A/N: Enjoy the 2nd part of this story. I dont own any of the content or property to do with warcraft or blizzard. This is a fictional piece of work.
…Brie's eyes dartered around looking for something, trying to think of a way to escape this.
Out of nowhere the orc screamed in pain, drool falling down his lips as he threw Brie aside roughly focusing his eyes and sleek feral druid ready to fight. Brie could recognize her apprentice easy.
The Orc let out a battle shout as her prepared to charge the cat. As he did him himself was charged upon and was taken town by a lumbering yet powerful bear. Its fur was a dark blue with hints of grey and it had a vicious looking expression on its face.
While the Orc had turned to see Tovia he had forgot about the little night elf he had released from his grasp behind him. It all became clear to the Orc as a walloping left paw bashed into the size of his face, causing him to stumble in confusion but unfortunately for him giving the bear a moment to steady and finish him with a swiping blow of her right paw.
Standing alongside the downed Orc, Brie growled at her counterpart as they both shifted into elf form. "I told you to go to Darnassus and get some help"… said Brie, trying to keep her voice down.
"I went to… but then I was sure that we could handle whatever the problem was" replied Tovia glancing down at the unconscious orc. "Let's go we haven't got time for this, we must go help out any survivors"
As they made their way through the valley towards the mighty Aldrassil, Brie could feel the pain of the earth. She had always had a feeling that she and the valley were connected more so than others. Druids naturally were connected to nature and the earth which is where a restoration druid drew their power from to heal others.
At the base of the tree they could see up the ramp that led towards the master's quarters. They could see a lone Orc, larger than the others heading upwards and out of sight. Brie knew she had to get up there and help Tenaron. He was the eldest of the druids in Aldrassil and would not be ready for an orc attack.
Brie looked at her apprentice whose eyes widened as two hulking Orcs stepped out of the smoke grinning, raising their axes ready to attack the elves. As quick as they were there both druids shifted into their sleek cat forms and vanished from the sight of the Orcs. The larger of the Orcs let out a battle shout and began to move forward swinging his axe as he moved. The other orc was slightly different; he was less armored than his warrior colleague. He had red chainmail body armor, with a strong boiled leather pair of greaves with a strange red symbol on each leg. Brie noticed also that his axe was glowing a soft red glow like it had been imbued with some sort of magic.
He watched the larger Orc swing without connecting not realizing the two druids had prowled behind them towards the ramp heading upwards. The second Orc let out a chant and next to him appeared what only could be described as spirit wolves. The two beasts were summoned in the shape of wolves in a light blue color with dark claws and face. The orc commanded them something in Orcish and immediately they began searching the air for the scent of the druids.
It didn't take them long as they pounced towards where the druids were hidden causing them move quickly out of the way. Unfortunately for Tovia, here rear left leg was caught and her stealth faded, making her visible. Thinking quickly Brie unstealthed herself and shifted in to bear form swiping at both of the apparitions knocking them back towards their master
Brie called to Tovia and together they ran up the ramp and out of the sight of the Orcs. The Orcs roughly kicked the dogs aside and they both dissipated, the larger of the two said something under his breath towards the vapors left of the wolves.
The two Orcs charged up the ramp not noticing the druids hiding in a little nook halfway up the ramp.
After they had past Brie quickly took a look at Tovia's leg. It wasn't badly hurt but enough to hinder her movement. Brie closed her eyes and let her left hand feel the natural wood of the cabin allowing the power of nature to flow through her. Laying her right hand on the wound on Tovia's leg letting the green glow of natures' magic flow, she healed her young friends wound.
However the glow of the magic had been seen by the Orcs that moved back to the doorway blocking the druids escape. Laughing as they realized they had the druids cornered made them too slow to react to what happened next.
The magics' of the earth flowing through Brie gave her an inner calmness and power which she used to think clearly on how they would survive this. Seeing the Orcs in the doorway, she knew what to do. She made a faint noise as she shifted into her moonkin form. Her feathers were brighter than they would have normally been. The power was flowing and she channeled it into a wave of arcane and nature magic.
She released the wave like a typhoon towards the Orcs pushing them back out of the entrance and into the hand rail along the edge of the ramp. They broke straight through the ramp and fell out of sight. Breathing a sigh of relief the moonkin and the cat walked out making sure the Orcs were truly gone. The fall would have definitely finished them off if the blast hadn't.
In the distance the smoke was clearing and they could see a group of elves fighting off a group of Orcs over near the spider cave. "You help them, I'll check on the master"
Shifting into her travel form, Brie ran up the ramp leading to her master's hut.
At the same time Tovia raced across the field past the pond towards the clearing where the druids were desperately fighting off a horde of heavily armored Orcs. She could see a priestess that her master had once introduced to her. She was ferociously healing wounded elves as they fought. Her elven silk gown was muddied and dirty but that didn't stop her healing her brethren. She never saw the arrow fly off to the left. It shot through the air and found its mark in the side of the priest. Tovia saw this and knew she had to help her.
