In Valhalla We Stand
Disclaimer - I don't own Warcraft Franchise and Zero no Tsukaima.
Episode 1 - We Come From the Northlands.
Finally, the Icecrown Citadel had crumbled onto the earth. The mighty forces of the Alliances, consisted of the human, the orcs and other minor races finally had won over the tyranny of the Lich King, thus ending his reign of chaos once and for all. But the things that were left in mysteries were the disappearance of the Lich King and his majordomo, Kel'thuzad during their vicious fights against the Alliances forces. That incidents finally led to Icecrown destruction. If they didn't disappeared mysteriously during the final fight, the fate surely will be against the Alliance as both of them had the might to crush even an enormous batalion of warriors in front of them, and they had done it before. Maybe the fight had ended for the Alliance and the Horde, but the new adventures had just begun for these two idol of the damned.... the damned human prince and his lich majordomo, the most powerful mage in Azeroth.
Tristain, Halkeginia, a long time... maybe centuries later.
"I feel like a Vyrkul (another name for the Viking in Warcraft) wanderer here, with a new furry cloak, my fully-furnished platemail and The Frostmourne. My Helm of The Domination also gone during the incident. I even have not enough gold to buy a meat for us anymore", Arthas said as he led Kel'thuzad into a bar in the streets of Tristain.
"My king, are you sure you want to do this? We don't have enough gold even to buy some dog food for us to eat. The last time we serve Her Majesty Henrietta by assassinating some corrupted aristocrats and she gave us only 40 golds. I..", Kel'thuzad spoke before being interrupted by Arthas.
"Hush, Kel'thuzad. We have a secret mission to Tristain Academy of Magic in order to investigate some abnormal assault on the academy since two weeks ago. Now bring some gold and buy us some breads, low class breads. I don't care.".
Flashback.
"So both of you are from the Icy Northrend of Azeroth, right? What makes you here?", Queen Henrietta started to ask Arthas just before she suddenly shocked to see Frostmourne strapped on his waist.
Silence conquered the queen hall as Arthas drew Frostmourne and hold the sword with the hilt on the top and the blade on the ground, knelt upon the Queen.
"Your majesty, I'm sure you have heard the Legends of the Lich King, right?!", Arthas spoke as he showed his sarcasical smirk, the smirk that dropped his opponents morale.
"The Lich King, Arthas Menethil...", Queen Henrietta stuttered in fear just before Arthas calmed her a bit with his confident words.
"Your majesty, the former Lich King, Arthas Menethil and his advisor Kel'thuzad are at your service now. Since the Northrend didn't accepted us as her master anymore after being abandoned for a long time, we finally thought that this nation indeed need our service and here we are.", Arthas spoke confidently.
Hearing upon that, Agnes Von Chavellier de Milan of Tristain Royal Gunpowder Guard quickly appeared upon Arthas and drew her sword, pointed towards Arthas face."Your majesty, he is the traitor prince of the former Lordaeron, Arthas Menethil and his friend is the most powerful mage of former Dalaran, Kel'thuzad!!! They're dangerous, your majesty!! Why must we trust them?!".
"Agnes, let me decide whether Prince Arthas and Kel'thuzad can join us in the crusade or not.".
"But, your majesty...", but before she could even blinked her eyes, Arthas swung his Frostmourne, breaking her sword into pieces and pointed Frostmourne towards her throat.
"Never point your sword to Arthas Menethil the former Lich King of Northrend. Your Chavellier knights were no match for his supreme Death Knights of Northrend, keep that in your mind.", Arthas said as he lowered his runeblade and knelt again upon the Queen.
"My apology, Your Majesty. In former Lordaeron, those who dare to draw his sword and point it against another person, that means he is challenging the person into a duel.", Arthas paused for a while and continued his conersation. "Furthermore, my Frostmourne is hungry of souls for a long time...".
Both Queen Henrietta and Agnes were sweatdropped after hearing Arthas words and finally Queen Henrietta spoke," I hereby now appoint you as the leader of the Tristain Secret Knight of the Templar along with your majordomo, Kel'thuzad of the former Dalaran Mage.".
"We are deeply grateful with the honor you gave us and we will do anything in the service of your majesty.", Arthas stood up and sheathed back his runeblade before Queen Henrietta gave them the inscription of their mission.
"You will investigate these corrupted aristocrats and bring them to the royal court. Kill them if they insist.".
Both of them answered with a simple but confident answer, "Yes, your majesty.".
End of Flashback.
"Ah, here we are... Tristain Academy of Mage. Your destiny lies here, Kel'thuzad. he he... a mage that can't fight against opponents face by face, that's what these academy students are. I bet they can't even lay their hands on you.". Arthas spoke as they walked over the gates of Tristain Academy of Mage with honor and pride, as the newly appointed Secret knights of The Templar of Tristain.
They walked slowly at the corridor, with every eyes of the students, most aristrocrats, lied on them... especially on Kel'thuzad since he was only a frozen skeleton after all. But Arthas eyes were suripsingly directed towards a mage aristrocat and his familiar, a human familiar. The familiar was practising his swordskills while the mage was relaxing with her friends.
