Authors notes: Because some people live in different timezones, i'll update at 11:30 PM to 1:20 AM in the Eastern US (Where I live) timezone.

"Tyrande! You and your owl might want to get a look at this!" Sylvanas yelled to the woman.

"Sylvanas, if it's another rat floating in a bucket, i'm not interes- SWEET ELUNE!"

There, in front of all 3 of them, was a deer. A deer that looked like it was ready to collapse any second. Its brown fur was a punch red, its antlers decaying like a tooth with a bad cavity. The poor things teeth had grown into painful looking fangs, and its eyes were a light pink, with green ooze coming out of the corners.

"In all my years…." Tyrande whispered.

"Who here votes to put this poor thing out of its misery? It clearly looks like every inch of it hurts." Kael'thas said, recoiling in sadness and disgust at the sight of it.

"Maybe, just maybe, I can heal it." Tyrande stepped forward, and outstretched her hand towards the deer.

"Tyrande, NO!" Sylvanas shouted.

Kael'thas and Tyrande, who had not been expecting the shout, jumped in surprise.

Tyrande looked Sylvanas in the eye. "And why should I not help this poor child of Elune herself?"

"Because i've seen this on the other animals. The other day, I peeked out the window at a rabbit who had this. A woman ran up to it, and when she touched it, every inch of her was covered in horrible blight, pus, blood, rashes, and infections. Do you want your skin looking like Jeff Goldblum in The Fly, especially with all those cuts?"

Tyrande pulled her hand back, and looked in sorrow at the creature.

Kael'thas let out a gasp of horror.

"I don't mean to alarm you, ladies, but they're closing in…" He pointed a manicured finger to the edge of the forest. All around them, animals with a similar condition had noticed Tyrande about to heal their fellow animal, and were walking towards them to see if they could be helped, even though the deer was still the same.

"This is not good…" Sylvanas mumbled Suddenly, in her mind, something clicked.

"Sunstrider!" She turned towards Kael'thas. "Could you conjure us some rope?"

"Of course, but I see no use of it, other than to hang ourselves with after they touch us and we become mutant freaks."

"Just conjure the rope, Sunstrider."

Kael weaved a spell, with blue and green sparks flying everywhere, and eventually, in a cloud of smoke, there was a long bundle of rope in his hands.

Kael'thas handed the rope to Sylvanas, and Sylvanas began to unbundle it.

"Sylvanas, they're nearly here, hurry it up, child!" Tyrande yelled in a panic.

They both looked at what Sylvanas was doing. She was tying the rope around her bow, in a clear panic as well.

"Sylvanas! We don't have a lot of time left!" Kael shouted.

"Got it! Hold on to anything but my crotch!" She shouted She shot an arrow with the rope attached on it towards the tip of a tree. They flew like they were on a grappling hook, and landed softly on a long tree branch. The infected animals looked around in confusion, before letting out whimpers of pain, and walked away.

"Sylvanas, that was- I can't believe- BY THE SUNWELL, I LOVE YOU!" Kael'thas shouted.

"That's the first time you've said you've loved me since last week." Sylvanas said.

Kael's ears hung low in pure embarrassment.

"If it's anything to help, Kael, I only say "I love you" to Malfurion once, rarely twice a month." Tyrande said as she placed a hand on his armored shoulder.

It had been 5 hours in the tree.

"What are we STILL doing up here?" Kael'thas complained.

"We have to make sure that those things aren't still down there, so calm yourself before your man-panties get in a knot." Sylvanas replied.

Tyrande blinked. "You don't think those poor animals disease is linked with Penelope becoming the ruler of the Minions, do you?" She asked.

"Why? What would it matter?" Sylvanas said as she picked a red leaf off the branch.

"Maybe if we kill her, the disease on the animals will... Go away." Tyrande said.

Sylvanas scoffed. "You clearly have no clue how diseases work. They don't just 'go away'. Most, if not all, of these animals will be dead by the end of the year. I promise you."

"It might be some type of a magical affliction, Sylvanas. Perhaps if we do, eh, 'exterminate' that girl, Penelope, everything will be reversed. We must persevere on!"

Sylvanas sighed. "If you and me weren't a thing, i'd backhand you back to the base for your sheer arrogance, Kael'thas."

"So any leads on where Penelope might be?" Tyrande interrupted.

Kael'thas looked to the west. "It's nearly sundown. If that little lyric the Raven Lord gave us was correct, she's outside her bases, unguarded at sunset, which is an idiotic move for such an important leader."

"Should we head out of this tree?" Tyrande asked.

"Most definitely. I don't even have much feeling in my legs and they still feel stiff."

They hopped down, and only came down from such a height that a simple "Ouch, my ankle!" was said by Kael'thas.

"Do you see any possible areas where she might be?" Kael'thas asked.

Tyrande looked, her shining blue eyes darting the landscape.

"Possibly that castle out there, just outside Dragon shire. The one with the pink walls and red roof?" Tyrande suggested.

"Good idea." Sylvanas said. "I have a feeling fate wants us to go there, as well. Just a nag, though."

Skull: Yep, Mince is a douche. The only reasons he's doing this is because A. He likes power and B. He likes Penelope.

The Nobles? Just wandering, trying not to catch whatever those animals got.

Lucario: Penelope is good at naming things. That is a scientifically proven fact. where the name Mince came from is simple. I live in New Jersey, and that dumb show, Jersey Shore, basically made NJ look like a sack of dog diarrhea. SO I funneled my hate for it into one character. I also made a name that sounded like it would be from Jersey Shore.

I think it specifically stated somewhere that Li Li has a wanderlust, meaning she goes wherever the hell she wants whenever she wants. And the den is not well fortified. It's a basement where they watch movies and play Soul Caliber V.

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