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The Elder Scrolls: The Dragonborn of Equestria

by Urimas Ebonheart

Chapter 27: Chapter 26

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Author's Notes:

From now on when Farengar uses a shout the recharge will be shown as a violet colour.

The Elder Scrolls: the Dragonborn of Equestria
Chapter 26

I wake up from the sound of a squeaky noise. I look up to see a brown griffin with black feathers stepping on a toy, it's wearing a face mask and clothing that has multiple knives strapped to it, similar to that unicorn I fought in Ponyville. It notices I'm awake and leaps at me with a dagger in its hand.

More worried about Moonbeam and Luna's safety, I inhale and shout. "fus RO DAH!" {25%} The noise makes everyone wake up with a scream, the griffin is sent flying through the wall which crumbles from the force.

The griffin lies on the floor in the hallway groaning and trying to stand up, but her arms look broken. "TALA! ATTACK!" I yell as I try to get out of bed, hard to do with two ponies gripping me for dear life.

Tala barks and rushes over to the stunned griffin and clamps down on its throat, she then starts to savagely shake her head as the griffin screams in pain, its voice sounds feminine. Blood starts to pour from her wound as Tala rips out a chunk of her flesh. "TALA, COME BACK!" I yell and she complies.

Guards start to swarm the halls, but it's too late, the griffin is already dead. "Good girl Tala," I praise her, she yips happily and sits by the bed, she's going to need cleaning as blood drips from her mouth.

I finally manage to get the two ponies to let go, I stand up and summon an Aedric Spear just in case {90%}.

A guard walks in and stops in front of me. "Sir!" he says with a salute. "Are you and the others alright?" he asks.

I nodded. "Yes we're fine, Tala here saved us," I reply. Tala yips again, waging her tail.

"What happened?" he asks.

"That griffin was sneaking in our room, I was awoken by her stepping on a squeaky toy. She then leapt at us with a dagger, so I used a shout to push her away, I was pinned down by the others so I ordered Tala to attack, she killed her and I called her back, then you lot arrived," I explain {68%}.

"Very well, we'll run a check on her to find out who she is," he says. I nodded and head back to Luna, I dismiss the spear and sit beside her.

"Well, that's one way to wake up," I say with a chuckle, trying to calm her down.

She frowns and looks me in the eyes. "How can you be so calm after we were almost killed?" she retorts with a snort.

I shrug. "I guess I'm just used to it, been attacked in my sleep before by an assassin." I remember the time a dark brotherhood assassin almost got me at an inn I was staying at once, I never did find out why.

She sighs and leans against me, I then notice something flying away from the window. I instantly ask Luna to bring my armour and sword to me, she does so with a glow of her horn and I put on the chestplate and helmet. Luna asks what I'm doing.

"Something just flew away from the window, I'm going after it!" I grab my sword, open the window, and jump out giving chase to the escaping shadow, two pegasi guards also follow me out {100%}.

I look to the pegasus to my right. "You! Flank the right side from above!" He nodded and flies off above and to the right, I turn to the pegasus to my left. "And you! Go left and from below! I want to catch this guy!" He nodded and dives down gaining speed and goes to the left.

I slowly catch up to the silhouette, with the enchantment of the helmet giving me clearer vision and the ability to see in the dark, I can see it's another griffin, the moonlight barely reflecting off its cloak.

"NOW!" I yell. The two pegasi lunge at the griffin hitting both its sides, causing it to spin out of control. I flap my wings with a mighty stroke and tackle the griffin, it squawks from the impact as I clamp my arms and legs around it, from the sound of its voice it's male.

I slowly glide down to the meadow below with the two guards, the griffin is trying to struggle free but in vain. I land with a slight tumble, the guards then tie up the griffin and lift him up by ropes, we all fly back to the castle to find Celestia, Luna, and Shining Armour waiting for us.

I land next to Luna and remove my helmet as the guards dump the prisoner at Celestia's hooves.

"Who are you?" Celestia demands, I just notice a very angry look on her face, she looks ready to kill someone.

