Tirion sat patiently as the ruling leaders of both the Alliance and the Horde arrived at the Argent Tournament. It was a brilliant idea that both he, Vereesa Windrunner and Aethas Sunreaver. Having the Alliance and Horde come together to partake in an event such as this without bloodshed was probably the closest thing to peace they would probably get. Tirion had asked his best agents to help the Sunreavers and the Silver Covenant keep the peace in the Tournament grounds.

"Ugh, tell me again why everyone was invited?" Tirion heard Rose complain behind him somewhere.

"Don't you think it would be pointless for this neutral tournament, trying to get everyone here to gather the strength to fight the Lich King, be forced to turn certain people away because you don't like them?" Tirion heard Alistair ask. Rose grumbled under her breath.

"Just two, maybe three people really. Garrosh is like a three year old that can't reach the candy counter and Lor'themar makes me want to cut off those pretty blonde locks and sell them to old women for wigs." Rose replied. Tirion laughed at Rose's sense of humor which seemed to have improved greatly since the two's return to Icecrown.

"You'll do no such thing, Rose. That'll be just as bad as Garrosh." Alistair said. Tirion could hear the smile on the young paladin's face as he spoke to the rogue.

"But that's not fair. That hair should belong on a woman or at least someone who deserves it." Rose whined.

"I hope you don't mean you, because you're hair is perfect." Alistair said. Tirion laughed and thought the boy was doing well against the quick tongued rogue.

"You're just trying to make me stop complaining, and it won't work." Rose snapped.

"Fine, if you don't keep your hands to yourself, I'm going to help Thrall and Jaina sneak into your tent tonight." Alistair said. Tirion tried hard not to laugh. Somehow the boy managed to find out about Rose's expeditions to Orgrimmar.

"Good, Thrall needs to see what a real man can do with his hands. Though I might have to share you with Jaina afterwards." Rose purred. Tirion blushed almost as much as Alistair did. That was why the two were so close now. Apparently they had become lovers at one point while away. Darion wasn't going to like that very much. The man was still slightly disgruntled that Artemis was one of Rose's past lovers, having a paladin he chose to be her partner become her lover was only going to make him feel worst.

"Don't make me put the image in your head now. It disturbs you more than it does me." Alistair said. Tirion heard Rose cringe.

"Damn it, Alistair. The image is in my head anyway. I'm never going back to Theramore, not even if Jaina begs me to. Not even for those evil pies your mother makes. Just thinking of them together… UGH!" Rose managed to get out as she wished the images out of her head. Alistair wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Then maybe I will put another image in your head that will make you forget." Alistair whispered. Tirion didn't dare turn around. Judging by the sounds coming from behind him, the two were definitely lovers and he wasn't about to turn around to get an eye full of it.

"Tirion! There you are." A voice called from ahead of him. Tirion fought off the blush that wanted to come across his cheeks as the moans reached his ears. Darion and Artemis were making their way towards him. To avoid any issues, Tirion walked towards them and met them half way, and hopefully far enough so no one could hear what was going on.

"Darion, Artemis. Welcome to the Argent Tournament." Tirion said loudly, hoping someone else heard as well in hopes they would stop before they caused an incident. Darion smiled at the paladin while Artemis eyed him spaciously.

"I'm impressed, my friend. Things here are going smoothly. Lets hope when all the faction leaders get here, they behave as well." Darion said. Tirion nodded and was about to say something when Artemis started to move past him to embrace Rose, who had come out from where ever with Alistair and appeared to be normal.

"Rose, my dear. It's good to see you again." Artemis said as she wrapped her arms around the rogue and pulled her close. Rose smiled and hugged the death knight, but noticed the look of jealousy on Alistair's face from the corner of her eye.

"Good to see you too, Arty. You remember Alistair?" Rose said. Artemis glanced over at the paladin next to them and then took the scent of Rose's neck.

"You've had sex recently, haven't you?' Artemis whispered into Rose's ear. Rose knew better than to lie to Artemis, so she just stuck with the truth.

"Did you think I would be able to keep my hands to myself?" Rose asked. Artemis smiled and pushed away from Rose.

"Well good, it's about time you found a man." Artemis turned to look Alistair straight in the eye. "Do I need to remind you…" Alistair held up a hand to stop Artemis.

"I know, apparently Varian wished me to ask you to at least spare him an arm or something in which to destroy himself." Alistair said. Artemis laughed and smiled at the man.

