The Quest to find the Princeby WarriosChaptersChapter 1: The SummonsChapter 2: The PortalChapter 3: ArrivalChapter 4: IntroductionsChapter 5: The Horde KnowsChapter 6: Prepare for WarChapter 1: The Summons* I have had this idea in my mind all day and decided to type this up. Let me know what you think.* *** Chapter 1: The Summons The sun hung high over Stormwind City, capital of the Alliance. The merchants were selling all their wares they had to offer, the guards were patrolling the canals, and adventures and heroes were all over the place. In the Dwarven District, a Human Warrior was sitting there making new inventions using his engineering skills. “Alright… bolts there…gunpowder there…add some Obsidian Bars…” as the warrior adds parts, his invention suddenly starts to spark… ‘KABOOM!’ And explodes right in his face. “CURSES!” the human shouts out in anger. He attracts some attention from a nearby crowd. “What are you all lookin’ at?” They snap their attention back to their search of wares. “I’ll never get this project I am working on done…” he muttered. “Now I have to go to the bank to get some more supplies.” ‘What went wrong that time?’ he thought as he walked. ‘I got everything right! I did double takes! I made sure I got the right supplies! Ugh… I need a drink.’ The warrior walks through the bank’s door, getting some bows from others as he went. Why are they bowing? Well, he is the slayer of Deathwing, the Destroyer. He is also the Twilight Vanquisher, Champion of the Frozen Wastes, and goes by many other titles. He walked up to his favorite banker, Leslie Wainwright. “Hello, again my sweet.” Leslie turns around and smiles to see her favorite customer walk up to the counter. “And hello to you Sir Adumar.” She bows to the hero in front of her. “*Sigh* you can drop the formalities Leslie. We have been over this like what – A million times? Just call me Adu.” Leslie just laughs. “It’s fun to annoy you though!” He rolls his eyes. “So, you here for the usual engineering supplies again?” Leslie asks. “You are correct. Again. I swear I will probably never get this done, but, it never hurts to try.” He shrugs. “I’ve been through much worse than some silly explosion from a tinker device.” He said. Leslie goes to a vault, opens it and grabs a small box of engineering supplies and hands them to the warrior on the other side. “Well here you go. The usual.” Adumar grabs the box and puts it in his bag. He then proceeds to grab twenty gold pieces and hands them to the banker. “Take these for your troubles.” He then dashes for the door. “But I don’t want-” He was already gone. Adumar walked into The Golden Keg inn and sat down at the bar. “What can I get you today, sir?” asks the bartender. “Lordaeron Lambic, please.” Warrios said bluntly. The bartender nods and went to grab a keg and fill up his drink. A few minutes later, he came back and put the drink in front of the warrior. “One gold and twenty five silver pieces.” War took out two gold pieces and said, “Keep the change.” The bartender nods and walks off. He looked down at the strong alcoholic beverage in front of him. He put his hand around the handle and took a big gulp from the drink. He smiled as he finished the drink. He slams the drink down on the table and shouts, “Another!” and throws two more gold pieces on the table. A second Lordaeron Lambic was set in front of him and took a sip. “Good stuff, mate.” After a few drinks, Adumar decided to eat since it was around lunch time. A few friends came by and they talked for awhile. “Yeah, tell Flen I might be there. This blasted project is getting on my nerves. Tell him we will keep in touch.” War says to his friends. “Oh! And tell him I said good luck on the new training! I’m sure he will make an excellent druid!” The friends soon had errands to run and took off. A few minutes later, two royal guards, wearing their blue and white armor with the alliance tabard, walked in and approached the warrior that was having a good time. “Are you, Sir Adumar?” one asks. He turns around and nods. “Yes that’s me. What can I do for you two gentlemen today?” The other responds to his question. “King Varian Wrynn wishes to see you. It’s important.” War raised an eyebrow. “What does the King want with me this time?” They both looked at each other and replied. “It’s about his son.” He didn’t need to be told twice. He’s a good friend with Prince Anduin, and with something happening to him made him want to help immediately. “Tell Varian I’ll be there soon.” They nod and walk off. Adumar approached the Stormwind Keep on his White Steed. He stopped at the steps, dismounted, and approached the guards. “King Varian wishes to speak with me. I am Warrios.” They nod and tell him to go right in. The warrior walked down the hall to the throne room. Royal guards were everywhere saluting as he passed. He has been here a million times before. He can hear chattering coming from rooms as he pass. ‘What could have happened to poor, Anduin?’ He thought. ‘Was he kidnapped? Was he captured by the Horde? Man, I pray the poor boy is alright.’ He walked into the throne room seeing Varian on sitting his throne, not looking too happy. He looked pissed. ‘Boy, he does NOT look like hes in a good mood...’ He thought as he approached the king. He stopped at the foot of the throne. “Your Majesty, you wished to see me?” Varian smiled, walked down from the throne toward him. There was an Alliance Mage, wearing his blue robes, and a royal guard following close behind. “Yes, champion. The Alliance needs your assistance one again.” A hour before being summoned to the Throne Room... Prince Anduin has gone missing. King Varian summons his best mages that were investigating his son's disappearance. “…There was no sign of Prince Anduin anywhere.” says Siltin Calmortin, one of Varian's best mages. “What was their last message?” asks King Varian. “There was none, your Majesty. When we went to investigate, we could not find him.” replies the mage. Varian was not getting any happier. His son was missing. Varian slams his hands onto the table and lets all his anger out. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULD NOT FIND HIM?!?!” he shouts. “It’s impossible just for a simple man to disappear without a trace!” “We did find traces of strange arcane energy in the area.” The mage states. “My mage's and I salvaged this strange energy. It seems to be from a portal, but to where? We don’t know. It seems it’s not anywhere on Azeroth.” “What about the Outlands?” Varian asks. “Not even the Outlands. We can make the portal, but what do we do then?” the mage adds. What will they do? Well, they need to do something, they can’t just leave the king’s son in a strange place that was ever discovered. “There’s no time to waste.” Says Varian, he proceeds out to door to the throne room. “We’ll send one of my best warriors through this portal. . . ” He stops at the doorway and turns toward them. “… And bring back my son.” And then walks out of the room. Chapter 2: The PortalChapter 2: The Portal Adumar stood inside a room that was hidden from the rest of Stormwind Keep. King Varian has given him a briefing of the assignment. He is to go through a portal that his mages will conjure, and search for any signs of life; then find and reason with any locals (if possible, find a city and reason with any kings or queens); any Horde that is to be encountered with is to be killed on sight; and of course the main objective: Find Prince Anduin. Varian has also given him a missive to give to any rulers he comes across to request assistance to finding his son. *** To whomever that is to read this, By order of King Varian Wrynn of Stormwind City, this champion, Adumar, has been chosen to be sent to this land on a mission. A mission to find the king’s son: *Prince Anduin.** He can be trusted and is one of the best we have.* Champion Adumar, in service of the Alliance, slayer of Deathwing the Destroyer, Champion of the Frozen Wastes, and goes by many other titles; is a very skilled warrior and a fit champion. He is by himself and we have one request… That request is your assistance. We can make contact via: portal; from a scroll that Warrios has on possession. The King of Stormwind, Varian will be ready to make an acquaintance whenever you are ready. The King is offering a one-hundred and fifty-thousand gold reward for the safe return of his son. We appreciate your assistance, and hope the safe return of the Prince. [Stormwind Official Seal] *** Adumar was prepared. He was ready. He was determined to bring, Prince Anduin back to his father alive and safe. “Do you have everything you want to bring, Adumar?” asks King Varian. He has been at his side this whole time. He made sure that his champion had everything he needed; potions, extra weapons, ammo, food, water, etcetera. “Yes, your Majesty.” he replies. “Everything I need is in my bag.” He has been looking at the spot where the portal will appear, a little nervous only because he is being sent on a rescue mission to find the king’s son. The King’s freaking son! “I have faith in you, Adu.” Varian says, trying to send Adumar the point on why he is being sent. “You are one of the best Warriors of the Alliance I know. You've come back alive from missions that are suicidal. You have claimed land, reasoned with locals, slain beasts that were trying to conquer the world. I know you can do this. This is why I chose you, my friend.” “Thanks, Varian.” replys the champion, with a smile on his face he turns to Varian and puts his hand on his shoulder. “I’ll bring Anduin back. Alive. I promise.” Varian nods. “When you bring him back, I’ll be waiting to have a drink with you. We will celebrate. I will make sure you will be remembered for everything you have done.” A minute later, a mage, Siltin Calmortin, came forward. “Are we ready?” he asks. Adumar turns toward the mage in question and replies. “Yes. I am ready to venture through the portal, and find Prince Anduin.” Siltin reaches into a pack under his robe. The item in particular was a white scroll with a portal symbol on it. “Use this when you need to return, or if you come across any royalty that might want to visit and reason with King Varian.” He takes the scroll and puts it in his bag. “Understood.” “Let’s get started!” Calmortin shouts to his assistants. They gather around the middle of the room, where the portal will show up. They get into formation and they began the ritual. Calmortin’s hands start to glow in a blue aura, and soon his assistants do the same. Sounds start to fill the room as the ritual progresses; you can hear the chanting of the mages in the room. You can hear a “WRRRRRRRRR” sound and static echo through each and every corner of the room. After around a minute there was a loud crackling sound, followed by a large bright flash of light in the room. You could feel the arcane energy in the air. When the light clears, the mages are exhausted; panting, gasping for air, breathing heavily; but in the very middle of them was a shimmering portal. Trees could be seen on the other side. “Success!” shouts a very excited mage. Calmortin comes walking toward Varian and Adumar. “It is complete. You may go through when ready, but I must warn you – the portal will close behind you. There will be no contact to or from the other side whatsoever.” Siltin stops in front of him. “We are all counting on you; Good Luck, champion.” He gives a salute and walks toward the doors. Adumar walks toward the portal, but just before walking through he turns to Varian. “Fare you well, Varian.” And he disappeared through the portal. “Serve with honor, champion. Serve with honor.” Meanwhile, at Canterlot Castle… Princess Celestia was having a peaceful lunch with her sister – Princess Luna. They were having a nice conversation back and forth. Until, a chill ran down their spines. “…want to concur with you, dear si-” Celestia didn’t even get to finish her sentence. “Did you feel that, Lu-Lu?” “I did, Tia. A strange magical force we felt.” Luna replies. “It felt like it came from the Everfree Forest.” Says Celesita; with a hint of worry in her voice. “What should we do, Tia? Send some guards to investigate?” asks her sister. “No. I’ll send my student, Twilight Sparkle and her friends to investigate.” Replies Celesita. “I don’t want the guards to supplant, them. Yet. It could just be a disturbance in the magic field around Equestria.” “What ever thou say, Tia.” Luna says. “I agree sending the Elements of Harmony over, since they have more experience.” “I will send a letter immediately.” Says Celesita, who already summoned a scroll and quill with her magic. *** Dear Twilight Sparkle, My most faithful pupil, I must inform you of a disturbance in the Everfree Forest. A strange magical force was felt just moments ago and we (Luna and I) wish for you and your friends to investigate. Report back your findings to me; and please, stay safe. Your mentor, Princess Celestia *** Celestia closed the scroll; her horn glowed and the letter disappeared in a flash of light. “I pray we aren’t in trouble.” End of Chapter 2 Chapter 3: ArrivalChapter 3: Arrival Twilight Sparkle, and her friends, the Elements of Harmony, and Twilight’s number one assistant, Spike, were at Sugarcube Corner, enjoying a nice lunch. Twilight was talking about a certain book she read; of course no one really paid much attention. Pinkie Pie was baking cupcakes for her friend to eat, coming back with around a dozen. Rainbow Dash was talking about some new tricks she will try to impress the Wonderbolts. Rarity was talking about a famous pony that came to her boutique for some clothes. Applejack was discussing new ideas for the farm. Fluttershy, was quiet and listening to the conversations. Spike, who was sitting next to Rarity, lurched forward. All the girls were looking at him with worry. “Are you alright Spike?” asks Twilight. *BELCH!