"My king...", Kel'thuzad spoke as soon as he noticed Arthas walked towards the familiar.
"Greetings, boy. You seems a bit skillful in handling with swords. What's your name?!", Arthas spoke, ausing the boy to jumped in surprised while other academy students watching them.
"I... Urm... Saito Hiraga. I'm not so skillful in sword battles actually.", Saito spoke, a bit stuttered when he saw the horrified skull on Arthas platemail and obviously, the Frostmourne.
"Ha, how about a spar?! I heard you are excellent in swordfighting, especially with your Derflinger.", Arthas spoke confidently, as he watched the environment around him. "A spar?!! I don't think this is good, sir..", Saito tried to speak but quickly intereferred by Arthas words, "I just want to see your skills, so after this if you still want to learn the art of swordmanship, come to me.". All of the magic academy students started to surround the field.
"Kel'thuzad!!! Kill those who interferes this match!!! I won't kill this boy as he is the Legendary Gandalfr, but I also won't go easy on him!!!", He ordered as he saw the familiar's master, Louisse Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière walked towards the familiar and yelled in anger.
"Don't fight, you dog!!! Your Derflinger will kill him!!! You dog still wanna fight after these recent incidents do you?!", Louisse said while pointing her finger towards Arthas. But Arthas suddenly chuckle and finally laughed histerically.
"You insolent human!!! Why do you laugh?!!", Louisse yelled towards Arthas in anger. She were dragged to the side by Guiche de Gramont and Kirche Augusta Frederica. "Louisse, shut up and watch this fight carefully. This will be a nice fight, I bet on the pretty rose petals.".
"Even though that guy is a newly appointed Secret Knights of The Templar, but he will be killed by Saito's Derflinger!! I hate that guy, he's arrogant!!!", Louisse crossed her arms and spoke in anger just before Kirche's words shocked her.
"Do you know why the guy speaks arrogantly?! Look at his sword. Tabitha, you know who is this knight, don't you?!.".
Tabitha quickly opened her books and answered, a bit stuterred. "The former Lich King of the abandoned land of Northrend since centuries ago. Name, Arthas
Menethil. His sword Frostmourne is the only one that can challenge Derflinger in any battle. The skeleton mage beside him is once known as the most powerful mage in the whole world, Kel'thuzad. He is also known as the last Void Magic user, but with the Frostmourne as his protector.".
"So this guy...", Louisse spoke, fully trembled in fear. "Is the former ruthless Legendary Lich King Arthas Menethil?!".
"Yes, he is... no doubt about that. Pity Saito.".
Okay, back to Arthas and Saito.
Arthas drew his Frostmourne and stabbed it onto the ground. He adjusted his dark mithril handguard, his plate chest armour before he picked up his runeblade back.
"Attack me now.".
Hearing the word, Saito quickly dashed towards Arthas and swung his sword. Arthas dodged the attack and hit Saito's stomach with the hilt. That hit drove Saito yards away backward before he regained his stamina and stood up.
"You're fast, but you are lack of skills and quality. A two handed sword user must not rush blindly towards his opponent or he will lose his life.".
"Shut up and fight, Mr. Smartie!!!", Saito swung his Derflinger towards Arthas head but he realised Arthas was missing from his sight. Then he felt the cold steel of Frostmourne behind his neck and noticed Arthas was behind him, ready to pierce his neck with Frostmourne.
"I had defeated the former Gandalfr in our previous fight, but he managed to live well after that. It seems the fate is on Gandalfr's side again as I have to let you live so that your master wouldn't cry heavily for you during your funeral... Kel'thuzad!!!", With that Arthas and Kel'thuzad walked away from the field, leaving Saito and the rest of the academy students.
"You... dog!!! What if you died just now?!", Louisse started to yell again but stopped when she watched Saito sat on the filed, his hand was trembling until he loosen grip of his Derflinger.
"He... He... was too strong... compared to other opponents that I've fought recently. Who is he?!", Saito finally spoke, trembled in fear as he watched Arthas and Kel'thuzad made their way to the Mage tower.
Kirche quickly interferred the conversation, " He is the former Lich King of the Northrend, Arthas Menethil. Among all Gandalfr opponents, He is the only one that can stay in the same par with Gandalfr himself. No wonder he is that strong, and you're lucky to leave the fight without any injuries caused by Frostmourne.".
"What is Frostmourne?!", Saito asked Louisse, Kirche, Montmerry, Tabitha and Kirche.... but none of them answered his question. Finally, Louisse answered, mearly cried. "Foolish dog!! Frostmourne is a legendary runeblade that can only be used by Arthas!! Everytime Arthas kills his opponent, Fostmourne will eat their souls!!! So Frostmourne is a cursed runeblade!!!".
"You will receive a reward as a token of congratulation for being able to survive the fight against Arthas Menethil.", Louisse spoke sternly, while others facepalmed.
"Is it a kiss?". No.
"Is it a one night stand?". No.
