Here's chapter seventeen! Twelve pages, but it's still pretty good.

Note: You guys didn't think I'd acutally stop writing for Xanna, did you? :P

"Whooooooooooa!!!!!" Akazil yelled as he fell from the tree. 'How could Xanna do this to me?! I never did anything bad to her!' He thought as he came closer to his death; then he sighed as he fell. 'Even though she pretty much just sent me to my death, I still love her…'

Akazil thought of all the good times he had had with Xanna during the time he'd known her, and about all the times he wished they could have. And then he felt pain; horribly painful pain.

"Ow…" He squeaked because he had painfully landed on Lucille; and he landed on her backwards. But Akazil did not care about that for obvious reasons.

"Wooooo hooooo!!!" Xanna yelled as she fell toward the horse; and landing on its saddle with way less pain than Akazil had. "Man, that was fun! No wonder people skydive off their flying mounts!" She cheered, then turned around to see Akazil; he was making a strange noise. 'What's he doing?'

'He's doing the most manliest thing that a manly man can ever do… He's crying.'

'Crying???'

Xanna tapped on Akazil's shoulder to make sure he was alright; ignoring Elros' screams and such from the tree. "Akazil, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." He leaned forward so Xanna wouldn't be able to touch him, and because he was clenching in pain. "Just fine…"

"Akazil, I'm really sorry for saying all of those mean things to you. It was just a diversion to get us away from the crazy blood elf guy. You know that I don't hate you." Xanna apologized, putting a hand on Akazil's shoulder to comfort him; if he hadn't been facing the other way and wasn't in pain, Akazil probably would've given her a big smile. "That's great to know Xanna. But that's not why I'm crying…"

"Then why are-?"

'Three, two, one… Now.' Ixxy was counting down when Xanna would get why her friend was in pain. "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!…Oh… Oh!-O-oh… Uh… Are you alright?"

"Not unless you don't get us outa here."

"What'd ya mean?"

Akazil motioned his head toward the tree they had fallen from; Xanna looked at saw that Elros was climbing down the tree. "Oh, right. Crazy guy…yeah…"

'Idiot.'

"Well…" Xanna said, ignoring Ixxy as she turned around to steer the horse properly. "Guess I better figure out how this thing works…"

Xanna looked the horse from top to bottom, side to side, down to up, left to right, "Q" to seven, trying to figure out if there was a button of some sort to make this thing go. 'Damnit, how did that blood elf guy make this thing start up?'

'One; he's the owner and it does what he says. Two; you're an idiot. Three; leave it to me.'

'Not an idiot…'

Ixxy pushed Xanna out of the way, hopped back onto the horse and whispered in its ear. "Listen, horse; I've had a long day and need to get back to Stormwind. If you don't take me there right now, I will take you apart and bury you throughout all of Azeroth! Got it?!"

Lucille snorted and rolled her eyes at the puny whatever it was; she didn't take orders from anyone. She barely took orders from her own master.

"Fine. Be that way." Ixxy said to the horse; and then there was a snapping sound.

Lucille's eyes widened at the sound, and felt that something had just gone missing. She realized that it was an ear when Ixxy put it in front of her face. "Stormwind. Now." She said in a deadly tone; almost as deadly as Elros'.

The horse nervously nodded; she wouldn't cross this person again. "Good." Ixxy said, sitting up right and taking the reigns. "Now get movin'!" She yelled, kicking the horse's right side.

Lucille neighed then began to head straight for Stormwind as fast as she good. And it was perfectly timed too; Elros had reached the bottom of the tree.

'Wow, that was…mean…'

'All in a days work, my idiot friend.' Ixxy said, dusting off her hands and walking back to her rightful spot in Xanna's mind. 'Yeah…' Xanna said, taking a few steps away from Ixxy; just to be safe.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow. Whoa!" Akazil yelled when he nearly fell off the horse. Xanna quickly grabbed him by his collar, pulled him back onto the horse, wrapped his arms around her waist, then took hold of the horse reigns again; and without even looking away from the where she was looking. Thanks to Ixxy, of course. 'Hmm… Probably a bad move on my part. Shoulda just left him there.' She smacked her forehead. 'Damnit, your idiotness is rubbing off on me!'

