Start of Chapter 3

 

I don't know how I was to wake up from a night like that, but whether I liked it or not, I had to leave if I didn't want to get jumped by some bandits or worse. Not that I couldn't beat them, sure they'd try valiantly but I'd beat them eventually. It's strange that I haven't seen anyone on the road, normally I'd have passed a mortal by now. But it is only dawn. Hopefully I'll come upon someone soon, I wouldn't like to get lost here. Survival was key and if I truly wanted to I'd need some blood. But damn it was sunrise already? I should probably stretch off, I'm gonna need to after last night, maybe it was too harsh, I suppose I should've started smaller, it has been hundreds of years

 

 

It's gonna be a long walk I think, may as well start early.

 

 

I suppose the sun isn't a problem if I don't face it.

 

 

Well at least the place has advanced enough to have signs now. Whiterun, Falkreath, Solitude, Windhelm, Markarth and Whiterun. Well only Solitude and Windhelm stand out to me, but Solitude was in the north west and was on a rock arch and I couldn't spy that anywhere and Windhelm was covered in a blanket of perpetual snow. At least now I knew where I was and that was Skyrim. But I could see a city in the distance, with high towering walls, yet even from where I was I could tell they were crumbling and would fall next year maybe. But it did have a huge keep atop the city. Was that Whiterun. I didn't really care if it was or wasn't I just needed something to feed upon, then I could leave and go home. Sure I hated my family, well most of them. My mother was a little indulgent of my father's insanity, but she did love me deep down I suppose. Then there was my sister she was a bit of a wildcard in going home. She could've easily been named as the heir to the families holdings. Or like me she could be locked away in a tomb somewhere, forgotten and confined to a history book. But I wasn't walking to High Rock from Skyrim. I'd need some gold first and I'm sure I could think of some creative ways to get that.

 

 

 

 

At least it's a clear eastern walk so maybe after midday the sun won't hinder me so much. That much was a good choice for going to Whiterun. Or at least I think it was Whiterun. I suppose being in a tomb for a few hundred years hinders the mind too. Another problem for me to try and solve.

 

 

It's past midday already? At least the sun will be on my back from now on, I shan't be burning in my own skin.

Wait in the distance, is that a watchtower. And why is it burnt black. No mage could turn it like that even with the most powerful destruction spells. This was something bigger, it had to be.

 

 

 

 

 

A DRAGON! Are you kidding me? Has this world gone mad? Sure I can deal with bandits, mages and most things but not a dragon! Fuck going to Whiterun, if there's a dragon there I'm not going there. I think I'll go to Solitude, but could I go without blood any longer. No I can't, I need it, more than anything else, I need to do it willingly, before I turn into my other form and slaughter a town. I could already feel my fangs growing longer and irritating the inside of my mouth. Maybe there was another way into the city that let me avoid a dragon. The walls were nearly crumbling, I'm sure I could climb over, well if the dragon didn't choose to burn the city down.

 

 

This wall looks climbable, well if by climbable you mean decrepit and bricks falling out at ever metre or so. But it's the shortest wall and I could get in and find someone in a back alley and borrow some blood. Hopefully I can still remember how, I don't need someone resisting and me accidentally ripping open a carotid artery, that would be very messy.

 

 

 

How poetic, the sun falling as the vampire is rising. If I wasn't so worn out from climbing the tower I might have stayed and slept here. But I needed blood and that would be difficult.

 

 

Well that took way too much effort to get up, doesn't matter though, I have my pick of meals here. I dropped down and barely got up before noticing some ruffians approaching me. I could see hatred clear on their faces, though it would never match my ferocity.

 

 

"Look at her eyes, is she a vamp-" One of them began. He put on a brave face though I could hear his heart pounding in fear, that sound was euphoria to me, even more so because of the fact that I hadn't had blood in a few hundred years. 

 

 

"Yes I am a vampire, now get out of my way before I do something I'll regret." I exclaimed holding a face that was emotionless and calm, I hoped that would maybe scare them.

 

 

"No. Vampire slayer has a nice ring to it, I'll love to tell that story to my kids." One of them laughed as they drew their weapons. Such a shame, here I was thinking I might evade mass bloodshed, then I saw more emerging from behind buildings. This would certainly be interesting.

 

 

"A shame your children will be parent-less. You can tell them that story in Sovngarde, or wherever you go to die." I threatened as I drew my sword. They were all terrified, every heart was pounding to the rhythm of war drums. The sounds soon became deafening as each body stepped gingerly towards me.

