The Quest to find the Prince

Chapter 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