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SCRAPBOOK 2017 - TAKE TWO

Scrapbook for the second half of 2017, because tumblr doesn’t like it when you have a million links on one post.

Italicized titles = enjoyed muchly, bold titles = love, titles with an asterisk* = OBSESSION and titles in (brackets) are re-watches/re-reads. And lastly, strikethough = DISLIKE.

Goals are: read thirty-five new books this year (yikes, way behind), finish four video games (definitely on track here), finish writing and publish the Sabriel AU (eh heh), and write something original (does coming up with the idea count?).

MOVIES

June

Wonder Woman

(Doctor Strange)

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Bronson

Chocolat

Tristan and Isolde

(Moana)

Power Rangers

July

Spiderman: Homecoming

Mona Lisa Smile

Baby Driver

(Logan)

Ouija: Origins of Evil

(Star Wars: Rogue One)

Passengers

Atomic Blonde

King and I

Stranded

August

The Sixth Sense

(Armageddon)

Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

(The Princess Diaries)

(X-Men: Apocalypse)

Legend

(Silent Hill)

BOOKS

June:

Authority | Jeff Vandermeer

July:

Authority | Jeff Vandermeer

The Secret History | Donna Tarte

A Wrinkle In Time | Madeline L’Engle [Fin]

The Archived | Victoria Schwab [Fin]

Scythe | Neal Shusterman [Fin]

Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo [Fin]

August

Siege and Storm | Leigh Bardugo [Fin]

Less | Andrew Sean Greer

Authority | Jeff Vandermeer

A Wind In The Door | Madeline L’Engle [Fin]

PODCASTS

June:

The Bright Sessions Eps 31-32

Alice Isn’t Dead Eps 3-4

Welcome to Night Vale 1-3

July:

Alice Isn’t Dead Eps 4-5

EOS 10 Eps 1-3

August

N/A

TV SHOWS BY SEASON

June:

Grace and Frankie

American Gods

(Stranger Things)

How to Get Away With Murder s2

Black Sails s2

July:

Black Sails s2

Grace and Frankie

Stargate SG-1 s2, s3

Doctor Who s8

The Strain

Boku no Hero Academia

August

Westworld

Voltron s3

Game of Thrones s7

The Strain

Yamishibai

Jerry Springer (Vacation w/ boyfriend’s family. Brother and friends are awful.)

VIDEO GAMES

June:

LoZ: Breath of the Wild (Definitely more than 40 hrs; Fin)

Dishonored 2 (Corvo Playthrough, 7 hrs)

Witcher 3 (15 hrs?)

July:

Witcher 3 (15 hrs?)

(Final Fantasy XV, 2 hrs)

August

(Final Fantasy XV, 2 hrs)

DELIGHTFUL FIC

June:

Running on Air by eleventy7 (HP; Drarry; 75k; Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.)

Slithering by astolat (HP; Drarry; 27k; Draco found the nest down in the Manor’s cellars, while he was clearing them out.)

Bitter Honey, Green Night by Faith Wood (faithwood) (HP; Drarry; 14k; An inn, an Auror, a criminal, a mystery.)

Hermione Granger's Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run by waspabi (HP; Drarry; 93k; 'You're a wizard, Harry' is easier to hear from a half-giant when you're eleven, rather than from some kids on a tube platform when you're seventeen and late for work.)

Stately Homes of Wiltshire by waspabi (HP; Drarry; 57k; Malfoy Manor has mould, dry rot and an infestation of unusually historical poltergeists. Harry Potter is on the case.)

stranger things than polyamory by trepan (Stranger Things; Jonathon/Steve/Nancy; 3.5k; Somebody spray-paints NANCY WHEELER HAS TWO BOYFRIENDS on a wall she walks by on her way back from school in May. There are a couple of other students watching her as she passes. Nancy gives the sign a long look, then smirks at them politely.)

the heart its own rough animal by trepan (Stranger Things; Jonathon/Nancy/Steve; 21k; “Where’s her daemon,” says one of the boys urgently. “Guys, she doesn’t have one.”)

in the bone by patho (ghostsoldier) (Dishonored; Corvo/Outsider; 2.8k; It all began when Corvo started kissing the Mark for luck.)

The Sea and Stars Are Yours, My Dear, But the Moon Would Not Cooperate by NeverwinterThistle (Dishonored; Corvo/Outsider; 25k; The Outsider explores the murky seas of human courtship while Corvo watches in bemusement, and in the background Emily draws, Callista takes charge, Piero sulks, and Cecelia accidentally becomes indispensable. There's also a plague, a vase of asparagus, and about a hundred singing whales who randomly showed up in the harbour one evening.The squid is still wriggling.)

apocrypha by aerynlallaboso (Dishonored; Corvo/Outsider; 95k+; WIP; The Eighth year of the reign of Empress Emily Kaldwin, First of her Name, the second year without a whisper from the Outsider, is the year the Void chooses to mark the end of an era.)

a small soft death by patho (ghostsoldier) (Dishonored; Corvo/Outsider; 2.8k; “The finest steel,” the Outsider says, “is forged with true purpose in mind. Elements that enhance the strength of the weapon are carefully chosen, and those that make the metal brittle and weak are burned away. It is an exacting process. The most beautiful dagger will be of no use at all if the steel is not properly tempered. Do you understand?”)

in·car·nate by bygoneboy (Dishonored; Corvo/Outsider; 21k; The Void’s Chosen have loved him before.)

The Crown of the Summer Court by astolat (Merlin; Merlin/Arthur; 24k; "The king sent me to get you," Merlin said, with a tone that implied strongly that he wasn't rolling his eyes where Arthur could see, but just wait until his back was turned. "He said you're to get changed into formal clothes and meet him in the Great Hall, there's a delegation coming from the Summer Court.")

the king of oak by saltpans (HP: FBAWTFT; Credance/Percival Graves; 38k; The first thing Percival Graves does after being released back into the world is buy a new wand.)

Hi, You Were My Husband in Another Life, Professor by littlebirdtold (Star Trek; Spirk; 48k; Um, hi. I'm Jim. Jim Kirk. You don't know me, but I know you. Well, sort of. It's a long story.)

Bluebird by waldorph (Star Trek; Spirk; 7k; Jim whipped around so fast most of his drink ended up on Spock, who was reaching for the phaser that wasn’t there. The Enterprise crew was parting like the biblical seas before Moses, and Jim could feel the temperature dropping. “Mom,” Jim croaked.)

Misethere by astolat (Witcher 3; Geralt/Emhyr; 46k; Emhyr was looking at him for once, with a strange expression. “I have misjudged you,” he said, sounding irritated actually: how dare Geralt surprise him.“I get that a lot,” Geralt said.)

Blooded Crown by astolat (Witcher 3; Geralt/Emhyr; 24k; “You need not thank me,” Emhyr said. “I have an ulterior motive.”It annoyed Geralt to be surprised. He should’ve known from the start. “Yeah?” The words came out with a little bite. “Have another daughter you need me to track down?”“If I wished to hire you, I would hire you,” Emhyr said. “No: I want you to come to my bed.”)

Cursed by astolat (Witcher 3; Geralt/Emhyr; 8k; Geralt was reasonably sure this was the worst damn day of the worst damn month of his life, and it hadn’t hit bottom yet.)

July:

The War of Silver and Ash by astolat (Witcher 3; Geralt/Emhyr; 15k; He hadn’t come here with a contract. He’d come here to get the faces out of his head: the bloodless dead sprawled in heaps through the streets of Beauclair, the morning after the rampage Detlaff had unleashed; the blank eyes of the boy in the orphanage tilting his head to let Orianna drink from his throat, with the lullaby she’d been singing him still hanging in the air.Wasn’t working that well so far.)

A Year In Toussaint by astolat (Witcher 3; Geralt/Emhyr; 30k; Geralt had no damn idea what to do with a vineyard when Anna Henrietta gave him Corvo Bianco, but he figured it couldn’t be that bad.)

circling by xpityx (Witcher 3; Geralt/Emhyr; 5k; Emhyr sighed, as if Geralt’s lack of immediate understanding was a fundamental failure of his character.)

Running Behind by Asidian (FFXV; Prompto/Noctis; WIP; There's a tag hanging on his storage pod, instead of the clipboard that documents his progress. On that tag, there's a single word stamped in red: defective.)

