Chapter 6: The Fall From Grace: Part 1

Bayott follows Shadowmere outside and waits for her to finish shifting forms to her four legged one and hops on top of her saying, "Let's go kill another enemy Shadowmere, to the Badlands!" He then readies clairvoyance and casts it to lead the way while he holds on to her for dear life.

She then rears up and whinnies and takes off at a gallop down the road to where the Badlands are as he illuminates the path with his favorite spell. She races towards the skeleton of Numinex and gracefully jumps over it and lands on the other side and continues to follow the spell down the road to where they were heading.

Currently, Somewhere in Equestria

A.K. Yearling is making her way back towards Equestria after hearing a rumor that Ponyville was attacked and burned by a dragon. She silently thinks to herself, 'I hope that everypony is not hurt too bad from the attack. I can't help but wonder what the significance is of that symbol that is on the ground in front of that massive door? I can't believe that nopony could get those two massive doors open, I wonder what is inside of there.' As she continues her way towards Ponyville to survey the damage and offer her aid in making repairs.

Sky Dancer looks at her friend, apparently is lost in her thoughts and tries to distract her from her thoughts and says, "So A.K. what do you think could be behind those massive doors that are sealed?"

She looks at her friend and continues on their flight towards Ponyville as it slowly comes into view and says, "I am not sure, but I really want to know. I will ask Star Swirl to see if he has any ideas." She is interrupted as she sees the extent of the damage to Ponyville and flies faster to check on the health of the ponies inside. She lands beside Star Swirl and asks, "What happened here, is everypony ok? Do you all need help in making repairs to the town?"

Star Swirl turns to look at a tired A.K. Yearling as he is figuring out what to do next with the town and sighs in relief at her being ok and gives her a big hug saying, "Thank goodness you weren't still at the camp when the dragon hit it right after Brayville!"

A.K. and Sky Dancer tear up at hearing about the camp and say, "Why, what happened there!?"

He then hugs them both and tells them of the events that happened from what he heard from Discord, he holds them even tighter when he informs them of the fate of a few of their friends that were at the camp.

A.K. and Sky Dancer weep at hearing how some were eaten and others were burned and cry out, "NOO! That is the worst way to die! How can a dragon be so cruel to others without a single care."

Star Swirl then tells them who saved the residents of Ponyville and the fate of the dragon called Numinex. He then continues to hold them while they continue to sob over the loss of the friends they had at the camp and says, "There there girls, justice has been done for the loss of so many lives. Be thankful that Bayott arrived in time to save so many others. He is away right now fighting another named dragon called Nahagliiv that was last seen in the Badlands from what Princess Cadence tells me."

An Hour Later, In the Badlands

Bayott sees the wide and tall rock with a flat top and steers Shadowmere towards it with his voice saying, "There it is, that is the illusion that Cypher mentioned, I hope we haven't gotten here too late."

Shadowmere gallops over the ground, finally starting to feel tired from running so far. She begins to pant and says, "We are finally here, I was wondering if we were ever going to make it in time to save their queen. I need to catch my breath for a bit before we head back after the fight."

He feels a tingling as they pass through the illusion's barrier to see Nahagliiv laying waste to the changelings that try to defend the hive. Several being burned to a crisp or being chomped on and then spit back out to splatter against a rock like an insect being squashed. He then watches as a scream of rage and a bright green beam of light shoots through a hole in the hive, striking Nahagliiv and causes a little damage. Not wanting Nahagliiv to turn his attention to the Queen, he says to Shadowmere, "Go aid the injured while I draw his attention from the hive to me, now GO!" He then jumps off Shadowmere and runs a short distance from the momentum and stops himself. He watches her run a bit further away and then shouts to the sky, "NAH AG LIIV!!"

Nahagliiv swings her head around to face the dovah that just issued the challenge and her eyes widen as she sees a mortal human standing alone with a weapon of some sort on its back and a fire in their eyes, realizing that only one being would stand alone and face off against any dovah saying out loud, "Dragonborn so it is you that issued a challenge, I will test your mettle and strength and decide if you are worthy!" She then roars out in defiance against the Dragonborn and flies off in their direction to answer the challenge.

Chrysalis watches as the large dragon takes it's attention off of her when a thunderous sound echoes through the chamber, says something and then flies away. She sighs in relief and collapses to the floor as a gash in her side causes her to pass out saying, "Whoever just drew that dragon away I owe them my life, maybe even offer them my hand if they are worthy enough." She then hears some of her subjects come running to her side and begin performing first aid.

Shadowmere yells out to any changeling outside, "If any of you can hear me, listen to what I have to say! There is going to be a major fight out here and we need to get the wounded inside to safety!" A loud humming buzz sound fills the air as the changelings that are able to move, begin to collect the injured and start carrying them inside.

Bayott looks at the dragon and is surprised at hearing it's female voice and asks, "I did not know that there were female dragons, are they that rare or do they just keep to themselves mostly?"

She senses that he has a few questions first and chooses to answer them and lands near him and then says, "Female dragons are indeed rare, males compete against each other for the right to mate after issuing a challenge to the female they want. We are free to do as we wish mostly, unless we have eggs to protect, then we don't leave them at all and rely on the mate to provide the food. If the mate dies, we must then choose another and rely on them for food or destroy the eggs. What makes you want to become my new mate? I don't think that it would be possible though, with you being a human and me a dovah." She watches as his expression changes and his face turns red, making her curious and asks, "What's the matter, can't you stand the sight of a strong, female dovah? Or did you just not know the mating rituals of the dov?"

