The Well of Eternity
Dawn nearly struck. Hours had passed by, and all around Alan and Nadia were armies of druids sentinels and a great deer/man creature by the name of Cenarius also greeted them with an army of their own as well to aid Malfurion and Tyrande. The entire army looked upon the horizon of the giant hill that they were tromping about on and it oversaw a great kingdom of the Night Elves where the well of Eternity was standing. It looked as if it were heavily guarded as well, by many Viraltroopers and hundreds and hundreds of red highbourne nightelves as well as the Queen who was standing right outside of her temple. Malfurion also saw a purple nightelf with a ninja like poise walking towards the well. He was wearing dark clothes around his waist and had a long black blindfold covering his eyes and outlining his long hair. Malfurion then said, "Illidan. He must have warned the queen about our resistance. There's no possible way we could get to the well without being caught." Tyrande then grabbed hold of Malfurion's left shoulder saying, "By Elune's grace, we will find a way through. We'll just have to create a different strategic move." Alan then said walking past a whole cluster of the druids to get to Malfurion, "You know, since Nadia and I are going for the Well of Eternity, maybe we could provide a distraction as well and lead a whole majority of those demons to you." Malfurion then said, "It could work. There's a huge group of them towards the left side of the temple. If you could lead them to us, we could ambush them and push the attack. It would certainly draw away all of the guards." Tyrande Whisperwind then said, "But you realize that you and the girl would be in serious danger if they caught you." Nadia nodded coming up from behind Alan saying, "But in order to help you guys out we need to risk the danger." Tyrande then nodded and said, "We'll let you give the signal if you desire as well." Alan and Nadia nodded and ran down the hill throwing rocks at the unsuspecting demons and highbourne. Tyrande then said, "Elune be with them."
Moments later, Alan and Nadia were running back towards the group having given the signal which was basically a smoke flare using their magic supplies. As Nadia kept on running, she tripped slightly, but Alan cuaght her and as he did, she looked up at him and he asked, "What? Do I got a booger or something?" Nadia giggled and said, "No, of course not. You look good." Alan then began carrying Nadia and as he did, Nadia slightly flushed a little and relaxed on his big strong back. Pretty soon, they reached the ambush point and ran past the druids who soon enclosed the demons and highbourne behind a gigantic barrier. Then Malfurion said as he ran on in to face the scourge of Archimonde and Mannoroth with Tyrande Whisperwind, "Now's your chance Alan. We'll keep the Burning Legion at bay, while you go and seal the Well of Eternity. If Sargeras manages to break through to our world, then all is lost." Alan nodded and he ran as fast as he could to the Well of Eternity. He had one hand free to call his keyblade and slash enemies while he carried Nadia as well. One got blown to his left, one got sliced in half to his right, and soon enough they managed to get to the Well of Eternity, which was covered in green moss and had nightelf inscribed writting on it as well. Malfurion taught Alan some of their native tongue and began to make out what it said. "Who ever shall open the heart of Azeroth, and unlock its heart, shall very well be the Chosen against the darkness. The Chosen is a being with power, not brute strength, love, not passion, and wisdom, not cunning. Should the tide of the darkness be tipped in its favour, and the Chosen fails to stop this monstrosity, all is lost." Alan then thought, 'That can't be a good sign. I'd better unlock the heart quickly.' Yet as Alan took out his keyblade, behind him stood a giant white skinned being in a black and grey suit and bald at the top of his head. Alan stared at his green eyes and said, "You must be the great Obeion aren't you?" Obeion then replied, "Why yes my boy. I am. I must commend you on your power. It's not every day we find a hero trying to save the day. Especially one as regle and strong as yourself. Why look here, you even have a woman in your care." Alan angrily looked at Obeion and lay Nadia on the ground as he took out his keyblade. The being changed shape to become the same dreadlord Alan faced off before against. The mighty vampire then roared as he said with a numerous amount of hearts enter his body and made him grow bigger, "Such foolish children. I command a vast majority of the armies of the Burning Legion and the Viraltroopers. I am Xenorath, of the Natherezhim (not sure if the spelling is right on that last word). And you my boy are all, but doomed against my power."