Toys by astolat (Lucifer; Lucifer/Chloe; 2k; “You want to fuck me!” he said gleefully.)

Emblazoning by astolat (Merlin; OT4; 19k; Morgana turned away from the high, barred window and rubbed her arms, chilled and bare. Arthur was sitting in the dirty straw at the very limit of his chains, which kept him a few inches too far away to touch Merlin's limp body. Outside they were putting up the stake.)

Redemption Merry Go-Round by astolat (Lucifer; Lucifer/Dan/Chloe; 8k; Dan was deeply sorry for whatever he’d done in his life that had landed him in this mess, and also reasonably sure that despite all the shit he’d pulled in the last couple of years, he still didn’t deserve this.)

wild peaches by notbecauseofvictories (The Labyrinth; Sarah/Goblin King; 3k; The morning after Sarah Williams defeats the Goblin King, she gets up and makes toast.)

where the weeds take root by beenghosting (Supernatural; Destiel; 30k+; “Are you happy? Y’know. Just—being here,” Dean says, gesturing to the yard with his beer bottle. “Being with—I mean, you used to fight in celestial wars and—and save the world. Now you’re growing vegetables and talking about chickens.”)

damnatio memoriae by temporalDecay (Witcher 3; Geralt/Emhyr; 12k; “May I walk the estate?” Emhyr repeated, and his nose crinkled in that familiar twitch of displeasure that Geralt had always secretly delighted in causing, despite how downright suicidal it was to invoke it on purpose. “I'm not going to run away,” he added, with a slight glare. “I'm merely bored.”)

Heart and Home by lc2l (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 97k; In an alternate Paris, werewolves occupy the majority of the ruling classes, making and adjusting policy to suit their interests. The punishments for a human attacking a werewolf can be brutal, unless they have the protection of a wolf pack.How this translates to 'claim Grantaire as your mate to get him out of prison' is something Enjolras is still trying to get his head around, but he's never been one to give up on a cause even when it's sleeping on his sofa.)

August

How the Future's Done by barricadeur (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 12k; "Grantaire," he says slowly. "What do you have in that box?")

vocal ink by sarahyyy (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 3k; “Officially, we don’t have a leader, everyone here is equal,” Courfeyrac says, keeping his voice low as Enjolras starts his speech, “but if we did, and we don’t, it would be Enjolras.” He looks over to Marius. “Do not approach him. Let him come to you, let him be the first to initiate conversation, and for the love of God, do not mention soulmates.”)

Years Since It's Been Clear by lady_ragnell (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 10k; Grantaire really doesn't expect Enjolras to force him to move in with him when he hears how shitty Grantaire's apartment is. And he definitely doesn't expect Enjolras to want him to stay, or how easy it turns out to be, or the way Enjolras has a habit of doing his studying in the sunshine on the living room floor ...)

Tolerable (Inuyasha; Sesshomaru&Miroku; 30k; “The scent is not entirely unpleasant.”)

Silence Is the Speech of Love by lady_ragnell (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 50k; Grantaire's life has a pattern: he pays his respects to Aphrodite, he goes to work, he loves Enjolras and provokes him because he can't bring himself to do otherwise.)

The Five Year Plan by Neery (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 16k; Enjolras loses his memory. Thankfully, nothing unexpected seems to have happened to him in the five years he can't remember. Well, except for the boyfriend. The boyfriend's kind of a surprise.)

dance this silence down (the emergency room remix) by Fahye (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 54k; He's sitting in a car with all of his belongings in the back seat and his hands wrapped around the steering wheel, admitting to himself that a stupid, dizzy firework of a one-night-stand with a man he'd barely known is one of the only bright memories he has right now.)

World Ain't Ready by idiopathicsmile (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 185k; Enjolras presses his lips together. He already looks pained, and Grantaire hasn't even opened his mouth yet. That's got to be a record, even for them."I need a favor," he says at last)**

The Ghost of You by luchia (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 25k; Grantaire moves into an apartment inhabited by a poltergeist. Enjolras haunts him, and Grantaire should really win an award for most complicated relationship status ever.)

box of secrets by nightswatch (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 53k; Grantaire leaves his doodles all over the place. Enjolras collects them without knowing who drew them.)

Yes, Sir by mikkimouse (Voltron; Sheith; 8k; "Are you all ready to get started?""Yes, sir!" twenty voices answered in unison.Shiro's stomach flipped at the words. Oh, no.The soulmark on his right wrist burned, confirmation that his soulmate was one of the twenty people who'd just uttered the phrase.)

despite what you've been told by caseyvalhalla (Yuri On Ice; Yuuri/Viktor; 14k; When Victor falls, he goes down hard.)

these things take time by sonhoedesrazao (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 63k; He’s always wary of making assumptions; even more so when Grantaire is concerned. He knows he’s not the easiest person to deal with. People either like him or can’t stand him, and it’s easy to respond to those reactions, but Grantaire—Grantaire is hostile and mocking, Grantaire scorns his beliefs, and Grantaire stays.)

In the End We Have Each Other by samyazaz (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 50k; what startles Enjolras the most is that he manages approximately half a step through the door into the back room where they all meet before Grantaire rattles his glass down on the table in the back that he's taken for his own and drawls, "Is there something you forgot to tell us, Apollo?"That silences the room, predictably enough. Everyone breaks off their conversations and swivels to stare at him. At him, and at the baby carrier that he's got hooked over one arm.)

True Colors by lady_ragnell (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 4k; The first thing that catches Enjolras's eye when he enters the Musain Cafe for the first time is the walls. They're a dull black that it takes him a moment to realize must be chalkboard paint, because near the tables there are words and doodles, and all over, even the erased sections are stained with faint colored marks like the walls have soulmarks.)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot by tellthemstories (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantaire; 10k; Fourteen times Grantaire tried to kill Enjolras.And one time he fell in love.)

RSVP (+1) by tellthemstories (Les Mis; Enjolras/Grantire; 21k; When Enjolras is invited to Marius and Cosette’s wedding, he fully intends to ignore the ‘plus one’ on the invite. He’s busy at work and he has a lot on - he doesn’t have time for relationships. What he doesn’t expect is for Grantaire to invite himself along and then hit it off immediately with all of his friends.)

always there to remind you by estora, taywen (Dishonored; Corvo/Daud; 8k; Later, after he had killed a number of people for coin, but before he killed so many that he lost count, Daud was glad he had no mark. No soulmate deserved to have his words marked on their skin.)

( Watercast by Fishwrites (Voltron; Lance/Keith; 96k; WIP; Shiro has been a Galra prisoner for over a year; with his flight feathers clipped and unable to fly. Desperate to escape, he jumps overboard while being transported to the capitol on a Galran ship. Lance is a merman who saves him from drowning. Keith thinks Shiro is about to become mermaid dinner. Hunk just wants Lance to stop going to the surface all the time, dammit!))

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

June:

Multifandom || Tessellate (TYS: round2)

Multifandom || Bleeding out (collab w/ KatrinDepp)

Multifandom || Is this Real?

Multifandom || Insane Like Me (TYS: round1)

Multifandom │ Warriors

July:

the beast of america | percival graves

Get You Killed || Percival Graves

Percival Graves - Hit & Run

► Graves (+Credence) | Are You Insane Like Me?

Credence Barebone/Percival Graves || And I wanna fight, But I can't contend

[FIREFLY] - She always did love to dance

[Multifandom] - Dance with me

The Last of Us || Can't Pretend

The Walking Dead || Bottom of the River

Multifandom || Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight

Doctor Who (Logan Style)

Spider-Man (Peter Parker) // Everybody Loves Me

Iron Man (Tony Stark) // Gold

In The Flesh | we're gonna die, die, die

In The Flesh || We're Alone Now

Fantastic Beasts || Step into the light

Stranger Things|| Knocking On Heaven's Door

Jonathan & Nancy|| Tighten Up

Multifandom|| Stuck.Broken.Dead.

