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Angel's New Beginnings
Prologue: Discovery of the New Worlds
"Is everything ready?" An old man with grey hair and dressed in dark violet robes asked in a large tower room where the only thing that kept the shadows at bay were dozens upon dozens of candles. A sweet and somewhat mysterious scent came from the lit wicks as to cover up the noxious and sometimes head spinning smells of various potions laid across several tables. Various tomes, books, scrolls, stone tablets, and notes where packed against shelves while magical equipment were set up to be used in a moments noticed for the many experiments conducted by the tower's residents. Yet at the moment, no beaker was touched. No pen was scribbled onto parchment for notes. Only several dozen strange stone tablets were set up in the center of the room with ancient looking runes engraved into the cold marble floor. In the center of the room stood a massive gate way and surrounding it were people of various races dressed in the violet dresses similar to the man who spoke own garb.
"Just about, Master Xera." answered a pretty looking young woman who looked no more than nineteen of age. "Everyone has completed the inscriptions and the portal gate way has been molded to that of a Titan Waygate."
"Good, good." Xera said as he stroked his short grey beard as he looked at portal gate before turning his attention to all of his colleagues. "I know that it has been a long journey since we all volunteered to be one of the many groups, guilds, and organizations to find new worlds for Dalaran and of course the Azeroth's effort against the Burning Legion, but here we finally are! Not one of the groups has discovered a new world yet until now!" As he said that, he flourished an even more ancient looking stone tablet from his robes before slowly and carefully placing it in the middle of the portal gate.
"He sure loves to be dramatic, doesn't he?" A male orc with a small scar across his right cheek said with a small snicker, before quieting as Xera gave him a sharp look.
Giving a small cough to clear his throat, the old mage continued on with his speech. "With this ancient Titan tablet, entrusted to us by one of the Council of Six from Dalaran themselves, as well having Arch Mage Khadgar's blessings, we can use the knowledge from it to create a small portal to another world. Once it is established we will send a small party among us to investigate this new world and see if it habitable, has useful resources to use against the legion, and of course see if it has native intelligent species."
"What will we do if we do come across some intelligent species and how do we proceed if they are hostile?" A female Night Elf with healthy leaf green hair asked curiously as she eyed the Titan Tablet.
"If the native species are hostile, you are all ordered to retreat." The master of the Tower explained which made some of his colleagues raise an eyebrow in surprise. "The general policy we are given for this task is not to engage or anger any native species. So if you do find an aggressive species, run. If you can find a way to appease the aggressors, do so. Of course if you are in a situation that is unable to resolve peacefully, you are ordered to fight for your lives and return back home to Azeroth. You all have magical and physical skills to survive most things, however that is only as a last resort!" As he said the last part, the elderly mage gave the orc who snickered at him a penetrating look which made the green-skinned mage to given him an expression of mock innocence. "At any rate, the team that will be sent will have enough supplies to last for about two weeks, but I will want a report of course every half of a week."
"Who will be leading this mission to another world?" A female Blood Elf with golden blonde locks asked the master of the tower.
"Max will be leading the mission." Xera said as he gestured to a man who looked to be in his late twenties who gave a modest inclination of his head to his master. This caused nods and mutters of agreement as they all knew Max was well equipped to deal with unknown factors in any mission as well had a decent amount of experience in leadership during his time in Northrend and against the Scourge. "Now then, if there are no more questions then I think we should get started."
As soon as he said that, every one of his colleagues and apprentices turned their attention to the portal gate and started to draw forth the necessary magic to open the portal the new world. Normally it would take a tremendous amount of effort to create a new portal to another world, even if it was a small one, but with the ancient Titan tablet they had, the effort was cut down by nearly three fourths of the amount originally needed. After everyone had the necessary amount of magic, Master Xera started to chant ancient words of great power and within an instant the very air itself was filled with magical energy. Crackling and popping, the space in between the portal gate distorted and started to glow a bright yet soft blue color.
As the glow grew brighter, the distortion in the gate grew wilder till an image started to form. It was small at first, but after Xera's chants grew more complex and precise the image became larger till it fit the gate. The image was nothing more but bright blue swirling colors that stood within the gate, yet everyone in the room could feel a faint breeze coming from the image.
"It is done." Xera said in a taxed voice as he stepped away from the portal and sat down in a nearby arm chair. The others mages of their little group also showed signs of exhaustion from the effort of creating the portal, but unlike the master of the tower they were less tired. This was of course due to the old human using the majority of mana and concentration to bring forth the portal. After everyone took a short respite to recover their strength, the scouting group formed quickly and packed all the required gear for the trip. The scouting expedition was small, about twelve people of various races in total, but it was enough to get their job done. After all, if their findings proved useful on the first world they discovered, their little magical group would gain the necessary prestige to grow and become something great like their current employers. Though that was of course a secondary goal compared to the incredible task of finding ways to beat the Burning Legion for good.
"We are all ready, Master Xera." Max told his mentor and friend who had pulled out a pipe and started to light it.
"Good… May the light shine on all of you in whatever new land you explore." The old man said respectfully to all that were a part of the expedition. The scouting party bowed to their master, and gave hugs or handshakes to some of their fellow colleagues whom they were close with, before Max gave the order to cautiously enter through the portal.
