And here is chapter ten of Xanna. It's twenty-three pages like chapter two but slightly longer. Lol. Hope you guys like it! :D
Some of the moonlight shined onto Xanna's eyes. She shut them tight then opened them. She blinked a few times because her surroundings looked a bit fuzzy. 'Where am I?' She thought and sat up, looking at her friends who were still asleep. Xanna rubbed her head, trying to get rid of the headache she had. 'What happened?'
Ixxy's ear twitched while she slept; she had heard Xanna talking to herself. She opened her eyes and looked at her. 'Will you shut up?' She laid back down and closed her eyes. 'I'm tryin' to sleep.' When Ixxy realized she had actually been talking to Xanna, her eyes shot open and she sat up immediately. 'Xanna?!'
Xanna nodded, then went back to rubbing her head; this time she was doing it to try to remember what had happened. 'Why can't I remember anything? What happened?'
Ixxy walked over and sat next to Xanna. 'You passed out because of the spiders.'
Xanna stopped rubbing her head and looked at Ixxy. 'How could I forget that?' She asked herself. She stopped looking at Ixxy and went back to rubbing her head. 'Maybe you didn't want to remember.'
'Maybe.' Xanna said, still rubbing her head. She didn't need to rub it anymore but she couldn't stop. 'What happened after I blacked out?'
'Dethiam went on a happy killing spree, Mokoki and Gishezpak killed a few spiders, so did Akazil, and Makaza summoned his Imp and they used a spider like a bucking tauren.' Xanna looked at Ixxy. 'What?'
'1: You called the group by their names. And 2: What about Cosmo and Mittens?'
After being told that she had said everyone's name, Ixxy covered her mouth like she had said a very bad swear word. Xanna moved her hands. 'Tell me what happened to Cosmo and Mittens.'
'Look next to you.'
'Huh?' Xanna raised an eyebrow. 'Look next to you.' Ixxy repeated but she did it slowly, as if she was talking to a child. Xanna let go of Ixxy's hands; now that she was free, Ixxy ran away to go wash her mouth out with soap.
Cosmo slowly opened his eyes, smiling because he knew he would see his best friend laying next to him; he blinked a few times so his fuzzy vision would go away. When he could see clearly, he saw that Xanna had gone missing; he freaked out at first but calmed down when he saw her looking down at him. "Xan Xan!" He sat up and gave her a big hug. "I'm so happy you're awake!" He squeezed tighter and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Don't ever scare me like that again, Xan Xan." His hug got tighter. Xanna laughed. "Sorry, Cosmo."
Cosmo smiled, kissed Xanna on her cheek again and continued to hug her. Mittens came over and began to rub her head on Xanna, purring as she did. Xanna giggled and pat Mittens on the head. "Good morning to you too, Mittens."
She looked at the moonlight that was still glowing through the trees. "Er… Good night, I guess. What time is it, anyway?"
Cosmo stopped hugging Xanna and looked at his watch. "Six."
"At night?"
"In the morning."
"Bu-…but how…wait…in the-?… Okay, I'm confused."
Cosmo shrugged. "Don't ask me why the moon's up…or anyone else. Not even Gizzy knew why the moon was up."
"Wow, then this is a mystery that will never be solved."
"Yep. But who cares about the moon? All I care about is that you're awake." Cosmo said and hugged Xanna again. "Guys! Guys, wake up! Xanna's awake!"
Makaza and Ezekiel slowly sat up and rubbed their eyes; Akazil sat up, yawning; Gishezpak sat up straight like he was a robot; Mokoki woke up next to Dethiam's headless body and scooted away from it; and Dethiam's head rolled out of Mokoki's bag. Her body grabbed her head and put it back on. Everyone looked at Xanna, who was still being hugged by Cosmo.
"Xanna!" Makaza cheered and ran over to hug her. Mokoki came over and pushed him away so he could hug her. "Glad you're awake, Miss Xanna." Gishezpak said as he came over; he shook Xanna's hand. "I can't believe you passed out because of those little spiders." Dethiam said as she began to play with a dagger. Cosmo glared at her. "Mokoki! I wanna hug Xanna some more!" Makaza whined. "I don't care. Go get your own Xanna."
"But-"
Mokoki ignored Makaza and continued to hug Xanna. He was actually hugging her and not looking down her shirt; he figured he shouldn't eye-hump her when she just woke up. He would save that for later; if he got the chance.
Makaza stomped his foot on the ground and came over to try and steal Xanna back. Both of the boys just ended up hugging her at the same time. Xanna blushed at all the attention she was getting. 'This can't be real.' She thought.
Akazil came over. "Uh…" He looked away. Xanna tilted her head at him. Akazil saw it through the corner of his eye and tried not to blush at the sight of her cuteness. After a moment, he looked back at Xanna. "I'm…" He didn't finish. He just pushed Makaza and Mokoki aside, got down and his knees and gave Xanna the sweetest she had ever received. She blushed even more. 'Okay, this has to be a dream. There is no way I'm getting this much attention.'
'Sorry to say this but, you're actually being adored. I know because I know that the torture I've been receiving these past two weeks, and a day, is definitely real.'
Xanna just blushed and blushed as Akazil continued to hug her. She slowly reached her arms up and wrapped them around Akazil. She smiled when she realized that this was real and not a dream. She laid her head down on Akazil's shoulder and began to nuzzle at his neck a little bit. He smiled and hugged tighter.
Ixxy tapped Xanna's shoulder. 'Uh, sport?'
'Hmm?' Xanna responded in her mind; she wasn't really paying attention to Ixxy, though.
'Don't you have some place to go?'
'That's nice, Ixxy.'
Ixxy rolled her eyes, walked over to Xanna and slapped her. 'You idiot! What about Stormwind?!'
The slap hadn't affected Xanna, but when Ixxy mentioned Stormwind, she came back to reality. In her mind, that is. 'Oh my gosh! You're right!'
