Other than the attack of the idiot squad, the rest of the journey was spent in relative peace. Sadly we were unable to get rid of them before we reached Darkshire, but at least they didn't cause any problems, even at night.
Somehow a Varren parked next to each of them while we slept kept them from getting any ideas.
The rest of the journey was easy enough, just a couple of run ins with the local wildlife. I'm thinking that my girlfriend might actually be developing a case of arachnophobia.
To be fair though, I am hardly fond of the damn things anyway.
"There it is." Dawn finally commented as The Dark Portal rose into view as Mr. Fluffsy climbed the last hill, giving us a view over the army camp in the crater around it.
"Yeah...joy." I said with a sigh, causing her to give me a smile over her shoulder.
"It's not all bad," She said " We'll be able to get into an actual bed again" and her smile took on a playful hint.
I blinked and then grinned "I like the way you think..."
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No such luck.
When we finally arrived in Thrallamar, we found out that there was no time to rest there.
"Say that again?" I asked the green troll left in charge of the fortress camp. I never did catch his name.
"The armies are forming up in Shadowmoon Valley for the final assault on The Black Temple. If you take a windrider, you might get there in time to heal the wounded after the battle," he said.
How the flying hell did they push the legion back all the way to the last zone in four months?
Dawn gave me a worried look "How long will it take by windrider?" She asked him, "We need to get there before it starts!"
"I'm sorry, mon." The troll answered her "It takes at least a day to fly there, even following the edge of the world."
I frowned "What if you fly across the Void?" I asked him "I have seen a map of this place, Shadowmoon Valley is across the void next to Hellfire."
He shook his head "Windriders won't fly across the void."
"Then we get different mounts," I said before I turned to Dawn. "We better get ready. Repack everything we need into bags. Nothing to much, we need to travel fast."
She quickly nodded and ran back to the Kodo.
I sighed and looked after her for a moment before walking over to the windmaster. I needed some saddles.
Damn. If we had been a couple of days or weeks later, it would have been over already. It might be selfish, but I would have preferred it.
It would mean Dawn was not going into danger again.
But if I dragged my heels, she would find out and she would be mad as a bee at me and not in the sexy way either.
She would never forgive me, especially if Cloudsong got his arse killed.
Which meant doing my best to get us there in time....and then to do my best to End the battle and if possible, this war as fast as possible.
So much for relative anonymity.
"I need two windrider saddles." I told the old orc that was the Thrallamar windmaster.
He frowned "What for, human?"
"Because I have alternate mounts that will be able to get us to the site of the battle, hopefully before it breaks out." I answered him.
The Orc looked hesitant "You two are healers?" he then asked.
I nodded.
"Good. I have a couple of old saddles. They need to be changed to fit a different kind of mount. Go get the mounts, I'll go get the leatherworker." He then said before turning to walk through the camp, leaving me to look after him for a moment.
Shaking my head I turned to walk and find somewhere out of sight of anyone where I could summon and enlarge a couple of ravens.
I could have used the Firewings spell, but that would leave us unable to bring any stuff and make us tired by the end. You do need to think about flying and if you don't...well, you don't.
Which meant flying mounts and the ravens was the most practical alternative.
Hopefully, we'll be able to get there in time.
AN// It is thanks to ntwayneK that this part is betaed
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