Naisha walked towards a small wooden hut in the dusty land of Durotar. The wooden hut was built on the remains of a familiar yet burnt home. The night elf knocked on the wall as she poked her head through a doorway of beads and seashells.
"Oiy you old fart. Are you home?" Naisha shouted into the small hut.
"Aye ya ol' nutcase. I be in da back." Replied the resident. Kaldesh stepped out from around a corner to greet his guest. "I be kinda busy Nai. I 'ave ta head ta da other continent."
"Why are you going over there. I was hoping I could have a drinking partner tonight." Naisha said holding up a large bottle of some sort of liquor. The cold look on her old friend's face changed the usual attitude of the elf. "Something happened."
"I was told by da spirits da Missy is in trouble. I dun know if aye can help but I am gonna try." Kaldesh said walking quickly past his nodding friend.
"If something has hurt the little miss... well I just want to fight something now." Naisha commented crossing her arms."I'm coming with."
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Trisha Runetouch shivered as a cold chill danced up her spine. The dish she held splashed loudly into the dishwater. Amy sat at the kitchen table a few scattered books lay before her, she watched as her mother turned from the chore before her and look out the small window to her left.
"Something wrong Mom?" Amy asked with a pencil between her teeth.
"I think so … I just have a feeling..." Trisha said softly sending chills down her daughters back.
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Nerthius quickly turned as shouts of panic came from the forsaken priest he left a few minutes ago. From this distance the young paladin could see the crimson staining the priest's robes. All he could do was to turn away from the sight and glare at the one responsible.
Two forsaken guards had lifted the undead elf gripping her arms tightly as they dragged her feet across the ground. They moved towards the town leaving a trail of black bile in their wake. Nerthius followed the pair and their prize his hand tightening on the grip of his blade.
Something tugged at the young man's mind. Maybe it was concern for Serenity, maybe it is something else entirely. Nerthius said loudly as he quelled those thoughts.
The paladin noticed out of the corners of his eyes more priests and what appeared to be a mage run past him. The warm glow of light behind him reassured his heart slightly as the casters worked their magics.
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Serenity's eyes creaked open to see a dimly lit room. She slowly propped herself up from what appeared to be the ground. Only when she noticed the light came from blue circles written on the floor scattered around the area. Looking around the dark area the shaman sighed loudly as she wrapped her arms around her knees.
"Great, I'm in afterlife and it is boring." Serenity groaned burying her face in her arms.
"You are not there yet child." A raspy voice made Serenity turn to her left to see a white haired, long bearded night elf casually sitting in a chair that seemed to be made of air. "This is more of a judgment area than the actual other world." The elf stood to reveal that he wore long flowing gray and gold robes. "It has been a long time child. You have used my children but have not summoned myself in ages. I wished to see you dance a few more times before you pass on." He smiled as he held out a comforting hand.
"Cyclonus? Why do you look like a elf?" Serenity stammered as she took his hand and was gracefully lifted from the floor.
"We spirits take human forms to make some people's journey easier. I guess it is just habit." He said smiling softly.
"I think I understand. So what do the others look like? Ignious and Hydross probably look like old dwarves don't they." Serenity giggled at the thought.
"I would not take the form of a furry little runt like that." A harsh voice said behind the shaman, Serenity turned to the voice to see a fiery haired human woman. She wore black and crimson robes, every step she took made a small puff of flame as she moved to the shaman. In a flash the woman held Serenity's head tightly in the crook of her arm and began furiously rubbing a knuckle into her hair. "Take that back kiddo."
"Ow ow ow that hurts stop it. I take it back! Just stop it." Serenity squirmed under the noogie assault from the woman. She released the elf and laughed boldly.
"You shouldn't let your emotions get to you Ignious." A third voice spoke of a undead sorcerer wearing familiar blue robes arcing with arcane energies. "You act like such a sparkling some days."
"Just because I like to show my energy doesn't make me a sparkling." Ignious crossed her arms across her chest.
"It makes you look like a fool. Patience is the key to many a victory." Grumbled a ancient looking dwarf as he wobbled towards the group. His heavy looking slate gray plate armor clinking together as he moved.