[Multifandom] - One Word

Marvel | Human

percival graves | can't hold us

August

Hela // Castle

grantaire & enjolras - help me kill the president

Game of Thrones || Blood of My Blood (for 60k)

(GoT) House Stark | The North Remembers

(GoT) Jaime Lannister | Oathbreaker

Jonathan Byers || I'm not like everybody else

Uptown Funk || Marvel Universe

MARVEL || Can't hold us

GLITTER & GOLD || Multifandom [HNY●2017]

I'M SO SORRY | Marvel Cinematic Universe

David Haller [Legion] | Dysfunctional

(Legion) It's Better When it Feels Wrong

unless you make it real [Legion]

not today [yuri on ice]

Haikyuu!! || not today

Multifandom | Tame Your Demons (w/SnowLightxx)

Six Of Crows - Trouble

marvel || battle royale

(GoT) Jon Snow | The Targaryen Wolf

Arya Stark // See What I've Become

(GoT) Jon Snow || The Wolf With Dragon's Blood

MARVEL/DC || BORN ready

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

June:

Johnny Hollow - Boogeyman

Sia - To Be Human feat. Labrinth

Lorde - Green Light

The National - "Don't Swallow the Cap"

The Growlers - "I'll Be Around"

The xx - I Dare You

Phantogram - Fall In Love

alt J - In Cold Blood

And I Waited All Night For You To Come, But You Never Did

Sia - The Greatest

Hopeless Fountain Kingdom - Halsey (Album)

History - Monakr

Wildcat! Wildcat! - Relentless (feat. Wynne)

Ingrid Michaelson - In the Sea

Cities in Dust Lyrics- The Everlove

Prides - Messiah

ODESZA - It's Only (feat. Zyra)

Metric - Breathing Underwater

Purity Ring - Sea Castle

Hundreds - Fighter

Labyrinth Ear - Urchin

Rasputina - Dig Ophelia

Sóley - Fight Them Soft

Soap&Skin - Boat Turns Toward The Port

CocoRosie - R.I.P. Burn Face

AURORA - Nature Boy

July:

Hamilton Soundtrack

Karen O - I Shall Rise

Miracle of Sound - Lady of Worlds

Annie Lennox - I Put A Spell On You

Woodkid - IRON (Sara cover)

Peronal Yeezus By Chambaland (Atomic Blonde Trailer Music)

Kesha - Praying

twenty one pilots: Screen

Lemaitre - Higher

Regina Spektor-Blue Lips

Zaz - Les Passants

Katie Costello - Stranger

Arctic Monkeys - Knee Socks

Silversun Pickups - The Pit

If I Apologized - Mirrormask

August

Les Mis - One Day More

Les Mis - Red and Black

Les Mis - Do You Hear the People Sing

Les Mis - Epilogue

Sleeping At Last - Mars

Hozier - Take Me To Church

Lynrd Skynrd - Freebird

You - Keaton Henson

Radical Face - All Is Well (It’s Only Blood)

Valerie Broussard - Trouble

Erutan - The Willow Maid

Imagine Dragons - Gold

Imagine Dragons - Thunder

Which Witch - Florence & the Machine

Paint It, Black - Ramin Djawadi

Honor For All - Dishonored

Daniel Licht - The Return

Patrick Wolf - Teignmouth

Ballet Breakup - RvB

WRITTEN FIC

June:

it's warm, this skin i'm living in (SGA; Rodney/John; 1,170 words; When he is thirty-seven years old, John Sheppard thinks about the universe.

it's good to be in love, it really does suit you (KH; Sora/Riku/Kairi; 1,694 words; “We’ve done dangerous before.” Sora shrugs. “Getting a mortgage was dangerous, but we did it anyway.”)

a hazy shade of winter (Stranger Things; Steve/Nancy/Jonathan; 1,863 words; In November, they build a tree house.)

July:

can't deny your appetite (SGA; Rodney/John; 4,031 words; John finds out that there’s a vampire in Atlantis the day after they’ve stepped through the gate.He finds out that the vampire in question is Rodney McKay four weeks later, when they’re all hunkered down in the yawning shadow of some crumbling ruins and Rodney looks at him, his eyes eerily bright in the darkness, sees the blood on John’s face, and says, “Oh.”)

August

caught off guard by you (FFXV; Prompto/Noctis; 1,671 words; “I just got you back,” Prompto says quietly, words muffled into the curve of Noctis’s neck.)

take me to church (Teen Wolf; Sterek; 3,129 words; Derek scoffs. “You want to take me back to Quantico.”)

FANMIXES/GRAPHICS

June:

N/A

July:

the salt water sting: wor·ship | noun | the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.

The Flash | Fire Fire [Vid]

August

love has no heart: A mix for those with no hearts.

i believe in you: You love him. The story still ends.

January.

February.

March.

April.

May.

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July.

August.

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deadromance619 · 5 years

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I Miss You

(Warning: there are a erotic scene where she talks about losing her virginity)

There's something I need to get off my chest while I write in this book, because I've changed in the past year almost to the point I'm no longer recognized as the two-week High Lord of the Paladin order. I cut my hair, my eyes have permanently changed to gold, and I have a sun-kissed tan, and I rarely walk around in full plate anymore. Most of the time I've been wearing the kind of plate that only covers parts of my skin, it feels really good feeling the heat, and the light bronze color my skin has taken has redefined the way I build muscle. I see strength and tone as I look at myself in the mirror, I am strong, beautiful, and when I need to be, intimidating. Since I've been back I've been having sex, I was having sex before I got back to Orgrimmar. These days I've been trying to find a way to cure this itch. I know this doesn't make the Paladin order look traditional or stereotypical. If anything, I know I'm making the order look bad as a representative, but I'm not the High Lord, I'm just Perfectia Dawnlight, 26 years old. So, focused on the well beings of the self-indulging, vain, narcissistic, closed minded, maniacal, anal retentive pains in the ass. That is my people, and the perfect allies for the Horde. The Legions gone, kind of knew things would work out though, but the world once again is on a brink of destruction and this dream I have of living a normal life seems a little far off.

I highly doubt the war will ever be over and even if we stop the planet of Azeroth from cracking open like an egg. My aunt Telavani keeps saying something is coming, he watches, he waits, and he will soon be upon us, when the time is right. It worries me that she says this with so much glee, but she hasn't usually been wrong in her visions, she knew the Ashbringer would crack. All of them have cracked actually and I know I might be spoiling the overall story of Draves (he's the dwarf I was talking about in my last entry), but he sells new Ashbringers to the adventurers of Azeroth. Imagine my surprise when I came back home and seeing a Ashbringer on the backs of almost every paladin I saw, all claiming the title of Highlord. Some of them were cheaply made though, some of them were broken in pieces barely retaining their form, or reformed into completely different images, and some were corrupted with fel magic. I suppose with the Legion being what it was it shouldn't have just fallen on me to deal with Sargeras by myself, but as it turns out I wasn't needed at all, which is fine. I didn't do anything about Deathwing, and the Draenor campaign made me realize that I don't want to do this my whole life, and this pirates life is...well.

The feeling of salt spray on my face, the wind whipping by my ears, the gulls screaming overhead, up on deck under the sky, with nothing between you and the horizon. Every dusk and dawn a startling, but breathtaking scene as the sun comes and goes reflecting off the ocean, leaving a trail of gold in its wake, and the sky dyes itself in vivid orange and purples. Also, a gallon of rum and a new bedmate to plunder, sometimes two or five at my beck and call, ready to please any deep-rooted, selfish desire I had. And now I'm back to this. Trying to desperately scrape off some bedmates from people still obsessed with remedial tasks of skills and war craft.

Men, men with their honor, pride, strength, celibacy, power, I mean what's the point? Life is so so fleeting. Why not throw it on the fire and enjoy some of those animalistic impulses. Don't get me wrong I like Orgrimmar, its hot, dingy, and smells like boar shit baking in the sun, but it's home. There's also a level of honesty to its people, they will rob you blind, but at least they’re honest about it. Also, I like a little dirt from time to time and the dirt roads are soft enough to walk around bare footed if you stay off those mechanical goblin contraptions. Also, they seem to be the only Horde capital city that has a functioning navy, so big plus there. The paladin order used to be so important to me, being in those halls of the chant of Light would make me feel so secure, but there was also something missing… bathrooms. I can't believe I was even thinking about putting a bathhouse or a spa in that place, carved into a mountain, cold, dower, everyone so uptight they can't even take a piss. The idea of them walking around naked in a steam filled room or enjoying an open air bath lined with fallen leaves and flower blossoms is beyond farfetched. I really wanted to do it though, but nothing has really changed since I took my first steps in there. What would they think if they knew I was sexually active? Get her married, get her pregnant, make sure her and her husband are making barely enough to get by, to care for two people. "If she wants to have sex, she should be settling down, and only sleeping with her husband. If she tries to escape that life, we would have every reason to burn her at the stake." They would say.