* Spike let out a loud belch, with a trail of green flames following right after. A scroll with a red band and a “C” keeping it sealed. It remained in the air for around five seconds until Twilight snatched it with her magic. “A letter from Princess Celestia!” Twilight’s eyes scanned over the letter. She had a bemused look on her face, and then it immediately switched to a look of determination. Twilight turned to her friends and told them what the deal was. “Alright, girls. Princess Celestia has asked us to investigate a disturbance in the Everfree.” Everypony in the room gasped. Each pony had a look of fear in their eyes. “I know the Everfree is dangerous, but if we stick together we can get this done.” Twilight says. “Princess Celestia chose us for a reason. We are the Elements of Harmony. We have saved the world from chaos, we can do this.” Everypony looked at each other, and then nodded. “Let’s get ready girls, and then our stop is the Everfree. Spike, I need you to come with me on this one.” Twilight says. Spike jumps, with a fist in the air and a loud ‘YES!’ came from his lips. The girls just giggled at his antics. Location: Unknown A shimmering portal forms in the trees, startling animals and then running away. A strange creature, walking on two legs, wearing with what looked like strange black armor, came from that portal. It was armed to the teeth; a sword, shield, a strange looking metal item. It took in its surroundings, and then the portal behind it started to crackle, and then faded away. He stepped through. Immediately after stepping through the portal, there were only bright lights. After a few seconds, the lights faded away and he appeared on the other side. Adumar looked around, observing his surroundings. Before he could even blink, he heard a loud crackle come from behind him; turning around, the portal slowly but surely faded away. ‘Well, no going back now.’ He thought. He took a deep breath, and started to observe his surroundings a bit more. He was indeed in a forest, but it looked really similar to a forest he has been too on previous travels. ‘Is this the Terrokar Forest?’ he thought questionably. ‘Or is this Duskwood? They look so similar. No – it can’t be, because the mages said this land was nowhere on Azeroth or the Outlands.’ Shaking the thought out of his head, Adumar decided to start looking for any sign of life, and find a decent place to make a camp. It was going to be awhile before he can find Prince Anduin, since he did not have any leads. As he walked, he took out his rifle to make sure it was loaded, which it was. After around thirty minutes of walking, he heard a low growl come from behind him. Turning around he came across a strange looking creature; it looked like a wolf, but not any ordinary wolf you would come across in any regular forest – this wolf looked like it was made of bark. Actual bark; like from a tree. ‘What in the world?’ he thought as he looked at the creature that was in front of him. The creature let out another growl and stepped forward toward him. “Away pest!” he shouts. It didn’t listen, it lunges at him, but he had the upper advantage. He grabs the wolf mid-air and throws it at the nearest tree. ‘Who needs weapons when I have my bare hands?’ The wolf gets back onto all fours and lunges at the human again, only to get a boot to the side of the head. It didn’t get back up. ‘Too easy…’ He spoke too soon because around five more wolves came out of the forest. They did not look happy to see one of their own kin beaten. “Let’s see…one…two…three, four, and five.” Each of them started to circle the warrior, waiting for the chance to attack. He didn’t plan on giving them the chance to do that. He jumped next to the nearest wolf, and kicked it with his right leg. There was a whimper that uttered from the wolf and a small crack right before. One of the wolves managed to pounce on him and knocked him to the ground. He gave the wooden-like creature a hard punch to its head and tossed him off. ‘Two down.’ When he got up, he turned to see another wolf jumping at him. He moved slightly, dodging the attack. He had about enough of these creatures already, so he grabbed his rifle and aimed it at the wolf. Click. BANG! THUD! The wolf went down after one shot to its head. The last three backed off from the sound of the shot and ran off into the woods. “Yeah, that’s right. RUN!” He noticed he was in a huge clearing in the forest. Now’s a good time to start flying. ‘Now, let’s get the hell out of here…’ he thought. Twilight and her friends were walking through the Everfree forest, staying close, and watching each other’s back. It has been about half-an-hour since they entered the forest and so far they found nothing. “This is pointless, Twilight.” says a very irritated Rainbow Dash. “There is nothing out here; just trees, trees and more trees!” “I am startin’ to agree with Dash. Ah think it was just a false alarm.” Applejack says. “Yes… can we leave…please?” asks Fluttershy. “I guess you’re all right,” replied Twilight with a sigh, “maybe there is nothing out here, I’ll send my report to-” “BANG!” Everypony jumped at the sudden strange loud bang noise. “What in tarnation?!” “What was that?” “Ahh!” “-!” “Whoa!” They all looked at each other, looks mixed with fear and worry. That noise was something not anypony would hear every day. “What ever that noise was, it came from over there.” says Twilight, pointing a hoof to a clearing. “Follow me, but stay quiet!” After a minute of calming down they followed Twilight to a set of bushes; just past the bushes was a clearing. “What… in Celestia’s name is that?” “SHH! Quiet!” says Twilight. “I don’t know what it is, but it looks bipedal.” “What is it lookin' down at?” asks Applejack. “Let me get my binoculars.” Twilight reaches into her saddlebag and takes out a pair of black binoculars, and peers through them. “Oh, my… it looks like it killed some timberwolves.” The group gasped. “Why would it do that?” asks Fluttershy. “It’s looking at the sky and it’s taking out what looks like a potion that Zecora would make…” just as she says that, it took a sip. Just after watching the creature take a sip, it transformed; right into a really big, yellow scaled dragon. It then took flight and was heading for Ponyville. “That things heading for Ponyville!” whispered Twilight. “Everypony grab onto me, I’ll teleport us there.” Adumar reached into his bag and took out a potion. This was no ordinary potion; this potion was the Vial of the Sands. ‘Boy am I glad my friend made me this.’ He took a sip, and then felt the transformation begin. When the transformation was complete he now looked like one of the scaled dragons from Deepholm. He then flapped his wings, and took to the sky. Just at the right altitude, he saw what looked like a town in the distance. ‘Good, some locals.’ He then took flight for the town. Moments after taking flight… Celestia and Luna were in the throne room, waiting for Twilight’s report on what was going on in the Everfree. “I hope she’s alright…” Celesita says. She has been worried for her student ever since she sent the letter. “Don’t worry, sister.” replies Luna. She drapes a wing around her big sister. “She’ll be fine.” “I hope so, Luna.” says Celestia. “I hope so…” *FLASH* A flash of light and green flames formed in front of the sisters. Just as it appeared, Celesita already grabbed it with her magic and opened it. *** Dear Princess Celesita, I don’t have enough time to write a long letter, so I’ll make this short. My friends and I went into the Everfree like you requested. We heard a loud sound and went to investigate. What we saw, was really scary. It was a bipedal creature. It killed three timberwolves in the forest. I couldn’t get a very good glimpse because it then drank a potion and turned into a dragon. It’s heading for Ponyville. Your student, Twilight Sparkle *** “CAPTAIN SHINING ARMOR!” Celestia booms with her royal canterlot voice The doors of the throne room burst open, and a large white coat stallion, wearing armor came running toward the Princesses. He stopped in front of the throne and gave a salute. “Yes, Princess?” “Get a squadron of our best troops to Ponyville immediately. A dragon is about to attack.” Celestia said in a commanding voice. Armor’s eyes went wide. Her sister, Twilight, lives in Ponyville. “Right away, Princess!” he gave another salute and ran off. “You’re coming with me Lu-Lu.” Says Celestia. “Yes, sister.” Adumar has been flying for around five minutes before he finally came upon the town he saw. He hovered over the town, his shadow casting a silhouette on the ground. Looking down, he thought his eyes were deceiving him. Below him, were several creatures that looked like horses? They were running in various directions and pointing at the sky. ‘Am I going crazy, or are these just the town’s mounts?’ he thought. ‘Well, let’s find out.’ He scans the town, and finds an empty spot in the middle of the town, it had carts all round. ‘Must be the Market Square.’ He set himself down in the empty market square. Looking around, horses were running into buildings, closing their doors and windows behind them. ‘Gods, what’s got them worked all up?’ He stood there, in the market square, for what seemed minutes. Then, horns began to sound. He has heard those kinds of horns before. Horns of Battle. As he looks for the source of the sounds, he is suddenly surrounded by horses in armor. Some had what looked like horns on their head and some had wings. ‘Pegasi? Strange; but what’s with the horns?’ One of the horses stepped forward, it was white with a horn and wearing armor. It began to talk. “By the order of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, stand down dragon.” ‘Princess?’ he thought. Behind all the horses, two tall ones started to come forward. Both of them had horns, but also wings. One was white, and the other was dark blue. ‘What strange world is this?!’ “Dragon! Stand down, or we will use force! We know thou are the accusation for the strange magical occurrence in the forest!” the blue one shouts; and it was loud. “Well met, strange ones. I apologize if I have offended in anyway.” He states in his dragon form. All of the horses were looking at the dragon, eyes wide and jaws down. “You….can talk?” says the white one, who was really puzzled. “I have never seen a dragon quite like you before; but whatever you are trying to pull – drop it. You can’t fool us.” “I am not a dragon, Miss Horse.” he says. “This is just a potion I drank so I can transform into one.” “How dare you talk to the princess that way!” shouts one of the horses within the crowd. “I apologize, once again. It’s just you all look like horses, I meant no offense.” Adumar says, in a calm voice, trying to show no hostility. “We are ponies.” the white pony says, really berated. “I am Princess Celestia and this is my sister, Princess Luna, rulers of Equestria.” “One moment please.” he replies. He then starts to shrink, turning back into his human form. All the ponies gasp at the sight. After a minute, he is back into his regular form, armor and all. “He’s armed!” yells a guard pony. “Stand down, soldier.” Adumar says, trying to alleviate the situation. “I have a reason to be armed; if you would give me a chance to introduce and explain myself.” War steps forward toward the two Princesses, and takes off his helmet, showing off his black hair and clear face. He then bows, to show respect. “My name is Adumar; Champion of the Alliance, Slayer of Deathwing the Destroyer, Champion of the Frozen Wastes. I hail from the world of Azeroth, under strict orders from my King.” Princess Celestia and Luna look at the one named "Adumar", surprised and confused. They never expected him to bow before them, and introduce himself so calmly. Princess Celestia steps forward. “Explain why you are here, Adumar.” He reaches into his bag and takes out the missive that King Varian had given him. “This is a missive from the King himself. It explains why I am here and what we ask from you.” Princess Celestia takes the missive from the warrior’s hand with her magic and reads it. After reading the note she looks down at the still kneeling champion. “Rise, Sir Adumar.” He proceeds to stand and stands at attention in front of the Princess. She looks right into the human's eyes, and smiles. “I will he happy to help you.” “WHAT?!?” yells half of the guards. “Princess Celestia!” yells Shining Armor. “You want to help this….thing?! He was going to attack!” He turns toward the Captain, berated. “If you must know, I was flying here to find some denizens of the land for assistance. I am not a sadist. The Alliance would never, ever, do any such thing; unless you work for the Horde.” This got a lot of questionable looks, “What's ‘The Horde’” asks Princess Luna. “Another time. Would you like to meet the King? I can make a portal to the city of Stormwind and tell the king you are there to meet him.” he asks. “I would love to. My sister and I, including the Elements of Harmony – heroines of the land – will come too.” says Princess Celestia. Adumar nods, takes a deep breath and says, “Do you have a city we can go too? The portal needs to be hidden.” “Of course.” Location: Canterlot Castle Adumar stood in a room that the Princesses has gave to him for his portal. Princess Celestia, Luna, Shining Armor, a few guards, and six other guards stood in the room with him. “Give me a minute to cast the spell.” states Adumar, and gets right to summoning the portal. Just like last time, his hands start to glow in a blue aura. Sounds start to fill the room as the ritual progresses; a “WRRRRRRRRR” sound and static echo through each and every corner of the room. After around a minute there was a loud crackling sound, followed by a large bright flash of light in the room. You could feel the arcane energy in the air. When the light clears, Adumar is exhausted; panting, gasping for air, breathing heavily; but in the very middle of them was a shimmering portal. A city can be seen on the other side. "This is every interesting magic!" says Twilight Sparkle. “Just step through, and we will be will arrive within the city. I’ll go first.” he says. End of Chapter 3 Chapter 4: IntroductionsChapter 4: Introductions Location: Unknown “Ngh…” Prince Anduin groaned as he gained consciousness. He doesn’t remember much of anything; just being escorted to visit a town, then he got knocked out. He opened his eyes, taking in his surroundings. He was in a cell; it was dark, dirty, and it smelled of feces. He tried to move, but his legs were too weak. He tried to use the power of the Light to add some brightness into the room, but nothing happened. ‘What the..?’ His vision starts to clear, so he can see at a better perspective. He looked down to see he was still in his clothes; he was never a fan of heavy armor, so he wears light clothing. He was dressed in blue, white and yellow; blue pants, white shirt, boots. He sits for what felt like hours, until he soon heard…footsteps? No, it was not footsteps. Anyway, he can hear someone approaching the cell, so he looks toward the door; a strange creature was on the other side. It had wings, a tail, was wearing armor and walked on all fours; the front legs looked like claws, while the back looked like paws. Its upper body looked like it was white feathers. Anduin searched his mind: he knows he has seen a creature like this before – but where? It approaches the cell and peered inside. It chuckled when it saw Anduin was awake. It had a huge grin on its face; he could see it through the darkness. It stood there, just staring at Anduin, until he had enough. “Who are you, and where am I?!” he shouts at the creature on the other side of the bars. The creature chuckles again. “You are in a cell, Young Prince, as for who I am; I’m just a guard.” “Why am I here?” he asks. “We have our reasons. Our master has plans for this world. He has plans for the Alliance and the Horde.” replies the guard with a hint of mockery in his voice. “’This world’? Are you saying I am no longer on Azeroth?” asks Anduin, fear in his voice. “You could say that. We have… contacts on your world, and they don’t like your king so they took you and brought you here.” the guard replies. “My father will find a way to find me; and when he does, you and whoever you work with will be in massive trouble!” he says. “He will never find you, boy.” the guard says, who was now laughing. “He will NEVER find you, it’s futile.” The ‘guard’ then walks away. Anduin recognized the creature when it walked away. It was a gryphon; he remembers riding one with a hero, finding evidence on the cult ‘The Twilight’s Hammer’. What confused him though was that it could talk. This must really be a different world. ‘Father, I pray you find a way…’ he says in his head. ‘I need your help… I don’t know what to do…’ He sat there, for what felt like an eternity, until sleep finally overcomes him. Location: Stormwind City, inside the Stormwind Keep Two guards stood outside the room that was excluded from the rest of the keep. It was the room where a portal was made. They were to report any activity coming from inside the room. It was just another boring shift, when out of nowhere; a loud crackle was heard from inside the room; one of the guard’s turns, opens the doors and runs inside. When he got into the main chamber, what he saw shocked him. Adumar, Champion of the Alliance was standing there, with what looked like strange horses; some two with horns and wings, others with just horns or wings, or none at all. They were staring each other down for what felt like minutes, until Adumar took him out of his stupor. “Guard!” he shouts. The guard snaps to attention since the Champion outranks just about anyone, except for the king. “Go tell King Varian that Adumar has returned, with friends.” “Yes, sir!” and the guard salutes, and ran out of the room. Minutes later… The guard ran up to the throne, out of breath. The king was eyeing him suspiciously, but he let him recover. “Why are you out of breath guard? Is something wrong?” “Champion Adumar has returned, with friends, your Majesty.” the guard quickly replies. King Varian smiled widely, his champion has returned; but the guard did not say ‘with Prince Anduin’ this made him still have a hint of concern. “Thank you, guard. Go and take a break at the barracks.” he tells the guard. The guard gives a quick salute and walks off. “Calmortin!” Siltin Calmortin, Varian’s mage, comes running into the room. “Yes, King Varian?” “Adumar, has returned. Bring some of your mages so we can keep the portal up.” he says. “Right away!” he then runs off to catch some of his assistants. “You two,” he points to two royal guards. “Come with me.” Adumar stood there and waited for King Varian to show up. He hopes that the guard told him that he had strange creatures with him, or this will be a hard explanation. “You said we were in a castle, correct?” asks Princess Celestia. “Yes and no. You are in Stormwind Keep at the moment, where the King of Stormwind resides.” he says. “Is there a queen since there is a king?” asks Twilight Sparkle, who had a scroll and quill in her magic grasp. “Well… we did have a queen. She died a long time ago. Her name was Tiffin Ellerian. She was killed accidentally during a riot in Stormwind.” He explains. “A man named Edwin VanCleef and a group called the Stonemasons was the ones responsible for the riot, they were getting paid to do it.” “That’s… horrible.” says Princess Luna. Adumar nods in agreement. “It was a horrible day. Varian fell into a great depression that was clairvoyant to span a decade; all throughout the duration of the Third War.” he frowns and looks to the ground. “His Majesty has seen better days though. He has been through a lot.” Then, the doors to the room opened. King Varian walked in with two royal guards following close behind. Adumar smiled. “It’s great to see you again, Andumar.” Varian says, who smiled back. “Same to you, Your Majesty.” Adumar says. He steps out of the way and introduces the visitors to Varian. “King Varian, I would like to introduce you to, Princess Celestia, and her young sister, Princess Luna, rulers of the land of Equestira.” Varian looked at them both, wide-eyed; but then he smiled and walked up to them and addressed himself. “I am Varian, but I am also Lo’Gosh. I am the King of Stormwind, and leader of the Alliance; it’s a pleasure to meet you.” He bowed before them both. The Princesses smiled, and bowed back, as a sign of respect. “It’s a pleasure to meet a King. We apologize for the disappearance of your son; we will do everything within our power to find him.” Varian hide a huge smile on his face, “So, you’ll help my champion find him?” Both princesses nodded. “I am thankful; my son means everything to me.” He notices the ponies behind the princesses. “Who are the others?” Princess Celestia steps out of the way and starts introductions. “This is my Captain of the Royal Guard, Shining Armor.” “These are the six heroines that have saved the land of Equestria twice so far, the Elements of Harmony.” “Applejack, the Element of Honesty.” “Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness.” “Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter.” “Rarity, Element of Generosity.” “Rainbow Dash, Element of Loyalty.” “And Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student, the Element of Magic.” All six mares did respectful bows. "So tell me... what land are we on, and what is this 'Alliance'." asks Princess Celestia. It's going to be a long day. End of Chapter 4 Chapter 5: The Horde KnowsChapter 5: The Horde Knows The sun hung lazily in the sky over the city of Orgrimmar. Garrosh Hellscream, Warchief of the Horde, was sitting in his throne room, listening to a scout’s report on the Alliance’s movement. The scout soon left, leaving Grommash looking for something to do. He needed entertainment; he wanted something else to listen too; he wanted to do some involving blood. A grunt then came running up to the throne. ‘Must be another boring report.’ he thought. “Report.” He says bluntly. “We have gotten some very interesting Intel from a few spies we have in Stormwind City.” the grunt reports. “And, what is this Intel?” Hellscream asks, curiosity in his voice. “Apparently, the king’s son was kidnapped, and word around is that he was taken to an unknown land.” the grunt replies. Hellscream frowns. “That has got to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.” The grunt, still standing at attention, shakes his head. “It’s all true, Warchief. They have made a portal to the unknown world, using one of the king’s best mages.” “Are you sure it’s not just some made-up trap?” he shouts. “I never trusted humans, grunt. I don’t care if they will even betray their own kingdom!” “I recommend sending a rogue in then, Warchief.” the grunt says. “Have him collect the information, and report back with his findings.” “Hmph… I will do just that.” Hellscream says with a sigh. “Send in Vilkil, and tell him I want to see him for a really important and classified mission.” he says to a guard. “And you,” he points to the grunt that brought in the report. “Are free to go.” An Hour Later… “… That’s all?” Vilkil asks. “Seems too easy, but I’ll do it.” “Good. Report back to me, and we will see if the intel was true.” Hellscream says. “Yes, Warchief.” “Let honor guide you, Vilkil. Do not forget that Hellscream's eyes are always upon you.” Location: Unknown Two figures met inside a dark room; they both wore dark robes, almost blending in with the darkness. They only meet here to deliver any news there is to report. One looked like a human, the other is unknown. “What is it?” asks one figure. “Warchief Hellscream has sent one of the Horde’s best rogues to Stormwind City to investigate the rumors of a portal to another land, unknown to Azeroth.” the other reports. “Good…good… everything is going according to plan.” “Shall we execute the plan?” “Not yet. We must wait for the time to come.” “Understood.” Location: Stormwind City, Stormwind Keep Adumar, King Varian, and the ponies of Equestria stood in a room, with the doors closed behind them. They have been talking this while time, explaining the lands they were from. Twilight Sparkle was learning types of magic’s from the mage Siltin Calmortin; learning Fire, Arcane, Frost. She was also learning about other magic type classes; the shaman, warlock, priest, paladin. Rarity was admiring the robes that Siltin was wearing. “I think it is about time to return to the portal.” Adumar says as he gets up from his seat. “I need to make up a camp, and start searching for, Prince Anduin.” King Varian turns to him, and says. “Do you require any new supplies? I can have my guards get you anything.” Adumar shakes his head. “No, your Majesty. So far I have just used one bullet. The creatures I have come across were not even tough. Just some wolves.” “That is why I chose you.” King Varian says. “You may leave whenever you want.” “I will leave now, and get a camp set up in the town I encountered.” He turns to Princess Celestia. “Will I need an escort? I might need help convincing the locals.” Princess Celestia giggles and hands him a scroll. “Hand this to one of my guards and tell them to take you back to Ponyville, by chariot.” she smiles a motherly smile. “They will take care of the town for you. You may set up camp wherever you need to.” Andumar took the scroll, turns to King Varian and bows. “I shall return again soon, your majesty.” And walked out of the room. Andumar was just approaching the doors to the portal room, when he noticed something was off. The guards were out cold. He went to check for a pulse, they were alive, but was somehow knocked unconscious. He slowly went to the door, and opened it as quietly as possible, and peered inside. There was a figure inside, wearing dark red armor, and the horde insignia on it’ tabard. It was doing something to the portal, but he didn’t wait to find out. “Hey! Back away from the portal, Horde scum!” he shouts. The intruder turns around and throws a hidden dagger at Adumar, which he dodged quickly. Adumar draws his sword, a Grand Marshal Sword, and roars a battle cry and charges. “RAAAAAAAAAH!” The intruder acts quickly, and draws a sword from his side, and charges as well. Adumar was determined to kill this horde scum, only because he knew that the horde will know about the discovery of another world and try to do everything they can to get to the world on the other side. They both inch even closer…closer…closer…CLOSER… CLANG Their swords met. Their shoulders shook from recoil and they both pulled away. Adumar let him take the first move; he went for a side swing with both hands on the sword, and Adumar quickly parried it with his sword. The Horde enemy then went in for another attack but Adumar went in and used his sword against his enemy’s leg, cutting through some leather and made a small cut. Adumar got elbowed in the face as he made his attack, which made him back away. They both took into another fighting stance, but began to talk to each other instead. “So… The Horde knows about the world on the other side, eh?” Andumar asks. The intruder chuckled. “Indeed we do; at least they will now. We thought it was just a trap; I see we were wrong.” He then made a slash for the warrior, but was blocked with another parry from his sword. CLANG They were staring right into each other’s eyes. Andumar can see the intruder’s face now. He was a blood elf, with green eyes, blonde hair; a head band was around his head. They both grunted through gritted teeth. Andumar took an advantage by using his knee to knock the blood elf off balance. He went for a blow to his chest, but the blood elf reacted quickly. Only getting a chuck of his tabard ripped off. The blood elf took out a dagger and started to duel wield. He used his dagger to strike at Andumar’s face, which he got a slash down his right left eye. Andumar decided to return the favor, doing the same exact thing to the blood elf. The battle was getting nowhere. The blood elf got what he wanted, so he elbowed Andumar in the face, and managed to knock the warrior down. He jumped over him, and went for the door. Andumar quickly got up, grunting in the process. “Come back here and fight, you bastard!” he shouts, still in the process of standing. The blood elf turns around, looks right into Andumar’s eyes. “I would love to; but I have some information to deliver to the Warchief. Tell your king I said ‘Hello’” and then he detonated a smoke bomb, filling the corridor with gray smoke. Andumar ran through the smoke onto the other side only to find nothing. The elf was gone. The horde now knows. He sighs, turns around and picks up the chunk of the tabard with the Horde Insignia on it, and went to return to the throne room to deliver the bad news. Princess Celestia, Luna, the Elements, King Varian, and the others were still in the same room. They were having a bonding session, if they were to find Anduin, the Equestrians can join the ranks of the Alliance; so if the Equestrians needed assistance, they could contact King Varian and the rest will be done. *THUD* The doors to the room burst open. They all looked over to see Anduar and everypony gasped at the sight. Andumar looked like he had a really rough fight; he had blood running down his face. He approached the table the king was sitting at. King Varian looks him up and down and asks. “What happened to you, champion?” Andumar takes out the chuck of the tabard he got from the blood elf and slammed it on the table. “We have a problem.” he says. Back at the City of Ogrimmar Tilkil got away from the human easily. Just use a smoke bomb, get a good distance away and hearth home. He chuckled. The man knew how to fight. He entered the Warchief’s room and approached Garrosh. “Lok’tar, Kiltil. What have you found at the City of Stormwind?” asks Hellscream. “Lok’tar, Warchief. Everything is true. I managed to put the spell on a scroll.” He hands the scroll to the Warchief. Garrosh laughs and takes the scroll and observes it. 