Hallow's End
"What are you wearing?" Sylvanas asked, looking her husband up and down and raising an eyebrow at him as he stood in front of her in a strange Hallow's End costume.
"What? I'm a Twilight's Hammer Cultist." Athrodar said, holding up a purple book he held beside him. "See?"
Sylvanas just looked at the midnight purple dress he wore and the matching linen hood. "Right... I remain unconvinced of that."
"Rude." Athrodar said, looking down at the book in his hand. "I thought it was a good costume." He looked back over to who wife who rolled her eyes. "Okay, what are you going to wear then?"
"Ahh, see now that's for you to find out. But it will involve my cute little baby." Sylvanas looked over to Cedani who remained asleep in her cot beside their bed. "Of course, when she's awake. I don't want to disturb her before then."
"So you're going to cheat and use her cuteness to get people to love your costume?" Athrodar asked, shaking his head.
"Exactly that, yes." Sylvanas grinned and walked over to him, swaying her hips and placing a gentle hand on his cheek. "Why, jealous I came up with it first?"
"No..." Athrodar muttered, looking away. "I'm jealous that I didn't get to have a group costume with you and our daughter did. We could have been slave and master."
Sylvanas raised an eyebrow at his choice of group costume. "Really? You'd be comfortable with me being the master? What about your ego?"
"Oh ha ha." Athrodar leaned forward and kissed his wife on the lips. "Fine, what about we go as the default, King and Queen?"
Sylvanas giggled at his new request, stroking his cheek with her hand. "My, you really don't like that I have come up with a two person costume and you're not involved." She kissed him on the cheek, walking her fingers down his neck and across his shoulder, walking around him and leaning close to his ear. "Tough, but I promise you will love it."
He didn't know what it was, but something about her whispering in his ear and her light touches sent chills down his spine with every action. "You are extra seductive today, aren't you?" He whispered, glancing over to Sylvanas who pressed her chest against his arm.
"I am." She whispered, kissing and biting the bottom of his ear. "With the outfit I have chosen and knowing that everyone will be dressing up has got me excited." She wrapped her arms around his neck, still standing by his side and planting a long kiss on his cheek. "Now, with that being said, I am going to need you to leave me alone until tonight. I don't want you spoiling my costume for, well, you."
"Fine." Athrodar moved an arm around her waist and pulled her into his embrace, giving her a long, wet kiss on the lips. "That's just to get me through the day." He whispered, pressing his forehead against hers and practically hearing her coo at the kiss. "And apparently you."
She bit her bottom lip and looked into his eyes. "I love you."
"I love you too." Athrodar whispered back, kissing her again before making his way towards the door. "I'll leave you alone now. I think Tanadia will want to show me her costume at some point, she seems excited about it."
"Okay. Just so I know where to find you, I take it you will be at the Cathedral?"
Athrodar nodded. "Correct."
Sylvanas smiled. "Good. Now go, I want it to be a surprise."
"Are you not dressing up this year?"
Thalina shook her head, looking over to her daughter who was fixing her costume. "I'm afraid not. Since I have been in Dalaran for the past couple of weeks, things have really been backed up here." She sighed and looked at the stack of reports she brought with her, if only to spend some time with her daughter before she left to spend time with her other family. "You look really beautiful, my little flower."
Tanadia's face began to go red, looking over to her mother who smiled at her. "Really?" She asked, spinning in a circle. "Are my wings okay?"
"Here, let me help." Thalina said, standing up and making sure her wings were on straight. "I should probably call you my little angel now, since you're dressed like that."
Tanadia's smile practically lit up the room, turning back around and hugging her mother tightly. "I still say you should come out with us tonight, mama. Let your hair down a little, spend time with the rest of our family. Maybe even drink a little and see where the night takes you."
Thalina raised an eyebrow at her daughter. "Are you suggesting I get drunk and hook up with some random guy?"
"Well.. Maybe not some random guy." She winked at her mother. "Sylvanas and Athrodar have a rather open marriage... And by that I mean -"
"I know what you mean!" Thalina said, cutting her off. "They like to bring a third party to their bedroom. I know that and I think most people know that." She shook her head at Tanadia who began to make her face of innocence that always seemed to get her out of trouble. "Don't give me that look... You know I can't be mad at you when you do that."
