An Old Friends Request

Victoria looked at the many new rebels they had freed, slowly nodding her head and smiling to herself at the rate at which this group of Nightborne are growing. "This is impressive." She said, glancing over to Thalyssra who was helping a couple of the Nightborne with their addictions. "How quickly everyone has come here to fight against your former leader."

Thalyssra smiled and looked over to Victoria. "She is working with the enemy after all, those who aren't blinded by their greed know what she has done and is doing." The First Arcanist made her way over to Victoria and her rangers. "And with your help, you have made it safer for them to come to us."

"I'm sure Liadrin had a hand in it too." Victoria said, looking back at her group of rangers. "We only done what was asked of us."

The First Arcanist smiled at her. "We didn't think we would get this far, so your help and Liadrin's is most welcome. I hope Khadgar has received my message and has gathered more help for us. As much as what you have done is appreciated, we need a lot more warriors to take the city back."

"I understand, I will send a runner to Dalaran to get an update soon. First we need to discuss what our next step is."

Thalyssra frowned and opened up a map of Suramar City with her magic, pointing to a specific area on the map. "We need to get inside the city and find out what they are doing with the Legion."

"And how will we do that?" Victoria asked.

"I have a plan." Thalyssra said, beckoning over one of her Nightborne. "We have been working on a disguise, one that should get you into the city." Before Victoria got too excited, she held up her hand. "It's not a complete disguise though, the arcane sentinals that roam around the city will see through the disguise, so avoid them at all costs."

"It can never just be easy." Victoria muttered.

"And one more thing. Avoid the Grand Magistrix's elite guards and followers. They tend to thoroughly check their guests and it break the illusion that you will have." Thalyssra smiled a little at Victoria's sigh. "I would do this all myself, but they know who I am, I'm afraid."

Victoria just smiled at Thalyssra. "No, it's fine. I guess I'll try to make this work."

"Good, thank you again." Thalyssra said, handing Victoria the disguise. "Try not to raise too much suspicion either, though you'll probably blend in if you just act normally. I'm sure a Queen will fit in perfectly among them."

Victoria let out a nervous laugh. "Yes... I'm sure I would."


Athrodar woke up next to his wife and smiled at how close she was to him. From where he was laying, she was practically laying on top of him but he didn't care, not if he gets to hold her against him in the meantime.

The moment he wrapped his arms around her, he heard a small sigh coming from the other side of him, turning his head to look at the owner of the noise and remembering Thalina had joined them (finally in Sylvanas' mind) last night. His smile widened when he saw how at peace she was compared to whenever he looked at her before.

She used to look a little troubled, like something had upset her and she was trying her hardest to hide it. But now she was just happy and at peace, something he was slowly coming to realise was because she was with him and Sylvanas last night, though definitely because he was there more than his wife.

"She looks so peaceful." Sylvanas muttered, looking over to Thalina who even had a small smile on her face as she slept. "How are you feeling?" She asked, looking up to Athrodar.

"I'm fine. Happy actually, that we get to spend some time alone before our daughter runs in here to wake us up." Athrodar leaned down and kissed Sylvanas on the head, frowning when she moved away from him. "What?"

"How are you feeling." She repeated, glancing over to Thalina who remained asleep. "This is the first time you have been with her since your little adventures together before you were killed." She looked back to Athrodar. "Do you feel what you felt for her back then?"

"I will always have a place for her in my heart." He admitted, looking over to Thalina. "She's the mother of my first and a very close friend to our family. I want her to be safe like I want our family to be safe." His attention returned to Sylvanas who was watching Thalina sleep. "But she will never have the love I have for you. It's the harsh truth, but the truth nonetheless. You are the one I love more than anyone."

Sylvanas smiled and closed her eyes, pressing her ear to his chest. "It's nice to know you still fall for my trap of getting you to say how much you love me."

"I don't know about falling for it, maybe I just enjoy telling you how much I love you." Athrodar told her, pressing his lips to her temple and then cuddling up to her. "Because when I do, you always hold yourself as close to me as possible and I get to hold onto my beautiful wife just a bit longer."

Sylvanas laughed and continued to hold onto him. "Whatever, just hold me."

Athrodar did just that, though only for a handful of minutes until they living alarm clock came in to wake them up. "Mama!" Alleria yelled, giggling and running up to the bed before climbing on and parking herself between her parents.

Thalina woke up and stretched, looking over to Athrodar, Sylvanas and Alleria with a smile before closing her eyes again. Only when she opened her eyes seconds after, it was out of surprise as she jumped up to a sitting position and tried to hide herself the best she could with the bed sheets. "What we did... happened, right?"

Sylvanas grinned at her sudden turn of innocence compared to last night, planting a kiss on her daughter's cheek as she watched Thalina come to grips with what happened last night. "Oh it happened and you weren't nearly as embarrassed as you are now."

