Chapter 36: Believix

Zaheer's POV

With bright flash we appeared in the living room of Aleia's home just as they were having tea, which caused a startled Atteritta to hide.

"Sorry." I said with a small smile, which caused her to look up at us.

"Knock next time, please?" Atteritta asked carefully. "How did you do that?"

"We have a special sort of power that allows us to transform, teleport and many more things." I explained as calmly as possible, knowing she has no experience with magic.

"That explains some things." She remarked as she looked at our fairy forms with a small smile on her face.

"How?" Ghazan asked.

"The way you're dressed is just… bizarre." Atteritta said, which made me look down and back up at her. I never realized that these clothes stood out so much in this world…

"Well, it's how most fairies dress in our dimension." Femke replied as she wrapped her arms around me from behind. "I think you look beautiful."

"You too." I smiled.

"Femke?" I looked up when I heard that voice as Team Avatar and a few of the world leaders had been present here as well as a new face. A middle aged Woman with brown hair. I thought her name was Zhu Li. What was she doing here?

"Can we help you?" Femke asked them.

"We just wanted to let you know that there is going to be an election soon. The Earth Kingdom will soon be a Democracy." Zhu Li smiled, which made me look at Wu standing in the back with a small smile. I was happy he was going to make the Earth Kingdom in a democracy.

"That's great news! How did the Presidential Selection go?" Femke asked with a small smile, liking the idea of a Democracy instead of a Monarchy.

"Can't you tell?" Zhu Li smiled as she pointed at the small badge on her chest, indicating she was the new President of the United Republic. Femke looked at it before she squeaked in excitement.

"You won?That is so awesome! Congrats!" She smiled, making a move to go over to her and hug her, but she was stopped by two White Lotus Guards.

"Anyway… " Zhu Li said, giving both men a stern look as they stood down. "We were wondering if you wanted to come to Kuvira's trial tomorrow."

"Why?" Ghazan asked.

"Since you all claimed you changed and since the Avatar has told us of the many good things you have already done since you stopped being the Red Lotus, we thought it would be good to show you redeemed yourself to the public." President Zhu Li smiled.

"You think the time is right?" Femke asked, a little surprised. "You think they will accept we changed?"

"I am not one hundred percent sure." Zhu Li admitted. "But if you won't try you won't know"

"You're right. To stop Darkar we will have to win the trust of the people back." Femke said, before she looked at me sadly. "Without Believix we won't stand a chance against him."

"You're right. We all saw what happened at Voorfield." I nodded.

"What happened?" Bolin and King Wu asked in unison.

"We had an encounter with Darkar. He wanted our voortrix powers but we didn't give them up." Femke explained. "We tried to fight him off but were not strong enough. We only managed to drive him off because a few friends of us came to help."

"How are you going to stop him if you couldn't defeat him, even with help?" Korra asked with a worried look.

"To stop him we need a new Fairy form." Femke said. "Believix."

"The problem is; for the power to work we need the people of this planet to start believing in Fairies again." I added.

"Again?" Zhu Li asked.

"They used to, Three thousand years ago but stopped when Voorfield was eliminated." Ghazan said.

"That's awful." Korra said with a sad look.

"Wait!"Wu popped in. "Does that mean you guys knew the Avatar back then?"

"Maybe." I shrugged.

"You're not sure?" Wu asked.

"No. There is a memory lock between two lives. Like a very heavy curtain." Femke explained as easily as possible.

"But the curtain can move aside with the right triggers." I said.

"Did yours move?" Bolin asked.

"Slightly. Not enough to know whether or not we knew the Avatar of three thousand years ago." Femke said with a little shrug. "But that's not the issue here; we should go to the trial."

"I don't know. It might be too early." P'li said with an unsure look.

"But if we don't try they might never forgive us. And then we can forget about earning Believix." Femke said as I nodded in agreement.