'Of course I'm right. I'm the only part of you that actually pays attention to the important stuff!'
Xanna ignored Ixxy and got away from Akazil's hug; she stood up and dusted herself off quickly. Akazil frowned. "Okay, I'd love to hug each and every one of you all day but, we got a road trip to finish."
Makaza stopped in middle of his sneak attack hug. "Right! Now that Xanna's awake, we can continue our road trip!"
Everyone stood up and looked at Xanna. "Where to, Xan Xan?"
"Well, who has the book?"
Everyone raised an eyebrow at Xanna. "What book?" Akazil asked.
'Uh-oh…'
"The book. The library book I've had with me ever since we started this trip!"
'Um… Xanna?'
"Oh, that book… You dropped that when you blacked out." Mokoki said. Xanna's eyes widened. 'Ixxy!!!!!' Xanna turned to face Ixxy. 'Why didn't you tell me I dropped the book?!' Xanna ran over to her inner self. 'I thought you said that YOU were the one who pays attention to important stuff like that!' She yelled at her, poking the top of her chest after each word. Ixxy pushed Xanna's hand away and rubbed her chest. 'Okay, 1: Ow. And 2: I'm sorry! I kinda started to freak out to notice ANYTHING after you blacked out!'
Xanna began to pace around the camp, chewing on the tips of her right finger nails. 'Crap, crap, crap!'
"Who cares about the book? Let's just eat some breakfast then get back on the road." Mokoki said. Xanna looked at him. "I care about the book!"
"Why? The library can just get a new one."
"The map was in that book! That book is the only way we can get out of this place alive!"
Everyone's eyes widened. "WHAT?!"
"Sweet. This means we can go back and kill some more spiders." Dethiam smiled as she looked at her daggers. Xanna got a little dizzy after hearing that word. "Maybe I can kill that big one"
"B-big one?" Xanna squeaked. Dethiam nodded. "Yeah. It was big," Xanna flinched. "red," Another flinch. "green," Flinch. "hairy," Flinch. "and ugly as hell."
'Here's a picture of it.' Ixxy said and showed Xanna the picture of Naraxis; she gagged a little.
The guys looked at Xanna, she was wobbling. "I… I think I need to… sit down for a bit." Xanna fell backwards; her foot was twitching a little bit. "Xan Xan!" Cosmo ran to her side; he shook her a little. "Xan Xan, wake up! She was kidding! It's not real! Wake up!"
While Cosmo was shaking Xanna, the other guys glared at Dethiam. "What?"
After ten minutes of Xanna being unconscious, Dethiam got bored and poured some water on her face. At first, it didn't work, but after another five cups, it did.
Once she had dried off, Xanna sat on the ground, thinking of what to do. "What're we gonna do, Xan Xan?"
"I'm thinking, I'm thinking."
"Does this mean we just turn around and go home?" Makaza asked.
"No! We're almost done with this road trip! And I don't wanna go through Stranglethorn Vale again…"
"The monsters would probably kill us anyway." Gishezpak said. "I mean, we got lucky the first time. I doubt we can get that lucky a second time."
Xanna sighed. 'Our only option is to get the-wait!' She pointed to Ixxy. 'What?'
'You showed me a picture of a spider from the book!'
'So?'
'That means, in a way, we have the book!'
Ixxy shook her head. 'No it doesn't. I was only able to show you that picture because I remembered seeing it in the actual book. You kept skimming, so I couldn't remember everything I saw.'
'Do you remember the map?'
'Only the part of Duskwood we're in. Not the whole thing.'
'Damn it! I thought I had it.' Xanna whimpered. 'This means our only option is to…go back there.' Xanna said the last word like it was a swear. 'Just get one of the idiots to go back there and get. Or even Dethiam. She'll be happy to go back there and kill some spiders.'
'Yeah, that's all she wants to do. She might not come back. And if she does, I doubt she'll remember to bring the book with her.'
'True… But there's always the option of sacrificing an idiot.' Ixxy suggested happily. Xanna shook her head. 'Why not?' Ixxy frowned a kind of frown you would get from a little kid that had her favorite teddy bear taken away. 'If I send one of the guys and they get the book, they'll probably look at it. I don't want them to know where we're going yet!' Xanna sighed again. 'The only option left is…' She gulped. 'I have to go get it.'
Xanna stood up, took a deep breath and began to walk. Cosmo swallowed the piece of chicken he was eating, then got up to follow her. "Where're you going, Xan Xan?"
"To get the book." Cosmo gasped and jumped in front of her and grabbed her shoulders. "Xan Xan, you'll be killed if you go back there!" She gave him a sad look. "Don't you have any faith in me, Cosmo?" Cosmo was a bit taken aback by this question. "Of course I do, it's just-"
"Then let me go get it." Xanna interrupted. Cosmo looked at his friend with concerned eyes. "But-…but-…" Cosmo looked away, closed his eyes and sighed. "I don't want anything to happen to you, Xanna." He looked back at her, she was smiling. "I'll be fine, you knucklehead."
"But you passed out yesterday!"
"This time I won't act like a chicken. I'll be a smart rogue and use stealth." Cosmo blinked a few times; he had forgotten that Xanna was a rogue. "Oh…well…um…" Xanna took Cosmo's hands off her shoulders. "You guys keep eating; I'll go get the book." She said as she started to walk again. "I'll be back in an hour!"
Cosmo walked back to the others around the campfire. He sat down next to Mittens and continued eating.
"This is so not fair!" Dethiam complained. "When I wanted to go back and kill spiders, you guys wouldn't let me! But when she wants to go back, you guys don't stop her!"
"We stopped you because you would get us all killed." Mokoki said and took a sip of his grass smoothie that Cosmo was nice enough to make. "I didn't wanna stop ya because I don't like you, but I love myself more than I hate you. And don't take that in a nice way."
Dethiam just pouted. 'I really wanted to kill that big spider.'