He blushes fiercely and struggles to form a single thought and loses his balance and falls on his ass and finally says, "I-I-I had no clue that I was requesting to be your mate, I was calling you to fight and slay you to save the home of the changelings and their Queen." He is then startled when he hears a few snickers coming from her and asks, "Why do you find that amusing Nahagliiv?"

On the balcony overlooking Mundus/Equus in Aetherius

Arkay and the other divines snicker at the situation unfolding before them as he says, "Oh I find it hard to believe that you planned to make this happen! We haven't had this much entertainment since Sanguine played a few pranks on Talos when he was on mundus back then."

Akatosh chuckles softly at remembering the antics that used to happen back then and says, "I remember how he pranked someone by putting some manure in a burlap sack and set it alight in front of the house, oh how mad they got when they stomped it out with their bare feet!"

Mara then speaks up and adds to it saying, "Or how you used to prank our children when you discovered that ground chili powder can cause a dragon to sneeze and fart fire at the same time, oh how they hated us for doing that to them. They always got us back for it, except for Alduin..."

He slowly stops chuckling and sighs saying, "Yes, he only got madder and madder with every prank. When we created mankind, he began ruling over them with an iron fist."

She then walks over to him, gives him a hug and a kiss saying, "Perhaps things would be a bit different if we left him out of our pranks... Oh well, no one can change the past. All we can do is deal with the present and hope the future is brighter."

Back outside of the hive in the Badlands

Nahagliiv's body shudders as she can't hold back the laughter after hearing what he said and replies while writhing on the ground in laughter, "I do apologize for laughing, but I never thought that you were actually trying to get me to fight you. I heard my name called and turned to look for the dovah that said it, requesting to be my mate when I felt you and answered your challenge. It amuses me that a Dragonborn could be such a clueless heroine towards the ways of the dov!"

After a few minutes of laughing she then calms down a bit, then takes a few breaths and switches to a more serious tone and stops laughing, rights herself then asks him, "How many dovah have you slain since you were first awakened?"

Bayott scratches his head and thinks for a moment and then says, "Well, the very first dragon I have fought and slew was Murmulnir, I then found out from a Whiterun Guard that I was something called a Dragonborn. After I heard that I remembered finding a book about the Dragonborn and read it, the prophecy in it that suggests that I am the Last Dragonborn. Since then I have slain around a hundred and fifty dragons since, I am beginning to tire of slaying dragons all of the time. It got worse after I fought Numinex and almost lost my life after taking his soul and knowledge, I can't believe how close he came to actually killing me when he had me in his mouth and shook me like a rag doll and threw me onto the ground. He would have won if he didn't try to fly away. Thank Akatosh that Alduin didn't show up just then to fight me, I wouldn't have stood a chance. So what are you going to do now? Are you going to try to kill me like all the rest, or will you fly away?"

As she hears him tell of how many he has slain, she quivers with excitement when she hears him say he fought against Numinex and says, "That is quite a few for a Dragonborn to be able to survive through the fights, Numinex was one of the contenders to be my mate one time, but lost to Vulthuryol. I wonder whatever happened to him though, because he disappeared on me a few decades after becoming my mate. He and I only had half a dozen clutches of eggs that hatched. I haven't decided whether or not I want to fight you, or to be your mate." She then watches as he turns his eyes down from her in sadness, making her curious as well as anxious and asks, "Why did you look down when you heard me say the name Vulthuryol? Do you know something about him, tell me!"

He sighs and answers her saying, "I don't know how, but I was shouting at this artificial sun the ancient Dwemer created in Blackreach where they mined the Aetherium one day to see if I could knock it down and take the power they had powering it and then Vulthuryol somehow was summoned from it and began attacking me. After a troublesome battle with him I claimed his soul and knowledge, It astonishes me that you were not mentioned among the knowledge I received from him. I am sorry for the loss of your mate though."

Nahagliiv looks up at the sky and exhales smoke through her nose from hearing that the Dwemer found a way to trap a dragon inside of something as a power source and then looks back at him says, "Only their knowledge of the dragon language is transferred to the victor, not their memories of their lives. It is not you I am upset at, it is those accursed Dwemer for taking my mate from me when I had a clutch of eggs to protect!" She then closes her eyes, takes a few deep breaths and regains control of herself and reopens her eyes saying, "Thank you for telling me of his fate, in your own special way, you have saved him from something worse than death. For that, I thank you." As she thinks on what to do now, she falls silent for a few minutes.

Bayott then gets back up to his feet and tries to change the subject a little bit and asks her, "Please tell me more about the ways of the dov, I haven't found any other dragons willing enough to tell me anything about them. You are the first dragon ever to tell me anything at all aside from them fighting each other for status, and land.

She sighs lightly and then ponders whether or not to tell him more of the customs of the dragons when she says, "I am the first one that has told you anything at all? I am flattered at hearing that, I'm amazed that you managed to scrape by in your fight against Numinex. Only reason Vulthuryol won over Numinex was that he was more cunning, he didn't have his strength though. With you being a Dragonborn though, that could mean you are cunning and strong. That would make for an interesting pair, don't you think?"

