Azure Dragonflight.
Part IV: I Put A Spell on You.
Uther was again forced away from the others, as Keristrasza breathed fire at them. He unsheathed his swords and charged forward, his plan was to weaken the corrupted ruby dragon and hope Alexstrasza could restore her child's sanity.
"Stay. Enjoy your final moments." She laughed, trapping them in place with ice.
Uther and Sylvanas quickly freed themselves with blasts of holy energy and kept moving to stay warm.
"My lord what do we do?" Onyxia roared, as she and the two other dragons were breathing fire from their mortal forms.
"Wound!" he yelled.
He slashed at Keristrasza's front claws, and moments later saw arrows protruding from the wounds he had made. Suddenly the room got incredibly warm in a short space of time, he turned to see Ysondre, Chromie and Onyxia in their dragon forms breathing fire at Keristrasza.
"Children of the enemies?" Keristrasza roared in anger.
Uther and Sylvanas moved out the way, seeing that they were surrounded by towering dragons. The four dragons were so focused on each other; that Sylvanas and Uther were forced to back away to avoid getting trampled.
"You're not yourself; you're lost to Malygos' corruption." Ysondre roared, swiping at Keristrasza.
"I'm not the one who is lost 'dreamer'!" Keristrasza roared back, icicles falling from the ceiling from the intensity of the dragon roars. "Malygos has shown me the truth!"
"His madness must end, do not join him!" Onyxia snarled.
"These foolish words; coming from the deceased daughter of Deathwing!" Keristrasza laughed. "Do not lecture me; I am older than all of you."
"Don't count on it" Chromie chuckled. "Time is not a linear progression of cause to effect..."
"Do not sit there and mock me timeless gnat, either kill me or I swear by the Dragonqueen you will never see daylight again!" Keristrasza roared, breathing fire and swiping at the other dragons.
"Sleep!" Sylvanas yelled, appearing on Keristrasza's head, slamming the pommels of her daggers down on her head, knocking her out.
"Sorry I missed the fun," Jaina breathed, she had clearly run all the way from the breach to help them. "What happened?"
"The corruption got to her, but she's not dead," Uther explained. "Think you could teleport her to Alexstrasza?"
"I can try," Jaina said, looking at the large unconcious ruby dragon.
Chromie muttered something under her breath, and Keristrasza shifted into her mortal guise. Jaina held Keristrasza's robe and teleported away, as a tall blue skinned Night Elf with glowing blue eyes approached them.
"Impressive work mortals," the man laughed. "But mercy is for the weak, and we will not show you any for breaching my father's domain."
"Another child of Malygos?" Ysondre asked.
"Indeed. I suppose your ridiculous formalities require I give my name to you?" the man snarled. "You may call me Eregos, I am the guardian of my father's domain, and you shall not disturb the Spellweaver, nor endanger his master plan."
"You seem quite brave 'Eregos', did you not learn what happened to your sister?" Sylvanas mocked.
"She was killed by you interlopers, what more is there to know before I claim revenge," Eregos snarled, flames flickering from his nostrils as he struggled to remain composed in his mortal guise.
"I alone killed her, I burned her body, leaving only her bones to decorate the Violet Hold," Sylvanas laughed. "I would not be surprised if the Kirin Tor has collected her bones as a trophy."
"Impossible!" Eregos roared, shifting into his dragon form in the blink of an eye. "A mere elf cannot kill a child of Malygos so easily!"
"The Light was with me," she said coolly, her daggers glowing in her hand.
"Ha! 'The Light'... a weak, pointless belief that mortal cling to when they cannot comprehend the arcane intricacies that they are to petty to learn!" Eregos laughed. "But enough talk, it is time to die mortals!"
Eregos breathed fire and transformed into his dragon form while they were avoiding his flame breath. Uther slammed Frostlight into the ground and a bubble of Light energy protected them from Eregos' fire.
'-He is very powerful, and arrogant,-' the voice whispered, as Uther charged Eregos before he could breathe fire on them again. '-Resurrect him and he will serve you well.-'
'No!' Uther yelled at the voice. 'I resurrected Onyxia and that is all I intend to resurrect using your power.'
'-You will rue saying that Lightbringer!-' the Lich laughed.
Uther slashed at Eregos' claws and feet, but his blades had little effect on his the thick dragonhide. Sylvanas' arrows were embedded in Eregos' chest and shoulders, and were evidentially stuck deep as Eregos snarled with every impact.
"Puny elf!" he growled, pushing past Uther to claw at Sylvanas. "Did your people not learn the folly of messing with arcane energy?"
Before he could close on the exposed Sin'dorei, Onyxia and Ysondre charged him from the side, barrelling him out of the way, and saving Sylvanas from the Azure dragon's fury. As Eregos got to his feet, and turned to face the other dragons, Uther helped Sylvanas to back away from his swinging tail.
