The Dark Brotherhood

• Jackson Brimble, Grade 7, All Saints College - St Joseph's Campus
• Short Story
• 2015

Excellence Award in the 'The Write Track 2015' competition

One day I was playing Skyrim, I played for hours but then there was a vicious storm the trees outside stared swaying, dirt started to fly but then a single drop of water hit my PlayStation then that one drop of water sent a shock of electricity through some cords then it shocked me!
As I got a slight electric shock I felt as if someone was inside me trying to rip out my insides, as I looked around I saw a blinding mix of colours that formed to look like a portal of some sort.
I had landed in the world of Skyrim! I was so excited as I thought of the possibilities I looked around and realised I was in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, The Dark Brotherhood are a group of hired assassins that will do anything for a contract that pays. I panicked, I started to run for the exit then I was approached by a mysterious woman dressed in some sort of red and black uniform, when she caught up to me she asked me in a very stern voice what my name was and how I found the sanctuary. So I told her my name but I still didn’t know how I got here at this point.
Her voice became calm and fragile as she told me her name was Astrid and that I need to work for them or they will kill me, so I had no option other than agreeing, as I told her I would help I felt my voice stutter.
Then she went on to tell me that they were trying to tell the emperor and that I should leave right away to go kill my target, a bride at her wedding! And so I travelled to a place called Winterhold, when I got there I was mesmerised by all of the building trees and the lush green grass. But I knew sightseeing wasn’t the reason I was there I had to kill a bride.
I knew where she would be addressing her guests so I tried to find a secluded area with an easy escape route, I finally found the perfect spot I ended up sitting on an old barricade for the city. Just in time to her comes the bride, so I pulled out a bow Astrid gave me put in an arrow lined up the shot and.
I had done it I just killed the bride, an innocent women not deserving to die but despite all my feelings I knew I still had to get back home, I went back to Astrid told her it was done, then I asked her if she had noticed any flaws in the world she told me she had noticed one inside an old sanctuary in Dawnstar.
So I travelled to Dawnstar and into the sanctuary and sure enough it was there, I cautiously touched it and I found myself sitting in my lounge once again