The Mage's Knight in Cold Armor: Apprentice to The Betrayer

5 hours before the Battle at Light's Hope Chapel...

"I will find you again, my love! I won't abandon you!"

I abruptly woke up sweating like a pig and gasping for air, then I looked around the room to see no sign of Jaina anywhere!

'She's probably gone to get our gryphons ready-wait what time is it?' I thought then I looked at a nearby clock.

8:30 AM

"What the?! Dammit, Illidan!"

Once I realised I had overslept, I quickly got myself changed and made myself look a little decent. I had the front of my hair split into two large halves and placed on both sides and the rest I tied up in a high ponytail, almost like Illidan's hair. I didn't do makeup obviously because I don't have the time for it, but I did don a necklace with Illidan's hearthstone that he made me. As I was putting on the necklace, the light in the spiral of the hearthstone started to flicker as if it was mimicking a heartbeat.

"I told you I will never abandon you. Because of our soulbond, you wield a portion of my power. With that and your war glaives, you'll be unstoppable."

After that whisper, my heart started to race and I had to calm down because I knew who it was that was whispering to me. I forced myself to calm down and as soon as I was ready, I ran downstairs and out of the Inn to find Jaina crossing her arms looking frustrated.

"About time you got up!" She groaned. "I was trying to wake you but you wouldn't budge!"

"Sorry." I apologised. "Are the gryphons ready to go? What about Snowflake and Darkhoof?"

"They're both in the stables and we must leave now." Jaina replied, gesturing to the two gryphons awaiting us.

I nodded to Jaina and we both got on our gryphons and we took to the skies at a high speed! It's been so long since I've ridden a gryphon this high up and I could tell Jaina was happy too.

"I even heard you mumbling in your sleep when I tried to wake you up." Jaina chattered. "Were you dreaming?"

Not knowing how to fully explain it to Jaina, I tried to come up with a lie. "Yes I was. But it was so vivid that it felt real!"

"Felt real? Like anything that touched you felt real?" Jaina asked me.

'More like someone.' I thought to myself.

I nodded in reply and I looked down to see where we're flying over and I could see a bridge leading to a land covered in decay and...mushrooms?

"I think we're in the Plaguelands!" Jaina shouted to me.

"What the-already?!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah! Let's find a place to land and let's go find your son!" Jaina shouted to me again.

I nodded to her and we gestured our gryphons to land at a place that wasn't surrounded by enemies. Once we landed, Jaina gestured the gryphons to fly off but to keep an eye on us from the skies and we started walking into the Eastern Plaguelands. I felt a cold chill down my spine as I saw a rotting corpse on the sideway and I thought I saw it twitch! I cast a fireball spell at the corpse only to realise it hasn't moved at all. Jaina raised an eyebrow at me but then shook her head with a smile.