So I'm trying to decide if I want to start a new story after this or just keep posting chapters in this one. I'm afraid of making it too long ^_^". Please tell me what you guys think! I would appreciate it a lot! I hope you're enjoying it so far. (Yes this is the beginning to the Dragonborn quest. I enjoyed that quest but I feel like it could've been better so I'm doing it my version.)
Hours after the battle they made their way back to the camp and rounded up all the bodies putting them in a pile. It took them a while but once they were done they set the pile on fire putting the souls to rest. Not a word had been said. The only thing that was heard was the wind, the rain had stopped a couple of hours ago. They cleaned up the camp site the best they could. They re pitched a couple of the tents. They knew that they weren't going anywhere for a while.
Vilkas had tried to approach Farkas a few times but Farkas just pushed by him ignoring him completely. June stood there watching the bodies burn, she was hugging herself and shivering. They were all still dripping wet from the rain and the cold wind was just making things worse. Gromar slowly walked up and stood beside her, she felt his presence but she didn't look at him. It was still hard to believe that her father was there but at the moment, she didn't care.
Gromar examined June a bit, he looked at the spot on her back where an arrow had hit her earlier. It stopped bleeding but it was an open wound just like the rest. They all needed to be patched up. "We need to get your wounds cleaned." Gromar whispered to her. June clenched her jaw as she just kept watching the giant fire. The image of Seradia falling didn't leave her mind neither did the laughter of that Dark Elf woman. Non of it made sense to her, she had no idea who this Miraak person was or why he would want her dead. The main thing that bothered her about it though was why the Thalmor were involved, what did they have to do with all of this?
"June?" Gromar whispered again. June slightly looked at him, she examined the tattoo on his face, it was the same as hers. It was really him. She slowly looked back away, her eyes went to the ground. June clenched her jaw again as a lump started to rise in her throat. "Was.." She cleared her throat and tried to swollow the lump back down. "Was it my fault?" She slowly asked quietly. The thought of it brought tears to her eyes. "What?" He quietly asked. "Sera..Was it my fault that she-" Gromar quickly cut her off. "No." He said quickly.
June tightened her grip on her arms and kept her eyes to the ground. "But it was meant for me...I-if I didn't move out of the way..If I just.." Her voice started to shake. "There was no way that you knew that was going to happen." Gromar stepped closer to her. June's bottom lip started to tremble, once Gromar saw he slowly wrapped his arms around his daughter and brought her into a hug.
June's head laid on his chest, she could hear his heart beat. She thought she would never feel her fathers arms again and it was a welcoming feeling. He placed a kiss on the top of her head and hugged her tightly. Vilkas watched from the distance, he clenched his jaw as he tried thinking of ways to approach June but he knew that for right now the only one she needed was her father.
Ginji finally finished up collecting belongings that were the soldiers that died. They were going to return them to Windhelm so that the families knew what happened. He sat down on the ground and let out a sigh. Vilkas looked over at him and than walked over. Ginji looked up at him and than looked back down. "Everything's a mess." Ginji said with a sigh. "Well considering what happened here.." Vilkas started to look around.
"No not the camp." Ginji got up from the ground and rubbed the back of his neck. "This hole situation. I don't even know where to begin to understand it." He walked a few steps away from Vilkas. "Later we need to go back and see if we can find anything on those..people." Ginji turned back around and looked at him. "I know." Vilkas watched him. "You and I will go later, we'll leave the others here." Vilkas nudged his head towards them. "Why?" He jumped and turned seeing that June was behind him now. "I just thought it would be best." He answered.
June crossed her arms. "Well whatever you think is best is wrong. I'm going too, I need to find out just as much as you." She furrowed her eyebrows down at him. Vilkas clenched his jaw and than slowly nodded. "You're right." He cleared his throat. She looked at him a bit surprised and than walked away. Vilkas looked up and saw that Gromar was standing in the same spot he was in before and was watching them. Once Vilkas's eyes went to him, Gromar slowly turned away and walked away.
An hour later June, Vilkas, and Ginji went back to the battle scene. "What do you think we should do with all of these corpses?" Ginji asked. "Just let them rot." June sneered. Ginji stared at her for a moment and than turned away. June looked around carefully, she found the woman's body and walked over to it. June knelt down next to it and started going through the pockets and satchels. Vilkas walked over to her and stood behind her watching.