He sighs in relief and starts to feel a little nervous at where this might be heading, he scratches his head a bit and says, "It would make for an interesting pair, but I am not ready for a relationship. I am sorry but that is where I am at right now, because I just woke up a few days ago and found out that I woke up alone with my companion Shadowmere, who somehow had her body altered and was given the ability to shift from her four legged form and her current one. There is a lot that has happened over the years here on mundus, like how it is called Equus now and a portion of it is ruled by a sentient race of Ponies. There are other Sentient races as well as a very different version of dragons when compared to the ones of times long past such as you, one of the princesses I met told me about minotaur, deer, buffalo, yaks, even some cattle that can speak though I haven't met any of the other creatures yet, but who knows where my travels might lead me in the future."

Nahagliiv chuckles and holds her head a little higher then says, "What is your name, Dovahkiin? Do you know what ever became of Paarthurnax? He is my uncle and I miss him greatly, is he still alive or did you kill him too? Who says the male has the option to just walk away after challenging a female Dovah. You are as the humans would say, 'up shit creek without a paddle', you are at my mercy now and shall await my response to your challenge. You seem to have a few tales to tell, so I shall choose you as my new mate. If you don't like the idea of being my partner, tough shit because I made my choice and you are stuck with it. I look forward to our life together and... 'there goes your canoe'. If you have any requests to make, I shall listen to them and follow if they are within reason." She then drops her head down a little bit and waits for his reply.

Bayott fights to maintain his balance and then sighs as he answers her, "I can't believe that you are related to the master of the Greybeards, my name is Bayott, I haven't seen his scaly hide ever since the war against the Aldmeri Dominion regained its fervor and was waged anew, lasting for ten years with Skyrim winning it. He told me just before he left to head back to Skyrim, that they had a journey to make before returning to High Hrothgar. They left on their journey the same day I had to leave for mine, I wondered if they slumber like me or if they are dead. I hope they are still alive, I don't have anybody but Shadowmere to talk to about the old days. It started to get really lonely when I had to kill Miraak, who was in service of Hermaeus Mora. I was really hoping to have some sort of actual family in the world, but fate was cruel and made me slay him. I really miss everyone I knew back then, but time is always moving forward with or without us being here for it. I guess that fate still wants to torment me in this life, I will have to just roll with the punches then. I have no choice in the matter, I must request that you refrain from seeking out territory, do not attack any sentient creatures, and aid me fighting against Alduin. Since I am to be your mate, do you have any requests of me? Is there some kind of a ritual to signify our union?"

Nahagliiv is shocked at him letting her make a request of him and blushes, turning her head away and says, "I do hear and understand your request and will stick to it. Though I don't want to fight my father, but I don't like how he ruled over mankind, he was extremely ruthless and unforgiving. If you need me to aid you in fighting against him, just call on me for aid and I will join the fight. If you desire to take other partners, all I ask is that you acknowledge me as your first partner, but love us all equally. I only request to be the first is due to the fact that female dovah go into season once every three years, that and I am most likely to be the elder unless you seek out other female dovah. If you are already partnered with another, I shall be fine with being the second in charge under her. I was slain by a band of warriors days after my cycle passed, there is a ritual, but it is very simple to complete. To complete the pairing ritual, we both say together, 'Through battle we prove our strength. We bind a wing together as one pair, through health, life, and fury. May our enemies know defeat at our hand. Should one of us return to the earth, may the other protect our young. When life leaves the other, our bind together shall time tear. We suffer the cold to find peace over our loss of the other before starting again.' that is it for the ritual except the fact that we must shout these words of power in unison in this order with a pause in between each pair, they are, 'Grah Mul, Gron Viing, Haas Laas Nah, Viik Haal, Dal Gol, Laas Gron, Tiid Vaaz, Aus Krah Drem.' After that is said, we touch our foreheads together and typically bite each other to taste the others blood and signify our union. After the blood is shared, we take to the skies to go to our new mountain. Just let me know when you are ready to begin."

He sighs, shakes his head and freezes saying, "Wait...are you screwing with me right now? Alduin is your father?! I beat him twice in battle, once at the top of the Throat of the World and traveled to Skuldafn. I actually killed him in Sovngarde, but couldn't absorb his soul. How are you not furious with me and wanting revenge?!" He slowly starts backing away, waiting for her to attack him.

She casts her eyes to the ground in brief sadness before looking up at him again and says, "No I am not screwing with you, Alduin is my father. You proved that you were stronger than him when you beat him twice, you shook the other dov's belief in him by doing that just once. I have no reason to be angry or want revenge for your feat. Stop backing away from me, I am not angry at you. How did you get up to Skuldafn without wings to take you there, don't tell me you enslaved a dragon and forced him to take you there."

Bayott chuckles and rubs the back of his helmet and says, "Sorry, it's become an instinct when facing a dragon. Umm... no... not really because I learned of a dragon's name called Odahviing and made plans to trap one of Alduin's allies using Jarl Balgruuf's palace that is called Dragon's reach, which held Numinex prisoner many years ago. After trapping him, I made a trade for his freedom to fly me to Skuldafn and stop helping Alduin. After I returned to the Throat of the World, many dragons he brought back acknowledged my power and he called me thuri. I wonder whatever happened to him after the war with the Thalmor."

Nahagliiv's eyes widen at the mention of her son and quickly moves her face closer to his and says, "You know my son! He is alive! I think he will return to us one day since you did not kill him, I will rejoice the day he returns to me once more! He is one of the children I had during my pairing with Vulthuryol." Realizing how excited she got, she clears her throat and backs off a little bit.

