The end..or not.

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Chapter 1: The beginning of the End
There was an early summer’s breeze through the lands east of Ashenvale. The autumn coloured leaves flew gently from the tops of the trees down to the soft orange colored grass which was still wet in the early morning of the day. Suddenly, the breeze was not so gentle any more and the early morning sky was quickly replaced by a dark overcast. Droplets of rain started to fall and a few minutes later a true thunderstorm had taken shape. The trees began to wave back and forth but stood as they had done so for thousands of years. But there was something afoot in the forests that was not so common. The rain poured down on her dark blue long hair along her cape and rain droplets followed the shape of her face. The owl that rested on her right shoulder tried to hide under her hair as it crawled slightly against her neck. Her leather boots soaked to her bare feet and the rain pouring down her chainmail chest armour. But despite the hardships, she kept on walking like a Sentinel. In fact, she actually was a Sentinel named Celegil. Her travels had taken her to the edges of the known world, in search for any clues to her father’s past which she had never known. But eventually, even a Sentinel has to surrender if the weather turns as bad as it did on that day and so, Celegil hid in a cave, near the ruins of the old city of Eldarath, while sending her owl on his way to explore the surroundings.

Eventually, the weather turned again and the thunderstorm subsided. It was early in the afternoon when Celegil wanted to exit the cavern, she suddenly heard someone (or something) screaming. Weary as she was to traps and alike, she pulled out her scimitar and slowly crawled out of the cave. As the bright sun illuminated her face, she heard a heavy but quick breath behind a nearby tree. She folded her hand more firmly around the hilt of the blade as she quietly crawled towards the tree. As she reached the tree, she quickly jumped around the tree and hold the blade close to the neck of whatever was hiding there. But it was not as Celegil expected. In fact, it was the least she expected so far from any kind of civilization. Before her stood a small Human girl, the race that she actually hated the most save for the Orcs, which screamed out in terror as she saw the Sentinel. Celegil quickly put her left hand in front of the girl’s mouth to stop her from screaming as she said: ''“Quiet damn you! You want all the Satyr’s in that ruins to hear you?”''

But it was already too late. As Celegil kept the girl quiet, she heard a few vile words being shouted in a Demonic tongue. Celegil quickly turned herself and the girl behind the tree, facing away from the direction where the shouting was coming from as she quietly whispered to the girl: “If you want to live...you better be quiet now.” The girl quietly nodded as she started to whimper. As Celegil hold her blade close to the little girl’s chest she heard footsteps of a Satyr closing in. By staying very quiet, Celegil could hear where the Satyr roughly was walking. As the footsteps became louder and louder, she tightened her grip on the little girl’s mouth and turned her sword arm in the direction where the Satyr was coming from. Eventually, the Satyr walked beside the tree and in that moment, Celegil dropped the girl and trusted her blade into the neck of the Satyr. Blood came pouring out as the Satyr grabbed for his neck and fell down. To be safe, Celegil stabbed the Satyr in its chest a few times before its breath finally subsided. As the Sentinel stood up, blood dripping from her hands, she sighed and looked to the girl which stood watching with big eyes at how Celegil had just butchered the Satyr. Celegil quietly spoke to the girl as she sheathed her blade and pointed at the girl with her left hand: “That is what happens when you scream here, do not ever do it again.” The girl quietly nodded. Celegil sighed once more and took the cape of her back to wipe her hands off against it.

It was clear to Celegil that the girl was in complete shock and needed to calm down. That’s why Celegil took her to a small pond of water nearby the cliffs that lay south of the ruins. As Celegil washed her cape, the girl sat next to the Sentinel, crying slightly as the shock started to wear off. When Celegil saw that the girl was crying, she hugged her tightly and patted her on her back to comfort her. The girl finally spoke quietly: “I...I am sorry for screaming.” Celegil sighed and replied: ''“Don’t be sorry, I would have done the same. What’s your name girl? Mine is Celegil…and what in Elune’s are you doing here so far away from your lands?” The girl released Celegil’s shoulders and stood on her own feet as she replied: “I am Katherine. My mother...she travelled here with others to learn about...Twilight...something?”'' Katherine looked with question in her face towards Celegil. Celegil’s eyes widened by the mentioning of the Old Gods and sighed to herself looking down. Celegil remembered an occasion in which a fellow Sentinel was mind warped by one of the Old Gods. Katherine’s eyes sparkled slightly as she tried to look into Celegil’s in hope for an answer. Celegil sighed deeply once again to herself, trying to search for words during her reply: ''“Your...mother belongs to people that my kind doesn’t...uhm...like so much. Some of them, not your mother perhaps, do bad things to my people. Do you understand what I am trying to tell?” The small girl looked at the Sentinel in disbelief and replied as tears started to form in her eyes: “But...my mother was nice...” Celegil put both her hands on the shoulders of the girl and said: “Listen very carefully; your mother might have been taken over by someone, someone who is evil. We need to find her before it is uhm…too late. Do you know where you last saw here?”'' The girl looked increasingly frightened towards Celegil and pointed hesitantly towards the ruins of Eldarath. Celegil patted Katherine on her back and said: “Thank you...I am going to do everything I can to get your mother back, do you believe me?” The girl nodded only slightly.