"Xanna, the back of your neck and shoulders are turning pink." Akazil said as he watched his friend slowly turning back to normal. 'Hey, why was he even looking at the back of your neck?! Oh, I know! Because he's a rapist!!!' And then Ixxy realized something and looked at herself in a mirror. 'Yes! I'm turning back to normal too!'

Xanna looked at the parts of her sleeve that had tears and saw that both of her arms had turn back to their normal dark pink. "Ah, crap. The disguise is wearing off on me too. That means the guys are gonna turn back to normal soon."

"Shit! We gotta get back to Stormwind and quick! Who knows what will happen to Makaza without me being their to save his ass!"

"I don't think we need to worry about Makaza."

"What? Why not!"

"Dethiam."

"Ohhh… Oh god, that poor city." Akazil said as he thought about all the things Dethiam could and probably would do to Stormwind when they decide to chase her down because she wasn't actually a night elf.

'Ah, how I love that woman…' Ixxy said, thinking of the same things Akazil was. 'Get to Stormwind faster! I wanna see her kill people!'

Xanna was lightly tapping the horse's side to make her go faster; until she heard a thumping noise somewhere off to her left. "Do ya hear that?"

Akazil tried to listen for the noise, but didn't hear anything. "No."

"Really? It's so loud. How could you not hear it"

'Obviously you're getting your elf hearing back. But that wouldn't be obvious to you, would it? …Idiot.'

"Horsey! Turn left!" Xanna ordered the horse; she immediately turned left, not wanting to make the rider mad and lose her other ear.

"Whoa!" Akazil yelled, holding Xanna tighter to not fall off. "Xanna, where're we going?"

"To the noise. Someone's in trouble."

Xanna could hear the thumping noise getting louder as she rode the horse into the direction of the source. 'What the hell is making the noise?'

'The real question is; why do we care?'

'I'm starting to hear coughing now. And a dog whimpering…'

'Wow. Either there are people waiting to burn to death in a fire that's being held in a barrier and they're trying to use a dog to break it down, or that's one hell of a party.'

'Why would you think it was-' Xanna was saying when the horse came to a halt, making her and Akazil fly off of it and slam into the barrier. "Ow…" They said, sliding down the barrier. 'Think my body is going numb. That didn't hurt as much as it should have…'

'We'll worry about you're dying later. Right now, just save the random strangers that just might kill you after you save them.'

'Right.'

Xanna stood up, dusted herself off and turned around. "Whoa… That's a big shiny…" She said, now actually seeing the barrier. 'Just tap on it!'

'Good idea!'

'Idiot…'

Xanna tapped on the barrier a couple of times. "Hello? Are there people in there?" She asked the barrier, receiving rapid taps in response. "Uh, hang on! We're gonna get you out!" She said, then put all her bags on the ground and began to search all of them. "It's gotta be here somewhere…"

"What're you looking for?" Akazil asked, kneeling down next to her. "Something that can…" Xanna was saying as she went deeper and deeper into a bag; then her whole body was in it. "Xanna?!" Her friend yelled, then stuck his head in the bag to look for her.

"Help us…" Xanna finished her sentence as she came out of another bag. "How… How did you do that?" Akazil asked, looking back and forth between Xanna and the bag she had gone into.

Xanna didn't answered; she was too busy looking for whatever it was she wanted in another bag of hers. "Shiny…" She said as she tossed out things. "Shiny…shiny…rubber ducky…karaoke machine…clothes…" She said and tossed out some shirts, pants, and unmentionables.

Akazil blushed as he saw Xanna's clothes spread out on the ground; and he blushed even more when a bra landed on his head. He quickly took it off and tossed it somewhere else.

He stared at it for a moment until he heard buzzing; the noise made his eyes widen. 'Oh my god, does she have a-?!'

"Ow! Damnit, Albert! I said to be a good bee and stay in your jar!" Xanna yelled as a bee flew out of the bag. She stuck her head out and glared at the bee. "You're grounded!" She told it quickly, then went back into her bag. "I know it's here somewhere…"

"Xanna, what on earth are you looking for?" Akazil asked, then got stung by a bee. "Ouch!" He said and rubbed his arm.