 

 

Well, I can't say I didn't warn them, luckily we vampires were emotionless, unless it came to love or lust. But that wasn't a priority, I was hungry and their blood was hot and sweet. I'm not sure where I'd hide the pair of corpses, maybe it'd be an idea to strike some fear into the hearts of the people, I want to show them we vampires are back, and we are as strong as before. Good job this place is a graveyard, I shouldn't have to spend time burying them.

 

 

But maybe it'd be a good idea to go to an inn, I needed to blend in if I was to stay here for a while. And hopefully none of these corpses could be traced back to me. At least they got what they deserved, and it was their fault anyway that they attacked me. At least I had a snack, a cold and unpleasant snack of old corpses.

 

 

 

 

The Bannered Mare, seems nice enough plenty have gone in, yet few have come out. A perfect place to start rumours, or to hear them. And I suppose those bodies have already been found, yet I heard no harrowing scream or crying, maybe most people were indoors. Yet it was only a matter of time until one child or wife found their father or husband dead. Then this city would descend into chaos, and all because some fools tried to kill a vampire.

 

 

 

This inn was rather nice actually, a huge fire in the centre, mead laying around everywhere filling the air with the fragrant scent of sweetness. Even I found myself almost enthralled by the smell. But I had to focus, I'd walked for hours and I needed some rest. I suppose I'd have to see the tavern keeper about that.

"Come in! I've just stoked the fire. So what is it, food or drink?" The inn keep asked with a joyous tone, it's a good job she didn't see the blood on my trousers, otherwise I expect she'd call the guards, like a good little citizen.

 

 

"A room actually, I've been on the road a while and I need some rest. So have you got one?" I asked masking my fangs a best as I could, but luckily they'd shortened after a small snack. I looked around and felt as if everyone's eyes were on me, I suppose they weren't blind and could see the blood.

"Actually I do, it's yours for ten septims." She bartered like a market trader. Of course she'd do that. And it was certainly too late to charm her into giving me it for free. I felt in my pockets and felt some loose septims. There was eleven in there. 

"Fine, I'll find it myself." I said as I turned and made my way out of the central room and through the kitchen. There was a lovely Redguard girl there, though she did have a scar on her face. I ignored her as best I could and traipsed up the loose wooden stairs that creaked with every step. Eventually I found my room. There was a single bed covered with furs and decorating the room was a dresser and a carped. It was...minimalist. But it was somewhere to get out of my attire and relax.

 

 

At least the furs looked warm and inviting, yet that didn't matter to me, I was a vampire after all.

 

 

Admittedly, getting out of those clothes was instantly invigorating, it gave me back some freedom that I could swear I'd left in that tomb.

 

 

Yet that freedom came with a cost, a cost of nightmares, at least in that tomb nothing was there and nothing could hurt me, out here things could. 

 

 

"Where in the world am I?" I thought to myself as I passed under the gate before me. The fires seemed strangely cold and the sky a deathly shade of purple, not so different from that of nightshade. Curiously this place seemed familiar to me, I seemed at home.

"I'm glad my favourite pet finally got out of her cage, I missed your fighting and massacre, not even a week out and you've killed twenty!" A voice laughed as it rang through everywhere making the words audible everywhere. The voice was authoritative, coarse and rough. One that I fear and remember clearly through everything I've done. It had to be Molag Bal. I stepped around the gate and found a second floor. I lightly walked up the steps as to not make any noise.

 

 

 

I reached the roof and followed the rope from post to post rubbing my hands along the icy wood. I looked down and realised I was naked. Naked and alone.

"Now tell me do you think you deserve a reward for killing those fools. Don't answer, of course you do. I gave you the gift of your blood already, but I say you deserve something more. Maybe another night with me, the Daedric Lord of domination. You seemed to enjoy it last time." He laughed bringing up the still fresh wounds of horror. I remembered that day perfectly, worse it was something I couldn't end, not in my mind.

"But I think it's been too long and you need breaking in a little." He exclaimed with a haunting coldness in his voice. I feared nothing, but him.

"I'd like you to meet my most loyal servants, I think you'll enjoy them, and I'm sure they'll enjoy you whether you like it or not. Try to make the best of it." Lord Molag laughed as I saw his servants step out from the darkness.

 

 

End of Chapter 3

 

 

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P.S.S I'm sorry if the screenshots are of poor quality, unfortunately Lovers Lab seems to lower the quality on my photos a lot. 

 

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