When Celegil and Katherine got close towards the first major buildings of the city which were build on a cliff, an owl flew in circles above them. Celegil stopped and looked upwards to the owl smiling towards it. Katherine looked upwards as well and said: “Oh...what a beautiful bird.” As Celegil extended her arm towards the owl, it came flying down and landed gently on her right glove. Celegil smiled towards the Katherine while the owl extended its wings. Katherine looked in amazement towards the owl and Celegil: “By the light...it is yours?” Celegil nodded: “Yes, he is called Thalyn and he is very good friend of mine.” The Sentinel held the owl close to herself as she put her left hand on Thalyn’s small head and closed her eyes mumbling: “Let me see what you saw...” As Celegil saw the visions that her owl had seen, her face turn pale and whispered: “By the Goddess...what have you done Ilaana...” She released her grip of the owl in a shock, slightly scaring the owl as it barely manages to quickly jump on Celegil’s shoulder. Katherine took a step backward from the Sentinel and asked: “What is wrong purple miss?” Celegil turned her face towards Katherine with wide eyes: ''“It’s...its worse as I thought. You have have to stay here Katherine. it is far too dangerous .”'' Katherine slightly nodded at the Sentinel. Celegil regained her stature and kneeled down to look Katherine in the eyes:'' “If I do not return in a day...run towards the west and DO NOT stop. Let my people know that something terrible happened here and they must come. Do you understand this?” Katherine nodded slightly and replied: “Yes miss. Thank you for saving me…” Celegil hugged Katherine tightly, patter her on her back and said: “Take care.”'' Katherine nodded slightly and hid beneath one of the stones from the half-collapsed buildings. Celegil rose back to her feet again and unsheathed her blade and mumbled: ''“Damn you mother...” ''

