After all, I am the first born daughter of Akatosh and unlike your pathetic race I hold true divinity!" Alduin roared as she crushed the elf beneath her feet. "You there!" she said as an Imperial scout came slowly out of the bushes. "Tell your leader that I want your army ready to march in 2 months!" she said before she took off and the scout fainted in the snow.
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"Do you have to go papa?" Lucia asked sadly as Sofia looked on with tears as Marius packed a bag.
"I'm afraid so my little angels but papa will be bringing you both a mommy when he gets back." Marius said as they perked up a little. "She's going to be a good one too you know."
"Really?!" They both shouted excitedly as Marius gave them a hug.
"Yep but you both need to be on your best behavior while I'm gone and try not to give the dragons too much trouble alright?" he asked as they nodded. "Good now before I forget, it's allowance day." he finished as he held out a small bag of Septims.
Yay!" They both cried before they piled on him in a group hug.
"Ok girls, go get ready for bed and I'll be back to tuck you in. Daddy needs to go do something real quick." Marius said as they grabbed their bag and ran to their rooms. "Lydia, watch the house real quick." Marius said seriously as Lydia waved him off.
With that he walked out of the house and into the street where the night had fully settled in but Marius wasn't there for the sky. Taking a quick sniff at the air he scowled before he closed his eyes. "I can smell you." he said to the air before Arnbjorn came out from behind Warmaidens. "You smell like wet dog."
"Feelings mutual dragon boy." Arnbjorn said angrily. All the people in the street and he couldn't kill any of them made him severely angry. "Damn what she said I'm going to kill you!" With that he lunged at him with a steel two-handed sword and an angry snarl on his face.
Marius only sighed before Arnbjorn was swiped up in a dragons jaw and was silenced. "Why do people keep forgetting there's 5 dragons around the city?"
"Because the joor have become accustomed to us by this point." Vulhilved replied as the dark-scaled dragon settled into his perch.
"Your friend is already dead so you might as well surrender." Marius said aloud as Astrid came out from behind a barrel.
"So you decided to stop playing around huh?" Astrid said as Marius had to admit that her voice did sound quite seductive but there was an undertone of malice in it.
"I just decided to tie up some loose ends from a while ago." Marius said as Astrid narrowed her eyes. "I always wondered just why that job I had for Winstad was fishy, why was I sent on the easiest job ever? Because someone wanted me gone?" he asked mockingly as Astrid snarled.
"Maybe you should learn to not attack the hands that feed you." Astrid replied as Marius shrugged.
"You mean Hemming? The idiot who thought the legion was his own little private army? The one I left bloodied outside the city after he assaulted one of my men," Marius asked with a frown.
"Maybe you will learn in your next life to listen to your superiors." Astrid said as she threw a knife at Marius. Marius evaded the knife and gave a small laugh before a tail came from behind her and knocked her out.
"Alduin should be heading to Dawnstar soon so make sure she gets their intact." Marius said as Zilfviinritir snorted before grabbing Astrid and taking off.
"Having the dragons do your own work?" A guard asked that had arrived from the commotion.
"It works." Marius said simply as the guard shrugged before walking off. "I forgot to tuck in my kids." he said to himself as he walked in the house
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"2 months? We won't be able to do anything worth while in that time frame." Tullius said as the scout finally woke up and returned to Solitude.
"That's what I was told sir." The scout said as Tullius sighed.
"Since when did we start taking orders from a dragon." Tullius asked warily as Rikke grimaced.
"That dragon is the one thing that can claim to be real divine General. That dragon is unkillable in this realm." Rikke said as Tullius closed his eyes. "I think it's safe to assume that it isn't here to kill us all again and it seems to be more inclined to help us than anything."
"Say we accept their help and gather what we can, what happens after?" Tullius asked worriedly. "That's what worries me the most about this situation. The Emperor and the Elder Council are all for this alliance with the dragons but what happens then."
"I'm pretty sure we can work out something General, maybe they just want their own land?" Rikke offered but Tullius could tell that she was just as worried as him.
"Sometimes I wish I retired after the Civil War." Tullius muttered before he gave a final sigh. "Rikke, tell the garrisons in Skyrim to start preparing for war again." Rikke nodded and left. "Cipius, send a message to Cyrodil stating what is going on and tell them to ready all they can and be prepared to march in 2 months." Legate Cipius saluted before he too left. "May the gods watch over us all."
I'm not going to lie, this was mainly a filler to get some things set-up during the training phase. One thing is the Dark Brotherhood and the other is the military build-up. I'll throw in some more but for now that's all I wanted to allude to.
I promise, the next chapter will start his training and will be better than this one lol.
I wanted to have Astrid try and become a babysitter but then I thought that Arnbjorn would be the one who would snap at all the waiting and he did and as a result their plan backfired horribly.
Read and review and see you all next time.