Xanna walked in stealth to the spot she had passed out. 'Finally! Some time for peace and quiet. Far away from those idiots. All though, I miss Deth.' Xanna didn't say anything; she just continued to quietly walk. And she looked a bit tensed. 'What's wrong with you?'
'Well, I'm going back to those…things. And I feel like I'm forgetting something…but I can't remember what it is.'
'…That's why they call it 'Forgetting'. Idiot.'
'All I remember is that it has something to do with Cosmo. If only I could remember what it was.'
'Can't be that important if it has something to do with him.'
Cosmo was sitting next to Mittens, petting the top of her head. He was thinking about something he had forgotten. 'What am I forgetting?' He thought as he continued to pet Mittens and stare at the moonlight. He gasped. "Today's the end of my vacation week!"
Xanna continued to walk. 'I'll remember it eventually.' She told herself and kept walking. 'I think you're getting close.'
'What makes you say that?'
Ixxy looked at a dead spider body nearby that Xanna didn't notice. 'Just a hunch.' She said and looked forward to make sure Xanna would walk into a tree.
As Xanna walked, something took the dead spider body. Xanna's ear twitched from hearing the noise and looked back. 'Watch out! You're gonna run into that tree!' Xanna looked forward and barely dodged the tree. 'Idiot.'
Xanna rolled her eyes and continued walking. She eventually reached the spot where she had passed out. She looked around for the book; there was no sight of it. And there was no sight of something else. 'Didn't you say that everyone started fighting spiders after I passed out?'
'Yeah.' Ixxy said, filing her nails. 'Well then…where are the dead bodies?' Ixxy stopped filing her nails and looked around. 'What the-?' Ixxy scratched the top of her head, very puzzled about the missing bodies. 'The book isn't here either.'
'What? But nobody touched the book. How is it missing?'
'I don't know.'
'Maybe it was kicked during battle or something. Check by that tree.' Ixxy said as she pointed to a dead tree. Xanna walked over and searched the area. She even looked in the tree itself and under the dirt around the tree. 'I don't see it.'
'Check over by that one. And if you don't find it there, check that one, then that one and that one and that one and that one.' Ixxy said as she pointed to several dead trees. Xanna sighed and began her long search.
An hour had gone by and she still didn't find it. 'No. No. No. Yes! Wait, no. Just another book shaped rock.' She sighed. 'I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever find the book.'
'Why? It's right over there.' Ixxy pointed to the book leaning on a tree with her nail filer. Xanna raised an eyebrow. 'Hmm?' Ixxy continued to point in the other direction. Xanna looked and she saw the book. 'Yes!' She ran over and picked it up. 'And I didn't have to fight any of those…things.' Xanna shuddered at the thought. She stopped thinking about it and looked inside the book. 'It doesn't look damaged.' She closed the book. 'I think we're good.'
While Xanna was talking to herself, Ixxy was looking in another direction and saw something very bad. 'Let's get back to camp.' Ixxy stopped her from looking in the bad direction. 'Hey, how 'bout we go that way?' She pointed to her left. 'But that's the way back home.' Xanna pointed to the direction behind Ixxy.
'Yeah, but what's wrong with taking the long way? Let's enjoy the lovely view.' She moved her left arm around when she said 'view'. Xanna gave her a blank look. 'Lovely view?' She placed a hand on Ixxy's forehead. 'Are you sick or something?'
'Uh, yeah.' Ixxy faked a cough. 'I'm so sick.' Ixxy said, taking advantage of Xanna's stupidness. If Ixxy was sick, then so was Xanna.
Xanna removed her hand. 'You don't feel warm. But we should get back to camp, just in case. Which means, I gotta go that way.' Xanna pointed behind Ixxy again. Ixxy looked over her shoulder; the thing was still there. She looked back at Xanna; she had her hands on her hips. 'B-but can't we take the long way back to camp? You know how much I love dead things.'
'I don't care how much you love dead things. We're taking the short way home.' Xanna took her hands off of her hips and began to walk in the direction Ixxy was blocking. She then saw why Ixxy didn't want to go that way. 'Hu…' Xanna quietly said. She was trying to scream, but also trying not to scream. 'Hu…'
'Xanna, calm down. It's not gonna notice you if you're in stealth. Just slowly walk past it and everything will be okay.'
Xanna ignored Ixxy and backed away from the spider, only to bump into another one. Both, Xanna and the spider, turned around to face each other. 'Don't scream.' Ixxy said slowly, trying to keep Xanna 'calm'. 'Hu…' Xanna said once again as she stared at the spider's ugly fangs. Her eyes slowly widened. She backed away slowly; the spider followed. 'Hu…'
'Stay calm. Don't scream. And don't faint.'
'Hu…' Xanna said and began to shake with fear. The spider made a noise. Xanna began to breathe really fast. Other spiders had come. 'Xanna…'
'Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Xanna screamed to the top of her lungs. All of the spiders just walked closer to her and carried her away.
" "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!" "
" "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!" "
" "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!" " Xanna's scream echoed through out all of Duskwood.
"What was that?" A human girl asked and clinged onto a female night elf.
The human girl was about a foot shorter than the night elf girl; she had tan skin, red hair that stopped at her shoulders and surrounded her face a little bit, a sweet looking face, freckles, two innocent filled green eyes, some red lipstick, and two little earrings; one on each ear. She wore some blue linen pants and a long-sleeve blue linen shirt. She never really liked showing off her arms, stomach or legs like all of the other girls.
The night elf girl patted one of her hands. "It's okay, Sonya. Don't be afraid." She said in a nice, soft, quiet voice. And yet, she could still be heard; like a powerful thunderstorm.
Sonya looked at her night elf friend. She was so tall and she had a great figure, beautiful blue eyes, perfect dark blue hair that she would always wear in pigtails; she would rest them on her front side, they ended right on the top of her chest; and she had a very nice face that had two line markings; one over each eye. And she had baby soft dark purple skin. And she would wear dark blue lipstick and different types of robes; some were one whole piece, some were two separate pieces, but no matter how many pieces they were, she would always wear green.