The first to enter was the male orc mage, which didn't really surprise anyone considering the green skin's race's history of being first to explore new worlds all the time, before others followed after him. One by one they all pass through the portal and the last to enter was Max as he gave his mentor one final nod before entering the gate as well. The remaining mages, a total of thirteen left, all stood silently for a moment and then started to do their daily duty of researching artifacts, writing notes, and conducting experiments as to pass the time while they waited for their friends and colleagues to return to them safely.
As Max finished stepping out of the portal, the mage's eyes widen in awe as he stared at the new scenery before him. Judging by what he was seeing, the human concluded that portal had sent his team directly to an abandon city as broken and rundown buildings with green foliage covering them were everywhere. The size of the buildings seemed to scrape the blue sky itself and from the looks of structure the material that was used were different yet similar compared to Azeroth's own resources. The street they were in, with the portal gate they created standing in the middle of it, was made from some kind of strange solid stone, but it was now ruined and fractured. Large grey looking poles made of metal, which Max concluded they were some kind of lamp post, lined the street, but what drew almost everyone's attention now were strange metal things with four black wheels littered up and down the street. They looked like a carriage of some kind, but as if they were made by gnomes or goblins, yet even their technology didn't look as nearly as advanced as the strange things before them.
"Amazing!" A male gnome said as he rushed over to the broken down carriage. "Whatever species on this new world that created this machine are very advanced! I dare say a little more advance than what Azeroth can currently produce."
"Indeed…, but I what could have destroyed such a place like with this amount of technology." The young woman from before asked as she carefully placed down her pack then pulled out a note book and started to sketch down the buildings around them.
"Perhaps some kind of war destroyed this place along with all the inhabitants?" A male dwarf puffed out his bushy brown mustache as he continued to gawk at everything around in this strange new world.
"Just great…" A Blood Elf male said. "The first world we discover is probably going to be barren wasteland if the superior race of this world destroy themselves judging from what a wreck this city is in."
"We don't know that yet, Fal'car." The beautiful Night Elf with leaf green hair told her friend. "If anything, it was just merely a war that happened and only this city was abandoned."
"Savira is right." Max said as he clapped his hands together to get everyone's attention. "We don't know anything about this world yet or whoever lives here. Having said that I am little concerned by what species could produce such buildings and devices like these and then have them destroyed later. So for now, let us strengthen this side of the portal before cautiously exploring this place. And when I say cautiously, I mean it. Whatever could have destroyed this place could still be here so be on your guard." He then turned to the male Blood Elf and said, "Fal'car, set up wards around the portal. I don't want anything knowing that we are here or where the portal is."
The handsome Blood Elf gave a respectful nod before pulling out some his enchanted crystals while his fellow mages and wizards started to focus their energies to the portal. He placed a few around the portal then whispered out incantation that powered up the crystals. Within mere seconds a small dome made of a purple glow was formed over the group and the portal gate. Fal'car then spoke another sharp incantation before watching the dome flicker and becoming more solid looking. If someone or something were to come upon their location, they would see nothing more than an empty street filled with the strange steel carriages. The spell was a modified from the one used by the mages in Dalaran when they were in Coldarra, but this version was smaller and used less energy so magical crystals could be used as batteries to keep the illusion up and running. Smiling at his handy work, the Blood Elf moved to join his fellow mages with strengthening the portal.
As some of the mages worked on the portal gate, Max assigned other duties to his teammates. He had the male dwarf and a male Draeni to work on setting up tents while having the male gnome and a male goblin carefully examine one of the steel carriages within the dome. It was about midday, or what they assumed was midday on this new world, after a very long hour of strengthening and stabilizing the portal did the mages finally took a break and rested in their little enclave. As the weary members of the exploration group rested under the modestly warm sun, which looked rather similar to Azeroth's own, three of the more energetic members approached their leader as he created a mana drink to refresh himself.
"Max, I would I like to request that me, Devan, and Gottrig start exploring already." The human woman with another male human, Devan, and the orc, Gottrig, by her side as she asked their tired leader who merely gave them a raised eyebrow.
"I understand that you are excited as the rest of us, Sarah." He started to say before taking a sip from his drink. "But again we don't know much about this world or what dangerous creatures or species inhabit it. Wait till everyone is rested before we start exploring."
"But how can we wait when all this is around us!?" Gottrig the orc asked in excitement. "There is so much to learn on this new world and we should spend every moment we have here to doing something instead of just sitting around!" The orc was about to say more, but he gave a grunt when the man next to him stomped on his foot to silence him before he dug himself a deeper grave.
"What Gottrig means, whatever race that once inhabited this place is obviously gone." Devan said as he gestured to the ruin around them. "We been here for an hour now, keeping watch of our surroundings while we strengthening the portal, and nothing has been seen or heard of since. While Zetatink and Gillafix try to reverse engineer that steel carriage, why don't just the three of us go out and explore for a bit?"
"We won't go far, Max." The woman added. "We'll just explore another street or a building before returning with whatever we find and the notes we take."
