Well now... I'm fuckin' stuck. Listen! Right now I have massive writer's block and I decided that these chapters may be a little late. I'm not on hiatus or busy, just out of ideas on how the story progresses. It'll come to me soon, but in the mean time: I'm working on some other stories. I love this story to bits and I'm currently playing Skyrim again to regain my bearings on both the main story, side quest stories, and all the other foundations of story Bethesda gave to make cannon. So, for now, I'll give you little shorts in between sets of chapters I'll churn out. Perhaps every 5 or so I'll put in a intermission.
This is just my scapegoat to help keep the story rolling and add some comedy/foreshadowing in between, I'm saying this now because I think I need to relax a bit and work on my other stories. I'll get back on the chapters the minute it comes to mind! I love you all and I hope this little intercept doesn't disappoint!
Drakar was bored. He still felt the rush in the air as they flew over the lands, cold rushes of wind biting at him. "Dovakiin. How much farther?" She asked as Drakar chuckled. "You'll know. This will feel like a summer breeze once we hit The Pale." He retorted as he glanced down toward the ground. "Hey miss-grumpy, think we could touch down for a bit?" He asked as Alduin growled. "Don't say that. I'm queen of the dragons!" She roared as Drakar smirked. "Lovely, I'm Molag-Bal. Touch down or I'll rip your soul from your body!" He mocked as he wrapped his arms around her neck, trying to wrestle her.
"S-STOP!" She yelped as he was now slinging his full weight around her. It didn't complicate the flight until something unfortunate. Suddenly, he lost his grip and his voice was now growing distant as he screamed, plunging toward the earth. She quickly bolted down, her wings folded in until she managed to catch him in her jaws. She made sure she lightly gripped the man, but she almost bit him in two as she realized how close the ground was. She instantly threw him upwards, hard enough to counter-act the falling force.
He had gone up slightly, then struck ground, knocking the wind out of him. "D-Damn." He growled as he finally registered the pain. However, Alduin was barely conscious as she had struck the ground at full impact. She felt the pain in her wing. Crushed under her weight and the force of the fall. Drakar rushed to her and saw her state.
"You absolute moron..." She hissed as the pain wasn't getting any lighter. "Shit! Hold on!" He growled as he pulled a potion from his bag. There it held a special potion, potent enough to heal a lost human limb, but might only just keep Alduin feeling ok. "Open up, it's a little bitter." He said as he pulled the cork. She smelled the sour medicine, but didn't reject. As she managed to gulp down the bitter liquid, she felt the effects only heal her minor wounds, sealing any and all gashes, but not the bones in her wings.
"Hold on, our crash at least did something to benefit this." He hissed as he looked over and saw the toppled trees and branched of some nearby trees that were hit in their plummet. Drakar gathered the massive branches and even a log or two. He then stripped thatch and bark off of them, and headed towards some plants. He worked for about an hour, scavenging and foraging for the right amount of materials. "That should do it!" He said with a smile on his face as Alduin had managed to recover enough to roll off her wing, but it was still broken and bent unnaturally. "This better be good. Useless dovakiin..." She hissed as the pain throbbed in her broken bones as the man walked over.
He drug behind him an odd assortment of logs and and twining. He than saw the way the wing was out. "Dovakiin, what ar- ACK!" She yelped as the pain flared as he gripped her wing by the rim. Her jaws snapped at him, but he stood strong. "Calm down!" He shouted as she roared and screeched as he fixed the odd device to her wing. "DOVAKIIN!" She roared as her mouth then began to shoot fire. "STOP!" He roared as he gripped her jaws and shut them.
She was shocked to find such power in a man like him. He stared in her angry eyes and reflected the look with even more ferocity. "Let. Me. Finish." He hissed with darkness lacing his voice. She felt shivers creep up her back as her anger molded into fear. She then felt tears sting her eyes as she couldn't argue or talk due to the hands that remained firm to keep her mouth shut.
"I am trying to help. You need a splint for the damage to heal naturally. Unless you want a crooked wing for the rest of your life!" He spoke, letting the anger in his voice fade as he saw tears begin to fall. She remained silent as he readjusted and tighten the splint around her wing. He had to make a few cuts, new measurements that took longer, but he was successful. The makeshift splint had set her wing correctly.
"Sorry for no warning, but I had a feeling you'd reject it either way." He said in a more sympathetic tone as the dragon slowly, and cautiously stood. She leaned a little more on her other wing and had to balance her weight with her tail to make sure she didn't smash the other one. "This is your fault..." She growled, holding back any further tears.