"Is it a hug?!". No.
Louisse took her whip from her pouch and showed her sadistical smile towards Saito. "You pervert dog.... THIS IS YOUR PUNISHMENT!!!".
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA".
"I heard you have stirred up another tension by fighting against Gandalfr just now. The former legendary Lich King surely has a sense of blood lust just like a pure Vyrkul, even after nearly three centuries.", An old man, happened to be the headmaster of Tristain Academy of Magic, Osmond started to speak as soon as Arthas and Kel'thuzad entered the headmaster room.
"He should learn on how to handle his Derflinger with me. Derflinger is a two-handed sword, just like Frostmourne. I'll keep on watching his progress from time to time.".
"Ho ho ho, Prince Arthas. You're arrogant, but it makes sense as you're among the legendary person that lived until today. Even the whole Halkeginia citizens wouldn't dare to enter the icy shores of Northrend until now. And for you Kel'thuzad...", Osmond eyed the lich carefully, before continued his words. "Even the combination of senior high skilled mages couldn't defeat you alone. You are one of the legendary mages that helped building the entire society of mages in Halkeginia continent today.".
"Ah, no need to praise me high, principal Osmond. Both of us knows our own capabilities.", Kel'thuzad spoke, with his frost sphere getting thicker and thicker.
"That is a fact that everybody knew, even some of the students here had made you as their mage idol.", Osmond spoke while pointing his finger to a potrait on a wall behind him. "Do you know who is in this potrait?!".
"That's me, principal Osmond. Me myself during my past days as one of the senior council of Dalaran.", Kel'thuzad smirked.
"Okay both of you, I will take you to the recent void user's class now. Follow me.".
"A void user is a 'she'? The traditions of the Void Agreement only choose male mage as the descendant of the Void and to be honest, I am the last Void magic user, but due to my hatred towards Dalaran, I had swore that I will never use Void magic again... until today.", Kel'thuzad explained sternly, showing his hatred towards Dalaran mages that have betrayed him during his past days.
"Choose your words carefully, Kel'thuzad.". Kel'thuzad heard the words from Arthas and immediately apologized. "My apologize, my king.".
"Okay, here we are. Stand up class!!!", Osmond ordered the students to stand up while the leturer sat down on a chair nearby.
"Due to the recent attacks, the Royal Palace has dispatched two of their best warrior and mage to come and aid us in finding any clues about the attacks", Osmond paused and invited both Arthas and Kel'thuzad to enter the lecture hall. The environment became noisy as Kel'thuzad opened his magic journal while Arthas just stood in pride, just like the way he was during his prince days.
"Silent class!! This is prince Arthas Menethil of the Northrend and his advisor, arch-lich Kel'thuzad. Both of them are the combination of warrior and mage skills, that means they have vast experience and capabilities in sword-fighting combats as well as magic, although they are the user of the Necromancy magic of Frost, Unholy and Death and Decay. I hope students will use this chance to learn on how to use their magic efficiently.", Osmond snapped his view towards Louisse and Saito.
"Louisee, you will learn the art of Void Magic with Kel'thuzad as he is the descendant of Void just before you took his place. His vast knowledge will help you in your Void magic. Saito, you will learn the art of swordmanship with prince Arthas Menethil. His well known capabilities in handling Frostmourne feared many of the well kown knight in Halkeginia continent...", Osmond heard Louisse stood up harshly and spoke to him in a rude manner.
"Why must I learn with this frost skeleton?! Just because he is the descendant of the Void before me, that doesn't mean I am weaker than him.", Louisse yelled and suddenly stopped when she felt a cold steel of The Butterfly blade behind her neck.
"I don't care if you die in any battle in the future, but you must know your own weakness before judging on others. That's why I hate aristocrats and before we reached this academy, we had killed about 10 aristocrats along with their families for their sins of corruptionand disobeyed the will of the Queen.", Kel'thuzad held his blade with his other hand formed a sharp razor frost on his bony hand. Louisse stood numb for a while before she knelt upon Kel'thuzad in fear.
"Don't you dare to lay your hands...", Saito yelled just before he noticed Arthas in front of him, pointing Frostmourne towards his face. "That's the fate of those who are arrogant but foolish, and you will join their place in the hell if you still act like you're the best. Don't you ever forget brats, you're now dealing with two legendaries in the history of the world. The former Lich King Arthas Menethil and the best mage Kel'thuzad.".
"Arthas, Kel'thuzad. If you continue to torture them, I'm afraid you will lose both of your best students..", Osmond said just before he noticed Arthas and Kel'thuzad appeared beside him, sheathed their blade back.
"That's better, they won't be able to mock the death itself again. We had put the fear of death back to them.", Arthas spoke confidently, while Kel'thuzad just keep on reading his journals of elemental magic and necromancy.
"Darn it, it looks like both of us don't have any choices other than being the students of the most powerful figures in the history...", Louisse and Saito sighed when they saw Arthas and Kel'thuzad walked out of their class.
This will be a hard time, yes it is....
-episode 1 ends-