While I was undercover during the Pandaren expedition. Garrosh Hellscream knew that I could pass off as a high elf if I stop taking in arcane magic for a few days, and that's when I met Oranio. A draenei hunter, that could clearly see I was not skilled with a bow or double swords or anything that rangers were supposed to do. I nearly blew my cover when rangers of the Silver Covenant saw what I couldn't do. While there, he really helped. I was so scared back then, that I couldn't use any holy power. Also, with the need to refill from an arcane mana source, and the only thing I could do to keep my body from going into shock was a rationed mana potion that I was supposed to take with a drink. He helped me enough to at least make it look like I knew what I was doing, how to hit a target with an arrow, how to flurry with double swords and spears, and one day he told me he liked spending time with me, and he didn't want to leave Dalaran, even though his contract was almost up. I told him he should go back. "I may never see you again." Oranio said infuriated. I looked away and shook my head, "Thank you for helping me these past few months," I smiled through my words, "but it's better if you go back, back to the Alliance." Not making eye contact, trying to sound cold and distant. He reached out for my arm with concern in his body language, but I didn't look at his face. I pushed away his hand, "Not even a smile and a fond farewell? Or even I'll miss you." Oranio took a deep breath and sighed, "You seem upset."

I shook my head and kept my head down, "I'm not upset, it’s better for the both of us. I'm a High Elf, you're Draenei, it would never work." I looked up at his face. "Melfina you're crying."

Melfina was my cover name, it wasn't that I didn't feel the same way, truth be told I did feel the same way. I just didn't want to tell him that my actual job was to write reports for Garrosh Hellscream, so members of the Horde would know when the breaks were during the Silver Covenant patrols, but once again I couldn't control my emotions.

He forced me to hug him, I told him to let go of me, and hit him in his chest, I kept saying I was sorry, and that you have to go, and he kept asking what was wrong, he couldn't have gotten the picture that I was trying to make.

One of the other High Elf's showed up while I was upset and asked, "Hey you guys okay?"

I pushed him away and tried to gain some composure, I looked at the High Elf that was concerned. "Yeah, " I wiped off my eyes and nose, "Oranio was just telling me that he was leaving, right?" Oranio didn't say anything, I ran away toward the opening in the sewers, the Underbelly, under Dalaran. I heard Oranio start to give chase, I turned around and said, "Just leave me alone, okay! Go home!"

There was another High Elf there, so he didn't chase me. I ran to the end of the Underbelly, right out to the opening that outlooked all the Crystalsong Forest, sat down, and stuck out my feet. It was the place I usually wrote my reports before I needed to turn them in, but I just sat there, taking in the view, trying to calm myself down. I was told that if anyone saw me there with my reports I should jump, but I hope that they knew that I could use a spell that would stop me from getting hurt from a fall like that. A few minutes later I heard the hoofs steps of Oranio, "You're not going to jump, are you?" he asked.

I looked outward and shook my head, "No. Don't be silly." "You keep saying I should go." Oranio said I looked at him in the eyes this time, nodded my head, and looked back out to the horizon. "But it seems like you don't want me to." Oranio stated.

I looked down and shook my head.

"Could you scoot over, I'd like to sit down as well?" He asked.

I scooted over, and he sat down next to me, "Breathtaking view from here." He said as he looked out.

I laughed, "Yeah." I said as I looked out to purple and white trees that littered the forest.

I felt Oranio look at me even though I was looking outward, "So why do you NOT want me to leave?" He asked.

I shrugged, shook my head, and looked downward. "So why do you want me to go back?"

I slowly looked at him in the eyes and he smiled at me.

I hugged him.

"Hey." He said as he put his arm around me.

"I'm sorry." I said, holding on to him. "I can't tell you."

"You don't trust me, Melfina?" he asked, but I wanted him to call me by my real name.

I leaned away from his embrace, "You shouldn't trust me…" I stated.

"I trust you." He said, as he stood with his back against the opening outside. He put his hoofs on the corner of the opening and held his hands on the top, "Melfina, I'm going to fall if you don't catch me."

I stood up, "Oranio get back in here." I ordered, but he let go and I saw him go backwards, I grabbed him by his leather tunic keeping him from falling, "What the hell do you think you’re doing, you could get yourself killed."

He held his hands out, holding them outward, only being held by a piece of leather, "You see, I trust you." I laughed and pulled him toward me. "We must trust one another with our lives if we can trust each other on the battlefield." He said.

"Don't take a stupid risk like that again,” I demanded, “what if I hadn't…" Something happened though, maybe his hoofs, maybe he slipped on a rock, but I saw him hit the corner of the opening with a grunt and he started falling. I knew this fall well, it was about a nine second drop. I jumped down face first and saw that he was flipping around like a coin, screaming. Four seconds, I cast Circle of Protection on him and I saw the clear bubble form around him.

He stopped screaming.

Six seconds, the vision on my eyes started to go, everything turned white with just a few light grays to make out shapes. Eight seconds, I cast a Divine Protection spell on myself, a golden sphere formed around me in a light hum, I felt myself hit the ground and all I saw was white. I kept my ears open, the amount of mana I've been using was only enough to keep me sustained in this form, but not for casting spells one after the other in such a short time. I couldn't see, so I yelled out for Oranio.

"I'm alive?" I heard him say.

I felt the hard brick ground when I was on all fours as the spell disappeared, "Oranio, are you okay?"

I heard him come closer on his hooves, "Melfina, are you okay?" he asked.

I stood up like there was nothing wrong and I heard him take steps closer to me, "Oranio!?" I asked loudly, "Do you have anything to eat or drink!?"

"You don't have to yell, I'm standing right in front of you. No, there's a lake not too far away though, we could drink from there." He stated.

My eyes are always the first thing to go when it came to arcane addiction, but I knew it was still a few yards away with trees and possibly beast of prey. I reached out and grabbed Oranio's hand clumsily and he held onto it, "Melfina, you're blind?" he asked.

"It will come back if I get something to eat or drink. I'll be fine." I said jokingly, swatting my hand in front of me.

"Okay." Oranio said holding on to my hand tighter, "Let's head over to the lake, I should be able to hunt something for us to eat. I truly regret coming so unprepared, but how did you do that?" He asked.

"Yeah, it would have been great to have a picnic with just the two of us." I joked, changing the subject, leaning into him more, and I heard him laugh.

"You saved my life, I think. It was you…" he said questionably.

I smiled holding my hand out, "Can we just focus on getting my vision back before we talk about our near life experience, please?" I asked nervously.

We came to the lake, I heard him go into the water, maybe waist deep and say, "It's fresh." I heard him cup water with his hands and put it in my mouth.

It didn't bring my vision back, but I felt that I could cast Paladin spells if I needed to. "I still need something to eat." I complained.

"Does this sort of thing happen a lot with your people?" Oranio asked.

I tilted my head down and sat down near the water. "I need you to not mention this to anyone." I stated.

"Why not?" He asked.

I looked where his voice was coming from, "Can you just trust me please?"

I think he may have nodded his head, but I heard him dive into the water and heard various splashes. Later he put a fish about 3 feet long on my lap. I pulled a knife from my cargo pocket and started scaling and gutting it. I heard Oranio gather wood for a cooking fire and he started it up. "Melfina, your eyes are completely whited out." He stated, while cooking the fish.

I nodded my head, "I know."

"So, you gave your vision to save my life as I was falling?" Oranio asked.

"You could say that." I stared blankly.

"You didn't have to." He said.

I furrowed my brow, "I couldn't have just let you die. We're friends and… " I could feel his gaze on me, I locked into it thinking he could see me staring. I put out my hand and felt that his face was inches away from mine. I touched the side of his warm skin, felt those funny tentacles under his chin and I smiled and laughed, "What are you doing?" I asked.

"I'm sorry." He said, and I heard him stand up.

I sucked on my lips and they were burning with heat; my heart was beating in my chest a mile a minute. "Oranio, wait, you have something on the side of your face." I said jokingly.

"Oh really, did you feel something?" He asked with concern, I nodded, and I heard him get closer, bend down and I grabbed him from the tentacles under his chin and pushed my lips against his.

"Yeah, it was me." I said with a smile.

