(A/N) Alright everyone; in honor of the new expansion, here is an idea that I have had swimming in my head for a while now. Now before we start I don't own Aysa Cloudsinger or World of Warcraft both are owned by Blizzard Entertainment. I only own my OC characters and the plot. So here you all go. ENJOY.
The Eastern Plaguelands; truly a scar to behold upon Azeroth. Dead trees, corrupted wildlife, and the mindless undead that lumber about the forest. The sounds one could hear were either the winds blowing or the hungry moans of the scourge. Now if one could focus hard enough you could see two Pandaren moving along the main road. The first was a warrior named Jiawn Ironbrew; dressed in a suit of full plate mail and two great swords at his back. Plus, to show off his allegiance he was sporting the Tabard of Stormwind. The other was a monk named Aysa Cloudsinger, leader of the Tushui Pandaren. She was in her traditional monk blue leather garb and a Bo Staff in her hands. These two had been good friends since they were cubs on the wandering Isle. Jiawn was the only friend that she had left since Ji had thrown his lot in with the Horde. But she was glad she at least had Jiawn to talk to. As they continued to make their way towards their destination, which was at the moment, unknown to Jiawn; the only sound they could hear was the crunching of leaves underfoot. It brought a calming feeling to Aysa but it was slowly driving Jiawn insane.
"So tell me Aysa, where exactly are we headed?" Aysa turned to face her very impatient friend.
"Lights Hope Chapel; we can rest there for a while before we take a Gryphon back to Stormwind." He nodded his head and started to rub his plated stomach.
"Well I hope we get there soon because I'm starving." Aysa got a good laugh out of that.
"Jiawn you're always hungry." Jiawn turned his head to look back at the road.
"I know that, besides, these humans have some really good food; not as good as Pandarian foods mind you, but still quite good." Just then Aysa's eyes shot open and she motioned for her friend to stop.
"What is it, what's wrong Aysa?" Without a word she pushed her friend into the bushes and dove in with him. "What was that for?" Then she clamped her hand over his mouth to keep him quiet. He could only get out muffled 'mmpf' sounds while she tried her best to settle him down. After he struggled for about five seconds he could hear the reason that she wanted him to be quiet. He could hear the sound of an approaching Kodo. If they were in northern Kalimdor that would have been normal, but then again; they weren't in Kalimdor, so that could only mean one thing; Horde supply convoy. As the sound of Kodos came closer, they were able to see they convoy's occupants. It was rather small with only two of the beasts hauling chests strapped to the sides of the kodo. There were only four guards, two Kor'Kron and two Deathguards. So that could only mean that their final destination would be the Undercity. They had intended to let the supply line past and keep moving along, but then they saw something that made Jiawn quite angry.
It was a human, tied by his hands to the back of the rear Kodo. The only thing he was clothed in was his black leather trousers. He was covered in cuts and bruises, no doubt from being roughed up quite a lot from those mongrels. His short brown hair was matted with dirt probably from being dragged through the mud; he was showing sign of dehydration and malnutrition. But his blue eyes showed ample defiance, he refused to let this break his resolve. After a few seconds of studying him he tripped and was being dragged by the Kodo yet again; one of the Orcs broke off from the line and grabbed him by the back of the neck. "On your feet and keep moving Alliance pig." The human lifted his head and spat in the Orcs face. The orc wiped the spit from his face and swatted the human with the back of his hand, which sent him back on the ground. The orc grabbed him again. "I said GET UP!" After the human got on his feet, he looked at the orc.
"When I get out of this rope, I'm going to kill you myself." He said with a voice that was quite threatening. All of the guards promptly let out a laugh, and then the Forsaken Deathguard walked over to their human prisoner.
"Let's see if you can keep that defiant attitude when we hand you over the Apothecaries. Just think, soon you shall serve the glorious Dark Lady." The human then glared daggers at the Forsaken.
"I would sooner slit my own throat before I serve the Litch Queen." The Forsaken glared back at him.
"You would do well to watch your tongue when you speak of the Dark Lady human." The man then let out a short laugh.
"Your 'Dark Lady' whore will soon fall before the might of the Alliance. I'll see to it that I'm the first to drive my dagger into her corrupted, black heart." The undead then slugged him across the face.
"Nobody talks that way about the Banshee Queen." He then began to promptly beat him until he got bored. Even during this whole process of being beaten, the human didn't even acknowledge the pain, he continued to show defiance. After they had their fun they proceeded to continue on their way towards the Undercity. Jiawn could take no more of this, he grasped both of his swords and was about to remove himself from their cover before Aysa stopped him and half whisper and half yelled.
"What are you doing, are you trying to get yourself killed?" Jiawn gave her an incredulous stare.
"I'm doing my duty as a citizen of the Alliance. You know as well as I do what those things will do to him if we just let them go. Besides, we both made a promise to King Varian when we joined the Alliance that we would protect his people as well as our own. Now you can either stay here and hide or help me because I'm going to save that man." He then stepped out of the bushes, drew his blades, and shouted at the top of his lungs "FOR THE ALLIANCE." Aysa shook her head at her friend's rashness but in the end, resolved to help this human as well; it's what Master Shang XI would have wanted her to do.
