Chapter 1: Birth Of A Devine
To be born with the gift of infinite, growing power, to control everything around you - it all sounds like the gift of a god and grace every person could desire. But what happens when the body and soul of this simple human has the burden of mystical energies, unimagineable strengh and knowledge of a million worlds and is forced to contain it - creating intense emotions, desire and passion that cannot be fulfilled without breaking boundaries that could harm beloved, could destroy cities and errupt an whole solar system. It would not just create a conflict towards others surround them, but also an inner conflict between an innocent human being and an ascendant, powerful devinity. The sovereign Syndra is blessed with imense power with birth that is growing day by day ever since.
Syndra was born in Ionia, the smaller continent in Runeterra, an beautiful, temperate place with a colorful landscape, full of nature and life, with the most riches of mana sources than anywhere else in Runeterra. Ionia has nearly no technology and industry. People only live by agriculture, art, music and study of natures magic. The folk of Ionia are people of true inner peace, without desire for earthbound goods and with the longing to seek freedom and balance in all lifeforms, things and thoughts. But that is what make them strong and persistant individuals and a society with great connection to each others. Still, this does not mean there where never disagreements and struggle among each other. They are generally held apart from the outside world of Runeterra. Though they are independen from outsiders, Ionia was always very tollerant over other culture coming to their land. Unfortunatelly their hospitality let more sinister nations like the one of Noxus come deeper into their land and get them opportunity to rob, spy and make the land dangerous for deceiving politics from inside. People there dont want to get in any troubles or never want to change much - because change brings imbalance. But soon Ionia would come to an age of their greatest change - and that of Runeterra.
Before Syndra saw the light of the day, her mother experienced a strange kind of pregnancy. She lived alone, because her husband died in the mountains gathering recources. Syndra´s parents haven´t been very rich due to the fact that their ancestors lived in the dusty mountains, one of the highest places in Ionia. The conditions to live, grow crops or breeding animals has not been an easy task. Villages are spread widly in the mountains and it took long trips to gather around for trading. So Syndra´s mother was a really hardworking woman; though she didn´t believe in the balance of everything like most Ionians. She just wanted to get around and work for a good life for her daughter. While she was pregnant, the village in which she lived experiences unusual earthquakes and phenomenons of floating parts of earth around. While Syndra was born, the earthquakes became stronger, but shortly after she was out of her mothers womb, they suddenly stopped.
The first days of Syndra´s childhood have been without any events besides the unusal white hair Syndra was growing over time. Doctors found Syndra healthy as every normal child and could not explain the lose of the hair color.
The children of Ionia are being teached the wisedom and knowledge, writing and math by the hand of traveling monks from a high order of Ionia. These lessons are given to any child, not depending on the wealth of the family. As a very shy child, Syndra was not really noticed among the other children exapt for her hair and her sometimes recognizeable attentiveness. Most of the days, she helped her mother in her daily routine.
One day, at the age of seven, Syndra was found to secretly manipulate several large items after a argument with her mother at a lake she liked to go when she wanted to be alone. Later on, she realised more and more about this ability to move objects with simply her will. It didn´t took long for her classmates to find out about this too. At first, they all where impressed and she liked the brief moment of attention, like she never felt before, being very cautious after all, but some of the other children became scared, when she used her power more often and more intense, even on other children, letting them float and being moved. So Syndra stoped using her powers again instantly. The teachers became alarmed. Rumors spread around Ionia and they became storys and scary tales. Syndra´s mother was impressed by her daughters abilities, but told her to keep them secret from now on, explaining her she could get in trouble. She also told her, to train them secretly, because it would be a blessing of the universe.
Due to the fact that not everywhere in Ionia there is balance in all things, and the were struggles and problems coming from outside of Ionia, the great elders of Ionia ignored the gifted child Syndra for many years. As she grew older, people took more and more distant from Syndra and her mother. Over time, Syndra became a trickster to steal goods and books from travelers and giving herself more knowledge about her homeland by reading scrolls and notes of people passing through her village.
She loved being alone and hiding somewhere, so she could read and gaining her knowledge, she also became aware of the wars happening in Runeterra. The battles of Demacia against Noxus. The fight for the Freljord region and the struggle of Piltover and Zaun over the precious mana cristals which empower everything.
