Authors Note: I'm sorry for not updating my story for ever but I've been busy with other things. I hope you enjoy my next chapter, I hoped it's long enough for you. If it sounds somehow familiar, then it probably is. Lets see if you know what I mean.

The company slowly walked back up to the fortress, Nazdhar leading with Titania right behind him. The whole city was in a panic, orc maidens ran by whimpering, children were crying and troll witch doctors ran in all directions with healing wards on their backs. When they finally reached the fortress, the sun was burning bright, and everyone was hot and sweaty. They climbed the ladder and entered the fortress' hall. The stuffiness made everyone uncomfortable, except for Nazdhar, Shehn and Tor. Thrall and Cairne were already sitting in their high chairs.

"Father! I know that we have just been hit badly but I must ask you if you will give us leave back on our journey?" Nazdhar asked his father.

"Son! We just had a great war, with many of our kind killed and injured, and all you can think about is your little quest?" boomed Thrall.

"Father, you even said yourself that you think the centaurs might be controlled by Brandistock. If they are, then we must leave immediately and continue our quest to the south." Nazdhar said sternly, looking his father in the eye. Thrall looked back at him, his brow crinkled. Then he raised his eyes.

"I did say that." Thrall replied to his son. "And now I see your point, and I agree with you. You and your company should start packing soon. We will get your horses ready for you and stock up your supplies. You shall leave in the morning-"

"-No father, we'll leave tonight." Nazdhar interrupted.

"Actually, Nazdhar, we'll leave this moment." Said Titania.

"Alright then." Said Thrall. "You should all head back to your room and get ready to leave." The company all nodded and headed off to their suit.

About half an hour later, the company sat saddled into their horses, ready to head out south. Thrall stood at the foot of the ladder leading up to the fortress, with Nahar beside him. "Good luck my son, and to you Titania, and to the rest of your company." Thrall said his final farewells.

"Thank you father. If I do not return-"

"Ohhh, you better return to me, Nazdhar, after all this-"

"Well ok, never mind then. Goodbye father, and good health."

"And thank you for everything, Thrall," said Titania, "I hope we meet again someday. Goodbye." She beckoned for everyone to follow her down the road. Everyone waved goodbye to Thrall and followed after Titania. With a last look at Ogrimar and the Empire of the Horde, the company trotted out of site and into the hot, dry Barrens.

"I do not believe that we destroyed all of the centaur marauders." Said Titania after a few days of travel. "There will be more to come. The city will under-go many more attacks. If we're not careful, we may be attacked as well. Who knows what else might be thrown at us during our journeys. Everyone be on guard, have your weapons on hand in case of emergency." Titania looked back at her company. They were all exhausted and needed rest. The sky pulsed red with the setting sun in the west. In the east, a dark patch of night quickly grew larger. The cool air from the east brushed up against Titanias face, she knew it was time for camp.

Titania halted the company. "We will make camp with the shelter of this cliff. We ride off at sunrise." She dismounted Tobyneth. She patted her horses back and it ran off to some patch of grass.

The others dismounted as well and began to set up their camp. Taeowyn gathered some wood and made a fire. They ate, and shortly after they slept. Titania, on the other hand, walked up to the top of the sheltering cliff.

As she had done with the previous nights, she looked out into the gloomy south. Her mind was so busy with the though and suspense of what could be out there, that she was on the point of madness. She stayed up late into the night, then finally went to bed.

At sunrise, the company awoke, had a short breakfast and set out once again. They traveled all day. The were in the very heart of the Barrens now, where it was most hot and dry save for a wide, deep river which sprung from the Stone Talon mountains north-west of them.

After walking a long stretch of flat, dusty terrain, the company halted a couple of miles from the river. On the shores of the river, a glimmering oasis stretched out of view all the way up and down the winding river, which flowed south-east.

"This is Dry Mouth River," said Tor, "the very river which my people used in the north. Our villages were built on or near it to supply us with water. It flows from Stone Talon Peak itself.

"Well we'll need to cross it sooner or later." Said Titania. "It flows south-east, and we are headed south. Do you know where a bridge might lay, Tor?"

"I do not know, Titania, perhaps we should travel the shores of the river until we find one, or at least a more shallow area where we can cross." Tor answered.

"Yes, we shall do that. Onward!" Titania commanded. The company turned south-east, and continued their journey through the green oasis. Titania realized that they needed water, so she deliberately sent Taeowyn and Jonas together to fill their water jugs.

The company waited under the tropical trees as Taeowyn and Jonas walked through the bush. Titania was not wearing her cloak, because of the heat, and Jonas had taken off a few articles of armor as well. They neared the flowing river.

"So, Taeowyn, at last we get a moment alone." Said Jonas.

"Alone!" Taeowyn said astonished. "Why? Have we been waiting for one?"

