Faal Hokaat

Fire, fire burned all around her. She had only been awoke by the deafening sounds of the Dragon's roars, though she heard the shouts of her parents around her. Stumbling from her burning room the flames licked at her clothing as she ran towards the door, slamming her body against it she screamed, her lungs filling with smoke only causing her to cough. She heard her parent's frantic screams and soon realized that they all were going to die, until she heard something. She heard clawing, hissing and then a strange accent calling out for them

"Hello! Where are you?" She coughed and began screaming, screaming for the unknown man to go and save her family, to save her. She was surprised when the door that had blocked her came down, behind it two furred covered animals which stood upon their legs were in front of her; Khajiits as she remember her father once calling them. The more feminine of the two swept her up as they ran out of the house, the cool of the night freezing against her burnt woman gently set her down before stepping back , the young girl turned to feel her heart sink as the house came crashing down into nothing more than burning rubble.

She looked around to realize she was within a group of three or four Khajiits, one of them was smaller than the rest. She began to cry uncontrollably when she realized her family was not within the group. The smaller of the Khajiits walked over to her, wrapping her in her soft fur arms and purred quietly, letting the girl cry her loss upon her shoulder, once the tears had stopped flowing the small Khajiit smiled sadly upon the Nord's girl tear-stained face, wiping a few away carefully.

"There there, you're safe now. I am Kiraya Kioni, what's your name?" The nordic girl sniffled before replying quietly between her sniffles.

"Val, Val Dareloth. Are you Khajiit?" Kiraya nodded, holding the girl close as she began to stumble from the exhaustion.

Val sat up breathing hard, her raven hair falling around her as her sister stared at her from underneath her furs next to her; purring as she began to stir.

"Sister you were dreaming again, no?" Val smiled as she sighed, turning to the Khajiit that she had grown up with.

"Aye Kiki I was... I'm sorry I woke you, do you know how far we are?" The khajiit sighed as she sat up in the wagon, the driver looking back at the two girls. He smiled a soft smile, Val was happy that he had been so kind to them.

"Don't worry we're almost at the end of where I can go, you'll have to cross through from there." She smiled and nodded, the two girls crawling out of their furs and began repacking their items. They didn't take much, their essentials, a great sum of gold, and furs that their parents had given them; leaving the familiar drugs such as skooma home, though they had never tried it themselves it did bring in a good sum of gold back in Elsweyr.

The two girls thanked the driver and paid him a tip before heading off onto the frozen road, looking at the map they had purchased before crossing. The girls were surprised when they came upon a group of men and a few women crossing, all wearing blue cuirasses, one man a blond smiled as they approached the group cautiously.

"Hold there, what are two beautiful ladies such as yourselves doing out this far?" Kiraya rolled her eyes at the compliment, Val flashed her smile she knew men loved to see. it was true she was no stranger when it came to using her fair looks against men but she was proud to be able to say she was one who did not partake of the flesh.

"Hail kinsman, I am Val Dareloth-Kioni. This is my sister Kiraya Kioni, we are just crossing into Skyrim for the first time in a long time. Who are you and what is going on here?"

Before the man had a chance to answer there was a loud commotion, turning the three saw a group of men in red on horses riding around the group as if rounding them up like sheep. She flushed a bit when she heard the man curse before drawing his sword, charging towards the group. The two girls gave a shout as the group of red cladded men began arresting the men as they fell, turning they went to run only to find themselves at the ends of swords. Kiraya hissed as Val held her hands out, conjuring fire and ice to her bidding. Glancing around Val cursed their luck, she realized that these men had no intention of being reasoned with. The men surrounding them were shouting, one taking a swing towards them as she shoved her sister backwards while launching a spike into the man's arm. She smiled as she spied her sister with her bow and arrow drawn, already sending them flying into their targets. She was having her own fun sending fire and ice into the men as they approached, not knowing why they were being attacked. She felt her heart skip a beat when she heard her sister scream.

"Val!" She turned to see a man wearing slightly more armor than the others knock her sister out with the bunt of his sword, Val felt tears of rage flow from her as she rushed towards her sister, no longer caring about the men in front of her.

"Kiraya!" Val screamed as one of the men began binding Kiraya's hands behind her back, she immediately shot an ice bolt into his body, making him scream in agony and fall away. She threw herself over her sister, glad to find her still breathing.

"What do you think you're doing?" Val glared up at the man on the horse, standing slowly as he drew his sword; the ice in her hand gave away to form both flames.

"What am I doing? I'm protecting my sister you insolent fool! Why are you doing this to us?" The man smirked as Val screamed, darkness filling her vision as she tumbled onto the snow-covered ground next to Kiraya. She groaned as she reached towards her sister, praying silently for Alkosh to protect them.