At the age of seventeen, Syndra wandered farther away from her village and explored a region of mining these mana cristals. As she came closer to the region, she felt energy rising in her body. It felt for her like she was getting charge with power. For the first time, she experienced like everything in a short distance around her was part of herself. Every living thing, every matter and every atom felt like it melt with her body and she could control it buy simpy moving her muscles, and even without exertion. When the charge stoped, she got corious. She sneaked around the mine and noticed to her own fear corpses of ionian miners. Then she got struck from behind and she stumbled. A gang of thiefs were robbing the mines and first she was frightened. But then an urge to fight suddenly struck her and she used her powers to gave in the ceiling of the mine and burry some of the members of the gang under rocks. She ran out of the cave but the others followed her. They didnt realy realise it was Syndra who caused the cave in. Then outside, the urge struck Syndra again. She lifted the other thiefs with her pure willpower and let them float in the air. She somehow felt an satisfaction in using her power, but she could not put her finger on why. She was in danger and it was a self defense reaction. Even her mother told her to keep the power secret, she used it and it was a new experience for her. The thiefs shouted for help in panic, but Syndra kept letting them float over her head and giggled. Then she swirreld them around the place and kept playing with their helpless bodys. After a time she released them, laughed and threaten them to never come back again.
The rumour about that incident spread fast from mouth to mouth in Ionia. People investigated the mine and saw the dead bodys of workers and the thiefs.
After a month of this incident, things went in motion. This was the time, when the highest rank of the order of Ionia were sent to Syndra´s village. It was nobody else but Karma, the Enlightened One - the most nobel and powerful person in Ionia. She the advisor and mentor of the Ionian government. She in person took a long road to meet Syndra, because she felt that a great mischief was unfolding. But as the highest of the order of Ionia, she seeked for a neutral and balanced atempt. So she offerend Syndra to move to one of the three great temples of Ionia to be tought about her power. Syndra was pleased to hear, that someone was not afraid of her and her powers and wanted to support her. But it would have meant that she has to leave her home. She talked to her mother before she took any decision.
"Mother. The highest of the order of Ionia is visiting our village. They told me that they heard of my gifts and want to support me by becoming part of the Order of Kinkou. They want to guide me with my gifts. But I have to leave. For very long. But I am not sure if I want this." Syndra said in a very apprehensive tone.
"Oh Syndra, my dearest daughter. Finally the chance has come for you to bloom. You should not be afraid of an opportunity like that!"
Syndra sight: "Am I really ready for this? I am not sure. And you... I wish you could come with me. Would you come with me." Her mother smiled.
"My dear daughter. I am old, the years of work here were enough excitement for me. My place is here. Oh Syndra. You are now a grown woman. Just believe in yourself and you will make it. Do not question this, it is fate. I am not important, but you are. I rised you for a good reason. Do not let me stand in between you and what you can become! You are ment for greatness!"
"But mother, what if I fail?" Syndra asked.
"You will never fail. The only ones failing are the one, that do not see your potential. Never ever let anything or anyone bond you to a lower existence. I felt it since you were born. Being something special is nothing to be afraid of. Never forget, what is inside you cannot be obstructed. Live up to your potential. What ever you do!" her mother said encouragingly.
"Mother. I am very thankful for what you done for me all the years. Thank you!" said Syndra and bowed before her mother - propably the last time she will ever bow before anyone in her life ever again. "And I will come back, when I am a successful ionian woman. So nobody will dare to talk in a bad way about you and your descendants!"
Briefly watching her mother smile Syndra then ran to her an gave her a big hug. She was about to go on a journey that will change her life forever.
So Syndra was let into the Temple of Balance, one of the three great temples of Ionia, that shalt become her now home. It wasn´t far away from her village, but it was a difficult place to reach. On the way towards the temple, there was a big city called "Kinkou" also known as the City Of Balance. It was a city of culture. Buildings were constructed into giant mountain rocks with waterfalls coming from the springs at the top. It was beautiful and inspiring, with rich nature that Ionias landscape is known for. At arrival she was presented to her new teachers, wise old monks, and she felt a bit unconfortable. She had no idea that the people in this temple had greater respect and even fear of her.
As she entered the halls the first time, everyone gazed on Syndra. She was now a grownup. Syndra had pale white skin, even she was very tall and skinny, she had voluptuous breasts, a thin waist, well trained and strong hips and legs, due to growing up in the mountains and walking long ways around the fields. Her hands are elegant and her fingers are long and spikey. She has smooths, shiney, very long silver white hair and even more bright silver eyes with always sceptical looking eyebrows.
She was wearing a purple, black rope covering her body and a long dress hiding her legs. She is also wearing a black alice band on her head. That dress was given to her by Karma. It had symbols of old ionian runes on it. Syndra didnt realise she was dressed so unique to be recognizeable all time in the temple.
