Ch 4 Return to Kear Morhen

As the sun was setting, Vesemir, Lambert, and Eskel along with Yennefer were watching over the new witchers in training. The whole lot of them were in the dining hall telling stories while waiting for the deer and goats over the fire to cook. Yennefer was talking to Vesemir about the girl that suddenly showed up.

(Yennefer)"So you're saying she not only arrived by portal, dresses weird, wasn't hurt falling from the wall, she wants to be a witcher, and as if those weren't enough she isn't even human? "

"Aye that about sums it up. She also as a weird personality to top it but other wise you got it to a T"

Yennefer looks at Vesemir weirdly and says "so where is she, it seems she would stand out if she was in this crowd."

"The lass wouldn't take no for an answer. So I sent her on a mission with Geralt as her backup. She has until sunset tomorrow to bring me a monster she hunted herself."

Yennefer sent a look at Vesemir that held too much emotion to tell what it meant before saying "you sent an eight year old child to hunt monsters?"

"I did. Listen to me Yennefer, there has never been a woman witcher. No woman has ever survived the trial of the grasses. I could not in good mind willingly let a child kill itself. Especially not to live a life like a witcher's. Still if she can prove herself i will have no choice but to leave it up to fate."

Yennefer replied "I know but if she doesn't pass it doesn't mean we can't train her at least."

As Yennefer was speaking they heard two pairs of boots walking towards them from the door, one much lighter than the other.

Upon seeing Vyr and Geralt walking towards them Vesemir and Yennefer started moving to meet with the pair. Geralt looked no worse for wear, which let the two sigh in relief. Sadly monster hunting could kill even the most professional Witcher at any moment. But when they looked at the brightly colored, odd eyed child next to Geralt. They immediately sucked in a breath. The child was injured badly from what they could see. It was a miracle the child wasn't out cold from the pain. Her left arm was hanging loosely from the shoulder and she was having trouble breathing and moving her leg.

While the two were still stunned Vyr limped up to Vesemir and jammed the head of the Griffin (which had been put into a sack by geralt) into vesemir's hands. She then turned and took the Griffin meat out of geralt's hands before walking towards the kitchen behind the fire the animals were being cooked on. While she did this she said "Here you bastard of an old man, one monster head which i personally killed. Thank you Geralt I'm going to cook this. Do you mind if I use some of the things in your Kitchen?"

(Geralt)"No it's free to use. I'd say be careful but seeing the state you're in I don't think you could cause too much trouble trying to cook. I'll be there soon as i'm finished with Vesemir and Yen here. We will patch you up when i get there."

Vyr nods and says "thank you, i appreciate it. And don't tempt me. I can think of a few things to make that old man jump and run."

As she left Geralt looked to yen and motioned for her to wait a min before talking to Vesemir.

(Geralt)"You lost your bet through and through. I saw her personally hunt and kill what's in that bag. She didn't stop until it was dead, even when she was half dead herself."

Vesemir getting over his shock at Vyr's condition. Shook his head and replied "It doesn't matter if she got that hurt hunting a drowner or necker she isn't fit to be a witcher anyway deal or not."

Geralt looked Vesemir in the eye and said "Say that after you see what she hunted. She was worried you would pull something like that. That's why she went out of her way to hunt something far above her class."

"While slightly better it still doesn't mean it is worth the risk of the trials if she hunted a water hag or som ... '' Vesemir stopped what he was saying as he saw what was in the bag. Releasing how much danger he put the child in Vesemir almost cried.

Yennefer, seeing Vesemir's watery eyes and the look of anguish on his face, felt curious at what the child could have hunted for him to get that emotional. She took the bag from Vesemir's loose grip and looked inside and gasped, dropping the bag on the floor. The head rolled out of the bag towards the other children, who were listening to Eskels stories. It rolled right into the boy in fancy noble's clothes who questioned Vesemir about Vyr's presence earlier that day. The boy irritated at being interrupted, shrieked when he saw the griffin's severed head next to him. This caught the attention of the rest and while the kids were screaming and trying to get away from the head. Eskel just laughed and picked it up while walking towards geralt saying, loud enough for the children to hear "Good hunt geralt! This must be the one we were going to hunt next week. What happened did ya get excited and couldn't wait."

