Twilight and Arthas now nineteen had travelled to the city of Stormwind. They entered the Cathedral of Light, the wooden benches were full of row after row of important individuals. The two walked forward towards the massive dais, Arthas had many glowing at his presence while Twilight sighed as all she received was glares.

They approached the stage, Uther stood there amongst four other Paladins. Uther stepped forward with the other Paladins behind him “Do you swear that you will protect and serve all innocents?!”

Twilight and Arthas kneeled before him “We do!”

Another Paladin stepped forward “Do you swear that you will hunt evil wherever it hides and bring peace and justice to all.”

The pair of them responded “We do!”

Uther’s voice boomed “Does anyone have any reason why these two should not be Paladins?!”

Several people stood up “Why should a creature so similar to a beast be allowed to join a sacred order such as this?!”

Uther frowned “She is speaks like us, understands what we say and abides by our laws and culture. Ignoring the fact she is not a human what is your argument.”

An old man with a staff stood up “I agree with Uther, there is no reason for this! There is a question I would like to ask him myself?”

Uther frowned “Go on, Antonidas I would like to get this over soon.”

Antonidas frowned “You found her and did not inform the Kirin Tor, we believe it is important for us to have knowledge of magical creatures.”

Uther sighed “Antonidas I trust you but I don’t trust some of your colleagues. What if they wanted to dissect her or use her as a test subject.”

Antonidas nodded “I can see that, some of the more zealous of my colleagues would have no doubt done that.”

Uther shook his head before lifted up his sword “You two have put great effort and diligence in your studies, for that I reason I declare you Paladins of the Silver Hand!”

Two hours after being declared Paladins of the Silver Hand, the two new Paladins sat in the Cathedral alone. Twilight was shouting “How could they do that, this was a special moment for both of us, one we worked hard to earn, and they ruined it!”

Arthas took a deep breath and placed his hand on her wither “Twilight I know you’re angry, I am too but we can prove to those fools that we are worthy of our positions.”

One of the Paladins from the ceremony walked over “That’s a good attitude to have, I’m Sir Gavinrad, one of the five original Paladins. I’ve got a gift for each of you” he held out a large hammer to Arthas “I meant to give this to you during the ceremony but we were interrupted, this is Light’s Vengeance a powerful weapon.” He then turned to Twilight “This is something made for you specially, Holy Storm, a pair of wing blades” he attached them to her wings.

She smiled as she gave them a few swings “Thank you sir, these will be very useful.”

Arthas smiled “I believe we should meet with King Varian, we met when we younger. I only wish you were there to meet him”

Twilight smiled “Well I will gladly meet him now, I promised I’d stand by you and that’s never going to change.”

The two headed to massive grandiose stone castle in front of them, huge stone tower with blue roofs stood up everywhere, as soon as they approached, King Varian stepped out. He had brown hair and pale skin, he was wearing a suit of steel armour. He grabbed Arthas in a strong hug “Arthas it’s been years,” he then turned to Twilight “This is beautiful lady you mentioned, I’m surprised you two aren’t together.”

Arthas shook his head “We are not like that, we’re just friends.”

Twilight at hearing those words felt a pain in her chest, one she didn’t quite understand, she forced it down as she bowed to Varian “It’s pleasure to met your highness.”

Varian smiled “You’re Arthas’ friend, no need to debase yourself in front of me, call me Varian please.”

They entered the castle, Varian smiled as Twilight looked around in awe at the massive castle and the intricate stonework “Impressive isn’t it.”

Twilight nodded “It puts everything I’ve seen before to shame, this is grand.”

Arthas groaned “It isn’t that different from the castle back home.”

Varian grinned “You know, it is rude of a gentleman to not show the girl he’s courting his home.”

Arthas shouted “We are not courting!” Twilight felt a sharp pain in her chest but shook her head confused at what it meant, she would ask Uther about it later. Arthas took a deep breath “Varian it’s bad enough that your stronger than me and beta me in every spar but now you are teasing me. Besides even if I wanted to I can’t, the expectation of me is to find a bride and have kids to continue my line.” Twilight felt sick to her stomach but shook it off as she focused on what was going on.”

Varian sighed “I’m sorry Arthas, I took the joke too far.”

Arthas laughed “It’s alright, Varian just tone it down a little, I don’t like being mocked.” Twilight followed them with a smile, she knew she would need to talk with Uther later about her feelings.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy this chapter.