'Where am I?' June slowly opened her eyes, she could hear her own heart beat, she could hear things from a mile away it felt like. Everything was intense at the moment and it was hard for her regain her mind. She tried to look around but everything was blurry, she saw a few blurry images. The air smelt familiar, she had been here before. "Where..." She began to speak but she was almost too weak for that. "Don't move girl. You're not strong enough yet." A familiar voice spoke to her. A warm hand touched her forehead. "Who.." She spoke again. The scent was very familiar.
Seradia suddenly popped up into her mind as did Hircine. June quickly gained enough strength to jump up and look around in a panic. "Sera! Where is Sera!" Hands quickly grabbed her trying to hold her down and calm her down. June almost lost if for a moment, she almost lost control. She winced in pain and grabbed her side, she felt like everything was damaged inside her. "I'm here!" She heard Seradia's voice in the room. "Oh good..." June than just fell back onto the bed and passed out. She still had no clue where she was or who was with her other than Seradia.
Kodlak sighed in relief as he backed away from the bed. "So can you help her?" Seradia asked him with a worried look on her face. Kodlak rubbed the back of his neck as he kept his eyes on June. "I think so.." He said with another sigh. Seradia looked relieved. "Good." She looked down at the ground for a moment. Kodlak turned towards her. "Why don't you head up to the hall upstairs to grab something to eat. You must be hungry." He said with a smile.
Seradia than suddenly got shy and started to fiddle with her robe ties with her fingers. "Well..I'm okay.." She slowly spoke. She was uncomfortable around people she didn't know, especially by herself. "Nonsense, go on." Kodlak smiled again. "I'll just wait outside, I'm really not hungry." Seradia quickly left the room as she got the feeling they wanted her to leave. Once she got outside in the hall she let out a sigh as she ran her fingers through her hair.
"I'm sure she will be fine." Seradia jumped at the deep voice that appeared. "Oh sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." It was Farkas. Seradia quickly looked up at him. "It's okay! I get a little jumpy when I'm in places I don't know." Seradia giggled awkwardly. She than blushed once she realized how stupid that sounded, she quickly looked back down at the ground. Farkas couldn't help but smile at her shyness and the way she blushed. "So what's your name?" He asked her.
She quickly looked back up at him. "Seradia but that's kind of a mouthful so you can just call me Sera. Everyone I know does." She said with a shrug and a sweet smile. "I'm Farkas." Farkas returned her smile. "So..You know June?" He asked her. "Yes, I've known her for a long time actually." Seradia looked back towards the room that she was in. "I'm glad but also surprised that you all know her." She looked back at Farkas. "Yea..." He rubbed the back of his head as he started to think about Vilkas.
Seradia looked back down at the ground, they both froze once they heard a low growl come from her stomach. She quickly grabbed it and turned away from it. "Sorry!" She apologized, her face glowing pink. Farkas couldn't help laugh at her. "Someone's hungry." He pointed out. She really was but she didn't want to eat with people she didn't know. "I'm okay!" She quickly said as she kept herself turned away from him. "Non sense!" Aela said as she came up from behind. Seradia jumped and than looked at her.
Aela quickly wrapped her arm around her leading her down the hall towards the stairs. "Come along!" She said with a cheerful smile. "No really I'm-" Aela quickly cut her off. "The food is delicious! Let's go!" Aela pushed her up the stairs with her big smile on her face. Farkas rubbed the back of his neck as he watched them. 'I guess I can join them..just for the food of course..' He slightly blushed as he quickly went down the hall and up the stairs.
An hour had passed by and June started to slowly wake up again, this time she was a lot calmer. She blinked away her blurry vision and started to look around, she examined the room closely. "How are you feeling?" She jumped a bit from the familiar voice. She looked over and was surprised to see that it was Kodlak. "Kodlak? Where am I?" She asked him. She than got the hint of smell of something familiar, something that she had. She smelt another beast.
"You're in Jorrvaskr, your friend along with Aela and Farkas brought you here." He answered. June just stared at him as he could sense the beast inside him. "You're a werewolf." She just plain out and said it. Kodlak chuckled and leaned back in his hair with his arms crossed. "Yes, you can sense it." He nodded. June kept her eyes on him. "There are others..." She said as she felt more. "Yes." He admitted again.
"Farkas, Aela, Skjor, and Vilkas all have the curse of the beast within them. 'Vilkas.' An image of him quickly flashed in her mind. She looked away from Kodlak and stared up at the ceiling. 'Vilkas and...' She than sneered and a small growl escaped her lips. 'Njada.' That awful woman's ugly face came to her mind as well. Kodlak kept his eyes on her and examined her. "You had a nasty wound on your shoulder, I assume it came from the one who turned you." Kodlak said as he moved his eyes to the bandage.
June slowly sat up wincing from the pain but she ignore it. She saw that she was wearing a long purple cloth shirt with leggings on. "Well, thank you for helping me but I think it's time we leave now." June said as she swung her legs over the side of the bed. Kodlak furrowed his eyebrows down at her. "Leaving?" He asked confused. "Yes, leaving." She slowly got up from the bed holding her throbbing shoulder. "I'm sorry but. I can't allow you to leave." Kodlak got up from his chair and stepped in front of her.