"Okay, Sophie." Sonya said.
"Who cares what that sound was? All I care about is who this dagger belongs to." A male draenei said as he stared at a dagger that he found in a rabbit. Sonya and Sophie looked at him.
He was tall; taller than Sophie, but only by a few inches. He was buff, had blue skin and eyes; he would wear his black hair in an upwards ponytail and had two pointy horn type things in the front of it. He was wearing brown pants known as the Forest Leather Pants, and a white linen shirt, over that was a green vest that showed his shirt in the upper chest area; the vest was known as the Riverpaw Leather Vest.
"Why are you so obsessed with that dagger, Kadgaa?" Sophie asked. Kadgaa continued to look at the dagger. "Because this was hand made! And used for nothing but killing!" He showed it to the girls. "See?" They looked at it. "All I see is a dagger." Sonya giggled. Kadgaa took the dagger away. "Whatever. My point is, whoever made this dagger is a very skilled craftsmen and killer. If I ever meet him, I will worship him for the rest of my life."
"What if it's a girl?" Sophie asked.
"Then I'll marry her!"
Sophie rolled her eyes.
"Hurry up you guys, I found the flowers that Sonya needs over here." A male voice said.
A male night elf walked up to Sonya, Sophie and Kadgaa. He was taller than both of the girls but shorter than Kadgaa; and he was very handsome; he had dark yellow eyes, long purple hair that stopped at the middle of his back, purple skin, and a dashing smile. He wore a pair of pants that showed little chains between the areas of read; his chest armor that he wore over his purple linen shirt was the same. They were the Raider's Legguards and the Raider's Chestpiece.
"Sorry, brother." Sophie said. "Kadgaa was showing us some silly dagger."
"Silly dagger?! How dare you say that?!" He huffed. Sophie didn't pay any attention. Kadgaa gave her an irritated look. Then he looked at the other night elf. "How can you live with THAT as a sister, Fëanáro?!" Fëanáro laughed. "Years of practice. Now, c'mon, the flowers are this way." He said and walked the other way again. The others followed.
Fëanáro had taken his friends to an area that was filled with peacebloom flowers. "Hooray!" Sonya cheered. She gave Fëanáro a big hug. "Thank you so much, Fëan. It was impossible to get any peacebloom in Elwynn Forest. All of the little girls kept picking them."
"Heh. No problem, Sonya."
Sonya smiled at him, then stopped hugging him to pick some of the flowers. The others waited for her to get done picking them. Sophie kneeled down and felt the grass. "Poor, poor grass." She looked at the trees. "And the trees. I feel so sorry for this place. It was so much better before it was overcome by shadow."
"Hey!" Kadgaa said. "What?" Fëanáro and Sophie asked. "I found some sort of symbol of the owner on this dagger!" He showed it to the night elves. The dagger was marked with a 'D'. "So what?" Sophie asked. "So what?! This means that whoever owns the dagger's name starts with a 'D'! Making it a little easier on me to find him."
"Or her." Sophie said. "And how do you know that's the beginning of their name? It could simply mean 'Dagger' or 'Dangerous' or 'Don't touch'." Kadgaa gave her another irritated look. He stopped when her ears twitched; so did Fëanáro's. "Someone's in trouble." Fëanáro said. "Yes. Let us go and find them and be their rescuer." Sophie said and grabbed her staff. Fëanáro pulled out his sword. "Let's go, Soph." Sophie and her brother were about to head for the direction of the noise, but the stopped when they realized Kadgaa was about to join them. "Kadgaa, you stay here and watch Sonya. We'll be back shortly." Fëanáro said.
Kadgaa frowned. "I never get to fight." He walked over back to where Sonya was and pouted.
Xanna was trapped in some sort of spider cocoon on a web. She struggled to get free before the spiders came back.
'I thought you said you were gonna be a smart rogue and use stealth!'
'I did! But then I bumped into a spider!'
'You could've used a flash bomb!'
Xanna was about to retort but she couldn't because Ixxy was right about that. 'I forgot about those, alright?! Looking a spider in the face kinda makes you forget things like that!"
'I don't care! You're an idiot! And now we're gonna die!'
'Don't worry. If I can just get to my dagger," Xanna tried to reach for her dagger in the cocoon. "I can get us outa here." She continued to reach for her dagger but failed to retrieve it. 'Kinda hard to get a dagger when you're paralyzed, isn't it?'
'Oh, shut up! At least I'm trying to get free!'
Ixxy looked at her. 'Do you honestly think I will be of use?'
'You could come up with an idea!'
'How?! You're paralyzed and trapped in a cocoon!'
'Well, how did I get out of it last time… I don't know because I was blacked out the whole time and just pushed it to the back of my mind so I would never think of it again…'
'Some guy was walking by and found you.' Ixxy folded her arms over her chest. 'I doubt we'll get that lucky again.' She sighed. 'Looks like this is the end.'
'Don't say that! Just…just hope!'
Xanna shook Ixxy; she stopped when she saw a spider dragging one of it's dead comrades to some younger spiders through a little hole in the cocoon. The little spiders ate the dead spider body. When the spider who was feeding them saw the little hole, it walked over and covered it with some more web. '…We're doomed.'
Xanna groaned.
"The noise is coming from over here." Fëanáro whispered to his sister. They hid behind a bush together and watched the spiders. "Looks like this is a place where a person would be in danger."
"Yes. Now, just to find the person who needs help."
The two night elves searched for the person in need very quietly, so they wouldn't be noticed by the spiders. "There!" Fëanáro said as he pointed to a moving cocoon. "Maybe that's them."
Sophie closed her eyes and began to focus on the cocoon. After a minute, she opened her eyes. "Is that the person?" Her brother asked. She nodded.