'The denizens of the land must already have sided with the Alliance filth since they got their first...' “General!” he calls out. A orc wearing orange armor comes out. “Yes, Warchief?” “General, you and your best veterans will pave your way through this new land.” he commands. “Storm the lands, and paint this new world RED!” End of Chapter 5 I am not that great at fight scenes. Let me know what you think! Chapter 6: Prepare for WarChapter 6: Prepare for War Garrosh, the general, and an army of Horde behind them, stood on a hill overlooking a town, he grinned, knowing about the destruction he is about to cause… “SOLDIERS OF THE HORDE!” he yelled. All of the grunts stood at attention and cheered as their leader spoke. “In this world, lies a land fit for our taking! Untold riches wait for us, but first be must force the Alliance out! As warriors of the Horde, it is your duty to crush these Alliance filth and remove them from these lands!” All of the grunts cheered, and grows louder as their Warchief speaks. “Now is the time to strike! With their leader distracted, we have a advantage! Show no fear, and of all else… SHOW NO MERCY!” he roars. The cheers turn into roars as Garrosh throws his arm into the air. “BLOOD AND THUNDER!! LOK’TAR OGAR! FOR THE HORDE!!!” “FOR THE HORDE!!!!!!!” the Horde replied at the same time, and charged their way into the peaceful land of Equestria. Stormwind Keep now had extra security. Since the blood elf managed to get into the keep, King Varian made sure that nobody could get in or out; they will need permission. King Varian, Andumar, and Sintin Calmortin were in the throne room, talking about the resent activities. “How could one single blood elf get into my city?” King Varian questions. “We don’t know your majesty. None of the guards saw anything; the only people that had encountered him were Adumar here and the guards that were on duty at the time.” Siltin answers. Varian turns to Andumar with a questioning gaze. “Did you see anyone else with, or around the elf at all?” Andumar shakes his head. “No one, your Majesty. It was just him.” King Varian was getting angrier by each passing minute. You can see the rage when you gaze into his eyes. He was wondering if there was a opening somewhere in his keep, so he sent a search team for anything around the keep. “Did you get a good look – or name – of this blood elf, Andumar?” King Varian demands. “I did not get a name; but I did get a good look. He had blonde hair, green eyes, wears a red headband and red leather armor.” he countered. King Varian fumes with rage. He believes he knows who the blood elf was. “GUARD!” he calls; a royal guard comes running up to Varian, awaiting orders. “Yes, your majesty?” “Bring me the wanted poster of the blood elf, Vilkil – and make it quick!” he commands. The royal guard runs off. “I have been thinking,” Andumar starts. “Since we found no trace on how this elf got in; maybe someone from within the keep let him in.” “Are you saying we have a betrayer among us?” inquired Varian. “That’s exactly what I’m saying, your majesty.” he says. “If someone from within the keep did betray the Alliance to help those horde bastards, they will pay.” Varian says furiously. “I’ll handle the problem here at Stormwind Keep; you return to the land of Equestria and let the princesses know to be prepared for war.” “As you command, your majesty” Andumar says with a salute. “I shall depart immediately.” As Andumar departs, King Varian summons several couriers to his throne room. He wrote a missive to each of the Leaders of the Alliance. *** Leaders of the Alliance, The time has come for a war council. There are not many details that can be said on this missive. The Horde is about to go to war on a peaceful world; Yes you read that right. I will be waiting in Stormwind Keep to discuss the details. We will be fighting to protect a land called Equestria. Make haste. As I said, more will be discussed later. - King Varian Wyrnn of Stormwind City [Stormwind Official Seal] *** Location: Canterlot Castle Andumar went through the portal once again, returning to the land of Equestria. He found a few guards on duty, protecting the portal and letting nobody through. They kept an eye on him, watching his every move; every step, every movement of his arms; they also kept an eye on his weapons. Andumar approached a guard that was waiting at an exit. He was a white stallion Pegasus. His armor was bright yellow representing one of Celestia’s guards, with a light blue star on the front, green eyes and a totally blank expression was on his face. He eyed Adumar as be approached. “I request an audience with, Princess Celestia and Luna.” he says. “We have news on our enemy that must be delivered immediatly.” The guard, still being mundane nods. “Follow me.” After a short walk, Adumar and the guard approached two massive doors. Two other guards, stood there and their horns started to glow; then the doors opened. After the doors opened; he got a good glimpse of the room. Windows covered the roof, and all around the room some windows had strange patterns and pictures. There was a golden throne, with both Princesses sitting there, locked in conversation. All conversations stopped once the doors opened, and they were staring right at him. Andumar steps forward and bows. “Ahh, Sir Andumar. What brings you into the throne room today?” princess Celestia asks. “Princess Celestia, you need to prepare your best soldiers.” He says unnervingly. He knew that ponies never went to war, since they were a peaceful race. They still do train for battle, though if the time ever needed it. Both princesses look at him questionably. Princess Celestia asks, with a bit of pure in her voice. “What do we need to prepare soldiers, for?” Andumar looks up with a malice look, and says one word that makes chills go down the princesses’ spines. “War.” Location: Stormwind Keep, hours later King Varian stood in the war room, where battle plans are planned, and where they observe enemy movements. The Leaders of the Alliance were in the room with him. Next to King Varian, was Genn Graymane, King of Gilneas. From the city of Darnassus, home of the Night Elves, Tyrande Whisperwind, High Priestess of the Goddess Elune, former general of the Night Elf Sentinels and current head of the Sisterhood of Elune; stood with her husband, Malfurion Stormrage, the first of the mortal druids on Azeroth, Archdruid of the Kaldorei and Moonglade, Co-leader of the Cenarion Circle, and Co-leader of Darnassus. From the stone city of Ironforge, home of the Dwarves, was Muradin Bronzebeard, Prince of Ironforge, High Thane of the Bronzebeard Clan, younger brother of the dwarven King Magni Bronzebeard, and older brother of the explorer Brann Bronzebeard. From the city of Gnomeregan, Ex-Home of the Gnomes, was Gelbin Mekkatorque, High Tinker and King of Gnomes. From the great city of The Exodar, home of the Draenei, was Prophet Velen, Prophet of the Naaru, and the Leader of the Draenei. From the port city of Theramore Isle, was Jaina Proudmoore, Ruler of Theramore, leader of the Kirin Tor, and personal agent of the deceased Archmage Antonidas. All of them received a missive from a courier of Stormwind City that was sent by King Varian himself and went to the meeting that was put in place. “…and that’s the story, my friends.” Varian said gravely. He has been addressing the group of people sitting there the situation they were in. “We cannot let the Horde take over this world, or find my son. We must defend those who cannot defend themselves.” They all nodded in agreement. “I can take you through the portal to the city called ‘Canterlot’ when you all are ready.” he says. “We are ready when ye are, lass.” said Muradin. The others nodded. Location: Unknown Anduin was still sitting in the same cell he has been for what felt like weeks. He has been trapped, and never let out. They brought him food when he was hungry. He doesn’t even know about the Horde and Alliance getting ready for war in this peaceful world…Yet. He heard footsteps approach his cell, and he got closer, thinking food was coming. One the figures came into view, he could not see their faces since they were skulked in the shadow, but one looked human; the other, he doesn’t know. “I have news, my queen.” the human figure starts. “The Horde has arrived in this world, and the Alliance is following right behind them. They are getting ready for war.” Anduin could not believe his ears. ‘Father…’ The other figure, chuckled evilly. It sounds female. “Good, good! Everything is going just like I planned.” the female says. “Soon, the land of Equestria, and the world, will succumb to the grasp of chaos and nightmare!” Location: Canterlot Castle The Leaders of the Alliance went through the portal and exited on the other side. The ponies jumped into action and surrounded the group, but then out of nowhere a loud shout is heard, echoing within the room. “GUARDS! STAND DOWN! THEY ARE FRIENDLY!” the guards quickly withdrew their weapons and backed away from the group. When the guards were away from the group, nine figures came walking toward them; seven were ponies and one was human. Andumar steps forwards and bows before all of the leaders of the Alliance in front of him. “Well met.” And recieve greeting back. Princess Celestia and Luna stepped forward, mesmerized by all of the tall and short creatures in front of them. Princess Celestia and Luna, plus the other elements bow their heads. “Greetings, I am Princess Celesita, and this is my young sister, Princess Luna, we are the rulers of the land of Equestria.” They all said a greeting back. King Varian stepped forward, introducing each other leaders. “This is Muradin Bronzebeard, Prince of Ironforge, and High Thane of the Bronzebeard Clan. Tyrande Whisperwind, High Priestess of Elune and leader of Darnassus, and her husband Malfurion Stormrage, Archdruid of the Kaldorei and Moonglade and Co-Leader of Darnassus. Velen, leader of the draenei based at The Exodar. High Tinker Gelbin Mekkatorque, leader of the gnomes. Genn Graymane, King of Gilneas and Jaina Proudmoore, leader of the Kirin Tor and leader of Theramore.” “We have agreed to help ye all.” Muradin says. The princesses smile wide, happy to see the Alliance lend their assistance to help their land. All of a sudden, a guard comes rushing into the room. He was bleeding gravely, his armor was nearly annulled. “Guard! What happened?!” “T-The town of P-Ponyville is under attack by creatures unknown to us…” he pants as he tries to come out with the words; he ten collapses on the floor - dead. The girls screamed in horror at the death of a pony right in front of them. Plus, their town was under attack. “Shan’do, could you do something about this…?” Tyrande asks her husband, worried about the ponies. “I could help this poor creature come back to life, please give me some room.” Malfurion says. As the Night Elf walks toward the fallen pony, the crowd of shocked ponies, step out of the way, they seem to observe his figure; a pair of antlers were growing from his head, they noticed he also had attributes to a few attributes of animals, the attributes of a bird, a cat, and a bear. When he gets to the body, they watch Malfurion work his magic. He kneels over the dead pony, and his hands start to glow a nature-green color. Malfurion uses the power of nature to send life back into the dead pony. He puts both his hand on the side of the pony, and slowly his wounds close, and disappear from his body. The pony then gasps for air, and opens his eyes. When he sees a tall night elf looming over him, he then cowers in fear. “You don’t have to fear me, young one.” he says in calm, soothing voice. “I have brought you back to life; now rest. You will need it.” The pony looks into Malfurion’s eyes, and see’s he has nothing to fear about this man. “T-Thank you.” He says. Malfurion smiles, nods and stands up and walks back to the group of alliance leaders. All of the ponies were staring wide-eyed at what they just experienced. Malfurion chucked, “The power of nature helps in more ways than you can imagine.” King Varian speaks up. “I will return to Stormwind, and have my mages make portals around the city and have heroes and the Soldiers of the Alliance aid you in battle.” And then he turns and walks back to the portal. “We will stay and help. Elune guide us.” says Tyrande. “I agree, lass.” Muradin says. “Let’s go show the Horde filth what we are made of.” Back at Stormwind City, mages were gathering making portals to the land of Equestria. King Varian stands on a balcony, and he takes a deep breath and roars out. “SOLDIERS OF STORMWIND, HEED YOUR KINGS CALL!” “By now, you proably have heard rumors of creatures roaming Stormwind Keep. They have come under attack by the Horde, and seek our assistance.” “As always, the Alliance helps those in need!” Varian shouts. “This time, we must drive the Horde out of the land of our ally’s land! We march in ten minutes!” The soldiers were talking amongst themselves, wondering where they were going and what this world was. “This world, called Equestria, goes by the same values as the Alliances does. We help those in need. We will help them drive Garrosh and his army back!” “VENGENCE! This is the word we shall go by this day!” he roars. “We shall deliver it to them!” “FOR THE ALLIANCE, AND FOR EQUESTRIA! WE SHALL BE VICTOURIOUS THIS DAY!” “FOR THE ALLIANCE!” they soldiers roared. They start to chant as they gather their weapons and armor. End of Chapter 6 I don't know if I did these speeches well, let me know what you think; and let me know if I made any mistakes. Laters!
