Chapter Ten – Transformation
"This is a beautiful one" Janelle said and pointed at a young brown horse. Cairaeleen, who stood in front of the opposite box stall, turned around and observed the strong horse. It was taller and stronger than most of the other horses in the stable.
"Yes this horse doesn't look bad but we should definitely make a test ride with the horses who would be worthy of consideration" Cairaeleen said, she turned back and looked at the horse, with light fur, in the box stall in front of her.
"Do we have enough time for that?" Janelle asked and walked to the next stall on the left side.
"Not now but we will have time after we are done with the ritual. If we won't have time then we will go back to this stable tomorrow. We have a few days left before we will start our journey so we have enough time for selecting the best horses. It's better to choose horses with whose we can get along with instead of horses which are difficult to tame" Cairaeleen explained and walked to the next stall on her side. She started to admire a horse with light brown almost red fur. She felt a soft hand touching her left one, she turned around and spotted Janelle whose eyes were focused on her.
"I wish I could kiss you now" Cairaeleen whispered, her lips were formed to a small smile. Janelle looked around and whispered back "No one is here so I could put the mask down for a smile moment and…" she stopped speaking as she saw that the blood elf shook her head slightly. "No. Someone could come in the stable every moment. The risk is too high. I really want to kiss you but we have to be patient and wait until we get home"
"Fine" Janelle responded a bit disappointed. She knew that the blood elf was right although she didn't want it to be true but she also knew that they had to be careful and shouldn't do silly moves. Cairaeleen walked to another stall and regarded another horse which was a bit smaller than the other horses.
"Look who we have here! The lesbian whore and her next victim" a familiar voice shouted. Cairaeleen turned around and spotted Vaero who was standing with two other blood elves in front of the stable's entrance. She noticed that he had a black eye and his bottom lip was swollen.
"Vaero…. Didn't you learn your lesson? I mean look at your face. Do you want to get punished again by Lady Liadrin and her blood knights?" Cairaeleen asked, crossing her arms in front of her chest and looked at Vaero with a dangerous expression on her face.
"Funny… No I didn't learn my lesson because I'm right and you and your sick preference are wrong. But this time your beloved whore Liadrin is not here to save you" Vaero responded his voice was full of hate.
"Sick preference? As far as I can remember you had loved it when I was making out with a woman in front of you while we have been together" Cairaeleen responded with a fiercely argument. Vaero who didn't seem to have a justified argument was silent for a moment then he responded "It's still sick it's just tolerable when you are together with a man"
Cairaeleen shook her head slightly, frowning while she rubbed her forehead with her left hand. "What is wrong with you Vaero? The Vaero I knew, with who I was together over two years, was a nice gentleman who did everything for a woman but then you started to have countless affairs and now you have become a crazy madman. What is wrong with you?" Cairaeleen asked and looked furiously at the elf with the turquois hair.
"Nothing is wrong with me but there are many things which are wrong with you… you women loving succubus…" Vaero said and looked at his friends who seemed to share his opinion and attitude.
"What do you want to achieve Vaero?" Cairaeleen asked still not sure what Vaero was planning.
"I will give you a warning you won't forget so soon" Vaero responded and shifted his gaze at Janelle. "Go little one and nothing will happen to you. We don't want to harm you, this is a matter between us and this filthy woman loving whore"
"Wow… You are very brave that you have the courage to attack a woman, who did nothing wrong, with two other men" Janelle said sarcastically.
"This is your last chance woman. Get away or you will get hurt too" Vaero said with a careless tone in his voice.
"I will not just leave and let you doing whatever injustice you have planned!" Janelle hissed and drew two daggers out of her belt.
"A rogue? Cairaeleen and a deceitful rogue that fits perfectly" Vaero said but neither Cairaeleen nor Janelle got baited by his words.
"Is something wrong?" a strange voice said. Vaero turned around and spotted the owner of the horse stable, an elder blood elf with grey hair and a few scars in his face.
"No No No. We just have to discuss something. Please leave us alone" Vaero responded but the owner didn't bought his lie. "This is an order. I am a commander of the army of Silvermoon. Stop interrupting us and leave this stable please NOW" Vaero said aggressively.
"Alright I don't want to cause any trouble" the owner said and walked out of the stable, cowed by Vaero's aggressive behaviour. Janelle couldn't believe that this coward had given up so quickly. She stared at Vaero who had turned around and came closer slowly. Cairaeleen who had left her battle axe at home stepped backwards slowly, knowing that she couldn't win without a weapon. She spotted a pitchfork which leaned against the wall, a few meters behind her. It was not perfect but at least it was a weapon, she just needed to reach it before Vaero would notice it.