"Says the old dirt pile." Ignious smirked and sticking her tongue out at the newest member. This caused the four spirits to begin to bicker amongst themselves not noticing the blood elf slip out from their presence.
Serenity moved away from the spirits and sat down on the hard floor. She sighed loudly plopping onto her back. Looking up to what she guessed was the ceiling she saw the flicker of stars.
"I just want to go home. This is more insane than I could have ever thought."
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Nerthius somberly stood before a tall gray streaked haired elf dressed in pristine red armor. The young paladin lowered his head before the powerful elf before him.
"Do you know the reason I called you here captain?" The blood elf asked his voice cold and serious.
"I believe you called me here to discuss the necromancer incident." Nerthius replied not looking up from the floor.
"That is correct. I have called you here on the charges of dereliction of duty. You left your post to track down and capture the threat to our fair city. Am I correct."
"Yes that is true. I left with Serenity after she received information that the necromancer had arrived in the ghost lands." Nerthius said quickly finally looking up to the face of the other elf. "I know what I did was wrong, but we brought in the threat but may lose my friend."
"Yes I heard that her condition is severe. One priest said that she is on the edge of the ether as we speak." The elf said crossing his arms across his chest. "I just feel we may be better off with her gone, But that is just my opinion. We blood elves were not meant to be shamans." The older elf said turning away from the young paladin. "Maybe this is the Light's way of fixing it."
"Excuse me?" Nerthius asked eying the old elf as he paced before him. "Major, I believe we have more to be concerned with than if one of our citizen's fits into your beliefs."
"Yes captain. You are right we were off topic." The Major said turning towards Nerthius. "You stopped the necromancer. What was she after?"
"She is the resurrected corpse of my fiancee. She appeared to be deranged to the point of believing I would leap into her arms. As if nothing happened after her death and betrayal and such." Nerthius said calmly watching as his superior pace.
"That is a strange reason to become such a monstrosity." The Major tapped a finger to his chin. "Where is she now."
"I believe she was being taken to be executed in the bazaar. It would raise moral for the populous." Nerthius said calmly, His eyes widened quickly after the words escaped his lips. Nerthius spun on his heels and bolted out of the room ignoring the shouting protests from behind him.
Nerthius bounded down a few steps to the outside. He whistled sharply as he ran to the bazaar. Quickly his trusty charger was by his side, gracefully the young elf jumped to the saddle. He pulled himself onto the beast's back, and grabbed the reigns pulling the charger towards the prisoner.
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Two gallantly dressed blood elves held a pair of chains attached to the monster they were to end. The prisoner Vanessa Windsong had her hands bound in a thick iron cuffs, and a black sack over her head. They led her to the raised platform to her death. Her feet barely made a sound as they climbed the wooden steps.
"Today we execute the risen corpse of Vanessa Windsong. It is charged with multiple counts of murder, attempted murder, using the dark arts, and ...um does anyone here care." The guard said breaking from the rule book. "She is a undead scum and wants us dead. That seems like a good reason to me."
A roar of approval echoed in the undead elf's ears. She smirked under the dark hood. "This is going to be good." She mumbled as she lightly chuckled.
"What are you laughing about." They asked as Vanessa felt a sharp jabbing pain in her side.
"Oh I was just thinking this gives me more hostages." Vanessa said earning a few laughs from the guards.
"You are bound and in a divine circle you can't cast magic. You can't do shit zombie bitch." Her captor laughed.
"Who said I was casting divine magic." Vanessa said coldly as red, green, and blue runes began to glow underneath her light robes.
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Nerthius's Charger skidded to a stop rearing back viciously as they stepped into the scene.
Vanessa Windsong stood on the top of the executioners platform a few shattered icy forms lay to her sides. A pair of guards swords rested on her hips they seemed to glow with a chilling smoke. In front of her stood rows of perfectly frozen statues of citizens, most caught in the spell as they made the move to run away, their terrified looks frozen in place. Nerthius dismounted and slowly walked towards the platform. A pair of unblinking eyes watched him.
"I knew it was a little too easy." Nerthius said coldly stopping a few meters away from the farthest frozen figure. "This was your plan wasn't it."