The griffin just remains silent and frowns at her.

"WHO ARE YOU!" she yells this time.

This time he just growls at her, so I speak up. "Celestia, may I try?" She nodded and I kneel down.

"Who are you?" I say in a normal tone, he spits in my face and I just wipe it off.

I reach out and grab his left wing, I pull out two of his primary feathers and he groans from the pain, the ponies all gasp at my methods.

"Who are you?" I ask again in the same normal tone.

"Go drown yourself!" he yells at me. I put my gauntlets on and drag his ass to the bathroom, I fill the tub with ice cold water. Once deep enough, I pick him up by the back of his neck and dunk his head in the water.

After twenty seconds, I pull him out. "Who are you?" Again no answer.

I pull out two more feathers and dunk him again. After another twenty seconds, I pull him out of the water and wait.

He's gasping for air as I grip the back of his neck. "Well?" I ask. He answers by trying to bite my face off, which I respond with an armoured fist to his beak, his beak chips a bit as blood drips from his nostrils.

"Fine then, we'll step it up a notch. Shining, hold out his right wing." He hesitates but does as I ask. I draw my sword and get ready to chop his wing off.

The griffin's eyes go wide as he sees what I'm about to do. "ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! I'LL TALK!" I lower my sword and step in front of him.

"My name is Shadow Claw, I was ordered by the Prince to report the results of your assassination!" he says with a panicked tone, the news makes me frown.

"Why did he want me dead?" I ask.

"You attacked him and refused to join the army, he saw you as a threat and ordered your death." My anger towards the Prince just keeps going up.

"See? That wasn't so hard now was it? Alright Shining, do what you want with him, I've got a Prince to confront." Shining looks worried at what I might do, I walk over to my armour and put the rest on.

"What are you going to do?" Celestia asks.

"Show him the mistake he just made. Not only did he order my death, but he put Luna and my daughter in harm's way, I'm going to kill him if you let me. If not, I'll just beat him to in inch of his life, heal him and beat him some more!" I say with clear anger in my voice.

Celestia steps in my way as I head for the door. "Please don't. If you kill him, his father won't take it lying down," she pleads.

I grumble and she continues. "That's an order!" she tells me sternly and I just sigh.

"Fine, but I'm still going to confront him, you can come along if you want." She nodded as I put my sword back on the stand, Shining levitates Shadow Claw out of the room along with the female griffin corpse.

I, Celestia and four guards head over to the medical wing, Luna stays with Moonbeam as she cleans Tala up.

We all arrive at the Prince's room at the medical wing and I burst through the door. The moment he sees me, his eyes go wide. I bare my teeth, growl and clench my fists. I step aside and let Celestia through along with the four guards, the guards surround the Prince as I stand just in front of Celestia with my left hand engulfed with golden flames, ready to react if he tries anything stupid.

Celestia also has an angry look but not as intense as mine. "Prince Razor Beak, you are under arrest for the attempted murder of Farengar Battle-blade and endangering Princess Luna and his daughter, you will be placed in the dungeons until your father arrives to punish you. If he fails to retrieve you, you shall remain in the dungeons where we shall place judgement upon you." Her tone was stern and brokered no excuse.

The Prince growls in anger. "This kingdom will be mine! By marriage or by force!" he yells as he lunges at Celestia, oh that made me very happy. Before the guards could react, I thrust out my right hand and grip his throat and with as much strength as I could, I slam him on the floor.

He gasps as the wind gets knocked out of him and I hold my left hand in front of his face. "You'll stay still if you value your life, your still breathing only because the Princess asked me not to kill you," I tell him with a snarl.

Realizing he's outmatched, he grunts and places his hands... or talons I guess, by his sides. I slowly get off him and flip him onto his belly where the guards place him in shackles and take him away.

Celestia sighs. "Thank you for restraining yourself, and thank you for protecting me,” she says and smiles at me.

My frown fades and I smile back. "Yeah well, I was really close to burning his face off," I reply with a sigh and walk out the room with her. We follow the guards to the dungeon and watch as he's chained to the wall in a cell.

