I WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN ABOUT MY LAST CHAPTER, I KNOW IF YOU READ IT BEFORE MY UPDATE IT WAS CONFUSING BECAUSE I ACCIDENTALLY POSTED A CHAPTER BEFORE THE CHAPTER SO IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T READ IT AGAIN PLEASE DO! ^_^' SO SORRY AGAIN!
They traveled deeper into the ruin fighting more Silver Hand and draugr but luckily for Seradia it was mostly Silver Hand, for now. They stopped in a small room that seemed to be safe from both of the enymys. It had only one door so it was easy to keep an eye out. They stopped to take a break and eat a little. Seradia looked down at the bread in her hand, she looked like she had something on her mind. June looked at her. "Something wrong?" She asked.
Seradia shook her head and kept looking down at her food. Farkas swallowed his water down hard. It was a relief that she wasn't completely terrified of him but he did wonder if this ruined his chance with her. She finally looked up and she looked at Farkas. Their eyes met. "Can I ask you a question?" She hesitantly spoke. Farkas nodded. "Does..the other Companions know about you? Or.." She looked down at the ground.
Farkas shifted his eyes at June as if asking what to do. The look she gave him was all he needed to know. "No. Nobody else knows." He quickly answered. "Really? So June and I are the only one's?" She looked up at him surprised. "Yes." He answered. "Huh..I see.." She took a bite of her bread. Farkas let out a small sigh, he knew he had to but he hated keeping secrets from her now. What was the point?
They spent a while longer finishing their food and drinks. They than gathered their things back up into their bags. Before Farkas closed his bag he saw the emerald necklace shining at him. He still didn't know when to give it to her and now he wasn't so sure if he ever was ever going to be able. He sighed as he tied his bag shut and put it on his back. "Come on. I don't think we have much longer." Farkas said. They both nodded and walked out of the room together.
They came across the Silver Hand fighting draugr. They didn't have to do much, it pretty much sorted itself out. After finishing off what draugr were left they walked into a room that had only one Silver Hand guard. He was guarding the door inside it. June quickly shot an arrow at him taking him out. "I wonder why there was only one..." Seradia watched June pull her arrow out of the body. "Maybe they got cocky and thought we wouldn't make it this far." June wiped the blood off of the arrow and put it back in its place in her bag.
Farkas stepped over the body and walked into the large chamber. It had coffins aligned up against the wall but they were sealed shut. A steal door was at the end of the room. They walked to it and Farkas tried to push it open but it was locked. "Great..." June mumbled. "Don't worry. I'm sure the key is around here somewhere." Farkas turned around looking at them both. "Or I could just pick it." June pointed out. "I don't think you can." Seradia was examining it. "It looks like one of those locks that will only take a special key." She looked up at them. June let out an annoyed sigh and than started to look around.
They looked around for a while, Seradia was standing in front of the sealed coffins. "What if one of these draugr's has it?" She looked at Farkas. "Let's hope not." Farkas replied. June saw a small chest sitting on a table. She walked up to it and opened it. In the middle of it laid a key that had skull carved into its bottom. "I'm guessing that this is it." June pulled the key out and showed them. "Try it." Farkas and Seradia quickly walked back to the door. June walked to it and stuck the key right in, luckily it fit.
They opened the door and slowly walked in, the room was covered with sealed coffins. Seradia's stomach ached as she hoped that they would stay sealed. Farkas looked a head and saw an alter in the middle of the room but not only an alter. A word wall. June slowly walked past them and up to it. The closer she got to it the more her surroundings disappeared around her, everything became silent except the chanting that came from the word.
June placed her hand on it as it absorbed itself into her body. "Fire.." She whispered as the shout became clear. It was a word from the shout Fire Breath and it was the last word she needed to make it complete. She smiled as she backed away from the wall. Farkas had watched the process, he's never seen anything like that before.