"Without Believix we won't be able to set Atteritta free." Ilena said with a sad look.

"Won't it be enough if everyone here believed in Fairies?" Atteritta asked sadly.

"If they would all just believe in magic again that could work." Femke said after she had looked in the book for a moment just to be sure. "But I have no idea if it will be enough."

"It has to be. I want to come with you. I want to be free." Atteritta said firmly before she turned to Team Avatar and the World Leaders. "Please help them. I can't bear this any longer now that I know there is a world for me to live for."

"I really want to help." Korra started as she looked at the poor woman sadly. "But trusting people that did so much harm isn't exactly something that comes naturally."

"So? The past is the past. You can't change what happened." Atteritta looked down sadly as she said the last part. I understood her all too well. If she would be able to change the past, she would go straight to her greath grandfather and stop him from trying to murder the Avatar, telling him how her life would turn out if he would. "But you can shape the future. These people have proven to me that their not bad any more. Why not give them a second chance?"

"We have but trusting them is harder then giving them a second chance." Korra said.

What she says is true. We can't change the past but we can make the…

I started my line of thought before something else hit me. She had just perfectly quoted Guru Laghima.

How does she know a quote from Guru Laghima?

"How did you come by that quote?" I asked after a few minutes of letting the avatar and Atteritta talk, which made atteritta look up at me surprised.

"My parents. Why?" She asked.

"I didn't know Guru Laghima him would have reached Songpan..." I muttered.

"Laghima? My mother once told me about him. Is it true that he could fly?" Atteritta asked with a small smile.

"It was. So could I." I revealed with a half proud smile, earning me a small prod from Femke and P'li.

"That's amazing" She smiled, impressed by what I had accomplished. If only she knew…

But my Earthly tethers returned in the form of Femke. I wouldn't be the same man I am today if they weren't

I thought with a small smile towards my girlfriend standing next to me, who she smiled back and closed in for a hug. Sweetheart.

"He lost it again do when he fell in love with Femke do." Ghazan smirked as he elbowed Femke, who blushed and gave him a firm punch.

"It is true. I'm glad they returned. He was far too locked off when his earthly tethers were gone" Ghazan said.

"True" Ming Hua admitted with a shrug.

"I wouldn't know, I was in the hospital when it happened." Femke smiled.

"You're lucky. It was painful to see." Ghazan said, it really was something coming from someone who had known me from my teenage years.

"Anyway. You can come if you like. Try to earn some respect back. As long as you don't try to free Kuvira." Korra brought in while crossing her arms.

"Don't worry. They changed, remember?" Ilene smiled.

"Good." Korra said with a firm nod.

"What are we going to do with Atteritta? We can't just leave her." I brought up.

"Can't you just teleport her along?" Korra asked Femke.

"that would break the rules." Femke said. "But I think it might work." Femke said as she smiled as she looked at Atteritta with a small smile. "If you want to try."

As she asked this, Atteritta looked at her for a moment with widened eyes before she nodded and placed her hand on the stack off hands already gathered together, after which we all disappeared in a flash.

Normal POV

After a small moment everyone except Atteritta stood in the office of President Zhu Li Moon, looking around.

"Did it work?" Femke asked while looking around, seeing to her disappointment it hadn't. She was still in Songpan.

"So much for that idea." Ghazan shrugged before walking to Pepe the stuffed Platypus Bear.

"Too bad. It would have helped her out a lot." Femke said as she walked to Ghazan's side and looked into Pepe's beak.

How did two people fit in there?

Crossed Femke's mind as she listened to her friends chatting about other ways to save Atteritta without provoking the mayor, after which Lord Zuko told about the Mayor's suspicious behavior, and how he suspected Darkar had involved himself to get to the Voortrix.

"That Darkar sounds like a menace." King Wu remarked.

"Not even close." Ghazan smirked. "We already fought him twice. He's extremelypowerful."

"Even an entire group of us couldn't handle him." Zaheer admitted.