Max gave each them hard look as he seemed like he wouldn't budge from his decision to wait till everyone was ready before his eyes took on a thoughtful expression and then let out a tired sigh. "Fine." He said. "I will allow this if, and only if mind you all, that you don't go too far away from portal gate and keep your eyes open for anything suspicious. You find trouble, try to retreat. And if you can't do that, send us magical flare and we'll come help you. Now then, off with you." The three gave ecstatic looks before bowing respectfully to Max and then grabbed their bags and gear and headed out of the protective dome.
As they walked further and further away from the protective dome and portal, the three mages took in the sights as they continued through the ruined city. "This place must have been amazing before its ruin." The woman said as she admired the tall buildings around them.
"Indeed, Sarah." Devan said as they all rounded a corner and headed into another street. "If I could hazard a guess from the buildings alone and what we seen, this place could have dwarfed some of the major cities back on Azeroth."
"Yeah, but now it is all just a ruin." Gottrig gestured to the crumbling buildings around him. "It's a pity really if whatever race that did build this place is extinct. We could have learned so much from them."
"I find it a tad funny that an orc would say something like." Devan said with a sly grin to which the orc merely gave a shrug at his friend's jest. "Though we don't really need to have whoever created this place to obtain their knowledge. I am sure there is a place they stored their records and blueprints somewhere in this city."
"Not all of my race has succumbed to urge to ravage foreign lands and destroy everything in sight. I am, after all, a shining example of that exception."
"And yet you still like to rush in or pick a fight with every other guild mage or Dalaran official you meet to show off your skill." Sarah added with a small grin.
"I never said that I wasn't without some fault, Sarah." Gottrig returned the woman's smile with one of his own.
They all laughed together for a moment as they headed into another street that held an intersection in it. As they got closer to the intersection, Sarah gave a look around before notice a giant sign hung on the side of one of the tall buildings. On that sign was a rather large picture of something, but not one of them could make out what it was as the painting was faded away and deteriorated. There were words there also, but they too were faded and couldn't be read properly, at least from where they stood anyway, yet it was all rather fascinating to look at for the three mages. They all knew they would have to document everything bit of language, or languages as demonstrated by their own world's diverse spoken tongues, the first chance they got. Smiling to herself at the juicy thought of deciphering this world's knowledge, Sarah decided that it was time to head on back as they were getting a little too far out for her tastes. Yet before she could even suggest that they head back, something unexpected and rather surprising happened before all of them.
A thunderous explosion tore apart one side of the corner buildings at the intersection which was followed by what sounded like fighting coming from the inside of the now crumbling building. At first startled by the explosion, the three mages instantly reacted to sudden eruption by hiding themselves behind a pile stone debris and a steel carriage that was turned over on its side. They knew now that the species that made this city, or what they thought was the same species anyway, was still here now and apparently fighting with something.
"Can either of you see anything?" Sarah asked her companions as she peered over the debris they were hiding behind.
"No… that smoke cloud from the explosion is making it hard to see anything, especially from this distance." Devan said as he tried to see the race that inhabited the planet.
"…I see movement behind the smoke…" The Orc said as his gaze narrowed for a moment. "Wait… something is coming out." He then pulled his friends down to the point where they couldn't be spotted, but still could see whoever was coming out of the smoky ruin. What came next completely shocked the three mages to their very core.
Rushing out the smoke was a human.
He was dressed in a sleek and professional looking black military uniform with a light green details on parts of his clothing. He wore what looked like military boots over his black trousers and he had a particular looking military hat on his head while a short cape fluttered in the wind as he ran away from the building. He looked relatively young for his age, if the mages had to guess he was about in his early twenties, yet gripped in his right hand was a slim looking long sword that looked like a rapier, but was curved ever so slightly. Suddenly another human came out of the smoke and then another. About five more humans rushed out of the building before regrouping with the first solider who escaped the building.
"Stand fast!" The first human commanded in a voice that demanded complete obedience. "We will not be defeated by these bloodsuckers!"
Sarah and her comrades were still stunned at what they were seeing. "That's impossible!" Devan's voice just barely a whisper. "Humans can't exist anywhere, but Azeroth! So how are there are humans here on this world!?"
"Shut up, Devan!" Sarah silently shouted to her friend. "Don't give away our position. We'll figure out what the hell is going on later, but now we'll watch and observe how these humans react to these 'bloodsuckers' they talked about." Suddenly Gottrig's green hands covered both of the humans' mouth for a moment as before pulling them back to make a shushing gesture to both of them. He then pointed back to the smoky entrance of the building from where the humans came from and watched as something else came out.
Walking casually out of the smoky building as if it weren't crumbling down around him, was what looked like a young man dressed in white military uniform with a flowing white cape that was a direct contrast to the other humans before him. There also seemed to be a black armband with some strange inscription on it wrapped around his right arm. His hair style was short and black, but looked rather messy looking. At first the mages from Azeroth thought he was just another human from a different faction of some kind, considering the fact the he wore different uniforms from the other humans who looked ready to tear him part if he got any closer. Yet as the man in white got closer the mages would see that his eyes were blood red and his ears were pointed at the very ends.
"My, my." The creature started to say in an amused tone as he stopped a mere fifteen feet away from humans. "You six sure did give me a merry sort of chase, but let us just end this silly game already, you pathetic humans."