He continued to watch her till something caught his eye, something silver. He turned his head and saw that the Wuuthrad piece that they had been looking for was placed on the alter. "Hey I found it!" He quickly walked over to the atler and grabbed it. Once he grabbed it, it sounded like a pressure plate had been stepped on. He looked down at the alter and saw that it was sitting ontop of a small one. June heard it and quickly turned around watching it go down. "Well..That can't be good.." She mumbled.
Seradia was watching them from the middle of the room. She jumped hearing a loud slam from behind her. She turned around seeing that one of the coffins came open and once it did several more opened, their doors slamming onto the stone floor. Farkas and June both looked and saw several draugr surrounding Seradia. Too many for her to take on. "Sera!" June yelled running down the steps.
Seradia was able to take out a couple with her Fire bolts but they were becoming overwhelming. June quickly pulled her bow out and began to shoot arrows out taking them down one by one, but it seemed like every time one went down another one came out of a coffin. Soon it wasn't only Seradia who was becoming surrounded. Draugr flooded the room trapping each of them in a corner. Farkas readied his weapon, he looked over seeing Seradia was having trouble. She was good at fighting in the distance with her spells but the draugr weren't giving her enough time to summon her magic.
Farkas knew he had to get over there fast. He swung his sword out in front of him taking out a couple draugr at once. June had taken out her sword shielding herself from their attacks. "Ah!" They heard Seradia cry out in pain. Farkas quickly turned his head and saw that one of the draugr's sliced her back when she tried running away. Farkas growled and quickly sliced down the draugr's in front of him. Before anymore could trap him he bolted towards Seradia.
One of them swung their sword down on top of her but before it could hurt her Farkas thrust his sword right through it. He than quickly took down the others that threatened her. June cut down the last of the draugrs that trapped her. She saw a few more running towards Farkas and Seradia but before they could get close she quickly pulled her bow out shooting them down with her arrows.
Farkas looked at Seradia seeing that she had fallen to the ground. He quickly knelt down by her. "You okay?" He asked. She nodded and slowly stood up. She than let out a sigh feeling like she was useless in that fight. Seradia always felt useless in a fight and it made her feel bad. She slowly stood up wincing from the pain, the draugr got her good but it wasn't deep. She wasn't bleeding too much. "You sure?" He watched her worried. "I'm fine." She snapped at him a little.
Farkas looked at her a bit surprised. She didn't mean too and she saw the way it made him feel but she ignored it and walked away. June looked around making sure that there wasn't any more draugr. She sighed in relief and put her bow back up. Farkas followed Seradia over to June, he looked at her wound and examined it. "Let's get out of here before any more surprises show up." June said. They both nodded and left the room through a secret door that was inside one of the coffins.
It didn't take them long to get out of the ruin from there and once they did they saw that sun was going down. 'Had we really been down there that long?' Seradia wondered. They decided not to take another break and to just head back. They were anxious to get back and Farkas was anxious to see what June will do once she finds out why she was really sent with him.
Once they got back to Whiterun it was dark but the sky was clear and the stars were shining bright. As they walked down the street in Whiterun Seradia and June were walking a head of Farkas. They were whispering to each other and they kept sneaking glances at him. He furrowed his eyebrows down as he wondered what they were up too. They left the Marketplace and were walking up the steps towards Jorrvaskr. Vilkas was standing at the top of them, he smiled seeing that they finally returned.
"There you are." He spoke making June look up at him. She raised an eyebrow at him. "We've been waiting for you." He smiled. "Why?" She asked. "Follow me and you'll see." He waited till they were on top of the stairs and than he turned around walked around the building with them behind him. Once they got around June saw that the other Companions were sitting outside and the Circle members were standing in a circle. Vilkas lightly grabbed June's arm and brought her to where the Circle members were standing. "Stand here." He put her in her spot and then him and Farkas took their places.
