Dovahkiin (Discontinued)

Chapter Thirteen

When I awake in the next morning, I am in my bed. Then, Emma's arm wraps itself over my back for a hug. I don't remember all that happened yesterday, but I do remember killing a dragon, becoming the Thane of Whiterun and Emma seducing me. I lay in the bed for a good amount of time, still processing what happened when Emma pulled her arm off of me and gets out of the bed. I pretend that I am still sleeping as she probably gets dressed.

Then, out of nowhere, something hits me in the back. I turn over to see Emma standing there with an unreadable expression. I look to see what had hit me. It turns out that it was a ball of clothes. I get up and put on the clothes she had thrown at me. We both say nothing to each other. I start to put on my armor when Emma breaks the silence.

"What are you going to do now?" She asks quietly.

"I'm probably going to go to the Greybeards to learn more about me being Dragonborn," I say slipping my breastplate over my head.

"Would you mind if I came along with you?" She asks looking me in the eyes.

"I wouldn't mind. I mean, you have threatened to kill me more times than I can count, but I guess you could come along." I joke.

She smiles and puts on her armor. It will be strange having Emma traveling with me. I do need her because she knows more about Skyrim than I do. And if anyone could get me to the greybeards, it would be her.

Once we both had on our armor, we go outside and leave Whiterun instantly. We leave early so that we can travel all day because we need all day to get there. At least that's what Emma told me before we left.

We leave Whiterun and walk down the stone path leading to Whiterun. When the road splits at the stables we take the right path. It takes till noon, but we eventually reach Riverwood. We pass straight through and continue our way to the Greybeards. Emma is in front of me, leading the way to them. When I ask her if she knows the way, she answers with "Yeah, I know the way. Do you?" I stopped asking after a while.

We finally arrive at a small town that looks very similar to Riverwood. We check into an Inn and spend the entire night their, sleeping.

In the morning, we wake up, get dressed, and leave the Inn. upon exiting the Inn, Emma stops me. "What is it?" I ask annoyed.

"We are supposed to go up the mountain dumbass." She points toward the giant mountain across the river.

"Holy shit. We have to go up that!" I ask, panicked.

"Yes, we have to go up that. That is where the Greybeards are."

"Why do the Greybeards live on a mountain?" I ask, hoping she would know the answer."

"You can ask them when you get up there." She smiles and pulls me towards the bridge crossing over the river leading to the Giant mountain.

It takes us half of the day to hike up the mountain. When we eventually reach what seems like the top, there is A giant Black building built into the mountain.

"Well, here we are," Emma says triumphantly.

"Wow, It's pretty big," I say walking up the steps leading to its doors. The steps are black and covered barely have any snow on them, even though the surrounding area has almost three inches. When I reach the door, it is huge. I knock on the door three times, hearing it echoing inside."

Just a moment later, the door opens onto a big empty room. I step forward and greeted by an oldish man with a pretty long grey beard in grey robes. "Ah, if it isn't the Dragonborn." The man says.

"How did you know I was the Dragonborn?" I ask.

"I could feel the dragon blood in your veins."

I continue walking into the room, and the man closes the door, leaving Emma outside.

"So, what brings you up here?" The man asks.

"Oh, you know. I just wanted a good view to last me a lifetime." I sarcastically say.

"Heh, well I can tell you're already a master of sarcasm." The man chuckles.

"Thank you. I'll take that as a compliment. And you already know why I'm here. You called for me."

"Indeed, I did." The man stops on the edge of the giant circle in the floor. Three other men that look very similar to the first also stand on the circle. "I brought you here to help you understand, and use the power of the voice. What words do you know?"

"I know Fus. That's about it though." I look at him confused.

He looks at one of the others. "Master Winarth here will teach you the word Ro, meaning Balance. The second word of the unrelenting force."

He looks towards one of the men. Master Einarth looks at the ground and whispers Ro." After he whispered, it made a bang sound and where he whispered, the scratches I saw before were there.

I walk towards the marks. "Ro," I whisper.

"Now, Master Einarth will grant you with the knowledge of the word, Ro." Master Borri does some strange poses, but streams of light are traveling from his body to mine, kinda like how they did when I killed the dragon.

When he is done, I feel powerful. "When you combine the two words Fus and Ro, their combined strength will create a more powerful version of the Unrelenting Force. Go ahead and try it."

I look towards an open area and take a deep breath. I then shout, "Fus, Ro!" My throat vibrates intensely and out comes a bigger bang than last time, but still softish. The area I was aiming at blows up a lot of dust and pushes it far.

"Very good Dragonborn. You have passed the first test." The man smiles.