June slowly pulled out a folded letter that was stained with blood. "What is it?" Vilkas asked. June opened it up and read what she could. "It's orders to kill me." June answered him. "They traveled from Morrowind, they took ship from Solstheim to Windhelm." June stood up and gave Vilkas the letter. He read it for himself. "But why?" He scratched the side of his face. "I don't know." June let out a sigh and than walked towards the spot that Seradia fell off of.
She carefully walked to the edge and looked over it, she watched the rushing water. Vilkas looked up and walked over to her. "Do you think.." June swallowed hard. "Do you think she could of survived?" She asked quietly. Vilkas looked at her and than looked down, he clenched his jaw. "June.." He rubbed the back of his neck. "She could of.." June kept looking down at the water. "June you saw what I saw, she an ice spike sticking right through her. If that didn't kill her than the current did." Vilkas quietly spoke. "Don't sugar coat it or anything.." June frowned.
"I feel like.." June placed her hand on her chest. "I feel like she could of.." Her heart started to ache. "We should look." She quickly turned around looking at him. Vilkas looked into her eyes and he could them begin to water. "Where would we look?" He shook his head. June slowly looked down and clenched her jaw. "Well..I want to look." She told him. "Okay.." Vilkas slightly looked down. He felt like it wouldn't do any good but he wasn't in the mood for argueing, he was trying to figure out what was going on.
June looked at Vilkas once more and than walked by him. Before she could ge far he quickly turned around and grabbed her arm stopping her. "Wait.." He started to pull her towards him. She looked up at him a bit confused. "Come here." He pulled her towards him. "What?" She furrowed her eyebrows down. "Just.." He placed his hands on her cheeks. "After we got you from the Thalmor we were attacked and witnessed one of our friends die. We haven't had a moment, I just..Need a moment." He slowly leaned down and placed his forehead on hers.
"Vilkas.." She slowly looked into his eyes. He looked into hers, she placed her hand on one of his. "Will you help me look?" She asked him. Vilkas nodded. June let out a small sigh. "We should get back. Prepare for..What ever comes next." Vilkas slowly let go of her face and stood up straight. June nodded and they both walked back to camp along with Ginji.
When they returned Farkas was sitting next to the camp fire watching the flames, June saw Gromar packing things. "What are you doing?" She asked walking up to him. "I need to return to Windhelm." He answered. "What?" She furrowed her eyebrows down. "I need to tell Ulfric what's happened and I need to get these things to the soldiers families." Gromar stood up straight putting the bags on his back. June looked at him sad. Gromar placed his hand on the side of her face and gave her a small smile. "I know our time together wasn't the best and it was short but..It was good to see you again." He rubbed his thumb on her cheek. "This won't be the last time we see each other. I promise you that." He smiled.
June nodded and looked down. He placed a kiss on her forehead and than let go of her face. Gromar stood up straight and looked at the others and gave them a nod, he looked at Vilkas and stared at him for a bit. They all said their goodbyes and than he left. June and Vilkas sat down in front of the fire while Ginji went to where his things were. Farkas was pulling grass from the ground and staring into the fire watching the flames dance. Watching them reminded him of the first night they camped while looking for June. He remembered how they almost kiss and regretted that they never did.
Farkas frowned and looked down. June and Vilkas both were staring at him trying to find words to say. "I never got to tell her." Farkas spoke quietly. Vilkas clenched his jaw and June quickly looked down. The more she thought about it the more it angered her. She quickly got up from the ground, Vilkas and Farkas both watched her a bit confused. "Why are you guys assuming she's already dead? She could be alive, and we need to look!" She yelled at them a little making them wince.
After she realized what she had did, she quickly looked away and walked away from them. "Where are you going?" Vilkas asked. "For a walk." June replied rather harshly.
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Just outside a small hut an old woman was sitting out on her deck in her chair mixing herbs. She had them a small bowl and began to mash them together till they turned into paste as she watched the river flow by. Once the herbs were all mixed together she got up from her chair and slowly walked into her home. She sat down on the edge of the bed. In the bed laid a young woman who was badly injured. She had a blood soaked bandage on her stomach, she was soaking wet and was running a high fever. Though she was unconscious the old woman could see that she was shivering uncontrollably. "I hope this works." She started to apply the herbs.