I got a brief look at her. My priestess. I was still alive and so was she. Thank the light she was still alive.

"Aelana," I spoke weakly.

"It's okay," she spoke, the concern for me evident on her face, "it's over, we're safe now."

I smiled as I locked my eyes with her brilliant green orbs, before falling back into consciousness.

I found myself in Quel'Thalas again. This time my home still stood, and our small village was bustling with activity. Traders from far away came to collect region specific herbs and others were admiring our High Elven architecture. I even caught some children trying to impress their peers by showing them a few basic magic spells.

This isn't real. This cannot be real. I knew this was a dream, and a very vivid one at that. I watched as it played before me.

I knew these images were from days long gone, days that would never return. Everyone I saw here were dead. I am pretty sure that most of these characters never existed in the first place. It was just my mind filling them in into the story.

I looked away. I didn't want to go through this again, I wanted the safety of Aelana's unseen wings. I knew somewhere outside she would be in mine.

I sighed, a long drawn out sigh. I tried collecting the pieces of my mind together.

I had apparently survived that last spell I cast. I believe Aelana told me the battle was over as well. I hoped my sacrifice had been of any use in their victory.

How I wish she could have seen this village as it once was. I figured she might have been here sometime already, but still. I wanted her here, with me this time. I would show her around.

"Can't do that anymore now," I whispered sadly to myself.

Please bring me back to her. I don't want to see what is not here anymore.

I don't know how long I was here, it was hard to tell. I know for sure that in the living world time would pass a lot faster than here. How long was I asleep for? Hours? A day? Weeks? I didn't know. All I knew was that this dream was torment for me. Every moment I spent here I would keep my priestess waiting, and she already worried so much about me.

I tried snapping out of this illusion. I punched a wall as hard as I could but I felt nothing. I kicked a pebble out of frustration and watched it go straight through a villager. He didn't even seem to notice it. I sat down on the street.

From that same direction a familiar face suddenly showed itself. Kitty walked into my direction. Under her arm she carried something wrapped in a linen cloth. She had set her eyes on me and it scared me. Could she see actually see me?

What struck me about her though, she was already dead in this vision, her pale, in some places ripped skin, and the icy blue hue coming from her eyes confirmed that. Let alone the massive runeblade she carried on her back.

She stopped before me, "Angel."

Anar'alah belore. What in Light's name was going on here?

"Kitty," I whispered, looking at her dumbfoundedly.

"Angel, you need to have this," she handed me the cloth.

I looked at it, weighed it. It felt heavy.

"But what a-"

I looked up to face her to find that she had vanished into thin air.

I sighed again. What did I get myself in this time?

My curiosity got the better of me and I started unwrapping the package. I couldn't believe what I found inside. I gazed at the all too familiar item when I was sucked out of this world.

I felt and heard Aelana sleeping against me, and took in her wonderful smell, my eyes still closed. She always smelled like the lush green forests of Quel'Thalas. It always reminded me of the times I had spent in the forest. Perhaps another reason why my heart was stolen by her in the Icecrown Glacier.

Icecrown. That name. I felt the urge I was forgetting something. Something that had to do with Icecrown.

I shook my head. I was done with Icecrown, there was nothing left for me, nothing that I could think of...

The feeling that I missed something important wouldn't stop nagging me. In an attempt to escape it I spent all my focus on the priestess sleeping soundly in my wings on top of me. I combed her silky, yet dirty, brown hair with my fingers, earning a smile from her sleeping form. I continued doing this while I looked around, trying to figure out where I was. From a window, moonlight entered the room, granting me some sight. It was then that I felt the mattress that was supporting us both. Wherever this was, it was ten times better than on the rock hard ground In an undersized tent. From the scarcely furnished and minimally decorated room, I would say this was some kind of inn. Meant for travellers who needed a bed for the night.

I had not paid attention to Aelana while I was scouring the room with my eyes, and it surprised me when suddenly her lips were on mine. I did not protest as she kissed me like there was no tomorrow. I don't think I could blame her, after scaring her to death with my actions. I knew all too well what that did to her.

When she departed I could clearly see anger in her eyes, in addition to her worry. I looked away from her, expecting to get scolded for my recklessness. Instead, she pressed her cheek against mine and I felt one of her tears rolling down my face. My heart broke at that, it always did when she cried. I cupped her head from behind and tried soothing her.

"Aelana," I whispered, "I'm sorry for scaring you like that, I hope you can forgive me."

"I will, as long as you promise me to stay alive," she whispered back.

"I'm already dead, I won't die as easily again."

"Is that a yes?" she raised her head to look into my eyes.

"Yes."

She laid her head on my chest, hugging me. Her ears poked my chin which made me smile slightly. I looked down to her and saw the exhausted expression on her face. I made sure to adjust my extra limbs to make it as comfortable to her as possible. I just had one last question to ask before she went to sleep.

Say, Aelana?"

"Hmm?" came her response, half asleep.

"How long was I gone?"

"Almost a week now," she mumbled.

I was about to ask her if she was kidding but found she was already sleeping. I would just have wait until the morning. Looking at the small window and judging from the darkness outside, I figured it would take a while.