"Aha! I found you!" Xanna said victoriously and finally came out of her bag with the thing. "A shovel?"

"Duh. What'd you think I was looking for?"

Akazil looked at all of Xanna's things that were spread out on the ground; her things being shinies, a rubber ducky, clothes, Albert and his family, some dogs and cats, a random blood elf paladin that had a nametag that said "Jim", and some buried treasure. "I'm not sure…"

Xanna shrugged. "Time to get to work." She said, then ran up to the barrier. "I'll get the people out and you stay here and keep watch." She said and began to dig. "Alright." Akazil said.

"~Oh, I've been workin' on the railroad~ ~All the do da day~" Xanna sang as she dug a hole. 'Hmm?' Akazil thought, hearing her singing.

'What do railroads have to do with digging?…'

Xanna shrugged. "~Hi-ho~ ~Hi-ho~ ~It's off to work I go~"

'Well, that's…better…'

Xanna popped her head out of the hole of the tunnel she had just made; she looked around and saw all of the burning carnage. "Hmm… Looks like I made a wrong turn in Ashenvale." She said, and laughed at her own joke.

'We're not even in Kalimdor!'

"Hello?" A woman said, coughing. "Greetings!" Xanna said, getting out of the tunnel. "Are you alright?" She asked, coughing a bit and covering her mouth and nose with her shirt, trying to find people within the smoke. 'Of course they're not! They're dying in a fire and you're their savior!'

"Over here!" The woman yelled, coughing again; Xanna walked into the direction the voice had come from, fanning smoke from her face. 'Damn smoke. Why does it have to be so hard to see through?!'

Ixxy smacked Xanna for the comment; because smacking her own forehead was obviously not doing anything. 'Ow! What'd I do?!'

'Look! There they are!' Ixxy said, avoiding the fight that was trying to happen; even though she would have won.

Xanna squinted her eyes a bit, still having a hard time seeing through the smoke. "Hello?"

"Yes. Here we-" The woman was saying when she realized who she was talking to. "-are… Xanna?"

"Yes." Xanna coughed, then reached a hand out for the woman. "C'mon, we gotta go. The place is burning down fast."

"But my husband!" The woman said and addressed to the unconscious night elf in her lap; she figured Xanna hadn't noticed him because she was having trouble seeing through the smoke.

"Oh, sorry. Didn't noticed him." Xanna coughed again. "I'll grab his legs and drag him to the tunnel." She said, already doing what she said. "I'll grab his arms." The woman said, reaching for them. "Nah, I got it." Xanna said; then a burning tree almost fell on them. "…On second thought…yeah, you do that."

The two girls quickly picked up the unconscious night elf and walked as fast as they could to the tunnel; Xanna being the faster of the two. "Whoa, slow down! I can barely keep up!"

"Sorry, just wanna get outa here before anything bad-" And then the wolf came. "-happens…" - 'Damnit!'

Akazil was leaning on the barrier; keeping watch and thinking to himself. 'I wonder what kind of flowers Xanna likes?' He looked over at some of Xanna's stuff that was still out on the ground; seeing the peacebloom crown she had made hours ago. 'Maybe I should get her a bouquet of those. She did save my life, like, two or three times in a row. Today…'

"Bad! Bad doggy! Stop trying to bite my leg!"

"Huh?"

Xanna had come out running of the tunnel with an unconscious night elf man and a draenei woman; and a wolf. That was chasing them. "Xanna? What the hell is going on?!"

"Nothing! Just-" Xanna was answering, putting the two rescued people on the ground and dodging the wolf's attempt to tackle her. "-playing!" She finished as the dog tackled her. "No! Bad girl! Quit trying to-" Xanna yelled at the she wolf; and then it began to lick her face. "Lick me?"

Akazil the draenei woman raised their eyebrows. "I think she likes you…" Akazil said. "Probably because she just saved her life." The woman said.

'Great! Now you're spreading your idiotness to animals!'

"Aww, who's a good wolfy?" Xanna was speaking baby talk to the wolf as it licked her happily. "That's pretty cute." Akazil said, walking up to Xanna and the wolf. "Good girl." He said and tried to pet it, but the wolf growled and tried to bite his hand. "Ah!" Akazil yelled, pulling his hand back. "Demon!"