Syndra was introduced into the order of Ionia. Karma stood in front of her, the monks surrounding both.
"Syndra. You were brought here to be taught to control the powers you seem to have been given. We never encountered someone like you before and we willing to develope your knowledge, your spirit and this power for the good of all of us. For you, for the order and for Ionia. Are you willing to let your former life behind you and take this journey into inner piece and balance with us?"
Young and ignorant as she was, Syndra became very excited, thinking everyone is supporting her. She felt relieved now to be the center of attention.
"Oh great Enlightened One, I am pleased to be given all your knowledge. Teach me! Teach me so I can reach my full potential! I am feeling the grows of my power every day. It is like a anticipation for something of greatness to me. So glad I am here and it is an honor to me. We can start the lessons right now. I want to know everything! Teach me, oh Enlightened One!"
Karma was nodding. "We will, Syndra, we will. But do not forget to keep your restraint. It will be important for you to not just seek the power and use it, but also to know why you have it and why you are using it. You will stay at this temple for a long time. Everything you need will be whitin these walls. You may not leave this place untill told. Your destination is to become one with the Ionian spirit! Will you let us guide you?"
"I will!" Syndra responded.
And so a time began for her, a time of studying all knowledge about Runeterra, improving and realising what she can do. She learned the theories of diplomacy, politics and warfare, she learned demeanor of the wise, she watched the martial arts of Ionia, she was being teached the omniscients of the stars, she was meditating with Karma for days, getting deeper and deeper insight into her own soul. Over the time, Karma learned that even Syndra was a keen student, she never seem to fully respect the meaning of balance.
Always full of curiousity she soaked up everything new she learned, with haste she tried every recepie, every formular and every tool she got in her hands. She always was fascinated by something, but never questioned the why and why not. She never questened if something was for a good cause or a bad cause. Syndra also never questioned why Karma was her only teacher while the other monks in the temple where never talking to her and mostly meditated in the great hall. She was too eager to let her powers grow more.
The main task Syndra had, were the meditation sessions with Karma. Together they went to Karma´s library that had an huge balcony. Together they meditated. Syndra always had visions of her home village while her meditation. It was peaceful. But when the time past and many sets of meditations brought up a new vision to her: She was in her village and everyone was gone. She felt cold and empty for a while. But then there appeared a man. And whenever this man came close to her, her heartbeat rose and she felt aroused. More and more in every vision she had.
In time she even could feel him and she was closer to him than ever. Them man smiled and touched her softly, gave her a gently hug. Syndra felt desire and passion. This visions made Syndra losing her relaxation while meditation very often. Karma felt that and was concerned, but didnt mention it to Syndra.
One year has past, Syndra never left the temple since and she learned a lot in this time. But she felt, that her powers didn´t grew as strong anymore as it used to be. It was yet no concern to her. She already had the power to feel the matter and energy of an entire room surround her. She could move the matter by will, she could freeze it and melt it on an subatomic level if she really concentrated hard.
When the night came around, the city of Kinkou had a festival to celebrate the night of the blood moon, an old legends of Ionia that was told on stage of the pompous theater. The city streets where full of masked and dressed up people, celebrating and having a good time. The were big markets selling sweets and drinks, with pretty lights and lanterns decorating everything. The city was brightened at night by this beauty. From the far, Syndra was watching the happening. Her mentor Karma was not in the temple at this time, so Syndra felt all alone. She could not speak to the other monks, because they were meditating constantly. She gased at the city lights and felt to go out this night. Then, for the first time in a year, she left the temple secretly. Feeling a little thrill doing so, she left silently, dressed in a kimono and tied up hair.
For the fact Syndra grew up in a very isolated village and because she was held in the temple for a long time now, her first stroll outside was making her nervouse but very excited. Very shy she walked among the people dressed up as magical beings, old spirits and dragon like creatures. In the crowd she felt energy hyping her body. At a large pavilion she saw a group of people dancing together to elegant music. Syndra noticed a young man. He was agile, short and with blond hair, had blue eyes and seemed very confident. He was wearing a brown jacket and boots. Syndra was keeping tabs on him untill he noticed her. In this very moment she looked away. Though there were other females around, he got interest in Syndra, walked up to her slowly and stood next to her. After a while he talked to her gently.
"My lady, are you up for a dance? I would gladly take it."
Syndra blushed a bit and lowered her head. Then she quickly looked up again and spoke.
