I was beginning to get used to the constant wind pounding against my body, however my legs could only take so much abuse from her scaley hide, as a result we stopped in a place she called Darkshore along the coast out of view from any civilization. We touched down and her razor sharp talons sunk into the ground under her and I slid off, nearly collapsing from my legs' lack of use. I stumbled a few feet away from her and turned around. She reared up on her hind legs and spread her wings to their full span; her body began to shift, reducing in size and changing shape. Bones could be heard cracking and shifting as well as the tink of steel like scales hitting the ground after being shed to reveal smooth tan skin. Her body had changed to that of which it was when I had first met her, with every bit of fierce beauty that she had before. How her clothing had remained on her body throughout the change was beyond me and I had figured that the question was better left unanswered. She looked at me and giggled as she saw the state I was in, staring at what I had seen eyes wide and slack jawed.
After a few moments I regained my composure and spoke, "That is amazing, I have never seen anything like that before."
She gave me a troubled look and said "You have, many times before."
This intrigued me because she kept alluding to me having some kind of history with her in this place and gave no explanations whatsoever when doing so. I was beginning to get fed up with the events of the day, being drug across a continent by a dragon-woman of whom I know little more than her name, let alone where she was taking me of why I was there in the first place.
"I would like some explanations, if you don't mind. I said, possably a tad more aggressive than I had originally intended." She looked up from whatever it was she was doing and cocked her head.
"What would you like to know?" She asked either ignoring the tone of my voice or not noticing it.
"Well to start, where in the hell am I?" I asked, she replied:
"You are in the province of Darkshore, on the continent Kalimdor, of the planet Azeroth." She replied bluntly. At this I felt my knees weaken, I knew I was far from home but I didn't realize just exactly how far. I ran my hand through my hair. I had always hoped for a fresh start, I guess that this is how fate works, the twisted bitch that she is. I looked back at Alexstrasza with tears at the edge of my vision; she could see the anguish in my eyes.
"You keep saying that I should know things that I don't, and have seen things that until recently were, to me, the mere creations of imagination and fantasy. Who was I? Who am I? To you? To this world? How did I get here?" I paused as it struck me. "Will I ever get to go home?" I looked at her then sunk to my knees, tears stinging my eyes. I may never see home again. Family, friends, life as I knew it were probably gone forever. Sobs consumed me as the horrifying revelation hit. I was alone.
I heard her quickly walk over to me. She dropped to her knees beside me and embraced me. "I cannot tell you if you will ever return to the place you call home or how you came to be here." She said, "I can however answer your other questions." I pulled away and looked at her inventively.
"To this world, you were the hero to stop my brother, Neltharion or Deathwing as he was known closer to the end, from ravaging this world and ending all life on it. You and you alone ended the tyranny of the Earth-Warder. As penance for the suffering endured, my living brothers and sister crowned you Earth-Warder keeper of the land, it was a title only befitting of you as no mortal or immortal could have dreamed of accomplishing what you had. Along with this title came immense power, as one of the dragon aspects of Azeroth you took control of the black dragonflight, a very intimate agreement was struck between the black and red's leaders, and the flights merged to create one, then you took the new crimson flight to Deepholm to rebuild after all the destruction was finally over."
As I was mashing all of the new information into my brain, possessing and trying to understand what she had told me, I stumbled across a pretty important bit of information that needed to be addressed immediately. "You said you were an aspect, correct?" She nodded. "And if I am not mistaken, the aspects rule the flights?" Once again, she nodded a small smile forming on her face as she knew where I was going with this. "You are the leader of the red dragonflight, and my… mate?" She jumped to her feet and pulled me up with her. She pulled me into an embrace so tight I thought she was going to crack my ribs.
"Yes, I have missed you so much!" She nearly screamed. After a few seconds I unconsciously embraced her in return. Her hair smelt of a mid spring shower, and she radiated a warmth that I didn't know could exist. It wasn't physical warmth but rather a warmth of the soul. She broke the embrace and spoke.
"We should get to Rut'theran village soon. I would like to sleep in a bed tonight and quite frankly I'm beginning to get cold." She said with a small chuckle. She began to walk down the beach we had landed on gesturing for me to follow her. As she walked her appearance began to change. Mostly her facial structure beings that she had horns and pointed ears. She took on the form of a young human girl with bright red hair and the same brilliant glowing eyes.