"And why's that?" She asked him raising an eyebrow. "Because you're a wild beast, I cannot allow you to leave knowing you are a danger to others and yourself." He crossed his arms. June sneered at him. "So you gonna put me down or something?" She asked with a snarky voice. "No. I'm, we're going to help you." He said. "Help me?" She furrowed her eyebrows down. "Yes, help you control it." He gave her a small smile. "Why?" She asked him with a stern voice. "Because that's what we do. And you're a friend." He walked back to his chair and sat back down. June looked down at the ground a bit surprised but than she just sneered. "Sorry to tell you but I'm not your friend." She said with a cold voice.
She didn't mean it but she didn't want to get close to any one else but Seradia. She was an exception. Kodlak just kept his smile on his face. "You're worried about Njada aren't you?" He spoke casually. She quickly looked at him surprised. "I know more than you think girl. I'm not just some foolish drunk old man you know." He leaned forward in his chair. June quickly looked away from him. "You have nothing to worry about. Njada is no long apart of the companions." He kept his eyes on her.
June looked a bit surprised but she kept her eyes away from him. 'If Njada is gone does that mean..' She clenched her jaw tightly. "Vilkas?" She slowly asked him. "He's still here. He's out on a job should probably be back here soon." Kodlak's smile grew. "Which is why I need to leave." She started to walk towards the door but the beast inside her suddenly woke up and caused her to fall to the ground in pain.
Kodlak quickly got up and hurried to her side, it took her a moment to calm the wolf down and get back to normal. "This is what I was talking about. We will help you through this..If you let us." Kodlak placed his hand on her shoulder. June swallowed hard and than slowly nodded. He was right, she did need help and she didn't want to put Seradia in danger. "Alright..." She finally agreed. Kodlak smiled and helped her up from the ground, he led her back to the bed and helped her down. "You still need your rest. If you're hungry I can bring you some food." Kodlak offered. "No." June said as she closed her eyes.
Kodlak nodded and started to walk out but June quickly sat up. "Wait!" She stopped him. He turned around looking at her. "Did.." She didn't know how to ask. She didn't care..She just had to know. "The wedding?" She looked down away from his eyes. "Not that I care I'm just curious." She said. "There was no wedding." Kodlak said. "When Vilkas returns you can ask him yourself." Kodlak smiled at her and than left the room. 'Yeah right, I don't plan on talking to that..liar..' June laid back down. She couldn't fall back asleep she just stared at the ceiling thinking.
The streets of Whiterun were full with the usual citizens and children playing. Vilkas smiled as he watched them all run by. He had just returned from a job. A wealthy woman who lived near Rorikstead hired the companions to retrieve something of hers that was stolen. It wasn't hard it was just the usual bandit situations.
Vilkas looked up at the sky seeing that there were only a couple clouds floating along. It was a nice day in Skyrim, warm with a small breeze. He let out a small sigh as he looked at all the stalls in the Market place. 'I wonder if anything else needs to be done today.' He wondered as he made his way back to Jorrvaskr. He walked around the building and saw a few companions were out training and enjoying the nice weather. Vilkas nodded to them and then walked inside.
He saw Aela sitting next to Skjor at the table and only a couple more companions were eating. Vilkas walked down the steps into the hallway and once he entered he immediately smelled something strange but familiar. The smell made the wolf inside him stir, it was coming from Kodlak's room. Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down as he began to walk towards the room but an unfamiliar woman caught his eye.
Vilkas stopped and examined her. "Who are you?" He asked her. "Oh! I'm Seradia! But just call me Sera." She gave him a shy smile. She had bread in her hand and she was sitting down in a chair. "Are you..A new recruit?" He asked her. She shook her head. "No I'm here with my friend." She pointed at Kodlak's room. 'Friend?' He furrowed his eyebrows down again and walked into Kodlak's room finding Farkas and Kodlak talking.
They both looked at him. "I see you're back. How was it?" Kodlak asked. "It was fine.." The smell increased once he entered Kodlak's room and they both knew that Vilkas could sense it. Vilkas looked at Farkas and Farkas moved his eyes towards the other part of Kodlak's room. Vilkas turned and opened the door, his eyes widened and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was June. She was in Kodlak's bed.
June heard the door opened and looked, she frowned seeing it was Vilkas. He was just standing there staring at her. Vilkas could sense the wolf inside her, it drove his crazy. He examined her closely, he saw the large scar that was across her face and saw that her hair was short now. But those things weren't the only things that were different, her eyes. They were full of hate and they were cold. When they met his there was no emotion in them. June empty eyes.
"What?" June asked in a cold voice making Vilkas wince. "What happened to your face?" Vilkas asked referring to her scar. June sneered at him a little bit. "What's wrong with my face?" Vilkas just looked away. "It looks dirty." June glared at him. Vilkas clenched his jaw, and than looked back at her. He had to ask. "How did you get it?" He asked her. "Get what?" She crossed her arms. "The beast." He kept his eyes on her. She looked away from him. "How else do you think I got it?" She leaned her back against the wall. Vilkas looked down at the ground and than turned walking out of the room and closing the door behind him.