Oranio laughed, "I wouldn't feel right taking advantage of a blind girl." He stated with a smile I could hear in his voice.

I kissed him again, "But you thought about it." I moved my face toward the fire, "Could you get back to cooking. This girl is starving." I said with a smile.

I felt him nod and he moved back to the flame. I smelled the fish burn and reach perfection. He poked two sticks into it and handed it to me. I heard him munch on the fish and as the food went down my throat the colors made their dances and reached into their resting places, giving me my field of vision back. After finishing the meal, I looked over at him and he was shirtless. His big, lean body, and silver-blue coloring created a stunning contrast. I thought about those strong hands touching my pale ivory skin, my golden wavy hair, and my petite proportions. I had never seen them in that light before, they were always the enemy. I touched his warm skin despite how wet he was and how cold it was outside. He looked at me with a smile, and then serious look, and then mortified. He backed away from me, taking large panic breaths. I was surprised, but I thought I knew what it was. The cat was out of the bag, my eyes were glowing green again, leaving no doubt of my fel corruption, I put my hands in front of my eyes and saw the glow… It was in fact green. I drew my one-handed broadsword and backed away from him as well, and stood up, sword drawn. "Who are you?" he asked.

He reached forward for his bag, I came closer, and placed my blade under his chin, "Don't." I ordered.

I ordered. "Who are you?" He asked on his back, backing away from me.

I walked forward, keeping my sword no less than a few inches away from him. He looked like a scared child about to get spanked, I stood up proudly, with my chin up, looking down at him, "My name is Perfectia Dawnlight of Dawn Star Village, Paladin extraordinaire, and ally of the Warchief's Horde, and you… " I paused.

'You are in impingement to my plans', is what I was going to say, but I couldn't keep up the façade. A sharp stabbing pain hit me in the middle of my chest, and it made an acid like burning feeling fill my lungs and throat. I looked away and shook my head, putting my sword down at my thigh.

He lunged past me for his bag and pointed a hand size pistol at me, he stood up.

I heard him take deep breaths. I looked at him shaking like a leaf, "Go ahead." I looked at him with tears in my eyes, and walked forward, "I'm Horde, I'm the enemy, I'm a spy, everything I told you has been a lie."

He shook his head, "No, that's not true." I saw a strain of tears go down his eyes, "WHY DID YOU SAVE ME?! WHY RISK ALL OF THIS?!"

I stopped, looked away, and recalled my thought process, "You were someone to help me fit in with these rangers better, I never held a bow or held a sword in my left hand in my life. I was using you, I just made a lot of stupid mistakes, I couldn't keep my emotions in check." I shrugged, sniffed, and wiped my face.

"It wasn't all a lie, you didn't want me to leave." He shook his hand that was holding the pistol.

"OF COURSE I WANTED YOU TO LEAVE!" I yelled, "Don't you get it, I never wanted any of this? But one of us is going to leave here alive and one of us is going to die."

He shook his head, wiped his face with his free hand, "It doesn't have to be like that."

"Your Alliance, and I'm Horde, nothing can change that, that's just the way the world is!" I yelled.

Oranio shook his head slightly, he looked down, and threw his pistol in the water.

I dropped my sword on the ground and rushed myself into his embrace, kissing him, and holding him in between my legs. He laid me down on my back, kissing the sides of my neck. I looked to the lake and it sparkled, pinks, greens, and purples reflecting off the aurora borealis in the sky, nothing but the trees and wildlife. I felt his protrusion go through our leather clothes and poke right into my sensitive skin there, and I screamed out in pain.

"What's wrong?" He asked in concern.

"I've never done this before." I stated.

Oranio had a sympathetic look on his face, "You're a virgin?" He asked.

I looked away from him and nodded my head, "I'm only 20. I’m sorry if that bothers you, it's just, there hasn't really been a lot of time for boyfriends."

"No, it’s fine, I am sorry." He said. I stood up on my hands and butt, looked into his beautiful glowing blue eyes, and saw the glow of green I made on his skin from my eyes. "It's just, all those things I said. Like, 'those traitorous mana suckers' or 'damn those savage Horde'. I didn't think how I was making you feel. I hope I didn't make you sad." I saw him look down, "Forgive me."

I touched the side of his face, "I haven't felt lonely in a long time, I was happy." I kissed him.

Oranio half smiled and sighed. He stood up, jumped into the water, came up, and floated on his back. "Perfectia." He shouted while spinning around in the surface of the water. "Let's just get away from all this."

"From the Horde?" I asked thinking back. I walked into the water and he looked at me.

"Yeah. That's right." He swam to the side of me. I went into the water about knee high.

"Let's forget about the Horde and the Alliance." He looked up at me and he was about a foot in the water, on the shallow end, "You know, lets live a normal life. What do you say Perfectia?"

I looked down on the water and thought about all the things I had done, how I've almost completely devoted my life to justice and personal revenge, but I did like the idea. "Maybe I will…" I shrugged and paused. "People might find it to be a little strange."

I saw him smile, "There are a few people that would be delighted by the idea. Do you have any family that will come a long?" Oranio asked.

I looked down and thought, "My auntie would say yes. But Protecto."

"I can make him understand, Perfectia. If he cares about you…"

I interrupted him, "No, I’ll tell him. He's my dragon." I stepped into the water and swam about, the water was cold, but I adjusted to the temperature. I looked over at him neck deep in the water, "What will we do if we turn our backs on the Horde and Alliance?"

He thought back, "Argus, we can go back to Argus." I looked at him inquisitively and thought about how that whole planet was ravaged by the Burning Legion. "No, not that one, let's go to the Caverns of Time and see if they could take us to Argus, maybe even before it fell to the Legion."

I smiled and came closer to him.

"You have no idea how beautiful our home world was, so many stadium size buildings. Animals, tree's, parks."

"Horses?" I asked in excitement. "Do they race!?"

He laughed like it was so obvious, "Of course, it was a regular attraction, thousands of people come to see races."

I walked closer to him, "I could bring Lucy, she would be the fastest mare out there."

He smiled, "Of course." I dreamt up the fantasy, "I could ride Elekks too, maybe even breed race Elekks myself. Every year training up for that next big tournament."

"Don't forget show jumping, polo, and jousting." He added.

I held my hands in excitement smiling at the thought. "I would train all of my mounts, making them the best show ponies in Argus." I paused, "But what would we do after that, though?" I asked.

He shrugged, "We would go into our house to eat and listen to live music. We would be dressed in fine clothes and trade insults at passing by." I laughed at that, "I would tell everyone how beautiful and exotic my alien wife was."

"You would be the envy of every noble woman on the planet." I stated with a smile.

He looked up at the sky, "Every night we'd watch the rose-colored sunset over the planes and all the different colors stars and watch them disappear in the morning." He thought back, "Argus is really beautiful."

"It sounds like a wonderful place, that I'd like to see." I smiled but looked downward.

"Then we should make our way to the Caverns of Time, right now. There has to be some way." He grabbed my hand while I was in the water, but I pulled it away.

"I can't… " I held my eyes closed tightly, but the tears were falling down my face. I held my hand in front of my face, "I can't go with you." I couldn't hold it in anymore.

He came close to me, but I couldn't meet his gaze, I kept my eyes closed and felt him touch my shoulders, "Perfectia." It felt good for him to use my name, some of this pain went away. I looked up into his eyes, trying to keep myself from crying. I looked up at his face, there was this look of serious optimism, like everything was going to be fine. He placed his hand on my back, leaned forward, and kissed me.

It came to a bit of a shock as his lips pressed against mine but this painful feeling I was having was almost completely replaced with an electricity that came through me. He leaned me back so that my head was on the sand, on the corners of the water still locked in kiss. I was so nervous and shaking at the anticipation on the fact that he was going to be my first. "We don't have to do this if you don't want to." He stated as he looked down on me.

My mind went blank as I looked up into his eyes. I put my hands down his back, feeling his warmth, and rips on his back. Made my way down the small of his pants and slowly tried to pull it down.

It came as a bit of a shock to him, but I nodded my head to tell him it was okay. Our bodies were both completely submerged in water for as cold as it was, but my body accepted his warmth. I removed the rest of his pants and he locked a passionate kiss on me feeling his tongue go down my mouth, feeling the pressing of his manhood against the thin leather that kept us from joining.