(Geralt)"A good hunt it was. But not mine to claim. That was the Hunt of the girl who showed up after you took the children who left to the town."

Eskel looked surprised at this and said "I don't mean to doubt you but are you sure?" Seeing Geralt nod. Eskel said" even then surely you must have helped."

(Geralt)"the only aid I gave was teaching how to make a basic hybrid oil, lending my alchemy set, and I shouted at the beast once when it took off with the girl on its back."

(Yennefer & Vesemir)"" WHEN IT TOOK OFF WITH HER ON IT?"" they both yelled.

Geralt nodded once more and told them the tale of the fight from his view. Of course it was edited because the children were present, but he signaled the adult that he would recount the true events later. He then looked at Vesemir and said "she held her end of the deal now it is our turn. I formally request for her to learn from me personally."

The rest looked at Geralt shocked, wondering if this was the same White wolf who was always so cold to others.

Vesemir let out a sigh and nodded while saying "Yes, you are right. I hereby agree to your request. Teach her well. But I want to be clear, I am still against her going through the trial of the grasses."

Geralt nods and motions for Yennefer to follow him as he walks toward the Kitchen. As they are reaching the Kitchen they hear screams, cursing, as well as things being thrown around. Geralt smirks recognising the voice before walking into the room. He loses that smirk when a old pot almost hits him in the head.

Vyr who threw the pot saw that it almost hit geralt and flinched before saying " shit, sorry. This is just getting to me."

Yennefer and Geralt walk into the room to see it looks like a hurricane went through the whole room. Geralt asks Vyr who is back to looking through everything, while throwing anything that isn't what she wants away in frustration "what's the matter?You didn't get this mad even when you almost died."

Vyr not looking at him says "i can't find a goddamn frying pan. Like where the hell would you put the damn thing. It can be used in almost all recipes. So who the FUCK hid the DAMN thing. On top of not being able to find the fuckin' thing i cant even use my left arm, much less bend down. Tried that and almost passed out. And even worse, everything in this room is covered in dust, making me need to cough." Vyr proceeds to complain and cuss while rooting through all the cabinets in the Giant room.

Geralt asks " what's a frying pan?"

Vyr stops and slowly turns like a rusted machine to look at Geralt before saying with tears beginning to form in her eyes "Oh you poor, poor man. You've never seen a frying pan?"

(Yennefer)"To be fair i've never heard of one before and i've worked in the Aedirn imperial court."

Vyr turns to the woman who she just noticed. When she recognises who it is decides to play another prank on the white wolf of rivia. She greets Yennefer saying "sorry i didn't notice you you must be Triss. Geralt spoke of you while we were walking."

Yennefer freezes upon hearing this while Geralt notices the mischievous smile on Vyr's face.

Yennefer finished rebooting before forcing a smile on her face saying in a chilling tone "Oho? And what pray tell did he say about me?"

The smile on Vyr's face widens and turns into an innocent and childish one before she continues "He said miss Triss was the best se … mrhhff" at this point Geralt had sprinted over and held Vyr's mouth shut before saying in a cool tone "I have said nothing of the sort."

Yennefer, seeing this laughs and says "I believe you geralt, though she almost had me."

Geralt lets go seeing Yennefer believes him but Vyr gives one last push "But if she is not Miss Triss who is she? You only talked about miss Triss merigold."

It was Yennefer who responded first to this stateing "Give it up girl, I saw that evil smile you had earlier."

Vyr seeing her prank not working fully pouts saying "urgh just when i almost cracked his cold aura.*sigh* Fine, your Yennefer right? They say you can use magic right?"

