Old friends

Author: Kayaara

It was foreseen for weeks, months by now. Not by Lexa herself, no, she never would have even imagined that these demons that she had tried so hard to run away from, to forget all about, would ever return to this planet, or back into her life. The doomsayers stood in the streets of Stormwind were the ones who were warning the people of a new danger coming to this world. Yet, who was going to believe them? Who would believe a group of naysayers, who were shouting on the streets of the danger coming to this planet?

Lexa was stupid to even leave her house during this time. She was only paying a visit to the cathedral, but strangely enough a doomsayer had made their way to the steps of the cathedral, a desperate and pleading cry being shouted at by the top of the short human lady’s voice.

“The Light has forsaken us!” She screamed, and as Lexa began walking up the steps, around this crazy woman, said woman turned to face Lexa, and shoved a pamphlet into her chest.

Now, Lexa had always been told ever since these doomsayers arrived that she should avoid eye contact, and stay as far away from them as possible (“You don’t want any of your old… Tendencies to show up, now do you dear?”), but this one was just. In the way, when all she wanted to do was get through to the cathedral. How they were even allowed to stand there was a mystery to the girl.

The Wolf and the Dragon, pt 1

Author: Erusi

Thunderbrew Distillery,

Kharanos,

Eastern Kingdoms.

Three weeks ago.

“Another three please.” Aevah raised a finger towards the bartender and then to her newly emptied mug. She slid a few silvers towards the other side of the bar and smiled, her hair didn’t have the best of appearances since her helmet’s removal when they entered. She clasped all three by their handles and headed back to her table.

“Combat training with the dwarves is quite unique.” Peacekeeper Gahdoan sipped at the new drink and leant back, the chair creaking beneath him. He raised the glass with a grin at the bartender and then nodded at Aevah. “But this...this is something else.”

“I know right!” Provisioner Hahfmood smiled from tentacle to tentacle at the sip, “It’s something to do with the hops they use.”

“It tastes like they use their steam engine fuel instead of water.” Aevah grimaced, but sipped anyway. “It’s a good job we’re not needed until tomorrow morning, I feel I may need this time to clear my he-.”

The distillery rocked hard at the sound of an explosion outside; by the thundering of the walls and the vibration in their chests it seemed as if it was right outside. “Armour up!” Hahfmood barked, grabbing his hammers. Gahdoan lifted up his his mace and shield from the floor and Aevah grabbed her swords. They went for the door to be met by a wall of fire, Gahdoan raised his shield and jammed the base into the ground. Instinctively the other two ducked behind him to both hold him steady and protect themselves against the fire.

“I think not!” Came the cry from the other side as the infernal took a harpoon through the chest and was dragged backwards. It’s reaction was nigh on priceless as it took a series of cannon blasts from the Kharanos defenders before falling to pieces. The three Draenei spread out onto the road and began assaulting the smaller demons with a flurry of blades, maces and skill.

“Incomi-” Came the cry from a dwarf who buckled under one of the showering fel meteors. His garbled cry drew the crowd’s eyes upwards to the ferocious sight of impending doom. Demons blessed with the ability to fly came swooping down towards them, clasping at defenders, dragging them into the sky and then tossing them back towards the ground below.

“Gahdoan, Hahfmood, sky-toss now!” Aevah dropped her swords and ran for the pair as they grasped at either end of Gahdoan’s shield. She leapt up onto it and in one well-practice move was thrown upwards, at the peak she leapt from the shield into the air, arms extended. The momentum of the falling dwarf forced her into a mid air roll as she caught him. Wrapping herself around him she hit the ground hard, but tensed up to take the blow herself. At the end of the roll she pushed him away, winced to her hooves and hobbled back to her weapons. To her dismay, for the one she had saved, four were not. Gahdoan had caught a gnome in one hand, but Hahfmood had fumbled and missed catching a human, he looked down in dismay at the crumpled corpse that lay near his left foot. “We cannot defend against this.” He added.

Aevah spun, tossing one of her swords out; pinning a Fel Bat against one of the roof barrels of the Thunderbrew Distillery. It let it’s prey go onto the roof and the dwarf dropped to the roof with a sigh of relief, Aevah huffed, she clearly wasn’t getting her sword back anytime soon. “Ironforge must be sending reinforcements!” She shouted towards Gahdoan, “Can you see anything?”

He dropped his engineering visor down and looked towards the mountain. “Reinforcements are on the way!” He flipped the visor up and clapped his mace and shield on an incoming imp. “We need to hold on.”

To be continued...