"I like that. A good sense of humor. If you ever need any pointers…" Artemis dropped the thought when Rose wrapped herself around his arm.

"You have Darion to play with. This one is mine!" Rose snapped playfully. Artemis noticed the quick blush on the paladin's face when she declared that he was Rose's. Artemis hoped he understood how much the rogue truly meant what she said.

"Fine, but just remember there was once a time I was her, Alistair. Don't make me come back to let her restate that claim." Artemis said as she gave him a look before turning around to join Tirion and Darion. Rose and Alistair followed behind the woman and joined the two men.

Darion was picking up his jaw from the ground when Artemis purred in his ear. How in the hell did that damn paladin manage to get Rose to cling to him like that? He wish she had clung to him like that or at least wished that when she had attempted to cling to him that he hadn't been the better man. Darion cursed his honorable side, causing to lose probably the most perfect woman in his life.

"Alistair, it's good to see you again. How is your father?' Darion asked as he took Alistair's arm in a friendly gesture. Alistair grimaced slightly as Rose shook and groaned.

"Ugh, I've never getting that image out of my head. Thanks Darion. I think I'm going to go kill myself now." Rose said as she tried to shake the image of Maric and her father tangled together, unfortunately naked. Alistair swallowed hard, hoping she wasn't actually planning on killing herself while everyone looked at him questionably.

"I don't want to talk about it." Alistair said. Artemis sensed the nervousness in the young paladin as Rose started to mumble under her breath and walk away.

"Why don't you and I take a walk around the grounds, Alistair? I'm sure you know where everything is around here." Artemis asked before any of the other men could bring up the awkward subject that was hovering in the air. Nervously, Alistair offered her his arm, hoping she wasn't planning on killing him while they were alone. Artemis placed a quick kiss on Darion's cheek.

"You two play nice now." Artemis whispered as she linked her arm with Alistair's and allowed him to lead her around the grounds.

"Do you have any idea what that was all about?" Darion asked. Tirion shook his head.

"No idea. I didn't know that Rose even knew his father." Tirion answered. Before either could continued their discussion, a tournament harold was announcing Thrall's arrival to the grounds.

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Alistair found Rose over in the practice area, throwing a lance at a target dummy. She kept missing by a few feet and Alistair tried hard not to laugh. She was trying to hold the lance with one hand as if her right arm was strong enough to handle the weight. Put a dagger in that woman's hands and you'd be dead in seconds, but with a lance you'd be lucky if she managed to get within a two foot radius.

"You're holding it all wrong." A velvety masculine voice said from off to Alistair side. Rose turned slightly to her right and tried not to roll her eyes and groan. The Regent Lord of Silvermoon strode into Alistair's view as he approached Rose.

"Well, I don't intent on participating in the tournament, so it doesn't really matter." Rose snapped. Lor'themar chuckled as he continued his approach toward Rose. Alistair decided to remain hidden in cause the elf got fresh and he would be able to stop Rose from sheering off the man's hair.

"You never know when you might be in a situation where you'll have to use something like this to save your life or others." Lor'themar said as he glided behind her and held her arms so she could hold the lance correctly. Rose jerked away from him, turned to face him and held the lance between them.

"Don't touch me." Rose snapped. Lor'themar smiled and took a few steps closer to her, allowing the lance to touch his chestplate.

"What do you plan on doing with a weapon you can't even use to attack a practice dummy with?" Lor'themar snapped back. Alistair could see Rose shaking and knew better than to let anything else happen.

"Get away from her." Alistair announced as he strode towards them. Lor'themar tried to hide the sneer on his face. The human didn't deserve to be with the rogue. He was a whelp when she needed a warrior like himself or perhaps Varian. Yet to avoid upsetting the Silver Covenant or the Sunreavers, Lor'themar backed away from the two humans.

"Then perhaps you should show her how to use that before she accidently kills someone." Lor'themar snapped as he turned and walked away. Let the human think he's got the woman, it would be only a matter of time. Alistair wrapped his arms around a trembling Rose as he watched the blood elf leave.

"Don't ever leave me alone." Rose whispered. Alistair sighed and kissed the top of her head.

"Never." Alistair whispered as he felt Rose start to cry. He wouldn't push the issue for fear he would know the real reason and it might cause them problems. Rose lifted her chin so she could look him in the eyes.

"I want to lay down for a bit. Join me?" Rose asked. Alistair lend down and pressed his lips against hers softly.

"Always for you." Alistair whispered.