"Silence Vampire!" One of the soldiers yelled out defiantly. "You won't be so smug when I gutted you like a fish!"
"Vampire…?" Sarah whispered curiously as she watched the Vampire in front of the humans give a very amused chuckle.
"That's very funny coming from livestock." The vampire said as pushed back his cloak to reveal a sword at his hip. "Considering the fact that you all are seriously out matched, why don't you just surrender? I mean I been ordered not to kill any of you since you are all useful in a way, unless absolutely necessary anyway, but I might just swing a little too hard with my blade. Besides… with the others from my squad on their way here, there is no way you can win." Most of the humans looked uncertain at this point and Gottrig noticed from his hiding spot that one of them was literally shaking in what looked like pure fear. Yet one of the humans gave a defiant roar and charged forward with his blade posed to slice the vampire's gut open despite the commanding officer angrily ordering him back. "Well I tried to be reasonable, but I guess I can't expect anything else from selfish humans."
Just as the human was three four feet away from his target, the vampire stepped forward with a movement so quick that the mages in hiding just barely followed the movement as he pierced through the human's heart.
"Daiki!" One of the other soldiers roared out in anger as he stared in horror at the blade sticking out of his comrade's chest. He and the remaining men were about to charge in as well, but this time the officer was able to hold back his men by having his sword, which was glowing now, block their path.
"I told you that you didn't have a chance." The vampire said in a chiding manner as if he were talking to children. No, less than children. As if they were mere animals. "Now look at what you made me do. Oh well. I guess I will give you the curtsy of a quick death rather than prolong your suffering." He then swiftly pulled his blade out of dying soldier's chest in a fluid motion before just as quickly cutting off the human's head. The body quickly slumped down onto the ruined street just as the vampire brought his blade to his mouth, revealing large fangs, and casually licked the blood off it. "Ah~! Such delicious blood. I never get tired of drinking it… However, I will have to put that off and deal with the rest of you since you didn't heed my warnings. So prepare yourselves to tell me all that you know once I am done with you all and to be shown your proper place as livestock!" With a smug grin, the Vampire rushed forward like a blur and raised to his sword for one of the remaining soldier's limps.
Yet his blade was met by the human officer's own glowing sword just a few feet from one of the soldier's legs. However as the officer held the vampire's blade back, the mages of Azeroth could clearly see the strain on the human's face just to keep the blade from his subordinate while the Vampire looked like he was not putting too much effort in his attack. "Oh, ho?" The vampire whistled out in amusement. "Enchanted blade, eh? You must be someone important to have such a deadly tool, but no matter. It won't help you in the end."
"We'll see about that." The officer growled out. "NOW!" As soon as he said that, the other four soldiers charged in at both sides with their swords poised to slice the blood sucker into ribbons. The vampire for the most part, didn't even bat an eye at the oncoming attack and instead jump back with his impressive speed just as the blades struck the ground where he once stood. Not giving them a moment's thought, the pale creature appeared behind one of the soldiers and sliced up the back of knees. As the soldier cried out in pain and crumbled to the ground, the vampire struck another human with the back his hand against their side, sending the soldier flying across the street and crash against one of the steel carriages. The officer tried to order his men to retreat, seeing that the battle was long lost, but was far too late as the vampire lunged forward and swiped his blade across his remaining soldier's chests.
The wound look shallow from where the mages hid, but even they could tell that the soldier would die if he didn't receive any help in the next few minutes. The officer gave a look of pure anger at his comrade's wounds, and he looked ready to strike the vampire with a powerful attack, judging by how his sword was now shrouded in blue flames, but instead gave out a choked gasp as he was now being held off the ground by a hand around his throat with the bloodsucker smiling directly at him. "Heh, you will make a nice snack before I have you and your men are brought back with me." The vampire gave a superior looking smile before leaning forward and opening his mouth then biting into the man's neck. The officer gave a look of horror and tried to weakly struggle against his captor's grip, but it was no use as the bloodsucker superior strength allowed him to drink his crimson meal.
"We should do something!" Sarah whispered at the horror she was witnessing before her as she tried to get up from her hiding spot in order to attack the smug vampire.
"No!" Devan whispered sharply. "Don't you remember our orders? We are to observe and stay hidden till we access whether these species are dangerous to us."
"But they are humans!" The woman countered sharply. "Even this 'vampire' said they were! How can we stay out of this!?"
"Sarah, while I don't know how there humans on this world, but we don't have a clue on how this world's humans and vampire work." Gottrig cut in before Sarah could even do something stupid. "We don't know about this world's politics, which side is righteous or honorable; nothing at all! How can we say if we attack them was the right thing to do? As part of race that has shamed itself by trying to invade other worlds, I can safely say that getting involved is not the right thing to do."
Sarah gave her friend a long look before lowering her eyes apologetically. "Your right…" she said finally after a moment of silence. "It's just seeing another human getting hurt like that is—"
"Well, Well. What do we have here?" A voice said behind them which caused the Azerothian mages to turn to see that another vampire was standing about fifteen away from their hiding spot. He didn't look very intimidating, in fact he looked like a young teen that just turned seventeen years old and had a very youthful face, but his blood red eyes and pointed ears told them that his appearance was very deceiving. A small breeze ruffled the combed, medium sized, snow white hair on the vampire's head while his braid fluttered behind for a moment before falling back down. At his side was another sword much like the other vampire who took out the humans, but looked a bit longer and had a cross shaped silver looking hilt.