"This time your beloved whore Liadrin is not her to save you. Hopefully you will learn the lesson I'm teaching you now" Vaero said and drew his sword from his back.
"You are crazy! Think about your actions. You seriously want to hurt a woman because she broke up with you and now loves women? You sick bastard!" Janelle shouted out.
"You are a woman you can't understand the truth and how right I am"
"You are crazy and a sexist" Janelle responded, getting ready for a fight although she knew that she didn't have the smallest change against three heavily armed and well-trained Sin'dorei soldiers. Vaero came dangerously close but he stopped in the same moment as his companions fell to the ground suddenly. He rushed to them and checked them, noticing that they were unconscious and small blowgun arrows stuck in their necks. He turned around and noticed a male assassin which leant against one of the stable box's door. The assassin had long black hair, his mouth was cowered by a black headscarf and his clothes, which consisted out of a leather vest and leather leggings, were coloured black too. The assassin started to clap. "Three armed men are fighting against two women while only one of them has a weapon. What a heroic act" the assassin said sarcastically.
"Who are you and what have you done to my friends?" Vaero asked aroused.
"Your FRIENDS are taking a small nap while we are talking Commander Crimsonbringer" the assassin responded.
"Who has sent you and what do you want? You can't kill a commander in his own homeland" Vaero responded and kept looking at the assassin.
"I'm just making sure that Lieutenant Somberflow is safe"
"So this whore Liadrin has sent you" Vaero concluded.
"I wouldn't keep talking like that in your own interest. Look at your face, it doesn't seem that you have learned the lesson Lady Liadrin's guards taught you. Now pick up your friends and leave, we have outnumbered you" the assassin responded. Vaero looked around and noticed that Cairaeleen had picked up the pitchfork, indeed he was surrounded by three armed elves. He put the sword on his back and lifted his hands in the air in surrender. "Fine I will leave now" he said and was about to walk out of the stable as the assassin pricked a small blowgun dart in his neck. Vaero stuttered a few unrecognizable words before he fell on the ground. The assassin laid the unconscious commander next to his comrade and used a runestone. He was gone with the three Sin'dorei soldiers before the two women were able to thank him or do something else.
Both women were silent for a few moments and stared at the spot where the assassin had stood. Janelle was the first who spoke "You were right this guy is really crazy. I don't want to imagine what he would have done with us if the assassin wouldn't have showed up"
"Hopefully Liadrin and her followers will punish him hard so that he stops stalking us"
"Yeah hopefully" Janelle said and looked at the stables entrance through which the owner and two Sin'dorei guards came. "I alarmed the guards and came with them as soon as possible" the owner said then he looked around and noticed that Vaero and his friends were gone. Cairaeleen explained quickly to the guards what had happened. The guards nodded and told her that they will inform Lady Liadrin about the events then they walked out of the stable and left the owner and the two women alone. Cairaeleen thanked the owner for his try to aid and they told him that they will come back later or tomorrow for a test ride. The owner thanked them and said goodbye, watching them walk out of his stable.
It took the two women a walk of ten minutes to reach Daynlia's house. Cairaeleen knocked at the door which was opened after a minute. The brown haired blood elf let them in and guided them to her private chamber. A lot of glowing signs were painted, in the formation of a circle, on the ground. In the middle of the circle laid a few magical and ritual objects like runestones, gemstones, feathers and other stuff. On the mage's bed laid an expensive looking amulet which was made out of a very rare material and was decorated by a green jewel. Daynlia showed her guests that they should sit on the bed while she would finish the preparation. The smaller elf was done after fifteen minutes and then she signalized Janelle to come to her.
Janelle did as she was told and stepped inside the circle of magical objects and other ritual stuff. Daynlia took the mask away and pulled her hood down. She showed the hybrid that she should sit down. Janelle did that then Daynlia said "I will make your ears looking longer too. If we are manipulating your appearance for others then we could do it that too". Janelle nodded in agreement and Cairaeleen showed her best friend that she could start. The mage walked out of the circle and took a thick old and damaged spell book from her bed. She flicked through it until she found the right page. She started to mutter a few phrases and lifted her left hand in the air, pointing at Janelle.
The objects around Janelle started to glow and were lifted in the air after a few seconds. Daynlia showed that Cairaeleen should place the amulet in Janelle's hands, the blood elf did as she was told and sat back on the bed, watching her best friend and Janelle closely. The mage had closed her eyes and her muttering of phrases and sentences had become louder. She had started to speak more flowing without making too many small pauses, the magical objects began to move and flew in circles around the half-human. The amulet's jewel started to glow and Janelle felt that a large amount of power was inside this item. Daynlia managed to unleash the amulets power, after a process of almost an hour the mage had succeeded in manipulating Janelle's appearance temporary.
