For the Ones We Love -

Chapter 9: Cenarius-

Kai after the death of Illidan was a mess. Everything changed when he died, even though her heart was weighed down with grief, she felt as if her soul was free. The vines around her horns became thorns that bloomed Fel colored flowers. Merlin and Felysae cut and picked the thorns off when they landed on her horns. Though Night Elves were sided with the Alliance, Kai helped both sides. She was a mage dealing with only natural spells, she also could heal pretty well. With the Alliance King dead and Dalaran being teleported back to the Broken Isles where Kai grew up, she took advantage of that.

Khadgar asked her where she wanted to start the 'assault' and Kai told him Val'sharah. Kai was honestly eager to go home, she needed to go home. Taking the griffon to Val'sharah she landed in Bradensbrook, nothing had really changed except for the fact there was a lot of druids there. She listened to the people and accepted their small little missions. Though Kai, before she started to help these people went back to her house.

Mounting Frost and Merlin and Felysae perched happily on her horns she started to head back home. Now that she had Frost she was able to get to her house in less than half the time. She carefully rode Frost through the overgrown forest that seemed to grow wild without her care. Though she could feel the forest responding to her like an old friend. Frost jumped over the stream and slowed down in front of her cave. Thick vines had grown over the entrance to keep people out and Kai brushed them aside. She stepped into the dimly light room and Merlin chirped happily as he jumped for his perch. Kai light her candles and everything was the same, expect for the layer of dust on everything.

Kai picked up the picture of her and the two brothers and sighed, how young and naive they were. She slipped the picture into her satchel and looked around the place. When she left she thought she was going to come back so she didn't pack anything personal. Things didn't turn out as planned and Kai ended up leaving everything behind. She grabbed the photo of her mother and her as well as the one of Illidan laughing. When she said photo is was a sketch she had done herself. Fifteen thousand years ago they didn't have anything as advanced as the S.E.L.F.I.E, even though Kai herself had bought one she never used it. Only to take pictures of nature to remind herself of better times.

Kai after grabbing all the personal items she needed hoped back on Frost and headed to where the Grove was. The small mountain overlooking a field of flowers, the green grass and gentle breeze. She missed that Grove the most out of everything from Val'sharah.

Frost carried here there and Kai noticed the pain she felt in her gut. "No, no, no!" Kai whined nudging Frost to go faster. She let him carry her through the woods and he was careful not to hurt himself. Frost stopped and Kai growled. The once green fields we're scared black and she could see where demons marched on the ground. Kai felt the full force of the demons footsteps in her head. Like daggers being dug into her back and she cried out. Frost nudged her worriedly and Merlin and Felysae chirped.

Kai dug her hands into the earth and tried to revive the land. letting her energy flow with the earth in a failed attempt to save the land. A few pieces of grass sprung from the charred earth but that was it. Kai threw her satchel onto the ground and brought her legs to her chest. A few thorn vines pressing against her skin but not enough to draw blood.

"Who are you!" She heard a woman ask and Kai turned around to see a Night Elf standing in the forest opening.

"Nature Spirit, I'm mourning the loss of these lands." Kai said using her staff to stand up and Frost handed her bag back to her.

"The druids mourn as well, demons came and destroyed the Grove." She sighed and looked around, "Not many people knew about this land and the druids are more worried about Cenarius to heal the land."

"Not even I myself can heal this land. It would take Cenarius himself to heal everything." Kai responded mounting Frost and Merlin and Felysae perched themselves on her horns.