He then chuckles and crosses his arms saying, "Yes I know your son, he is strong, the last time I saw him was when I summoned him to fight against the Thalmor. By the way, what is it with you dovah and blood, I am ready to get this over with whenever you are. I hope you don't mind me having to use this weapon on my back to draw your blood in order to taste it, feel free to bite me anywhere you wish. I wonder how he will react to my partnering to you."

She chuckles and sighs in amusement at her method of torturing Bayott with no way to get out of partnering with her saying, "Whaaaat... blood is good, it has lots of nutrients for a dragon! I am ok with you using that weapon to draw my blood, if you are ok with me biting your arm. We will find out once he returns to this world one day."

Bayott then gives her a loose grin and tells her, "I don't have any issues with your request either, you shall be the first after the loss of my previous wife. I am fine with you biting me on the arm to taste my blood, let's begin."

Nahagliiv lifts her head into the sky and looks down at him and says, "Stand beside me and speak together with me, watch for my cue when I open my mouth to speak and look up into the sky to begin saying the oaths. After the first part is over, we will then move on to the next shout part which will take a little time due to our souls needing to rest for each grouping. When this is all over though, I do expect you to clean yourself properly because you stink somewhat horrible."

He moves to stand beside her, then scoffs and jabs her in the wing with his elbow saying, "Look who's talking, you smell like you bathed in sulfur mixed with that stinking red mist from the Red Belly Mine, it's making my eyes water."

She knocks him over with a wing and shouts, "FUS!" then says to him, "Hey! I couldn't help where my bones were buried okay, what is your excuse rotting corpse?" She then thinks to herself, 'Oh yes, you will make a fine mate indeed.'

Bayott then gets back onto his feet with a light grunt and says, "I'm sorry, I couldn't help being told to travel to Ustengrav to sleep for seventy thousand years, when I woke up I couldn't see or do anything else until my other senses returned. I felt my face when I could feel, smell, and hear things around me. I used my sense of touch to find out how I appeared, I looked like a damned draugr. That is a story for a different day though, let's get back to this ceremony." He then returns to her side and readies himself to recite the oath he heard from her.

Nahagliiv chuckles at hearing that and says, "I pity you for sleeping that long and waking up looking like one of those old servants, I am sure you really had to 'go' after waking up."

He then laughs a little at the humor and replied, "There wasn't a river running through Ustengrav until I got there... Amazingly, somehow the enchantment that was placed over the ruin by Mara suspended most of my body's functions."

Discord silently sits on a cloud with a video camera and is catching the whole thing to use to mark a momentus event in history and says to himself, "I was right indeed, you will wreak fun chaos all across Equestria with your various travels. I will not allow myself to miss recording a single event or fight you have."

Shadowmere is staring in disbelief at what she is seeing and is too stunned to move as she watches Nahagliiv and Bayott having a conversation and not fighting to the death. Too stunned to react, she says to a passing changeling, "Do you see what I am seeing and having a hard time believing!?"

Thorax stops and looks in the direction she is staring and replies, "Looks like they are talking it out instead of fighting, is that a problem?"

She stares at the two as they begin speaking into the sky in unison and answers him, "I...don't think so...but this is just the last thing I was expecting!"

The two of them slowly attract more and more changelings to watch after the wounded have been moved inside to recover when a tall changeling limps in to join them in watching what is happening and then breaks the silence saying, "Thorax, what in the name of Tartarus is going on here, can you explain to me why these changelings are standing around doing nothing but watching those two out there talk!"

Thorax whips around and says, "My Queen! I apologize for neglecting my duties, but that smaller creature out there stopped the larger one from attacking the hive any further! BACK TO WORK EVERYLING!"

Chrysalis replies back to Thorax, "I will permit them to take a short break while those two talk to each other, but when they are done, I expect everyling to get back to work." She then turns her head to watch the two speak into the sky as they lower their heads for a moment.

Nahagliiv takes a moment to lower her head and say to him, "Are you ready to begin the next part Bayott?"

He turns to look at her and notices that she has really pretty bright green eyes with vertical slits and says to her, "I am ready, let us continue."

She then turns her head back around and says, "Very well then, here we go." She raises her head into the sky and then begins the second part of the ritual.

The two of them shout out to the skies together, announcing the formation of their union to any who can hear it. Several minutes pass by when they finish the last few words of the shouts. Nahagliiv lowers her head and nods at him, signalling him to stand before her for the last part of the ritual.

A Few Minutes ago, Somewhere in Equestria

Alduin is just about to resurrect another of the Dov when he hears the distant shout of a pairing ritual happening somewhere in the distance. He gets a chill up his spine and decides that checking that out is more important than resurrecting another dovah and races off in the distance to investigate it.

Arriving a few minutes later, he sees a horrifying sight before him. His daughter choosing to partner with the Dragonborn that defeated him twice, and succeeded in killing him in Sovngarde the second time and roars in a rage and then races forth to keep the ceremony from completing.

Presently, near the Changeling hive

Bayott then moves in front of her as she arches her neck and lowers her head just enough so that he can touch his forehead to hers. He stops just in front of her and removes his helmet and holds under his arm as he leans his head forward and lays it against hers and closes his eyes.

Nahagliiv feels the heat from his forehead as it makes contact with hers, acknowledging each other as partners and pauses a moment to let the sensation sink in before raising her head and then lowers it close to the ground to finish the ritual saying, "So Bayott, do you want to go first or do you want me to?"

He thinks for a moment and then answers her, "I will go first, do you have a preference where I inflict the wound?"

She considers that for a few seconds and says, "Anywhere past my neck and before the shoulders on the upper left side of my body will be fine, that is not close to my heart so you don't have to worry about killing me on our pairing day. Any preference where I bite you?"