"I have never danced to this kind of music. I am not sure if I should. I do not want to humiliate you."
The young man smiled.
"You never learn if you never try. That is my moto. I am not from around here, so I am not familiar with the dances, too."
"Where do you come from?" asked Syndra.
"I am an explorer from Valoran. I actually come from Piltover. I am on a study travel around Ionia. I really love that country. My name is Ezreal by the way. What´s your´s if I might ask?"
"I am Syndra. I live in the Temple Of Balance and..." Syndra went quiet.
Ezreal looked curous and with a smile into the eyes of Syndra.
"What is it? You can tell me. Every secret is kept savely."
"I am actually not supposed to be here."
"Well that is a shame. I already enjoy your company. So come on, lets try the dance, would we?"
With a bow Ezreal presents his hand to Syndra. Slowly she took it and they went to the dance floor. Both handled the dancing very nice. Syndra enjoyed herself very much. But she felt something strange, an aggresive desire that was unnaturally surrounding her body. An inner, lusty voice whispered unrecognizeable things. Her heart beat quickened.
As Ezreal holding her hands for the dance, Syndra suddenly huged him in a romantic way. He reacted very surprised and overwhelmed. Syndra smiled sinister and Ezreal became sceptical. Syndra pushed herself closer to him and Ezreal felt that he became lighter. They both were floating a tiny bit over the ground by Syndra´s powers. The people around them watched confused.
"I really like you, Ezreal." said Syndra in a amorous way.
"Uhm, we barely know each other for several minutes. You are nice, but how can you..."
And suddenly Syndra kissed him on the lips. Ezreal was very confused about this fast atempt. As Syndra wanted to kiss him again, he pushed her back a bit and they both stood on the ground again.
"Hehe, I do not want to sound rude, but this is a bit akward for me."
"What do you mean?" aksed Syndra a bit disappointed.
"I mean, you can´t just kiss a stranger for no reason." giggled Ezreal but still concerned.
"Why? Didn´t you like it..."
"No... I mean, yes... I mean... It was so unexpected and unreasonable. I don´t know you."
Syndra felt unsatisfaction and anger coming up. She shivered and breathed fast. She desired affection.
"Then let us get to know each other!" said Syndra, stood in front of Ezreals and put her arms around his shoulders.
Ezreal took her arms gently and put them down, walking a bit away from Syndra.
"I am really sorry, but this is very unconfortable. You are coming on to me so fast and I was not even considering something romantic. I just wanted to have some fun."
Syndra became angry and with her powers she lifted up Ezreal and smashed him to ground.
"How can you say that? Don´t you want to spend time with me?" Syndra sighed.
"Listen! It is better I leave now. Whoever you are, you frighten me, okay? I thought you seem nice, but you are way to confident in this. I am sorry, I hope you find someone who likes to pleasure you, but I am sure I am not the one you are looking for. Goodbye." said Ezreal and a walked away a bit intimidated.
Syndra just crossed her arms and sighed. People were gazing at her, wondering what just happened.
"What are you looking at?" Syndra screamed.
Then she lifted the pavilion into the air, people got scared and ran away and she let it fall down again. Very saddened she ran out of the crowd and back to the temple. She felt unwanted and confused. She could not control her feelings and emotions. She had unnatural desire for cupidity and intercourse, but that stood in the way of her lack of social experience. She went to her room and cried. The temple was shaking and everyone felt the tremble.
The next day there was an major training session in which Karma, with a lot of protections, let Syndra try a demonstration of an burst of her power. But she didnt realised it at the moment. For the first time Syndra could leave the temple officially just for this training. They went to a quarry and then Karma proceeded with an unusual method:
"Today I want you to focus on something: Anger. Syndra you never showed any sign of outrage ever. I want you to think about something that angers you most." Karma said.
Syndra thought for a while but could not came up with something: "I am sorry, Enlightened One. I fail to think of something. I had a pretty quiet and uneventfully life so far. There is really nothing that could make my angry. The only negative feelings I ever had was lonelyness, fear and sadness. But never rage."
Karma looked sceptical to Syndra: "Syndra, you are my student for one year now. And still you are not trusting me. Why aren´t you honest to me?"
Syndra shrugged: "But, Enlightened One, I am honest."
Karma shouted in a sudden: "Do not trying to fool me. I know your spirit, Syndra. Do not trying to fool me."
Syndra was suprised of the sudden strictness of Karma. She never saw her mentor shouting. Karma was always quiet and composure. "I am sorry, I do not understand."