"I... I don't normally do this sort of thing." Thalina muttered, glancing over to Athrodar who was too busy entertaining Alleria. "I don't know what came over me."

Sylvanas reached over the bed and placed a hand on Thalina's knee, watching her jump a little. "Relax. You didn't drink as far as we know and you didn't take anything, so you know we took care of you." She climbed over Athrodar and sat between him and Thalina, moving an arm around the Magister. "We made sure to make you feel as comfortable as possible, you know that right?"

Thalina nodded, staying under Sylvanas arm and leaning against her. "I know that. I just..." She sighed and shook her head. "Never mind, it's stupid."

Sylvanas stroked her cheek with her thumb, turning her head to get the Magister to look at her. "Tell me." She whispered, smiling at the embarrassed elf.

"I was hoping the next time I was with Athrodar would be... special." She looked up at Sylvanas and sighed, looking away shortly after. "It's stupid, I know. He's your husband and he clearly loves you deeply. It was just something I dreamed about."

Sylvanas frowned at her. "And last night wasn't special?" As soon as she asked she smiled and nodded her head slowly. "Ah, it's because I was there."

Thalina nodded a little, but looked Sylvanas in the eyes. "It's not that you were bad, my Lady. You were anything but bad, you made me feel wanted last night and I can see why there are so many rumors about you two. I feel like a great weight was lifted off my shoulders last night but..."

"You weren't alone with Athrodar." Sylvanas said, watching the Magister nod her head again and leaning closer to plant a soft kiss on her temple. "I am going to tell you something, okay? Don't get upset but I have a small proposition."

Thalina frowned at Sylvanas. "What is it?"

Sylvanas smiled a little at the Magister, squeezing the smaller elf a little too. "I want you to come to me if ever you want to join us in here again, okay?" She saw the Magister nod slowly, knowing she wasn't entirely sure on her answer. "I also know you want to be alone with him in here, which I'm afraid won't happen. We have only one rule when it comes to our bedroom, which is if any of us want to sleep with someone else, they will be joined by the other one."

Thalina's expression saddened a little, looking over to Athrodar who was pretending he couldn't hear them as he focused on entertaining their daughter. "Is it always women?" She asked, looking back at Sylvanas.

Sylvanas laughed lightly now, glancing over to Athrodar. "Yes, but for good reason. I know he gets jealous whenever I even mention bringing another guy in here, which I find very cute. I don't ever intend to bring another man in here as I have too much fun with the women we both choose. So to answer your question, it is always women."

Thalina looked over to Athrodar again, but focused on Alleria this time. "Hey, do you want me to feed her? Leave you two alone a little whilst longer? I know how much I missed laying in bed for at least an hour longer when I had Tanadia."

Sylvanas smiled and kissed Thalina on the temple again. "That would be wonderful. Thank you, Thal."

Athrodar watched Thalina climb out of bed and take Alleria off him, taking her to the mess hall to get some breakfast. "Did you really have to tell her she can never be alone with me? I think she knew deep down it wouldn't happen."

Sylvanas climbed onto Athrodar's lap and placed her finger on his lips. "Shh. We're alone now and won't be interrupted for at least twenty minutes." She replaced her finger with her lips, holding herself as close to him as possible whilst she slipped her tongue passed his lips. "I have something to tell you and I didn't want to say it in front of Thal."

Athrodar tilted his head a little. "What is it?"

Sylvanas pressed her head against Athrodar's, looking into his eyes and smiling. "It was an unsafe day yesterday and you practically flooded me last night." She laughed a little when Athrodar did. "I don't know what I think about it yet, but after last night, I might become pregnant and a part of me doesn't want to be. But there's another part of me that's excited to make our family bigger."

Athrodar stared at her, a little lost for words. "A-are you serious?" He asked quietly, watching her nod her head slowly. "We could have a fifth?"

Sylvanas smiled and nodded her head more enthusiastically. "Yes. We could have our fifth child. A little too soon after Cedani, sure. But we both really wanted a big family. I know I said I didn't when we first thought about having a family, but with every little elf we have, the more I want to increase our family." She closed her eyes and buried her head in his neck, feeling him wrap his arms around her. "I love you."

"I love you too, my heart." Athrodar whispered. "My Queen." He said in an equally low voice, planting a kiss on her head. "I want nothing more than to have a huge family, though I don't want you to give birth every year." He felt her pull back and looked down at her. "Maybe two more, including this possible one, then we wait until all our little ones have grown up and began making names for themselves."

Although his plan is one she agreed with, Sylvanas still laughed at it. "You know we said that after Cedani was born. But I agree with you, two more and we stop for a while."

