Making a sharp turn around a corner, Lenoria threw herself through a crowd of people. Strange glances were coming at her from all directions. They'd never seen the kind of fashion of clothing she was wearing now. A small black top, with a half ripped off skull emblem, and an obviously cut up bottom half of a robe fashioned into a short black skirt. Though she still wore her same long cloak, its sleeves were rolled up to her elbows. She really didn't care what anyone had whispered or said about her, she didn't mind how it looked on her.
Twisting through many more corners, up the staircase towards the Lich Kings room, she stopped at the door. Composing herself and thinking up a strategy, she couldn't think of anything. She pushed the door open slowly. Getting frustrated, she kicked the door open and jumped inside. There was no one there. Growling quietly, she stepped forward a bit and whispered Mira's name a few times. No answers replied. Becoming antsy, she straightened her skirt and pulled her cloak closed together, it was getting cold in here. A huge slam came from behind her and she whirled around. The Lich King stood in front of her, his blue blazing eyes staring directly at Lenoria. Pulling herself out of the stupor, she jumped back and pointed a finger at him.
"Let Mira go! ...Well, actually, where is she?" Lenoria corrected herself and looked around the room. The Lich laughed and aimed his sword near the balcony of his room. Not removing her sight from him, she backed up and stepped outside. Mira lay there, unconscious, guarded by two Valkyr. The two winged creatures looked down at Lenoria and flew down to the ground stepping in front of Mira.
"You've not permission. Leave," one chimed, an echo chilling Lenoria to the bone. She looked back at the Lich King and saw he had not moved. Coming up with an idea, she turned back to the Valkyr.
"The Lich King is in there, he did give me permission to take her. Go ask him yourself, though you'd be wasting his time and he'd have you two reduced to nothing but dust if you don't listen," Lenoria whispered to the two. They shook their heads and stepped aside. Still unsure whether Lenoria had told the truth or not, they kept their eyes on her. By the time Lenoria had Mira in her arms and on the balcony ledge, the Lich had entered the area and saw that his guards had failed to keep her captive. Yelling commands at the Valkyr, Lenoria had jumped off the edge and threw herself into the balcony below it.
Running down the hallways once again, Mira was slowly being shaken awake.
"Mmnm... Not time to wake up now..." Mira mumbled and closed her eyes, not noticing everything that was going on. A few more mild shakes from turning around corners and she opened her eyes fully. "Wha-? Where am I? What's going?" she asked, freaking out. Lenoria smiled and was glad Mira was okay, but she was getting a little annoying moving around so much.
"It's okay, Mira. We're just sort of...running away from the Lich King. Nothing to worry about," Lenoria told her, placing Mira on her feet. "Though, you kind of have to run. Like, now."
The two were running like crazy through the long corridors now, almost to Lenoria's room. When they reached it, they slammed the door shut and Mira had put up a barrier. A weak one, but something to keep the Valkyr busy for now. Khrix had been in the room, simply reading a book when they came into the room wildly. Lenoria and Mira exchanged glances and looked at Khrix.
"Uh, hi there, Khrix. What'cha doing?" Lenoria asked, laughing nervously. He eyed the girls and gave the same nervous laugh back with a sarcastic hint to it.
"Just reading, Lenoria. What's going on?" he asked her. "I see a barrier and Mira. She was taken for treason and you broke her out. I'd say you two are on the run...and the Lich King wants you," he smirked and got up. Nodding her head slowly, Lenoria put an arm in front of Mira. "Oh, I won't turn you guys in."
Mira slipped out from under Lenoria's arm and around Khrix, kneeling down next to her bag she had left here. Going through the bag, she pulled out what seemed to be another one of her potions. Standing back up, she handed it to Lenoria.
"It'll reduce the chances of us dying if we jump from here," Mira said, a small smile on her face. Looking to Khrix now. "If you're not going to turn us in, then what are you going to do?" Khrix had the same smirk on his face and was still staring at Lenoria.