"What? Talking didn't work?" Korra smirked at Femke, who just looked down.

"We tried. Both of our lives did. It didn't work." Femke said as she clenched her fist.

"Mind if i try?" Korra asked.

"If you want to." Femke replied with a shrug.

"It's going to be rough, so if he refuses to listen, we'll take over, okay?" Zaheer asked as Korra sighed.

Talking about some turned tables

Korra thought as she nodded at Zaheer's question. After that, everyone went to get dressed for a formal party celebrating the coming of the election as the men and women went to separate dressing rooms.

"What do people normally wear at these parties?" Femke asked as she looked over the few dresses from this dimension she had.

"Something fancy, a bit like what I wore during that gala Tarrlok had." Korra replied as she held up the blue and white dress Femke recognised from the Gala with a small smile.

"Do you suppose Alteressa Batu will be there?" Femke asked a little worried, knowing Zaheer's supposed mother wasn't very fond of her and she would love to make a good impression on her now to win her over.

"Probably. Why?" Asami asked with a raised eyebrow.

"She's the one that raised Zaheer. She wasn't very fond of him and me being a couple last time we met." I explained before adding with a sheepish smile. "I want to make a good impression."

"I see." Korra smiled as she watched me getting dressed. "How long have you two been a couple anyway?"

"Since the time you saw me at the waterfall." Femke replied with a smile.

"That's almost a year ago and you two are still so in love." Asami commented with a small smile.

"It's always good when your love life finally works out." Korra said.

"My first relationship lasted six months until someone stole him from me." Asami said as she looked at Korra with a teasing smirk.

"I told you I was sorry." Korra smirked, giving her girlfriend a loving peck on the cheek as she walked by.

"Bolin and I are together for almost four years." Opal smiled. "What about Kai and you?" She asked Jinora.

"Same. Our anniversary is tomorrow." Jinora smiled. "What about your first love, Femke?"

"Yeah! You never told us about your first lover! Was it love at first sight? Did you kiss? How did it end?" ikki asked beaming

"Yes. We were together for two years before he was killed by Darkar's minions trying to protect our youngest son." Femke replied while looking down, as everyone in the room fell silent.

"Dylan." Toph whispered sadly.

"Who is Dylan?" Lin asked Toph, which made Femke look at her in shock, unable to believe that Toph hadn't ever mentioned her little brother to her children.

"You never told them?" Femke asked Toph with a mixture of shock and hurt in her eyes.

"I never had the courage to tell it. It's kind of a painful subject." Toph admitted as Femke smiled and went over to hug her.

"They have the right to know the truth." Femke replied as she held her daughter close, who nodded before she turned to her daughters and granddaughter, who now looked at her with widened eyes.

"Dylan is my little brother. I am actually the second youngest of a sixteen-ling. We were all split from each other by birth because Femke was too weak from labor and thought she was dying." Toph told everyone. "I didn't mean to keep this from you but the death of Dylan was painful for me."

"You kept it away from us." Lin snapped, angry and hurt by this revelation.

"That means we have fourteen aunts and uncles somewhere out there?" Su smiled. "Who we have never met?"

"They're all living on Earth somewhere. I only met a few of them in my younger years." Toph smiled. "They're a good bunch."

"Can we meet them someday?" Opal asked with a small smile, liking the idea of more family around.

"Of course. However, first we have a party to attend to and a world to save." Toph smiled.

"Let's go." Allerys smiled as she came from behind the dressing screen wearing a simple sleeveless red dress that floated onto the ground. It looked relatively close to what I was wearing at the moment with the only difference that mine was light green and had a yellow stripe in the middle.

"I wonder if Zaheer is going to wear his suit. He hates it." Femke smiled as she walked out of the room.

"Some people are like that. It's that we're supposed to wear a dress, otherwise I would just wear my normal clothes." Allerys smiled.

"Me too." Femke smiled.