Bayott responds almost instantly saying, "Anywhere on the meaty part of my upper arms is fine, that way you don't have to worry about making me a crippled Dragonborn who can't fight with both arms anymore. I hope you aren't too grossed out by the weapon I created." He then sets his helmet down and reaches up for his battle axe and then begins to pull it free from his back.

Nahagliiv watches as he pulls the battle axe off of his back and exclaims in disgust as she says, "Great Akatosh! Is that made from dragon bones!? You are an absolute barbarian you know that, to complete the ritual that will bind us together as mates! Hurry up and get it over with, at least that isn't one of Vulthuryol's bones you used to make that thing."

He holds his battle axe in one hand with the handle resting on his shoulder with the blade just behind his right shoulder and looks at her and says, "No, this one was Murmulnir, I can't remember what I did with the bones I got from Vulthuryol. If you can tell which bones are his, you can have them back if you want something to remember him by, or I could craft you a necklace or something? Do you want me to cut you with the big end or the small end?"

She ponders for a moment and then says to him, "I shall let you choose which end to to use, for you shall live with the mark you make on me."

Bayott smiles and says, "Very well then, let me show you how skillful I am in my smithing. As well as how sharp dragonbone weapons are." He then walks to her left side and pulls the axe off his shoulder with two hands and drops down into a stance for a diagonal swing starting from the upper right going down to the left and looks at her one more time before he swings saying, "Are ready for the pain this will cause you, Nahagliiv? This will hurt, a lot."

Nahagliiv steadies her breathing and calmly says, "Yes I am ready, just do it already. Don't make a female dovah wait, its cruel."

He moves his hands together and begins the swing, letting the axe head come close to the ground to pick up momentum. He then rotates his hands to keep the blade steady and picks up a little speed and swings hard, bringing the head of the axe above his head.

She watches as he swings the battle axe with practiced motions, the blade somehow catches the light beautifully and makes a small rainbow as it slings off droplets of water that are on the blade. It makes its arc up and over her head and down towards her left side, then makes contact with her hide and slices clean through, causing her to shout, "YOL TOOR SHUL!" and leaving a big gash in her side, allowing blood to flow through the heavy wound.

Bayott lets the weapon bite into the dirt and lets go of it saying, "Oh shit, I didn't mean to go that deep, I'm sorry. I will finish this up quickly then you can do your part ok?" He then moves to the wound and leans forward, and takes a mouthful of the blood leaking out from the wound and swallows it, feeling his body warm up a bit. He then readies his Grand Healing spell and charges it, then casts it on her wound. As the wound begins to heal, he hears a loud roar of a dragon come from a short distance away and spots something flying their way in a hurry and says to her, "You better finish your part quickly because something is coming this way, fast." He then pulls his axe out of the dirt and sets it back in place on his back and hurries to stand in front of her within reach, and holds his arm out for her to bite.

Nahagliiv sighs and then says, "Thank you for healing that, a wound like that would leave a nasty scar on me. I agree with you, that roar belongs to my father and he is very mad. Brace yourself, this will hurt a lot." She then opens her jaws wide and takes his whole arm into her mouth, and bites down on his bicep. The blood begins to rush into her mouth and she gets an unpleasant after taste but continues to take his blood until there is enough there to swallow. When she finally swallows the small mouthful of blood, she turns to him and says, "I should warn you that the link between us will be formed in a few hours, so you don't have to worry about being weakened from it right away. Now that we are mates, please call me Naha instead of my full name."

Alduin gets angrier when he arrives just in time to watch the two taste each others' blood, completing the ritual and calls out in anger at his daughter first and saying, "Vir krilon hi kuz daar nizah dovah ol hin liin! Zu'u zent hi wah lost lok qurnen fod hi tinvaak vahrot voth laas feliig! Vir gut hi lost mahlaan nol ustiid, Zu'u los rinik vosotivaal ko hi mon! (How dare you take this false dragon as your mate! I expected you to have high standards when you speak oaths with a life partner! How far you have fallen from the past, I am very disappointed in you daughter!)"

She looks at her father and yells back at him saying, "Zu'u los drehlaan voth vir hi vahraan joor mal zos wey setkiir ahrk kip! Rok vorohah zey nep fah diist tiid ko dii ulaan ahkos, drus Zu'u frundiin faan mok dii liin! Hi vust mindos truk uv ziin nol joor waan hi nunon ofan nii grozein. (I am done with how you treat the mortals little more than toys and food! He made me laugh for the first time in my entire existence, therefore I gladly call him my mate! You could learn a thing or two from the mortals if you only give it a chance.)" Before she can say any more, her mate Bayott steps before her and faces him.

He stands in front of her and picks his helmet up off the ground saying back to her, "I will deal with this, you get to safety because this will not be pleasant. Make sure no one else is within range or they will almost surely die when he casts that meteor storm he loves to use on his enemies."

Nahagliiv turns and flies a short distance away towards the group in front of her and spots the tall female that looked strong and lands saying, "We need to get out of range of the fight before Alduin uses his favorite power, while my mate is going to fight him."

Shadowmere walks up to Nahagliiv and says, "What do you mean by mate? Was that what you two were doing earlier with the speaking, shouting, and blood?"

