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Korra's POV
Since Asami was an official part of the pack now that I had given her my blood, breaking the curse of the Beta wolf, she would be told our legends. I still didn't fully understand how it was that the curse was broken since she still couldn't morph into one of us, but I was happy to have my friend back, and not having to worry about her attacking me. Zuko had informed her that she didn't necessarily have to drink human blood, but also animal blood, which is what he and his mate lived on.
I had asked Katara permission to have Mako come and although she seemed a little hesitant, she ended up allowing me to. All three of us were walking over to the bonfire that was set up, where all the wolves were already gathered. Iroh was surprisingly there, but I already knew why. After everything that happened, we both agreed that he had been alpha for too long to simply back down so we split the pack in two. Things had been getting a little better ever since.
"Are you sure, this is okay?" Mako asked. "I don't want to, uh, interrupt?"
"You're fine," I answered. "I thought it would be good for you to hear our legends and histories."
"Histories?" he questioned. "The tribes' histories? Aren't they secret?"
"We all have a role to play," I said. "And you're part of this. Besides, this will be the first time Asami, Ikki and Meelo hears them as well. But you are the first outsider…ever."
He stopped on his tracks and I let out a chuckle at this. Asami smiled as well, taking his hand in hers, giving him some reassurance and I simply turned away.
"Come on!" Jinora yelled. "We're going to get started!"
We picked up the pace and I noticed that next to Katara was Zuko, the other hybrid and his mate, the vampire. I raised a brow at this but didn't say a word. I was still getting used to the idea that they weren't enemies and I could sort of see how Iroh felt towards Asami.
"We have been a small tribe since the beginning," Katara began. "But we've always had magic in our blood. We've been spirit warriors and shape shifters that transform into the powerful wolf."
I looked around the bonfire, noticing how attentive everyone was as Katara spoke. There was a knowing smile though on Zuko's face and I could tell perhaps he had heard it before. I had, quite a few times actually. I remember my parents would tell it to me in the same fashion as Katara did.
"That enables us to protect ourselves and the humans from our enemies," she continued. "The vampires, the werewolves but also an abomination of nature, a being that threatened our existence: Hybrids."
***Hama watched as her husband and son writhed in pain in front of her, their transformation almost complete. The spell she cast had required the blood of both vampire and werewolf, uniting both their strengths. Finally the convulsions ceased and both men stood, feeling a power that they had never imagined.
"How is it?" Hama asked.
"I feel…I feel," Yakone began, unable to find the words to describe the feeling. "Indestructible."
"It's a rush," Noatak agreed. "You really did miss out, little brother."
"Well since our mother could only create two beings, I figured you being the oldest should have the right," Tarrlok replied, walking over to him. "Besides, I would never hear the end of it if I had gone instead of you."
The older brother smirked at this before turning to his mother. "Why could you only create two of us?" he questioned. "Why not make all of us this way? We could easily rule the world with this power."
"Because even dark magic needs balance," Hama answered. "Had I created another, nature's wrath would have come down on me, and then what would you do without me?"
"What would we, indeed," Yakone replied with a grin.
***It was war. There was no question about it. For years, vampires and werewolves had fought each other, destroying entire packs or covens. But now it was all out war.
A werewolf had betrayed its own kind, revealing their secrets, their weaknesses, their fears. Now there would be no stopping the slaughtering of innocents. They had been the human's silent guardians, but now they were being hunted themselves, and by a traitor of their own kind.
"Aang, you can't back down from this," Katara argued. The Alpha and his mate were trying to discuss possible ways of attack, but the leader refused to resort to bloodshed.
"We had a treaty with the vampires," he countered. "I won't be the one to break that treaty."
"The treaty is void, Aang!" his mate snapped. "They are creating creatures that are more powerful than any vampire or human alone. Ozai is planning to have his son kill you! Don't you see? We're going to be slaughtered!"
"There has to be a way to stop him," Aang insisted. "I won't risk the safety of the pack or anyone else's."
"Aang, they are slaughtering both humans and werewolves," Katara told him gently. "It is only a matter of time before they reach us. What are we going to do then? Kya and Bumi are still children. Tenzin is a toddler! Are you going to let those monsters slaughter them to?"
"I will protect my family," he answered, his eyes turning slightly white.
The Alpha power in him had been threatening to make an appearance as reports of the killings continued. But he still thought there was a peaceful way to end this war. Because the vampires had sought help from other mystical creatures, he decided to do the same and contacted a witch.
***"Do you know what you are asking of me?" the witch answered. "I am but a servant of nature, I do not help in winning battles."
