Chapter Nine
Years pass by yet we have hardly aged a single day. Not only am I a member to this group the Companions; I’m also happily married to Roar. Almost every evening I find myself writing inside my Note Book, every time I see myself getting to the last few pages more appear. We all live together under the same roof, and I feel as though were all family.
A number of the Companions including Roar are away on another quest and I find myself alone tonight enjoying the silence. The cook down stairs is here to keep me company if I wish to have a conversation with anyone. Also my only female friend Lydia lives not to far from here if I wish to step outside. It’s not her home but as she’s recently been hired as housecarl for somebody and they are never there we use it as Lydia’s home anyway. I feel tonight though I should remain here and do what ever I please.
“Do you wish for any supper?” The cook we call Hog asks from the top of the stairs. I look up from my Note Book. “No Hog go and visit the inn get yourself away from that work. If I feel hungry later I will find something.” “You are sure Amber?” Hog still doesn’t leave. “Yes, I’m quite sure, leave me be.” I say smiling. Hog doesn’t need to be told twice, before I look up again he’s more then likely to be already at the inn ordering his drink. We have plenty of wine and mead here but everyone needs to see other faces and scenery. To remain in one building for a long amount of time would drive anyone mad. Thinking this has made me feel I should go see Lydia after all, yet I still feel I need to be here.
I finish writing in my Note Book and walk over to the small dining room window. It’s so calm tonight and we have a full moon, I should feel relaxed yet I feel very strange. Maybe it’s the silence; maybe I miss Roar and my brothers and sisters. I wonder what they are doing now. Have they reached another one of the Hunters hide outs yet, are they slaughtering them right now? I don’t know what started the war between the Companions and the Hunters and once I wished for it to end but once you see your brothers and sister’s lives get taken away from them from the hand of a Hunter your anger wishes for more blood shed. Before you know it you’ve sneaking into one of their hide outs and even if they weren’t the one who killed your family member you still class them as all the same. Many Hunters have died to my axe and many more will, this war will not be over until they all are dead and I’m certain they feel the same towards us well they must if they keep hunting and killing us.
Roar once told me that many years ago this very building I’m sat in was once attacked by the Hunters and we lost our greatest member but since then they have never returned. I don’t know why maybe we are protected by the wolves around the out side of the stone walls, or maybe by the guards themselves.
My thoughts get interrupted by Bear our oldest member bursting through the door. I quickly spin round. Bear’s face is full of fear and worry. “What is it?” I shout looking more worried than he does. “Where is Roar?” I panic. More members’ storm through the door way some injured some just needing rest. “Where’s Roar?” I scream. Bear rushes up to me and grabs my shoulders. “We were out numbered, they knew we were coming.” “Tell me he’s not dead.” I cry collapsing onto the floor. More members rush to my aid. “See to the injured.” Bear calls to them while picking me up from the floor quite easily and carries me into my bedroom.
I sit on the end of my bed, mine and Roars bed and hold my hands over my face and cry harder than I’ve ever cried. Bear kneels down in front of me and grabs my wrists trying to pull my hands away from my sobbing face. “Amber, he is not dead, he was taken.” Bear still holds down my wrists. “Why would they take him?” I plead. “Amber you know why, they will use him to study our ways.” “Then I will rescue him.” I say boldly drying my eyes. I stand up and walk towards my wooden armour chest. “Amber, we can’t we were all almost killed.” Bear says standing up. “I know, that’s why I’m going alone.” I pull off my clothes in anger not caring that Bear is there and put on my Wolf Armour. I then walk into the dining area to where everyone else is. Everyone stops and looks towards me and then scatters about looking for their weapons ready to go to another battle or blood shed. “You are all so beautiful.” I say trying to hold back more tears. “You have all almost lost your lives and now are prepared once again to join me into battle. I love you all with everything I have but I must go alone.” Bear walks slowly behind me. “Amber you can’t do this alone.” “I will and I shall.” I say grabbing a steel battle axe. “But you’ll die.” A soft voice says from the crowd. “If we all go more will die, if I go alone I can sneak in and rescue Roar. It’s easier to hide one of us than all of us. If I don’t try I’m as good as dead without Roar anyway.” No one speaks as they know I will not change my mind.
I gather more weapons and a few healing potions. “Bear?” I say. “If I don’t return, look after my family. If the pages in my Note Book become empty the Note Book is then yours.” I then open the door to the long night a head. “Amber I beg of you to let me come with you.” I ignore Bear and wonder through the streets of Whiterun and head out towards the Hunters hide out where Roar is held.
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