Demon Hunters: Slayers Part 8

I looked out from the balcony outside the room and gazed at the wondrous sights of Silvermoon city. I was on the tenth floor and as such I looked down into a wondrous vista that was part nature part magic.
 
The ground below was aglow with lights, the multi coloured grass and bushes along the concrete roads were growing lushly. Flowers of many shades grew on curbs and dividers glowed as if they were breathing. The vehicles that travelled over the road were in all manners of shapes with the colours of magic covering them.  
 
Silvermoon was a sprawling city comprising tall buildings and on one of the hills was a palace where the Elf King resided. The palace was enshrouded in magical shield, so it looked like it was surrounded by silvery mists.  
 
Three months have passed since our fracas at the border of Azeroth in the East Portal. I mourned the passing of my fellow soldiers as in my mind I was the only survivor and Jademere of course.    
 
I was very badly hurt and lost a lot of blood. I had stayed in bed for several weeks, being looked after by Jademere’s family. When I recovered, I found out that my face was badly marked by Payla’s fire. I now had a scale-like scars running down from my eyebrow to my chin on the left side of my face. I was glad I didn’t lose my eye.  
 
My hair was burnt off and was just growing back, but curiously it was growing out curly.  
Jademere was none the worse for wear. She was just as radiantly beautiful as before except for that look of sadness in her eyes. Her parents, a couple of tall regal looking elves, mourned their son too.  
 
I had sent word to my mother that I was with Jademere and that I was recovering. She replied that someone from the Government was looking for me and she said it would be best if I stayed away for a while. I believed that it was because they knew I was one of the soldiers who went against orders and jumped the gun on their mission.  
 
I cried as I knew I could never go home. Not unless I was ready to be court martialled, and I was not…did not want that.  Jademere assured me that she was happy to have me stay with her. I knew that and was grateful but I wanted to go home. Nothing beats the smell of home and your own bedroom, I thought.  
 
I was mourning my fate, dolefully when Jademere burst into the room excitedly. I looked at her and she just smiled there, waving at me to follow her. I shook my head but followed her inside.  
 
I gasped in surprise and wonder when I saw who was standing in the vast living room.    
 
“Amelia!” I almost screamed.  
 
“Grace!” she answered and strode towards me. She gave me a brief hug and pushed me away, staring down on my face.  
 
I twisted away and looked at the other figure. It was Fire Elemental, standing there grinning which did not really went well with his fierce face and gigantic muscle bound body.  
 
I stared back at Amelia, so happy to see her.  
 
“How did you find me? Where did you go?” I gasped out.  
 
“Not so hard to figure out where you would go,” Amelia answered, laughing a little.  
 
I grinned.  
 
“We dived down into the valley below and escaped through a tunnel in the mountain. Amelia and I once used that tunnel during a mission before. We were badly burnt but our bike was intact, so we managed to fly through. There is an abandoned village on the other side near a waterfall. All of us stayed there to recuperate and recover.”  
 
“All of you?”  
 
“One of the soldiers died, but everyone else survived. They have all gone home now as nobody knew they came with us. Only you and I were implicated as a policeman met us as you know. Since we have not reported in for duty for the last few months, we have been declared as deserters. We can’t go home, Grace.”  
 
Amelia stood there, silently, for a moment. She had changed, I thought, her hair was completely white and the scar on her eyebrow seemed deeper. She was leaner too.  
 
“I know, we can’t go home. Sooner or later they will search here too. Where will you go?” I asked.  
 
“We will go to the Outland. I heard the land is recovering and the people are getting back to nature, we will explore the land and if it is welcoming, we may stay there,” Fire said. Outland had once been destroyed a long time ago during a great and terrible war.  
 
Outland was the homeworld of the orcs and refuge of the draenei, peaceful humans who escaped there from their world, Argus, fleeing the demonic Burning Legion.  Of course Fire would go there, that was his homeworld after all, being part Orc and part human.  
 
“Will you come with us?” Amelia asked.  
 
Outland was very far away. It was near the North Portal. We would be riding for several nights.  
 
I nodded.  
 
Jademere waved at us from her window, a sad smile on her face. She had begged me tearfully to stay but I knew one day the military police from Stormwind would come for me.    
 
We flew towards the portal in the far north through the moonlit sky. I felt the scars on my face itch. I looked at the figure of Amelia and Fire on their respective bike before me. We were slayers of dragons but in the end we became victims of these creatures, in our own way.  
 
Ends  
 
Grace-Grace  
Amelia- AEMelia564 (Y)  
Jademere- Jade-Pandora (jade tiger)  
Fire Elemental- Daniel Christiansen