Alan woke Nadia up and told her to try and unlock the Well of Eternity, but she was caught by Xenorath in his right hand. He then said, "Surrender yourself or the little woman shall die!!" The giant monster held Nadia above his open mouth waiting to swallow her like a cherry. Alan then slashed his stomach saying, "I don't think so. You may be bigger than me, but I can still take you." Xenorath then said, "We'll see boy, we'll see." Alan then ran around the giant in circles, but the giant stomped the ground and made Alan fall to the ground trying to escape the eart shattering cracks. The dreadlord grabbed Alan and smacked him in mid-air and scratched up his body with one claw, as Nadia screamed and then she took out her keyblade and tried to attack the monster before he could get away, but the dreadlord flicked Nadia to the ground and scratched her up as well. Then the dreadlord began to laugh loudly as Malfurion and the others looked upon the scene near the Well of Eternity he said, "Oh no!!" Then Alan being as weak as he was crawled over to Nadia even though two of his ribs had been scraped and Nadia's heart was nearly stabbed. He wiped off any blood that was near his lower lip and said, "Some mess we're in huh?" Nadia then said crying a little, "Are we going to die Alan?" Alan smiled trying to wipe away the girl's tears, "Whatever happens, at least we're together right? I know I've never said this before, but Nadia, you make me feel like a whole new man when I'm with you. If I were to choose life without you and death right here right now...I'd just go for this one right here." Nadia then giggled a little saying, "That's so sweet of you Alan." Xenorath then chuckled as he said, "Now I'll put you both out of your miserable lives!!" As Xenorath lashed out his claw for Alan, his claw bounced right off of him. Alan stood up and noticed the Well of Eternity's energy entering the boy's body. He then said, "Looks like I'm the Chosen!!" Nadia then asked, "What?" as she began to recover by the energy going from Alan to her. Alan said, "I'll explain later. You unlock the Heart while I take care of Xenorath." Nadia nodded and slowly but surely zapped the Well of Eternity and the heart showed its 'true colours' just as Alan teleported left and right from Xenorath's mighty claw attacks. He then jumped on his back and zapped his eyes and then his heart, releasing all the other hearts he absorbed and then together Nadia and Alan sliced Xenorath and he imploded into a series of bats as a giant skull of smoke appeared and disappeared as fast as it came. Then Nadia zapped the heart and the Heart of Azeroth was soon unlocked. Yet the earth around them began to shake and crumble. The Well of Eternity imploded and all around it the land began to break apart and and giant whirlpool vortex appeared in place of it.
Malfurion then appeared in front of Alan and Nadia yelling, "We have to get out of here!! This entire place is going to collapse into the sea." Alan then asked carrying Nadia who sprained her ankle, "Where do we go?" Tyrande then answered arriving behind Malfurion, "To our ships, they take us to the North West where Mount Hyjal is. we'll be safer inland than here." Alan then nodded and soon enough after an hour trek, and most of the elves being lost in battle or dead from the Well of Eternity's implosion, who ever remained were at Malfurion and Tyrande's side as they boarded their purple ships and sailed off farther north. A good week had past and soon enough, Alan and Nadia awoke further inland near a whole thicket of lush enchanted forest and a few miles from their location was a giant tree. Malfurion then said, "That there is Hydrassil. It is one of the most enchanted elements of Kalimdor and allows us to keep our immortal state." Alan then asked as he gazed upon the beauty that was Kalimdor, "So what happened?" "You and Nadia fell into an unconscious state for the past week, during which time we reminisced about our fallen comrades and I was beginning to hate the Highbourne for their treachery.", Malfurion replied. Nadia awoke as well and Alan said, "Some of them survived?" "Yes. Although I don't trust them, they can't really do any more damage without the Well of Eternity and its divine energy. It was blasted beneath the sea, taking about eighty percent of our beloved Kalimdor with it." Alan then said, "This is my fault. I should have tried to stop all of that chaos. If it were for Nadia and myself, the Viraltroopers..." Nadia yawned and asked, "What's happening?" Yet even as Alan stared at her, Malfurion said, "Don't blame yourself boy. The real being at fault fell amongst the sea along with her entire army. Besides the Viraltroopers are gone as well. We druids can rest easy and our race can start anew and enjoy the fruits of our victory as well. It's thanks to you that we have been spared. By Elune, you were prophesized by the Well that the Chosen one would carry a weapon like none ever seen before, that he would come to cleanse the universe, and that 'he' along with a companion would be destined to rescue our people." Alan then smiled as Malfurion grabbed hold of his right shoulder and Alan said, "Thank you Malfurion." Nadia then said to Alan, "Look at that." Alan took out his watch and saw a yellow button glowing brightly. Alan then said, "Looks like its our time to go." Malfurion let Alan's shoulder go and then said as Tyrande closed in behind them, "Take care Alan and know this. Anytime you feel your light begins to dim and fade, always let your heart be your guide." Alan nodded and then Alan and Nadia pressed the yellow button together and vanished from the land of Azeroth.
(And so ends yet another chapter. Alan's role as the Chosen one will be explored a little clearly as well through out this story since from Ansem's reports, one legend says the key's wielder saved the world, while another destroyed it. Thus I will explain from my point of view what the heck could possibly be the case in BBS since our new villain can wield the keyblade as can the guardian. In the next few chapters to come, I'll explain a little more about the doors of the heart as well and another secret yet. Stay tuned for more on this long Spring Break.)
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