Friend or Foe ~ Alduin x Reader

Getting Ready

The next day when you woke up, Alduin was nowhere to be seen. All there was, was a note on the bedside table addressed to you. In it a message from Alduin on how he had to leave early to get ready for the wedding and how he very much enjoyed your company last night.

A small smile crept upon your face as you remembered last night's events. However, it soon faded once you realised what you had done. You had just slept with the man that you are destined to kill and yet you didn't feel guilty. You started to think Alduin wasn't as bad as you thought.

You were interrupted by a knock at the door, you opened it to find Hilda stood waiting on the other side.

"Good morning my dear"

"Good morning"

"I hope you slept well"

"Yes, thank you"

Hilda placed some boxes she was carrying down on the table and pulled out a chair in front of the mirror.

"Are you ready my dear?"

You nodded your head and sat down in the chair in front of Hilda, who began brushing your hair and getting you ready for the big day.

*TIME SKIP*

After some time, Hilda had fashioned your hair into a beautifully decorated put up with gold jewels entangled within. As you admired Hilda's work, Hilda had fetched the dress that Alduin brought over the night before.

"My dear"

She gave you the dress and with such care so that the delicate fabric wouldn't tear, you slipped it over your arms and let it fall down your sides to the floor. You looked at the dress for the first time and it was truly divine. With cap sleeves and a low rounded neckline at the front, that carried around to the back. The was high waisted and had a full trained skirt decorated with a three-dimensional crochet of flowers & foliage. The dress itself was cream satin fitted with a boned lining. It was a material that felt almost foreign to you, never had you worn something so elegant and wondrous than the fine material that was currently wrapped around you.

"You look beautiful"

"T-thank you"

She was right, you did look beautiful. Absolutely stunning. You almost didn't recognise yourself. It was far different to the thick bulky armour that you had grown accustomed to but to be honest you were far different to who you used to be. You had gone from hating a man to marrying him, from following your destiny to going against it. You didn't know who you were anymore. It felt right, following your heart, yet wrong as it was not what you had been told. It was not what was best.

*Knock-Knock*

A knock on the door brought you out of your deep thoughts. As if you weren't allowed to think about anything.

"I wonder who that could be?"

Hilda was cleaning up when the knock accrued. She put down what she was currently holding and rushed over to the door to see who the mysterious knocker was.

"Oh Nahkriin"

"Good Morning my lady"

"what do we ow the pleasure"

"I've come to have a word with the bride"

"very well"

Nahkriin was Alduins highest ranked dragon priest and good friend.

"Good Morning my dear"

"Good Morning"

"I hope you slept well"

"wonderfully, thank you"

"if I may my dear, you look extraordinary"

"well thank you very much, that's very kind of you"

"however, there is something missing"

He slipped into his pocket and pulled out a light silver hairpin.

"if I may?"

You nodded softly lowering your head slightly, allowing Nahkriin to place the hairpin. After doing so you looked in the mirror to get a closer look at the pin. You noticed that it was in the shape of a dragon.

"It's a very old antique, forged by Alduins mother in hopes that her son would remember that there's more to life than power"

"it's gorgeous, thank you"

At that very moment, bells began to chime loudly, signalising the beginning of the ceremony.

"My dear it's time to go, Are you ready?"

You looked at yourself in the mirror, one last time, you had finally made your decision. You took a deep breath and nodded slightly.

"I'm Ready"

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Sorry for the late updates guys been really busy with mock exams but have a load of chapters written up so hopefully i can get them typed up as soon as I can. Hope you guys understand and thank you for your patience.

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