Odahviing was not pleased with her. Although the dragonborn could feel his disapproving gaze on her she held her head up high and grinned proudly. She had waited on top of the Monahven for days, waiting for Toormaarfeyn to come. He had no idea that it was him she was waiting for and when he finally showed up he had been quite surprised when she had approached him.
It had been quite civil. She had asked into him, asking him about himself and he answered her to the best of his abilities while sending her suspicious glances every now and then. It was first when he had started to relax and laugh at something that her attitude had turned. She had let him know of her disapproval of the chosen nickname by taking a deep breath and shouting the dragon off the mountain, showing him exactly how "weak" she was. The other dragons that were present had been shocked at the sudden change and some had moved away from the angered woman.
The dragon quickly caught himself from falling and had flown high above the mountain before landing before her with a loud roar. Toormaarfeyn had been outraged, but his anger was no match to the dragonborn's fury.
Toormaarfeyn had been the first to use the Thuum. Spraying burning fire at the dragonborn as if more to intimidate her than to damage her at first. The dragonborn had answered with her own shout, but she was completely dedicated to show this young dragon exactly why she was the dragonborn. Her fire had been incinerating, merciless and had managed to scorch the scales around Toormaafyen's head and neck, making the dragon roar in pain as the skin underneath was burnt.
He took to the skies, using his wings as an advantage but the Nord woman had predicated this and was ready for it. The moment he was high enough up in the air she had shouted thw Thuum she had learnt to ground Alduin. Her voice lashed at the airborne dragon's very soul and the surprise and pain he felt as his immortality left him caused him to lose his grip on the wind and fall towards the ground.
The dragonsborn was quick to move out of the way as the beast tumbled into the ground, digging into the frozen earth as he did so. He wiggled around as he tried to catch his fleeting breath, panic clearly running through him.
"So you think I'm weak? Perhaps I should demonstrate to you just how I managed to defeat Alduin." She had said harshly as she had stepped on the grounded dragon's head. He wiggled slightly underneath her but beside that he didn't move. Fire danced at the tip of her tongue and for a moment she had been tempted to aim the words at him. But the dragon was already down; he had already surrendered to her.
"Don't ever disrespect me again." She had said and stepped off of him and turned to their audience. "Is there anyone else who wishes to challenge me!?" She had shouted at the top of her lungs. The wind carried her voice higher, distorting it and making it more diabolic than it was. None of the dragons had cowered; none had lowered their gaze from hers. But none had said anything either.
With that she looked back at Toormaarfyen, who was finally getting up but the dragon was shaking slightly and lowered his gaze when he saw her looking. He had just felt mortality for the first time, he had just seen what it was like to be her, and if that didn't scare him, then nothing would. But it did, and as she took her leave she could feel his eyes returning to her, observing, speculating.
Paarthurnax had not uttered a word under the exchange but had perched silently on his wall, smiling quietly to himself.
But Odahviing wasn't quite as pleased with her as her mentor seemed to be, and had every intention of letting her know. "You do realize that he could have killed you right? What in the name of Akatosh were you thinking!?" He said concerned as he walked back and forth on the shore of the small lake they had claimed for themselves for the evening.
The dragonborn beamed proudly at I'm as she tried to catch her dinner. The fishes were very slippery, not to mention fast. "You're such a mother hen Odah! It went fine and there was no way he would be able to beat me, I have been working on that Thuum ever since you told me about the nickname and Paarthurnax helped me meditate on it. I knew what I was doing!" She said as another fish evaded her hands. Odahviing still crumbled but settled down as the dragonborn finally caught the last fish and walked back to the shore where she had built a small fireplace.
Several fish were already laid out on the dry grass and she quickly lit the fire before stroking the dragon's muzzle in comfort. "Come now, you knew I would have to stand up to him eventually." She said and started cooking the first couple fish, feeding Odahviing one raw.
"I know, but I just wanted to be there" He said grumpily and ate his fish. The dragonborn laughed "So you could have stepped in? I know you Odah, you would not have been able to stay out of it and I needed to do it myself." She said and the dragon beside her went quite, knowing that she was right.
He sighed and looked at her shortly. "Just take care of yourself, you're not quite as tough as a dragon and I would like of you to live a little longer."
What's this? Two chapters in one day! You guys are just privileged I guess xD
SOrry for making Odah such a mother hen btw xD
