Chapter 7: Reuniting the Team
Femke's POV
After Xai Bau, Tziza and the girls had left to bust out Zaheer, I was really nervous, knowing that missions like this could go wrong in all kinds of ways. And just as I wanted to tell the others I was going after them to see if they needed my help, a portal opened as Ilena, Dizzana and Selvia appeared first, after them master Xai Bau and miss Tziza and last, I gasped when I saw him, Zaheer came out of the portal alive and well.
"Zaheer!" P'li called as soon as she spotted the airbender walk into the room.
"P'li! You're okay!" Zaheer called as I saw tears form in the corner of his eyes. "Hey man, long time no see." Ghazan said casually as he walked to Zaheer and clapped him on his shoulder, like the two had seen each other yesterday, while in real it had been three years since the two men had last seen each other.
"Good to see you as well, Ghazan." Zaheer smiled as he gave Ghazan a small pat back, before he went over to hug Ming Hua who let him, since it had been quite some time since they had seen him.
"Let me guess, you washed up somewhere before you guys got here? Since I don't fancy they showered you more than two times a week?" Ming Hua asked with a smirk on her face after they parted.
"Not afforded that luxury." Zaheer commented with a small smile on his face, even do I knew he was deathly serious about not being able to wash up frequently in jail. "Wouldn't know how that feels like, being someone that uses water as a weapon." Ming Hua commented dryly.
"Well, prison is meant to punish someone. with that kind of luxury it wouldn't be punishment anymore." I brought in as I walked towards Zaheer with a smile on my face, looking him in the eyes for a moment before I hugged him, ignoring the fluttering feeling in my chest as he hugged me as well.
"You're probably right." Zaheer replied with a smile on his face as he pulled out of the hug. As he did so I could swear I saw a light blush cross his face.
'Knock it off. He is with P'li and you just got out of a relationship with Grovyle! It must have been that oversized imagination of yours." A voice in my head told me firmly as I watched Zaheer and P'li kiss, happy to be reunited at long last. Though something was different this time. Normally Zaheer was the one that kissed her and the kiss would at least last for 5 minutes. This time however P'li was the one that kissed Zaheer and the kiss lasted for 4 seconds because Zaheer broke away, which was very unusual for him.
"What's wrong?" P'li asked worriedly as soon as Zaheer broke away, feeling her boyfriend was seriously upset about something.
"Nothing. I just need to be alone for a moment." Zaheer said before he ran off, leaving the four of us looking after him worriedly. All of us feeling something was very wrong with our leader.
"What just happened?" Ming Hua asked after a long, tense silence in which all of us kept staring at the place Zaheer had ran off from.
"I don't know, but he was so confused that he forgot he could also use his flight to get up." Ghazan remarked. "Zan, this is not the time for that. Somethings up with him." Ming Hua snapped as she looked angrily at Ghazan.
"You're right, the last time we busted li out he couldn't keep his hands off her, remember? As soon as we sat down in the car she crawled in his lap so they could get all comfortable." Ghazan said as he sat down on the bench and plopped his feet on the coffee table. "This is strange for him. But an improvement if you ask me." He said as he now stretched his arms behind his head, which earned him a glare from Ming Hua.
"He might be confused since he…" Xai Bau started as he walked into the living room, but was quickly stopped by Femke cutting him off, fearing the old man knew about the kiss and would accidently tell P'li, something I wanted to avoid at all cost. Zaheer had to tell her. Not me, not anyone else.
"Since he what?" P'li asked as she looked at me with a raised eyebrow, not getting what had gotten into me all of a sudden but the look in her eyes told me she suspected I was hiding something from her. I looked at Xai Bau with desperation, pleading with everything in me that he wouldn't slip Zaheer's secret and maybe ruin their relationship in the proces. Luckily Xai Bau seemed to have caught my message and nodded as a sign he understood, after which I calmed down.
"I meant to say; after all he has been through. You shouldn't forget he thought the three of you died because of him while she..." And when he said 'she' he nodded to me. "Was badly injured. That is something you don't easily forget. The poor guy might still feel blame for what happened." Xai Bau said, though it was clear to me that hadn't been what he had wanted to say, thank goodness for me the others didn't notice. The truth would have most likely hurt, especially for poor P'li.
"I best go talk to him." P'li said after which she dashed upstairs to go and see Zaheer, which made me hope that Zaheer would tell her honestly about what happened once they were alone.
"Femke, may I have a word with you in the kitchen please?" Xai Bau asked, at which I nodded and got up from my seat, following him into our small kitchen and turning on a silencing spell as soon as I closed the door, figuring it was for the best Ming Hua and Ghazan would find out once Zaheer told P'li and not through me. "
'Besides, Ghazan is so casual. He would most likely let the truth slip to P'li the moment they're alone.' I thought as I walked towards Xai Bau a little after I was done with the spell so we could talk.