We soon came upon a town; she said she could not remember the name of, only that a small ship would take them to the primary docks on this end of the continent. We hired the boat with some money she had and as we rode across the bay she spoke of another continent on this planet that held the portal to Deepholm; however the ship that would take us there wouldn't arrive for another three days. We arrived in the small port town that the cargo ships dock at to trade with the night elves of Darnassus and exited the boat, thanking the bargeman for his help.
Alexstrasza immediately asked the first guard she saw where the nearest inn was. He gave her directions to where we needed to go and as we left I could feel his eyes boring into our backs. The walk wasn't very long as far as I could tell because I was absolutely enthralled by the architecture here. I had never seen such things on earth. Apparently the people who are indigenous here are immortal; some have lives several thousands of years allowing them to complete feats that no human could ever dream of completing. Another interesting thing about them is that they were purple. Millennia old purple people that lived in a tree the size of Mount Everest.
We arrived at the inn where there was a woman standing behind the counter. I had no way of judging their age but by the way she acted and held herself, she was fairly young. Alexstrasza ordered the finest room the place had to offer, as well as a bath to be drawn up. The woman behind the counter began to protest saying that the suite only had one bed but was cut off by Alexstrasza saying that one bed was all that was necessary. I cocked an eyebrow at her but she blatantly disregarded my look of confusion. She handed the woman the money and after depositing it in a safe of some kind behind the counter, grabbed a key and led us to the room.
The woman wished us a good night and walked down the hall back to her post at the front desk. Alexstrasza opened the door and walked inside. The room was very luxurious; it had a very large bed against one wall and a large door that opened to a balcony that had a gorgeous view of the sea. In the corner of the room the wood floor turned to white marble that lead to a basin large enough for two people to sit in comfortably together. It was not difficult to understand the kind of use this room would typically get. I wandered around the room a bit and was looking out over the bay when I heard a loud thump come from behind me.
I turned around to see that she had returned to her previous from, the thunk came from the gauntlet she had just dropped to the floor which was followed by the other. I had thought she was only removing gloves, boots and the such to make herself more comfortable for the time we would spend here. So I turned back to the sea and gazed out for a bit. There were several small thunks on the floor as her armor hi the floor, however the last one was significantly louder and heavier sounding than the others. I turned around to make sure everything was okay and she was standing in the middle of the floor, naked as the day she was born. I quickly averted my eyes and she noticed this. She was conscious of me looking at her the moment I turned around but made no effort to keep her modesty.
"Why do you look away? Am I not beautiful to you in this form?" she asked
"Yes you are more beautiful than any creature I have ever seen. Where I come from women like to keep their modesty in check."
She cocked her head a bit at this and replied "We are dragons; we are the most beautiful creatures in the universe. Our bodies have been revered since creation, and we do not believe in modesty nor do we approve of the set of values it entails. Our females are just as powerful, if not more so than our males and do not wish to be set upon a pedestal as such. Especially by our mates."
It was hard to argue with her logic, so I turned around and got an eyeful of her nude body my cheeks burning red. She was curvaceous and well proportioned. Her hips were wide and her chest ample. She was the epitome of beauty and set the standard for all of the races I had seen thus far.
"You truly are the most beautiful creature I have seen in my life." She smirked and strode over to the basin and lowered herself in the hot water had been there since we entered the room, most likely by some form of magic. Steam rolled round her body as she immersed herself, and the water began to boil. She moved to one side of the basin and looked at me expectantly.
"What would you have me do?" I asked.
She replied simply, "Join me." I hesitated, not knowing what to do. The part of me that comes from earth was screaming not to, to turn and walk away right at that instant. Another part of me, however, told me to obey her commands, to trust her as she was the right path to take. Something about her triggered my mind to work against itself, logic and instinct warring for supremacy within me. And in the war that took place in that split second hesitation, instinct won.
I began shedding my clothes down to nothing and touched the water. The fact that it was boiling did not affect me however, it felt comfortably warm, easing the pain I felt in my legs from the long ride as I eased myself in. she got closer to me and wrapped her arms around me, pressing her body against mine.
"I have missed you so much." She whispered in my ear. That is when it hit me. An immense passion for her, memories of love, pride, and joy all flooding to my mind like a tsunami. Details were extremely lacking, but just the happiness that emanated from the memory was overwhelming and with the love I knew she felt for me, I felt in return for her. In response to her whisper I silenced whatever she was going to say next with a kiss.