Chapter 1: The Summons* I have had this idea in my mind all day and decided to type this up. Let me know what you think.* *** Chapter 1: The Summons The sun hung high over Stormwind City, capital of the Alliance. The merchants were selling all their wares they had to offer, the guards were patrolling the canals, and adventures and heroes were all over the place. In the Dwarven District, a Human Warrior was sitting there making new inventions using his engineering skills. “Alright… bolts there…gunpowder there…add some Obsidian Bars…” as the warrior adds parts, his invention suddenly starts to spark… ‘KABOOM!’ And explodes right in his face. “CURSES!” the human shouts out in anger. He attracts some attention from a nearby crowd. “What are you all lookin’ at?” They snap their attention back to their search of wares. “I’ll never get this project I am working on done…” he muttered. “Now I have to go to the bank to get some more supplies.” ‘What went wrong that time?’ he thought as he walked. ‘I got everything right! I did double takes! I made sure I got the right supplies! Ugh… I need a drink.’ The warrior walks through the bank’s door, getting some bows from others as he went. Why are they bowing? Well, he is the slayer of Deathwing, the Destroyer. He is also the Twilight Vanquisher, Champion of the Frozen Wastes, and goes by many other titles. He walked up to his favorite banker, Leslie Wainwright. “Hello, again my sweet.” Leslie turns around and smiles to see her favorite customer walk up to the counter. “And hello to you Sir Adumar.” She bows to the hero in front of her. “*Sigh* you can drop the formalities Leslie. We have been over this like what – A million times? Just call me Adu.” Leslie just laughs. “It’s fun to annoy you though!” He rolls his eyes. “So, you here for the usual engineering supplies again?” Leslie asks. “You are correct. Again. I swear I will probably never get this done, but, it never hurts to try.” He shrugs. “I’ve been through much worse than some silly explosion from a tinker device.” He said. Leslie goes to a vault, opens it and grabs a small box of engineering supplies and hands them to the warrior on the other side. “Well here you go. The usual.” Adumar grabs the box and puts it in his bag. He then proceeds to grab twenty gold pieces and hands them to the banker. “Take these for your troubles.” He then dashes for the door. “But I don’t want-” He was already gone. Adumar walked into The Golden Keg inn and sat down at the bar. “What can I get you today, sir?” asks the bartender. “Lordaeron Lambic, please.” Warrios said bluntly. The bartender nods and went to grab a keg and fill up his drink. A few minutes later, he came back and put the drink in front of the warrior. “One gold and twenty five silver pieces.” War took out two gold pieces and said, “Keep the change.” The bartender nods and walks off. He looked down at the strong alcoholic beverage in front of him. He put his hand around the handle and took a big gulp from the drink. He smiled as he finished the drink. He slams the drink down on the table and shouts, “Another!” and throws two more gold pieces on the table. A second Lordaeron Lambic was set in front of him and took a sip. “Good stuff, mate.” After a few drinks, Adumar decided to eat since it was around lunch time. A few friends came by and they talked for awhile. “Yeah, tell Flen I might be there. This blasted project is getting on my nerves. Tell him we will keep in touch.” War says to his friends. “Oh! And tell him I said good luck on the new training! I’m sure he will make an excellent druid!” The friends soon had errands to run and took off. A few minutes later, two royal guards, wearing their blue and white armor with the alliance tabard, walked in and approached the warrior that was having a good time. “Are you, Sir Adumar?” one asks. He turns around and nods. “Yes that’s me. What can I do for you two gentlemen today?” The other responds to his question. “King Varian Wrynn wishes to see you. It’s important.” War raised an eyebrow. “What does the King want with me this time?” They both looked at each other and replied. “It’s about his son.” He didn’t need to be told twice. He’s a good friend with Prince Anduin, and with something happening to him made him want to help immediately. “Tell Varian I’ll be there soon.” They nod and walk off. Adumar approached the Stormwind Keep on his White Steed. He stopped at the steps, dismounted, and approached the guards. “King Varian wishes to speak with me. I am Warrios.” They nod and tell him to go right in. The warrior walked down the hall to the throne room. Royal guards were everywhere saluting as he passed. He has been here a million times before. He can hear chattering coming from rooms as he pass. ‘What could have happened to poor, Anduin?’ He thought. ‘Was he kidnapped? Was he captured by the Horde? Man, I pray the poor boy is alright.’ He walked into the throne room seeing Varian on sitting his throne, not looking too happy. He looked pissed. ‘Boy, he does NOT look like hes in a good mood...’ He thought as he approached the king. He stopped at the foot of the throne. “Your Majesty, you wished to see me?” Varian smiled, walked down from the throne toward him. There was an Alliance Mage, wearing his blue robes, and a royal guard following close behind. “Yes, champion. The Alliance needs your assistance one again.” A hour before being summoned to the Throne Room... Prince Anduin has gone missing. King Varian summons his best mages that were investigating his son's disappearance. “…There was no sign of Prince Anduin anywhere.” says Siltin Calmortin, one of Varian's best mages. “What was their last message?” asks King Varian. “There was none, your Majesty. When we went to investigate, we could not find him.” replies the mage. Varian was not getting any happier. His son was missing. Varian slams his hands onto the table and lets all his anger out. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULD NOT FIND HIM?!?!” he shouts. “It’s impossible just for a simple man to disappear without a trace!” “We did find traces of strange arcane energy in the area.” The mage states. “My mage's and I salvaged this strange energy. It seems to be from a portal, but to where? We don’t know. It seems it’s not anywhere on Azeroth.” “What about the Outlands?” Varian asks. “Not even the Outlands. We can make the portal, but what do we do then?” the mage adds. What will they do? Well, they need to do something, they can’t just leave the king’s son in a strange place that was ever discovered. “There’s no time to waste.” Says Varian, he proceeds out to door to the throne room. “We’ll send one of my best warriors through this portal. . . ” He stops at the doorway and turns toward them. “… And bring back my son.” And then walks out of the room.
Chapter 2: The PortalChapter 2: The Portal Adumar stood inside a room that was hidden from the rest of Stormwind Keep. King Varian has given him a briefing of the assignment. He is to go through a portal that his mages will conjure, and search for any signs of life; then find and reason with any locals (if possible, find a city and reason with any kings or queens); any Horde that is to be encountered with is to be killed on sight; and of course the main objective: Find Prince Anduin. Varian has also given him a missive to give to any rulers he comes across to request assistance to finding his son. *** To whomever that is to read this, By order of King Varian Wrynn of Stormwind City, this champion, Adumar, has been chosen to be sent to this land on a mission. A mission to find the king’s son: *Prince Anduin.** He can be trusted and is one of the best we have.* Champion Adumar, in service of the Alliance, slayer of Deathwing the Destroyer, Champion of the Frozen Wastes, and goes by many other titles; is a very skilled warrior and a fit champion. He is by himself and we have one request… That request is your assistance. We can make contact via: portal; from a scroll that Warrios has on possession. The King of Stormwind, Varian will be ready to make an acquaintance whenever you are ready. The King is offering a one-hundred and fifty-thousand gold reward for the safe return of his son. We appreciate your assistance, and hope the safe return of the Prince. [Stormwind Official Seal] *** Adumar was prepared. He was ready. He was determined to bring, Prince Anduin back to his father alive and safe. “Do you have everything you want to bring, Adumar?” asks King Varian. He has been at his side this whole time. He made sure that his champion had everything he needed; potions, extra weapons, ammo, food, water, etcetera. “Yes, your Majesty.” he replies. “Everything I need is in my bag.” He has been looking at the spot where the portal will appear, a little nervous only because he is being sent on a rescue mission to find the king’s son. The King’s freaking son! “I have faith in you, Adu.” Varian says, trying to send Adumar the point on why he is being sent. “You are one of the best Warriors of the Alliance I know. You've come back alive from missions that are suicidal. You have claimed land, reasoned with locals, slain beasts that were trying to conquer the world. I know you can do this. This is why I chose you, my friend.” “Thanks, Varian.” replys the champion, with a smile on his face he turns to Varian and puts his hand on his shoulder. “I’ll bring Anduin back. Alive. I promise.” Varian nods. “When you bring him back, I’ll be waiting to have a drink with you. We will celebrate. I will make sure you will be remembered for everything you have done.” A minute later, a mage, Siltin Calmortin, came forward. “Are we ready?” he asks. Adumar turns toward the mage in question and replies. “Yes. I am ready to venture through the portal, and find Prince Anduin.” Siltin reaches into a pack under his robe. The item in particular was a white scroll with a portal symbol on it. “Use this when you need to return, or if you come across any royalty that might want to visit and reason with King Varian.” He takes the scroll and puts it in his bag. “Understood.” “Let’s get started!” Calmortin shouts to his assistants. They gather around the middle of the room, where the portal will show up. They get into formation and they began the ritual. Calmortin’s hands start to glow in a blue aura, and soon his assistants do the same. Sounds start to fill the room as the ritual progresses; you can hear the chanting of the mages in the room. You can hear a “WRRRRRRRRR” sound and static echo through each and every corner of the room. After around a minute there was a loud crackling sound, followed by a large bright flash of light in the room. You could feel the arcane energy in the air. When the light clears, the mages are exhausted; panting, gasping for air, breathing heavily; but in the very middle of them was a shimmering portal. Trees could be seen on the other side. “Success!” shouts a very excited mage. Calmortin comes walking toward Varian and Adumar. “It is complete. You may go through when ready, but I must warn you – the portal will close behind you. There will be no contact to or from the other side whatsoever.” Siltin stops in front of him. “We are all counting on you; Good Luck, champion.” He gives a salute and walks toward the doors. Adumar walks toward the portal, but just before walking through he turns to Varian. “Fare you well, Varian.” And he disappeared through the portal. “Serve with honor, champion. Serve with honor.” Meanwhile, at Canterlot Castle… Princess Celestia was having a peaceful lunch with her sister – Princess Luna. They were having a nice conversation back and forth. Until, a chill ran down their spines. “…want to concur with you, dear si-” Celestia didn’t even get to finish her sentence. “Did you feel that, Lu-Lu?” “I did, Tia. A strange magical force we felt.” Luna replies. “It felt like it came from the Everfree Forest.” Says Celesita; with a hint of worry in her voice. “What should we do, Tia? Send some guards to investigate?” asks her sister. “No. I’ll send my student, Twilight Sparkle and her friends to investigate.” Replies Celesita. “I don’t want the guards to supplant, them. Yet. It could just be a disturbance in the magic field around Equestria.” “What ever thou say, Tia.” Luna says. “I agree sending the Elements of Harmony over, since they have more experience.” “I will send a letter immediately.” Says Celesita, who already summoned a scroll and quill with her magic. *** Dear Twilight Sparkle, My most faithful pupil, I must inform you of a disturbance in the Everfree Forest. A strange magical force was felt just moments ago and we (Luna and I) wish for you and your friends to investigate. Report back your findings to me; and please, stay safe. Your mentor, Princess Celestia *** Celestia closed the scroll; her horn glowed and the letter disappeared in a flash of light. “I pray we aren’t in trouble.” End of Chapter 2