She looks to the four legged female horse and says to her, "Yes, when he shouted my name, he did not realize that he was requesting to be my mate. As I am a female dovah and female dov are rare, we have all the power when it comes to deciding who is worthy to become our mate. After he found out, he tried to back out of it but I told him it was too late and he had no choice but to wait for my decision. Wow, my father is really pissed at me for mating with the one who killed him once before at Sovngarde, this will be an interesting fight to watch."

Shadowmere and Chrysalis are both shocked and turn to look at her and say, "Alduin/That creature... IS YOUR FATHER!!"

She walks up closer and says, "This will be an interesting fight to watch, we will wait to see if he needs our help to drive him off once more." They all settle in to watch the all out brawl happen, eager to see who the victor will be.

Bayott glares up at Alduin's form and says to him, "You do not have the right to tell who your daughter to mate with! I admit I did not know that calling out a female dovah's name was actually a request to mate. When she told me that, I tried to back out and explained how I wanted to fight her instead. Then she told me It was too late and I had to wait for her decision, in which she still chose to mate with me! You are as good as dead to Naha, I will make sure to give you a swift death by taking your head like I took Numinex's!" He then draws out his battle axe and prepares to use a shout.

Alduin glares back at the Dragonborn who slew him filled with rage and yells at him, "You are not worthy of being a dovah or mating with my daughter, I shall return you to a pile of excrement so that the world forgets you even existed." He then shouts to the skies, and summons the meteors to strike him down.

He then races forth and skids to a stop as the meteors begin falling from the sky all around him and shouting, "JOOR ZAH FRUL!" and hits Alduin, making him roar out in annoyance and mild pain. He watches as the dragon lands in front of him and lunges at him with his jaws, sidestepping them easily and swings the axe at his neck, leaving a long horizontal gash running up the upper part of his neck and ending just past the back part of his lower jaw.

The World Eater roars in pain and twists his head around and shouts, "FUS RO DAH!" Pushing him back a few meters so he can use his fire breath against him next and shouting, "YOL TOOR SHUL!" and spews fire at him, trying to roast him alive.

Bayott then feels his skin starting to char and burn and charges forth through the flames and falling meteors, trying to close the distance to stun Alduin. As he gets close enough, he swings the flat side of his battle axe at the side of his head and succeeds in stunning him for a few seconds when he remembers that Mara hoped his ways could be changed and comes up with a thought of how to punish him for his crimes against man. He then sets his battle axe on the ground and switches his hands around, in a position where he can't swing it and yells to the skies, "Alduin The World Eater! For your crimes against Mundus and Equestria, I find you guilty and deserving of harsh punishment in hopes to change your ways of treating the world.

In Aetherius, The floating palace of the gods

The remaining divines watch on in curiosity as a dark aura begins to surround Bayott as he prepares a shout when Mara begins to worry, wringing her hands and softly says, "Please don't do it my son, not like this."

Akatosh looks to Mara in concern and asks, "Dear, what is wrong? Why do you talk so softly?"

Mara sighs and then says, "Do you see that dark aura that is forming around him?"

He nods his head and says, "Yes I do, why?"

Mara then says, "Do you remember that shout our son just used on Alduin, and when it was created?"

Akatosh is beginning to wonder where she is going with this and says, "Yeees..."

Mara sighs and looks at him and says, "That is the same dark aura, but this is darker still. He is thinking of a shout to use to punish Alduin for what he did back then and now."

They watch with baited breath, hoping that he doesn't break the laws of nature. They all prey for a miracle to keep Bayott from making a shout this dark.

She watches as he finishes the shout, turning the aura around him pitch black and exclaims, "NO! DON'T USE THAT MY SON!!" Tears stream down her face as she watches in horror as he prepares to use it yelling, "Brace yourselves, the after effects of this shout may hit us hard!"

At the fight between Alduin and Bayott, outside the Changeling hive

He then looks up the skies and takes his necklace in one hand as the meteors continue to fall and says, "Please forgive me for having no other hope to changing his ways..." He then drops the necklace and returns his hand to the battle axe and brings it up and sheathes it, then braces himself to use his new shout.

Alduin gets an uneasy feeling in the air and looks to the Dragonborn and says, "What is your name, pathetic little mortal? What are you planning to do to defeat me? You have no hope of surviving this day, so surrender to me and perhaps I shall allow you to live as a servant."

Bayott ignores the falling meteors, then sighs and answers him saying, "My name is Bayott, I hope you are able to forgive me for the pain I am about to inflict upon you Alduin!" he then takes in a breath and uses his new thu'um and shouting, "DUR UL VAAZ!" A black wave races forth and strikes Alduin, having no effect at first.

Nahagliiv gasps in horror as she watches the meteors fall less frequently when she hears the new shout and feels her body collapse and fall to the ground as she doesn't quite understand why he would come up with a shout this cruel.

Shadowmere looks to Nahagliiv with concern and asks, "I haven't heard that shout before, what does it do?"

She turns her head slowly to her and sighs saying, "That was a completely new shout he just created. If I understand the words enough, that was a curse shout he created that shouldn't exist. I think that it is supposed to rip away a dragon's immortality, which inflicts extreme pain to them because immortality is an important part of the dov's existence. I hope he doesn't incur the wrath of the gods for making something that harsh."

The World Eater feels the wave passing over him but has no effect and laughs saying, "That was what you were planning! That was utterly pathetic, it didn't do a single thing to..." his words are cut off by a massive thump of his heart, followed by a searing pain suddenly start raging across his whole body. He then screams out in agony from the pain and thrashes violently, hoping the pain stops soon. As it keeps on going, he is filled with rage and forces himself to ignore the pain for a few brief moments and lunges at the Dragonborn screaming, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! WHAT MADE YOU TWIST THE WORDS TO FORM THAT DESPICABLE SHOUT? DIE you insolent fool!"