It tickled this time and made me breathe in and laugh. I held on to him from under his arms and held on to his shoulders.

He put his forehead on mine. He unlaced my leather tunic, cupping both of my breast, massaging them, lifting them, pressing the firm flesh with his hands as his thumb lightly flicked across my nipples. That woke up something inside him, I felt his member press hard against me, hit my womanhood, it was hotter than before, and I let out a high pitch grunt, "I'm sorry." He apologized.

I shook my head in reassurance. I lifted my hips and took off my pants, "Perfectia." He said.

A surge of joy came through my head, I smiled holding myself around his neck. "I've been wanting you to call me that for a really long time." In spite of the cold water I grabbed his member and brought it close to my womanhood. I felt his burning heat press onto me.

I saw him breathe in deeply as he pressed and pressed. Oranio leaned forward as he closed his eyes, slowly putting his soft lips on mine, feeling the rough subble on my soft, ivory, porcelain like skin. I smiled as he nuzzled me with his nose, feeling the texture of his skin and those tentacles falling on the skin of my neck. He gently pushed me to the ground and holding me fast as I removed the last of my leather tunic. I saw him reach down and grab himself, taking short shallow breaths as he anticipated dropping his weight in me.

I felt him inside me, I wrapped my arms around him tightly. I wrapped my legs around him as well, I arched my back as he pushed it deep inside. I felt his warmth building and building, his intense heat passing into me, so much of him sink in immediately. I was expecting pain but there wasn't.

I saw him look down at us joined, in panic, "Oh my Light, Perfectia, your bleeding." I looked down and there was a string of blood coming up from the water from me, I shook my head at him.

"It doesn't hurt." I leaned my head forward and pressed my forehead against his, "Please keep going."

He wrapped his arms around me keeping his face close to mine, thrusting into me slowly, but continuously. We looked into each other’s eyes, but he occasionally came down for a deep tongue kiss. He moaned out my name in ecstasy, and I loved it when he said it. So, whenever he did, I rewarded him with a little squeeze, until he was just saying it louder and louder, and I was squeezing him tighter and tighter. I felt him start coming, like the blood in his member was rapidly circulating liquid under his skin, as he thrusted rhythmically, I gripped him tightly with my arms and legs, until I couldn’t hold it in anymore, reaching a limit a bit before him.

I let out a high pitch uncontrolled repressed moan from my mouth and felt my body shake uncontrollably.

He already threw his head back grabbing hold of my hips. I gritted my teeth as he slided his member in and out of me, until he finally strongly grabbed onto my hips and filled me with his seed. Oranio let out a seemingly painful sounding grunt as he held onto me tightly and started breathing like he was out of breath. He grunted through gritted teeth, he let a few more thrust, and I felt him fill me a little more. Still slightly out of breath he laughed slightly embarrassed, leaned forward to give me a shallow kiss on my lips, and he started to get up, but I brought him back down into my embrace. "Just stay like this for a little while." I said out of breath.

He put his weight on me, "Of course."

We stayed there for a few minutes looking into each other’s eyes, but he looked at me a little bewildered, "Is there something wrong?" I asked.

He slipped out of me suddenly, which did hurt, and I realize the cold might have numbed whatever pain I was having during the act, but he put on a dry shirt and saw that I was in a little bit of pain. "Perfectia, your eyes are blue again."

I put my hands over my eyes to check the glow and he was right, they were blue. "They give this mana potion every day that's supposed to keep my eyes blue, but maybe I'm not going to need it." I stated.

He leaned forward toward me and kissed me, "I guess were going to have to keep doing this if we want to keep those eye's blue." He said jokingly.

I grabbed one of his tentacles and kissed him back, "I hope so."

Losing my virginity felt great because of the coldness of the water, but it was painful when I tried to get out. I put on some wet clothes and couldn't really get up. "Oranio, I think I might need some bandages." I said.

He looked down at me, "I'll carry you."

I shook my head, smiled, and shyly objected, but he picked me up. When I was in his arms I relaxed leaning into his strong chest. "Take me to the clinic when we get back. I’m a little curious about what would happen if I got pregnant." I requested.

Oranio looked down on me and shrugged, "I suppose it’s not impossible, but we’re going to have to explain what really happen if we see a doctor."

I stared blankly, but blissfully, "I don't mind." I said.

Oranio carried me through the forest, through the teleporter that brought us to the top of Dalaran, he dropped me on the bed in the clinic, and we shyly explained what happened. They just wrapped me up with some antiseptic bandages and gave me some bed rest. But they said it was too early to say if something was growing, but I was somewhat hopeful. I fell asleep on the bed but felt his kiss on the top of my head before he left. I fell asleep peacefully and blissfully and completely forgot my reports hadn't been done for that night. My reports were actually taken, but I didn't know it at the time because they were back in the clinic before I woke up.

I saw Oranio just like I did normally to work on my archery, it was the most unproductive day we've ever had. We would take these breaks when no one was looking, and start kissing each other, and when I was on guard duty or patrol I had this child like skip to my steps which kind of bothered the person with me. When I went down to write my reports Oranio was there waiting for me. I ran toward him gleefully as he just sat there waiting for me and we… Well, I already went into details last time, but I realized he really liked holding me from behind, I liked it when he was in control, and it hurt a lot less this time. I didn't take the potion and I didn't need it, maybe there was something about Oranio that kept my eyes blue. I had to face the harsh reality that I hadn't come here to see him. I came here to write reports for the Horde and I had to do it right in front of him. I kept writing and crumpling up paper, I would start writing and looking over at him and I couldn't, I ripped out another page aggressively.

"What's wrong?" he asked concerned.

"I can't do this anymore." I complained.

"But you have to." Oranio said concerned.

I threw the paper and pen I was using on the ground. "I KNOOOOOOW!"

"Perfectia." He stood up.

I shook my head looking downward, "I told you not to call me that…"

It did feel good though. "Listen, there just patrol times, what's the worst thing that could happen?!" He stated.

I shook my head at him, disgustedly, walking toward him, "How…" He backed away from me and looked away, "You went through my reports?" I demanded.

"I…" he mumbled as he held up his hands and defense.

I pushed him out of the opening holding on to his leather tunic just like he was before. "HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE KNOW!" I demanded.

"No one." He pleaded, "Perfectia, I'm so sorry, please don't drop me."

I couldn't look him in the face, I looked at the drop that could have killed him, "I trusted you. I would have risk my life for you, I let you… " I felt another tear fall down my face.

"That was the most beautiful night I've ever had." He explained, "I would have wanted to spend more of…"

I shook him as he was on the edge, "Shut up, I never want to see you again. We were…" I pulled him back in, "Go home draenei, back to your Alliance. I'm going to tell them that my cover was blown, and the mission has failed." I ran away back to the Sunreavers and I heard him call my name as I ran.

Just like I said I told the Sunweavers that my cover was blown, but they said I needed to stay put for at least one more night. I went back to my assignment for one more night, one more patrol. The guard shift break where one replaces another usually takes about a half an hour and that's when I saw Garrosh Hellscream come out from the Darnassus portal. A group of draenei were waiting for him with shields in a front row and guns in the back row. A large number of trolls and orcs were holding a giant bell as it was pulled through the portal. "Hmph," Garrosh grunted, "My spy reported that this place would be fairly deserted, but it seems you were expecting us."

"Leave her out of this!" I heard Oranio, "We knew you’d be coming, but this doesn't have to end in bloodshed."

I walked where I heard them coming from and saw Garrosh shoot a disgusted glance at me. I drew both of my blades quietly from behind the phalanx without anyone of the draenei noticing I was there. Garrosh looked at me again, I nodded my head at him, and he gave me a smirk. "I will listen to your proposition for now." He said.

"Take that Bell back to Darnassus and we promise you safe passage back to Kaldorei. Or we cut you down here." One of the other draenei ordered.

Garrosh rolled his eyes and smiled, "Interesting, but I think I have a better proposition, I am not completely without mercy. You leave and let me go about my business, else I cut each of you open like the pigs you are!" he shouted.

I heard all the Draenei laugh, but Oranio stood up from the phalanx and put down his gun, "I can't do this anymore." He said.

The other Draenei's looked at him, "You're just going to turn your back on your brothers?" One of them said.

Oranio looked at all his comrades and gestured at everyone there, "This has to end somewhere." He turned away from his comrades and faced me. A smile came across his face as he saw me.

