Xanna Chapter 26: Why Didn't You Tell Me?, a warcraft fanfic

I know I've said this a million times, but; I'm sorry for it taking me forever to update.

Anyways; here's chapter twenty-six of Xanna. Enjoy it the best you can.

"Look, she's wakin' up." Mokoki said, looking at the slowly coming back to consciousness Elf on the couch; along with everyone else.

"Uhn…my head." Xanna said as she slowly sat up, her right hand on her head and an icepack being placed in her left. "Hmm?" She said, opening her eyes and looking at her hand; she saw an icepack in her own hand and in someone else's purple hand. She slowly followed the trail of the arm up to the handsome face of the person of the hand; Fëanáro.

"For your headache." He said smiling, putting his other hand on hers and the icepack, then putting them on Xanna's forehead.

"Thank you." Xanna said, smiling back at the boy.

'I'm gonna go vomit now…'

"You're wel-oof!" Fëanáro was saying when he was rudely; and quite harshly; shoved aside by Makaza.

"Gooood morning, my l-of!" The Orc was saying when he was rudely and harshly shoved aside by Akazil.

"Glad you're conscious again, Xanna." He said, leaning on the couch; his arms folded and his chest leaning on them.

"Yes. We were worried that you might have been in serious need of medical attention." Sophie; who had shown up a little while after Cosmo had made Xanna go unconscious; said.

Xanna waved a hand passively, letting out a little chuckle. "Pfft. It'll take more than that to take me down."

'Sad, but true…and sad…' Ixxy said; then sighed and began to walk off somewhere else.

As she wandered off to do only God knew what in black hole known as her home, Xanna ignored her and stretched out her arms. 'Ah, that feels-' She was thinking when a sobbing Cosmo appeared in front of her face from nowhere. "Ah!" She squealed. "…Cosmo?" She asked, lowering her arms as she stared at her friend; wondering why he was tied to a chair.

"Xan Xan, I'm sorry! I'm sorry for everything! I promise I'll never do anything like that ever again! I'm sorry-y-y!" He sobbed, putting his face in her lap.

'Which? The abandoning or the suffocating?' Ixxy asked, passing by in the background of Xanna's mind with a two-by-four.

"…Cosmo, why are you tied up?" Xanna asked; ignoring Ixxy; as she just looked at her sobbing friend.

"He was, uh…p-playing! Yeah, playing! A game! With, uh… K-Kad! Yeah!" Fëanáro; who had slid himself next to Cosmo; said, smiling nervously.

Then Kadgaa came into the room, panting and sweating. "There you are, you damned-"

"Kaaad!" Fëanáro said, walking over to his friend as nervously as he was smiling; and then began whispering to him. "I thought I told you to not let him get away!"

"Sorry, but his pet was trying to rape my pet!" The Draenei whispered back, pointing to the two pets; and Jerry; to his left.

Mittens was kneeling down to Naraxis, trying to give him some flowers; but the spider king only ignored the lioness. And Jerry was just snickering, pissing off Mittens.

"I thought she didn't like him…" The Night Elf said, looking over at the two pets. "Apparently they've switched roles…"

"Damnit, leave my pet alone, you rapist!" Kadgaa yelled, trying to shoo off Mittens; who only attacked him. "Aaah!"

"…Moving on." Fëanáro said, turning back around to tell Xanna that Cosmo and Kadgaa needed to get back to their "game".

"I'm sorry, Xannaaa!" Cosmo cried, his face still in Xanna's lap.

"Geez, never knew that he was this much of a crybaby…" Makaza whispered to Mokoki as they watched.

"Yeah… He's totally the catcher, if you know what I mean." Mokoki said, lightly nudging the Orc as they snickered at the comment.

As they snickered, Akazil wandered over, grabbed one side of each of their heads, and then knocked them both together really hard.

"OW!" They yelled, both turning to him and rubbing their heads. "What'd we-?" They were asking when Akazil did it again.

"Ow! Okay, shutting up…" Makaza said quickly, then; along with Mokoki; began to mumble and grumble bad things about Akazil; who just stood behind them smiling.

"Cosmo, calm down." Xanna said, patting her crying friend. "It's al-"

"No! It's not alright! It's not fine! It's not okay! It's bad! And it's my fault and I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Xanna! I'm sorry!" Cosmo yelled emotionally at his friend, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Don't worry. Your short attention span will make you forget about your guilt soon." Xanna said, patting her friend on the head some more.

"Xan Xan, have you ever wondered about our life? Like, what if we're all just apart of this weird story made up by some bored teenager because they have no life?" Cosmo asked, looking up as he pondered; and he was no longer crying.

'…What…the…fu-?' Ixxy was saying as she turned on some weird machine she was working on in Xanna's mind.