As Jiawn began to charge into battle, the orc furthest from the human spotted him first. "LOK'TAR OGAR ALLIANCE SCUM APPROACH, KILL THEM BROTHERS." Just as the orc had drawn his battle axe, Jiawn was upon him already attempting to bring one of his swords down on the orc's head. But the orc had managed to heft his axe up just in time to block his attack. But what the orc forgot to see was the other sword in Jiawn's grasp. After the orc blocked the strike, Jiawn stabbed the horde solider clear through his gut.
It was at that point that Aysa finally managed to make it to her friend's side, just in time to block a strike from a forsaken short sword. After catching the blow she turned her attention on the brute who would dare attempt to strike her friend. With a quick study of her opponent she concluded that this one like to keep his shield low to stop any lower area attacks. So without wasting a second, she jabbed the undead solider in the throat causing him to lose focus; then she began a barrage of fist strikes on the forsaken's chest that were too fast to see, after which she finished with a strong kick to the side of the guard's head, completely severing it from his body. After the undead fell to the ground in his second death, Aysa glanced over her shoulder to see that the guard who had originally struck the human was about to lop her head off. She just barely managed to dodge to the side before the axe struck its intended target. After she regained her footing, she took two of her fingers and jabbed them on several pressure points on the orc's body, paralyzing him.
Jiawn was still occupied with the last remaining guard, who was proving quite the challenge for his skills. He knew that Aysa would not interfere because, like all Pandaren, they believed in honorable one on one fighting. Each time that he swung his swords, the forsaken would counter his move with either his shield or blade, Jiawn knew that he would get nowhere if he continued to fight like this. After a brief second of thought he came up with an idea; he pushed his face towards the undead and roared as loudly as he could muster. The forsaken dropped his shield to cover his ears; Jiawn took that opportunity immediately and cut the undead in half at the torso.
After a quick rest they realized the reason they had attacked these people in the first place. They made their way over to the human and proceeded to cut his bindings. Without a word he staggered over to a chest that was strapped to the side of the lead kodo and fished out a dagger. Aysa noted that this dagger was of Pandarian design; she now was very interested in learning more about this person. When the human managed to make it back over to the orc, who was still stuck in his paralysis, he just stared at him, as if he was waiting for something. Then the orc managed a few words out of his mouth. "For… the…. Horde" He managed to get out of his mouth. Then, with that, the human swiftly stabbed him in the heart with his dagger. Then while the orc was dying the human moved his face close to the orc's and said.
"Told you." After that, he passed out and landed face first in the dirt, the exhaustion finally getting to him. Jiawn and Aysa were currently standing over his unconscious body. Jiawn was the first to speak.
"Well that wasn't so bad." Aysa nodded her head in agreement.
"We need to get him to 'Lights Hope Chapel' and get him some medical help; Jiawn, you can carry him." Jiawn gave her a slightly surprised look.
"Why do I have to carry him?" She raised one of her eyebrows at him.
"Because, you can carry two swords that are almost as long as you are in each hand, I doubt carrying one human would give you much trouble." Jiawn sighed and hefted the human onto his shoulders.
"How much further do we have to go to reach this chapel?" Aysa pulled out her map.
"We still have a few miles to go. But we are almost there. Look, if you focus you can just see it from here." Aysa then put her gaze back at the man's dagger, still covered in orc blood in the passed out human's grasp. It had a blue hilt and the quillion looked like it was made from pure gold, plus it had a very intimidating serrated edge. "That's a very interesting dagger, do you think it belongs to him." Jiawn put his hand to his chin.
"Well he knew where it was stored initially, so my guess is yes." Thinking about her friend's words she went back over to the chest that was still strapped to the kodo. In it, she found a matching dagger and a set of leather armor. The hood and mask were of a red color with a few gold markings in them, and the rest was mix of red and black coloring.
"This is too small for an orc to wear, so this is definitely his. I say we take these things with us and ask him about it later." Jiawn nodded.
"Whatever gets us out of here faster Aysa. Now can we go already?" Aysa laughed at his impatient ability.
"Alright fine, let's go." As they continued on the road towards Lights Hope at a running pace so they could get the human help as quickly as they could. After around ten minutes of running they finally came upon the front gates. A trio of Paladin were the first to spot them; and upon seeing the human on Jiawn's shoulder one of them shouted.
"Someone call a priest, these travelers have wounded." They promptly handed over the human to the care of the paladins as they brought him inside the church. The one paladin that remained at the door greeted them.
"Well met Pandaren. Welcome to Lights Hope Chapel."
(A/N) There you have it my first chapter. Tell me what you thought. But here's the thing; if you want specifics on what the equipment the rouge was using I'll tell you. The dagger is called the 'Dagger of the Seven Stars' and the armor is the 'Bloodfang' armor set. I will probably start the next chapter tomorrow. If you have any ideas please send me them, they will not be ignored.