Fly Away Chapter 2
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"What I can remember is a lot like water
Trickling down a page of the most beautiful colors
I can't quite put my finger
Down on the moment that I became like this
You see I'm the bravest girl you'll ever come to meet
Yet I shrink down to nothing
At the thought of someone really seeing me
I think my heart is wrapped around
And tangled up in winding weeds
But I don't wanna go on living
Being so afraid of showing
Someone else my imperfections
Even though my feet trembling
And every word I say comes stumbling
I will bare it all, watch me unfold"
-Marie Digby "Unfold"
After the ocean mists parted and rolled away, Teldrassil came into view. The mighty island stood proudly in front of Avia's eyes, causing her heart to warm and thrum widely in her chest. She could already practically smell the sweet damp air of her homeland beckoning her closer. Even Draco, Avia's drake, began to speed his flight when he felt her excitement.
Instead of landing near the dock, they ascended in favor of flying over the mountains surrounding their island home. The wind whipped harshly through Avia's hair, pulling it free of her braid, giving her a wild look. Her nostrils flared, inhaling as much of the moist air as possible. She had missed this place almost as much as she had missed the Moonglade. Regret began to fill her though as she remembered how she had rudely walked through and made no attempt to catch up or even greet the druids.
As soon as Draco landed, Avia slid off and kneeled on the soft mossy ground of Darnassus. Full lips pressed themselves to the earth quickly before she stood up and stretched. Her muscles sighed with relief from being stationary for so long. For a pregnant moment she just stood there; long ears twitching, listening to all the sounds around her, brow relaxed, shoulders drooped with calamity. As quick as a blunderbuss being fired, she grabbed the reins of her mount and headed towards the stables.
The stable hands easily recognized her and her drake. They smiled brightly and took Draco to the upper part of the stables; an area designated to large flying mounts. Avia spent no time wasted after that. Quickly she shifted into an elk and began towards the infirmary in search of her friends: Samera and Kirsten.
Once there, the nurses were more than helpful with finding the room, telling her they enjoyed Samera's and Kirstens company immensely and were almost sad that they would have to discharge Samera soon due to her progress. Silently, Avia opened the door to room 219 and popped her disheveled head in. Silver eyes landed on the figure lying in the middle of the room. An amused grin broke out onto her face. Apparently, her friend thought it was acceptable to be sleeping during her visit.
'Well not for long at least.' Avia couldn't help but think.
Slowly and silently, Avia crept into Samera's room, a mischievous look already crossing her face. Thoughts of how to scare Samera into the land of the living running through her quick mind. Not once did she notice the other elf in the room, looking on bemusedly.
"And just what do you think you, Avia Ravenwind, are doing?"
The elf paused, comically mid step. Eye twitching, she turned to the person sitting in the corner of the room, bow twirling agilely through skilled fingers.
"Well, if you must know, I was going to wake up our dear friend. It is rude to be sleeping during visits, especially when it's highly important people visiting," Avia spat back. A large grin broke out on the hunters face.
"And who might I ask ever said you were important? Honestly Avia, you have got to get your head out of the clouds one day, or else I'm afraid it is going to drift off with the rest of your sanity."
"Oh but Kirsten, do you not recall? All those countless times I've saved your ass? What about that time when that orc, the warlock one, had caught you in that nasty curse and I had to step in and tear him a new asshole? Remember? And if I do recall, I also had to remove that curse, which I clearly remember got no thank you for. What about that other time when-"
"Alright, Alright oh mighty healer. You're just so amazing." She rolled her glowing eyes at the druid and pushed her dark green hair behind her intricately pierced ear.
"You two are ridiculous, I hope you know. Here I am, on my death bed, and all you two can do is bicker like old hens. I have such great friends." The elf on the bed finally groused. A barked out laugh came from Avia before she hopped on the foot of the bed and poked Samera in the cheek.
"Death bed my ass. You look healthier now than you ever did walking around before." Samera swatted Avias' hand away before sticking her tongue at the playful druid.
"Like I said, ridiculous." A comfortable silence over took them, only to be broken by Avia's question.
"Has he come? Has he sent any word?"
"Once, but he was drunk. Nothing since then," Samera answered bitterly. Disgust swirled onto Avia's face and rage made its self present in her belly. She hissed,
"I'll kill him, I swear to it. He no longer deserved your presence, be through with him." After a tense moment, she added softly "please, Samera, please."
"Do not worry Avia, it has already been made clear to him I wish to never be in same vicinity and or continent if I can help it. If I ever get close enough, I'll ring his bloody neck until he turns white. Even then YOU wont be even to save him."
"Like I would ever even consider helping Parker. For all I care, he could be stripped of his arcane powers and become a hobo that lives in the alley ways in Stormwind," Avia said through clenched teeth. Samera could only gaze at her dear friend with adoration. Sensing a need for a topic change, Kirsten stood up and walked over with her white saber cat, Rajj. Soon, all three of their minds were off the human arcane mage, and on discussing their next moves in Pandaria.
It was hours later when Avia emerged out of the hospital in need of some fresh air. Making her way over to the shallow pools found throughout Darnassus, she began to recount all of Parker's transgressions.
He had been a dutiful boyfriend at first. Parker had supported Samera and showed her affection that would make any female swoon. He had been traveling with them through Pandaria, but right before Samera fell ill, he began distancing himself and venturing off with a group of humans. He would always return, but his demeanor was slowly changing.
He started becoming more aggressive and vile. Parker made it a daily occurrence where he would publicly assert his dominance over Samera in ways that would make Kirsten and Avia bristle with malcontent towards the human. Right when Samera contracted her illness, Parker showed an extreme amount of nonchalance towards her, not even caring for her grave condition, making it seem that he only cared that he wasn't getting any 'fun time' from the sick elf. Once Samera and Kirsten passed through the portal to Darnassus, Avia gave little to no care for what Parker did because he obviously wasn't going to follow his ailing girlfriend.
So, she did what every other pissed off best friend would do. Left him. Somehow though, that cheeky mage bastard had found her again after a day or two and even had the gall to flirt with Avia and even try to kiss her. That bit of information though had been withheld from Samera because Avia had no idea how to even break that shit storm to her. But what irked her the most was that he had the balls to come to visit her drunk. Avia just wished she would have been able to get here sooner so she could have shoved her elven foot up his tightly puckered asshole.
Avia pulled off her boots non to gently and dipped her toes into the cool water. After a moment of watching the ripples, she began combing her fingers through her knotted hair and started braiding it again. A few tugs and winces later, a neat black braid hung over her left shoulder.
She giggled as a brave fish came up and nibbled at her toes before swimming off. Sighing, Avia closed her eyes and relaxed, willing away the tension in her shoulders and back, but the relaxation didn't last long as the need to go back to her friends became a dominant thought. Swiftly she pulled her feet out of the water and dried them with her cloak before pulling her boots back on and standing up.
The walk back to the infirmary was quick, but not quick enough. Avia froze at the human that blocked her path. She bared her teeth at him and immediately shifted her body into an attack stance. He looked at her with a frown marring his face, distaste clearly written all over it. Tense moments passed by before Avia lowly hissed out his name.
"Parker."