"Sweet. Let's go." Kadgaa said.
The two elves looked behind them; they saw Kadgaa and Sonya. They weren't surprised to see them. Kadgaa would always follow them to a battle when they told him to stay with Sonya. They sighed. "You are such a thick headed person, Kadgaa." Sophie said.
"Are you saying that because I'm in love with the person who owns this dagger?"
Sophie closed her eyes, her right one twitched a bit and she balled her right hand into a fist. "Sophie, calm down. We have a person to rescue, remember?" Fëanáro said. "Yeah! Let's get over there and kick some spider ass!" Kadgaa said and punched his right hand into his left.
"Spiders?" Sonya said. She clinged onto Kadgaa. "Spiders are so scary."
"Don't worry, Sonya. You'll be okay." Fëanáro said reassuringly. She smiled and blushed a little. He smiled back.
Kadgaa rolled his eyes. "Will you two stop making googly eyes at each other so we can start fighting?"
"We weren't making googly eyes at each other." Fëanáro told his friend, obviously annoyed. Sonya frowned without him noticing.
"Come everyone, the spiders left. We only have a few moments to rescue the person in the cocoon."
"Right. C'mon." Fëanáro said. The others nodded and followed him to the cocoon. He slowly walked up to the cocoon; when he reached it, he tapped on it; it squirmed a little. Fëanáro looked at his sister before he opened it, to make sure it wasn't something bad. She nodded, letting him know it was safe to open. Fëanáro grabbed his sword and started to slowly cut the cocoon open from the top. He saw two beautiful yellow eyes.
"Move, Fëanáro!" Sophie yelled. Her brother gasped and jumped back from the cocoon. A big red and green spider came down a web from the tree the cocoon was on. Kadgaa's eyes twinkled as he stared at the giant spider; Sonya squeaked and hid behind Kadgaa. "That spider looks…so awesome!" Fëanáro and Sophie smacked their foreheads. "I bet I can tame it!"
Kadgaa pulled out his sword and hit spider's front left leg. It screeched and more spiders came to his rescue. "Kadgaa, you meat head!" Sophie yelled.
A spider tried to attack her when she wasn't looking; she was able to dodge it, gracefully. Sophie shape shifted into a bear and began to attack the spider. Sonya would heal her every now and then; she couldn't do much because she was only a level thirteen but she still wanted to try to help.
Fëanáro was fighting a spider that was trying to take the cocoon away. And Kadgaa was running away from the big red and green spider. "That's right. Just follow the big draenei. Almost there and… Now!" The spider stepped on something and froze in his chase for the draenei. Kadgaa laughed and poked the frozen spider; he stuck his tongue out at it then turned around and shook his tail in front of it. "Either tame it or kill it! Just stop goofin' around!" Fëanáro shouted at his friend as he killed a spider by hitting it with his shield. Kadgaa stopped shaking his tail and gave Fëanáro a 'Joy killer' look. He sighed, turned around and got into the Taming Beast stance; little hearts started to appear above the spider's head.
When he was almost done with his spell, the ice melted away, freeing the spider. 'Oh, crap.' The spider charged at Kadgaa, trying to put a stop to the spell. 'Just a couple more seconds…' The giant spider scratched Kadgaa's stomach and bit his right leg. 'Three…two…one…"
For some reason, the spider stopped attacking Kadgaa; he wanted to but couldn't. And he shrunk. "Yes!" Kadgaa cheered, jumping up and throwing his right fist in the air. "Ow, ow, ow. Leg. Ow." He said when he landed. He began to walk back to his friends, rubbing the top of his leg as he did. While he was walking, spiders followed him. They were all giving him eyes fill with hatred; like their king was doing. "…Shit." He picked up his new pet and ran to his friends.
They had killed at least three spiders. "Where did, Kadgaa go?" Fëanáro asked the girls. They shrugged. "Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!!!!!!" A draenei yelled as he ran pas the three of them. "Oh… There he is…"
"Was he carrying a spider?" Sophie asked. While Sophie was asking her question, Sonya looked in the direction Kadgaa had come from. Her eyes widened and she tugged and Sophie's sleeve. "What is it, Sonya?"
Sonya pointed to what 'it' was. "Oh… I suppose we should take the meat head's advice and…run!"
Sophie grabbed Sonya's hand and began to run the way Kadgaa had. Fëanáro watched the girls run away, then he looked at the other direction. His eyes widened when he saw dozens of spiders heading toward him. He quickly grabbed the cocoon, tossed it over his shoulder and began to run. "Ditchers!" He yelled at his friends.
Akazil had his arms folded over his chest and was tapping his foot. 'Where is she?' He thought. "Cosmo, what time is it?"
Cosmo looked at his watch as he played checkers with Mittens. Mittens jumped over six of his guys when he wasn't looking. "About five after seven." He told Akazil and turned back to the board. He gasped when he saw that six of his pieces had gone missing.
"It's been an hour already. Where could she be?!" Akazil threw his arms in the air. "Dude, she's only been gone an extra five minutes. So, just chill." Mokoki said as he and Gishezpak played paper football. Gishezpak had scored a touchdown when Mokoki wasn't looking. He looked down at the paper football in his lap, then at the troll "Cheater." Gishezpak pretended to look innocent.
"Exactly! She's been gone an extra five minutes! She said she would only be an hour! What if something happened to her?!" Akazil said, throwing his arms up in the air again. Nobody was paying attention. "Am I the only one who cares?!"
"We care about her, too." Cosmo said. "But, it's only been five minutes. I'm sure nothing happened to her."
"Something did happen to her." Dethiam said as she stared at her dagger. Akazil shot Cosmo an 'I told you so!' look. Cosmo just rolled his eyes. "What happened to her?"
"She got to go back there and have fun killing spiders!" Dethiam said and pointed to the direction with her dagger. Then she folded her arms over her chest, pouting. "Lucky bitch." She mumbled.