Celestia then speaks to the Prince. "Your father has a week to get you. If he fails to do so, you will be punished by Equestrian law." Razor Beak just growls.

"My father will have your heads for this! And you!" he says looking at me. "I will be there to personally take yours!"

I chuckle at his attempt to threaten me. "Go ahead, I can take on a dragon, not to mention that I can also summon a dragon to fight by my side," I reply.

That seemed to take the wind out of his sails. "You lie! The dragons don't follow anyone's orders apart from their leader!"

"I'll just let you decide if I'm telling the truth or not, but the death of your soldiers will be on your head," I tell him.

He just snarls and tries to break the chains.

Celestia turns to some guards. "I want constant watch on him, three guards, an earth pony, unicorn,and pegasus at all times. If he refuses to eat, force him to." They salute and three guards take position at the cell.

I leave with Celestia and walk back to my room. "What time is it?" I ask her.

"Hmm? It's about five in the morning," she replies. I nodded in reply.

"So what happens now?"

"I'll send another letter to King Iron Beak about what has transpired, you will stay with Luna in case there's another attack." She then takes on a serious tone. "I'm trusting you with her life, please don't make me regret my decision."

I nodded, I won't let anyone harm Luna. We both make it back to the room where guards are stationed at the door and window.

"Farengar!" Luna says and hugs me. "What happened?" she asks and I explain to her what happened. "Good, he must be mad if he thought he could take Equestria by force!" I just smile and hug her back.

Celestia leaves to write her letter while we all move to Luna's room since my room is compromised, I bring all of my belongings as well.

For the next two hours, I teach Moonbeam another spell from the book, this time the ward spell. Luna goes to the window to lower the moon as Moonbeam practices the spell. By the end of the two hours, Moonbeam can make a small thirty centimetre wide ward shield, I praise her and she smiles.

Once Luna finishes her task, I equip my sword and bow, then we all head over to the Dining Hall to find Thunderfist, Dene Tha and Ayala sitting at the table with Celestia and Shining Armour, I also spot Armoured Honour standing guard at the door. I smile at him and bump his hoof with my fist.

"Ah, Farengar!" Thunderfist says with his booming voice, Moonbeam looks up at him and her jaw drops. "Princess Celestia has told us of what happened, I wish I could have been there to see it for myself," he says with a chuckle, he stands up and extends his large hand to me.

I grip his hand and shake it. "That's some fine armour you have there, it seems my son has made yet another masterpiece! Not even a single scratch or dent from your fight with that dragon!" he proudly says looking at my armour.

"Your son made my armour?" I ask.

"That he did. Celestia asked for our finest blacksmith to make a suit of armour for a special friend, so I sent my son Hammerhoof to do it." He pats me on the back and walks back to his seat.

I head to the chair I used yesterday and sit, Luna sits across from me and Moonbeam sits in Razor Beak’s spot while still looking up at Thunderfist next to her.

"Luna, are you alright?" Ayala asks.

"I'm fine, Farengar did very well protecting us." Tala barks at Luna. "Tala did a good job as well," Luna says as she pats Tala on the head.

We all ordered our breakfasts and dig in, I then turn to Celestia. "What will you do with the bones from the dragon?" I ask her.

She looks up while chewing on some lettuce, she swallows and replies. "I'm not sure, they're surprisingly light and very durable, if we can find a way to mould it, it could prove to make some effective weapons or armour." Thunderfist seems to perk up at the concept.

"If you'd like Princess, I could send my son back to try his hand at making some armour or weapons from it," he offers.

Celestia smiles. "That would be very kind of you. If he could, I'd like him to make another suit of armour for Farengar, though as for weapons, that won't be necessary. The moonsteel sword he has is made from a metal that's even stronger than the dragon bones," she replies. "Also, you may keep what's left of the bones as payment if you'd like."

Thunderfist nodded in agreement. "That's very generous of you, Princess," he replies and looks down at Moonbeam. "Why is the young one staring at me?" He asks.

