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Beauty and the Turtle

*****Mikey's pov*****

So, dude, one minute I was with my bros fighting the big rotting pukefest and the next thing I know I've landed in the middle of some random forest. It was night in this forest and everything was spooky-dark, like the kind of spooky dark you get in horror movies right before the monster strikes. Despite the creepiness of the forest I shimmied up one of the trees to see if I could spot one of my bros, I was hoping their disappearance was some kind of twisted joke, but apparently that was too much to ask for. My bros were nowhere within sight from my treetop view, but I did see some smoke that could only indicate a campfire. I noted the direction the fire was in, hoping it would lead me to my bros, and climbed down. The fire was to my right so that was where I attempted to crawl through the foliage.

Dude, you wouldn't believe it, but it took me the better part of an hour just to reach the place, not only that, but the place seemed deserted... or so I thought; it wasn't long after I stepped into the clearing that I felt the tip of an arrowhead close to the back of my neck. I held my hands up in a gesture of surrender as a feminine lyric-like voice in a forceful tone told me "Don't move" and indicated for me to step further into the clearing and to lie with my belly flat on the ground with my hands behind my back. While berating myself mentally for my rookie mistake and for being out-manoeuvred I did as the lady said and laid down on my plastron, to which she responded by putting her knee over my criss-crossed wrists behind my back and dug in painfully. "What are you doing here in Ashenvale greenskin? Spying for the Orcish lumber camps? Or are you simply here to steal Kaldorei land and property?" she accused. I simply told her "Look dudette I don't know what role-playing your doing but I have no clue what you're talking about." "Lies!" she exclaimed to my response to my plea of innocence, causing me to again explain "Dudette I really have no idea where I am. One minute I was fighting this big, rotting bowling ball with five limbs, and the next thing I knew I was sent flying through this portal with it. Dude that's it, the portal! That might explain why I'm here and can't find my bros! We must have got all separated when we went through it!" "Portal?" she questioned "So you're not here of your own volition then. But answer me this, are you friend or foe?" "Friend definitely dudette." I replied.

The lady finally got off me and revealed herself to look like a taller, purple skinned version of the elves from my SuperQuest game. Her shoulder-length hair was a verdant green and she sported these green leaf-shaped tattoos encircling both of her silver eyes. Her clothes were of brown leather decorated with patches of purple and green with gold trimming, her bow on the other hand was made of simple undecorated wood held taught by a braided silken cord strengthened with some type of wax. I had to admit she was kinda pretty, in an almost kicked my shell in kinda way.

She sort of caught me staring at her and cleared her throat to knock me from my daze. "Sorry dudette" I apologised "I guess I was sort of expecting you to be human, sort of caught me off guard to find out otherwise." " it's alright, elven forms can be quite startling to those who have never seen one and other races have often-times described my race as somewhat... alluring in appearance. But may I please ask you to stop referring to me as 'dudette' my name is Nalora Windstar." Nalora, her name sounded so lyrical when she spoke it, like a bird on a breeze only better. I decided that rather than get caught ogling her again that I should be trying to find out where I was, "Umm, Nalora? I was wondering, just where am I anyway? I know I'm not from here, I mean this world." she laughed at my stuttered question "I understand your question you don't have to explain… Zin-Malor, I forgot to ask for your name." I rubbed the back of my head "ya and I kinda forgot to tell you what with the surprise attack and all, I'm Mikey by the way, your average butt-kicking ninja turtle." She smiled at me as she continued to explain, "You are in Ashenvale Mikey, home of the Kaldorei, on the continent of Kalimdor. We Kaldorai have lived here for several millennia at peace with the nature around us, speaking of which here comes Dora'dorei."

No sooner had Nalora spoke the name when a giant ethereal tiger stepped out from the bushes. The tiger, whom I could only assume was Doradorei growled at me as I looked her way and as she did I backed away a bit, but Doradorei calmed as soon as she looked at Nalora. "Do not be frightened of Doradorei Mikey, she may be a bit protective of me but she will only attack if you present a threat to me, and I know now that you are not." Doradorei took a seat beside Nalora and slowly lay down as Nalora petted her head. Dora's tail (nice nickname huh?) wrapped around Nalora's back and peaked out on the opposite side. This whole display made me happy but ultimately reminded me of Klunk, my orange kitty that I had left all alone at the lair, well maybe not all alone, Klunk did have Master Splinter to keep company with. Oh man, Master Splinter, what would he make of our disappearance; and April and Casey, what about them? They gotta be wondering where we are.

My thoughts found me staring at the fire when Nalora asked me what was wrong. I explained to her of my family and friends that had been left back home in New York and of the last time I had seen my master before I had ended up here in Azeroth, and of my brothers whom had fallen through the portal with me, but were nowhere to be seen, thanks to the stupid portal scattering us. "I will help you Mikey, you have got to hope to see your Shan'do again and as for your brothers if they have landed on Azeroth we will find them. Elune would not let you be separated if it meant you could not find another again." Nalora's words comforted me; we agreed that our next course of action would be to make our way to Darnassus, the elven capital atop Teldrassil. Nalora warned me that the journey there would be long, but otherwise safe; there would be little chance we would run into any 'iszera duna bantallas' as while they had claimed the Eastern portions of Ashenvale, they rarely wandered as far west as our location. Our route was to take us through Ashenvale and up to the port town of Auberdine. Ships daily go between Auberdine and Teldrassil as it is the closest port town to the capital. Nalora mentioned at least 8 ships that do this run. One of them landed at Auberdine in the morning and another in the afternoon and that this schedule was the same at Teldrassil, added with a two day journey by boat and it is little wonder they need 8 ships. I may not be the genius of my family, that's Donnie, but even I understand this simple math.

Nalora started to put out the fire; it was almost dawn according to her, although it still looked dark to me. She explained this as a natural state for Ashenvale and most of northern Kalimdor where day or night there was a constant darkness. Apparently this is why most races other than her own refer to Kaldorei as Night Elves. A land of constant night is a great place to be if you're nocturnal. I told her I would take the day watch and she expressed her thanks. Nalora lay to sleep as I looked into the smoldering remains of the fire, grateful for all the ninja training I had in the dark; I hoped that wherever my brothers were that they were safe and that somehow, someway we could make it back home.

Sorry it took so long to update. I have had a lot on my plate lately with two simultaneous deaths in my family things have been really hard on me lately. I dedicate this chapter to them and may they rest forever more.

Notes:

Kaldorei = starborne (used by night elves to refer to their own race)

Zin-Malor = Glory to Malorne (literally means glory to the silver stag ancient Malorne, but I am using it as a variant of OMG)

Kalimdor = westernmost continent in Azeroth, name literally translates to 'Land of Eternal Starlight'

Doradorei = Truthborne

Shan'do = Honored Teacher

Elune = Azerothian moon goddess, the Night Elves claim descent from her

Teldrassil = the great tree atop of which the Night Elven Capital of Darnassus rests, name literally translates to 'Crown of the earth'

Iszera duna bantallas = primitive Greenskins, used to refer to Orcs

For those who play WoW and don't recall Auberdine this is because it got destroyed when Cataclysm came out