"Well the original plan was to just freeze you and take you away with me. So we could live forever away from all this." Vanessa said sweeping her arm over the frozen spectators. "I didn't really want to kill anybody. I just wanted you my dear."
"You know that is really disturbing." Nerthius shuddered as he drew his sword and began to move forward.
"Another step and I shatter all these people. If any blood elf steps within seventy paces they will be frozen and shattered along with the rest of them." Vanessa eyed the young paladin who stopped dead in his tracks. "If you try to kill me with arrows I will shatter them all right away."
Nerthius mentally cursed as his backup plan immediately was thrown out the window. He had to figure something out to save them all and also take down his crazed undead fiancee. A glimpse of red suddenly made the elf smirk.
"What are you smirking at!" Vanessa shouted making the paladin look at her quickly.
"You said no Blood elves within seventy paces right?" Nerthius shouted rather cockily.
"Yes, Did you go deaf since I left dear? No Blood Elves within seventy paces." Vanessa replied earning a thumbs up from the paladin who smirked even more. "What is so funny?"
"He is just glad I'm not a blood elf." A voice said from behind Vanessa, she slowly turned to see an incoming red boot.
The undead elf soared off the platform towards the way she was let up from the kick. Her body skidded off the hard white tiles, as she came to a stop she quickly hopped to her feet to see a rather large looking elf wearing boar's heads for armor charging at her. The figure was laughing under the horned helmet like a insane mental patient, the bizarre cackling made Vanessa shiver as she reached for her pilfered blades.
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With the caster distracted the spell began to unravel people began to thaw and run as if they were just frozen in time. Nerthius watched to make sure everyone got away, once they had run for cover his eyes were glued to the two figures clashing twin blades.
"We got 'ere in da right time." Kaldesh said calmly as he walked up beside his friend. "I don't like portals but dat mage dropped us off in da right spot."
"If Naisha didn't show up we would have been sunk." Nerthius said not looking away from the night elf attacking her prey with twin great swords. "You guys are here for Serenity aren't you."
"Aye. I felt dat she got in a mess. I got sometin dat might get her back on her feet." Kaldesh said holding up a small blue satchel. "It be a item dat we shaman neva go wit out now. I shoulda gave her one earlier."
"It is okay. She is in the Sunfury Spire there is a infirmary to the left as you enter." Nethius said his eyes not leaving the battle.
"Alright. Ya not comin." Kaldesh said moving deeper into the city.
"I think I will stay here and see if I can help Naisha." Nerthius said rather coldly, as Kaldesh turned away to continue. "Oh and tell Serenity when she wakes up 'I'm Sorry.'" Nerthus said charging into the battle his sword and shield drawn.
"I will mon, but I hope dat it won't do somethin dat we can't heal." Kaldesh said as he hopped onto the back of his orange raptor. "Ya want ta follow me ladies. I got da directions." Kaldesh smiled knowingly towards two cloaked people a short distance away.
The taller of the pair wore a long draping white hood. The cloth covered down to the knees to reveal simple brown robes underneath. The second and shorter of the pair wore a rich blue cloak rimmed with gold. The shorter bounced on the spot watching the battle between elves intently.
"I believe she wants to assist the paladin. Master troll. If I can, may I hitch a ride with you." The white cloaked one spoke, Kaldesh nodded. The woman almost floated to the back of the dinosaur placing a soft touch around the old troll's waist. Her head turned to the smaller magi. "Don't do something stupid Amy."
"When have I ever done anything stupid." The blue cloaked one asked, Kaldesh couldn't see the white cloaked one's face but he knew that she was giving the the small one a fierce glare.
"Mr. Fluffy Bunny." The white one said making the other visibly stiffen considerably even under the heavy clothes.
"I won't do anything stupid. Just go save Serenity." Amy gave the pair on the raptor a awkward thumbs up. As the raptor bound away Amy gave a light chuckle raising a hand over her head. A large ball of fire sparked to life over her outstretched palm. "I don't think is stupid... stupid is just an opinion from those that don't see my train of thought... Oh bugger it all to hell... Burn baby burn!" She screamed lobbing the massive fireball at the three elves.