Once she got close enough she leapt at the hunter that shot the arrow, pouncing in behind him piercing his mail armor with her claws and scraping his back causing him to bleed. The hunter rolled forward and regained his feet even with the tears in his back he wasn't going to lay down just yet. Again Tovia leapt at him, but the hunter was ready. He lowered to a knee and put a magical trap down. Tovia knew nothing of hunters and traps and stepped right into it. A magically blue block encased her on the spot as she was helpless to move. Her eyes darted over towards the priest; she was laying in pain still trying to heal. She shot a magically dart of light towards an orc knocking him back giving her time to heal the warrior near him. The hunter closed on her readying his blade to finish the priest off.
As she saw him close on her, she cast a spell and a light flashed around Tovia as the block of ice she was stuck in disappeared. Tovia moved fast, downing the hunter and ferociously bitten his neck making his body go limp instantly.
The priest painfully pulled the arrow out breathing heavily. Tovia watched as she lifted her hand to the wound and let the light heal her, even repairing and cleaning her gown. Tovia grinned at this happy her friend was well. The both turned and jumped back into the fray…
High above the ground in the top of Aldrassil, Brielene was looking upon the sight of her master's battered corpse. Standing behind him but towering well over him was the largest of the Orcs she'd ever seen. The usual complexion of green was darker on this orc, it had faintly glowing blue eyes and wore heavy plate armor and was emitting some sort of presence that Brie could detect.
He turned to Brie and a feeling of cold ran through her body as she began to shiver. She felt her stomach churn as it felt like her insides churning and her blood was on fire. Whatever this Orc was doing to her she had to stop it fast. Brie backed away slightly switching into cat shape deciding how to approach this. The orc said nothing.
Suddenly the orc chanted and just has the other orc had down before, he summoned a dark creature. It was human in shape, but its tattered body with loose skin and flaky bones stank of undeath. Necromancy was frowned upon in night elf circles, but obviously not in orc circles. Brie backed away as the summoned figure jumped at her. She rolled to the side and the ghoul landed shattering its bones on the hard wooden tree, sliding along and out the entrance over the railing. This infuriated the Orc who then cast an icy chain of magic which wrapped itself around Brie and pulled her into range of his axe. The Orc swung down hard but was surprised as the he was seeing a ferocious bear. The axe found its mark but instead of kill the elf like was planned the axe bounced off the bear forcing the Orc to stumble in recoil. Slightly before the axe hit Brie had used a powerful defensive move that only strong guardian bear form users could use. It changed her fur into a hardened bark, as tough as a diamond.
She charged forward smacking the Orc hard into the back wall his blood splattered armor taking most of the damage. Quickly switching into her cat form Brie leapt forward in one smooth motion burying a sharp claw into the side of the Orc, raking it down his hip. The Orc pushed the cat back out of the doorway and slowly got up. Brie returned to her elf form and cast a yellow ball of energy at the orc. It wasn't a powerful spell but it knocked him back again. The Orc got up again, only focused on killing the elf. Brie again cast the spell but the orc encased him in a greenish glowing energy shield. The spell hit it harmlessly and gave the Orc the opening. He lurched forward stunning the elf with the back of his axe and swung his left fist striking her high upon the face. Brie fell back at the power of the strike, but quickly regained her feet. Brie changed into her travel form running down the ramp leading the orc. She stopped as he came around the corner, his defense down. Using a trick she used on Tovia previously she cast her roots spell and instantly giant roots grew out of the ramp. The orc hacked at the roots and easily broke them from. With a loud roar he cast his hand at the elf, repaying the favor only this time Brie was held to the ramp by Icy chains coming from the wood.
Brie knew she was in trouble…
What happened next Brie could not even believe. She was staring at the angry and bloody face of the Orc. He raised both hands high with his axe and chanted in orcish. Around him 6 of the ghouls appeared, all hungry for some night elf. Just as it looked like she was gone a blue circle of light, quite like a pool of water formed in front of here, between Brie and the ghouls. A women in a full blue robe stepped through. Realizing the situation the women waved her staff and shot magical shards from her body towards the ghouls. As they hit the ghouls both the magic and the undead dissipated leaving the orc and the women. The orc charged at the women only to meet thin air. She had vanished and reappeared behind the orc and began to chant a powerful spell. The Orc knelt down in pain as his body was put into a deep freeze inside a massive ice block conjured by the women. As this happened Brie's restraints evaporated into mist leaving her free.
The women looked at the elf and then the ice blocked orc. She slowly walked over to the elf with her hand extended. "You must be Brielene of Shadowglen" said the women. Brie was confused but confirmed her identity. She questioned as to who the women was.
"Oh I'm sorry, let me introduce myself properly". The women gave a slight nod. "I am Lady Jaina of the Alliance." Brie had heard of the legendary mage who served the king of Stormwind but she never thought she'd meet her. "Come Brielene" said Jaina straightening her robes to look more proper. "Your King needs your help"….