Janelle looked at Cairaeleen who was sending a surprised and excited glare back. The hybrid walked to a mirror and regarded herself. Her eyes looked like the green eyes most of the blood elves had and her ears were as long as Cairaeleen's and Daynlia's. She touched her ears carefully, it felt as they were real although they were only an illusion. Janelle didn't know how this illusion worked but it seemed that the illusion feigned her body and made her believe that she was touching the tips of her new longer ears instead of nothing.
Janelle walked to Daynlia and hugged her tightly, thanking her for effort. The mage pulled back and was hugged by Cairaeleen who also thanked her.
"Hopefully you two will have less trouble now" Daynlia said smiling then walked to her bed and sat down exhausted.
"We will, thanks to you" Cairaeleen said and sat next to her best friend.
"Nah I didn't do really much. Every other talented mage could have done the same with the right objects"
"But not everyone would have. I'm not sure if they would have reported her. Sin'dorei blood runs through her veins but that doesn't mean that they would trust her. Hybrids aren't liked in our society sadly. At least we can walk now through Silvermoon without needing to hide her face behind a mask. You made this possible" Cairaeleen responded and looked at her best friend with a thankful smile on her face.
"If you really want to thank me then you could put in a good word for me with one special person" Daynlia said, her grin was very wide as she looked at her best friend full of expectation. Cairaeleen knew immediately that her best friend was referring to Lady Liadrin and that she should talk to the leader of the blood knights and convince her to go on a date with the brown haired mage.
"I will see what I can do for you but I can't guarantee anything" Cairaeleen responded and was immediately hugged by the mage. Janelle watched the two blood elves with a smile on her face, Cairaeleen tried hard to get Daynlia off her who acted like she was glued to the taller woman. Cairaeleen managed to get the smaller woman off after many attempts during the past few minutes.
Daynlia told her guests that she will prepare something to eat and that they can wait in the living room in the meantime. Cairaeleen nodded and walked out of the bed room as soon as Daynlia had left. She took Janelle's hand and guided her to the living room. They walked to the couch and sat down. Cairaeleen placed her left arm around Janelle's hip, pulling her close until she almost sat on her lap, her head resting on the taller woman's shoulder. Cairaeleen placed her other hand in one of Janelle's and held it tightly. She stroke the palm of Janelle's hand with her thump softly, the half-elf closed her eyes and enjoyed the pleasant and warm touch. Cairaeleen's other hand stroke the smaller woman's cheeks softly then it trailed over her lips until it found its way to her neck, caressing it softly.
Janelle shifted her head a bit and placed her other hand on Cairaeleen's chin, turning her head in her direction then she closed the distance between them and placed a soft kiss on the blood elf's lips. Her lips were very soft and her slight lip-gloss tasted like cherry. Janelle stroke Cairaeleen's left cheek and bit her lower lip, begging for entrance. Cairaeleen parted her lips and allowed the half-human to insert her tongue. The blood elf inserted her tongue in the hybrid's mouth, their tongues wrestled, fighting for dominance but none of them won. The passionate kiss, they shared, lasted for several minutes.
They pulled back because they needed to breathe. They opened their eyes to look at each other and noticed, from the corner of their eyes, that Daynlia was standing in front of them, with two plates in her hands while other plates and bottles filled with drinks stood on the table in front of the couch. Her lips were formed to a small smile, her cheeks redden as she tried to hide that she had watched the two women kissing almost two minutes. She gave the plates to her guests and walked around the table then she sat next to Cairaeleen, picking a plate up and started to fill it with fruits, slices of bread, vegetables and other delicacies.
"Enjoy the meal" Daynlia said and started to eat. Her guests said the same and placed food on their own plates. They ate and drank enough until they were satisfied.
"This meal was really delicious" Janelle complimented.
"Thanks. I really like cooking. The use of magic really helps because magic reduces the time you need for cooking a meal and of course it makes the meal taste better" Daynlia explained. She looked at her best friend who shifted her gaze from her to the clock on the wall in the exact same moment. Her eyes widened in the moment were she had noticed how late it was. She jumped up, almost knocking Janelle and Daynlia away.
"Fuck I'm going to be late and probably miss the start of my patrol. I hope it's okay if Janelle stays in your house while I'm away" Cairaeleen said hastily and rushed out of the room, not waiting for her best friend's answer.