"Oh, you do understand!", Karma walked closer to Syndra. "We gave you the knowledge no Ionian would ever dream of in their live. You were let into our circle of balance. And what do you do now to insult our affords? You lie to me!" shouted Karma.
"I am not lieing. What do you want from me?"
"I want the truth!"
Syndra got nervous and anxious.
"What truth? Tell me, what truth?"
"Stop acting ignorant. You are a disgrace. You are... a failure!"
Suddenly Syndra began to shatter and all the surrounding matter, too. Syndra shouted loud: "I am not a failure!" and the rocks and stones in the quarry began to float, gaining speed very fast and in an uncontrolable rate, forming a wirrwind. In a sudden, Syndra stretched her arms towards Karma in anger and somehow command all the mass of rocks and stones to fly towards Karma.
It would have burried her alive if not suddenly Syndra screamed in tears and all the mass of rocks and stones stoped instantly before Karma, forming a strange looking round wall around Karma, piled up unnaturally. Syndra was still in control of these rocks forming a large huge pillar pipe. She was trapped like in a deep well. Syndra suddenly floated herself on top of that pillarish pipe and looked down into it, seeing Karma without fear standing still and staring into the the wall of stones. This was also the first moment she used her levitation power on herself. A short time of silence. Syndra was standing in a dominating pose on the edge of the pillar. She shed a tiny tear crawling down her cheek.
Karma asked in a monotone, slow way: "What is the distress in your soul, Syndra?"
Syndra sighed, but then answered with a feigned self confidents, even she was nervous about what just happend. "I am not afraid! I am not a failure! I am strong!"
Another moment of silences. Karma looked up slowly to Syndra and wanted to open her mouth to ask again but were interrupted by Syndra.
"Enlightened One, teach me of the meaning and phenomenon people call 'love'."
Karma looked at her silent. Then Syndra blow the pillar away from Karma freeing her. Her mentor didn´t show any sign of fear of her, nore did she show dissapointment, she just walked away in grace. Syndra was confused and dazzled. She floated for a while in mid air, thinking if what just happend was a test, lesson or some kind of insight of what she wanted.
She also noticed that she felt lingering feelings of desire and pleasure at using her powers, despite it being targeted against her mentor. Was it right to feel like this? And what really was concerning Syndra?
The next few days, Syndra didn´t leave her room. People got concerned. Thoughtfull she floated around, creating chisel art. She looked out of the window for hours, feeling an emptyness growing in herself. She also got more and more aware of the decrease of her power growth. What was happening to her? She floated out of her window unseen, let herself fly over the mountains into the clouds above the temple. A bit frightened she heard her own voice whispering in her head. It sounded confident, lusty and full of eager.
It whispered "More! I can be so much more!"
She was feeling cold but she didnt stop ascending. The air became thinner. She barely could brease. Her skin started freezing and soon she lost consciousness. Then her vision kicked in again. The vision she has every time she meditates. She felt arousal and her heart was pumping. Then she woke up and realise she was falling to the ground very fast. She paniced and could not feel to grab any matter. The air just blew wildly around her. Very short before the ground, she created enough power to catch herself, yet creating an impact in the earth, leaving a crater. It was in the middle of a field of flowers. Shocked she felt again into unconciousness.
When she opened her eyes, she heard a confident voice asking her if she is fine. Possibly coming from the young woman she saw who was bending over her. That young woman was dressed like a soldier from Noxus, a black and dark brown chain west and black boots, her legs were covered with litte daggers. She had rough white skin, a strong chin, poisen green eyes, a scar ofer her right eye and crimson red, long, wild hair. She was build well and had a confident smile on her face.
"Are you alright there? That must have been an pretty rough fall. A miracle you survived." ask the woman.
Syndra was a bit overwhelmed. The strange woman helped her up. Syndra immediately started walking away in direction towards the temple, but the she got followed.
"Wait, were are you going?" ask the woman.
Syndra still ignored her and kept walking.
"Come on, why you are not talking to me? You are Ionian, right? They told me you guys are calm and sensetive, saw many of yours already. But mute? It can´t be that all you folks are mute. Why don´t you tell me how you did survive that... fall out of nowhere?"
The strange woman took Syndra´s hand to make her move around. She shrucked and a massiv single heartbeat ran through Syndra´s body as she touched her. She made a hectic turn and slightly pushed her with her powers, just a little so she didn´t even realise it.
"Hey, wow, don´t mind me. I am just curious. We are on a diplomatic mission here, so come on, be a bit hospitable, no?" said the woman grining.