"Cosmo, have you been drinking your perfumes again?…" Xanna asked her friend, putting her hands on her hips.

"No!" He said quickly and defensively; then burped. Some sort of little sweet smelling cloud came out of his mouth when he did.

Xanna smelled the air after her friend burped. "Do you smell Peacebloom?"

"No!" Cosmo said quickly and defensively again, looking around in random directions now.

'…That boy is on drugs.' Ixxy said before she went back into the room she had been working in; a room that had a lot of smoke coming out from it from under the crack of the door.

'Yeah…him…right.'

Feladora was feeling a bit anxious and cleaning up the whole house. She started out with dusting objects, then she would sweep and mop the floors.

As she was scrubbing one of the floors, she sunk herself deep into her thoughts.

'I just can't believe this.' She thought, scrubbing the dirt and beyond on the one tile in front of her. 'She's alive. I just… Why would Lou and Sed lie to us?'

"To protect her." Azlirac said, standing at the door behind Feladora, his arms behind his back. "And us." He finished, still looking down at his wife.

"How did you-?" Feladora was asking, completely stopping her scrubbing.

"You've been scrubbing that same tile for five minutes. It's already lost its color." Her husband answered, taking his right arm from behind his back and pointing to the extremely clean tile with his right hand.

Feldora turned her head again and looked at the tile, seeing that she had scrubbed it so hard that it had turned completely white; and really, really shiny.

"Oh, um…"

Azlirac had walked up behind his wife and put a comforting hand on her left shoulder. "Don't worry. We can replace it." He said, looking down into Feladora's beautiful blue eyes.

Feladora sighed and looked away. "I'm sorry. I guess I'm just having a hard time believing that…she's… She's, Xanna. It's just…" Feladora was saying, having a hard time explaining her feelings.

Azlirac offered a hand to help his wife to her feet; she gratefully took it.

"I know that it is a bit shocking to believe, but don't lose your head about it."

"I'm not." Feladora said, a little bit defensively. Azlirac lightly grabbed her chin and made her look at him. "I mean it, Feladora." He said. "Don't tell her anything."

"Why not? She has a right to know!" The Night Elf woman said, turning away from her husband and folding her arms across her chest. "It's just not fair to her if she's not told." She continued, taking a few steps away from Azlirac. "I mean, she's here! Why not tell her? We could take care of her while Lou and Sed are out tracking Elros!"

"You know that we can't do that, Feladora." Azlirac said plainly.

"Why aren't you shocked by this at all! Doesn't it surprise you that she's alive! Doesn't-…" Feladora trailed off and stared at her husband. "You knew. You've known this whole time that she was alive. And you didn't tell me…"

Azlirac kept on an emotionless facial expression and nodded at his wife. "Yes." He said calmly.

"Why?! Why didn't you tell me!"

"Louis wished for me not to." Azlirac said, continuing with his plain and emotionless tone. "And you know how I don't like to go against my little brother's wishes, Feladora. But I am sorry for not telling you." He said, now giving his wife a slightly sad look.

Feladora looked down at her feet, not wanting to see Azlirac's facial expression. "What did he tell you?" She asked quietly.

It was raining fairly harshly on Louis as he ran for Stornwind City, and his bones were starting to ache because he had been on the run the whole week; not to mention that he had just got done with having a battle with his crazy ex-friend, Elros.

'I know Rogues are made to be the running type, but this is just starting to get ridiculous.' The Night Elf man thought, holding onto his cloak tightly as the wind began to pick up.

'Great!' He thought irritably, now having to run against the strong wind; nearly being pushed back to the ground and blown away by it. 'Nature is against me…'

Louis knocked on his brother's door frantically, looking over his shoulder every now and then to make sure that no guards were walking by.

'C'mon, Az! Open up, man!' He thought, seeing one starting to walk around the corner.

Before he turned his head back to the door, it opened up and he was pulled inside the house. "Whoa!" He quietly shouted as he tumbled in.

"Keep quiet." Azlirac said, quickly shutting the door as Louis was getting himself back up and onto his feet. "In case you forgot; my wife did give birth to two more children just this morning."

"You're wife has been giving birth to twins for seven years now. You two need to stop having sex!" Louis grumbled at his brother, dusting himself off once he was on his feet. "And in case you've forgotten; my wife and I have been on the run for the past week!!"

Azlirac; looking emotionless and his arms behind his back; walked over to Louis. "Calm down, little brother. I have not forgotten such a thing as that."

"Calm down? Calm down?! How can I calm down when my wife and I are on the run from everyone on both sides, trying to KILL us?! And with a year old child!" Louis said, flailing his arms around with irritation. "And how can you be so damn calm, Az?! El could be after you and your family, too! And-"

"Where are Seda and Xanna, anyway?" Azlirac asked, not minding that he was interrupting his brother; which he didn't like too much and hardly ever did.