"If Alteressa sees you dressed like this she will see you can be proper lady." Allerys smiled as the whole group of girls walked around the corner to the ballroom, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion with signs of the Earth Kingdom, ice sculptures and streamers.

"Thanks," Femke smiled, turning slightly red when she saw Zaheer. He was indeed wearing a suit, which looked very handsome on him.

"Looking good." Ghazan said, walking up to them while Zaheer looked at Femke and blushed.

Zaheer's POV

"What's taking them so long?" Bolin asked, while I fidgeted with my tie, feeling uncomfortable wearing it.

"They'll come, stop fussing." Ghazan said while looking over the balcony at the party in progress.

"I'm not fussing." I answered defensively.

"You are." Ghazan answered with a shrug. "If it makes you feel any better; Femke's probably fussing about your mom, too."

"She doesn't have to, for me. I like her the way she is and that's all that counts." I stated calmly. "Mother has to live with the choices I make."

"You will have to, eventually, especially if you want to get married." Wu said. I had only been with Femke for almost a year. I wasn't thinking about marriage. I didn't feel it was needed.

"I'm not sure if we're even going to." I stammered a little nervously.

"If you don't hurry up, you might lose your chance." Wu smirked. When did he start liking me so much?

'Saving someone's life can do that.'

A voice in my head called, which made me look to the side with a small smile, knowing who that voice belonged to; Zedinia.

I'll never fully trust him, though

I thought looking back at Wu talking to Mako with a small smile. I had to admit the boy had grown from a spoiled, snobby brat to a self assured King who was aware of the needs of his people so unlike his aunt.

'Understandable, you have suffered too much under the Earth Queen to ever fully trust a monarch but offering him peace, you two could come on friendly terms'

Zedinia's voice called in my head.

'Maybe someday you might. When your heart is ready for it'

If the scars of the old Earth Queen have fully healed up, I might give it a chance

I admitted, smiling as I heard talking in the distance, after which the girls appeared, all looking gorgeous but when I saw Femke, I had to gasp. She looked absolutely stunning in her long green dress with a yellow stripe in the middle and short sleeves. Her hair flowed over her shoulders and looked like it was shining in the light of the ballroom.

"Looking good." Ghazan said as he looked at Femke and the others while all I could do was blush as I looked at Femke, who was looking down at her dress, not sure what to say or do.

I can't blame her. I don't like these parties either

I thought as I walked over to Femke and offered her a hand.

"You look beautiful." I told her with a smile on my face and as she looked up at me, I could feel my heart skip a beat.

"Thanks. You look good in a suit." She returned the compliment with a small smile before she realized how unlike her that must have sounded and turning red. "You probably already knew that."

"Yes but I never really enjoyed it." I admitted smiling.

"Me neither. I always disliked these public parties. Too much people in fancy clothes." Femke joked but before I could answer, we arrived at the top of the grand staircase where a man in a suit stood and read the names of the officials that came in.

"The new Voortrix."The man announced.

"Tarrlok Arrai and Allerys Lee."

"Noatak Arrai and P'li Lee-Chang."

"Ghazan Lee and Princess Ming Hua Akira-Ai."

"Master Xai Bau Batu and Tziza."

"Ilena, Dizanna and Selvia."

"Zaheer Batu and Femke Rekampmolk."

When our names were called, all eyes went up at us and none of them seemed to be to be trusting us. (Well, besides King Wu, who gave us an encouraging thumbs up.)

I can't blame them after all that happened

I thought as I went down the stairs, holding Femke by her arm. She smiled at me even though she was not comfortable with this situation either. I was glad when we reached the bottom of the stairs where we could blend in with the crowd after a small curtsey to president Zhu Li and Varrick.

"That wasn't too bad." Ghazan said as he sat down with a drink.

"Talk about yourself, I was sweating like an otterstork." P'li said as she sat down as well and got herself and Noatak a drink. "I'm not used to having all eyes on me.