Syndra kept walking away being a bit annoyed. The woman giggled briefly and kept persecuteing her.
"I see you are on the way to the Temple Of Balance. If that isn´t a funny coincident. We are on the same way. We are like companions. We are like a fellowship. We are buddies, don´t ya think?"
Then Syndra turned around to her, but she was suddenly gone. Confused she turned back and there the woman was standing in front of her, quietly. Syndra stared frustrated into her eyes. Again that confident smile, almost unbareable. Syndra leaned forward to her and whispered in an angry tone:
"Listen! You have no idea who you are following! I have no means to talk to a stranger. You should leave people alone, especially if your are in a place unfamiliar."
The woman chuckled. "My dearest apologies, Madam. But you litteraly fell into my arms out there on the field. I have never seen this before. Maybe you are an angel sent to me from heaven?"
Syndra made a buffying noise and rose one eyebrow and laughted then.
"I, my fellow friend, welcome you hospitably to Ionia, then land in which I live. So stop messing around with me or anyone! I can see you are coming from the other continent and we know your kind. I would suggest you to turn around and never come back!"
And in a sudden, Syndra stomped on the ground with her foot and launched into the air again, creating a small shockwave that threw the woman to the ground. She just saw her flying away to the Temple Of Balance.
Overwhelmed and utterly amazed she just said to herself "Holy mother of Runeterra, that is one godess walking on earth. The rumors aren´t that figments after all."
She continued her way to the temple with more haste than she had before.
And so Syndra sneaked back into the temple. It was night already. She felt a strange feeling while crossing the yard of the temple. It was like her body suddenly became heavier. Or was it more like her muscles became weaker? It was strange to her, she did suddenly realise while she was outside, all of her powers became easier to use for a while. Silently she sneaked into the temple, everyone seem to be asleep. She was close to her room and to be undetected. But then she heard Karma´s voice in the far:
"You left?"
Syndra stoped moving and followed the voice of Karma. She was in her room, sitting in a meditating pose with closed eyes. Syndra came closer to her.
"You left." said Karma again, this time in a moralizing tone.
Syndra did not felt like responding. But after a brief silence she did.
"I flew. Like an eagle. I flew today."
Karma made no sign of movement or showed any impression. Then nobody said anything for a while.
"Enlightened One..." said Syndra in a slightly concerned tone.
Karma whispered: "What is the distress in your soul, Syndra?".
Syndra became nervouse.
"Enlightened One. I did something no man in Runeterra ever did before. I flew! Like an eagle!".
"Syndra! You are not trusting me."
Syndra sighed: "You do not understand. I am born to use these powers. They are part of me! Why are you so concerend when I am exploring them! You told me you want to teach me and help me develope my power. But in the past few days you are acting so reticent towards me. You even shouted at me! Made me feel like I am worthless!"
Karma stood up slowly and opened her eyes.
"Syndra! You need to realise, you are my abandonment. You have powers that are beyond my control. And I am concerned... no, I am afraid your soul will be crushed by these forces!"
Syndra shaked her head.
"But Enlightened One, dont have this sorrow. I am your greatest student. I can control my powers!"
Karma got an serious expression in her eyes.
"But these powers are controled by your emotions, by your desires and passions. Your heart is stronger than your mind."
"My mind is more than clear. And it tells me that I am missing out on something. I need your blessing. I need you to tell me that I can go and use my powers outside these walls."
"You are not ready, Syndra!"
"Why not? There is not much more I can learn here. It is all grey theorie! I want to see the world. I want to show the world what I am capable of. I want to give purpose to my powers and myself. Purpose!"
Karma was more and more concerned.
"It is my responsability if you and your power change Ionia to the worse. You need to realise this. People will fear you. Or they will blindless follow you. Some will be hunting you and kill you!"
Syndra became impatient.
"People fear what they do not understand! I want to experience more than what you can give me! I want to explore! I want to meet people! I want to dance, run and fight! I want to be known, I want to be seen. I want to be hated. I want to be loved!"
Karma closed her eyes with her hands and interrupted Syndra.
"You do not know love. It is passion. It is desire. It is lust what you feel. It is not love."
Syndra became sulky.
"You may be my mentor, but you are not my misstress. You do not know how things from my perspective. I feel more than you can ever imagine. I feel everything around me, like it is part of my body, part of my soul. And everything whispers to me. You do not know how that feels."
Karma sat down again.
"You are not allowed to leave."