"Why do you think I do it then?" She said sweetly, twisting left and right and giving her mother a big set of puppy eyes. "I'm sowwy."
Thalina groaned and shook her head. "Damn you, Tanadia."
The young priestess smiled and hugged her mother. "Will you at least try to come out with us? You don't have to dress up if you don't want to."
"I'll think about it, okay?" Thalina kissed her daughter's cheek. "Your father should be here soon. He will bring Alleria with him so you have your little angel too."
"I'm excited." Tanadia said. "Alleria really wants to dress up like and angel with me." She looked down at herself. "I hope papa knows to not have her dress as revealing as this..."
Thalina rolled her eyes. "Uhuh... I still can't believe you talked me into letting you go out like that. With your legs on show, nothing covering your midriff or cleavage..."
"I'm old enough to dress like this, mom... Besides, Anduin really liked it."
"Still dating him I see." Thalina mused, smirking at her daughter. "Does your father know he picked the outfit out for you?"
Tanadia looked away from her mother. "N-no... I know he will find a way to torture Anduin if he knew, so I won't say anything to him."
"Anything to who?" Athrodar asked, standing at the entrance to the Cathedral.
"Nothing!" Tanadia quickly said, running to her father and hugging him tightly. "Love you, papa."
"I love you too." Athrodar said, hugging his daughter and trying to avoid her wings. In the meantime, her looked over to Thalina who rolled her eyes, shaking his head a little and squeezing his daughter. "I have someone for you." He said, pulling back and looking back to Alleria who looked like a miniature version of Tanadia. "She was very excited about this."
Thalina watched her daughter kneel down and hug her younger sister, smiling when she saw how happy the little elf was. "She looks so cute with her little wings."
Athrodar chuckled and nodded his head in agreement, standing beside Thalina and watching both his daughters talk to each other, but mostly looking at their costumes. "She does. But I have to ask, why is our daughter dressed like that? She's practically in a bra, mini skirt and sandals."
Thalina held up her hand. "Don't even ask. I didn't approve of it, but she was adamant she is old enough to wear what she wants."
Athrodar frowned at the choice of costume Tanadia wore, slowly raising an eyebrow and looking over to Thalina. "It was Anduin wasn't it?"
Thalina smirked and leaned closer to Athrodar. "Yes, but act like you don't know. She was too scared to tell you he picked it out."
"Oh I am going to make sure I have words with him." Athrodar said, smiling when Thalina laughed.
"Please don't torture him. Our little girl seems to really like him." Thalina looked Athrodar up and down, trying to pin point what he was dressed as. "Twilight Hammer?" She asked.
"Yes! Thank you." Athrodar shook his head. "Sylvanas thought it was a terrible costume, she didn't even know what it was."
"I can see that. It's not the best." Thalina told him, grinning when she heard him sigh. "I'm sorry, but it is just a purple robe and hood."
"I also have a book..." Athrodar muttered, looking down at Thalina who continued to laugh, hugging his arm tightly. "Are you not dressing up?"
"I am busy I'm afraid. A lot of paperwork to go through after I spent two weeks in Dalaran." She looked up and narrowed her eyes at him. "No thanks to you."
"What? You wanted to help look for our daughter and we found her." Athrodar smiled at Tanadia who looked over to her parents. "I am glad we did find her. She is turning into a beautiful young woman who will be the future of our family." He hugged his daughter when she walked towards him, kissing her on the cheek. "Ready to go?" He asked, watching her smile light up her face.
"I am, papa." She said, taking hold of Alleria's hand and walking out the Cathedral with her.
"I suppose I'll see you later, if you're not joining us." Athrodar said, looking back to Thalina.
She smiled at him. "I'll think about it."
"Well, if you do change your mind, we'll be in Stormwind Keep with the other nobles who are celebrating." He walked out the Cathedral, just stopped by the door and turning back to look at her once more. "I hope you do join us, Thal. I don't want you to miss out on the fun."
"I'll think about it." She repeated, waving him off with a smile before feeling the hole in her heart she had tried to fill over the years and now hating that it had opened up once again after spending two weeks near Athrodar and how friendly he has been to her. "Damn you..." She muttered, closing her eyes and trying to calm herself down.