"It's very uncomfortable. That might not change." Femke said, smiling as she handed me a drink.

"Did you see how most people looked at us?" Tarrlok asked as he wrapped his arm around Allerys. "I don't think they want to be near us."

"They're probably horrified by what we did." Noatak admitted as he looked nervously at P'li, who smiled a little as she edged closer.

"This is going to be a tough party." Ghazan agreed as he put his head on a nearby table. "Anyone got a game on them?"

"Nope." Femke smirked.

"Didn't fit in my pocket." Noatak grinned.

"Great." Ghazan groaned as he buried his head in his arms. Just as I wanted to say something to cheer him up I saw my parents. My father looking like he had been through a lot and my mother looking radiant as ever. Both were looking at me and approaching us.

"You're very brave to show your faces here after all you did." My mother said as she walked to us. I stepped in front of my girlfriend in an effort to keep her from having to face my mother's wrath.

"We were invited by the President herself, Miss Batu." Master Xai bau remarked sharply, walking to her after a curt bow.

"That doesn't suddenly make everything alright." Alteressa remarked.

"Look who's talking." I heard Femke murmur under her breath.

"Did you say something? As a princess you should know how to speak up." Alteressa said coldly. "If you areeven a princess."

"I am. Or I used to be. I gave it up because I couldn't agree to an arranged marriage." Femke snapped back as she stood next to me. "No one should be forced into a marriage they don't want."

"Maybe you weren't good enough?" Alteressa asked as a song started to play. "Being a Princess requires different skills than being a warrior. Like, say, dancing."

"Isn't it custom that the man asks the woman to dance?" Femke asked me with a sly smile.

"May I have this dance?" I asked with a joking smile.

"But of course." Femke smiled as she gave me curtsey, after which I took her onto the dance floor and a song started to play.

I only just met you

Don't know what to say

never had this feeling

Why do I feel this way

Love is what we feel

Love is what we play

Might be difficult

Might never be the same

Yet I know you and I

Will last forever

Because we promised

Now and forever

Through chaos and hell

To be together

For you are

My one true love

Femke and I moved over the dance floor together, much to the dismay off my mother, Femke was very good at dancing.

"I bet your mother didn't expect this." Femke smiled as I gently twirled her around, using my magic to keep myself upright without crutches.

The power of love

works in mysterious ways

Sometimes hard to see

Sometimes really close by

Yet when I look into your eyes

I feel like floating

Despite the many lies

I feel so calm and wise

Like we're floating

Yet I know you and I

Will last forever

Because we promised

Now and forever

Through Chaos and Hell

To be together

For you are

My one true love

Normal POV

"I can see why my son likes her so much." Zaheer's father said as he smiled and stood next to Xai Bau.

"She is also a very wise leader and a good fighter." Master Xai Bau remarked as he smiled at the couple dancing. "That is why he loves her."

Shergon smiled at this as in a far corner of the room a woman looked at the dancing couple as well.

"Zaheer?" She gasped when she saw his face.

Promise me you and I

Will be together forever

That this will never end

That we were bound forever

Never to be apart

Always to stay loyal

Through Faith and Hell

Until we both fall

Because this is true love

And true love conquers all

All grown up and in love. Just like his parents once were

She thought, smiling before she directed her gaze to the man she loved, who looked at her as well and blushed as their eyes met before he looked at Zaheer again. The woman followed his gaze to the dancing couple and when she looked at Shergon again he nodded. At this nod the woman looked at him with widened eyes, knowing what that meant. She was allowed to go and speak to Zaheer. To finally get to know him.

Yet I know you and I

Will last forever

Because we promised

Now and forever

Through chaos and hell

To be together

For you are

My one true love

"That was amazing." Femke smiled after a final curtsey to the crowd as she and zaheer, now back on crutches, walked back to the sidelines to where their friends were waiting for them.