"No! Bad dog! You are not allowed to eat Akazil's hand! He needs it to use his sword."

'Thank god the Mokoki and Makaza aren't here…'

The wolf whimpered, lowering her ears and making a sad puppy dog face at Xanna. "Aww, that's adorable." Xanna said, hugging the wolf. "Be careful with it, Xanna. It could have rabies."

"It's Elros' mutt, so it just might."

"But she's so cute!" Xanna said, sitting up and petting the wolf. "Who's a good puppy?"

"Who's Elros?" Akazil asked, ignoring Xanna giving the demon wolf attention that he should be getting; at least, in his opinion.

The draenei woman's eyes widen. 'Shit. Did I just say his name out loud?'

"Hey, isn't that what you kept calling that crazy blood elf rapist guy who keeps calling me his queen?" Xanna asked, not looking away from the wolf as she continued to pet it and ruffle its fur.

"What's all that about anyway?" Akazil asked the woman. "And how do you know my name?" Xann asked, looking at the woman through the corner of her eye.

The draenei woman sighed. "I guess it's time for a little explanation…"

After picking up all of her stuff and putting it back in her bags, Xanna, Akazil and the she wolf sat in front of the draenei woman; who had placed her unconscious husband next to her to make sure bugs didn't try to drag him away. 'Feels like story time at the orphanage. Except I'm actually in the circle!'

'You're just a young adult with a child's mind, aren't you?'

"First off; let's lose these." The woman said, then clapped her hands together and dusted off her shoulders; after that, there was a little white light and a blood elf woman appeared. "Whoa." The teenagers said. "How did you that?"

"Just do what I did; clap your hands and dust off your shoulders."

Xanna and Akazil looked at each other; then did what the woman had done.

Akazil appeared from his white light and looked at himself. "I'm me again!" He said, looking at his green skin and all of his orc muscles. "Me too!" Xanna said, back to being the cute little adorable blood elf girl that everyone loves.

Xanna reached behind her; she sighed. "I'm gonna miss that tail…"

"What about him?" Akazil asked, pointing to the night elf. "Um… He's not in a disguise…"

"But you said that you two were married." Xanna said, not caring that she was tailless now. "We are…"

"So you're…" Xanna was asking. "A crossed marriage?" Akazil finished the question; they received a nod from the blood elf woman. "But that's-!" Xanna was saying until Akazil covered her mouth. "Shh, Xanna. People might hear."

Xanna nodded and removed her friend's hand and whispered this time. "But that's illegal!"

"We were married before they banned crossed marriages."

"There was a time when it was legal?"

"Yes. That was back when Alliance and Horde actually got along."

"The Horde used to get along with the Alliance?!" Akazil asked, shocked at this statement.

The blood elf woman nodded again, then sighed. "Where should I start…"

"How about names?" Xanna suggested. 'Yeah, that'd be nice to know. And after this, you and I are going to have a long talk…'

"My name is, Seda." The blood elf woman said. "And this is, Louis." She motioned her hand to her unconscious husband. "We sortof know each other." She said, addressing Xanna. "We do? How? Do you know my birthday?" She gasped. "Did I miss yours! I didn't mean to!"

"No, I mean…" Seda sighed again. "I'll only explain what I can. It won't be everything, but at least it's something."

Akazil and Xanna nodded and paid full attention to Seda as she started to explain her story. "A few years back, my husband and I got into some trouble."

"Because of Elros." Akazil said. "Yes, because of him." She began to fidget with her hands a little bit. "He did something very bad. And he blamed us." Seda addressed herself and Louis. "What did he do?" Xanna asked. "He…took something. A couple somethings."

"What were these somethings?" Akazil asked. "They were just a couple of things very important to both the Alliance and the Horde. And because they thought it was us, they banned crossed marriages and killed all that existed. Except for us. We were able to get away."

"But how does that explain that you know me?"

"And why Elros is after her."

"Well, it's hard to explain that second one. But the first one…" Seda was beginning to look uneasy. "We knew your parents, Xanna."

Akazil looked at Xanna to see her reaction; she wasn't moved. "Xanna?" He asked carefully, hoping she was okay after hearing this little bit of news. "Yeah?"

