Tossing her silver hair back, she looked up into the mirror and slid a cold finger down her cheek slowly. The never changing lines on her face glowed as usual at her, reminding her of her haunting past. Pain dressed her expression and she closed her eyes. Visuals of her comrades fighting for their very lives while the Scourge scoured the homeland of the Quel'Dorei. The merciless Lich King hadn't given her the dignity of a clean death; instead she was made to be a Banshee for eternity. Just vaguely remembering the screams of her allies being slaughtered rang in her ears, and she couldn't bear it anymore. She opened her eyes and looked at herself once more, brushing her hair quickly and heading off to her Throne.
Taking her usual path she passed her people, gracefully waving a hand of welcome. The spiral walkway leading to her chamber was cluttered with people today. Wondering what was going on she ordered a clear path and walked through. A lone human sat on the floor curled in pain. Just a small girl, her black hair was clinging to her face from the blood that was still leaking slightly from a wound on her forehead. The child looked up at the tall woman and cowered back, stumbling into the wall and hit her head on it. More blood trickled out. Sylvanas bent down and extended a hand towards the child.
"How did you get in here, young one?" Sylvanas's voice echoed a bit, but had a sweet ring to it. The girl raised her gaze and revealed her trembling lips. Moving closer slowly, Sylvanas placed a hand on the child's head and hushed her. "We won't hurt you. Please, tell me where you came from... Are you lost?" Nodding her head barely, she pushed her small arms out and wrapped them around Sylvanas's body.
"M-my m-mommy..." the girl started to say, but was sobbing too much. Ordering everyone to leave and return to their posts, Sylvanas picked up the child and carried her down the rest of the spiralled pathway. Sitting down on the ledge of the staircase, she let the girl go and lifted her chin lightly.
"Would you like me to help you find her?" Sylvanas offered. The girl shook her head and started to cry. Tears and the dry blood mixed and rolled down her face. Pulling a cloth from her pocket, Sylvanas wiped the tears and blood from the girls face and rubbed her cheek. "What's wrong? You don't want to find her?"
"She's...dead..." she sniffled out and pointed to a nearby guard. "Bad man..."
Sylvanas understood now. This girl was the child of a human they had brought in for questioning. She must've escaped and the guards tried to capture her again. Though they had done this frequently this was the first time that she had actually seen a child amongst them.
"May I ask what your name is? I'm Sylvanas," she smiled her best and lowered her hood. Silver hair flowed freely, even though she looked as if she was still in her twenties. The girl wiped any tears away that were about to fall and looked Sylvanas in the eyes.
"My name...is Lilli," her voice was adorable, Sylvanas couldn't help but chuckle a bit. Tilting her head to the side slightly, Lilli raised her hand and touched the marks visible on Sylvanas's face. "What happened to your face, Miss Sylvanas?" Lilli asked quietly. Pain tinged her appearance, but quickly pushed it aside.
"Many years ago, bad men had hurt my family as well. They weren't very nice and left me with...—"she stopped and didn't really wish to share anymore then she had. Lilli seemed to have received a satisfying enough answer and lowered her hand to her side.
"I'm sorry, Miss. I didn't mean to ask something that I probably shouldn't of," she apologized. She was very smart, Sylvanas could tell. Lilli opened up and told her a few things of herself. She was 8 years old and had some schooling of magic and magical defence.
"Would you think yourself of a mage, or warlock, little Lilli?" Sylvanas asked politely, curious as to what the child would like to become. Lilli raised a finger to her chin and pondered for a moment.
"I'd love to become a mage. The powers seem intense. As do the warlocks but I don't think I'd be able to command the pets very well," Lilli giggled. Sylvanas nodded in approval and turned to a guard.
"Notify the mage district that they will be having a recruit and they are to show the respect I demand for her. She will become one of ours," nodding in response, the guard ran off to inform the head mage. Looking back to Lilli, she smiled. "Would you like to go our academy we have here to learn how to be a mage?" Sylvanas asked her. Lilli smiled as best she could and grabbed Sylvanas's hand and said yes.