He stood there on the cobblestone, eyes wide and blinking, absorbing the scene that lay before him. His globes scanned the plaza, half of himself not believing what was being seen, and the other half in awe that he was seeing it at all.

Chromie's familiar chirping voice made its way into Michael's ear, "Influences from each of the worlds this place is connected to can be seen. Items from each of those worlds and items representing them can be found everywhere. There are also many things that exist only here in the Nexus."

Michael finally made his voice speak, "It's amazing. No one from back home would believe me if I told them what I've seen here. There's just so much to see, and it's all so interesting!"

His awestruck features turned into a scowl.

"Everything I experienced back home was always so dull. My school, the teachers there, and even the students there were dull! You'd think that with thousands of people at a school at least one of them would be interesting, but you'd be wrong. The work was just as dull. Easy, too."

"Adventurous intellectual, huh?"

"If that's what you want to call me. I don't see this becoming dull anytime soon, though, if ever."

An amused voice came from behind Michael and Chromie, "That's good!"

The pair turned to meet the unannounced voice. Chromie became excited, "Valeera! It's good to see you!" The small Bronze leapt at the blood elf and wrapped her arms around Valeera's neck. Chromie swung herself around onto the assassin's shoulders, saddling herself in a piggyback fashion.

Valeera was a blood elf, owning an incredibly long and soft, fluffy head of blonde hair and glowing green eyes. She donned a scarlet red hood and cloak, with the hood currently down and all of her hair pulled in front of her shoulders and flowing around her breasts and down her body to her bare thighs. What she wore on her body was the style of a one piece swimsuit if it was scarlet red and made of leather. She also sported a pair of red, leather knee high boots with cuffs at the top and with an emerald adorned in the center of both cuffs. Valeera wore also a pair of scarlet red leather gloves that stopped just short of her elbow, also owning cuffs at the end.

Michael became slightly amused, "You two seem… close. How long have you known each other?"

Valeera answered without hesitation, "She was the first one I saw when I woke up in the Nexus, and she has been one of my best friends ever since."

Michael caught the subtle emphasis Valeera put on 'friends,' as if she knew what he assumed their relationship was. He kept up the small talk.

"That's cool, she was the first one I saw too. Although a less… friendly character accompanied her."

Valeera raised an eyebrow, "You think I'm friendly? I'm flattered, but who's the one that was with her?"

"Valla." Michael made his distaste of her very apparent.

"Oh, yeah. She's not the most colorful character. Even her rival, Illidan, is less of a drag."

Hearing that Valla had a rival piqued his interest immediately, thinking that he might be able to use this 'rival' to his advantage to get at Valla.

"Why are they rivals? Were they like that from the start?"

Chromie rested her arms on Valeera's blonde head as she replied, "Not at first. They were indifferent to each other at the start but when he introduced himself as a demon hunter, Valla took personal offense to it."

"Because she's a demon hunter too, just a different kind?"

"Well, yes, but they aren't from the same world which makes it even worse. Their definitions of 'demon hunter' are very different. They constantly argue over which of their styles are better, and they always single each other out when in matches against each other. It was amusing at first, but now I feel like it's more war than rivalry."

"Hmm..." Michael thought for a moment before making a reply.

"I know what Valla's is like, I've seen it firsthand, but what's Illidan's like?"

A deep voice came from behind the trio, "You could ask him yourself."

The three turned to find Azeroth's most infamous night elf and demon hunter standing there, arms crossed smugly and wearing, for lack of better words, a shit-eating grin on his face.

Illidan's garb was simple and not much to look at. His torso was bare, covered in swirling green tattoos that occasionally flowed with energy. His long, black hair devoid of light was pulled all the way back into a long, and high, ponytail. He wore brown linen pants that were worn at the hem, and had had fur around the waist. Hanging in the front was a long green cloth with a golden border. The cloth hung to his knees, and towards the top a ruby was adorned on it.

Chromie's voice chirped, "Hi Danny!"

All smugness was lost in that instant, "How many times have I told you not to call me that? It doesn't help my image."

"It's easier for me. Besides, you could stand to lighten up. You're always so edgy."

Illidan released a heavy sigh, "Ugh…" He turned his gaze towards Michael, "Is this new blood?"

Chromie rested her chin on one of her fists, "Maybe. It depends on if he's gonna fight in the tournament of not."

Illidan slightly leaned towards Michael and sized him up, "Doesn't look like much."

"Well neither do I, but I've still done you in plenty of times. He might be special, you never know."

Michael finally spoke up, "Thanks for the vote of confidence, Chromie, but that's the second time you've said something about a tournament. What is it?"

"I'll get to it. For now," Chromie hopped off of Valeera's shoulders, "we have a Nexus to tour. See you two!"

Chromie marched off with Michael not far behind, leaving the two elves alone with each other. Illidan turned to Valeera with a frown, "He should not be here. You sense it, do you not? His presence is unnatural for a human."

"I agree. There is something else there, whether he knows it or not, and it made me want to drain him of it, whatever it is."

"You sense it that strongly?"

"Yes. As soon as he stepped out of the building it drew me to him."

"That's how I found him as well. Don't drain him though, we still need to observe him."

"I know. It just caught me off guard is all."

Illidan took one last gaze in the direction Michael and Chromie departed, "Something tells me that things are going to get much more interesting in times to come."

Valeera nodded in agreement, "Indeed."