Victoria rode out to Suramar to meet up with the Nightborne who were waiting for reinforcements. She stopped just on the outskirts of Suramar where she met up with Liadrin who was riding in the opposite direction. "Where are you going?" The Queen asked, looking at the paladin.
"It's Hallow's End and the Death Knights of Acherus have decided to attack Light's Hope Chapel. So I am riding back to Dalaran as quickly as I can to get a portal back there and deal with those bastards." Liadrin looked Victoria up and down. "What about you, why are you coming here. Without your family and on Hallow's End?"
"Long story, but it also involves Death Knights." Victoria looked back at the small group of rangers with her, not many staying around as they also wanted to celebrate Hallow's End. "Long story short, I am not on speaking terms with my parents right now. That's all I'm going to say on this matter."
"O-okay." Liadrin saw Victoria was greatly angered by the topic already, bowing her head to the Queen of Stormwind. "I need to get going, but Thalyssra will be of great help and guidance in this land. Speak to her as soon as you arrive and she will get you up to date on what you need to do."
"Thanks, Liadrin." Victoria said, kicking her horse into moving once more and being followed by her small group of rangers.
They rode on for an hour before coming across a small camp of Nightborne, being stopped by Thalyssra who made her way to Victoria. "You must be the Queen we have heard about."
Victoria climbed down from her horse, smiling at the Nightborne who stood much higher than her, close to what Sera's height stood at. "I take it aunty Liadrin has spoken about me."
"Aunty? She never mentioned that, though she did mention a lot about your family."
Victoria rolled her eyes. "Of course she did. Let me guess, most of it being about my sister Tanadia?"
Thalyssra smiled and nodded. "She did speak highly of this priestess, yes. Your family must be something if she spoke so much about them. But she is your aunt, so should have expected as much."
Victoria laughed lightly, rubbing the back of her neck. "Yes, well... She's not really my aunt. We just call her that because she is a very close family friend."
"Ahh, I see." Thalyssra led Victoria further into their camp, making her way into a hidden cave with the Queen. "I have to say, I was expecting more of your family to arrive. I am looking forward to meeting Athrodar and Sylvanas, from what Liadrin has told me, they were difficult to be around at first but are actually very good fighters."
Victoria smiled a little, but looked away from Thalyssra and wiped the smile off her face. "They are.. something. I don't know how much she has told you about them, but they aren't as strong as they were, but are still very strong when they fight together."
Thalyssra looked over to the Queen who looked anything but happy when speaking about her parents. "Something on your mind? I can see this topic about your parents has troubled you."
"It's just... we're not talking to each other at the moment. My choice, but only because they have done something I can't forgive them for." Victoria looked over to the Nightborne who frowned at her. "They worked with the enemy, an enemy that killed my birth parents. So right now I am punishing them by not talking to them."
"I can understand that. I know I would be angered if a friend began to work with my enemy." Thalyssra, looking around the cave, locked eyes with the few unfortunate nightborne who were struggling to stay awake. "I need your help, Victoria. My people have a mana addiction I am trying to cure."
"So what do you need?" Victoria asked, just happy the subject has changed.
"There are mana crystals nearby. I would have gotten them myself by many of my people still working for the Grand Magistrix have ceased them and captured those who have tried to rebel." The First Arcanist conjured a map of the area in front of them. "I will help you get the mana crystals, but we will also need to free the rebels."
"No problem." Victoria said, looking at the map and knowing she had no chance of understanding it on first looks alone. "How many are we expecting to fight?"
"Maybe double the rangers you have here." Thalyssra said, looking at the rangers behind the Queen. "Are they good fighters?"
"The best." Victoria reassured her. "We've trained them to fight in all types of climates and environments." She looked back at her rangers. "We should be good as long as the plan is good."
"Then let's get planning." Thalyssra said with a smile.
Athrodar stood in the throne room with Tanadia and Alleria, all three of them waiting for Sylvanas to arrive with Cedani in their group outfit. "Do we know what they are going to be?" Tanadia asked, standing beside her father patiently and looking up at him.