"I think I never enjoyed a dance as much as now." Zaheer smiled.

"Even more then back at the boat?" Femke asked with a teasing smile.

"Maybe once." Zaheer admitted with a sheepish smile.

"Jokester." Femke giggled as she gave her boyfriend a small shove.

"Had a nice dance?" Ghazan asked as Femke and Zaheer reached the rest of the group again.

"Amazing." Zaheer smiled, looking at Femke, who giggled and blushed.

"Who's the woman staring at you?" Ming Hua remarked, pointing to a woman standing in the back who was staring at them.

"Do you know?" Femke asked Zaheer.

"No but I feel like I should." Zaheer said as he looked at the woman with shock.

"Old friend?" Ghazan asked.

"I have never met her before but her face looks familiar. I just can't remember from where." Zaheer said as he kept looking at the woman.

"Not again." Ming Hua groaned.

"Another mystery." Ghazan smirked.

"Easy to solve." Femke smiled as he took Zaheer's hand in her own. "Just go talk to her."

"I don't know. What if she is an agent of Darkar?" Zaheer asked a little nervously. He really wanted to go and speak to her but he wasn't sure if he should.

"She doesn't have a dark aura around her. She looks nervous, not evil." Femke smiled as she reached for Zaheer's hand but before she could do that, something caught the older airbender's eye that made him pull away from Femke and run as fast as his legs could carry him towards President Zhu Li. A shadow monster.

"President Moon! Watch out!" Zaheer called as he jumped in and toppled the president over so the Shadow Monster wouldn't hit her. Instead, Zaheer caught the full blow off the attack and was launched into a table.

"Zaheer!" Femke called out, using a shield to cover as many people as she could against the monster, which had now turned towards her.

"We have to transform!" Noatak shouted as Allerys, Xai Bau and Tziza got weapons from the places they had hidden them just in case.

"Good idea! But only to protect the people for now. Don't attack until they're safe!"Femke called back as she crossed her arms, along with the others.

"Enchantix Voortrix!"They called, which was followed by a flash after which everyone in the room gasped at the sight of the eleven fairies with their shields raised.

"President Moon, we'll hold them off. Get the people out!"Femke shouted to Zhu Li, who nodded and started to direct the people in the ballroom to the emergency exits.

"Need a hand?" Korra asked Femke after the room was cleared out.

"We'll be fine!" Femke called back as she and the others started to fight the monster with all they had.

"Let's crash!" Ghazan shouted as he used his lavabending to try and make the creature stumble. Instead it took flight.

"It can fly?"Femke called as she looked up at the monster.

"Guess that's what the wings are for." Tarrlok said as he flew after it.

"Steam jet!" Noatak called, using one of his new enchantix attacks to strike the monster down.

"Electric Fire!" Femke attacked along with him.

"Wave Crash."Tarrlok shouted, making it wet so the electric attack would hit extra hard but the monster was strong and shook it off with ease, flying up through the big glass roof and into the sky with the eleven fairies following after him.

"Look! Up there!" The people on the ground called as they pointed up in the sky were the Voortrix were now facing off against the monster.

"That's the Red Lotus!"A few White Lotus guards gasped.

"And those are the bloodbending brothers!"A former lieutenant added.

"And that's Chief Toph!"A little girl in the crowd chimed in.

"They're heroes?" A young boy asked his mother.

"Looks like it." His mother replied as she looked at the fight. Everyone had heard the rumors about the Red Lotus' change of heart and the creation of the new Voortrix, but no one really believed it.

"Zaheer." Shergon smiled as he looked at the fight going on, seeing how much his son had changed. "You can do it!" He called after a moment, feeling they might need their support.

"Take it down!"Lee-Chang called out as well.

"Go get it!"Dahlia called with a smile as her daughter waved at her uncle happily.

"Please be careful!"Queen Ami called, looking up worriedly.