"Moonbeam, have you met a minotaur before?" I ask her, she just keeps looking at him but shakes her head.

Thunderfist laughs as he pats her on the head with a single finger.

Dene Tha is just minding her own business, Luna on the other hand looks worried. "What's the matter Luna?" I ask her.

She looks up at me. "Do you still have to go to these Greybeards? What if you're attacked again?" she asks me.

"With my new magic and sword, I'm sure I can handle another dragon. Besides, Sharatier will also be with me along with Paarthurnax and the Greybeards," I reply. She still looks unsure.

"I'll probably be gone for only a few hours, Mt Drakan isn't that far is it?" I ask.

"It’s about a thirty minute flight at thirty miles an hour," Luna replies.

"Then it'll only take about four hours at best," I say and take a sip of my drink.

She looks down in thought for a few seconds. "Then I'm going with you," she states, looking back at me.

I look at Celestia to see what she thinks. "Luna, I don't think that's a good idea," Celestia says. "Don't forget, there may be more attempts on your life."

"I'll be fine, Tia. Farengar will be with me, and I've also learnt a few spells from his book," Luna replies.

Celestia looks surprised at that. "When?" she asks.

"Oh, er, two days ago," she replies sheepishly.

Celestia sighs and shakes her head. "Fine, but at the first sign of trouble, I want you back here. I lost you once before, I don't want to lose you again..." I can see her trying not to show any tears.

I look to her with a smile and determined eyes. "Don't worry, Celestia. I'd rather die then let her get hurt." I look at Luna and see she has a large smile, Ayala just 'awwws' next to me.

Celestia gives me a faint smile but clearly still worried. "Okay, just be safe," she tells me and I nodded to her. During breakfast, Thunderfist and I chat about our cultures.

"What made you become a race of smiths?" I ask him.

He chuckles. "We've been a metal working people for hundreds of years, we can't remember why, but it's just in our blood. Each and every taur crafts his or her own weapon and armour, we're also hired to craft items like your armour by other races," he replies.

"What about your race? What makes you special?" he asks.

I hum in thought for a second. "Well, we nords have a diverse culture that spreads across multiple aspects, such as music, food, the arts, education, festivals and holidays, architecture, infrastructure and religion. We're also fierce warriors and some of us even specialize in magic," I reply.

The conversation lasts for another ten minutes before a loud thud and a mild rumble echoes throughout the castle.

"It would seem Sharatier has returned," Celestia says. "Please be careful."

"We will, shall we?" I look to Luna and smile.

"Let’s," she replies. We then get up and head for the door.

Thunderfist speaks up before we leave though. "If you ever have the time, I'd be honoured if you would visit our great city of Steelhorn." I nodded in reply. "Great! May hammer and strength be with you," he says.

"And wind guide you," I reply.

I say goodbye to the others, Shining nodded to me, although he was silent during breakfast, resumes his talk with Celestia. I bump Honours hoof again as Luna and I head out to the courtyard to find Sharatier waiting for us.

"Alright Dovahkiin, I will guide you to Mount Drakan and the Greybeards, follow me," she says and takes off into the air before I could reply, I look to Luna and shrug.

We also take off and follow after her. Sharatier remains silent as we fly high over the landscape. I see the Everfree Forest and Ponyville, the large apple orchard easily seen to my left, in the far distance to my right is a barren land with a train track going through it, ahead of me is a tall but thin mountain, to the side of it in the distance is a large looking city with tall square shaped buildings.

We're about halfway there after twenty minutes {95%}, below us is a lake with a few small houses around it. Luna and I chat with each other as we fly side by side.

Twenty minutes later, we arrive at the mountain, glad nothing bad had happened along the way {90%}. We all land on the top of the mountain in front of a large cave, three elderly nords walk out and nodded to me.

"Welcome, Dovahkiin, we've been waiting for you," the first greets me.

"Please follow us and we'll begin your training," the second tells me.

Sharatier just flies off as I enter the cave with Luna.

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