AN: Hello again my readers,

Sorry for the delay, I had a wrist injury this week.

It's still not completely better and I'm trying to keep myself from pushing to much.

I just wanted to update Slavery really, really bad.

For all of you who dislike Axis, this chapter starts off with Korra and Asami and ends with Korra and Axis (No, no smut! You little pervs...)

So if you really hate her, just skip the chapter. Just a lil warning in the beginning :)

Enjoy my dears, please don't hate me.

Chapter 9

The sun shone brightly through the thin curtains. They lid up the other wise dark room. Two young women lay entangled with one another under silky bed sheets. Their chests rose and fell peacefully, their breath slow and without the presence of fear.

The vixen stirred slowly. Her beautiful pale face buried in the crook of the others neck. The hand of her right arm rested on Korra's abdomen. The muscles underneath Asami's fingertips tensed every so often when she moved. The young Avatar let out a soft 'mhn...' and smiled as her journey through the world of dreams continued.

Her tanned face slowly turned towards the heiress as she slept. Asami's hair gently tickled her nose when she had buried her face in the black mass. Korra's left arm was wrapped around the waist of the other and rested just below the vixen's breasts.

Korra was the first to wake up with a soft groan. She took a deep breath and slowly opened her eyes. She could never get enough from her. She looked so peaceful. So at ease as she slept. Like nothing had happened at all. Korra rested on her elbow to have a better look and smiled to herself when Asami tried to reach closer in search for Korra's warmth.

I guess she's part Fire Nation... those people are always cold it seems. She let out a soft chuckle when she thought of someone she had met during the festival last year. He always wore a red scarf around his neck. His brother had told her that Mako, that was scarf guy's name, even wore it in bed. Korra remembered laughing hard at that statement. Mako had punched his brother, Bolin, against his shoulder and turned a bright red in embarrassment.

She smiled happily from the memory. Perhaps I'll see them again this year. I'm sure they'll want to be there when the Spirit Well is opened. Her thoughts drifted off to events of last year. The city in the South where she was from would be overrun from people all over the world. Once a year, when the blood Moon rises, the Voodoo Masters of the world are able to open the portal that laid in the Spirit Well. Creating a doorway for all Spirits on the other side.

Oh and what a special event it was... loved ones that had been ripped from this world far too soon, would be able to greet those they were forced to leave behind. It was a celebration like no other. Family members would be reunited, a husband would see his beloved once more. A mother and father that would lay eyes on their deceased child that had been taken from them. A son who could ask his parents questions that he hadn't been able to when they were still alive.

Light Spirits would roam between the crowd. Children would be taught not to fear them. They meant no harm and would even allow the smallest of children to ride them. It was truly a celebration of happiness. Hours later, when the blood Moon would disappear once again, the Spirits would all be called back to the Spirit Well. One by one, they walked through the portal and returned to the Spirit World that laid beyond.

Korra released a deep sigh and her gaze moved to Axis's bed. The woman in question wasn't there and the bed sheets seemed untouched. She raised an eyebrow in confusion. Odd... Nothing like her to make her bed. She placed a tender kiss on Asami's temple before she got out of bed, got dressed and headed out the door. She let her gaze linger on the sleeping heiress for a moment longer before she closed the door silently behind her.

The young Avatar walked around deck as she looked for her friend. She found her father with some other warriors around a table. "{Hello father, have you seen Axis by any chance? I don't think she slept in our quarters tonight.}"

Tonraq smiled at his daughter and nodded. "{Hello Korra, and yes, I did. She's at the lowest deck of the ship.}" he paused for a moment. "{Meditating...}" he then added.

The other tribe's men seemed to move a bit uncomfortable when they heard the last word. Axis would meditate once in a blue moon. It was said that Voodoo Masters sometimes had the ability to have visions of the future. Unfortunately, those visions came at times no one would expect them or never at all. Not every Master would receive the gift of Vision.

"{Ahh... alright... I'll go and see if she needs anything.}"

"{I'm actually quite surprised she's not back by now. She's been down there for at least two hours already.}"

Korra nodded and turned around, leaving the men to do whatever it was they were doing. She walked down the steps to go to the lower parts of the ship. She was greeted by the former prisoners that now roamed the ship in freedom. When she finally reached the lowest part of the deck, a dreadful feeling came over the young woman. She stood before the door that would lead to Axis.

She wrapped her hand around the doorknob and turned it. A soft click indicated that the door was open and the gently pushed against the wood to open it just a little further. There were at least a dozen candles lid and places all over the small room. Her gaze went from the walls to the middle of the room. Her eyes grew wide at the scene before her.

Axis sat in the middle of a red circle. A single candle in front of the Southerner. She was sitting on her knees, her hands resting on her legs. Drops of sweat slid down her tanned face and she was panting, like she had been training for many hours. Her eyes were closed and there was a deep frown present on her forehead.

Korra took a few steps closer to her friend. "Axis...?" she said her name hesitantly, she never saw Axis like this before. She had seen her meditate before sure, they did that together every so often. This seemed so different than the other times that she had found her friend. Sometimes she had even fallen asleep and Korra would poke her ribs to wake her up.

She took a deep breath to try and calm her racing heart before trying again. "Axis?" she repeated the question, slightly louder this time. "{Axis, wake u...-}"

Axis's eyes suddenly opened and they looked at her with a fury that she had never seen. Her eyes were glowing a blood red and she seemed to struggle with every breath she took. "{North... they... will come... from the... North!}" she spoke with a voice far darker than her own. She leaned forward slightly, growling like an animal, she shook her head. Her hands both on the floor, nails scraping over the wood. She let out a pained scream and noticed that Korra had taken another step into her direction.

Her glowing eyes locked with Korra's and they narrowed just the slightest bit. "{North! Death... will come... from the North!}" she said once again before her eyes turned normal and her body relaxed once again. She groaned in pain and put a hand against her forehead. "{Fuck... what the hell was that...}"

"{What?! You don't know what just happened?!}" Korra almost shrieked and rushed to her friend's side.

"{No... I... I remember... ughh... my head...!}" she let out a frustrated sigh.

"{Your eyes were glowing and you spoke with a voice that was so dark... like you were possessed or something. It was scary as hell!}"

"{Sorry...}" she muttered and let out a deep sigh, her pounding heart slowly calmed down.

"{You spoke about the North... that death would come from the North... any idea what you meant with that...?}"

Axis swallowed hard, her eyes locked with Korra's again. For the first time since the two met, she saw something new flicker in her friends eyes. She saw fear.

"{I think I just had my very first vision...}"