Thalias - Part 46

    The hurricane seem to have been getting worse as time went on. The shutters outside Varian's chamber windows thwacked against the glass and the stone wall as the couple huddled under the thick blankets as they watched lightning streak across the sky.
    "I hope Thalias, Sully, and the egg are safe," Ruki whimpered from the safety of Varian's arm. "This is the worst hurricane I've seen since I moved here."
    "I agree, and I was born here."
    Varian and Ruki startled as thunder boomed, sounding like one of the Keep's towers collapsed. There was a rapid knock at the chamber door before a rain-soaked courier threw open the door.
    "Sire," he gasped, placing his hand on his knees to catch his breath. He looked up at his king and continued to pant. "Earthquake.. in Dun Morogh... Anduin... was at... Kharanos," he held up one finger to finish retrieving his lost breath.
    "Is Anduin alright?" Varian said, sitting up.
    The courier nodded. "Yes, but his guard... Anduin nearly broke his fingers trying to get her out. It was apparently a site to see."
    "And Leona?"
    "She never left Wyll's side."
    Ruki let out a sigh of relief.
    Varian sat in thought for a moment before he sighed. "Get them home as soon as possible."
    "Yes, sire," the courier bowed as he closed the door behind him, leaving the paranoid couple to writhe in fear for their children.

    Weeks had passed. No word of Anduin and Leona coming home, and the letters stopped. Varian was growing frustrated that no one in Ironforge would answer him. Ruki couldn't get Thalias to leave her lair because of her egg to go fly to Dun Morogh. There was a reason for the silence from the two.

    Anduin was locked in his room, cradling a terrified Leona in his arms. "It's alright, Leona," he consoled, eyeing the Dark Iron guard blocking the door.
    The burly guard folded his arms and growled at the two. "Quit yer snivelin'."
    Leona buried herself in Anduin's chest and whined. "I want Mommy and Daddy!"
    The guard took a step towards her and growled.
    Anduin's eyes narrowed, attempting to borrow his father's famous scowl as his eyebrows scrunched together. "Don't take another step," he warned. He stood up to his full height, and even though he was short compared to his father, he still loomed over the Dark Iron. "I am Prince Anduin Wrynn - my sister Princess Leona Wrynn - and you shall not and will not talk to us in that manner."
    The guard scoffed. "Whatever you say, "Lil' Lion". Yer not the man yer father is, or even half the man. And yer too pathetic te even come close."
    A low growl erupted out of Leona as she spun around to come to her brother's defense. "You leave my big brother alone you big bully!" before Anduin had time to react, Leona flew out of his arms and bit the Dark Iron on the nose as hard as she could and when her brother was finally able to pull his sister off of him, she has blood running down her chin.
    A hand covered the Dark Iron's nose as he rushed out of the room swearing rather loudly in Dwarvish.
    Leona looked up at Anduin.
    Anduin looked at her sympathetically as he sat her down and wetted a handkerchief and wiped her chin off. "You know biting is not nice."
    "But he was being mean."
    "I know, sweetie. But sometimes we have to turn the other cheek. There's not much we can do right now," Anduin wrung out the cloth and continued to wipe off her face.
    Leona as protesting as she continued to talk to Anduin. "I just wanna go home,:
    "I know. We will eventually," Anduin looked out the tiny window to the streets. He prayed his parents weren't too distraught about their disappearance.