"Orders my lord?" she asked, nursing a cut on her arm from Eregos' tail swings.
"Seal that wound, and keep your distance, it is clear that your arrows are causing him pain." He said warmly.
She nodded and placed a hand over the cut and focused until a golden glow eminated from under fingers. When she took her hand away, all that remained was a small scar.
"You are learning quickly," he chuckled.
"You make an excellent role model, and I've learnt a lot from you," she said, but their conversation was interupted by the walls quaking.
They turned and saw the three dragons engaged in a close-quarters brawl that was causing them to slam into the walls. What distressed Uther were the clear signs that Eregos was winning, as Ysondre and Onyxia were bleeding considerably more than he was.
"Scratch that; kill him before he kills them!" Uther said under his breath.
Sylvanas nodded and shouldered her bow, before unsheathing her daggers and taking a deep breath in. She charged toward Eregos' back and leapt on to his tail; Ysondre clearly saw this and kept the Azure dragon distracted, as Sylvanas clambered up his back.
"Eregos!" Uther yelled, holding his swords at the ready.
"What?" Eregos roared, leaving the other two dragons to focus on the lead hero opposing him.
"Send Cyanigosa my regards," he said boldly. "For you will find no sanctity with the Light!"
Eregos roared and charged Uther, but Sylvanas struck first. She leapt on to Eregos' back and slashed her daggers across the dragon's spine, both blades glowing gold. Eregos managed a feeble roar as he collapsed dead in front of Uther, his eyes filled with a mixture of fury and surprise.
"My lord," Onyxia said weakly, as she and Ysondre collapsed in the chamber that had once held Keristrasza.
Both dragons were bleeding heavily and still in their dragon forms. Uther and Sylvanas rushed to their sides, immediately inspecting their wounds.
"Sylvanas do what you can for Onyxia," Uther said quickly, placing his hands on one of Ysondre's cuts and focusing his holy energy into binding the wound.
Sylvanas nodded and followed his lead, focusing on healing Onyxia's wounds.
"Need a hand my lord?" a melodic voice said brightly.
Uther turned his head and saw two familiar faces standing either side of Jaina. Ysera and Tyrande Whisperwind hurried to help them heal the wounded dragons.
"Where's Chromie?" Jaina asked, looking around seeing that the bronze dragon was nowhere to be seen.
"She has most likely returned to the Caverns of Time, children of Nozdormu are prone to wander." Ysera said, caressing Ysondre's scales. "You fought well my child, I am proud of you."
Ysondre smiled and seemed to drift into a peaceful sleep.
"Is she okay?" Sylvanas asked.
"Me and my kin find peace in the dream, she will return to the waking world when her wounds are bound." Ysera said softly.
"Do you want her to return to your side, in preparation for Deathwing's return?" Uther asked.
"Her wounds are quite severe, she will need more time in isolation before she is able to fight again," Ysera said, looking over her child's body. "She has suffered a lot during her long life, and the redemption for falling into the Nightmare is fulfilled."
"So her service to me..." Uther began, but the Dreamer cut him off.
"Will continue if she wishes it, but she is not bound to you." Ysera smiled, as she managed to stem Ysondre's bleeding. "Miss Proudmoore, if you would be so kind."
"Of course Ysera, I'll be right back Uther," Jaina smiled, taking Ysera's hand before teleporting herself, Ysondre and the Dreamer away.
"What brings you here Tyrande?" Uther asked, watching as she and Sylvanas healed Onyxia's wounds.
"I was speaking with the Dragonflights about the approaching cataclysm, and what part they wished for my people to play," Tyrande explained. "It was interrupted by Nozdormu informing us that we were needed here, but he did not say why."
"What role will the Kaldorei play in the cataclysm?" Sylvanas asked.
"Very little, Alexstrasza asked we keep the World Tree safe, and maintain watch on the lands of Kalimdor," Tyrande smiled. "She asked that the humans perform a similar role in the Eastern Kingdoms."
The whole room shook violently, icicles falling from the ceiling, and cracks spreading across the walls and floor. Uther looked to Tyrande, who looked back at him with a smile, before getting to her feet.
"Good luck with the Spellweaver, know that you need only ask for my aid and you shall recieve." She smiled, before Jaina momentarily appeared, only to teleport Tyrande away, and return seconds later.
"Phew that was intense," Jaina breathed. "The dragon queen sends her best wishes, and some help for the task that lies ahead."
"Good," Uther said, as Onyxia shifted into her mortal guise again, her elegant form was now marked with small scars. "How are you my dear?"
"Better now that I am healed master." Onyxia purred. "And I am ready to take down the Spellweaver, leaving only my father to deal with."
"Let's go then!" Sylvanas said impatiently, hurrying up out of the room and toward the exit.