Of Valor and Courage
(The next couple or so chapters are based on a classical favourite game of mine I played as a kid so I'll try to make it as great as it can be. Without further or due enjoy this next installment of the Legend Begins.)
As Alan and Nadia arrived in the next world, they noticed there were dark clouds covering the whole sky, and armies and armies of Viraltroopers patrolling the area with an iron fist. As the army of heart stealers approached them Alan soon found a giant boulder to hide behind and Nadia soon followed his lead right out of harm's way. Then Nadia smacked her fist towards the ground saying, "Oh darn it all. We're too late!!" Then Alan shushed her as he said quietly, "We need to be silent Nadia. If they catch on to where we are then our cover is blown." Nadia then asked, "Okay since you're so calm, how are we going to get past hundreds of thousands of Viraltroopers to find a heart we might not even know is still here? By the looks of things we might be too late." Alan then looked around noticing the tropical exotic fauna of iguana and other animals as well as the tropical trees and a giant well just miles away from their position as he then stated, "I'm judging by the looks of this place we're quite far away from home." Then behind Nadia and Alan was a green dreadlord (from Warcraft of course). He walked closer to them as Alan then took out his keyblade as well as Nadia did in kind and Alan said, "Step away demon. We have a means to end your life and we won't hesitate to do so." Then the dreadlord spoke. "You aren't from this world are you?" Alan and Nadia shook their heads and the dreadlord said, "A very interesting turn of events. You aren't from Azeroth then. Lord Archimonde will want to hear of this. Come with me and you won't be harmed." Alan then slashed at the dreadlord and he said, "Big mistake boy. Now you will face my wrath!!"
Alan then ran in and attempted to clip the dreadlord's right wing, but he picked up Alan's keyblade and then said, "Such a fine weapon you have here, too bad it's of pure balderdash and pathetic craftsmanship. Nadia then slashed the dreadlord's back as Alan called the keyblade back and slashed his stomach. Then the dreadlord swiped Alan and Nadia with his claws and they went flying across the land. The dreadlord then summoned an army of Viraltroopers and they began to swarm around Alan and Nadia as well. Alan and Nadia soon began to slash each of the Viraltroopers and soon enough they turned into hearts and travelled about on the face of Azeroth. The dreadlord then said, "So these weapons can unlock hearts then? Another interesting turn of events as well." As Alan slashed the last of the Viraltroopers, he asked, "How do you know about the hearts?" The dreadlord then said as he clashed his claws with Alan's keyblade, "The Knights of the Realm are the ones who warned us about you and your mighty blade boy. Now you shall feel the sting of the Burning Legion." The dreadlord slammed Alan to the ground and prepared to drive his right claw into his heart, and even when Nadia tried to pry Alan loose, she just got blown away as well. The dreadlord then said as he held Alan's neck and prepared to attack, "Any last words?" Alan then saw a blue light in the sky and then said, "Yeah…head's up!!" Then out of the blue an arrow just fell short of scratching the dreadlord's wing and scraped his right leg and as he screamed in agony, Alan and Nadia looked behind him to notice a whole army of purple hued, native looking people riding black panthers, some walking on foot, giant trees walking about and one woman on a white Siberian tiger leading the charge.
"Step back you monster!! You're outnumbered.", said the lady on the Siberian tiger. "Tyrande Whisperwind, I'm surprised a lady of your great stature would even begin to lead a battle on your own. I always thought you would have sent someone else to do your work for you.", the dreadlord sneered as he turned and face the entire purple human army. Tyrande Whisperwind then said pointing her arrow towards his heart, "One more word and you'll be using them as your last breathes of life." The dreadlord then disappeared into a blanket of smoke he dropped from his smoke bomb and as the smoke cleared Alan and Nadia soon became surrounded by the purple human creatures. Then Tyrande got off her tiger and then stepped closer to Alan until she was no further from him than a few feet. She then said studying his features, "You must a youthful adult my boy. By the looks of it you've matured into a fine young man, but you still look naïve as does this young lady beside you." Nadia then said walking closer to Tyrande, "Listen, I know we might not look like you guys, but you have to believe us, we mean you no harm." Then the archers aimed their arrows to Nadia and she got a cold chill down her spine before she took her next step. Tyrande lifted her hand in the air to silence them and then said, "Calm down young lady. I am Tyrande Whisperwind, high priestess of Elune and Mother Superior of the sisters of Elune. I know you don't mean any harm." Alan then asked, "How do you know that? We just got here."