"Please," he begged. "There are rumors of a creature stronger than any werewolf or vampire. If this is true then all of nature is in danger."
The white haired witch looked at him long and hard before slowly nodding her head. It had been centuries since a battle like this had occurred and though she did not like the idea of participating in a war, she knew that balance must always be maintained.
***"Yakone!" Aang called out from across the battle field. "I know you can hear me! You and Ozai have disrupted the balance!"
"It is our time, wolf," Ozai answered. "Once you are dead, there will be no stopping me from conquering the world and enslaving those humans you care so much about."
"I won't let you win," the Alpha warned.
"You're a fool if you think you can take on two hybrids!" Yakone retorted. "You wouldn't even stand a chance against one!"
"I won't let you continue your rampage," Aang answered.
"What do you plan on doing?" the hybrid asked. "Ozai and I have joined forces. Vampires and even a werewolf will fight side by side. Face it, Alpha, your best bet is to step down."
"Zuko," an elder voice called.
"Uncle?" the young werewolf answered.
"Zuko, you are one with these people," his uncle began. "Your grandfather from your father's side was a vampire, but your grandfather from your mother's side was the past Alpha."
The werewolf's eyes widened at this. "No," he said, shaking his head. "That's not true!"
"My brother never told you anything because he only sees mere convenience in you," the elder continued. "He needs a werewolf to have the Alpha killed, making him Alpha. That is the only way he would be able to enslave them. Think about what you are about to do, nephew."
"He's lying," Ozai countered. "You are my son, my heir to the throne."
"Oh please," Azula muttered. This had been amusing at first but it had quickly grown tiresome . "How about we all tell the truth for once? Our dear uncle is right, Zu-Zu. Our father doesn't like you. In fact, I don't think he never has and he never will. He cursed your birth and would have killed you himself if it hadn't been for our mother, and you know how that ended for her."
Zuko's jaw clenched as his hands turned into fists by his side. Without warning he ran towards the Alpha, morphing as he ran, snapping at him and his uncle before turning to look at his father, baring his teeth at them. His decision had been made.
The battle ensured thereafter. Werewolves went against vampires and vise versa. The hybrids began to destroy werewolves, leaving them in shreds, ripping them apart and Aang knew what his priorities were. The white wolf immediately changed his course and attacked Yakone head on, distracting him from his deadly assault.
The hybrid licked his lips and decided to accept the Alpha's challenge. They encircled each other, waiting to see who would make the first move. Yakone launched himself forward, grabbing the wolf by the scruff of his neck and flung him against the trees. Noatak noticed this and decided to help his father finish him off when a dark grey wolf, Zuko, cut off his advance.
Aang fought to get up, shaking the feeling of pain off but knowing that just a mere attack from the hybrid, had broken a few bones. Just as the hybrid thought he was going to win, a all black wolf emerged from behind him, sinking his teeth into his neck.
Hama let out a scream as she tried to get the wolf off her husband only to find her magic blocked by a white witch. The older woman glared at the young witch and turned to face her.
"Not this time, Hama," she said.
With one last tug, Yakone's head was ripped from his body and tossed aside. Hama sank to her knees, crying out for her husband's death as her youngest son knelt next to her. Aang approached the black wolf, but he simply snarled and left through the woods once again. With one hybrid gone, Ozai's forces began to die out and soon the vampires fled, leaving him alone with his daughter.
"This isn't over, Alpha!" Ozai yelled. "We will meet again and I assure you, I will have my revenge," he added before leaving with Azula.
"Aang!" an elder voice called. The Alpha turned to find Zuko lying on the floor and his uncle kneeling beside him. "Please, help him."
"He was bitten," the white witch said. "Nature has claimed him."
"There has to be something you can do," Aang insisted. "We can't just let him die."
"There isn't anything I could do that would not upset the balance even further."
"What about turning him into a hybrid?" Katara suggested hesitantly. "If you make him one, then there will be two and that would balance out nature."
"Their methods of creation are different," the witch answered.
"I can't let him die," the Alpha said firmly. "Since they were created differently, lock away Noatak's wolf and Tarrlok's, that way they would never have their power back."
The witch nodded thoughtfully. "I would need your blood Alpha," she began. "With your permission he will become a hybrid, creating balance but both this and Noatak's wolf would be blocked. As for Tarrlok, he will only posses the ability to turn into a wolf in a full moon only. That will be their curse."
"Overtime our enemies have disappeared but one still remains," Katara said, bringing us back into the present. "Something terrible is coming and we must all be ready." Her gaze swept over us until it landed on Asami, Mako and I. And I felt a pit in my stomach.
"All of us."