"I don't know if you have, but I have. You know, Taewoyn, I am very amazed at how you deal with all this. You are still very young, and yet you go into darkness and danger with such bravery. I respect you very much." Jonas stopped talking and looked at Taeowyn. Her face grew hot and she knew that Jonas had feelings for her. He couldn't really tell her, he was too afraid, but she knew what he felt.

They finished filling the jugs and got up. Taeowyn started to walk back to the horses and their company when she slipped on a wet rock. She fell forwards right as Jonas turned around and caught her under the arms. He held her up, and their eyes met. Right then, Taeowyn felt something for Jonas. Did his chivalry make her feel different towards him. Jonas lifted Taeowyn to her feet. "Your eyes," he said, "they. . . are. . . beautiful! The cool gray, brings out a mysterious and powerful beauty. You are an apprentice, a servant of the Pandemonium, but I do not think that will be your destiny."

As the day went by, the company still did not find any traces of a crossing point until, just as the sun began to set, Shandris noticed that the water was low next to them, though very wide it was, it was shallow enough to cross.

"Titania!" called Shandris near the back. "The river looks low enough to cross now!"

"I see." Answered Titania. "We should cross it now, before we go any more east." She walked to the river side, and looked to the side of it. Not to far off, a roaring water fall fell over a tall, stone cliff. "Yes, we should cross now. There is a great water fall down there. Here is the perfect spot to cross. It may be a long stretch, but we can manage. It'll take us about. . . ten or so minutes. Everyone dismount!" She commanded and she hoped off her horse. She led the way across the river.

The sun was just going down behind the Stone Talon mountains. When they were only a third of the way across, the current quickened and the water rose. Both Shandris' and Sylans long ears perked up to a sound in the distance. They stopped and looked up the river. Their elven eyes grew and rounded as they gazed into the dark evening. Titania stoped as well. The rest of the company saw that the three of them were standing still and looking up the river, so they did the same. Then like the sound of a thousand horses thundering across the plane, a great wave of white, crashing water ran down the river.

"Hurry!" yelled Titania. "A Torrent is coming down the river!"

"A Torrent!" Tor exclaimed. "May the earth mother save us! A furious demon of the water a Torrent is! It flows from inside the Stone Talons, and now it has come out to destroy us! Run you fools!" And with that, the company began to run over the river.

"Run, run as fast you can! Brandistock must have sent this to kill us." said Titania. "I will try to hold the demon off, the rest of you get to shore!" Titania ran into the middle of the river and let everyone pass her. She gave her horse to Taeowyn, who led him behind her.

Titania stood in the knee high water, the water sprayed her face. The wind picked up and her dark cloak and hair blew madly. The others rushed passed her. She walked further up the river as the stomping Torrent approached her. She raised her staff, the sapphire on the end glowing like the moon, and she stomped it into the river bed. The water around her shot out. The water began to rise faster and faster. Then she heard thunder in the sky and it began to pour rain upon her. The company behind couldn't go any further because the river had become so deep that it was above their head. They were only standing because Titania reflected the water away from them.

Titania continued to repel the water when she heard the company scream behind her. She looked over her shoulder. She put her hand out to hold the water, then pointed her staff towards the company. "Oakla membora shitaeo, porten baa, lafae!" she shouted at the top of her longs. Ancient symbols spun around the company, and with a flash of pale light they disappeared and reappeared on the other side of the river. The looked out from the palm trees and tall grass.

Titania looked ahead of her again and thrust her staff out. The whole river split in two to allow Titania to confront her opponent. The watery beast came closer and closer. It had three ferocious heads, each with two black eyes. It's hoofed arms ran down the river with its fish like tail smashing behind him. It was formed of water and stone and continued to charge towards Titania.

"You shall not stop us from reaching our destination. I will not let you interfere!" Echoed Titanias voice throughout the whole oasis. Then her staff shone even brighter and she stomped it onto the river bed once again. A great blast of water and stone shot towards the Torrent. It smashed into his faces and chipped off some of his stony skin. Titania then raised her staff in the air and the river glowed blue like her staff. Up sprang all the stones and boulders of the river into the air. They suspended in mid air for a moment then shot towards the Torrent. It stumbled back and shook its three roaring heads, but it still charged towards her. The Torrent was very near Titania now. "Go back to the shadowy depths from wens you came." She yelled. But the Torrent still charged towards her screeching loudly. Titania pointed her staff at the Torrent, and it glowed with even more light.

"Titania!" shouted Taeowyn.

Titania braced herself, "Get out of here!" she yelled as the Torrent crashed into her awesome powers and broke into a thousand pieces of rock and drops of water. The force was so much the it blasted Titania back. The great wave of water ran down the river. The company could see Titanias glowing staff float down the current then with a blink, it was gone down over the waterfall. Titania Stardragon the Blue, was done.

"Nooooo!" screamed Taeowyn as she ran into the water, but Jonas held her back. "Noo. . ." she moaned and fell to her knees. Jonas picked her up and ran into the oasis with the others. The company stood on the edge of the trees looking into the south. They still had to go on, with or without their guide, no matter what.