"Nothing." He said, turning away and back to Seda. "How did you know them?"

"We were…friends. And I know that you were told that your father was the one that put you in the orphanage, but he didn't. I was."

Xanna actually looked a little interested at this part. "What happened to him?"

Seda looked down at her hands. "Elros killed him right after your mother had just died from giving birth to you."

"Evil bastard…" Akazil said, angry at that Elros; even though he didn't really know him. "Heh. Yeah, that's kind of his nickname." Seda forced a little chuckle. "Anyways… Louis and I were there when it happened. I took you away to the orphanage while Louis fought Elros."

"Why did you tell the orphan lady to tell me that it was my dad who dropped me off?"

"Because…" Seda looked at Xanna. "I didn't want you to know about us and come looking for us. I thought if I said it was your dad that dropped you off because he didn't want you, you wouldn't go looking for him and just try to live a normal life."

"Pfft." Xanna said, rolling her eyes. "Yeah, a "normal" life. What is normal to you? I mean, I'm a halfling. Did you really think I'd grow up getting along with everyone at the orphanage?"

Seda frowned. "I'm sorry, Xanna. I just didn't want you to live the life Louis and I have been forced to live." She said, sounding like she was going to cry. "I just wanted you to be safe…"

"Yeah, "safe". Because living in an orphanage where all the kids beat you and try to burn you everyday because of what you are is safe." Xanna said, getting angry. Seda looked at Xanna in shock, tears falling down her cheeks. "They would beat you?"

"And burn me. Don't forget that."

"Why didn't Liane help?"

"Liane?" Akazil asked, raising an eyebrow. "The orphanage lady." Xanna answered. "She was hardly ever around, busy with the bills and taking care of the babies." Xanna shrugged. "I told myself that I could never blame her because she was so busy." She looked at Seda; who still had tears falling down her cheeks; and narrowed her eyes. "But now I know who I can blame." She stood up. "I can blame you for all of the horrible things I went through in that hell hole!"

"Xanna, it wasn't my fault!"

"You left me there! You just said so yourself!"

"I had to! I didn't want you to be running for your life everyday!"

"I still did in that place!"

"I did what was best for you!" Seda said, getting up to yell back at the teenager. "Best?! Ha! That's so funny! You think being beaten everyday is better for me than staying with you!"

"What else was I suppose to do, Xanna?! Take you?! Is that you wanted?! To be running all the time, always looking over your shoulder, wondering if you might die in your sleep! Is that what you want?!"

"At least I would've been with two people who cared about me! Oh, wait. I wouldn't have because you left me!"

"Xanna, I think you should just calm down. She really didn't have a choice." Akazil said, standing up next to his friend, trying to calm her down. "No! She did have a choice! She could have taken me with her and her husband! But I guess I was too much of a burden!"

"You weren't a burden! You aren't a burden!" Seda yelled at Xanna. "Then why did you leave me!"

"Elros would have killed you!"

"Pfft." Xanna rolled her eyes. "So far he's showing more affection to me than you are!"

"But he shot you in the shoulders…with arrows…" Akazil said, pointing to the arrows Xanna still had in her shoulders. "Yeah, but at least he's fighting to get me!"

"But you don't even know him. And he kiss raped you in the alley."

"I may not know him, but in the little time I have, he has done every single thing he can possibly do to get me! He hasn't gone off to get another girl; he still wants me!"

"He is insane, Xanna Tali Darkmoon!"

Akazil raised an eyebrow and looked at Xanna. "Your name is-?"

"I'm leaving." Xanna said angrily, turning around and storming off to the undead horse mount. "Don't you walk away from me, young lady!" Seda called after her. "Screw you! You're not my mom!" She yelled at her.

Seda sighed, thinking about how this didn't turn out as well as she hoped. "I better go too." Akazil said. "Yes, that's a good idea. Elros might be looking for you."

Akazil nodded. "Goodbye, Miss Seda." He said and turned to catch up with Xanna before she left him behind.

Once they had left, Seda sat on her knees on the ground and began to cry; happy that Louis wasn't awake to see her do it.

And there you go, some explanations.

Note: Hooray for drama! Lol. This story is getting good. Think we're about halfway through. And almost to the part I'm just dying to put up! XD