"Sylvanas has decided it would be best for it to be a surprise. She said I will like the costume, so I am excited to see what it is." Athrodar held onto his daughter's hand when he felt it brush against his. "So tell me. Did you pick this outfit out or am I going to have to have words with Anduin again?"
Tanadia sighed and looked away from Athrodar who had a grin on his face. "Mother told you, didn't she?"
"Not at all. I know what boys his age want and you just want to make people happy." Athrodar glanced down at his daughter who kept hold of his hand but used her other arm to try and cover herself up. "And your mother told me."
"I knew it! Sometimes she -"
Tanadia's rant was cut off when Sylvanas and Cedani entered the throne room, making Athrodar's jaw drop a little at their costumes. "Wow..." He muttered, walking towards his wife and looking at their daughter in her arms. "I take it you're a Dragon Queen and this is your little dragon whelp?"
Sylvanas stood before Athrodar in a similar attire to what Alexstraza and Ysera. She wore a similar sheer cloak, a headpiece that had horns on them, tattered leggings, a breastplate and dragonkin jewellery. Whilst their daughter wore something similar, though much less revealing and a lot more adorable. "By the look on your face as you explore my entire body with your eyes, I think you love this outfit. Just as I had predicted."
Athrodar placed a hand on her waist, grinning at the bare skin that was just as soft as he had remembered, despite only being away from her for half a day. "You have no idea what I want to do to you right now whilst you're wearing that."
"Oh I can imagine." Sylvanas said with a smirk. "How about you tell me one thing you would do to me and I'll keep that in mind."
Athrodar leaned closer to his wife and whispered in her ear. "I want to take you to bed, pin you down and make an entire brood with my Dragon Queen, give her many new eggs and expand our dragonflight tenfold in one night."
Sylvanas bit her bottom lip. "That would mean a lot of sex in one night." She whispered to him, winking seductively at the same time. "I look forward to that if you're willing to go through with it."
"I would go through with it right here, right now if we weren't surrounded by our family." Athrodar told her, making her giggle.
"Can we go?" Tanadia asked, holding Alleria's hand now and knowing her little sister was getting bored just as much as she was. "Alleria is getting bored and so am I."
Sylvanas smiled and kissed Athrodar on the cheek. "Come on, my love. Let's go trick or treating with our children."
"Is Tahnir not coming?" Tanadia asked when they set off from the throne room.
"He has decided to stay in Quel'Thalas with his new friends and spend Hallow's End with them." Sylvanas told her, shrugging her shoulders. "He told me he is enjoying his time there and misses us, but he sends us letters and we remain in contact with him through them."
"At least he is having a good time, that's all that matters." Tanadia said, smiling and keeping Alleria close to her.
The five of them, along with many citizens of Stormwind, went door to door around the city, trick or treating for a few hours until they decided to return to Stormwind Keep. Both Alleria and Cedani got many compliments on their costumes, though only Alleria knew what was happening as Cedani was still too young to even understand that she was in a costume, let alone trick or treating. Tanadia on the other hand got more than enough attention from the human men near her age and many a lot older.
This did anger Athrodar as it had many men flirting with his daughter, but it just made Sylvanas laugh as she saw he was becoming more and more protective of her as the night went on. "Daddy bear doesn't like it when someone tries to talk to his daughter." Sylvanas mused, chuckling when she heard him grumble to himself.
"It's bad enough I have to deal with Anduin and yet still allow him to keep seeing her as it would make Tanadia hate me if I said he couldn't." He glanced over to Sylvanas who had a permanent grin on her face. "Stop smiling."
"I can't. It makes me happy knowing this is how you'll act when it comes to our daughters. Protecting them from anyone who tries to win their heart and take them away from you." She reached for his hand and took hold of it when she brushed her fingers over his. "It makes me love you even more than I currently do, knowing that you're going to be so protective over our daughters and making sure they aren't won over by the first Prince Charming."
"Unlike their mother." Athrodar whispered, chuckling when she gasped. "I'm happy you did, clearly all of my showboating paid off in those early years."
Sylvanas scoffed. "I'd almost believe that if you could remember those years."
"Ouch, I'm hurt." Athrodar said sarcastically, kissing her on the temple. "Let's get back to Stormwind Keep where the nobles have probably already started the party."
