Harry Potter and the World of Warcraft
Chapter 2: Enter, Dustwallow Marsh
Alex and William set out to the Marshes after buying essential supplies for the trip. The pair were headed out to mostly find a special breed of plant used to make potions and a fine pipe weed that was very popular in Theramore. Alex wore a traditional chain mail and plate armor suit with a sword and shield, things he carried anytime he left the mighty city. His brother wore purple robes and held a staff that he used as a fighting stick. Alex trained William in some basic hand to hand combat, but William preferred using his magic. William never grew a beard or grew his hair out like his brother did, preferring to look like a normal human rather than an over sized dwarf like his brother. If the pair were next to each other no one would know they were related until they started talking to one another. Alex put the supplies on his mount and they ventured out into the Marshes ever watchful of the massive spiders that roamed the area. "William, remember to be on the lookout, your eyes are trained for the dark and my sword cannot hit what it cannot see." Alex reminded his brother. He nodded and they rode deep in the dark marshes.
Azkaban was in chaos, the forces of Lord Voldemort were caught off guard by a surprise attack by the Order of the Phoenix. Nobody expected them to use Muggle transports to ram the island. "Fire away, take them all down." Lupin yelled while firing a stunner at a Death Eater. Harry punched another Death Eater and stunned a further one. He had only one enemy on his mind, Voldemort. He ran into the fortress while his friends followed closely. He was going to end this war once and for all. They entered into the massive fortress prison and found Lord Voldemort standing on scaffolding. "Welcome Potter to my fortress." Voldemort cackled. Harry readied his wand at the Dark Lord and sent a green beam of light at him, Voldemort disaperated away to another part of the fortress. "Damn, it's never this easy." Ron said and they ran forward into the fortress.
Voldemort and an entourage of Death Eaters sat in the lower chamber and waited for Potter and his friends to arrive. "All right my loyal warriors, the brat and his friends will arrive here soon. If we destroy him here the Order will be broken and victory will be ours. Prepare to wipe him off the map!" The dark lord snarled. The Death Eaters moved into position around their master and prepared for Harry Potter to arrive.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny reached the deepest area of the fortress and waited outside. "Harry, I got a bad feeling about this." Ron said. Harry understood why. "Yeah, I don't think it would be this easy." Harry said as they neared the door. They opened it and found Voldemort on his throne surrounded by 40 Death Eaters. "Well Potter, I feel it should be fair, you bring your friends and I will bring my own." Voldemort laughed. Harry rolled his eyes and pointed his wand at his nemesis. "Your finished Voldemort, your reign of terror ends here." Harry said. Voldemort and his followers laughed heavily. "Such heroic banter, you think you can stop me? I shall break you and your blood traitor friends." Voldemort snarled. "You're nothing but a pathetic man in a snake's body." Hermione yelled, hoping to rouse Voldemort's anger. It worked. "Silence you mudblood bitch. How dare you speak the Dark Lord's name?" MacNair snarled pointing his wand. A green jet of light was fired, but it disappeared just as it was about to hit Hermione. Everyone was suddenly stunned as they saw what just happened. A glowing light came from here cloak pocket and she pulled out what was once Voldemort's soul. The Dark Lord's eyes widened as he saw the glowing device. He knew what it was. A device from many years past. A white light surrounded them, and they were no longer in this world.
Alex and William saw a bright flash off a corner of his eye as they saw figures in the marsh. "William, what do you see?" Alex asked. William could only see several figures in black, but he was getting a horrible magical presence from the one in the middle. Alex also got a bad feeling from the group. The feeling was magnified when several explosions came from the area. The pair dismounted and ran towards them. Alex drew his sword and William pulled his staff from his back and just as they arrived, they saw the most terrifying man they had ever seen. A snake like man with terrible red eyes and skin pale as death, spider-like fingers gripping what looked like a wand of sorts and a terrible face of pure anger. "Don't let them interfere, kill them." The man screamed to his robed followers. Three of them turned around and fired several green jets of light at them but William set up a shield around them and blocked the curses. William saw out of a corner of his eye several young people running around them with similar wands drawn. Alex noticed as well and he ran towards the snake man. Alex tackled him and tried to run his blade through, but before he could hit his mark, a massive magical blast sent him flying off and into his brother. Soon the young people had joined around them. "A brief reprieve of your death, but you cannot stop me from finally finishing you." The snake man said and the massive group vanished. William looked to the children and was surprised how bizarre they dressed. Alex though looked far ahead and saw the dark figures escape through the marsh.