Louis stopped his ranting, his irritated expression turning to a nervous one. "Um…about that… I-"

"Lou? Lou, is that you I hear?" Feladora's voice came from down the hallway; then she was standing at the doorway. "Lou!" She exclaimed, running to her brother-in-law and giving him a big hug.

"Only you would have this much strength after giving birth." Louis choked out, suffocating from the hug.

"Oh, stop." Feladora said, releasing Louis from her hug. "You know that I've been worried sick about you and Seda!" She said, lightly; as lightly as she could, anyway; smacking his shoulder. "Where have you been? Why haven't you been in contact? Where are Seda and the baby?" The worried female Night Elf questioned, placing her hands on her hips to give Louis a stern mother hen look.

"Um…" The young one hundred fifteen year old Night Elf man replied, starting to fidget with his fingers. "Ya see-"

"And why are you covered in scratches? Look at you! Don't you know how to use First Aid?! Oh, you're hopeless!" Feladora continued to act like a mother hen to Louis; even though she was two years younger than him. "C'mon and let's get you fixed up." She said, grabbing his left ear and starting to drag him away to take care of his wounds.

"You can tend to his wounds later, Feladora. I must speak to my brother alone." Azlirac said, walking up to his wife, removing her hold on his poor brother's ear. "Come, brother." He said, walking down the hallway.

Louis rubbed his ear and turned to Feladora before following. "Sorry, but I'm in a rush. But maybe-"

"Brother!" Azlirac called from down the hallway.

"I'm comin'!" Louis called back, starting to walk off and grumble. "Geez, just because he's ten years older than me, he thinks that makes him the boss of me or somethin'…"

"No, but mother and father telling me that I was left to take care of you when they died does."

"Shut up!"

Azlirac shut the door to his study and locked it after he and Louis were both inside, then he walked over and sat in the chair behind his desk in the center of the room.

Louis followed him and; like always; sat down on the desk instead of using the chair right across from Azlirac. Then he began to mess with the snow globe on the desk.

"So, what is going, little brother?"

"Geez, no "Hi" or "What's up?" or "How's your day, Lou?"?" Louis said, still fiddling with the snow globe. "Such a mean brother…"

Azlirac stared at him blankly, and took the snow globe. "Hey!" Louis said, but Azlirac ignored him and set the little trinket down, then rest his arms on his desk, his hands put together. "Tell me what's wrong now, Louis." He said.

Louis sighed. "Always straight to the point." He said quietly, not looking at his brother.

He took a deep breath before speaking. "You remember what happened last week?"

"Of course I do. It's the reason why you and Seda are on the run and why all of the Alliance and Horde leaders have sentenced all Cross-Marriages to death. Did you honestly think I would forget such a thing?"

"Well, no. But…" Louis trailed off, took another deep breath and continued. "Seda and I were trying to flee the area so we could lay low for a while. You know, just till everything blows over." He said, turning to his brother; seeing that he was staring at him blankly. "Yeah, I figured you'd say that." He said, turning away again. "We also thought that we would try to come up with new identities and raise our child peacefully and give her a happy and normal life."

"But?" Azlirac said for Louis, staring at his little brother as he leaned back in his chair, folding his arms over his chest and crossing his left leg over the other.

"Elros would track us down. And I don't want my child growing up a fugitive."

"So you're going to leave her with us?"

"No. That would get all of you killed, and I don't want that either."

"Then what are you and Seda going to do with the child?"

"She's a Halfling and she'll grow up with a pretty rough life because of it… But I don't want her life to be in danger with me and Seda. So…" Louis took another deep breath, trying to fight back tears. "I told Seda to take her to the Silvermoon Orphanage. She looks like a baby Blood Elf, so they should take her in. Plus, she has a friend who works there, so she'll be safe."

Azlirac frowned at Louis, feeling truly sorry for him, just thinking about how painful it must be to be forced to give up your only child to protect them.

"I…I don't want you to visit her." Louis choked out, not being able to help the few tears that had slipped their ways to his eyes. "I know Elros, and he'll probably keep an eye on you guys. Not as often as he'll do with me and Sed, but still. So, if you go to secretly visit her-"

"I understand." Azlirac interrupted, nodding at his brother even though he couldn't see him with his back turned; and not minding interrupting Louis once again. He didn't mind because he could see that it was getting harder and harder by the second for Louis to speak about this subject; and he couldn't blame him because he would feel the exact same way if he had to do such a thing.

Azlirac then stood up and put a comforting hand on Louis' right shoulder. "I can only imagine how painful this must be for you and Seda. And I'm truly sorry, brother."