Bayott is relieved that the meteors are slowing down and will stop before too long. He can't react fast enough to dodge his jaws and is grabbed in about the same place Numinex had him, this time just barely missing his heart with a tooth. He then feels the jaws clamp down tighter on his body as he is then shaken once more like a rag doll for a few moments longer and his vision begins to darken around the outsides as if he might pass out from it.

Alduin gets sick of shaking him as the pain refuses to die down and lets go of him, flinging his body towards the crowd in the distance and watches with satisfaction as it bounces and skitters across the ground. He watches as the axe is flung from its sheathe, spinning in the air end over end and gets embedded in the dirt just shy of removing some creatures head and calls out to his daughter, "Hi vis lost hin liin zek, Zu'u los kiird voth mok fah nu! (You can have your mate back, I am finished playing with him for now!)" then takes to the air as the pain returns to continue plaguing him as he thinks, 'I sure hope this effect will not last much longer, it will not be easy to constantly have to ignore the pain.'

His body slides to a stop as he forces his upper body to move and looks at the fleeing Alduin saying, "I have won again Worm! I hope you enjoy how long that spell lasts, even I don't know how long it will continue to cause you pain and make you feel what it is like without your immortality. I PRAY IT LASTS FOREVER AND REMEMBER THIS, IF YOU DIE WHILE THAT IS IN EFFECT, YOU STAY DEAD THIS TIME!!" His vision then fades to black as he finds himself unconscious and inside of a pure white area with nothing to look at but the remaining divines, who have scowls upon their faces in disapproval of what just happened.

Nahagliiv tears up and worries for her new mate, hoping that he is able to make it through a bite like that when she watches the changelings start to gather around him and growls a warning to not get too close.

Shadowmere sighs and says to the tall changeling, "I'm sorry to ask this of you, but is there anything you can do to slow down the bleeding at all so I can take him back to Ponyville for Surgery? I am sure he has a few broken bones after being thrown like that and landing so hard."

Chrysalis scowls softly and sighs saying, "It would be a shame for this one to die, wouldn't it? After all, he is responsible for saving my life isn't he?" She then orders some of her workers to step forth to encase the parts of his body that have been punctured in some of the material they use to wrap the ponies they catch in to hopefully slow the bleeding just enough for him to survive the trip back to Ponyville.

She watches as the workers approach the unconscious body of her close friend but stop when Nahagliiv growls a warning at them and she intervenes telling the protective female, "Nahagliiv, can you please allow them to cover some of his body so he can survive the hard run back to Ponyville?"

The dragoness growls in protest but nods in acceptance and then says to the workers, "Work quickly for my patience is thin, I will show you what the dov used to do to your distant ancestors, the Chaurus."

The workers look at each other unsure of what to do and move forward nervously to begin covering the wounds with the hardening gel like substance, being careful to ensure not to let it make a solid ring around his body or the ponies won't be able to remove it.

A few minutes pass as Nahagliiv gets more and more impatient when they are about to lay him across Shadowmere's back to transport him to Ponyville General Hospital when she speaks up, "I shall take him back. After all I think it would be best if you arrived before I did to inform those who must know of me and my arrival and give them the necessary information so they understand the current situation."

Shadowmere looks at Nahagliiv and tells her, "I don't want to admit it, but that is a good idea. He might fall off my back when I am running to Ponyville, but where will you carry him?"

She looks to her and answers, "In between my jaws where there aren't any teeth to add to his injuries, where else would I carry him? He would fall off my back from the flapping of my wings and die if he were to be placed upon my back. So get going already, you are going to have to run hard to make it to Ponyville ahead of me."

The mare rears up on her back legs and says, "I shall be there waiting at the hospital for you to arrive, I will have a different form but still recognizeable by the coloring and appearance. You will have to land outside because the Hospital can not accommodate your size, see you at the Hospital Naha! You will be able to see me waving at you with both arms to show you its location." before the dragoness can react, she takes off at a dead run towards Ponyville to inform the others of their new guest.

Chrysalis spots the battle axe and brings it over to her after some great effort to rip it from the ground, sweat running in small trails down her forehead and then down her neck as she sets in place upon her savior's back and then levitates him in her magic and then asks, "Please open your mouth please so I can set him in place."

Nahagliiv lowers her jaw enough so that he could be placed in a safe spot saying, "Is this good?"

The Queen nods to her and answers, "That is perfect, now give me a moment and I will let you know when you can close your jaws and be on your way." She then begins moving his body further towards the middle part of her jaws where there is a spot just big enough to hold his body without impaling him once more. Satisfied at how he is situated in her mouth she says, "Ok, you can close your jaws gently and be on your way towards Ponyville. Hope you two have a safe journey, now get off of our land."

She squints her eyes at the creature and takes to the air, being cautious not to shake him too much and begins to take her time to get to the Hospital to allow the mare time to get there and tell the others.

Somewhere in Aetherius

Mara strides forth angrily and slaps her son across the face yelling, "You idiot, do you know how much damage you have caused by choosing to use that shout you thought up!? Thanks to you, we are going to be making significant repairs to the Hall of Valor and to the Plains of Aetherius. You even managed to wreck the house and the lands where we live! For this, we have decided to give you a warning. If you do it again, you will receive one final warning. If you do it a third time, you will not be allowed back into Aetherius at all, for you shall be sent to Oblivion! Do you want to go there, it is nice and hot and miserable there with no greenery or beautiful views!" With that said, she backs up a little ways and transforms into her Dragon form.