"I'm going with you two."
Both girls stared at Khrix and tilted their heads in shock. Lenoria wrinkled her nose at the fact she'd end up travelling with him. Mira was jumping up and down; she'd have more company now. Packing some food and whatnot, the three of them swallowed the potion Mira had made and opened the window. Mira insisted on going first, and Khrix and Lenoria agreed wholeheartedly. Getting onto the ledge, the banging behind them was getting louder. The barrier was weakening now. One cute smile from Mira and she was out the window. Watching her fall at a fast rate, Lenoria and Khrix got a sudden fright of going now. Seemingly landing safely, Lenoria was next to go out. Lifting a leg over, she looked down and remembered from when she had thought about jumping out. It still looked so far down, but she got the feeling it wouldn't be so bad now. She turned to Khrix and saw the scare in his eyes.
"Don't be a baby. It'll be alri—"a sudden push and she fell out the window. A dark glare on Khrix as she fell, he just pushed her off the edge.
"Just shut up and go!" he yelled after her. A second later, he jumped. A small explosion came out Lenoria's window and fire and pieces of her room were falling above Khrix. A glow in his eyes and his hair blowing madly around in the wind as he fell, reminded her of Rai a little. Closing her eyes and trying to find his face in her mind.
Brilliant violet hair flew around lightly in the wind; bright green eyes looked out onto the empty plain ahead of him. Though, as beautiful a day as it was, his mood made him feel like the world was nothing but as empty as the land he walked on. The Barrens was such a vast territory. He was making his way through onto Mulgore. Lifting his head up to look to the sky, he frowned and watched as a shooting star flew across. Lowering his head now, he saw that he was entering Mulgore. Fresh green fields and wildlife was everywhere he could see. Climbing up the ramps to the elevator to Thunderbluff, he entered the city of the Tauren. Approaching the tent that held the shamans, he sat down and rested his hands on his lap. An old Tauren turned to him and smiled warmly.
"Rai, you've come," the elder said. Before Rai could speak, the elder raised his hand to silence him. "Lenoria..." Instead of speaking, Rai just sat there and waited for some kind of information. "You seek your loved one, who passed this recent year." A little impatience came over Rai, but he suppressed it.
"Is she ...is there a way to get her back?" Rai asked. The elder raised his eyes to Rai's and smiled.
"She is alive," the elder told him. Rai seemed confused and became frustrated thinking about it. If she was alive, how come she hadn't come back to him or even tried to show her face anywhere. There was no news about her, at all. "But." The elder continued. "She's not of what she used to be. She has become a risen soldier of the Scourge, under the Lich King". Rai's face twisted and stood up abruptly.
"That's foolish! If she was part of the Scourge she wouldn't even have it in her to fight and kill like those monsters do!" Rai yelled out loud. Burying his face in his hands, he sat back down. The elder continued on.
"It is true. When she was reborn she did not know who she was, and became a lethal weapon and killed many innocent lives. Tortured and stole villages. Now, she has turned on the Scourge and fled. Recently regaining her memory somehow, she has left and became an outcast no one will accept. The ancestors know nothing more of her... I'm sorry," the elder reached out and placed a hand on Rai's. "The last piece they told me is... She will approach you in the place you two are at war over." Rai lifted his face and looked into the eyes of the shaman. Where we'll be at war over? Could he mean Wintergrasp? It's the only place the Horde and Alliance constantly fight over. Giving a shaky smile to the elder, Rai got up and gave his thanks.
Later that day, Rai sat on the balcony of his hotel room. Watching the sun go down, it was so much more pretty here in Thunderbluff then Orgrimmar. Lenoria's diary lay open beside him. Thinking about it, if she was indeed alive, she might not want him reading it. Closing it, he picked it up and put it back in his bag. Falling asleep, he was too tired to move back inside to lie on the bed. Pulling his bag close, he rested his head against it and closed his eyes. Tomorrow he'd go to Dalaran and prepare for Wintergrasp.