He had a playful if not amused looking smile on his face as he stared at the human mages, particularly their clothing. "Humans playing to be mages now? It kind of cute really to see such greedy humans such as yourselves play at powers you don't even understand or can control properly, but no matter. You will all become… live… stock…" His amused grin slipped as he finally took notice of Gottrig for the first time and his eyes widened considerably as he took in the orc's appearance. "What the… What are you?!" He practically shouted the question as the Azerothian mages knew they that were in deep trouble now. Their covers were blown out of portion and from the way they just saw one vampire take on supposedly trained humans in a blink of an eye, it was little imagination that if they didn't do something fast they could be killed. Even if they did escape however, the mages knew that Max would surely killed them for failing to uphold their cover when observing this world's species on the very first day!
"Hello Alexander!" A voice behind the mages, whom they turned their heads to see the other vampire had dropped the human officer and now was a mere twelve feet away from the mages. A small trail of blood leaked down his chin as he smiled at them. "I see you caught more… humans… The hell is that thing!?" He pointed at the orc in disbelief as the mages cursed under their breaths while trying to think of something quick.
"On my mark, I will create a distraction and then we blink the hell out of here." Sarah whispered softly to her friends while the vampires continued to stare in bewilderment at the green skinned orc.
"What are you, creature?" The snow haired vampire, Alexander, said as he drew his blade. "Talk now and I promise I won't have to hurt you when I bring you back home with the livestock."
"3…2..." Sarah started to count softly while the black haired vampire snapped out of his stunned state and noticed the woman's lips moving very quietly.
"Hey, what you whispering there, human?" He asked as he eyed her cautiously from the cover of his eye, but never letting most of his attention leave the orc's stiff and tense frame as he glared at the bloodsucker.
"…1… NOW!" She shouted while performing spell that shot out a bright flash from her fingers and effectively blinded the two vampires. As the pale creatures covered up their eyes, all three mages blinked out of their current spot and appeared a few meters of way from the bloodsuckers. Not daring to look back, they continued to use their blink ability and teleported across the streets, making their way hastily back to the portal and safety. Yet after returning the second to last street where the portal lay, the three mages stopped for a moment as they took a moment to catch their breath after using a lot of mana from the number of blink spells they used.
"By the light… that was too close for comfort…" Devan panted out as he felt slightly more drained than he should be. "Also I feel I bit for winded than usual… must have to do something with this planet."
"Same here…" Gottrig said before taking out three mana crystals and gave one each to his companions. "This world doesn't have the same levels of magic like on Azeroth."
"I don't think so…" Sarah said as she absorbed the mana from the crystal that was in her hand. "I can feel some kind magic going on in this world, but…. Those beings… those vampires I felt something completely strange about them…"
"Besides the obvious strangeness of them drinking a human's blood, what do you mean?" Devan asked a bit cynically before letting a bit seriousness lace his voice.
"I don't know… I sense something odd about the magic surrounding them…" Sarah confessed as she turned to her friend before her eyes widen in fear as she saw something standing about twenty feet away from them.
"That wasn't very nice you know…" The black haired vampire said as he walked towards them with his partner following close behind. "Still I have to admit… I didn't think you humans could perform that kind of magic here in Japan."
"Perhaps their power has to do with that green thing standing next them." The vampire called Alexander said as they got closer to the now panicking mages. "Also don't think your little trick will work a second time as you be quite unconscious when I get my hands on you. That is if you don't surrender right now before our lord arrives with reinforcements."
"H-How…. How did you find us?" Devan said as he subtly moved his hand behind his back before making a hand gesture to his comrades to use a flare spell and call for back up.
"Hmm? I am a little surprised that human mages like yourselves are ignorant of what we vampires are capable of." The black haired vampire said with a superior looking smile crossing his features. "Then again, you are livestock so I guess it to be expected that you don't know that much… Your scent gave you away despite the surprising amount of ground you three covered in such a short amount of time." He then paused for a moment as he drew his blade from his sheathe. "Now then, would you stop whatever you are doing behind you back and just hold still while I knock all three of you out? I mean honestly, you three shouldn't try to hide anything from us. It's rude you know."
He then rushed forward with his impressive speed and had his sword posed to wound Devan. Yet before he could do a thing, the ground underneath him froze suddenly along with his feet, which were covered a modest layer of ice. Looking up he saw the woman muttering something before raising her hand to the sky and a bright orange ball shot up. It exploded brightly and black haired vampire raised an eyebrow at the spell before returning his gaze to the three mages and widened his eyes as he saw the green skin creature now had a fireball in his hand. The orc hurled the fiery ball at the vampire, but before it could collide with the bloodsucker slashed at the ice incasing his feet before breaking free and jumped away from possible death.
As the vampire dodged Gottrig's attack, Sarah charged up a powerful arcane blast and was about to unleashed it when she felt the hair on her neck rose as she sensed something appear behind her back. Rolling to the side, the human mage saw that the white haired vampire standing where she once stood with his sword impaled into the stone floor. "Huh? You managed to dodge that?" The vampire said in a surprised tone as he turned to Sarah and looked like he was about to rush her again, but was stopped when a frozen ice lance came right at his face.