June looked at them all confused. "Are we ready?" Kodlak asked the others. They all nodded to him. Vilkas wasn't sure about this, when they told him what they wanted to do it made him laugh. They wanted to officially make June a Companion and he was sure that she wouldn't accept but they didn't care. Now he was curious how she would truly react to this since she had no idea.
"Than let us begin." Kodlak turned to June and smiled. "Brothers and sisters of the Circle, today we welcome a new soul in our mortal fold." He began. "This woman has endured, has challenged, and has now shown her valor. Who will speak for her?" June watched confused. 'The hell is going on?' She wondered. 'What are they doing?' She looked at them all. "I will." Farkas spoke. June looked at him confused. Seradia had taken a seat next to Ria and watched with curious eyes. "What's going on?" She asked her. "They're making June an official Companion!" Ria said cheerfully. Seradia blinked and than looked back surprised.
"Would you raise your shield in her defense?" Kodlak looked to Farkas. "I would stand at her back that the world might never overtake us." Farkas kept his eyes on June, as did Vilkas. Vilkas had a hard time keeping his chuckles back from the look on June's face. "And would you raise your sword in her honor?" "It stands ready to meet the blood of her fows." 'Honor?' June looked at Vilkas and saw that he was staring at her the hole time. "And would you raise your mug in her name?" "I would lead the song of triumph as our mead hall reveled in her stories." 'The hell is this?' She furrowed her eyebrows down.
"Then the judgement of this Circle is complete. Her heart beats with fury and courage that have united the Companions since the days of the distant green summers. Let it beat with ours, that the mountains may echo and our enemies may tremble at the call." "It shall be so." All of the Circle members spoke together once he finished. For some reason it gave June goose bumps when they did and it made her cheeks flush a light pink. "W-what the hell was that?" She was finally able to speak.
"Your initiation girl. You're one of us now." Kodlak smiled as he walked up to her. The others walked past her, when Vilkas did he gave her a small smile. June blinked and just stared at him for a moment. "Why?" She asked. "Becuase we've all known you for a long time, you may not like to see it or admit it but I see honor and strength in you girl and that is what makes you one of us." Kodlak crossed his arms. June blinked again, her cheeks grew warmer. "W-well..I didn't ask to be apart of the dumb Companions!" She wasn't sure how she felt about it really. She had a strange soft feeling growing inside her and the ceremony gave her goose bumps. Kodlak just chuckled and than grabbed her shoulder as he walked by. "Well get used to it." She turned watching him walk away. "Join the others inside. Tonight we celebrate for finding the last piece and for a new member!" He than walked into the building behind the others.
June just stood there for a moment thinking. "I..I didn't want to be apart of the damn Companions." She mumbled and than walked towards the building entering it. No one wasted time in getting drinks ready and food spread out. They were definitely not holding back on the drinking tonight. Except for Seradia, she just went downstairs avoiding it all.
June noticed that she wasn't there, she ignored the others for a moment and headed downstairs. She walked into the quarters seeing Seradia was trying to take off her dirty ripped robes but it hurt her to raise her arms up from her wound on her back. "Here, we should clean that up." June walked over. "You wouldn't rather go celebrate?" She asked. "I will later." June helped her get her shirt off and than poured some clean water into a bowl. "Luckily for you the wound isn't that bad, all it doesn't even need a bandage." June dipped a rag in the water and started to clean the wound. Seradia didn't say anything, she just winced from the cold cloth hitting her wound.
It only took a few minutes to get the wound cleaned up. Seradia than got up and slipped a purple dress on. June also got changed out of her dirty armor and into a shirt and pants. "Are you going to come up with me?" June asked Seradia. "No. I'm just going to stay down here and read till I fall asleep." Seradia sat down and pulled out a book from underneath the bed she usually slept in. She decided to go a head and read one of the books she brought from the college. It was one that she didn't started reading yet.
June crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow at her. Seradia laid back on the bed, she didn't even have to look at June to know the look she was giving her. "What?" She went a head and opened her book up. "Just come up for a bit. I bet Farkas is wondering where you are." June snickered. "Why would he be?" Seradia furrowed her eyebrows down at June. "Never mind." June rubbed the back of her neck. "Just come on already." June than turned around walking out of the room. Seradia sighed and got up following her. 'I'll just read upstairs..'
When they entered the large room, every Companion was drinking, eating, and laughing. Each of them telling their own stories. June smiled at the lit room. She looked around seeing Vilkas sitting next to Farkas. He was drinking a large mug of mead. June grinned and bumped Seradia with her elbow. When Seradia looked at June she nudged her head towards Vilkas and started to walk to him. Seradia smiled a little following her.
"Hey Vilkas guess what." June quickly leaned on the table next to his chair. "What?" He took a drink of his mead. "I saw Farkas naked" Vilkas dropped his mug spitting some of his mead out but was also choking on it. "Yea me too." Seradia held her hand up. Vilkas coughed hard and than looked at Farkas. "The hell Farkas!?" Vilkas coughed out. Farkas's jaw was lowered as he was looking at June and Seradia confused. He than remembered when they returned to Whiterun they were whispering to each other and glancing at him. "I-it's not what you think!" He stuttered.
"Well what the hell could it be?!" Vilkas watched his brothers face grow red. June stood up straight and laughed. Seradia covered her mouth and joined in with quiet giggles. Farkas let out a loud sigh, he leaned his elbows on the table and rubbed his eyes. "Relax Vilkas. I was just joking." June turned around walked away.
Vilkas blinked and watched her. 'Should of known..' He let out a sigh and looked back at Farkas. Seradia and June took their seats at the table that was across from the twins. June didn't waste anytime getting food and mead, Seradia just opened her book and continued to read.
An hour went by and June was already tipsy. Torvar who was always drunk from drinking way too much mead was stumbling past June and Seradia. Seradia was half way done with her book till. "Woops!" Torvar tripped over his own feet and his mug went flying from his hand and onto Seradia. "Ah!" The mead spelt all over her and her book. June jumped and quickly looked at her, she looked down seeing that her book was completely soaked and the ink quickly smeared.
"Sorry about that." Torvar sat up rubbing his head. "Sorry!? Sorry!?" Seradia yelled. She jumped up from her chair and glared at him. "Do you know what you've done?!" She yelled again. Tovar scratched the side of his cheek looking at her confused. "You ruined my book!" She shoved it in his face to show him. "So what!" Torvar slowly stood up. "It's just a stupid book." Seradia glared at him. "Just..Just a book! No it's not just a book! There are only two copies of this book in Skyrim and you just ruined one of them! I had to save up for months for this book and now I don't even get to finish it!" Seradia slammed the book down on the table.
The room was quiet and everybody was watching. June was a bit surprised at how angry Seradia was, she doesn't see Seradia get angry very often. "Well whatever." Torvar shrugged. He was too drunk to care. Seradia sneered at him and grabbed a mug full of ale splashing it all over him. After she soaked him in mead she than threw the mug at his face making him fall back to the ground and than stormed out of the room. Farkas turned in his chair and watched her. "The hell is her problem!" Torvar tried getting up but he ended up slipping on the wet floor and falling back down causing everybody to laugh at him.
Farkas didn't laugh though, he kept his eyes on the stairs and than turned back around looking at the soaked book on the other table. Seradia was in a foul mood every since they returned from the Nordic ruins and the reason behind it was because she was irritated at how weak she was during their battles. Farkas and June always had to come to her rescue and that upset her. She was excellent with magic but using magic in a fight where the others have weapons is useless. She walked downstairs and went into the quarters. She murmured curse words under her breath as she laid her bed and went to sleep.
Farkas got up from his chair and walked over to where she left the book. He picked it up and examined it. The pages on the inside were ruined but he could at least read the title. 'Only two huh? Since this one is all mess up that means that there's only one left..' He rubbed his chin as he examined it. Maybe by some dumb luck he would be able to find the last one for her.