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Axel slowly shuffled forward in the queue, young champions of all races flooded the throne room as Love in the Air was in full swing. It wasn’t everyday that the young Worgen warlock was able to meet King Anduin but today was different, today he had a lovely charm collection kit for him but the more he looked around the more  he found that everyone else was giving the same gift. “What sorta quest is this?” he said aloud to no one in particular feeling as if maybe this wasn’t
some epic quest which was rather odd considering the violence required to obtain the small pink box. Killing isn’t easy, both physically and psychologically and yet the more the young worgen was able to look directly pass the crowd  towards the end of the line and then it hit him. “T-this is a quest for kids.” he noticed a small child draenei and what he could only assume to be her mother standing in front of him, with a burst of courage he spoke up in an attempt to get her attention.

“Um, excuse me ma’am.” His smooth Gilnaen accent hiding any sort of vexation that might have otherwise came through, “Yes…” She turned around expecting to see a small child but instead found herself only gazing slightly downward at Axel. “Oh, Archenon poros Gilnaen.” she said smiling, Axel noticed the little blue Draenei girl hiding behind her mother's cloak although being in his Worgen form at all times had it advantages it also had its drawbacks with many occasions where he would unknowingly frighten the children of other races. “Taluu be polite.” she pushed her gently out towards Axel who smile waving his four fingered hand at her, “Hello my name is Axel.” he said before turning his attention back to her mother, “This might seem like a weird question but are you trying to give King Anduin a box by chance?”. She nodded motioning down to her child who gripped the item tightly in her hand. “Taluu here killed three traitors to Stormwind all by herself.”

“Death to all traitors of Stormwind and the Alliance!.”

“Wait what?” Axel was at a loss surely this young girl didn’t actually partake in any killing or sabotage. Unfortunately his loss for words continued long enough to allow him access to King Anduin, “Next!” The young king called out to the next adventurer. A large stack of boxes sat beside him along with a massive pile of cards signifying completion of this quest. Axel quickly shuffled up and kneeled before the Stormwind King presenting his small token of appreciation with glee, “Thank you Champion for this gift.” Anduin huffed out once more, doing this all day certainly wasn’t very fun but his subjects did enjoy their holidays so his time was a small price to pay, “With this certification you can receive your reward. Thank you and safe travels.”

Axel skipped out of the Castle with glee quickly making his way back towards the town square where hopefully his two good friends would be waiting for him. “Eighteen, nineteen and twenty.” He finished counting his bounty of Love Token before dropping the small pink tokens back within a pair of pockets on his satchel. “Now where is that vendor…” Axel soon found himself getting screamed at near the Trade District bank by some female goblin, “Step right up young man and get yourself a love rocket, love boat or perhaps even a love bird?!?!” her voice rang out as pointed her staff at Axel, “Uhhh,” He paused quickly pulling out every token in his possession. “Could I actually get two boxes of chocolate please?” She glared back at him, disappointed in her lack of sales as she quickly handed him a pair of lovely heart shaped boxes. “That’ll be twenty tokens kid.” Axel smiled dropping his currency in a small bucket before trotting off to find his missing friends. He could have sworn Hilda said something about meeting back up in the back allies of Old Town a little after dusk, a bit shady but they were hanging out near one of the Inns.

As night fell upon the city Axel found himself rather lost in a twisting maze of back alleys, unable to make heads or tails of were he was at he soon figured that he was clearly lost but fret not, his Aunt had trained him for this sort of thing, he focused what fel energy he could muster and summoned an Eye of Kilrogg, his blue eyes glowing a faint green as his beholder moved around scouting out in his place. Seeing through the demon spell’s eye he found no such luck in locating his missing friends, a small sense of dread flowed over his. I really hope nothing happened to them. There really was no telling what could have happened to them, and he would feel the absolute worse if anything bad happened, as much as the two teased him he really did have a soft spot for em.

“Axel!” a voice was heard around him, That was definitely Li Li she has a lovely voice. “Axel wha’ are yew doin’ mate?” And that is definitely Hilda, she certainly has a voice. He moved the eye around hoping to quickly spot them, Nothing. “Where are you guys?” Axel asked looking all around. Li Li and Hilda looked at the frantic worgen’s eyes then back at each other, “Should yew do it or me?” Hilda smiled stepping in front of Axel, “Be my guest, I’m tired of breaking him out of these things.” Breaking me out of…. Crap. Axel felt his head get shook briskly as the fel green energy left his eyes returning them to a nice deep blue. “That neva’ gets old.” Hilda laughed patting Axel playfully on the cheek. It was another time being a worgen came in handy, else his cheeks probably would have shown up bright red with embarrassment. “Come on Axel, me and Hilda cooked up a little something for the three of us.” Axel grasped his satchel feeling the pair of chocolates he had gotten early through the leather. Li Li and Hilda smiled at him motioning him to follow them through a dark alleyway away from anyone else that might bother them.

After a few minutes of cutting through corners and dodging a couple guards the trio found themselves in a secluded area hidden by a maze of twists and turns in a narrow alleyway, “This way duckies.” Hilda said pushing a large piece of wood out of the way revealing a decent sized hole in the ground. “That's not going to take us to the sewer is it?” Axel asked hesitant to follow the two girls in, “Stormwind city planning leaves a bit to be desired, turns out there's a pretty nice sized gap between these buildings here that got blocked off when they finished building.” Li LI explained grabbing his hand as she followed Hilda into the dark chasm with Axel in tow. Before long darkness engulfed them, slowly but surely not even his werewolf eyes could see losing his grip on the pandarens hand he soon found himself moving through the darkness, a dim bit of light could be seen ahead as Hilda quickly hopped out, “Li Li, where did you go?” Axel moved his hand through the darkness hoping to feel the pandaren girl and get out as quickly as he could. He soon found her body latched on, “Mhhm.” That certainly wasn’t wasn’t a sound he expected to hear he thought feeling as the pandaren girl has stopped crawling.