Syndra snickered. "I will not leave untill I get your blessing."
Then she went to her room in a hasty movement. Frustrated she destroyed her chisel art with the force of her will and threw herself in bed sobbing. She felt suddenly tired and weak and began to sleep.
The next morning was the start of a bright sunny day. Syndra noticed that Karma was not in the temple anymore. Syndra went to the balcony to meditate again. Ever since her visions she got while meditation changed to that arrousing phantasy, she could never wait for her next session. She was not meditating for inner peace or balance, she was lucid dreaming. Her phantasies became more and more coquettish and lusty. Suddenly she was interrupted in her meditation. It was the strange noxian woman she met yesterday, hanging on the edge of the balcony. Surprised Syndra asked.
"What are you doing here?"
"I want to give my fallen angel a little visit." she responded with a smirk.
"You are not allowed in here. How did you came past the guards in the yard?"
The woman laught loud out.
"Listen, it is time to introduce myself. I am Katarina Du Couteau, I am assasine and commander of the Noxian Elite Force. We are currently on an very boring mission to guard our ambassador here in Ionia. He is right now meeting your Enlightened One. With an arms presentation. Totally formal. Pretty uninteristing political stuff, if you ask me."
Syndra became again nervous around the woman, but somehow she liked her, though she didnt wanted to get more in trouble with Karma, so asked her to leave.
"You are really not allowed in here, so I have to ask you to leave. You are disrupting my meditation session."
Katarina laughted again in an sarcastic tone.
"Aw, come on! Meditation? This is all what you guys do around here? I know what you are capable of, so why you waste your time sitting around thinking about what could be, if you can live it now?"
"What are you alluding to?" Syndra´s interest awoke.
Katarina said with a slightly tempting voice: "I am pretty sure they dont let you out here often. So what do you say we head into the woods over there and go hunting?"
Syndra was a bit surprised.
"Hunting? But I dont..."
Katarina slowly touched her hand and pulled her up.
"We will be back before anyone finds out, alright, angel?"
And Syndra was willing to accompany her full of excitiement.
They both strolled into the nearest forest. Katarina was an very agile and aware soldier. Syndra grew fond of her appearance very fast. The deeper they went into the forest, the more enticing they both acted to each other. They spotted a deer at a large oak tree.
"Watch this. There is a target for our hunting. I will show you now how i take down this deer within seconds. He will not even have a glimse of a chance to escape me." said Katarina lordly.
"Are you really going to hurt it?"
"Yes, of course. It is in our nature to eliminate the weaker creatures.".
And in no time she hasted to the deer with extreme speed and cut its throat. The deer made a pitifully moarn when it died. Syndra hold her hands in front if her mouth and was terrified a bit, it was a new experiences to see an innocent living creature die.
"You see, it was easy for me. Now imagine how I do this to my enemy humans in the field of battle. Nobody can escape my deadly blades."
"But it wasn´t aware of you trying to kill it. How could it have escaped if not out of pure instinct?"
Katarina giggled. "Of course, that´s why it is a lower life form. Nature gave us the intelligent and power to eliminate the weak. It´s the circle of life. Only the strong survive. That is the sagacity we Noxians live for! That´s why our people are the strongest and mightiest. We weed out the weaks and strengthen the powerful."
Syndra was not just overwhelmed by Katarina´s words, but also by her confident and she was spurred by her body. The affection to Katarina seem to let her energy flow through her body and a riseing gain of power.
"Now you give it a try." said Katarina to Syndra as in the far another wild deer appeared.
"Pardon me? I am not capable of doing this. I cannot kill an innocent animal." stuttered Syndra.
Katarina laught loud out and confident.
"Oh my dear fallen angel. You can fly through the air like a godess, but you cannot hurt a poor harmless animal? Haha, oh you are so restraining yourself."
"I am not restraining myself!" said Syndra outraged.
"I just see no purpose in killing this deer!" Katarina laught again and tickled Syndra´s chin.
"Angel, this is not about purpose. It´s about life! This is life! Runeterra is a place where only the strong survived. Have you ever been outside of Ionia? Your people think everything is free and balanced and nice. But it´s not!"
Katarina shouted loud. "Its a lie! This world is all about power, strengh and survival. There are wars going on out there in the world you cannot imagine. If people would not be strong, you would be overrun by the brutal nature itself already!"
The deer in the far came closer. It was actually the male partner of the dead deer. It started running towards them both aggresivly. Katarina hold Syndra´s shoulders and whispered to her.