"Coward!" I heard Garrosh scream and that moment seem to go by in slow motion, Garrosh threw Gorehowl, his crude axe at Oranio’s back, and I saw that face turn from blissful to painful realization.

I ran toward him and caught him, "Perfectia." He whispered.

I held him in my arms tightly, "No please," I looked into his eyes, "I am so sorry. I didn't mean that I didn't want to see you, I forgive you, I trust you. Please don't die." I kissed him on the top of his head.

"I love you." He whispered, he fell limb, and he passed away in my arms.

I saw Garrosh and his men breaking through the phalanx, I let him fall on the ground and I stood up. I pulled Gorehowl from his back and I felt a spark go through me, but it wasn't a spark. It was a bolt of lightning that cracked and echo through the halls. It stopped everyone from fighting and they looked at me. My aura had changed to something as I held Gorehowl at the other end, like I held so many two-handed swords. It dragged on the floor as I stepped forward, and another bolt of holy lightning went threw me as I felt the change of the axe.

"The Ashbringer… " Garrosh said as he smiled maniacally, "…Interesting. Well I wanted to see what this thing could do. So, I might as well use it." Garrosh took a club off the wooden part of the Bell and banged it.

It let out a gong and black aura, a smoke that when Garrosh's men breathed it in they were choking on the floor, but he breathed it in deeply. His skin turned black, his eyes let out a silver glow, and the same glow came out of his mouth. An aura came out of him and a beast like figure formed around his body, he fell on all fours. Muscles on his back grew and screaming I rushed him with the Ashbringer trailing behind me. He moved like a four-legged beast, he came at me with his clawed hands low, but I was able to flip over his body. His momentum making him drag on the floor, but he clawed at the ground and came for another attack. I placed the Ashbringer on the ground and used its aura to blast holy fire in every direction knocking him backwards. I used ranged spells on him as he crawled around. I used the Light to summon fire and holy lightning. He dodged around it in this beast form, jumping from wall to wall. He let out a roar as he got close enough to pounce. I was able to use his momentum by putting the Ashbringer over my head and slamming him into a nearby wall cracking it. Garrosh let out another beast like roar, as he moved his head around savagely flinging bits of black drool at his sides. This time he came with a sideways slash, I blocked it, but I staggered from the hit. He spun around for another slash scratching into my back, but I was able to block his third attack with my sword and able to side flip over from under his fourth. He came downward with another slash sticking his claws in the ground. With his other hand, he put his hand around me, and threw me up in the air. As I came down he caught me and slammed my head into the ground.

Like an animal he tried to bite into my face but couldn't get the leverage to sink his jaws into me. He lifted me up again and slashed into me in mid-air slamming me onto a wall. I dropped the Ashbringer and it changed back into Gorehowl. He readied another pounce, but a strong fireball came at his side knocking him backwards. He was back to his normal self again. He looked at his hands and arms, surprised that he was in full control of his body again, "I think you used that bell for a little too long Garrosh." A familiar voice said. It was Aethas Sunreaver, "She reported that her cover was blown, and you thought it would be a good time to infiltrate?" He asked.

He picked up Gorehowl and he put it behind himself, "Hmph, I needed to make a move or everything we worked for would have been for nothing." Garrosh explained.

Garrosh picked me up by my neck and punched the end of Gorehowl into my gut. My eyes and mouth went wide as I screamed out with pain, "What are you doing?!" Aethas Sunreaver demanded.

“Garrosh no, please.” I pleaded as I tried to hold myself up from where he was holding me by my neck, “I might be carrying, I might be preg-“

He hit me again with Gorehowl, harder and lower this time. He knew what I was about to say, and I felt blood come up from my throat as I brought up my legs to block another hit, but I felt deep bruising and a slight crack to my pelvis bone. “No! Why?!” I screamed and cried as coughed out blood.

"I’m punishing traitors!" He looked at Aethas, "Do you have a problem with that?!"

I looked over at Aethas, he looked at me, put his head down, and shook his head.

"Good." Garrosh looked back at me, “You disgust me.”

He said to me. He readied another stick with the blunt part of his weapon, but three arrows went into his back. "What are you doing here, you damned monster."

Another familiar voice demanded. He dropped Gorehowl and took the arrows out of his back and looked at who shot them, holding me like a rag doll in his grip. It was Vereesa Windrunner and two of her High Elf rangers were with her. "Vereesa so good to see you again, I will give your best regards to your sister." Garrosh said sarcastically.

Vereesa pointed at me, "What are you doing with that High Elf. Answer quickly or the next one goes right in your eye." She readied another volley.

Garrosh threw me on the ground, "This is not one of your High Elf Rangers, she was a spy working for me, but she set up a little ambush for me and my men. Maybe you can do me a favor by putting her out of her misery."

Vereesa gestured to her ranger and he came closer to me, "Yep, she's Sin'dorei alright." He said.

"Bring her here." Vereesa ordered.

"You will do no such thing!" Garrosh screamed as he slammed his foot onto the ground and the ranger moved back, "I can still kill every one of you."

"And who’s going to help you move that Bell? The Alliance will soon bring their best and brightest, and even you won't be able to kill them all." Vereesa argued.

Garrosh rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, "Fine take her!" He kicked me while I was down in the gut.

The ranger nervously picked me up and brought me to Vereesa. "He killed him." I said. "He killed Oranio. Vereesa, I'm so sorry." I cried.

She petted me on the head, "I know child, but you did the right thing in the end. Get some rest." They took me to the Silver Covenant and brought me to a bed.

I wasn't sure how things happened with Vereesa and Garrosh, but she told me that her High Elves helped him move the bell to Pandora. I asked her why she would do that, and she said, "Garrosh thinks that thing is a weapon, but it’s nothing but a foul plague, and it will back fire." I couldn't really understand her logic, "I’m sorry about your friend, you were there when he died, did he have any last words?" She asked.

I shook my head as I recalled the thought, "I love you." I remembered, looking up at her, tears starting to fill my eyes. I touched my stomach with both of my hands, “We, we were supposed to…”

Vereesa gave me a shock of realization look, she shook her head at me, her face filling with despair, "Oh, you poor child." voice distorted with tears of sympathy. She hugged me while I cried on her shoulder for an hour. Point being I'm not going to let myself get hurt like that again. As I see Sylvanas going down that same road, I don't know, I would rather see the world burn then deal with that kind of pain again. I plan on distancing myself from all this and not getting too involved.

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Top 5 Woman-Crush-Wednesday's

Anyone remember my blog post on the Top 5 Man Crush Monday's? Remember how I said I would write a post in the next couple of days? Well a year has past and still haven't done it, so what the heck. Better late that never.

Moving from 2016 to 2017, I'm still the same Joe. The s*** with money, power ranger obsessed Joe. But with a touch more sass. Well I think so anyway. And recently I have been admiring a few female stars with what they've achieved and their talent. Which is why not so long ago I created the slogan GGL. GGL stands for Gay Girl Love. This is for when a gay man (such as myself) really likes a female person for multiple reasons such as their hair, voice, stuff they appeared or worked for etc. Multiple traits that you really admire about one person. For example, Nicole Scherzinger. I think her voice is brilliant, her hair is always flawless, her song Poison is amazing and she was killing it in the music video. I love her for all that. More than just saying 'OMG I love her' but not in the way of really loving/ fancying her. So then I would say I have GGLs for Nicole. If that makes sense. So going back to the trend of WCW. WCW stands for Woman Crush Wednesday. This is exactly the same as Man Crush Monday but with Woman and on a Wednesday. I am obviously not the kind of guy who would use this hashtag to post pics on their social media of bikini models wearing only swimsuits showing off their boobs and butts (for an obvious reason which I've said 2/3 times already). But it doesn't mean I would ignore the hashtag. Just because I'm not attracted to women doesn't mean I think women are only good for showing off their body and absolutely nothing else. Women can do what men can do and vice versa. Equality, plain and simple. There are so many great people who have done some amazing things who are female. And despite not being attracted to them, I would use the WCW hashtag to show how incredible they are in what they've achieved. So this post is a list of my Top 5 most likely Woman Crush Wednesday's. I think these people are amazing and you'll find out why.

