"That was a bit of a pain in the ass," Ena mutters, kicking the dead vampire. "Anything interesting in that book?"
Then they're off to Winterhold.
"One hopes these scrolls do not prove as troublesome as the last."
"To get? Relatively simple. But I ended up stuck in a coffin for four Eras with it."
"The good news is that we're only actually looking for one scroll. The Blood Scroll, my mother has. We found it before we were separated."
"This Dragon Scroll. Something tells me we're going to be running into your sister."
"That'd be a slightly bizarre coincidence, but I'm wouldn't be too surprised. Though the Dawnguard might be separately after the scrolls. Or she might get it into her head that it'll help her fight dragons."
The road's long, and mostly boring - there aren't many wild animals or wandering bandits that're a match for the two of them.
As they're approaching Winterhold, there's a roar in the distance, and a dark shape flits through the clouds. Ena curses, hand going to her bow. "That would be a dragon."
The dragon arcs towards the town, notices them, and curves around, mouth brimming with lightning.
Ena summons a flame atronach, then darts to the side, gets slightly under cover, fires off an arrow, then another in rapid sequence. The atronach charges the dragon, shooting off fireballs and drawing its attention.
She charges up a double fistful of lightning and fires at the dragon, aiming for a wing. Much easier to fight something that can't fly.
The dragon banks, but her lightning strikes the edge of its wing. It roars, and strafes her position with lightning. Ena shoots arrows as long as she can, then dives behind her cover.
The dragon's arcing away, wings angled to bring it back up to height.
Ena manages to put a few arrows through the thin membrane of its wings, but the small holes don't seem to be bothering it yet.
She calls up a frost atronach to grab its attention when it comes back around.
Its attention is grabbed, and it rears back, hovering in the air to shoot a long stream of lightning at the atronach.
Ena leans out of cover, takes careful aim, and puts an arrow directly down its throat. It roars and turns its stream towards her, forcing her back under cover.
The dragon roars, leans back, and then takes off. Its call fades, and initially it seems like it might be fleeing - and then it circles back around again, this time very clearly aiming for Elana.
Good, that must have hurt. On the other hand, bad, now it's aiming for her. Fortunately she has excellent reflexes.
It goes for a few more passes, Ena peppering its wings as it flies by. It seems to have decided not to do the hover-and-breathe trick again, instead presenting a moving target.