Warcraft 3: Broken Blessings

Chapter 12

"We are almossst there!" a Naga warrior grunted, as he slithered along with the rest of the group.

"Why so far inland?!" Lady Vashj muttered. "If there was even a stream nearby...!"

"We will look around when we get there," another warrior nodded. As they got closer to the village, the group paused at something in the distance. It was a muscular male figure wearing baggy pants and sandals. He bore two scythe-like hand weapons that specialized in close combat. Dark greenish-black hair seemed to waver about his form freely, save for the small bit bound in a top-knot at the top, and his purple skin showed he wasn't a normal human. The long ears he had proved that, too. And, if it wasn't for the set of demon wings on his back completed with a set of large, curled horns that graced his head, he would have looked like another Night Elf. He pretty much was, but he was also something more.

"Master?" Lady Vashj frowned.

"I was...curious..." he said when he walked over. A blindfold was over his eyes to show he was blind. Long ago, he held a set of beautiful amber eyes. But, they were burned out long ago. He no longer needed to see anything around him. He was able to sense everything and more.

"Of what, Master? We were ensuring that Kael'thas had his young Queen..." she started.

"I am aware. I was only curious...as to why he chose a human over all the others. And he never told me about her, either. Such a thing...it doesn't sit right," he frowned.

"He wasss not planning to inform usss of her, either," a Naga guard hissed softly. "It wasss when hisss attendant made the missshap with the map that it came forth."

"That is true!" she blinked in thought.

"Then there must be something...special...about her..." the blind Night Elf mused. "This makes me want to meet with her even more."

"I sssmell death," another Naga warrior growled.

"What?" the blind one asked.

"Master Illidan," Lady Vashj sighed. "there was a Scourge invasion happening. Apparently, I feel they may have caught wind of Kael's young bride, too. But..."

"But?" he asked.

"He said he married her. Yet...she never agreed to it. Her heart clearly belonged to another. She had escaped with this other. And, I think it is here that they are hiding. But, we don't know for how long," she explained lightly. Illidan thought hard at this news. Then he paused. He sensed something. And it made him gasp with complete shock. "Master?!"

"There is a...power here..." he shivered. "One that I haven't felt...not since...so long ago..."

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Focus on the land. Feel for something ancient," he lightly instructed. "I'm surprised that you didn't sense anything yet."

"It is because I wasn't looking for something like this," she muttered and focused. Now her jaw dropped with complete shock. "This reminds me of the Well of Eternity!"

"Not quite. Its power is there, but...it is a mere fraction. I think this is a Sunwell," he said. "Kael'thas has...much...to answer for..."

"I wonder..." she thought now. "I think...that this is why he wants her..."

"What?" he asked her now.

"I think...I'm not too certain...but I have to think that this is why the Scourge appeared. He also said that she was a bit of royalty," she said, as she thought back hard.

"Royalty? You mean...like a princess?" he asked in a puzzled way.

"Yes. At least it would show motive for him to wed her. We need to talk to him to get some answers," she sighed and shook her head. "I think he was hiding her from me, too."