Chapter 2: The End
As night started to fall on the ruins of Eldarath, many shadowy figures came to life. In the ruined remains what used to be the town square, there was a magic stone which had a purple aura coming out of the runes that littered its surface. Many shadows circled around the stone, both human and non-human. In the middle of the square stood a Naga which had a magic amulet in its right hand holding it up towards mother moon. Celegil, hidden away in one of the buildings, could see there was a much more familiar face standing opposite of the Naga. Celegil muttered some curses towards Elune and mumbled: “Why have you sunk so deeply mother..?” Celegil quickly hid her head when the Naga started to talk: ''“So this amulet will make me invulnerable to any magic? Miss…?” The Night Elf walked more closely towards the Naga and replied: “Ilaana...Yes Xarthanos, this amulet will make you invulnerable to magic. Of course, the amulet can only handle so much magic before it can’t take any more. To recharge the amulet, one must put it in one of the sacred Moonwells.” The Naga laughed cruelly and looked at his followers as he replied: “Hmm...Not much of a problem for my legion. With the amulet in my hands, those Priestesses will be harmless and I can take Forest Song as my own.” Ilaana walked around him and laughed just as cruel which pained Celegil deeply: “Indeed my lord. And now to your part of the deal...I brought you the amulet; will you restore my mate to life?” The Naga laughed again and replied with a grin upon his face: “Must I? I wouldn’t mind if you were turned into a Naga…” He motioned to a few of his followers: “Guards, restrain this woman and take her to the Queen’s city.” Ilaana frowned deeply and shouted in reply to him: “You demon! We had a deal!” The Naga replied to her, moving one of his fishy hands over Ilaana’s face: “Yes...but you as a Night Elf must know we can never be trusted...” '' As Celegil watched this from a distance, she was unsure what to do. If she intervened now, it could mean the end for herself but also that of Forest Song if the Naga keeps the amulet. Celegil sighed deeply and looked around the building when she saw an ancient spear that lay on the floor. Celegil thought for a moment and took Thalyn onto her right hand and whispered to him: “We must take the amulet from him...do you hear me? If we don’t, it will be the end of all of us.” The owl slightly nodded as far as an owl can nod. Celegil patted the owl on its head and send it to fly off, circling above the square. She then walked over to the spear and picked it up and used the stairs of the ancient building to get to the roof. The Naga was patting on the amulet with its slimy fish hands when Thalyn flew in low and snarled the amulet out of its hand. The Naga shouted:'' “Guards! Get that bird! We must not lose that amulet!”'' Thalyn flew around and landed back on the shoulders of Celegil. She patted him quickly and rose to her feet so she was exposed with her full length on top of the building and shouted towards the Naga: “Catch this you Naga curse!” Celegil took a leap and threw the spear in the direction of the Naga with great speed. The spear hit the Naga in its chest and impaled him in full, through the scales and into its heart. It led out a scream in terror and shouted: “Zin-Azshari” before it died in a pool of blood. As if the guards of the Naga were part of its conscience, they too fell silent and stood straight as if the life was drawn from them. All of the guards, but one. Ilaana, who was dropped on the ground by the guards, stood up and looked towards the building on which Celegil had crawled back on her feet. As mother and daughter eyed each other, Celegil shouted out loud: ''“Damn you mother! Damn you! Must I condemn you to the nightmare itself?! What has gotten into you?”'' As Celegil shouted, Ilaana dropped to her feet and cried with hands in her face.

Celegil sighed deeply and ran down the stairs, out of the building and towards Ilaana. Celegil stood in front of her mother with her blade unsheathed. As Ilaana was still crying, Celegil pulled up her mother’s head by her hair and put the tip of her blade against her mother’s neck. She then said emotionally with tears in her eyes: ''“Mother...Elune forbid me, but if you are truly evil, there is only one way to end this. Answer me now!” Ilaana looked with tears in the eyes of her daughter and replied: “He...He had me under control...and...I wanted your father back...I”.'' Ilaana hugged Celegil’s legs as Celegil sighed deeply and looked towards the Moon. While her mother was hanging at her in tears, Celegil mumbled: “Elune...I hope this is the right decision...” Ilaana released her grip on Celegil’s legs and looked back up into the eyes of her daughter and shouted: “By Elune, please I will never do this again!” Celegil sighed and let loose of Ilaana’s hair, sheathed her blade and said quietly: “Elune was with you in that moment mother, don’t let it come to that ever again.” Ilaana crawled back on her feet and nodded slightly. Celegil looked at her mother sternly and said: “You and me have to talk about trust...but not here.” 

Celegil and Ilaana quickly run back to the stone where Katherine hid herself. As the two Night Elves came close to Katherine she crawled from under the stone and spoke cheerfully: “Oh you brought a friend!” Celegil quickly picked up the small human girl and positioned her on her left shoulder and spoke:'' “Not now girl, we need to run and fast. Who knows what happens if these wake up again.”'' When the group left the ruins behind them, Celegil’s fear was acknowledged. The guards slowly started to wake up again and from a distance she could see they were heading in their direction. As they were running across the cliffs, Celegil slipped over a rock and send Katherine and herself flying. Katherine landed on the soft grass but Celegil was send flying over the cliff and could barely hold on to a lose rock in the wall of the cliff. She looked up and saw her mother and Katherine looking down upon her. The distance between her and them was ten meters of flat stone and there was no way she could climb back up again. Celegil looked down her feet and saw a wild sea which must have been more than 50 meters down with rough rocks along the edges of the wall of the cliff. Celegil shouted at Ilaana: “Take the girl and run! Ilaana shouted back: “I can’t possibly leave you here!” Celegil’s grip on the stone started to loosen as she shouted: “You will, run damn you!” After that shout, Celegil lost grip of the rock that she held onto and fell down the wall of the cliff into the wild sea. When she hit the sea’s surface it was as if she hit concrete and all got black in front of her eyes, falling into a sleep that was deeper and deeper as the moments passed.

Chapter 3: Revelations
Coming soon..