Akazil growled and began to pace around camp. "Calm down. I've known Xanna for a long time. I'm sure she's fine." Cosmo said reassuringly.
"Oops." Kadgaa said because he had dropped the cocoon on the ground. "Dude!" Fëanáro said and ran over to it. He kneeled down to make sure it was okay. "I let you hold the cocoon for five minutes so I can stretch my arms and you drop it?!"
"Butterfingers." Sophie whispered. Kadgaa shot her a look then looked back at Fëanáro. "I'm sorry. It wiggled out of my arms." Fëanáro rolled his eyes. "Does anyone have a dagger? I wanna make sure this person is okay."
"Here you go." Sonya said and tossed a dagger next to Fëanáro's feet. "Thanks, Sonya."
Sonya smiled. She was happy she was able to help; even if it wasn't in a big way. Fëanáro used the dagger to finish opening the cocoon. When he was done opening it, he and his friends gasped. There was a blood elf inside the cocoon. A short, skinny female blood elf. She had dark pink skin, dark brown hair she was wearing in a ponytail, a pair of earrings; and by the looks of what she was wearing, she must've been a rogue.
Kadgaa glared at Sophie. "What?"
"You didn't even make sure it was an Alliance?!"
"I couldn't tell because she was in the cocoon. All I could tell was that she was scared and needed help."
"Who cares if she needed help?! She's a filthy Horde!"
"Dude, I'm the one who grabbed the cocoon. So, blame me for saving her." Fëanáro said. He didn't really like seeing his sister get yelled at. "What were you thinking?!" Kadgaa redirected his yelling. "How could you?! She's a filthy Horde!"
"I'm sorry! I didn't know! I thought she was a night elf because of her eyes."
"How can you get yellow night elf eyes-" Kadgaa continued his yelling and pointed at his eyes; he knew he didn't have night elf eyes but he knew his friend would get the message. "-confused with green BLOOD ELF eyes?!" He threw his hands in the direction of the unconscious blood elf.
"I didn't get confused! I saw yellow eyes!"
"You're color blind!"
"I am not!"
"Then what color is this spider!" Kadgaa said, picking up his new pet and holding him in front of Fëanáro's face. Fëanáro back his face away a couple of inches. "It's green and red."
"Wrong!"
"How is that wrong?!"
"He's red and green!"
"What's the difference?!"
Kadgaa pulled the spider closer to himself. "He's red with green spots!" He yelled and pointed to the red then the green. After that, he put his pet back down on the ground. Fëanáro and the girls smacked their foreheads. "Whatever. My point is, I didn't know she was a blood elf."
The blood elf moved a little. "Shit! She's close to wakin' up! C'mon, let's leave her and tell the guards in Darkshire that there's a blood elf in Duskwood!"
"No! We can't do that! They'll kill her!"
"Exactly!"
"We are not going to the guards!" Fëanáro pointed a 'Not gonna happen' finger at Kadgaa. "What?! Are you a Horde now?!"
"No! But we're not gonna go to the guards!"
"If we don't then this blood elf will kill everyone in Duskwood!" Kadgaa said, grabbing Fëanáro's collar. "What if she doesn't?!"
"Are you kidding me?! Everyone knows that all the Horde wanna do is kill us Alliance!"
The boys gave each other angry looks then raised their fists. Sonya started to cry. "Wait to go, you two." Sophie said as she wrapped her arms around Sonya. "Please stop fighting." She cried. Sonya buried her face into Sophie's chest and continued to cry. Sophie rubbed the back of her head, trying to calm her down.
The guys lowered their fists after seeing Sonya cry. "Sorry." Kadgaa said quietly and let go of Fëanáro's collar. "Me too."
Xanna slowly opened her eyes. 'Agh. Why do I have such a headache?'
'I don't know. Did you drop yourself on your head again?'
Xanna ignored Ixxy and tried to move one of her hands so she could rub her head; but she couldn't. 'Why can't I move my arms? In fact, why can't I feel them? And why can't I feel my legs???' She asked, starting to panic.
"Uh-oh. She's awake." A male voice said. "What do we do?" A female voice asked. "Let's toss her in a lake!" The male voice said. Some other voices shushed him. "What? She can't understand us and she won't know that we're gonna toss her in a lake."
"What do you mean I can't understand you?" Xanna asked the voices. They all gasped. "Holy shit!" The first voice said. "She can understand us?!" Another male voice said. "That's amazing!" The female voice said. "Someone ask her something!" A second female voice said.
Someone walked over to Xanna. She blinked a few times to see what the person looked like. 'Is that what I think it is?'
And it was what Ixxy thought. The person was tall, handsome, looked very strong, had purple hair that went to the middle of his back, gorgeous yellow eyes and purple skin. 'Holy shit! It's a night elf!'
'This is what a night elf looks like in person?'
Ixxy didn't answer. She was too amazed by seeing a night elf in person.
The night elf kneeled down next to Xanna. "Are you okay?" He asked. His voice sounded wonderful. To Xanna, he sounded like an angel.
"Hello? Are you okay?" He repeated. Xanna nodded. "Yes, but, I can't feel or move anything besides my head."
"It must be from the spider's venom." The first female voice said. The male night elf stood up when she walked over. 'Two night elves?!'
This night elf was shorter than the male one; but she was still tall. And she was very beautiful. She had beautiful blue eyes, beautiful blue her she had braided into pigtails, a very pretty face; she had two line markings on her face, one over each eye; and she was wearing dark blue lipstick. Xanna frowned. 'That must be his girlfriend.'
"Can you get rid of the venom, Soph?" The male night elf asked. She shook her head. "No. She is a blood elf, so there is nothing I can do."
"What if one of us sucks out the poison?" The female night elf shook her head again. "There is nothing we can do. Unless a Horde person that can heal poisons comes along, she will be paralyzed."
"No she won't." The second female voice said. She came over as well. 'Ho-ly-shit.'
