Kayla Nightsbane stepped out of a portal into the busy streets of the mage city, Dalaran. She was quickly greeted by her adopted sister, Warrose. It had been almost three years since Rose had seen her sister last. The last time Kayla had been in Azeroth, she had only been there long enough to say good bye to their adopted father, Rhonyn, and then took back to the Outlands where she had been living for the previous 8 years.
"Kayla! You're back!" Rose cried as she wrapped her arms around Kayla's neck and pulled her into a bear hug. Kayla smiled and wrapped her arms around her sister's back.
"I'm glad to see you too, Rose." Kayla said quietly. Rose pulled away and looked her sister in the eyes. Kayla had one hazel eye and one silver eye that she claimed was an accident from before she fled to Stormwind.
"Are you going to leave again?" Rose asked. Kayla smiled and placed a hand on Rose's cheek. She saw the tears in her blue eyes. She remembered the day she left Darnassus. It was only for a few days, maybe a week and it nearly killed her to leave, but she couldn't find the will to stay.
~Kayla walked into Rhonyn's room and fell to her knees at his bed. His skin was barely had color, but it had a slight blue tinge to it. His hair had long whitened long before Kayla had been asked to leave for Rose's sake. His golden eyes lit up slightly as he looked up at her.
"Kayla my dear, you've come home." Rhonyn said softly and painfully. Kayla flinched at the sound of his voice. He sounded like he was in a great deal of pain.
"Yes, I should have come home a long time ago, Father." Kayla said. Rhonyn placed a hand on her face and gave her a sad smile.
"You did what you thought was good for Rose. She is almost as good as you now." Rhonyn said. Kayla laughed and smiled.
"Almost?" Kayla asked. Rhonyn coughed and then laughed.
"If Uther was still alive, he would agree with me. Rose is nothing like you. Born natural." Rhonyn boasted. Kayla blushed furiously. "What's that? A blush? Someone call a healer. Someone has run off with my daughter."
"Father." Kayla said as she poked him on this shoulder softly and the two shared a soft laugh.
"What's his name?" Rhonyn asked. Kayla covered her eyes and shook her head.
"What makes you think there's a man?" Kayla asked as she tried to hide the further blush on her face.
"Because for as long as I know, men have a huge effect on your life. First Varian, then Uther, then Arthas. I want to know the name of the man that makes your eyes sparkle like that." Rhonyn said. Kayla sighed and looked into his golden eyes.
"I met him in Shadowmoon. Saved him from a pack of fel beasts. That was about 6 years ago. He told me his name was Lor." Kayla said. Rhonyn sighed and brushed his hand across her forehead.
"Well I'm glad you found someone that makes you smile like that, dear one. Maybe you can find someone like that for Rose, one day." Rhonyn said between coughs. Kayla took ahold of his hand and tried to fight back the tears.
"That's almost as impossible as me being Varian's wife." Kayla said. Rhonyn coughed again and she saw blood at the corner of his mouth. A tear fell down her face.
"You should try at least. She's been lonely without you, and a man in your life will only make it worse for her." Rhonyn said. With his other hand, he wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"Please don't leave us." Kayla pleaded. Rhonyn sighed and shook his head.
"It is the Light's will to take me now, dear one. I am glad that I found you two girls. No man could ever wish for better children. It saddens me that you two lost your families, but I'm glad that I brought you two into my heart. I will see that I tell your parents of you both. I love you." Rhonyn said. With his final breath his hands fell from her face and Kayla buried her face in his chest.
After what seemed like hours, Kayla left his room in search of her sister. She had recently discovered about Arthas, Uther, Terenas and she felt like she couldn't stay in Azeroth anymore.
"Kayla?" Rose said as she saw her sister come out of their father's home.
"I'm sorry, Rose. I can't stay." Kayla said as she pushed past Rose and went in search of a mage.
"KAYLA?? DON'T LEAVE ME!!" Rose cried as Kayla walked away. It killed Kayla not to turn around and hold her sister. She just couldn't stay, she didn't want to love Rose and lose her too. ~
"I'm sorry, Rose. I know I shouldn't have left like that. Please forgive me?" Kayla asked. Rose frowned and looked at her questionably.
"Huh what?" Rose asked.
"I should have told you why…" Kayla started. Rose wrapped her arms around Kayla and pulled her close.
"There's nothing to forgive, dear sister. You lost so much that day. You'll never lose me, no matter what you do." Rose said. Kayla let a tear fall down her face and pulled her sister in closer to her.
"I love you too, Rose." Kayla said. Suddenly someone cleared their throat which brought Rose and Kayla back to reality.
"I knew Rose swung both ways." One of two people with them said. Kayla saw two ligh blue skinned draenei, one male and one female. Rose pulled away from Kayla and stuck her tongue out at the male.
"Shush Ultra or I'll tell Aly about that one time…" Rose started. Ultra shook his head.
"I don't know what you're talking about Rose." Ultra said and gave Rose a sad and desperate look. Kayla laughed, feeling better that Rose wasn't completely alone as she felt. The female draenei blushed slightly and smiled at Kayla.
"Rose has told us all about you, Kayla. I'm Alyssia, but you can call me Aly. And this is Ultrablarg." Aly said. Rose jumped between them and wrapped an arm around both of their necks.
"I'm planning they're wedding." Rose said. Aly looked away hoping to hide the bright purple in her cheeks and Ultra frowned.
"I think it's a little too early to be talking about that, Rose." Ultra said. Aly nodded in agreement. Rose sighed and jumped away from them and grabbed Kayla's arm.
"Speaking of weddings, when am I gonna hear something about this man of yours huh? More than the stuff you wrote in your letters." Rose said. Ultra shook his head and Aly gave an odd laugh. Kayla smiled.
"Maybe when I get back. I've got some business to attend to in the Eastern Kingdoms." Kayla said. Rose frowned.
"Can I come with you?" Rose asked. Kayla smiled and pulled her sister close so that their foreheads touched.
"I'm going to pay respects to my family. It's something I need to do on my own. Might bring unwanted attention to myself, if you know what I mean." Kayla said. Rose grimaced and then laughed.
"Yeah, that guy stalks me hoping you'd show up. You'll come back though, right?" Rose asked. Kayla smiled and kissed Rose's forehead and then stood up.
"Of course. There's nothing in the Outlands for me. And we'll talk about that later, okay?" Kayla said. Rose nodded and Kayla made her way to the Silver Enclave.
"You just gonna let her go again?" Ultra asked. Rose nodded.
"I won't be like Varian. I won't force her to be with me, no matter how much I miss her." Rose said to herself. Aly nodded and elbowed Ultra.
"Aren't we suppose to meet Sky at the tournament in a little bit?" Aly asked. Ultra nodded and put a hand on Rose's shoulder.
"You coming?" Ultra asked. Rose wiped a tear from her face and looked up at the male draenei. She sniffled a bit and then smiled.
"Lets go." Rose said as she nodded and followed the two draenei to the flight master.
Kayla mounted her palomino as she landed at Chillwind Camp. The camp was full of Argent Dawn members that looked on her in confusion as she made her way to the east. She had asked a few questions about the land for it had been almost 10 years since she had been in the area. She would come back through the area to visit Uther's tomb. Yet from the rumors she had heard, his soul wouldn't be there. The mission she was now on was to pay her respects to those that she revered, people she saw as family, no matter how close to reality it was.