Athrodar laughed too and held onto his wife as she placed her ear on his chest. "Just two more." He whispered, confirming their plans that will probably change after a couple of years. "Can you do one thing for me whilst we're here until interrupted again?"

"Sure, what is it?" Sylvanas asked, keeping her ear pressed to his chest.

"Can you wear those dragon horns again?"

"Sure." Sylvanas said with a giggle, reaching for the dragon horns on the floor and picking them up, placing them on her head and smiling at her husband. "Better?"

Athrodar grinned at her. "There's my Dragon-Queen."


Tanadia sat on a bench in the Stormwind Keep gardens, holding onto her head and feeling groggy after a long night of drinking. She didn't remember much of the Hallow's End party they had, nor did she remember what she did. The only thing she knew was that she woke up in an empty bath, not even in her room in the Keep. She searched all the connecting rooms and found them all to be empty and stumbled out into the corridor and made her way outside to the gardens which is where she found herself now.

"I'm never drinking again..." She muttered to herself, holding onto her head as the hangover was getting the better of her.

"Ahh, I've had those." A voice said softly, the owner of it making their way towards the young priestess. "It passes. The worst part is throwing up."

"Oh Gods..." Tanadia moaned, looking up at the owner of the voice and seeing a smug looking Elaria standing over her. "I forgot about that."

"By the sounds of your response, I take it you haven't thrown up yet." Elaria looked around for something to hand the priestess for when she inevitably needs to vomit. "Here, come with me. I'll hold your hair when you do throw up."

"Thank you... Uh oh."

Elaria widened her eyes and quickly dragged the priestess into a nearby room, looking for something quick and grabbing a bucket as they found themselves in the cleaner's closet. "That was close." The Night Elf muttered, stroking her back whilst holding her hair. "

"Why are you here?" Tanadia asked, followed by throwing up into the bucket seconds later.

Elaria sighed, frowning at the back of the priestess' head. "I am here to see your father. It's been a month, maybe a bit longer since I spoke to him. It gave me some time to reflect and -" She patted Tanadia's back when she heard her throw up again, rolling her eyes at the priestess. "Titans, woman. How much did you drink?"

"Too much." Tanadia muttered, groaning whilst her head was in the bucket.

"I can see that..." Elaria said softly, continuing her reason for being here. "As I was saying, it gave me time to reflect and I was too harsh on him."

"You think?" Tanadia groaned, looking up at the Night Elf. "He was distraught shortly after you told him to fuck off."

Elaria raised an eyebrow at the priestess. "Since when did you use such language?"

"Since you upset my dad." Tanadia told her, laying down and pressing her cheek on the cold floor. "I don't know if Sylvanas will want to see you."

"Good, because I didn't come here to see her." Elaria took her cloak off and placed it over the priestess. "Rest here, I'll place something on the door handle to make sure nobody comes in here. I'm going to go find your father."

"Fine... Just let me rest." Tanadia muttered.

Elaria made her way to Athrodar's bedroom, hiding when Sylvanas walked out of the bedroom and quickly slipping inside before Athrodar could leave and closing the door behind her, locking herself inside with him. "Hi." She said when Athrodar looked at her. "We need to talk."

Athrodar looked at the door behind her, making his way to it and being stopped by Elaria who stood between him and the door. "The last time we spoke, you made it perfectly clear you didn't want to see me any more."

"I know..." Elaria mumbled, looking away from him and towards the floor. "It was a mistake, I was angry and I took it out on you."

"So why are you here?" Athrodar asked, stepping away from her. "And you better make it quick, Sylvanas will be asking questions on where I am any second now."

Elaria shrugged her shoulders. "I miss my brother." She saw him tilt her head and took a step towards him. "And I came to apologize. I know I blamed you for Sera's death when you had no part in it and held it against you when you said you wouldn't help me." She looked down at the daggers on her hip. "And Luna has been on my back since she returned to Dalaran about apologizing to you. I didn't want to listen but she was right."

Before Athrodar could respond, Sylvanas knocked on the door and tried to open it, finding it was locked from the inside. "What's going on, are you coming?" She tried to open the door again, frowning at the handle that barely moved. "Why is this door locked?"

"Tell her." Athrodar said, looking at Elaria who sighed.

"Tell me what? Who's in there with you?" Sylvanas pressed her ear to the door. "Open up, please."

Athrodar waited for Elaria to say something, sighing when she remained silent and moving to unlock the door, letting Sylvanas in and watching her immediately grab the sword on her back and place it against the Night Elf's throat, pinning her to the wall as well. "Let me explain!" Elaria said, keeping her eyes on the blade and not the fiery glare on Sylvanas' face.

"Make it quick." Sylvanas said, narrowing her eyes at the Night Elf. "And make it good."

