Skyrim One Shot

"Are you sure that you're up to the task of accompanying me?" Aela gracefully managed to hop over tree roots and vault over some of the smaller boulders that hindered your traversal of the environment so much, it was as if she was one with the forest and valleys.

"I may not have been with the companions for long but that doesn't mean I am any less capable than you are."

"All I am saying is that there is more to being a companion than being able to swing a sword and appease a Jarl. There is more to us than you may ever know. For example, if we were being tracked down right this second by a pack of wolves, would you know?"

"I have stood toe-to-toe with vampires, giants, dragons and demons. I think I can take care of myself if I had to fight a wolf for the three hundredth time." Aela drew an arrow from her quiver, spun on her heels and with intrepid speed shot a whistling arrow into the jagged and thorny forest floor.

The body of a wolf slumped forward out underbrush with an arrow stuck in it's flank and clotting blood tangling it's fur, you could hear the patter of paws run away in the opposite direction.

"That was not my question and clearly the answer was no. I need my shield brother/sister to always be alert. If I can't trust you now, I never will." She turned her back to you and retrieved her arrow from the fallen hunter.

"It was just a wolf." You protested. "See, were both fine, it didn't even stand a chance. You forget that I am the Dragonborn. The person destined to rid the world... of dragons. What is a wolf to that?"

"There has been Dragonborn before you, there will be Dragonborn after you. Don't let your hubris get in the way of helping the people of Tamriel."

"You're right. All I want is to help, I am hoping the Companions can point me in that direction."

"Well I wouldn't exactly call defiling our ancestors tombs in search of artefacts "helping" but, it is a start. I see that you have a good heart inside of you, even if it is clouded by pride and lust, you will do great things for this world and it's people. Just... look out for the wolfs of the world."

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Written by Aaron