NIGHT ELF AND GNOME
A Hunter?
Chapter 1
"You wish to be a hunter?" Ozara's father said.
They were in the family dwelling close to the trade district of Darnassus. The open quarters of the Night Elves left little privacy. Arguments were held in low voices so as not to disturb others. Ozara kept her back turned to her father as she packed her knapsack.
"My mind is made up, father."
Without looking, she knew that the ambassador of the night elves was frowning. "You could become one of our greatest priests! You showed that talent at an early age…."
Their tree house shook as her pet rhino, Biglug, raced by chasing a deer. She grimaced and forced herself to turn around and look at her father. He was tall even for a Night Elf with skin tinged purple. His hair was dark green and his leather druid garb made him an imposing figure. She didn't have his hair color or anything; her own hair was dark blue, almost navy colored. Unlike her father, she wore the Night Elf markings with pride. Her skin didn't have any of the traditional Night Elf bluish color, but was more like the human pinkish skin tone.
She crossed her arms in an imitation of him. "So? I've also shown an affinity towards animals."
"All the females in our family have become priestesses."
"Then it is time one of us became what we wanted."
"It is your responsibility to your family that you…"
"I want to be a hunter and that is what I will do!"
Her father glared at her for a moment and then her mother came up the ramp into their dwelling. Her mother must have heard their conversation, because her eyes narrowed. "It is because of that gnome, isn't it?"
She scowled. "He had nothing to do with my decision. Remember? We broke up before the time of choosing."
"You haven't been the same since he left. You go off more often by yourself or with that big rhino."
"Leave Lug out of this!" She grabbed up her knapsack and slung it over her shoulder. "…and Notouchme!"
She stalked out of their dwelling and down the ramp.
"Are you taking that rhino with you?" Her father called.
She glanced back at the foot of the ramp. "Only when I can tame him like any other hunter! Till then, take good care of him!"
She spun on her heel and headed towards the gates of Darnassus. Her mind was far away from where she was headed. It was on the gnome that her parents had spoken of. He was the reason that she was pursuing hunter training. Their relationship had ended when she had listened more to her parents than to herself.
She felt tears form in her eyes as she remembered meeting him in the snowy land of Dun Morogh. Her father was an ambassador for the Night Elves and had traveled all over Azeroth. She had enjoyed Theramore and much to her parents disgust, had made a human friend there. Then they had to move on and soon they came to Ironforge. She had become friends with Notouchme, the son of a gnome ambassador. They had talked about the places that they had lived and soon they had fallen in love. She had wanted to spend all her time with him and tried to follow her parents' advice on how to proceed. It had ended in a big argument between Noto and herself.
His parting words still stung: "If you don't learn who you are and learn a little self reliance, you'll end up being what your parents want you to be instead of what you want."
She had reached the gates of Darnassus and gazed past them into the forest of Teldrassil. BigLug was waiting for her by the gates. She smiled at him and rubbed his horn.
"Behave yourself, big fella."
He hung his head and nuzzled her almost knocking her over. She laughed despite the pain inside of her. "I'll come back for ya some day. Then we'll have some adventures together.…"
As she dropped her hand and Biglug tromped away, she looked down at the ground. The one she really wanted to adventure with didn't want her any more and she didn't know where he was. She bit her lip and walked down the road towards Dolanaar. Then she would head beyond that to the training glade.
"Notouchme, I will become my own person and not what my parents want me to be!"