Chapter 3: ArrivalChapter 3: Arrival Twilight Sparkle, and her friends, the Elements of Harmony, and Twilight’s number one assistant, Spike, were at Sugarcube Corner, enjoying a nice lunch. Twilight was talking about a certain book she read; of course no one really paid much attention. Pinkie Pie was baking cupcakes for her friend to eat, coming back with around a dozen. Rainbow Dash was talking about some new tricks she will try to impress the Wonderbolts. Rarity was talking about a famous pony that came to her boutique for some clothes. Applejack was discussing new ideas for the farm. Fluttershy, was quiet and listening to the conversations. Spike, who was sitting next to Rarity, lurched forward. All the girls were looking at him with worry. “Are you alright Spike?” asks Twilight. *BELCH!* Spike let out a loud belch, with a trail of green flames following right after. A scroll with a red band and a “C” keeping it sealed. It remained in the air for around five seconds until Twilight snatched it with her magic. “A letter from Princess Celestia!” Twilight’s eyes scanned over the letter. She had a bemused look on her face, and then it immediately switched to a look of determination. Twilight turned to her friends and told them what the deal was. “Alright, girls. Princess Celestia has asked us to investigate a disturbance in the Everfree.” Everypony in the room gasped. Each pony had a look of fear in their eyes. “I know the Everfree is dangerous, but if we stick together we can get this done.” Twilight says. “Princess Celestia chose us for a reason. We are the Elements of Harmony. We have saved the world from chaos, we can do this.” Everypony looked at each other, and then nodded. “Let’s get ready girls, and then our stop is the Everfree. Spike, I need you to come with me on this one.” Twilight says. Spike jumps, with a fist in the air and a loud ‘YES!’ came from his lips. The girls just giggled at his antics. Location: Unknown A shimmering portal forms in the trees, startling animals and then running away. A strange creature, walking on two legs, wearing with what looked like strange black armor, came from that portal. It was armed to the teeth; a sword, shield, a strange looking metal item. It took in its surroundings, and then the portal behind it started to crackle, and then faded away. He stepped through. Immediately after stepping through the portal, there were only bright lights. After a few seconds, the lights faded away and he appeared on the other side. Adumar looked around, observing his surroundings. Before he could even blink, he heard a loud crackle come from behind him; turning around, the portal slowly but surely faded away. ‘Well, no going back now.’ He thought. He took a deep breath, and started to observe his surroundings a bit more. He was indeed in a forest, but it looked really similar to a forest he has been too on previous travels. ‘Is this the Terrokar Forest?’ he thought questionably. ‘Or is this Duskwood? They look so similar. No – it can’t be, because the mages said this land was nowhere on Azeroth or the Outlands.’ Shaking the thought out of his head, Adumar decided to start looking for any sign of life, and find a decent place to make a camp. It was going to be awhile before he can find Prince Anduin, since he did not have any leads. As he walked, he took out his rifle to make sure it was loaded, which it was. After around thirty minutes of walking, he heard a low growl come from behind him. Turning around he came across a strange looking creature; it looked like a wolf, but not any ordinary wolf you would come across in any regular forest – this wolf looked like it was made of bark. Actual bark; like from a tree. ‘What in the world?’ he thought as he looked at the creature that was in front of him. The creature let out another growl and stepped forward toward him. “Away pest!” he shouts. It didn’t listen, it lunges at him, but he had the upper advantage. He grabs the wolf mid-air and throws it at the nearest tree. ‘Who needs weapons when I have my bare hands?’ The wolf gets back onto all fours and lunges at the human again, only to get a boot to the side of the head. It didn’t get back up. ‘Too easy…’ He spoke too soon because around five more wolves came out of the forest. They did not look happy to see one of their own kin beaten. “Let’s see…one…two…three, four, and five.” Each of them started to circle the warrior, waiting for the chance to attack. He didn’t plan on giving them the chance to do that. He jumped next to the nearest wolf, and kicked it with his right leg. There was a whimper that uttered from the wolf and a small crack right before. One of the wolves managed to pounce on him and knocked him to the ground. He gave the wooden-like creature a hard punch to its head and tossed him off. ‘Two down.’ When he got up, he turned to see another wolf jumping at him. He moved slightly, dodging the attack. He had about enough of these creatures already, so he grabbed his rifle and aimed it at the wolf. Click. BANG! THUD! The wolf went down after one shot to its head. The last three backed off from the sound of the shot and ran off into the woods. “Yeah, that’s right. RUN!” He noticed he was in a huge clearing in the forest. Now’s a good time to start flying. ‘Now, let’s get the hell out of here…’ he thought. Twilight and her friends were walking through the Everfree forest, staying close, and watching each other’s back. It has been about half-an-hour since they entered the forest and so far they found nothing. “This is pointless, Twilight.” says a very irritated Rainbow Dash. “There is nothing out here; just trees, trees and more trees!” “I am startin’ to agree with Dash. Ah think it was just a false alarm.” Applejack says. “Yes… can we leave…please?” asks Fluttershy. “I guess you’re all right,” replied Twilight with a sigh, “maybe there is nothing out here, I’ll send my report to-” “BANG!” Everypony jumped at the sudden strange loud bang noise. “What in tarnation?!” “What was that?” “Ahh!” “-!” “Whoa!” They all looked at each other, looks mixed with fear and worry. That noise was something not anypony would hear every day. “What ever that noise was, it came from over there.” says Twilight, pointing a hoof to a clearing. “Follow me, but stay quiet!” After a minute of calming down they followed Twilight to a set of bushes; just past the bushes was a clearing. “What… in Celestia’s name is that?” “SHH! Quiet!” says Twilight. “I don’t know what it is, but it looks bipedal.” “What is it lookin' down at?” asks Applejack. “Let me get my binoculars.” Twilight reaches into her saddlebag and takes out a pair of black binoculars, and peers through them. “Oh, my… it looks like it killed some timberwolves.” The group gasped. “Why would it do that?” asks Fluttershy. “It’s looking at the sky and it’s taking out what looks like a potion that Zecora would make…” just as she says that, it took a sip. Just after watching the creature take a sip, it transformed; right into a really big, yellow scaled dragon. It then took flight and was heading for Ponyville. “That things heading for Ponyville!” whispered Twilight. “Everypony grab onto me, I’ll teleport us there.” Adumar reached into his bag and took out a potion. This was no ordinary potion; this potion was the Vial of the Sands. ‘Boy am I glad my friend made me this.’ He took a sip, and then felt the transformation begin. When the transformation was complete he now looked like one of the scaled dragons from Deepholm. He then flapped his wings, and took to the sky. Just at the right altitude, he saw what looked like a town in the distance. ‘Good, some locals.’ He then took flight for the town. Moments after taking flight… Celestia and Luna were in the throne room, waiting for Twilight’s report on what was going on in the Everfree. “I hope she’s alright…” Celesita says. She has been worried for her student ever since she sent the letter. “Don’t worry, sister.” replies Luna. She drapes a wing around her big sister. “She’ll be fine.” “I hope so, Luna.” says Celestia. “I hope so…” *FLASH* A flash of light and green flames formed in front of the sisters. Just as it appeared, Celesita already grabbed it with her magic and opened it. *** Dear Princess Celesita, I don’t have enough time to write a long letter, so I’ll make this short. My friends and I went into the Everfree like you requested. We heard a loud sound and went to investigate. What we saw, was really scary. It was a bipedal creature. It killed three timberwolves in the forest. I couldn’t get a very good glimpse because it then drank a potion and turned into a dragon. It’s heading for Ponyville. Your student, Twilight Sparkle *** “CAPTAIN SHINING ARMOR!” Celestia booms with her royal canterlot voice The doors of the throne room burst open, and a large white coat stallion, wearing armor came running toward the Princesses. He stopped in front of the throne and gave a salute. “Yes, Princess?” “Get a squadron of our best troops to Ponyville immediately. A dragon is about to attack.” Celestia said in a commanding voice. Armor’s eyes went wide. Her sister, Twilight, lives in Ponyville. “Right away, Princess!” he gave another salute and ran off. “You’re coming with me Lu-Lu.” Says Celestia. “Yes, sister.” Adumar has been flying for around five minutes before he finally came upon the town he saw. He hovered over the town, his shadow casting a silhouette on the ground. Looking down, he thought his eyes were deceiving him. Below him, were several creatures that looked like horses? They were running in various directions and pointing at the sky. ‘Am I going crazy, or are these just the town’s mounts?’ he thought. ‘Well, let’s find out.’ He scans the town, and finds an empty spot in the middle of the town, it had carts all round. ‘Must be the Market Square.’ He set himself down in the empty market square. Looking around, horses were running into buildings, closing their doors and windows behind them. ‘Gods, what’s got them worked all up?’ He stood there, in the market square, for what seemed minutes. Then, horns began to sound. He has heard those kinds of horns before. Horns of Battle. As he looks for the source of the sounds, he is suddenly surrounded by horses in armor. Some had what looked like horns on their head and some had wings. ‘Pegasi? Strange; but what’s with the horns?’ One of the horses stepped forward, it was white with a horn and wearing armor. It began to talk. “By the order of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, stand down dragon.” ‘Princess?’ he thought. Behind all the horses, two tall ones started to come forward. Both of them had horns, but also wings. One was white, and the other was dark blue. ‘What strange world is this?!’ “Dragon! Stand down, or we will use force! We know thou are the accusation for the strange magical occurrence in the forest!” the blue one shouts; and it was loud. “Well met, strange ones. I apologize if I have offended in anyway.” He states in his dragon form. All of the horses were looking at the dragon, eyes wide and jaws down. “You….can talk?” says the white one, who was really puzzled. “I have never seen a dragon quite like you before; but whatever you are trying to pull – drop it. You can’t fool us.” “I am not a dragon, Miss Horse.” he says. “This is just a potion I drank so I can transform into one.” “How dare you talk to the princess that way!” shouts one of the horses within the crowd. “I apologize, once again. It’s just you all look like horses, I meant no offense.” Adumar says, in a calm voice, trying to show no hostility. “We are ponies.” the white pony says, really berated. “I am Princess Celestia and this is my sister, Princess Luna, rulers of Equestria.” “One moment please.” he replies. He then starts to shrink, turning back into his human form. All the ponies gasp at the sight. After a minute, he is back into his regular form, armor and all. “He’s armed!” yells a guard pony. “Stand down, soldier.” Adumar says, trying to alleviate the situation. “I have a reason to be armed; if you would give me a chance to introduce and explain myself.” War steps forward toward the two Princesses, and takes off his helmet, showing off his black hair and clear face. He then bows, to show respect. “My name is Adumar; Champion of the Alliance, Slayer of Deathwing the Destroyer, Champion of the Frozen Wastes. I hail from the world of Azeroth, under strict orders from my King.” Princess Celestia and Luna look at the one named "Adumar", surprised and confused. They never expected him to bow before them, and introduce himself so calmly. Princess Celestia steps forward. “Explain why you are here, Adumar.” He reaches into his bag and takes out the missive that King Varian had given him. “This is a missive from the King himself. It explains why I am here and what we ask from you.” Princess Celestia takes the missive from the warrior’s hand with her magic and reads it. After reading the note she looks down at the still kneeling champion. “Rise, Sir Adumar.” He proceeds to stand and stands at attention in front of the Princess. She looks right into the human's eyes, and smiles. “I will he happy to help you.” “WHAT?!?” yells half of the guards. “Princess Celestia!” yells Shining Armor. “You want to help this….thing?! He was going to attack!” He turns toward the Captain, berated. “If you must know, I was flying here to find some denizens of the land for assistance. I am not a sadist. The Alliance would never, ever, do any such thing; unless you work for the Horde.” This got a lot of questionable looks, “What's ‘The Horde’” asks Princess Luna. “Another time. Would you like to meet the King? I can make a portal to the city of Stormwind and tell the king you are there to meet him.” he asks. “I would love to. My sister and I, including the Elements of Harmony – heroines of the land – will come too.” says Princess Celestia. Adumar nods, takes a deep breath and says, “Do you have a city we can go too? The portal needs to be hidden.” “Of course.” Location: Canterlot Castle Adumar stood in a room that the Princesses has gave to him for his portal. Princess Celestia, Luna, Shining Armor, a few guards, and six other guards stood in the room with him. “Give me a minute to cast the spell.” states Adumar, and gets right to summoning the portal. Just like last time, his hands start to glow in a blue aura. Sounds start to fill the room as the ritual progresses; a “WRRRRRRRRR” sound and static echo through each and every corner of the room. After around a minute there was a loud crackling sound, followed by a large bright flash of light in the room. You could feel the arcane energy in the air. When the light clears, Adumar is exhausted; panting, gasping for air, breathing heavily; but in the very middle of them was a shimmering portal. A city can be seen on the other side. "This is every interesting magic!" says Twilight Sparkle. “Just step through, and we will be will arrive within the city. I’ll go first.” he says. End of Chapter 3