His eyes widened for a brief moment before he moved his head quickly out of the way of the icy projectile. Turning his head around to see where the icy attack came from, he noticed that human male was chanting some kind of strange language that was far different than any magical incantation he heard before. The human raised his hand before what looked like cone of razor like ice was shot his way. The vampire immediately jumped to the right of the attack before rushing forward with his sword posed to impale him. The mage saw the attack, but didn't move from his spot as seemed to expect the attack and he quickly cast Frost Nova spell to root the white haired vampire. However what Devan didn't expect was the youthful looking bloodsucker jumping up from the ground right before the ice could case his feet and legs then gracefully kicked the human in the face.
The force of the blow sent Devan flying back before slamming into a nearby car. "Devan!" Sarah yelled at her friend's fallen form whom seemed to be still alive due to his chest rising and falling, but a small stream of crimson started to slowly flow down the side of his head. She turned to move help her friend, but noticed that white haired and paled skinned creature was heading his way toward her.
"Now, now." The vampire named Alexander said somewhat soothing to her, as if he was trying to calm down a frightened animal. "I made sure not to hit him too hard now. After all, after seeing him throw ice and chant strange spells like in a language I never heard of, I can't allow any of you to die. So don't you worry, I will make sure all of you live for the questions my superiors have for you." He then used his incredible speed to close the distance between the girl and himself. Raising a hand, he was about to grab her throat, but stopped with a stunned look on his face when he saw the woman literally vanish before his eyes. Hearing a sound of something appearing to the left of him, Alexander turned to see the human girl had teleported somehow towards the semi-conscious man. "Well now… that was interesting move... but I wonder how many times you can do that little spell before I catch you."
"You might just be surprised what we are really capable of." Sarah said with confident smile despite the dark pit of doubt and fear welling up inside of her. She knew that the vampire was right and it was only matter of time before she was caught. She only hoped that their reinforcements arrived before the vampire caught them or their own back arrived first. She spared a tiny glance to Gottrig who seemed to be having a more capable time dealing with his opponent and dodging his attacks with the skill he built up from his youth before finding his true calling in magic.
Suddenly she heard the white haired vampire making his move and she didn't even turned her head towards him before grasping Devan's shoulder and blinking the both of them away from the car they stood next to. After reappearing a short distance away from them, Sarah laid her friend gently down on the cold sidewalk floor before turning to face the now even more destroyed car where they once stood. She blinked however once she noticed the youthful vampire, who now currently wore a victorious smile on his lips, stood before her. Then the mage felt the air leaving her body as she felt vampire's fist collide against her stomach and making her knees weak. Just as she was about to fall to the floor, the slowly losing consciousness woman felt a hand grab her by the neck before lifting her up from the ground.
"Sarah!" Gottrig yelled out as he saw his friend getting picked up by the white haired vampire before jumping out of the way from the black haired bloodsucker's sudden sword swipe at his person.
"Hey, now." The pale skinned creature chided as he got ready to strike the orc again. "Don't take your off me when you we are fighting. It's rather rude. Also don't you worry now about your little friend. Alexander is just going to have a tiny sip of her blood before knocking her out, that's all." The orc merely growled at that black haired vampire before casting Dragon's Breath spell at him. To his satisfaction, the vampire's expression became alarmed as he got a bit singed by the attack even though he just barely managed to dodge the giant flame that melted the steel carriages along the street.
Meanwhile, Alexander raised Sarah up by the throat before exposing her neck to him. Smiling at the sight and the feeling of blood being pumped through her veins beneath his hands, the young looking vampire leaned forward, his mouth opening to reveal his long sharp fangs before biting down on the human's neck. As the mage grunted in pain at vampire's fangs digging into her skin, Alexander's eyes widen in both shock and pleasant surprise as his tongue tasted the human's blood. It was the most pleasurable and tasty blood he ever hand in his life. Sure blood always tasted so good to him, especially from the source of a human, but just tasting the human's blood was almost divine. It was so pure, so sweet, and he felt some kind of powerful rush coming from it that made him almost feel giddy. He didn't know why it tasted so better than any human he drank from before on the surface or the blood vials from children he normally had back home, but he didn't care at the moment.
It was an effort for him not to drink all the delicious blood this human had to offer, but Alexander managed to contain himself and merely drank a couple gulp fulls of the crimson liquid, savoring the taste all the while, before pulling back. He let out a satisfied sigh as he gulped the last of the blood down his throat before gently placing the girl on the floor next to her fallen friend, merely out of gratitude for giving him the best blood he ever had in his life. "Daniel…. This girl's blood…. It's simply the best blood ever!"
"Huh?" The vampire now identified as Daniel said as he dodged another fireball by the now furious orc. "Is it really that good?"
"Yes it is!" Alexander said as licked the remaining blood of his lips with his tongue before shivering in delight at the tasty feeling that hit his tongue once again. "After we get back, I might just keep this girl for myself."