This voice was from a human girl. She was shorter than both of the night elves; but still taller than Xanna; and she looked very cute. She had nice tan skin, nice looking red hair that went down to her shoulders, green eyes, freckles, and she wore some red lipstick and a pair of earrings. "I read somewhere that the spider who gave you the poison can take it away, too."
"Really? That's amazing, Sonya!" The male night elf said and hugged her. She blushed a little.
'Damn, that boy's a playa.'
The male night elf kneeled down to Xanna again. "Do you remember what the spider who gave you the poison looked like?" She nodded. "It was big, red, green,"
"Told you." The first male voice said. The others shushed him again. "and ugly." She finished. The male night elf stood up and looked at the girls. "Sound familiar, guys?" They all looked at something that was at the top of the cocoon. 'What're they looking at?'
Xanna got her answer right away; some sort of goatman came over. He was big; taller than the other three; and he was buff, had blue eyes and skin, black hair he had in a ponytail and two pointy horn things in front of it. Ixxy's right eye twitched a little. 'It's…it's a… It's a draenei… I can't believe this. That spider must've had some sort of drug in his venom and now we're seeing things. This isn't really happening. We're still back with the spiders, safely wrapped in the cocoon, waiting to be eaten alive. Yeah, that's what's goin' on.'
"Come here, pet." The draenei said. "You still haven't given it a name?" The female night elf asked. He shook his head. "Nope. Can't think of the right name. I wanna give him the perfect name. One that fits his personality and still cool enough to be my pet." The female night elf rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Just put the spider on her legs."
'Did she just say what I think she said?'
'Yep. You are having a very bad day, sport. And I would be enjoying it if these people weren't Alliance!'
'I'd nag you about what a racist you are but my head still hurts.'
'Welcome to my world.'
"Come here, pet!" The draenei repeated. He sighed, walked away, and came back with something bad.
'Why am I so hated?'
'Because you're an idiot. How many times do I have to tell you?'
"Now place it on her legs." The female night elf said. "Okay." The draenei said; he kneeled down to place the spider on Xanna's legs. Her eyes widened. "Get that thing away from me!" She screamed. She tried to get up to run away but couldn't move. 'Still paralyzed, remember?'
'I don't give a rat's ass! I'm gettin' the hell outa here!'
'I like the way you're thinkin' but it's not gonna happen.'
'You can still move! Take over my body!'
'Can't. I may be able to move but you're body is paralyzed, so, we're stuck.'
Xanna refused to believe that. She continued to try and run away. "I told you she was gonna try to go on a killing spree!" The draenei yelled at the male night elf. They glared at each other and began to yell. "She's not going on a killing spree!"
"Yes she is!"
While they yelled at each other, the two girls kneeled down on both sides of the cocoon. The female night elf reached out a hand and put it on Xanna's left arm. "Calm down. We're not going to hurt you." She said in such a calming voice. "Yeah. We're trying to help you." The human girl smiled. Xanna looked at both of them; she wasn't sure if she should believe them or not. She was leaning towards believing them because she didn't see any hidden lies in their eyes. "Do you want to move again?" The female night elf asked. Xanna nodded. "Then let my friend put the spider on you. It'll take away the venom so you can move again." Xanna looked at her paralyzed body then back at the night elf girl. "Okay." Both of the girls smiled and the night elf looked at the boys; who had gotten into a wrestling match without anyone noticing. 'Those guys remind me of a couple other guys…'
"Will you two knock it off? The blood elf girl-"
"Xanna."
The night elf girl looked back at Xanna. "What?"
"My name. It's, Xanna."
"Oh. I'm, Sophie." She said and placed a hand on her chest; then she pointed to the human girl. "This is my friend, Sonya." Sonya smiled. "Hi."
"And I'm, Fëanáro." The male night elf said and popped out of no where. "And this guy here is my best friend in the whole wide world, Kadgaa." He wrapped his arm around the draenei. Xanna tilted her head. "I didn't know that best friends fought like that."
"We weren't fighting. We were simply talking things out with our fists."
"My best friend and I never do that. We always talk things out with our mouths, like normal people. And, sometimes, through tickle fights…"
"Well, that's the girl way. And this was the man way." Kadgaa said and folded his arms over his chest. Xanna tilted her head again. "The girl way? Cosmo is a man." Kadgaa raised an eyebrow. "Your best friend is a man?" He looked at Fëanáro. "Is that legal?"
"I think so…"
"Will you two shut up and put the spider on her legs."
"Right. Go on, Kad." Fëanáro told his friend. "I'm still not sure if we should let this blood elf go free. What if she isn't as innocent as she looks? What if she does decide to kill everyone in Duskwood?" Xanna frowned. "I was simply taking a road trip with my friends when we were attacked by Naraxis and his army of spiders."
"Naraxis?"
"Your…pet…"
Kadgaa picked up his pet. "Your name is Naraxis? Why didn't tell me? That's an awesome name for you! And it matches my coolness level." Naraxis gave him a blank look; so did everyone else. "…Just put him on her legs." Sophie said. Kadgaa gave her an irritated look. "Fine. Geez, you're so pushy."
He kneeled down and to place Naraxis on Xanna's legs. She began to breathe faster; her heart was racing. Sophie placed a hand on her arm again. "Calm down. He's not going to hurt you."
"He's the one that put me in this cocoon!"
"Well… He won't hurt you this time."
"Not unless I tell him to." Kadgaa said. Sophie looked at him through the corner of her eye. "And he won't let him hurt you gain. Right, Kadgaa?" He shrugged. "Let's just get this thing over with."
"Yeah." Xanna said. She laid her down and shut her eyes tightly. Kadgaa put Naraxis on Xanna's legs; he just sat there for a moment. 'Is he taking out the venom?'