"When did she get here?" He asked Kodlak. "Early this morning while you were gone." He answered. Vilkas slightly looked behind him at the door and than back at them. "Yesterday Aela and I were out on a job and her friend Sera found us and brought us to her. We got back this morning with her." Farkas explained. 'She actually made a friend?' Vilkas was surprised. She was usually a hard person to get a long with. Vilkas peaked out the door to look at Seradia, he saw that she was still sitting in the chair eating the remaining bread she had. She was swinging her feet back and forth.
Farkas was looking at her too examining her. "Does she know?" Vilkas asked. "I don't think so." Kodlak sat down in his chair. "Hey!" They heard June call from behind the door. Vilkas opened the door and walked in. "What?" He asked her. "I want to see Sara." She crossed her arms. Vilkas raised an eyebrow and than walked out to the hallway. Seradia looked at him hearing his footsteps. "June wants to see you." Vilkas told her.
Seradia smiled and got up from her chair. She quickly walked past them and into the room that June was in. "Close the door." She said. Seradia turned around and closed the door behind her. Vilkas waited till the door was completely shut and than turned back towards them. "So what are you going to do?" He asked Kodlak. "We're going to help her. Help her learn how to control it." Kodlak poured some mead into a mug and started drinking it.
"She's actually agreed to this?" Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down. "Kind of." Kodlak said with a chuckle. "I wonder what they're talking about." Farkas said as he had his eyes to the closed door.
"Are you feeling better?" Seradia asked as she walked over to the bed side and sat down. "Yea, I think I can get up on my own now." June answered as she looked down. "So are we going to head out soon than?" Seradia looked at the floor as she swung her feet back and forth. "N-no..We're going to stay here for a while." June answered slowly.
Seradia furrowed her eyebrows down and looked at her. "Why?" She asked. June quickly looked away as she rubbed the back of her neck, she was trying to think of a lie. "Well..Since they helped up a lot they want us to pay them back.." June nodded and looked at her. Seradia frowned. "What? Jerks!" She jumped off of the bed. "I thought the companions were suppose to help people!" Seradia crossed her arms as she glared at the wall. "They do. But they also get paid for it." June said with a shrug. "I'm going to go give them a piece of my mind!" Seradia started to storm off. "Wait!" June called out to her with a chuckle.
Kodlak and the twins jumped from the door slamming open. "Hey!" Seradia yelled at them. They looked at her confused. "Have you never heard of compassion!? Or is all you care about your coin purses!" She put her hands on her hips and glared at them. Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down at her and opened his mouth to speak but she cut him off. "We will return the dumb favor! I wouldn't call saving someones life a favor though! Jerks!" Seradia than stormed out of the room.
They blinked confused by her outburst and than looked to June. She was laughing really hard. "What did you say!?" Vilkas glared at her and quickly walked up to the bed. June just laughed. "That was great!" She laughed some more. "Hey!" Vilkas yelled at her grabbing her attention. June just layed back in bed putting her hands behind her head. "Well..I had to tell her something." June said with a grin and a shrug.
Vilkas glared at her more. "You made her think badly of us didn't you!?" Vilkas crossed his arms. His glare slowly faded away as he saw that June's face was now serious. She looked up at him. "You can't tell her the truth." Vilkas blinked a bit surprised. "Please don't tell her. I have already agreed to stay so please.." June pleaded. Kodlak and Farkas both walked into the room and stood beside Vilkas. "Don't worry. We won't say anything." Kodlak smiled at her. June sighed in relief.
Vilkas just stared at her for a moment examining her again, his eyes traced her scar. Kodlak and Farkas had already left the room with out him noticing. June slowly looked around seeing it was just them, she looked back at him and their eyes met. Vilkas swallowed hard as the room grew awkward but he didn't take his eyes away from hers.
"So..I heard there was no wedding." June finally spoke. "Yea." Vilkas said with a bit of a chuckle. "Thank the gods.." He rubbed the back of his neck and slightly looked away. "Can I ask why?" June crossed her arms and leaned her back against the wall. "Well..The only reason I was marrying her in the first place was because she told me she was pregnant. Shortly after a I returned from..my..our unexpected journey she confessed to me that she lied." Vilkas pulled a chair over and sat down in it.
"And she's no longer with the companions?" June tilted her head. "That's right. She left and I can't say I miss her." Vilkas chuckled again. "Well it sounds like everything worked out than." June looked away from him. "Yea.." Vilkas's eyes went to her scar again. "What about you?" He slowly asked. "What do you mean?" June kept her eyes away from him. "What happened to you?" He leaned forward in the chair with his arms crossed.
June just sat there in silence for a moment. "Well.." She started to speak. "I left the Thieves Guild.." Vilkas's eyes widened and he suddenly felt happy. "Really?" He almost didn't believe it. "Yea.." She answered. "Why?" He asked. "For reasons." She answered. "Does it have something to do with that scar?" He asked her again. June quickly looked at him and glared at him a little. "It's non of your business." She said rudely. Vilkas just let out a sigh and got up from the chair. "I'll let you get some more rest..." With out another word he turned around and left the room.