5. Poppy

https://youtu.be/xqH3KaW25AA

The person in the photo above (who's hair is amazing btw) is Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. She's Poppy. Okay. That's enough. You are most likely to have skip read all of that but if you somehow decided to read all the sentences, how long did it take you? It took me 25 seconds which felt long enough to read 2 words. But imagine having two words said on and on for over 10 minutes, weird right. That didn't stop Poppy. Oh hell no! Poppy (also known as That Poppy) is an artist who has been known to make YouTube videos which weird the s*** out of everyone. One of her most popular videos is where she repeats herself saying "I'm Poppy" for over 10 minutes. And that's just one video. From interviewing a plant, to teaching you how to play the 'P' chord, to giving you a virtual hug and to loading a gun. There's a huge variety of weird. And I like that. Not your typical YouTuber, it's a fresh change. Especially since nobody knows much about her. Whether if this is all an act, what she is really like, if this is her actual personality, her age, interests. No one knows. But that doesn't stop a video of hers making you think. And you don't know what to think, you just do. From anything to everything. However, her videos are not why she made it in this list. The music she has released is incredible. Despite the videos being weird and probably full of hidden messages, the actual songs are simply beautiful. Examples include Lowlife, Money & I'm Poppy. Have a little listen for yourself and you'll see why she made the list.

4. Naomi Scott

http://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/theatrical/powerrangers/

There's obviously gonna be a Power Ranger in this list. It is me after all. Naomi Scott (who was also in the Disney Channel Original Movie 'Lemonade Mouth') plays Kimberly Heart, the Pink Ranger in the Power Rangers 2017 Reboot Movie. Based of the original 1993 character, Naomi does a brilliant job of bringing the character to life again with so much more depth. Not going into too much detail which could spoil the movie, her character has a brilliant way of teaching people that you can learn from the mistakes you make and just because you do a bad thing, it won't automatically make you a bad person. An important message, shown perfectly well. Not only just that, Naomi's character gives you so many moments that get you pumped in this movie too. There's scenes which makes you laugh, get excited, be shocked, and feel worried etc. There's even a scene where she walks down a staircase (pictured) and you can't help but think 'Yassss Queen, Slay That Staircase'. Or at least just me anyway. Simply said, the way she portrayed the character was on point, you can't help but love the new Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger.

3. Dove Cameron

http://www.game-ost.com/albums/87630/one_second_chance_from_%22liv_and_maddie_cali_style%22_-_single/

There maybe two in the picture but trust me, there is only one Dove!

Dove Cameron is a current Disney Channel Queen. Now don't get me wrong. I loved growing up with Disney Channel. My childhood dream was to be in front of a white backdrop holding a glow stick saying "I'm Joe Smith and you're watching Disney Channel" whilst drawing Mickey Mouse ears (if you don't know what I'm on about, watch this). High School Musical, Hannah Montana & That's So Raven. Those were the classics. I lost count how many times people who know me personally asked me if I knew about the Raven sequel series that's been announced. Of course I did. It's me. But it's safe to say that most things made after Season 2 of Shake It Up were pretty awful. To some, I'm even being generous by saying the first season of SIU was decent. I feel like I can safely say shows like Dog With A Blog and Ant Farm lost a generation of viewers. They lost comedy and Disney Channel spark. To me, the Disney Channel I knew was dead. But a couple of years later, the return of Cory and Topenga from Boy Meets Worlds sequel series Girl Meets World, brought me back to the channel. The show is special and brought back some magic of enjoyment like my younger self had from my DC days. I didn't even watch Boy Meets World but I could feel so much nostalgia and happy feelings from it as well. Because of this, I could watch other shows every now and then from around that time (such as I Didn't Do It, K.C. Undercover, Best Friends Whenever) and despite not enjoying them as much as the old shows (mainly because I'm [apparently] an adult and these are made for teens), they wouldn't be an unpleasant viewing. But not so long ago, I subscribed to Disney Life to binge watch the old shows as often as I wanted to. But there was one show I couldn't help but take a little look at. And that was Liv And Maddie. A few episodes passed and that was it. Turns out despite the immature comedy and easy to figure out plots sometimes, there's something about the show I really like. I don't know what it is but I really do enjoy watching Liv And Maddie. Liv And Maddie stars Dove Cameron as both Liv Rooney & Maddie Rooney. Identical twin sisters who are reunited and living together after Liv comes back home after filming her own TV show for quite a long time. Remember earlier how I said women are more than just here to look pretty and nothing else? Well Liv And Maddie deals with this topic really well. They bring up topics from guys ranking the girls from 0-10 just on their appearance, schools putting more money & care to boy sports teams than girl teams and female actors getting more questioned about what they wear than their time on making the show. Liv And Maddie just screams girl power, and it's done perfectly well. The show ran for three seasons and a fourth with the updated title Liv And Maddie: Cali Style (pictured above). The show has something unique about it (joining the small list of DC shows that got the 4th season renewal such as That's So Raven, Hannah Montana & Good Luck Charlie) and Dove does a brilliant job of bringing such big personalities to life in two characters with the way the show is made. But it's not just this show that makes Dove a Disney Channel Queen. She also is a Disney Villain... Kinda...

http://gattaracinefila.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/recensioni-di-descedants-i-guardiani.html

Dove also stars as Mal, Maleficent's daughter in the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants. Not going into too much detail because I've talked about Dove a lot but this film is pretty decent. A story about the kids of Disney heroes & villains is gonna catch my interest. Kenny Ortega who directed High School Musical did this as well so I can use that as an alibi to prove it isn't awful. And soon there is going to be a sequel and I am really excited to see it. I haven't been excited to see a DCOM since Camp Rock 2. So that is why Dove is in the list. Mirror Mirror, on the wall, who's the baddest of them all? I'm not genuinely asking, it a quote from the movie. I felt like I needed to put it there.

2. Becky G

http://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/theatrical/powerrangers/

That's the longest I've ever gone not talking about Power Rangers. How did I mange that?! But carrying on with the list. Becky G is Number 2 on this list. She is a Pop Princess in the United States. Not that popular in the UK (yet), you may remember her collaboration with Cher Lloyd. But it's not just her music that puts her on this list. Like Naomi, Becky G plays Trini Kwan, the Yellow Ranger in the Power Rangers 2017 Reboot Movie. But Becky brings a change to her original 1993 character in such a great way and is a ranger you can really like. One of the things about her character is that she's gay. She admits this is in the movie and she talks about how she struggles moving home all the time and living with parents who want her to be perfect and how they believe in all these types of labels. And Becky's character deals with this topic in a small but brilliant way. Trini is the first openly gay Ranger in the whole PR universe and that's an amazing step forward. Power Rangers has been around for a long time and always been diverse with their many different cast members. The movies cast is also diverse and the fact that it's not just dealing with race but now sexuality as well, it's a brilliant thing. The cast and the way their characters are portrayed are done perfectly well. That's what makes Power Rangers a great movie. And Becky G plays a huge part in this, which is why I admire her.

1. Ariana Grande

http://gazettereview.com/2017/03/ariana-grande-net-worth/

Another Pop Princess makes the list and takes the crown as Number 1. Ariana Grande needs no introduction and if you don't know who she is, you've been living under a rock. Even though I'm not her biggest fan, I still have serious GGL's for Ariana. I loved watching her play the role of Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon series Victorious. The not so smart but still so talented character was portrayed by Ariana really well. Watching the series during its original run even made me want to meet Cat so much, I wanted her to be a real person. Her character was brilliant and brought so much laughter to me when watching the series. But it's not just the role of Cat that makes me love Ariana. Her voice is incredible! From listening to some amazing songs like The Way, Bang Bang, Problem & Break Free, it just proves how amazing her voice is. Have a little listen for yourself and you are most likely to agree with me.

Just before Christmas 2016, Ariana took the role of Penny Pingleton in NBC's Hairspray Live! and like any acting job she takes, Ariana plays it perfectly well. Her verse in You Can't Stop The Beat is really enjoyable and you can't help but admire her collaboration with Dove Cameron (who is also in this TV Special) and Maddie Baillio for the song Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now. When watching the special, it's easy to see how much Ariana enjoyed playing the role of Penny and I much prefer her take on the character than the 2006 movie Penny. I can't help but love Ariana. So that concludes my Top 5 WCW. I'll do my best to post more on this blog since I do enjoy it but for now, thank you so much for spending time reading this and I hope you enjoyed it.

@josephsmithy101

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