"It's fine." Louis said quickly, taking his right hand to rub his eyes, sniffling a bit. "I'm gonna make that bastard pay. I'm gonna find out where he's hiding, kill him, get the gems back, explain what happened and then I'll return to Xanna, and Seda and I will take care of her." He said, accidentally letting another tear slide down his face. "If she even loves us by then…" He said, wondering about how long it would take to do this task. It worried him because of what he told Seda to tell Liane to tell Xanna when she got older; he knew this think would take long enough for her to grow a few years and ask about her parents, but he was worried exactly how long it would take. 'Will she even love us when we're done?'

"After that, he told me not to tell you because he knew you would protest and take Xanna in." Alirac said, finishing telling the story to his wife. "I'm sorry I lied. But I would never go against my brother's wishes."

"It's okay. I understand." Feladora said, walking uup to her husband and pulling him into a hug, shedding a couple of tears and sniffling a bit. "I just feel so bad for Xanna. She's in a house filled with family and she doesn't even know. I…I…"

"Shh, Frora." Azlirac said calmingly, holding his sobbing wife close to him, stroking a hand through her hair; and he even called her by the nickname he made up himself for her to try and calm her down. "It will all be okay." He said.

And this sweet loving moment was completely ruined when Fëanáro came barging into the room. "Heeey, guys." He said, trying to put on a convincing smile. "Uh, how do I put this?…" He said more to himself than his parents; who had both raised an eyebrow at their child.

"Welllll… Xanna forgot her hearthstone and her friends refused to leave her behind, so she and them are gonna stay one more night, then I'll get the Orb Of Deception for them tomorrow so they can leave.'Kay? Thanks! Bye!" He said in one fell swoop of a breath, then left almost as quickly as he spoke.

The two Night Elf parents blinked a couple of times at the door, then looked at each other, then back at the door; both thinking the same thing.

"Fëanáro!!!"

Azlirac frowned some more at his brother, feeling horrible; he just hated to see the ones he loved and cared about so much in such horrible pain like this.

"Brother…" Azlirac said, trying to come up with words to comfort his brother; but it was hard for him because he had never been good with words and expressing his emotions.

"Well,-" Louis said, wiping away his tears and sniffling one more time as he got off of Azlirac's desk. "-I better get going. Seda's probably waiting for me in Shattrath." He said, walking toward the door. "It's a Sanctuary, so we're gonna stay there. But just for a little while because I know that Sanctuaries are gonna be the first places people are gonna search for us." He said, his hand on the doorknob; but before he turned it, he turned around to face his brother. "So, I guess this is-" He was saying when he was attacked.

Attacked meaning that Azlirac actually pulled him into a hug, holding him tight. "Don't say goodbye, brother. Don't you dare tell me goodbye." He said, hugging him a little tighter, and letting some tears of his own slide down his face. "I will not let the last thing I have of my parents; my brother; tell me goodbye."

Louis smiled contently at Azlirac's words, then hugged him tightly in return. "I promise not so say goodbye."

Azlirac let another tear fall as he smiled. "Thank-"

"On one condition."

Azlirac stopped hugging his brother, but kept his hands on his Louis' shoulders. "What? What is it?"

"Don't tell Feladora about what we're doing with Xanna. Tell her that she's dead or something."

"But why?"

"Because something in this crazy ass life is against me, so I know that there're a chance; even if it's just a slight one; that you will meet Xanna when she's older. And you and I both know that Feladora can't keep a secret to save her life. Literally."

"That is true…" Azlirac said, remembering the moment Louis was referring to; it was actually just a prank, but it was also a lesson. And she failed. 'All she had to do was not tell Seda what brand of nail polish she was using…'

"Yeah. So don't tell her." Louis chuckled, about to release himself from Azlirac's hug.

Azlirac didn't let him go; not until he hugged him tightly one more time and kissed him on the top of his head. "I love you, brother…" He muffled, nuzzling him a little bit.

As much as he wanted to, Louis didn't call his brother gay or tell him how he needed to lay off the broccoli; instead, he actually returned the favor. "I love you, too." He said, then finally opened the door to leave. "And I promise that I'll be back someday." He said, smiling, waving off his brother as he walked down the hallway to leave and not come back for only God knew when.

And that's it for now. I actually kinda think this came out sorta well.
Anywho; I'll start on the next chapter as soon as possible.
Peace, y'all.
Note: And; if anyone cares for an update about this subject; my internet friend that I mentioned in the last chapter...*shrug* Well, long-ish story short; he broke my heart, but we're still bestest friends. And that's better than nothing. =)
Another Note: Yes, I believe that Mittens an Naraxis are gonna stay with switched roles for a bit.
Third Note: The made up story made up by a teenager with no life and Cosmo drnking his perfume thing... Lol. Yeah, that's been in my head for a while.
Last Note: Yeah, I think Cosmo's gonna be a little clingy to Xanna a little bit now... Lol.