Arkay leans over and whispers to Akatosh, "She must be really angry for deciding to inflict this warning upon her own son, It has been many many years since any of us last saw her Dragon form."

Bayott looks over at the other divines and sees one with their arms crossed in front of him, having eyes that seem to be glowing from silent rage then looks to the massive silver and misty rose pink dragon form his mother has transformed into and says, "I didn't know you had such a remarkable form."

She roars at him and bellows, "Do not flatter me mortal, for you have angered me to the point where I wanted to be the one to punish you! Stand still and accept your punishment, for you shall be struck three times on the face by one of the claws on my wings and three times on the back. These marks of shame shall look like black scars, if any ask about them... tell the truth."

He then stands at attention and looks straight forward and waits for the punishment to begin then says, "Yes Goddess, I shall take this punishment in silence." He watches her as she turns her body to the side and turns her head around, glaring at him as she lifts a wing and makes the first strike upon his face going from the top right side to the bottom left side of his face and counts it off by saying, "One!"

Mara forces herself to hold back tears that are threatening to form in her eyes and continues with the punishment, slashing him across the face with her wing claw and hears him say,"Two!" She then makes the final one to his face as she hears, "Three!" and then executes an about face and turns his back to her to continue the punishment. She is stunned at seeing how he forces past the pain to continue with the rest, causing her inner dragon to wake and takes over and gets it over with quickly with three rapid slashes across his back from his top right shoulder down to just above his left hip.

Bayott almost loses his composure at the rapid succession of the long strikes and counts them off saying, "One! Two! Three!"

She is unable to stand it anymore and takes her leave of them to go weep alone in her room, turning her head around to look at him one last time she says, "Even though you made me angry beyond words, you are still my son, and I still love you. You shall return to your body now and contemplate why you were punished." With a flick of her tail, she sends him back to his body.

A few minutes ago, back in Equestria

Nahagliiv is flying towards a forest in the distance when she hears her mate counting out numbers saying, "One! Two! Three!" and does it once more, causing her to wonder why and thinks, 'Oh no, I hope they don't do anything drastic to punish him for making that shout.'

Shadowmere breathes heavily as she barrels towards the first aid tent, getting the attention of a few of the ponies she met earlier and skids to a stop just shy of bowling Princess Celestia over and gasps saying, "Nahagliiv... mate... Bayott... greatly... father... battle... Alduin... hurt bad."

Princess Celestia cocks her head in confusion at what she just heard and says, "I am sorry Shadowmere, I do not understand what it is you are trying to tell me. Where is Bayott and why is he not with you, what happened?"

Pinkie Pie appears beside Shadowmere and pats her gently on the back saying, "Catch your breath Shadowmere, you had a very hard run to make it back to Ponyville before they did." She then turns to Princess Celestia and says, "Many apologies Princess Celestia, what she was trying to tell you is that Bayott went to fight Nahagliiv, wound up becoming her mate and greatly angering her father Alduin. A battle then took place where Bayott used a new shout he made to punish him for the crimes he committed in the past, but as a consequence of using that shout, he was greatly injured at the end before Alduin left. Nahagliiv is now a friendly dragon and she is bringing Bayott to the Hospital, speaking of which... You better get to a spot big enough for her to land so we can get him to the nurses pronto!"

Shadowmere wastes no time and takes off towards the Hospital, leaving a dust trail in her wake saying to the ponies that are in the way, "Excuse me, emergency coming through!" She barrels past the curious ponies trying to get to the Hospital quickly.

She stands there staring and blinking occasionally at Pinkie Pie for a few moments before finally saying, "Wait... WHAAT?!" She calms herself down a bit and then says, "Alright, let's get going." She then uses her royal voice to summon Cadence, Twilight, Luna, Applejack, Rarity, Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Ember and Smolder.

As the group arrives at last, Celestia fills them in on the current situation and raises her hands to silence them as they all try to talk at once to get answers. As they quiet down, she sees the form of a large dragon flying in the sky and says, "Ok here they come now, let's go to the Hospital and sit in the Waiting Room to find out what is going on when he gets out of Surgery. I am sure he has quite a story to tell us when he comes to."

The Thestral looks to the sky and sees Nahagliiv reach the outskirts of town and stands there waving her arms in the air for the dragoness to notice her and land near her saying, "This would have been impossible with my other form, I''m glad I shifted and put my somewhat covering clothes back on to stay decent."

The dragoness notices the being standing and waving her arms thinking, 'Ah, that must be the mare from before.' She then swings around and comes in for a landing. As she glides in, her legs make contact with the ground. Causing a tremor to race forth and softly shakes the buildings from the force of her landing. She then folds her wings up and lowers her head as the group of beings finally arrives behind the mare, and waits for them to come take him inside to treat his wounds and opens her mouth for them.

Twilight and Applejack run forth and take him from her mouth and begin to rush him to the Emergency Room as Twilight glances back saying, "We will be in the Waiting Room to receive updates on his condition during surgery, we will tell you as soon as we hear anything Nahagliiv." The two of them then disappear around the corner of the Hospital building carrying Bayott as Shadowmere follows after them.

Nahagliiv sighs as her mate Bayott leaves her sight and sadly says, "Please survive this treatment, it is too soon for you to leave me and this world behind."