"Yeah I know... Sorry." He said as he scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Listen. I managed to pack a mortar and pestle together. I might be able to make some healing potions to speed things along." He said as Alduin growled. "We need shelter. I cannot fight, much less run." She growled as Drakar nodded. "I saw a cave not too far. We should make our way there." He said as he walked beside her. Slowly they limped to the cave and found themselves glancing around the outside.
A roar was heard as a beast walked out, black fur and bloodied claws. It let out a roar as it charged Drakar, who hasn't even drew his blade. "Dovakiin!" Alduin roared, preparing to roast the beast, only for Drakar to bolt forward and strike it in the nose. Instead of mauling the man, it growled and stumbled back. "W-What?" Muttered the dragon as Drakar grinned. "When a bear charges, and your shit out of luck, jab it's nose." He said with a smile that made her almost scared of the man.
She found it insane to casually punch a bear. As they shuffled into the cave, Drakar got to work as he was quick to catch his ingredients. She was left in the cave, laying on her side as the pain in her wing had dampened, but was still there. "What type of mad man did I pick up?" She growled to herself as she thought about him.
He had stood up to her, the betrayed queen of the dragons, he killed one of her kin, he acted as if falling a couple miles from the ground wasn't a big deal, AND he punched a bear in what looked like a territory dispute. "What are you?" She growled once more as she thought about just what he was capable of. "I ask myself that a lot too." Spoke a familiar voice at the entrance of the cave. She hummed as she recognized Drakar as he sat next to her and pulled out the supplies in his bag.
"I ask myself: "What kinda dipshit goes out of his way to steal 181 sweetrolls in a day?" And all I do is jab a thumb at myself." He said with a grin on his face as Alduin ended up giggling. "Did you really?" She asked as he nodded. "They called it: "Solitude's baker crisis!" In honor to my deeds." He said as he grinded up some materials into the mortar. Alduin felt odd to be in the position she was in, laid down with Drakar, talking right after a rather peculiar event. She didn't even feel as mad at him before. Pissed is indefinite, but she didn't feel like snapping him like a twig.
She watched as he finished adding the ingredients and went out to get water to dilute the medicine. She pondered her ideas about the man, especially how he's both reasonable and insane. She wondered how he acted normally, out of the presents of his adventures. She then remembered when he, quite literally, shut her mouth. "Does he have a spouse to return to?" The sudden thought hitting like a stray arrow. In most practices, dragons find their mates by strength, as well as earning the respect of other dragons.
She didn't want to be, but she found his more darker side oddly attractive. It seemed suppressed and untempered, like at any point of time it could snap and trigger something in him. It sent shivers down her spin to imagine what it would be like if he were a dragon. Dark scales with a light green shine to it, an aura that totally dominated. She almost imagined it to be her idle mate, but she shook the thoughts out of her head. "What in Tamriel am I thinking!?" She growled as the image was now burned in the back of her mind.
She wanted it to go away, yet she longed for it. When Drakar returned, he saw Alduin shuffling uncomfortably. "Everything ok?" He asked as he held a rather large glass potion bottle. "Y-Yes! What took you so long?" She asked as Drakar scratched the back of his head. "I figured you'd need a bigger potion. Your body is around ten times larger then any human." He said as Alduin's eyes narrowed. "That's rude." She said as Drakar rolled his eyes. "Shut up, and drink." He said with a light sarcastic tone as he offered it to her.
She let him pour it in her mouth, and the effects were quick. She felt energized and her wing now only held a distinct soreness, rather than the pain of broken bones. "By the nine! What's in that?" She asked as Drakar smirked. "I picked up some skills in my time in the collage. I learned all sorts of skills." He said with a smile as she shrugged off the splint and felt how her wing take the weight. "Everything good?" He asked running a hand up her wing. The shivers struck quicker than her tail. He was slammed against the stone wall of the cave and heaved as he tried to take back the wind that was knocked out of him.
"That's for starting the problem." She growled as he could only whisper. "Noted.." He gasped as they crawled out of the cave. "Any other surprise trips we should take?" Asked Alduin as she stretched her wings. "Lets just... go to the collage." He muttered as he climbed on her back. As they flew once more, she threatened to put her head in the snow as that image appeared again and again. That same dragon, with Drakar's voice behind it.
JUST IN CASE you skipped. I'm having to climb over the massive wall that is writers block and it may take time. I'll focus on the stories and ideas I have on hand, and if I can get the roll of creativity going for this story again, I'll do that ASAP.
For now please stay tuned and enjoy other authors work while I try to collect what ideas I have here.