Yennefer smiles and says "that's right, why do you ask?"

"Can you make water?"

"Yes it's a pretty basic application why"

" Please fill this up with water, Oh but if you can clean it first that would be great." says Vyr holding up a large pot with one hand.

Yennefer does as asked while asking "what are you making?"

"Since Geralt offered to fix me up while dinner is cooking and whoever put those animals to roast doesn't have a clue what they are doing. I'm gonna make my own dinner along with geralt's. I plan to make a nice hot stew? Why do you want some as well?"

Geralt looks surprised at Vyr's sudden kindness. Vyr sees this and says" don't be surprised, there are a lot of reasons im doing this. If ya want you can consider it thanks and an apology for messin' with you foremost."

Geralt grins and nods. While Yennefer says " you seem pretty confident so why not. I would be honored to try your stew."

(Vyr)" good. Then i'll get started. We can fix my bones after it starts cooking. Will one of you start a fire while I cut the ingredients?"

Yennefer and Geralt nod and get to work while Vyr does all the prep work. When the pot is at a boil she adds the prepped food and covers the pot, then goes and sits on a counter.

(Vyr)"good that needs to sit for a good while, should be good right as the sun sets. Now, do I need to go somewhere else and how are we gonna fix me.?"

Geralt just says " strip. We need to examine you before we try to treat you."

Vyr and yennefer both look at each other before saying in matching deadpan tones"" pervert.""

Geralt looks at the now laughing girls with an unamused face.

After Vyr had enough laughing she asks Yennefer to help her remove her upper clothes. When they do both Yennefer and geralt grimace at the black and purple almost full body bruis spanning from her hip to her shoulder while her left arm is completely useles. After a thorough examination geralt concludes she has a dislocated shoulder, four breaks in her arm and at least 6 breaks in the left side of her body much less fractures. Thinking about this he says, "Normally we would let a healer see you and you would miss training. Since I know about your ability we will just have to bring back some bodies for you."

(Yennefer)"her abilities?"

Geralt looks at Vyr who just shrugs like it had nothing to do with her, seeing this Geralt proceeds to explain what he knows to Yennefer.

Yennefer gets visibly more excited and asks " Vyr please let me study you."

"Uh. Sure? As long as you respect my rights and run any tests by me beforehand , I don't mind."

Yennefer thanks her before saying " shame you can't drink Swallow so we could start sooner."

"Swallow?"

" a witcher potion that heals you."

" what that's a thing?! Why can't we just use that then?"

Geralt answers this time, saying "the potion is too toxic, it can kill most people."

Vyr gives him that are you stupid look befor saying " you do remember me devouring a Griffin right? Aren't they venomous? Shouldn't that have been way worse than your witcher potion?"

Geralt gives it some thought and discusses it with Yen before saying to Vyr "your right you should be able to drink a Basic swallow and live. But we don't know if there will be side effects so the choice is yours."

Vyr sarcastically remarks "hmmm be in pain for days, weeks, or even months. Or the potion that fixes me instantly which i'm like 99% sure will have no adverse effect on me. God this choice is just so hard"

Geralt just shakes his head while grinning at Vyr's sarcasm and sets out a bottle of swallow and a bottle of white honey before explaining "this one's swallow and this one's white honey. White honey clears almost all things from the system, toxicity included. Drink the swallow slowly, in parts if anything goes wrong be prepared to drink the White honey."

Vyr nods and does as told. She doesn't feel anything at first then feels her bones begin to move and her body heal slowly. 'This is too slow. If it's like this it will still take a few days' after realizing this much to the amazement of Yen and Geralt she begins helping the process by controlling her body. What should have taken a few days was condensed into under one hour.

After getting dressed again and stretching Vyr goes back to cooking stew. While Geralt and Yennefer discuss some things on their own, watching Vyr work at the same time. They seem to come to a conclusion, and Geralt leaves while yennefer examines Vyr while asking her different questions.