The Watchers
AN: I'm BACK! Being a mom is never an easy thing. THEN my computer decided to commit suicide so I lost the 3 chapters I had done for this story. Well here are the missing paragraphs for last chapter! (they'll be marked with ~) And for my Maiev and Illybeans fans! I LOVE YOU!
~Appolo snarled a little as Jaina chuckled. "I am only trying to make light of the situation. It could have been worse."
The young elf rolled his eyes. "Yeah, and now that you said it… you never say that phrase!" Appolo reached up to his neck to feel the holes where Eolande's teeth had sunk in. In Elvin society couples rarely married right away. It was a few hundred years of courtship and mating. And if offspring was created, that was when marriage was used. Eolande was messing up the order of things. He rubbed his brow furiously and threw his arms up before sinking to the floor. "I cannot deal with this right now."
"Love is never an easy game. If it was then life would be boring." Jaina smiled as she conjured some bandages and began wrapping his wound. "Do you love him?"
"Of course I do! But…" She nodded in agreement to his thinking. "Duites and bettering yourself always seem to get in the way don't they? Time can only tell my pupil. See how long he is willing to wait for you… Or you for him.." Her eyes lowered as her own experience with love came back to the surface. She blinked back a couple tears and pat Appolo on the back. "Are you going to be all right now?"
He nodded softly. "Thank you." He watched as Jaina had gotten up and left.~
"Maiev, wake up we are here." Purred the dark skinned Night Elf as he gently touched her shoulder. Maiev snapped to the awakening world as her eyes adjusted to the bright sunlight of Nagrand. She had been here quite a few times on her travels, it was so beautiful not to. The reason he wanted her to accompany him here was of little concern to her. Until they begun to pass through a broken Orc city and into a more Fel tainted land.. Demon skulls were lined up everywhere as if it were a ceremonial tribute to someone.
Her eyes widened when she saw Illidari priests! They seemed to be lost in chanting to a large altar of some kind. Blood sacrifices decorated it. Some were old and some were recent kills… From what she could tell it looked like nothing was spared for this ritual. "It looks like they are trying to.."
"They are Maiev. A very powerful and ageless Demon Lord." He closed his eyes as the his caged inner demon stirred at the scent of the blood and the promise of tapping a dying demon for power. He backed away, trying to control the caged beast. "I was asked to bring you here when you were well enough. You see Maiev Shadowsong, my master did not die that night." her eyes widened as she realized who it was. "Your going to bring back Illidan!"
"Is that fear I hear in your voice Lady Shadowsong?" He grinned as his voice dropped a few octaves. "I would be scared too. He will be coming back TWICE as powerful as he was. Reborn as a true demon… But one thing stands in our way of his glorious return." She went to reach for her weapon but was frozen into place. She found herself moving towards the altar. The stench of it's victims wafting up to her nose. Her eyes widened as she felt her armor slowly being removed, leaving her in only her necessities.
She was kneeled down to stare at what was around the corpses. Illidan's body. Since his body's tie was broken with the Skull of Gul'dan (she made sure to step on it and break it!) it had begun to revert back to more of a Night Elf looking body. The bonding lines from his betrayal were faded and nothing more then scars. The horns on his head were gone. His wings were slowly shrinking in front of her eyes. She couldn't help but smile that even in his dying breath Elune felt fit to return him to normal. She glanced to his hands, they were overlapped on each other, but there was a little bit of green poking out of it. It looked like a leaf… No… A flower…
Cold steel hit through her back. And for one moment everything stopped. Her eyes slowly started to close as she felt her breath leave her body. She managed to get one last look at her beloved mate. ".. Good bye, my love. I will.." She spat up blood onto his corpse. "Soon." She could feel herself leaving her body, floating up. She wondered if this is how Druids felt when they entered the dream. Then she stopped. A warm light caressed her face and seemed to wrap around her body like a big blanket. My precious child… Came a soft serene voice, when Maiev heard it, it made her at peace. He needs you, and you need him. As I told him it was not his time to pass, it's not yours either. You two have so much to do… Now… Awaken!
Maiev's eyes snapped open as screams came from around her. She blinked her eyes to try to get the fuzziness to go away, only to see, bodies floating around. She looked up to the altar to find it void of anyone… A warm hand touched her shoulder. She turned her head upwards and through the shining light she could see the form a Night Elf. She thought it was the Demon Hunter there to finish her off. "I hope Elune has a special place for traitors like you!" She snarled.
The light had left. Leaving a healed lands and the Demons about gone. The only things that were there were Maiev and a mage Night Elf. It didn't take her long to figure out who it was, who else could it be! Long dark blue hair, that smug look, sexy chest and the blindfold! It was her mate! And for the first time in years, Maiev felt whole! "I.." His finger gently went over her lips as she was lifted to her feet.
"I can't thank you enough Maiev. You freed me from my sins. From my curse.. From it all!" He patted his chest. "Look at me Maiev! I'm normal!" Maiev squeaked as she was scooped up into his arms and he kissed her. "Maiev! We can go home! Malfurion isn't going to believe it! But I swear from now on… No more magic! I am going to become a better Druid then my brother! And we can care for our people together. And more importantly." He purred, nuzzling her. "You will be my wife."
"What about Eolande? The rest of society will never accept him. He looks like… You!"
"He will look less like me, and more like you. It will take the love of a great person and a lot of work. We just need to find an artifact for him to drain his powers into." He lowered his head in thought. "We would need a demon's scroll or maybe an ancient artifact."
The two look at each other. "To Azeroth!"
