A Strange Union

Chapter 1: A journey starts

It had been so many weeks since she had left the Azuremyst Isles. Well, left and left. She hadn't willingly left it. She had been kidnapped, by some Taurens. For some reason a strong Tauren had decided to save her, and she had travelled with him ever since. She had never been fond of the Alliance, so she had pledged herself to the Horde.

Travelling with Moodozer, the male Tauren that had saved her, had been fun, but every once at moonless nights, she missed her own kin. Moodozer was a man of few words and he hardly spoke. Amatsuchi knew next to nothing about him, and in the beginning of their journey she had tried to make him talk a lot. Now, she didn't talk much either, other than cheerful talking, just to lighten the mood. It was like talking to a wall. Not only was he huge, but he hardly looked at her when she talked, as she walked behind him.

The silence was annoying at times, and he hardly reacted to anything, but she believed that it was safest this way, and at times, when she was down, the silence and his presence was comforting.

She came to realize she wouldn't get to know him much, and accepted that. He would probably leave them as soon as he felt she was ready to go on her own. Besides, he most likely would want to form a group of strong members to go and fight the Alliance. Whenever she thought like this, she felt down. Out of all things in the world, she feared being alone the most.

She looked at the Tauren that sat by the campfire, trying to fall asleep. He had told her to get some sleep; he would take the first watch.

She wasn't really tired, she could have taken the first watch, but he was always like this.

He just looked at her, and then sat down in front of the camp fire. Sometimes, he let her sleep extra long, making his nights longer than hers. She didn't like it when he did that. She felt she was a burden, or even worse: a child.

Sometimes he treated her like a child, motioning her away from battles, or making her attack with spells from far away. She wasn't really that weak, but somehow it seemed that he thought she was. She never really understood why, but she had no choice but to obey him. After all, he had saved her; and if he found her too troublesome, she feared he would walk away and not return.

Gradually, her eyes felt heavy, and she drifted off to sleep, watching the strong back of a lonely Tauren.

***

I sat in front of a huge lake with purple crystals sticking up form the surface. The water was clear as glass, and I could not help but let out a sigh. I had already mastered the shaman spells that my trainer had taught me, and he said I was ready to move on. Frankly, I didn't really feel like it. I liked this place.

We were actually supposed to help Draenei that crashed before us, but then we crashed, just like The Exodar. The Draenei at the crash site was coming together, and most of the injured had been healed. I had looked forward for us all to go to the Exodar, as my parents are there. But then, out of the blue, a zeppelinwith Taurens had come and invaded the Azuremyst Isles. They had harmed and killed the priests, ruined the ship and had kidnapped several female Draenei. I was amongst the kidnapped ones. Hence, our journey took a sudden turn to the mountain city, Thunderbluff.

***

She opened her eyes slowly. It was dawn already. He had let her sleep the night through again. A sigh escaped her lips as she sat up. The campfire had newly been put out as a thin column of grey smoke headed to the sky from it.

Moodozer was…

Amatsuchi looked around, looking for her partner.

…gone.

The young Draenei sat up and started packing her stuff, wondering where to go. Going to the Exodar wasn't as appealing now as it had been back at the Azuremyst Isles. It was more fun to wander around the world and fight creatures. Moodozer had originally promised to bring her to the Exodar, but at the moment, she just wanted to travel with him. But he was gone.

At long last she finished packing her spell books, food, half water bottles and other necessary things. After quickly grooming her hair, putting on her tiara looking headband, she was ready to go.