"Don't listen to her, you can do it!" Aunt Ti called with a smile on her face.

"You've come too far to give up now!" Chang called.

"We believe in you, Voortrix." The strange woman whispered as she looked up at the fairies with a smile on her face. A bright light flashed from her chest, after which all the eleven fairies looked at their own.

"What's happening?" Zaheer asked as he looked down at himself before he smiled at Femke, who returned it.

"This is it."Femke said.

"All together!" Noatak shouted as he held out his hand and all of them placed their hand forward.

"Believix Voortrix!"They all called as a bright flash enveloped them all, causing everyone to shield their eyes. When they looked back, the Voortrix had re-appeared. Their outfits slightly altered and their wings even bigger than before.

"I feel stronger." Zaheer said as he looked at his new outfit with a pleased smile.

"We just earned a new Fairy form. We'll be able to stop that thing." Femke said.

"Let's get that thing." Noatak said as they all flew towards the monster, which cocked its head in confusion before it growled loudly.

"We have to take it out NOW!" Zaheer called. "A lot is at stake here."

"Let's combine our powers!" Femke called as she flew towards the monster, closely followed by the others as they formed a circle around it and held hands.

"Light of the Voortrix!"They all called together as their medallions lit up and they bended all four elements once before they released a powerful blast towards the monster, which let out one final howl before it disappeared.

"Good work everyone!" Bolin called smiling, while Opal went over to hug Toph.

"What was that?" Bumi asked in wonder when he and Kya had reached her as well.

"We earned a new form; Believix. It's drawn from the people who believed in us." Femke explained with a smile as they all changed back.

"Where did you practice that?" Korra asked.

"Sorry we had no chance to include you in the fight. We don't know how well bending holds up against Magic." Femke apologized.

"Didn't you fight monsters like that before?" Asami asked.

"Not really. This one was new for us." Femke answered.

"It looked tough." Mako said as he looked at the remains of the monster on the ground. "There might be more."

"That's why we have to leave as soon as the trial is over. Darkar knows where we are and he will keep sending his minions after us until he has our powers." Femke said with a firm look.

"Can't you take him out now?" Lin asked firmly.

"No, he's far too dangerous and powerful for us now. Even with our new Believix form he will be hard to beat." Femke said as she looked at her granddaughter smiling sadly. "I don't want you to get hurt because of me. Not again." As she said the last part she looked down, causing Lin to huff.

"Don't give me that. You were perfectly willing to kill me for your new friends." She snapped as she looked at Femke.

"Back then I was a fool. I felt I couldn't just stand down and let my friends get hurt." Femke defended as she kept looking to the side. "I refuseto face that again! I refuseto make the same mistake I made when I lost Daniel and Dylan."

"Mom." Toph gasped as she looked at Femke.

"Femke." Zaheer smiled as he walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. "No one will get hurt because of us. Not again" Zaheer promised as he looked at Femke.

"What about yourself?" Femke asked as she looked up at him sadly.

"Femke, look at me." Zaheer said firmly, making Femke look up at him, straight into his eyes. "If any of us die, know that it will be for the world we both care about." He said.

"Do you care that deeply about her?" A voice asked as a woman with dark hair and piercing green eyes walked towards the group. Zaheer looked at her with widened eyes.

"Yes." Zaheer smiled, looking from the woman to Femke.

"You're the stranger that was checking Zaheer out before." Ghazan said. "Now we get to know why he fell like he knew her."

"You did?" The woman asked as she looked at Zaheer with surprise. "Shergon told you about me?"

"How do you know my father?" Zaheer asked as he looked at the woman with a wide eyes.

"He didn't?" The woman said, before she sighed. "Then this is going to be a long story. My name… Is Lianna" Lianna said, looking up at Zaheer sadly, which made all Voortrix gasp in shock.

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Cliffhanger! If you want to know who Lianna is and why Zaheer thinks he knows here, you have to keep reading.

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