Harry never knew anything like what he saw. One man managed to deflect the killing curse with a simple magical shield and it didn't break under the pressure. Harry kept his wand pointed at both and hoped it wouldn't come to a fight. What looked like the older one, who was foolish enough to try and fight Voldemort in personal combat, got up and looked towards Harry and the others. The younger one, who was wearing something like traditional wizard robes, but holding a massive staff instead of a wand. The older one in the armor walked towards Harry and then looked towards Ginny, who twisted her ankle running from the explosion. "Are you all right? Is anyone hurt?" He asked gently. Harry still kept the wand up, he slowly noticed Ron and Hermione were doing the same. "How do we know you're not going to hurt us?" Hermione said. The knight put his sword down and motioned for his friend to drop his staff. "We mean you no harm, my name is Alexander Farim, a soldier of Theramore Island, and this is my brother, William. He is a mage for the city. We wish to help you, but please lower your wands." He said. Harry looked into the man's eyes and saw no threat and along with his friends, he lowered the wands. Alexander moved towards Ginny and inspected her ankle. He smiled a little and carefully picked her up. "I have medical supplies at our horses, let's go." He said in a commanding voice.
Alex carried the smaller girl to his horse and lowered her to the ground. William came up to them and put the weapons on the horse as Alex wrapped the girl's ankle. "I confess I do not know your names, or that of your enemy." William said. The young bespectacled boy spoke up. "My name is Harry Potter, the girl is Ginny Weasley, this is her brother Ron and this is our friend Hermione Granger." He explained going around to the redheads and bushy haired girl. Alex finished the thrice and helped Ginny on to the horse. "We will take you to Theramore, we must move quickly because your friends out their aren't the only dangers here. The black dragon queen is said to reside here." William said helping Hermione onto the horse and they quickly moved out of the marshes towards a ship in wait. They quickly boarded it and headed out towards Theramore.
Hermione stood next to Alex on the ship and the two began speaking. "Your clothes draw attention, what world do you come from?" Alex asked. Hermione smiled and explained. "Our world is a much more advanced world. We no longer use horses but these metal chariots" She explained to him, using simple terms for him. "You use magic it seems, how does that work out for you?" Alex pondered. She smiled faintly and began again. "In our world, some people think magic is evil. My friend Harry over their was locked in a cupboard under stairs for ten years before he went to school. We keep the magical world secret from anyone who doesn't use magic." She explained. Alex looked horrified, magic in this world was both embraced and widely used. But it did need control. "We try to train responsibility with magic, mostly because it was because of magic we live in Theramore. A sorcerer named Medivh opened a portal to another world, called Drenor. It unleashed the Horde. Our lands suffered in the war, and it all led to the coming of the Burning Legion." Alex said and told the story of the war first between the Orcs and Humans, then how the new Warchief liberated the orcs from the demon curse and then finally the alliance they had to stop a demonic invasion from the Burning Legion. Now the Horde and the Humans live in relative peace. "Sometimes I go to Orgrimmar but mostly I stand on a wall. I have been trying to make Lieutenant but since I am not of noble birth I cannot even dream of being an officer. But I remain hopeful." He said just as Theramore came into view. Harry gazed out and saw a massive and bustling port. William grinned as they moved into the port and walked into the massive city. "Theramore is mostly occupied by refugees from Lorderon, but on occasion we get orcs, trolls, and even some night elves." William explained. They quickly moved around the city and made it towards the brother's small home near the palace. "We will take you to Lady Jaina tomorrow, she is our leader, right now she isn't seeing commoners and it has been a long day. Alex will take you, I have several meetings tomorrow." William explained. Alex came out with several blankets and gave them to Harry and the others. "Thank you, I am very grateful for this." Harry said. William just shrugged and went into the kitchen and began cooking. Alex noticed the scar on Harry's forehead and quickly inquired. "Well, it was given to me by that man you met in the marsh. His name is Lord Voldemort and he is the most powerful dark wizard of our world." Harry said. Alex didn't dispute he was powerful, he sensed demon magic in that man, magic from the war. "I do hope we never encounter him again, I never felt such evil in a man." Alex said. They all nodded in unison
In a cave not far from Theramore, Lord Voldemort and his men quickly made a fire. MacNair saw his master pace back and forth in frustration. "That filthy mudblood, how dare she use that item. Now we are trapped here." He snarled. "My Lord, if I may inquire, what was that item?" Lucius asked his master. Voldemort in his frustration sent his Cruciatus curse at his minion before answering. "That item was something from Rowena Ravenclaw. It has the ability to send people back and forth through time and through many worlds. Its unstable in the hands of the unknowing, but to me it could send me to the far reaches of the world. But time travel is very unstable. I could not use it to change my history or the boys. We need that item in order to return to our world." Voldemort explained angrily. The other minions stirred together. "Our new plan is we must find out where we are so tomorrow I want you all to go find a village but no torturing mudbloods or muggles. I want no attention to us period." Voldemort said. He moved to the mouth of the cave and snarled. This was getting complicated.
AN: Hey, hope all like this chapter, next one has more action I promise. Please Read and review it.