"It can't be that good can it?" Daniel asked a bit doubtfully as he danced around Gottrig who looked ready to literally explode with anger. "I mean the best blood normally comes from children of a certain class and only the Progenitors are allow to have them..." Suddenly a thought occurred to the black haired vampire as he turned his gaze for a moment to the unconscious Devan. "I wonder… could the male human have the same tasty blood as the woman since they are some kind mage?"
"Hmm… Perhaps." Alexander mused as he turned towards the male mage and started to reach for his him. "Let's find out, shall we?"
"Lok-tar ogar!" The orc roared in fury as he couldn't stand the thought of both of his friends' blood getting drained by the pale mockery of a human. Pulling powerful mana into his hands, Gottrig let loose a devastating wave of fire at the black haired vampire who was startled by the orc's roar. The pale creature barely had time to retreat from the blaze as both his left arm and parts of his side were caught in the wave of fire. Daniel screamed out in pain at the burning sensation before jumping away from the green skinned mage and started to put out the fire that engulfed his body.
Gottrig took a very brief moment to savor watching his handiwork before turning to the white haired vampire who was now rushing forward with sword ready to impale the orc where he stood. His eyes widened for a moment before preparing himself from the vampire's attack. Yet he knew that he couldn't move fast enough to cast a spell as the pale creature was already too close to finish his incantation. However, just as Alexander was upon the orc, he was blasted way by a purple looking blast and sent flying across the street for a moment. Blinking at the sight, Gottrig's surprise turned to his relief to find Max standing on top of a steel carriage with his staff in one hand and powerful arcane energy forming in the other. Several of the others were there as well as Fal'car and Savira were gently picking up both Sarah and Devan from the floor.
"Thank the spirits for making it just in time, Max." Gottrig said as the leader of their expedition got off the car and headed quickly towards him.
"We'll talk about this blunder later, but for now let us move Sarah and Devan before they get even more hurt than they are already are." Max said as he was about to give the order to retreat, but stopped when more pale looking creatures in white uniforms arrived with their weapons already drawn. The commanding mage gave a curse as he knew that escaping now would be almost impossible if he didn't think fast.
"Ouch…." Alexander said as he got up from the floor and brushed off his uniform, which was torn a part in several different places by the blast. There were also a few scratches along his exposed skin and a small gash along his face, but they quickly mended together in a matter of seconds. He then turned towards Max and the new mages before smirking as he saw his own reinforcements had finally arrived as well. "I must say that was a powerful attack, but I doubt you could do that to all us before we defeat you. So I recommend you just surrender now and not have to go through a somewhat painful experience." As he said that he noticed that some of the mages were not human like the green skinned creature, but unlike the orc some of them varied between long ears, green or gold glowing eyes, tiny body frames and different skin colors like blue and purple. To say it was puzzling, shocking, and fascinating would be a tremendous understatement. "…Also when you are all imprisoned, we would like to question you all on what you truly are after seeing several creatures like that in your little group."
Yet as the vampire spoke, Max gestured subtly for his group to form up in a close knit circle with their unconscious comrades in the middle of it before starting to chant several powerful incantations. Alexander saw this and was about to order his brethren to attack, but before he could do so, a bright glow engulfed the mages. Just as the glow appeared it suddenly went away along with the strange mages. Stunned at the sight he just witnessed for a moment, Alexander cursed irritably for a moment before a scent caught his nose. It was the scent of the group he was just facing a moment ago now somewhere else, but close by. Yet that wasn't all he smelled. The young looking vampire smirked to himself as he caught the scent of his master now coming from the same area where the mages now were.
As the teleportation died down, Max released a breath he had been holding in as when he first saw the strange creatures that arrived and surrounded his group. Yet he smiled for a brief moment as he knew that they were safe inside their barrier beside the waygate.
"By the light we are… safe…" Someone in front of him started to say before slowly stopping as if he was startled by something. "What the hell!?" Instantly that comment caught Max's attention and he pushed past his comrades and wounded friends to see what could shock his subordinates. After getting past his comrades, the lead mage's eyes widen in shock as the remaining mages he had left behind after he left to guard the portal were sprawled on the floor and unconscious and looking battered next to the portal's entrance. Yet what caught his eye was what looked like a young boy standing in front of the waygate and with his back towards the remaining mages.
"…Fascinating… Truly fascinating." The boy spoke in a regal voice that belied his age after a long moment of silence before turning around to face the wary mages. After getting a good look at him, everyone saw that boy wore noble like clothing, made with some kind of dark blue and black fibers, which were also embedded a small amount of jewelry. His hair was medium sized in length and at first had a messy appeal to it, but after another moment's glance everyone would notice a subtle grace to it. Not to mention he had braid flowing down the right side of his shoulder. There was also a top hat with what could only be described as dragon emblem on the side of it that fitted his head perfectly while two sapphire earrings adorn his little lobes. In his right hand was a short black cane with a sliver colored handle. Finally his eyes were a blood red that made his gaze all the more unnerving to the mages.
"I must admit, when I first went on a nice stroll through my territory to see how my loyal servants were doing clearing out those who wish to invade what is rightfully mine before turning them into their right position as life stock, I didn't really expect to find this thing here or these people guarding it on my walk." The little boy said in a mused yet fascinated tone as he gestured to the portal gate behind.