“Hol’ up a sec.” Hilda said as she hopped up out of the exit, “Don’t move. I’ll get some light goin.” Li Li giggled, “Yeah Axel don’t move.” Axel felt her warm furry hand push his harder onto her body. Something isn’t right, Axel squeezed No I can’t be. “And there we are!” Hilda dipped back into the tunnel illuminating the pair. “You know if you wanted a feel Axel you could have just asked.” The Worgen boy looked at his hand that was firmly placed upon Li Li’s butt, the soft feel of fabric meshed around his hands as he released his grip off the Pandaren girl’s soft rear. “You dir’y dog.” Hilda laughed at the situation pulling Li Li up through exit, Axel embarrassed beyond belief stayed put, his heart raced, never before had he done anything like that in his fourteen years of living, a downright gentlemen in every sense of the word he had never so much as thought to do something so brazen., much less to such a nice girl like Li Li. “Hey come on. No need to be uncomfortable. If you come up here I might return the favor.” She laughed extending her hand toward Axel. The Worgen looked back at her and smiled grabbing a hold of her soft paw.

“Ere’ we go.” Hilda perked up away from the flames she had ignited in a small impromptu campfire. “Glad ya could join us Axel.” Hilda said as she used some small fan to warm up her surroundings, “I kna it ain’t much but welcome ter me home.” Axel looked around, it really wasn’t much, a few blankets and pillows were scattered around somewhat haphazardly in what he could only assume was her sleeping area, a good deal of knick knacks  rested in a corner along with a blanket tossed over something. “Looks cozy.” Axel replied, he wasn’t really lying but some young teenage girl lived here surely it shouldn’t be all that safe. “Don’t lie I kna it looks loike shite.” Hilda let out a half hearted chuckle, “But when your dead parents money is toied up in Gilnaen real estate…” She trailed off, lost in thought for a moment before turning back to Axel, “That's not important though, we got a gift for ya.” Hilda turned to Li Li and pointed towards the covered corner. “Li Li would ya be a dear?”

“Yeah I’m on it.” Li Li said getting up to retrieve Axel’s gift. Hilda turned back towards a now roaring fire, “Nothin’ a lil’ gnomish fuel won’t get going.” She grabbed a hold of a nearby blanket spread it around, giving the three a place to sit on the otherwise dirty bare cobblestone ground. “Com’ on sit.” she dusted of a part of the cushy blanket and patted her hand on the ground, “I wan’ this to be a surprise for ya. It’s nice and warm over here.”

 Axel quickly joined her sitting his tush a rather respectable distances away from his friend, “Figured ya would.” Hilda said noticing his distances, “Me and Li Li ‘ave been doin’ some reading lately ya kno” Axel’s eyes lit up as if she told him he had won a million gold in some contest. “Did you read those books I gave you?” His silver tipped ears perked up. Sometimes he wish he had a tail because if he did it would certainly be wagging right now, he loved reading being secluded from the rest of the world as if some huge war wasn’t going on was a blessing for him and a luxury that, outside of studying to be warlock from his Aunt Simone, he would rarely have the time to partake in. “Oh ya love aye suppose’ ya could say that.” She slowly reached to her opposite and pulled out something covered in a thick coverless binding, “Wait a second is that…” Hilda smiled, “That book that ya make us swear never to open’ if we found?” Tonight just wasn’t his night was it, Axel thought. “Did you…” Hilda finished his sentence once again, “Read it? Oh yeah me and Li Li took turns, and oh boy, oh’da thunk the ‘A Steamy Romance Novel’ series had a couple Worgens shaggin a Pandaren, wonder where that came from?”

“I uuuuhhhhh,” Great He thought now they think I am some creeper. “Don’t worry about it love I think’ its cute.” Axel stared back into back into unsure as what to say, it wasn’t everyday that some cute girl thought your erotic novels where attractive. As a matter of fact, he could have gone a whole lifetime without anyone know that he partook in such a hobby but for him these books provide comfort in an odd sense. The idea of some virtuous champion saving the day and laying the girl, or in this case two, was something that fascinated the young man. Ael let out a small as he turned his head to see what his pandaren friend was up too.  Hilda raised a hand to stop him pulling him back to match his blue eyes to her amber yellow ones. “She’s getting dressed. Look at me.” there was a certain softness in her accent. Sometimes he thought she was playing it up a bit. He smiled resting his hand on hers.

Suddenly Axel felt her lips on his, she had quickly leaned in for a kiss, pressing her wolf muzzle as well as she could against his. Axel had never kissed anyone, it felt nice though. Iis heart rate picked quickly, much too quickly for comfort as he pulled with a loud huff, “Ummmm Uhhhh I…” he felt as if he had just run a marathon, sure he had some romantic gifts but it was not as if he had given them out yet nor did he really expect anything in return. Hilda giggled tossing the book off to the side,  returning her attention back to Axel, “Look love, I can see ya not the kinda’ guy to make the firs’ move, but ya should have more stones ya kno’? Ya smart, cute and pretteh funny mos’ the time on purpose I think.”

“And we’ve been talking.” Li Li stepped out of the shadows, now wearing a lovely black dress with a v-line placed firmly within the middle of the design, showing off her midriff. Behind her layed a rather impressive array of food and drinks. “Hilda I think it's your turn.”

“Ah, Right’o.”  She got up, turning to smile at Axel before focusing her attention back towards the makeshift ‘dressing room’ “I wont’ keep ya waitin’ love.” She said slinking back into the darkness.