'Nope. Just sittin' there.' Ixxy said as she watched the once terrifying spider just sit on Xanna's paralyzed legs. Xanna opened one eye; then the other. "Oh, now you decide to not bite me! I swear, if I could feel my legs, I would so-"
"See?! She's threatening to kill my pet!" Kadgaa took Naraxis off of Xanna's legs. "We should just turn her into the guards!"
"We're not turning her into the guards!" Fëanáro yelled. "What you should do is turn that spider into a cook and let him make spider legs for lunch." Xanna said as she glared at the evil spider. Kadgaa's mouth dropped open and he covered both sides of Naraxis' head; as if trying to cover his ears. "See?! See?! See?!?!?! She wants to make spider legs out of my spider!"
"Only because it's the most evil thing ever! That thing is Illidan's pet!" Xanna yelled. Kadgaa's mouth dropped open again. '…Wow… You really hate that thing, don't you?'
'Yes! It paralyzed me, put me in a cocoon and now, it won't take the venom away!'
"You dirty little piece of Horde scum! How dare you say my pet is the pet of Illidan?!" Kadgaa turned around and stuck his nose in the air; Xanna did the same. Well, she looked away and stuck her nose in the air. "Guys, calm down. You're upsetting, Sonya." Sophie said; they looked at Sonya, she looked like she was about to cry. "Please don't fight. I hate it when people fight."
"Well… If she wasn't a Horde, then we wouldn't have a reason to fight."
"I can't help the fact that I'm a Horde and not an Alliance!"
"Yeah you could! Your kind used to be high elves. So why don't you use your mana to go back in time and make it to where you have two night elves as parents instead of two blood elves?!"
"I'm a rogue, you dumb ass! I don't use mana!"
Kadgaa was about to say something about how she was a useless elf when Fëanáro got fed up with their argument. "Shut up!" He looked at Kadgaa. "Just put your pet on her legs and get it to take away the venom."
"But she-"
"Just do it!" He looked at Xanna. "And you be a good blood elf and stay still."
'Yeah, stay still. She's just gonna move sooo much when she's paralyzed.'
Kadgaa sighed and put Naraxis back on Xanna's legs. She held her breath and waited for it to bite. "Go on, bite her. Just take a big bite out of her leg."
"To get the venom out." Fëanáro 'finished' Kadgaa's sentence. "Yeah… For the venom…"
Naraxis still didn't do anything. 'Why I outa-'
"Why won't he bite her?" Sonya asked. "She must taste bad and he doesn't wanna bite her again." Kadgaa answered. He was about to pick Naraxis up again but he walked over to one of Xanna's bag; she stiffened. 'What's it doing?'
'Not sure.'
Naraxis reached into her bag and pulled out a piece of meat. 'Ah. He's hungry. He didn't get to eat you so he decided to steal the meat Cosmo gave you.'
'Geez, the one time I want a spider to bite me, it doesn't!'
Xanna began to yell all kinds of things in her head as Naraxis ate the piece of meat he took from her bag. When he was done, he hopped off of Xanna's legs and stood next to Kadgaa; Kadgaa smiled. Fëanáro began to tap his foot impatiently. "What?" He pointed to Xanna's legs. Kadgaa sighed and pointed to them as well. After ten minutes of waiting, Naraxis finally went to Xanna's legs and began to suck out the venom. 'Finally.' Ixxy and Xanna thought.
When Naraxis was done sucking out all of the venom, he hopped off of Xanna's legs. Xanna sat up and began to stretch out her arms and legs. "I can feel my legs!" She hopped onto her feet and did a back flip. "I can walk! It's a miracle!"
"Xan Xan? Is that you?" A familiar voice from nearby said. "What was that noise?" Sophie asked.
A blood elf, a lioness, two orcs, a tauren and a troll came out of some nearby bushes. "Xan Xan!" The blood elf said. Xanna ran up to him and gave him a big hug. He hugged back. "Xan Xan, I'm so glad you're okay!"
"Um… Miss Xanna, who are those guys?" Gishezpak asked as he stared at the Alliance people. "I'll tell ya what they are. They're Alliance scum is what they are!" Makaza pulled out a dagger. "C'mon, Eek!"
"Are you kiddin' me?! Look at that goat thing! That'll squish me like a bug!"
"I don't care! You get in there and fight to the death!" Makaza was about to attack but Xanna stopped him. "No! They're nice. Well, at least the night elves and human girl are."
"What do you mean 'nice'?! They're Alliance scum!"
While Xanna was talking to her friends, the others stared. "What'd ya think they're saying?" Fëanáro asked his friends. They all shrugged.
"So? I'm half Alliance and you don't think I'm scum, do you?"
Makaza was shocked that Xanna would ask such a question. "Of course not."
"Then don't attack them. You shouldn't judge people by their looks or what fraction they're from. You should judge them by their personality." She pointed to the Alliance guys. "And these guys have nice personalities." Makaza put his dagger away and didn't say anything. Cosmo gave Xanna a hug then a noogie. "That's my girl. She knows not to judge people by their looks." He kissed the top of her head. "She's smart like that." Mittens smiled and nodded; a way of agreeing with Cosmo.
"Thanks, Cosmo. Oh! Come meet the Alliance guys!" She said and grabbed Cosmo's hand. She brought him over to Fëanáro and the rest; the rest of her group followed. "Fëanáro, this is my best friend, Cosmo." She looked at Cosmo. "Say hi."
Cosmo gave Xanna a weird look, but he shook Fëanáro's hand, none the less. Fëanáro and Cosmo slowly shook hands as they gave each other weird looks. "Why are you looking at each other like that?" Xanna asked the boys. Fëanáro gave her a weird look. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Why are you talking like that?" Akazil asked Xanna. "What do you mean?"
"Why are you talking like that?" Fëanáro asked Xanna. "Like what?" Everyone just gave Xanna weird looks. 'What's going on?'
That's all for now. Hope you guys liked it.
Note: When Xanna said "That thing is the pet of Illidan!", I was trying to make it sound like Illidan was the devil. Lol.