And they did, arriving in Stormwind Keep whilst the Hallow's End party was already underway. Tanadia joined Anduin when she found in him the Throne Room whilst Sylvanas and Athrodar put their two tired daughters to bed, both of them kissing each one on the forehead before tucking them in and doing the same for the other. By they time they reached the Throne Room, Tanadia had disappeared into the crowds of people. "Looks like you can't protect her now." Sylvanas whispered teasingly, taking hold of his hand and dragging him nearer the middle of the throne room. "You're just going to have to be with me all night now."
"Not the worst plan in the world." Athrodar told her, both of them standing close together that they could feel each other's breaths caressing their skin. "To be so close to my wife who has dressed as a Dragon Queen. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else."
"Very good answer, my love. Maybe we will return to our bedroom and make a brood of whelps tonight." Sylvanas said with a smirk, leaning forward and kissing him before resting her head on his chest, pressing her ear to his heart. "Slow dance with me." She whispered. "I just want you to hold me for the rest of the night."
Athrodar smiled and moved his arms around Sylvanas, pressing his cheek to the top of he head and making sure to avoid the novelty horns on her head. "I will gladly hold you for the rest of the night, my love."
"Thank you." She whispered, closing her eyes and listening to his heartbeat, syncing her own with his so they could both beat as one. "Thalina not coming tonight?" Sylvanas asked, having not seen or heard her all day.
"It doesn't look like it, no." Athrodar told her. "She said she was busy with some mage work or something. Apparently it piled up whilst we were in Dalaran."
"Damn.. I wanted to reward her for being such a close family friend." Sylvanas muttered, looking up at her husband. "I was going to give her you. I know she still has an immense amount of feelings for you, my love and I wanted to reward her by handing her you for the night. Of course I would be there to enjoy the fun, but yes, I would have given her you."
"And If I refused?" Athrodar asked, looking his wife in the eyes.
"I'd understand, but I know you wouldn't. Especially if it gives you the chance to be with your wife and former lover in the same bed." Sylvanas got up onto her tiptoes and kissed him lightly. "Think about it, my love."
The two of them stayed practically stuck together throughout most of the night, neither of them wanting to part from being so close together. That was until they were interrupted near final hours of the party by someone they had expected to stay away for the remainder of the night. "Hi."
Sylvanas looked over to the voice first, grinning when she laid eyes on Thalina who had decided to dress up too, even if it was for the final hours of the party before everyone turned in for the night. "Hello Thal." She said, beckoning her over. "Come here."
"Don't do this, my love." Athrodar whispered to her. "It may make her feelings so much stronger that it might affect her badly."
"Don't worry about it." Sylvanas told him. "I know what I am doing."
Thalina made her way towards them, wearing a black cocktail dress, cat ears and what looked to be a tail too. "I didn't know what to wear." She told them, feeling her cheeks get warmer the closer she stood to Athrodar whilst wearing her outfit. "I hope this is okay."
Sylvanas smirked at how shy Thalina had become all of a sudden, knowing it might be easier than she thought to give the Magister her gift. "You look beautiful, Thal." She whispered in her ear, planting a kiss on her cheek which stunned the Magister.
"Wh-what are you doing?" Thalina asked, looking at Sylvanas with wide eyes.
"I have a gift for you." Sylvanas purred, nodding over to Athrodar who stood there awkwardly. "You have been such a close and loyal friend to our family, Thal. And I know how much you still love him. So for tonight, and many more nights if I am in a good mood, you can sleep with him."
Thalina's face went bright red, looking over to Athrodar who looked unsure about this still. "A-are you joking?" She asked, glancing over to Sylvanas.
"Not at all, dear." Sylvanas moved her arms around her from behind, planting another kiss on her cheek. "The only catch is that I will join you every time. He is still my husband after all and I crave what you crave from him." Sylvanas walked around the Magister and cupped her face in her hands. "What do you say? Do you want to join us tonight, Thal? Or will you turn my gift away?"
"Don't I get a say in this?" Athrodar asked.
"No." Sylvanas told him, turning back to face Thalina. "Well? I will be joining you like I said, but you get the first ride."
"O-okay." Thalina said, walking over to Athrodar. "Are you okay with this?" She whispered to him.