Chapter 4: IntroductionsChapter 4: Introductions Location: Unknown “Ngh…” Prince Anduin groaned as he gained consciousness. He doesn’t remember much of anything; just being escorted to visit a town, then he got knocked out. He opened his eyes, taking in his surroundings. He was in a cell; it was dark, dirty, and it smelled of feces. He tried to move, but his legs were too weak. He tried to use the power of the Light to add some brightness into the room, but nothing happened. ‘What the..?’ His vision starts to clear, so he can see at a better perspective. He looked down to see he was still in his clothes; he was never a fan of heavy armor, so he wears light clothing. He was dressed in blue, white and yellow; blue pants, white shirt, boots. He sits for what felt like hours, until he soon heard…footsteps? No, it was not footsteps. Anyway, he can hear someone approaching the cell, so he looks toward the door; a strange creature was on the other side. It had wings, a tail, was wearing armor and walked on all fours; the front legs looked like claws, while the back looked like paws. Its upper body looked like it was white feathers. Anduin searched his mind: he knows he has seen a creature like this before – but where? It approaches the cell and peered inside. It chuckled when it saw Anduin was awake. It had a huge grin on its face; he could see it through the darkness. It stood there, just staring at Anduin, until he had enough. “Who are you, and where am I?!” he shouts at the creature on the other side of the bars. The creature chuckles again. “You are in a cell, Young Prince, as for who I am; I’m just a guard.” “Why am I here?” he asks. “We have our reasons. Our master has plans for this world. He has plans for the Alliance and the Horde.” replies the guard with a hint of mockery in his voice. “’This world’? Are you saying I am no longer on Azeroth?” asks Anduin, fear in his voice. “You could say that. We have… contacts on your world, and they don’t like your king so they took you and brought you here.” the guard replies. “My father will find a way to find me; and when he does, you and whoever you work with will be in massive trouble!” he says. “He will never find you, boy.” the guard says, who was now laughing. “He will NEVER find you, it’s futile.” The ‘guard’ then walks away. Anduin recognized the creature when it walked away. It was a gryphon; he remembers riding one with a hero, finding evidence on the cult ‘The Twilight’s Hammer’. What confused him though was that it could talk. This must really be a different world. ‘Father, I pray you find a way…’ he says in his head. ‘I need your help… I don’t know what to do…’ He sat there, for what felt like an eternity, until sleep finally overcomes him. Location: Stormwind City, inside the Stormwind Keep Two guards stood outside the room that was excluded from the rest of the keep. It was the room where a portal was made. They were to report any activity coming from inside the room. It was just another boring shift, when out of nowhere; a loud crackle was heard from inside the room; one of the guard’s turns, opens the doors and runs inside. When he got into the main chamber, what he saw shocked him. Adumar, Champion of the Alliance was standing there, with what looked like strange horses; some two with horns and wings, others with just horns or wings, or none at all. They were staring each other down for what felt like minutes, until Adumar took him out of his stupor. “Guard!” he shouts. The guard snaps to attention since the Champion outranks just about anyone, except for the king. “Go tell King Varian that Adumar has returned, with friends.” “Yes, sir!” and the guard salutes, and ran out of the room. Minutes later… The guard ran up to the throne, out of breath. The king was eyeing him suspiciously, but he let him recover. “Why are you out of breath guard? Is something wrong?” “Champion Adumar has returned, with friends, your Majesty.” the guard quickly replies. King Varian smiled widely, his champion has returned; but the guard did not say ‘with Prince Anduin’ this made him still have a hint of concern. “Thank you, guard. Go and take a break at the barracks.” he tells the guard. The guard gives a quick salute and walks off. “Calmortin!” Siltin Calmortin, Varian’s mage, comes running into the room. “Yes, King Varian?” “Adumar, has returned. Bring some of your mages so we can keep the portal up.” he says. “Right away!” he then runs off to catch some of his assistants. “You two,” he points to two royal guards. “Come with me.” Adumar stood there and waited for King Varian to show up. He hopes that the guard told him that he had strange creatures with him, or this will be a hard explanation. “You said we were in a castle, correct?” asks Princess Celestia. “Yes and no. You are in Stormwind Keep at the moment, where the King of Stormwind resides.” he says. “Is there a queen since there is a king?” asks Twilight Sparkle, who had a scroll and quill in her magic grasp. “Well… we did have a queen. She died a long time ago. Her name was Tiffin Ellerian. She was killed accidentally during a riot in Stormwind.” He explains. “A man named Edwin VanCleef and a group called the Stonemasons was the ones responsible for the riot, they were getting paid to do it.” “That’s… horrible.” says Princess Luna. Adumar nods in agreement. “It was a horrible day. Varian fell into a great depression that was clairvoyant to span a decade; all throughout the duration of the Third War.” he frowns and looks to the ground. “His Majesty has seen better days though. He has been through a lot.” Then, the doors to the room opened. King Varian walked in with two royal guards following close behind. Adumar smiled. “It’s great to see you again, Andumar.” Varian says, who smiled back. “Same to you, Your Majesty.” Adumar says. He steps out of the way and introduces the visitors to Varian. “King Varian, I would like to introduce you to, Princess Celestia, and her young sister, Princess Luna, rulers of the land of Equestira.” Varian looked at them both, wide-eyed; but then he smiled and walked up to them and addressed himself. “I am Varian, but I am also Lo’Gosh. I am the King of Stormwind, and leader of the Alliance; it’s a pleasure to meet you.” He bowed before them both. The Princesses smiled, and bowed back, as a sign of respect. “It’s a pleasure to meet a King. We apologize for the disappearance of your son; we will do everything within our power to find him.” Varian hide a huge smile on his face, “So, you’ll help my champion find him?” Both princesses nodded. “I am thankful; my son means everything to me.” He notices the ponies behind the princesses. “Who are the others?” Princess Celestia steps out of the way and starts introductions. “This is my Captain of the Royal Guard, Shining Armor.” “These are the six heroines that have saved the land of Equestria twice so far, the Elements of Harmony.” “Applejack, the Element of Honesty.” “Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness.” “Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter.” “Rarity, Element of Generosity.” “Rainbow Dash, Element of Loyalty.” “And Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student, the Element of Magic.” All six mares did respectful bows. "So tell me... what land are we on, and what is this 'Alliance'." asks Princess Celestia. It's going to be a long day. End of Chapter 4
Chapter 5: The Horde KnowsChapter 5: The Horde Knows The sun hung lazily in the sky over the city of Orgrimmar. Garrosh Hellscream, Warchief of the Horde, was sitting in his throne room, listening to a scout’s report on the Alliance’s movement. The scout soon left, leaving Grommash looking for something to do. He needed entertainment; he wanted something else to listen too; he wanted to do some involving blood. A grunt then came running up to the throne. ‘Must be another boring report.’ he thought. “Report.” He says bluntly. “We have gotten some very interesting Intel from a few spies we have in Stormwind City.” the grunt reports. “And, what is this Intel?” Hellscream asks, curiosity in his voice. “Apparently, the king’s son was kidnapped, and word around is that he was taken to an unknown land.” the grunt replies. Hellscream frowns. “That has got to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.” The grunt, still standing at attention, shakes his head. “It’s all true, Warchief. They have made a portal to the unknown world, using one of the king’s best mages.” “Are you sure it’s not just some made-up trap?” he shouts. “I never trusted humans, grunt. I don’t care if they will even betray their own kingdom!” “I recommend sending a rogue in then, Warchief.” the grunt says. “Have him collect the information, and report back with his findings.” “Hmph… I will do just that.” Hellscream says with a sigh. “Send in Vilkil, and tell him I want to see him for a really important and classified mission.” he says to a guard. “And you,” he points to the grunt that brought in the report. “Are free to go.” An Hour Later… “… That’s all?” Vilkil asks. “Seems too easy, but I’ll do it.” “Good. Report back to me, and we will see if the intel was true.” Hellscream says. “Yes, Warchief.” “Let honor guide you, Vilkil. Do not forget that Hellscream's eyes are always upon you.” Location: Unknown Two figures met inside a dark room; they both wore dark robes, almost blending in with the darkness. They only meet here to deliver any news there is to report. One looked like a human, the other is unknown. “What is it?” asks one figure. “Warchief Hellscream has sent one of the Horde’s best rogues to Stormwind City to investigate the rumors of a portal to another land, unknown to Azeroth.” the other reports. “Good…good… everything is going according to plan.” “Shall we execute the plan?” “Not yet. We must wait for the time to come.” “Understood.” Location: Stormwind City, Stormwind Keep Adumar, King Varian, and the ponies of Equestria stood in a room, with the doors closed behind them. They have been talking this while time, explaining the lands they were from. Twilight Sparkle was learning types of magic’s from the mage Siltin Calmortin; learning Fire, Arcane, Frost. She was also learning about other magic type classes; the shaman, warlock, priest, paladin. Rarity was admiring the robes that Siltin was wearing. “I think it is about time to return to the portal.” Adumar says as he gets up from his seat. “I need to make up a camp, and start searching for, Prince Anduin.” King Varian turns to him, and says. “Do you require any new supplies? I can have my guards get you anything.” Adumar shakes his head. “No, your Majesty. So far I have just used one bullet. The creatures I have come across were not even tough. Just some wolves.” “That is why I chose you.” King Varian says. “You may leave whenever you want.” “I will leave now, and get a camp set up in the town I encountered.” He turns to Princess Celestia. “Will I need an escort? I might need help convincing the locals.” Princess Celestia giggles and hands him a scroll. “Hand this to one of my guards and tell them to take you back to Ponyville, by chariot.” she smiles a motherly smile. “They will take care of the town for you. You may set up camp wherever you need to.” Andumar took the scroll, turns to King Varian and bows. “I shall return again soon, your majesty.” And walked out of the room. Andumar was just approaching the doors to the portal room, when he noticed something was off. The guards were out cold. He went to check for a pulse, they were alive, but was somehow knocked unconscious. He slowly went to the door, and opened it as quietly as possible, and peered inside. There was a figure inside, wearing dark red armor, and the horde insignia on it’ tabard. It was doing something to the portal, but he didn’t wait to find out. “Hey! Back away from the portal, Horde scum!” he shouts. The intruder turns around and throws a hidden dagger at Adumar, which he dodged quickly. Adumar draws his sword, a Grand Marshal Sword, and roars a battle cry and charges. “RAAAAAAAAAH!” The intruder acts quickly, and draws a sword from his side, and charges as well. Adumar was determined to kill this horde scum, only because he knew that the horde will know about the discovery of another world and try to do everything they can to get to the world on the other side. They both inch even closer…closer…closer…CLOSER… CLANG Their swords met. Their shoulders shook from recoil and they both pulled away. Adumar let him take the first move; he went for a side swing with both hands on the sword, and Adumar quickly parried it with his sword. The Horde enemy then went in for another attack but Adumar went in and used his sword against his enemy’s leg, cutting through some leather and made a small cut. Adumar got elbowed in the face as he made his attack, which made him back away. They both took into another fighting stance, but began to talk to each other instead. “So… The Horde knows about the world on the other side, eh?” Andumar asks. The intruder chuckled. “Indeed we do; at least they will now. We thought it was just a trap; I see we were wrong.” He then made a slash for the warrior, but was blocked with another parry from his sword. CLANG They were staring right into each other’s eyes. Andumar can see the intruder’s face now. He was a blood elf, with green eyes, blonde hair; a head band was around his head. They both grunted through gritted teeth. Andumar took an advantage by using his knee to knock the blood elf off balance. He went for a blow to his chest, but the blood elf reacted quickly. Only getting a chuck of his tabard ripped off. The blood elf took out a dagger and started to duel wield. He used his dagger to strike at Andumar’s face, which he got a slash down his right left eye. Andumar decided to return the favor, doing the same exact thing to the blood elf. The battle was getting nowhere. The blood elf got what he wanted, so he elbowed Andumar in the face, and managed to knock the warrior down. He jumped over him, and went for the door. Andumar quickly got up, grunting in the process. “Come back here and fight, you bastard!” he shouts, still in the process of standing. The blood elf turns around, looks right into Andumar’s eyes. “I would love to; but I have some information to deliver to the Warchief. Tell your king I said ‘Hello’” and then he detonated a smoke bomb, filling the corridor with gray smoke. Andumar ran through the smoke onto the other side only to find nothing. The elf was gone. The horde now knows. He sighs, turns around and picks up the chunk of the tabard with the Horde Insignia on it, and went to return to the throne room to deliver the bad news. Princess Celestia, Luna, the Elements, King Varian, and the others were still in the same room. They were having a bonding session, if they were to find Anduin, the Equestrians can join the ranks of the Alliance; so if the Equestrians needed assistance, they could contact King Varian and the rest will be done. *THUD* The doors to the room burst open. They all looked over to see Anduar and everypony gasped at the sight. Andumar looked like he had a really rough fight; he had blood running down his face. He approached the table the king was sitting at. King Varian looks him up and down and asks. “What happened to you, champion?” Andumar takes out the chuck of the tabard he got from the blood elf and slammed it on the table. “We have a problem.” he says. Back at the City of Ogrimmar Tilkil got away from the human easily. Just use a smoke bomb, get a good distance away and hearth home. He chuckled. The man knew how to fight. He entered the Warchief’s room and approached Garrosh. “Lok’tar, Kiltil. What have you found at the City of Stormwind?” asks Hellscream. “Lok’tar, Warchief. Everything is true. I managed to put the spell on a scroll.” He hands the scroll to the Warchief. Garrosh laughs and takes the scroll and observes it. 'The denizens of the land must already have sided with the Alliance filth since they got their first...' “General!” he calls out. A orc wearing orange armor comes out. “Yes, Warchief?” “General, you and your best veterans will pave your way through this new land.” he commands. “Storm the lands, and paint this new world RED!” End of Chapter 5 I am not that great at fight scenes. Let me know what you think!