"See. It is coming for you. It wants vengences. It want´s you dead. Are you going to have mercy? Or are you going to be strong?"
Syndra started screaming in fear and rised her hands. She lifted the deer and let it float in the air. Again she got aroused and energetic by using her powers.
"Come on, give it the grace-shock! You can do it, angel!" motivated Katarina in her bloodlust.
And Syndra crused the inner organs and sceleton of the deer with just forming her hand to a fist. The deer instantly died. Then she let it fall to the ground. She stared emotionless on her victim.
"That´s the spirit. Ha ha! You are one amazing powerful maid! Wohooo!"
Katarina hugged her and lifted her up.
"See how it feels? It´s pure strenght! And we could really use someone like you in Noxus! You are perfect."
Syndra still was staring emotionless, this time into the eyes of Katarina. Her eyes began slightly to glow with purple lightings in her irises. She floated over her new found friend and observed her. Katarina just gave her the confident smile. Syndra felt an urge of lust. She felt like kissing the woman in front of her. Her visions became daydreams. Slightly aroused she switfly flew close to Katarina and touched her head with her hands. They just stared at each other and Katarina was a bit stumped.
"What? What are you doing?" asked Katarina.
Then Syndra kissed her briefly. Again Katarina put a smirk on his mouth. Syndra fondled Katarina´s face softly and then kissed her with full passion. Katarina didn´t turn down this moment, even she found it really akward. She felt Syndra´s toung in her mouth stimulating every of her senses. She closed her eyes and enjoyed this moment. Syndra lifted her with her power and they floated in the air, kissing intensely. Syndra´s heart was pumping and she felt an imense grow of her powers. Her body was electrifized and every muscle in her body was stained.
The earth on the ground started to shake. Katarina enjoyed the kissing too, but she suddenly felt struck by an heavy force in her body, seeming to lose control over her muscles briefly in little spurts. She felt that Syndra moved her body on her will. Katarina suddenly felt really unconfortable, because she could not stop touching Syndra´s body in an indecent matter. She forced her to glide over her breasts, torso and crotch, while touching the same on Katarina´s body herself. Katarina was trying to struggle against it, but even her strengh could not stop Syndra was litteraly misstreatening her sexually while flying in the air. Syndra felt arosed and ecstatic, she started to moan heavyly and giggling maniacly. Whenever Katarina felt shortly regaining control over her muscles she screamed to Syndra, treatening her to stop what she was doing. Syndra was already forcing Katarina´s body to undress her while she was undressing Katarina´s.
Angry Katarina took her last strength and while a brief moment when she gained back the control over her body at least above her neck she hastely struck her forehead against Syndra´s head, knocking her out. Both were falling to the ground.
In panic Katarina was breathing heavyly. She was outraged about what just happened, even a bit in fear. Syndra recovered very fast from the knockout. Trembling walked Katarina backwards from Syndra´s direction and shout.
"What the hell was that? What did you do to me? Are you insane? You kind of a nyphomanic psycho?"
Syndra laid on the gras nestled with a kinky smile. She was still breathing aroused.
"That was overwhelming." she whispered. "Give me more of that, please!" she mewed.
She rose and walked slowly towards Katarina. But she backed off every time Syndra came closer.
"No, leave me alone! You are lunatic! No wonder they locked you away in that temple! People warned me and they were right. You are witch! A nasty, crazy witch!"
Angry showed Syndra her teeth and clenched her fists.
"Do not call me a witch, wimp!" while she lifted large piles of earth off the ground and let it float over Katarina.
"If you are not willing to give me the pleasure I deserve... I need to weed out the weakly! Hahaha!"
Reflexively, Syndra curled and uncurled her fist, causing energy to collect and dissipate in her hand. Katarina could still not comprehend what happened. She felt weak and was afraid to be dominated by Syndra. So she threatened.
"You will regret that! Your people will die, you will suffere pain you can not imagine! Believe me, this land is pleagued with disgusting human beings! You are unholy! But you will be cleansed in fire! Mark my words!"
Hurried she reached for one of her blades on her trousers and threw it towards Syndra. She just stoped the blade from flying and threw it be at her without moving a finger. She started running in panic as fast as she could. Syndra threw the piles of earth in her directions, but didn´t really aimed for her. Then she striped over her hands and sighed amused.
"I feel so alive! So alive! Thank you, stranger, for showing me, what I am capable of! I am a warrior of Ionia!"
Syndra let an apple from one of the trees float to her and and bit into it. Elegantly she floated through the woods back to the temple.
