Hello people! Thank you very much for taking an interest in my story n.n
For now, I'll let you to read it, see the notes at the bottom for more information.
Just one little thing: English is not my first language, so I apologize for any mistakes I may have and I ask you to point them out for me so I can improve (just be polite about it)
Enjoy!
Chapter's warning: Genderswap (it's just the prologue, so it doesn't have nothing really wort mentioning in here)
Disclaimer: All the characters and locations belong to Blizzard Entertainments, I make no money from this.
"I still remember the first time I saw you. You shouldn't have been more than six years old.
I wasn't that much older myself, barely two years your senior; and I was surely getting in trouble by spying on the King's daughter."
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The sun was shining brightly upon Stormwind's training grounds; but he opted to stay hidden in the shadows.
He knew he shouldn't be here, he should be training with the rest of his class, but his curiosity hasn't disappeared since he heard the rumors this morning.
The King's daughter was starting her training today.
He wasn't the curious type, but this was such a unique chance he just couldn't let it pass.
Everyone knew about the young princess and the King's unexpected decision to name her his sole heir. Although it was not unheard of a woman joining the ranks of the army –his own mother was proof of that-, to have a princess become a warrior and future King was something without precedents.
So it was understandable why for him, the only son of two low ranking soldiers, the prospect of even glancing at the princess was irresistible.
It has been so irresistible that, at the first opportunity he got, he sneaked away from his trainers and went in search of the famous royalty.
The princess would be learning from Master Hjalmar Anvilmar, which was a great feat on itself. The old dwarf's training was known to all aspirant soldiers as the ultimate proof of skills, because he never trained someone he didn't considered worthy; and even then, he usually took in people with at least some previous experience.
So it said a lot about the King's daughter that Master Anvilmar was the one to start her training; and if rumors had it right, she also received personal tutelage from Sir Anduin Lothar.
That just made her all the more impressive in his mind, and Light be damn if he'd let this chance go to waste.
He'll take his punishment later.
The sight of the princess itself wasn't really that extraordinary, she was wearing the same training clothes he himself wore, and there was nothing that indicated her status. No jewelry, no fancy piece of garment, nothing. Just plain old leather armor.
That somehow just made it more especial.
Her grip on the training sword wasn't that great, but it wasn't as bad as most beginner's, so maybe she did have some previous knowledge.
Looking at her for the first time, she didn't look a lot like her father. Granted, he had seen King Llane only a few times, and always from a distance, but the young princess didn't have his golden hair.
No, she had dark brown, short hair instead. Too short actually, compared to what he normally saw on high-class women, and it wasn't tied up on a fancy manner nor decorated with expensive jewelry. But it was kind of logical that she wouldn't have such things, as they would just get in the way while she trained –and maybe that was the same reason to have such short hair, barely reaching pass her ears.
She must have taken after her mother. Unfortunately he haven't seen the woman so far, the poor Queen had a week heart and didn't leave the Keep that much.
Her eyes, however, were definitely her father's.
They were the same stormy blue that characterized the Wrynn family, and they were tingling with excitement while she tried to mimic Anvilmar's movements.
The shinning in her eyes made him want to get out of hiding and approach the little group. Surely Master Anvilmar wouldn't mind if he just went to pay his respects to the royalty, right?
"Bolvar Fordragon!" the calling of an angry voice had him turning around to face the imposing figure of his mother.
Mara Fordragon was a woman of a strong will and a kind heart; she loved her son dearly and defended her kingdom with all her might.
That only served as a reminder that he should not have sneaked out of class.
"You should be training" the woman of long brown hair and clear blue eyes had her hands on her hips, in a pose Bolvar had learned to fear since a young age.
He swallowed and looked down in shame, there was nothing he could say to defend himself and he was ready to face the proper punishment.
"What were you doing anyway?" Mara asked, turning to see through the window her son had been previously looking through. He was her son after all; there must be a very good reason for him to skip training.
One floor down, in the training fields, there was Anvilmar teaching his students, which was something impressive to see, but was nowhere near as impressive as a certain little dark brunette.
The young princess of Stormwind.
She smiled, as any soldier she felt a great sense of pride for King Llane's daughter, and as a citizen of Stormwind, she had great hopes put on her.
As a mother she knew that was a lot of pressure resting on such a small child's shoulders, but seeing her right now, seeing the sloppy, yet confident grip she had on her training sword and the fiery look burning in her eyes she had no doubts that she would live up to the people's expectations.
"Let's go" she told her son, turning to walk back on her steps "You won't be able to protect Princess Varian if you miss on your training" she would let him off the hook for now, even she had to admit that Varian Wrynn was a damn good reason to do what he did.
Bolvar nodded and followed after her, stealing one last glance at the field bellow and the little girl training there.
He would become the greatest soldier this Kingdom has ever seen, and he will protect her at any cost.
It's a promise.
So, what do you think? Does it utterly suck? Should I stick with the lore Blizz keeps changing every now and then? Or is it good enough? Do you want to know more or you wish to go back in time and prevent yourself from reading it?
Tell me what you think in a review! Be it good or bad, just tell in a polite way! n.n
About the Story: Well, I'm a huge fan of Varian, and I love Bolvar a lot (I was like "nooo!" when he was 'supposedly killed' during Wrathgate) and my siblings and I always joke around the fact that, after Tiffin's death, both Bolvar and Varian practically raised Anduin together, and all those times Varian mentions how much he trust and cares about Bolvar, and all those things. So I always kind of liked the Bolvar/Varian couple.
Then, in the last year I became really obsessed with the genderswap, especially the genderbender (always-a-girl/boy) type. And sleeping the other day I had a dream about a Fem!Varian making out with Bolvar, so then I asked myself how exactly did those two met each other. You don't really have much of a background story for Bolvar, you don't even know how he's related to Mara (if he is related to her). So that's basically how this came out to be.
What to expect from this Story: Well, you'll have Genderswap in two cases, those being Varian and Tiffin (who were going to call Tyffin as it sound slightly more manly), in which they are both going to be from the opposite gender from the start (so they can get marry and have our sweet baby Andy!).
Some minor changes from what's the official lore are made to fit it in with this story. But not that much, what changes mostly is the time-lines and things like that (meaning, the time in which an event happened or the time that passes between one even and another), but nothing major. I mostly stick with Blizz's old time-line (as the last they published makes no sense whatsoever in some parts).
I may or may not have some parts with explicit sex. I haven't decided yet. Most likely I will not, as I don't feel confident enough to do so. In any case, it would be mentioned before hand and rating will go up accordingly to the content of the chapter. Rating will go up, as both Bolvar and Varian grow up and experience different things.
Most of the story is going to be from Bolvar's PoV (like this prologue), some chapter's will have a little introduction in first person (like this one) and once in a while, there would be a special chapter in Varian's PoV (with a little introduction from someone else's).
So, I hope you have liked this so far and thank you for reading!
Have a nice day and c'ya!