"Only if you are, Thal." He whispered back, watching her smile a little.
"I am." She whispered again, getting up onto her tiptoes and kissing him on the lips, missing the feel of them against hers after decades since the last time they kissed.
"Good." Sylvanas said, taking hold of Thalina's hand. "Come with me my dear. Let's go have some fun."
Athrodar followed them to their bedroom, being stopped by Sylvanas the moment he began to climb into bed. "What?"
Sylvanas grinned and span on her heel to face Thalina who was stroking the bed sheets with her hand. "Strip for us, Thal. I want to see what rare treasure we have in our bedroom."
Thalina hesitated at first, looking at Sylvanas and Athrodar with reddened cheeks. "O-okay." She said quietly, taking off her heels first and then her cat ears.
"Let me help you." Sylvanas made her way to the Magister and placed her hands on her shoulders. "Your skin is soft, Thal." She whispered in her ear, slowly pulling down the Magister's dress until it sat on her hips. "Wearing nothing underneath the dress, very bold." Sylvanas said, brushing a couple of fingers over Thalina's nipples and grinning when she heard her suck in her breath. "And you're excited. This is the first time you've been naked in front of him since... Icecrown?"
Athrodar walked towards Thalina who was covering herself up, placing his hands on her face and leaning down to kiss her, moving his hands down to her arms and moving them away from her breasts. She was smaller than Sylvanas in every way, but he didn't care. She was still as beautiful as he had remembered. "Don't be shy, Thal. You're too beautiful to be shy, especially around the two of us."
Sylvanas made her way beside Athrodar and looked at the Magister. "You hide it really well, Thal, but he is right. You are beautiful." Sylvanas cupped Thalina's face in her hands and gave her a long kiss on the lips, surprising the Magister as she hadn't kissed another woman for decades but then quickly melted into the kiss. "Let's get that dress off you. I want to see all of you, Thal."
Whilst Sylvanas helped Thalina undress, Athrodar done the same whilst watching Sylvanas push the Magister onto the bed and climb on top of her. "Don't start without me." He said, making his way towards them when he took off his clothes and saw the lust in Thalina's eyes when she looked at him. "I know how much you've missed me, Thal. I'm going to make sure I make up for those many missed years."
Sylvanas stroked Thalina's hair, sitting behind her and keeping her head on her lap. "Make her remember tonight, my love." She said, looking up at Athrodar. "But don't finish inside her." She said, winking at him. "I want to make our brood like you promised."
Athrodar slowly pushed himself inside Thalina, feeling her walls tighten around him immediately. "Wow... It's almost like you have saved yourself for me, Thal." He whispered, leaning down and kissing her.
"I more or less have." She purred, being kissed by Sylvanas shortly after and feeling her tongue part her lips. "Mmmm.. My Lady, let me kiss something else." She offered, making Sylvanas raise an eyebrow at her.
"You are not shy anymore, are you?" She said with an amused grin. "Okay then." She agreed, pulling down her leggings. "Turn her over so she's on her stomach. Make it more comfortable for everyone."
Thalina flipped over onto her stomach and quickly buried her head between Sylvanas' legs, making her let out a soft moan and moaning into her folds when Athrodar pushed himself back inside the Magister.
The three of them all made sure they were panting, sweating and in euphoric bliss for the next two hours with Sylvanas collapsing on top of Athrodar and chuckling lightly when she saw Thalina had fallen asleep beside them. "I hope you enjoyed your present, my love." She purred, pressing her ear to his chest. "I know I enjoyed the many presents you left inside me."
Athrodar chuckled too and held Sylvanas tightly in his arms. At least, as tightly as he could as almost all of his energy had been spent. "I know you enjoyed more than what I left inside you. You couldn't keep your hands or lips off her."
"She's just so beautiful and petite. I found it all so cute that I had to make sure she was well looked after." Sylvanas looked up at Athrodar when she felt something poke her belly. "Did I get you going again?" She said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"You did, but I think I am too tired to go again."
Sylvanas giggled and nodded her head. "So am I." She whispered, though she still took hold of him and slowly pushed her husband inside her. "I'll do it all, just slowly."
Athrodar closed his eyes and smiled. "Deal."