Tyrande then stated looking across her world covered in purple clouds and armies of Viraltroopers, "This is why. Our world is being conquered as we speak and if no action is taken, I'm afraid we may be lost to the darkness and the Burning Legion." Alan and Nadia then asked, "The Burning Legion?" Tyrande then explained that the Burning Legion was a vast army of demons that travelled across the universe plunging worlds into darkness and destroying all life that it had. Their leader Sargeras, in particular became attracted to the Night Elves, from what Alan and Nadia figured out they were, and their Queen's Magic. She then introduced herself and the night elves to Alan and Nadia and vice versa. Alan and Nadia then realized after a little discussion that they were in the middle of the 'War of the Ancients'. From what they also heard, there was a battle going to occur tomorrow for all the marbles. They were closing in on their Queen, Azshara's temple and the capital city and the only thing standing between peace and the world's destruction was the Well of Eternity from what Alan and Nadia were told. Then Nadia said to Alan, "Are you sure they can trust us?" "Sure I'm sure. Besides, if we travel with the Night Elves, we'll have some lodgings and food and water because by the looks of this place, it's a giant desert in the middle of a big ocean. Not to mention the heart of the world may even be at this 'Well of Eternity' they keep talking about." Nadia nodded and then asked, "So we help them out and in exchange for attacking this Queen they keep talking about, we get to find the heart of this world and save it?" Alan nodded and then they both turned to Tyrande Whisperwind with Alan saying, "Tyrande Whisperwind, Nadia and I have been thinking and we will go with you on your voyage to get rid of the Burning Legion on the condition that if you have any knowledge of the 'Knights of the Realm', we would like to hear it."
The night elves then gasped as Tyrande Whisperwind then said, "Never ever speak their names. They have been a curse upon this universe since the Great War of the Universe as my people have called it!!" Tyrande then calmed herself and then whispered to Alan and Nadia in secret, "Our people have vowed to never speak of those dreaded monsters because they have many dark and sinister powers our magic is no match for. Many have attempted to slay these dark armoured men, but many have failed. I will tell you all we know about them, but on the condition that you help my people as well." Alan nodded and said, "We're not really that selfish. We do still want to help you guys, but we also feel like we should know something about these guys, before they can strike again." Tyrande then nodded and said, "I understand then." She then turned to her troops and said, "Let's get back to camp. We will rendezvous with Malfurion near the pass and push the attack from there. For now though we must rest up and savour our victory today." As Alan and Nadia headed off with the Night Elves towards their camp, in the thickets of jungle heading off towards Kalimdor was a gold knight. Grogonopse then took out his communication device resembling a cell phone and spoke into it saying, "The targets are here Tyrannil. I await only the signal to ambush them as well as the night elves." "Good good, Grogonopse. Keep out of sight though. We can't afford any mishaps this time. Mark my words, Alan and Nadia have saved their last world. By tomorrow night, our Viraltroopers will dine on this world's energy and it will be ours."
(I know this chapter's a little short since I didn't want to give to much in one single chapter so I'm splitting this section up into three chapters. This saga of the World of Azeroth is still going and as we have heard, it seems as though the Burning Legion is working with the Knights of the Realm too. This part is really significant since I will spending another two chapters on this and Alan will soon open another one of the 'Doors of the Heart as well. Not to mention, that something significant will happen when this occurs as well. Lots to come to stay tuned.)
(Next Time: The Burning Legion.)
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