"I came to apologize to Athrodar." Elaria took a quick glance at Sylvanas' glare and felt her heart quicken with slight panic. "And to you. I wasn't in the best place when I found out Sera died and I took it out on both of you, despite doing nothing wrong."

Sylvanas' glare softened a little, but she kept the Night Elf up against the wall and her sword across her throat. "Is that all? No... I don't think it is. Why else are you here?"

"I.. I don't feel comfortable right now with that blade across my throat." Elaria said, glancing over to Athrodar who was looking out the window to their balcony. "Athrodar please, she'll listen to you."

"I can think for myself." Sylvanas said through gritted teeth, pressing her sword a little harder against her neck and making the Night Elf bleed a little. "Speak now or really bloody my sword."

"Fine... Fine!" Elaria looked Sylvanas in the eyes. "I need your help. Actually we could use each other's help."

"Help with what?" Athrodar asked, turning around to look at Elaria.

"There's an Orc. He's basically running this whole invasion, at least in Suramar. And I know you all mean to attack there next." Elaria looked over to Athrodar who frowned at her. "There's something powerful he's hiding too. I don't know what it is, but we have spoken to the Demon Hunters that has been showing up and we all believe it's an ally."

"Who is it?" Sylvanas asked, keeping her sword pointed at Elaria's throat but no longer laying it across her throat.

Elaria looked at Athrodar and then over to Sylvanas. "We believe it's Illidan."

Sylvanas' blade dropped from Elaria's throat. "Are you serious?"

Elaria rubbed her hand across her throat, nodding her head. "I am. Our scouts have confirmed it, with the help of the Demon Hunters. He's in a similar prison to what they were in when the Wardens captured them."

"So what do you want from us?" Sylvanas asked, looking over to Athrodar who looked lost in thought. "And I hope you know asking for our help comes with a few extra attachments. Basically Thalina and Tanadia."

"Not Victoria?" Elaria asked, tilting her head a little and frowning when Sylvanas' expression turned from slight anger to sadness. "What happened?"

"She is angry at us for working with the Lich King to get Thal'ena a legendary blade that enhances her fire spells." Athrodar walked over to Sylvanas and placed his hands on her shoulders. "We all agreed it would better our fight against the Burning Legion, but Victoria... She only saw it as us working with Bolvar."

"Well, maybe she will talk to you soon." Elaria told them, eyeing Sylvanas up and down and slowly grinning when she saw how rushed her outfit was put on and comparing it to Athrodar who had no shirt on. "Did you guys have sex before I came in here?"

Sylvanas narrowed her eyes at the Night Elf. "Don't try to get close to me again. You hurt Athrodar and I hold onto grudges for a long time."

Athrodar placed a kiss on Sylvanas' check. "Wait for me in the throne room, I'll be two more minutes."

"Okay." She whispered, placing a kiss on his lips and leaving the bedroom.

"How long does she hold onto grudges?" Elaria asked him.

"Long enough." He said, placing a tunic on his torso. "I have to tell you something."

"What did you do now?"

"It's who I done." Athrodar told her, sighing at her when Elaria raised an eyebrow at him. "We brought Thalina back in here with us."

"Interesting... Did you get her pregnant?" Elaria asked, smirking at him.

"Gods no, I wouldn't be here if I did. Sylvanas would have skinned me if I got anyone else pregnant." He looked out the window and down at Stormwind below them. "I don't want to get anyone else pregnant anyway, unless you know... They pay handsomely... And to Sylvanas' price tag."

Elaria raised an eyebrow at him. "So if Luna ever wanted to have children again, we only have to pay Sylvanas a lot of gold to have you give us a child?"

"Why me?" Athrodar asked her. "Surely there are better options."

Elaria shrugged. "Why not. You seem to be very efficient with making babies."

"Thanks?" Athrodar picked up his belt and put it on, making sure to place his daggers on his belt as well as a few other items.

"Let's go to your wife before she does kill me." Elaria glanced over to Athrodar when she opened the door. "She still scares me when she's angry, after all these years."

"I don't think yelling at her husband for something that wasn't his fault and basically throwing him aside like he was nothing makes her any warmer to you." Athrodar walked passed Elaria and made his way to the throne room. "Maybe if this ally of yours is actually Illidan, Sylvanas might warm up to you a little more knowing we have a powerful ally with us."

"We have a plan already laid out, we just needed a few more good fighters who can sneak behind the demons to get to our prize." Elaria stopped walking when they entered the throne room, watching Athrodar and Sylvanas embrace and smiling to herself when she saw how happy they were, something she hadn't really noticed the many years they had spent together. To her, this was just something she was used to that she never really thought about it, but they had managed to remain happy for so long and just watching them smile the moment they see one another makes her smile too. "I have missed them." She said to herself, walking towards them.