"H-How… How did you find us...!?" Fal'car said in shock as he couldn't believe that this boy, this creature, was able to see through their barrier and also get past it.
"Hehehe, I don't know what you people did or what magic you used to make such a curious looking cloak barrier, but those kinds of tricks are basically worthless on me." The boy explained with a smirk crossing his lips as the Blood Elf looked both infuriated by the comment and also had an expression of fear cross his face as he processed what the boy had said. "Yet what surprised me even more when I destroyed the feeble little barrier was that what I found wasn't humans who created it—well a few humans anyway—but creatures I never seen before. They were surprised to see me as much as I was of them, but despite my curiosity about these new species, I was most fascinated by what they were guarding." He then turned his head briefly towards the waygate. "By the design of the structure, it looks like a gate or archway of some kind… could this be a portal of some kind? It would explain what you creatures are if you all came from another world…. I never got an answer from the fellows who were guarding it as they didn't like me examining it and tried to shoo me away."
"You… What did you do my subordinates?!" Max coldly stated as tried to keep his anger in check after finding out his men, the people he was responsible for, were hurt because of this… thing.
"Hmm? Your subordinates….. Interesting." The boy mused out loud before giving the commander a smirk. "Well, to answer your question for what did I do to them, they were being so mean to me that I naturally decided to give them some nice good discipline for their rude behavior. Don't you worry though, I didn't give them any fatal wounds. No, you are all now too valuable to be killed after learning of this discovery." He the pointed his cane at the group of mages. "And judging by how you look like you want to be like these fools at my feet and attack me, and not to mention judging by the scent of my servants on the two unconscious humans that you have in your hands, I will have to give you all the same discipline."
"It is considered dishonorable to attack a child under most circumstances, but now I know what you are vampire I will be sure to give a fitting death by incineration!" Gottrig roared out loud as he started to charge up his flame powers while the rest of his teammates also got ready with Max preparing a powerful attack to incapacitate the little boy vampire.
"Interesting, you green skin think you know what we are, or I assume you do anyway, after meeting my servants." The boy said in amusement as he didn't seem phased by the mages preparing their spells. "I wonder if this is because you observed us long enough to identify us or maybe one of my servants was too free with his tongue. If it is the latter, I will have to will have discipline them for not knowing when to be silent at appropriate times. Ah, but listen to me ramble on. I guess I shall be courteous and give a t each of you a quick tap on the head help you sleep so that you may not throw a tantrum on your way back to my home."
With one last fanged grin, the mages were all stunned when the vampire literally disappeared before their eyes. Even Gottrig who had seen vampires in action only moments ago moving at incredible speeds was completely shocked and thrown off guard when the boy bloodsucker just vanished without a trace. For a second everything stood still as all the mages tried to comprehend what just happened, when Max sensed something appeared in the middle of their group. He knew who it was and tried to defend his friends, but he suddenly felt a powerful stab in his gut by the vampire's small hand. The force of the hit sent him off his feet and flying back towards the portal before stopping just short of it. Pain screeched all over his body and Max found that it was just an effort to stay awake. Lifting up his head slowly, the commander of the failed expedition saw all his mages were tossed around and knocked by the little boy vampire's monstrous strength in a matter of seconds. It was truly frightening, but what made matters gone from really bad to horrifically terrible was that the other vampires from before had arrived and surrounded the unconscious mages and the portal. Some of them muttered in awe at the portal before them while others simply focused on the mages on the ground.
"Lord Gabriel von Drake." The white haired vampire from before said in a revered tone as he approached and knelt to the tiny boy.
"Ah, Alexander. You came at the perfect time." Gabriel said in a pleased voice. "I want these mages and the strange creatures with them to be brought back home alive and unharmed as soon as possible. Also, please inform Lady Krul of this discovery. She will need to hear about this portal gate thing along with the rest of the Progenitor council as soon as possible."
As the voices of the vampires started to fade away from his consciousness, Max silently cursed himself for failing his friends and subordinates, but most all he knew only despairful thoughts at what could possibly these pale creatures, these vampires, would do with the portal and by extension Azeroth. As he gave the little boy one last hateful glare, which the boy who seemed to sense it and return a look of amusement, before slowly lowering his head to the cold stone floor as the darkness consumed him.
It has been three days now since Max's group left to the new world they discovered, but there was no response yet from them. The master of the magical tower didn't really pay it too much mind at first since it was more than likely that his best student was still getting things organized on the other side, but when the portal gate suddenly opened on the fourth day he expected to receive a messager from one the mages with him. So bringing all his staff and apprentices to the portal room, the master of the tower eagerly awaited for the messager to arrive, but what came out of the gate wasn't what he was expecting. Out of the gate came a large group of pale looking human looking creatures with blood red eyes who didn't say anything, but attack the stunned group of mages before them. The master and his people didn't even have time to react as the vampires over ran them all and quickly took over the tower. With this new development, Azeroth would be forever changed by what lay behind the portal to the new world. While the pale vampires of Earth in turn have set their sights on this new magical world in hopes of using it against their war against the Japanese Imperial Demon Army.
Author's Note: This is a edit of the prologue with a massive correction of a great many grammar problems. Hopefully you guys will enjoy this opening far better than ever before.