Chapter 6: Prepare for WarChapter 6: Prepare for War Garrosh, the general, and an army of Horde behind them, stood on a hill overlooking a town, he grinned, knowing about the destruction he is about to cause… “SOLDIERS OF THE HORDE!” he yelled. All of the grunts stood at attention and cheered as their leader spoke. “In this world, lies a land fit for our taking! Untold riches wait for us, but first be must force the Alliance out! As warriors of the Horde, it is your duty to crush these Alliance filth and remove them from these lands!” All of the grunts cheered, and grows louder as their Warchief speaks. “Now is the time to strike! With their leader distracted, we have a advantage! Show no fear, and of all else… SHOW NO MERCY!” he roars. The cheers turn into roars as Garrosh throws his arm into the air. “BLOOD AND THUNDER!! LOK’TAR OGAR! FOR THE HORDE!!!” “FOR THE HORDE!!!!!!!” the Horde replied at the same time, and charged their way into the peaceful land of Equestria. Stormwind Keep now had extra security. Since the blood elf managed to get into the keep, King Varian made sure that nobody could get in or out; they will need permission. King Varian, Andumar, and Sintin Calmortin were in the throne room, talking about the resent activities. “How could one single blood elf get into my city?” King Varian questions. “We don’t know your majesty. None of the guards saw anything; the only people that had encountered him were Adumar here and the guards that were on duty at the time.” Siltin answers. Varian turns to Andumar with a questioning gaze. “Did you see anyone else with, or around the elf at all?” Andumar shakes his head. “No one, your Majesty. It was just him.” King Varian was getting angrier by each passing minute. You can see the rage when you gaze into his eyes. He was wondering if there was a opening somewhere in his keep, so he sent a search team for anything around the keep. “Did you get a good look – or name – of this blood elf, Andumar?” King Varian demands. “I did not get a name; but I did get a good look. He had blonde hair, green eyes, wears a red headband and red leather armor.” he countered. King Varian fumes with rage. He believes he knows who the blood elf was. “GUARD!” he calls; a royal guard comes running up to Varian, awaiting orders. “Yes, your majesty?” “Bring me the wanted poster of the blood elf, Vilkil – and make it quick!” he commands. The royal guard runs off. “I have been thinking,” Andumar starts. “Since we found no trace on how this elf got in; maybe someone from within the keep let him in.” “Are you saying we have a betrayer among us?” inquired Varian. “That’s exactly what I’m saying, your majesty.” he says. “If someone from within the keep did betray the Alliance to help those horde bastards, they will pay.” Varian says furiously. “I’ll handle the problem here at Stormwind Keep; you return to the land of Equestria and let the princesses know to be prepared for war.” “As you command, your majesty” Andumar says with a salute. “I shall depart immediately.” As Andumar departs, King Varian summons several couriers to his throne room. He wrote a missive to each of the Leaders of the Alliance. *** Leaders of the Alliance, The time has come for a war council. There are not many details that can be said on this missive. The Horde is about to go to war on a peaceful world; Yes you read that right. I will be waiting in Stormwind Keep to discuss the details. We will be fighting to protect a land called Equestria. Make haste. As I said, more will be discussed later. - King Varian Wyrnn of Stormwind City [Stormwind Official Seal] *** Location: Canterlot Castle Andumar went through the portal once again, returning to the land of Equestria. He found a few guards on duty, protecting the portal and letting nobody through. They kept an eye on him, watching his every move; every step, every movement of his arms; they also kept an eye on his weapons. Andumar approached a guard that was waiting at an exit. He was a white stallion Pegasus. His armor was bright yellow representing one of Celestia’s guards, with a light blue star on the front, green eyes and a totally blank expression was on his face. He eyed Adumar as be approached. “I request an audience with, Princess Celestia and Luna.” he says. “We have news on our enemy that must be delivered immediatly.” The guard, still being mundane nods. “Follow me.” After a short walk, Adumar and the guard approached two massive doors. Two other guards, stood there and their horns started to glow; then the doors opened. After the doors opened; he got a good glimpse of the room. Windows covered the roof, and all around the room some windows had strange patterns and pictures. There was a golden throne, with both Princesses sitting there, locked in conversation. All conversations stopped once the doors opened, and they were staring right at him. Andumar steps forward and bows. “Ahh, Sir Andumar. What brings you into the throne room today?” princess Celestia asks. “Princess Celestia, you need to prepare your best soldiers.” He says unnervingly. He knew that ponies never went to war, since they were a peaceful race. They still do train for battle, though if the time ever needed it. Both princesses look at him questionably. Princess Celestia asks, with a bit of pure in her voice. “What do we need to prepare soldiers, for?” Andumar looks up with a malice look, and says one word that makes chills go down the princesses’ spines. “War.” Location: Stormwind Keep, hours later King Varian stood in the war room, where battle plans are planned, and where they observe enemy movements. The Leaders of the Alliance were in the room with him. Next to King Varian, was Genn Graymane, King of Gilneas. From the city of Darnassus, home of the Night Elves, Tyrande Whisperwind, High Priestess of the Goddess Elune, former general of the Night Elf Sentinels and current head of the Sisterhood of Elune; stood with her husband, Malfurion Stormrage, the first of the mortal druids on Azeroth, Archdruid of the Kaldorei and Moonglade, Co-leader of the Cenarion Circle, and Co-leader of Darnassus. From the stone city of Ironforge, home of the Dwarves, was Muradin Bronzebeard, Prince of Ironforge, High Thane of the Bronzebeard Clan, younger brother of the dwarven King Magni Bronzebeard, and older brother of the explorer Brann Bronzebeard. From the city of Gnomeregan, Ex-Home of the Gnomes, was Gelbin Mekkatorque, High Tinker and King of Gnomes. From the great city of The Exodar, home of the Draenei, was Prophet Velen, Prophet of the Naaru, and the Leader of the Draenei. From the port city of Theramore Isle, was Jaina Proudmoore, Ruler of Theramore, leader of the Kirin Tor, and personal agent of the deceased Archmage Antonidas. All of them received a missive from a courier of Stormwind City that was sent by King Varian himself and went to the meeting that was put in place. “…and that’s the story, my friends.” Varian said gravely. He has been addressing the group of people sitting there the situation they were in. “We cannot let the Horde take over this world, or find my son. We must defend those who cannot defend themselves.” They all nodded in agreement. “I can take you through the portal to the city called ‘Canterlot’ when you all are ready.” he says. “We are ready when ye are, lass.” said Muradin. The others nodded. Location: Unknown Anduin was still sitting in the same cell he has been for what felt like weeks. He has been trapped, and never let out. They brought him food when he was hungry. He doesn’t even know about the Horde and Alliance getting ready for war in this peaceful world…Yet. He heard footsteps approach his cell, and he got closer, thinking food was coming. One the figures came into view, he could not see their faces since they were skulked in the shadow, but one looked human; the other, he doesn’t know. “I have news, my queen.” the human figure starts. “The Horde has arrived in this world, and the Alliance is following right behind them. They are getting ready for war.” Anduin could not believe his ears. ‘Father…’ The other figure, chuckled evilly. It sounds female. “Good, good! Everything is going just like I planned.” the female says. “Soon, the land of Equestria, and the world, will succumb to the grasp of chaos and nightmare!” Location: Canterlot Castle The Leaders of the Alliance went through the portal and exited on the other side. The ponies jumped into action and surrounded the group, but then out of nowhere a loud shout is heard, echoing within the room. “GUARDS! STAND DOWN! THEY ARE FRIENDLY!” the guards quickly withdrew their weapons and backed away from the group. When the guards were away from the group, nine figures came walking toward them; seven were ponies and one was human. Andumar steps forwards and bows before all of the leaders of the Alliance in front of him. “Well met.” And recieve greeting back. Princess Celestia and Luna stepped forward, mesmerized by all of the tall and short creatures in front of them. Princess Celestia and Luna, plus the other elements bow their heads. “Greetings, I am Princess Celesita, and this is my young sister, Princess Luna, we are the rulers of the land of Equestria.” They all said a greeting back. King Varian stepped forward, introducing each other leaders. “This is Muradin Bronzebeard, Prince of Ironforge, and High Thane of the Bronzebeard Clan. Tyrande Whisperwind, High Priestess of Elune and leader of Darnassus, and her husband Malfurion Stormrage, Archdruid of the Kaldorei and Moonglade and Co-Leader of Darnassus. Velen, leader of the draenei based at The Exodar. High Tinker Gelbin Mekkatorque, leader of the gnomes. Genn Graymane, King of Gilneas and Jaina Proudmoore, leader of the Kirin Tor and leader of Theramore.” “We have agreed to help ye all.” Muradin says. The princesses smile wide, happy to see the Alliance lend their assistance to help their land. All of a sudden, a guard comes rushing into the room. He was bleeding gravely, his armor was nearly annulled. “Guard! What happened?!” “T-The town of P-Ponyville is under attack by creatures unknown to us…” he pants as he tries to come out with the words; he ten collapses on the floor - dead. The girls screamed in horror at the death of a pony right in front of them. Plus, their town was under attack. “Shan’do, could you do something about this…?” Tyrande asks her husband, worried about the ponies. “I could help this poor creature come back to life, please give me some room.” Malfurion says. As the Night Elf walks toward the fallen pony, the crowd of shocked ponies, step out of the way, they seem to observe his figure; a pair of antlers were growing from his head, they noticed he also had attributes to a few attributes of animals, the attributes of a bird, a cat, and a bear. When he gets to the body, they watch Malfurion work his magic. He kneels over the dead pony, and his hands start to glow a nature-green color. Malfurion uses the power of nature to send life back into the dead pony. He puts both his hand on the side of the pony, and slowly his wounds close, and disappear from his body. The pony then gasps for air, and opens his eyes. When he sees a tall night elf looming over him, he then cowers in fear. “You don’t have to fear me, young one.” he says in calm, soothing voice. “I have brought you back to life; now rest. You will need it.” The pony looks into Malfurion’s eyes, and see’s he has nothing to fear about this man. “T-Thank you.” He says. Malfurion smiles, nods and stands up and walks back to the group of alliance leaders. All of the ponies were staring wide-eyed at what they just experienced. Malfurion chucked, “The power of nature helps in more ways than you can imagine.” King Varian speaks up. “I will return to Stormwind, and have my mages make portals around the city and have heroes and the Soldiers of the Alliance aid you in battle.” And then he turns and walks back to the portal. “We will stay and help. Elune guide us.” says Tyrande. “I agree, lass.” Muradin says. “Let’s go show the Horde filth what we are made of.” Back at Stormwind City, mages were gathering making portals to the land of Equestria. King Varian stands on a balcony, and he takes a deep breath and roars out. “SOLDIERS OF STORMWIND, HEED YOUR KINGS CALL!” “By now, you proably have heard rumors of creatures roaming Stormwind Keep. They have come under attack by the Horde, and seek our assistance.” “As always, the Alliance helps those in need!” Varian shouts. “This time, we must drive the Horde out of the land of our ally’s land! We march in ten minutes!” The soldiers were talking amongst themselves, wondering where they were going and what this world was. “This world, called Equestria, goes by the same values as the Alliances does. We help those in need. We will help them drive Garrosh and his army back!” “VENGENCE! This is the word we shall go by this day!” he roars. “We shall deliver it to them!” “FOR THE ALLIANCE, AND FOR EQUESTRIA! WE SHALL BE VICTOURIOUS THIS DAY!” “FOR THE ALLIANCE!” they soldiers roared. They start to chant as they gather their weapons and armor. End of Chapter 6 I don't know if I did these speeches well, let me know what you think; and let me know if I made any mistakes. Laters!
