(Just after Order 66)

(During the events of Cataclysm)

Chapter 1

A small escape pod appears in a flash of light, reverting from hyperspace. It enters a semi-stable orbit around an M-type planet* orbiting a sun, this planet is mostly water, but has three continents, and has two moons. Inside the pod a figure in brownish ceremonial robes awakens. He is a male human, with tanned skin and brownish hair. Soran Nightstalker looks down upon the planet and consults his read-outs. "Plenty of water, breathable air, good amount of landmass. This planet is a perfect place to hide from the Empire." Soran taps several buttons on the console inside his pod, he targets several possible landing areas on his display. Activating is image enhancer, he eliminates a few of the projected landing sites finally deciding on two as a most likely choice. "This shoreline, it has everything I need. Water, cover, and what looks like the remnants of a settlement." Comments Soran. Typing in the coordinates, he activates the landing procedures. Suddenly a blaring light starts flashes inside the pod. "Warning! Landing procedure malfunction, landing may be unsafe at this time." says the computer. With a quick command sequence Soran activates the landing sequence anyways. "If I am going to die, might as well be in an atmosphere." The escape pod plummets towards the designated landing site, causing a sonic boom. On the planet a group of Night Elf Sentinels hear the explosion-like sound and promptly look for its source. One of the elves points at the flaming object, and head towards what they think is the objects landing zone. The Pod screams through the atmosphere, suddenly it deploys its landing rockets, unfortunately the rockets cannot stop the machine fully, it slams into a tree, then hits the ground making a large skid ditch in the soil. Inside the pod, Soran types several more commands, then hits the execute button, a thirty second timer begins a count down. Igniting his bronze colored lightsaber he cuts away the door, then he runs onto the nearby shoreline, unbeknownst to him several Elf eyes are watching him. "What is he commander?" Asks a scout. "He looks human, but I have never seen anything like the machine he rode..." The commander's words are interrupted as the pod self-destructs. "It looks like the strange human did not want his machine to fall into the wrong hands." Comments another scout. "We need to find out his intentions in our lands, and if necessary bring him to Lady Tyrande." Says the Commander. The sentinels slowly move towards the humans position, their military training allows them to approach him with barely a sound. Soran hears the approaching footsteps of the elves, thanks to his connection with the force. He slowly turns a round and holds his hands near his head, he then holds his palms towards the elves, hoping to let them see he means no harm. "Commander, that human knows we're here." Says a scout. "I can see that, but how is that possible, we made almost no sound even to OUR ears." Replies the commander. "Well, since he knows we're here, we might as well stop hiding and face him, for that is the honorable thing to do." The sentinels slowly come out of cover, cautiously pointing their weapons at the strange human. "Human what are you doing in our lands." The human replies by shaking his head, pointing to his mouth, mimes speaking then points to his ears. "Commander, this human cannot understand us, even when we are speaking common." Says a lieutenant. The commander walk up to the human, sheathing her weapon, then she points to the human, then motions him into the middle of the group of sentinels. Soran nods, then calmly walks into the scout troop. "What were they saying to me earlier" Soran thinks to himself. With the commander leading the way, they take Soran towards the road, once on the road, the commander whistles sharply. Several loud roar echo throughout the forest, then seven nightsabers bound out of the forest, landing with agility next to the sentinels. Soran gapes in awe at the large cats and glances briefly at what he think is the lead elf. The commander points at Soran, then mimes sitting on the cat next to her. The commander hops onto her cat then Soran hops behind her, carefully putting hiss hands on her shoulders. With a shout the commander leads the group of nightsabers towards the nearest settlement, Evergrove. When the sentinels enter Evergrove, they promptly dismount the nightsabers. The Commander motions for Soran to follow her. A Druid looks at the group of elves as they approach him, then he briefly glances at the human. "You have brought a human to one of our most sacred places left in this land, why?" asks the druid. "I beg your pardon honorable druid, but it appears this human cannot understand common, is there anything you can do to help him?" asks the Commander. "I do know of one spell, but the reagents for it are rather hard to gather." replies the druid. "But, I can make you a list if you would like one." "yes please, we need to find out why he is here." replies the commander. A few minutes later the druid hands the commander a list. Briefly glancing over the list she and her entourage leave the Evergrove, bringing the human with them. "5 silverleave, 1 peacebloom, and a heart of fire from a nearby fire elemental. That does not sound too difficult." Says the commander as she reads the list. She points to two sentinels, "You two, gather the plant materials. I will take the rest of the squad and gather the heart of fire." The elves salute, then dash off towards the nearby forest. The remaining sentinels march towards a charred area of the forest, then climb an upthrust hill. The commander gathers her squad in preparation. Suddenly a hissing like the sound of steam is heard. "Yoouuuu ssshhhoooulldddd nooottt be heeereeee." growls the approaching elemental. The elemental swings its fiery fist at a sentinel who dodges, the commander swings her weapon impaling the elemental, allowing the other elves to attack, seconds later the elemental throws up its arms and collapses into a pile of ash. The commander digs through the ash pile, the shouts in glee as she withdraws a flaming red tetrahedron that glows with inner power from the ash pile. The sentinel group jog back towards the Evergrove. While the group waits for the herb gathering pair, the druid prepares a fire and sets a pot on a holder above it. Then the herb gatherers enter the grove and hand the druid the requested herbs. Shredding the herbs with a knife, he adds them to the pot, then he tosses in the heart of fire. The mixture bursts into emerald flames, the druid then pours a flask of water into the mixture, the flames die, but the water flashes green and stays that color. The druid dips another flask into the final mixture. "Make the human drink this." says the druid as he hands the glowing flask to the commander. The commander hands the flask to Soran then mimes drinking. Soran nods, sniffs the concoction once then chugs it in one go. Seconds later the air around him flashes green. "Solama may, understand me now?" Soran nods once. "Good then, we have a lot to talk about." Soran visibly gulps as the sentinels surround him.

* Earth is an M-type planet