"Femke, Zaheer told me about the kiss and I understood you didn't want P'li to find out about it like that just now. But she has to know at some point." Xai Bau said as he looked at me sternly.
"I know. I told Zaheer to tell her since he kissed me. I didn't kiss back." I replied as I gave him a stern look.
"About that. Zaheer's kiss. How did it feel to you? Do you think he was doing it out of desperation or…?"
Xai Bau asked me.
"Or what?" I asked, not getting what else there could have been. That was, until something hit me and I started to shake my head violently.
"No. I mean... No I don't think he was desperate but I also didn't feel a spark as he did that. I'm not in love with him." I said angrily. The idea! Me being in love with a man that lied to me! The man that had almost tricked me into helping him kill people. Heck, the man that DID kill people.
"But he was also your Airbending teacher and he is very kind and gentle and... what?" I shook my head at the last part, not getting where that came from. Grovyle and i just broke up. I can't already fall in love with someone else.
'Come on. It's obvious. You're head over heels. Admit it. You love him!' A voice in my head told me, making me shake my head even wilder, not wanting to believe it.
'Zaheer is just a friend. He and P'li are a couple and I don't want to come in between.' I told myself firmly. I knew Zaheer still felt a lot for P'li.
"I think it was just another one of his mind tricks. To get the order of the White Lotus convinced to leave him with me. Even if it didn't work last time." I therefore told Xai Bau firmly. "He deluded me twice, so it is obvious that was all it was." I said before I walked to the door. Before i could walk out, Xai Bau firmly grabbed my lower arm and forced me to look at him.
"Love is one of the strangest things around and comes to you in the strangest ways. Remember that." the older man said with a stern voice as he looked at me so strictly that a shiver went down my spine.
"You and Zaheer have a history together and when I talked to him about this it was obvious to me he felt a spark." The Red Lotus founder continued as he looked at me a little softer now. "Tell P'li the truth. See what happens. Let Fate decide what's going to come next." He said calmly as he loosened his grip on my arm. For an older man he still had quite the firm grip. "Just as I believe it was Fate that brought you to Zaheer and the others." He said, before he walked out, leaving me alone to think. I knew Zaheer had promised me he would tell P'li but was he willing to risk his relationship with P'li by telling her? Since it would be both the first time Zaheer had done something behind her back and the first time she would get mad on him. to be honest I didn't want to have that on my name. Zaheer would never forgive me if I would do such a thing.
'But then again, it would be far worse if Xai Bau would tell P'li he kissed me. Also that would give of the wrong message. Like I liked being kissed by him.' I thought as I sat on the counter next to the sink and looked at the rustling trees in the neighbor's garden with a deep sigh, making up my mind. I couldn't come in between Zaheer and P'li. Zaheer would never forgive me if I would do that. He had to tell her himself. There was no other way around it.
'Come on Zaheer, just tell her the truth. Please.' I thought as I looked at the roof above us. I heard P'li's voice suddenly scream something. This was bad.
Zaheer's POV
"Zaheer, can we talk?" P'li called a moment after I had stormed upstairs somewhere so I could be alone for a moment since that first kiss with P'li had been confusing. Not heavenly like it had been the last time we met up after a long time of separation. It was like I really let go of her.
'That's what 'letting go your earthly tethers' means. You chose to fly. So you don't feel for her anymore.' A voice in my head told me firmly as I nodded and looked at her as she sat down next to me on the bed and took one of the dolls from the bed.
"You know, Femke has a whole bunch of these dolls. When I lost my memory I was all bottled up inside. It was like when you guys first came to get me. And just like you Femke never gave up on me. She often got these dolls and started to play silly games with them just to make me laugh." P'li smiled as she held a pink bunny shaped thing in her hand and looked at it with a smile on her face.
"It was hard, but over time I started to trust her and it felt like she was being the mother to me I always longed to have." P'li said as she closed in to me and wrapped an arm around me. "It did me some good even now. So don't feel guilty about what happened on Laghima's Peak okay?" She smiled at me as she took my hands in hers and looked at me with a loving glance in her eyes.
'I wish that was all.' I thought as I gently placed my head against hers and let one single tear fall down my cheek.
"That's not what is bothering me." I said as I took a deep breath. 'Just take a deep breath and tell her the truth.' I thought as I looked at P'li with a sad look.
"Then what is bothering you? You know you can always tell me everything." She said as she smiled at me, cupping up my chin so I was forced to look her in the eyes, which made tears fall over my face.
'I can't do it. I can't break her heart by telling her.' I thought as I looked to the side with a guilty face, unable to say the words.
'Zaheer. You have to tell her. Remember, you promised Femke.' A voice in my head I had never heard before said as suddenly a strange looking female appeared in the corner of the room that suddenly turned dark.
"Who are you?" I asked as I looked at her shocked, realizing I had seen her before in that one flashback I had.
"My name is Zedinia. Voortrix fairy of airbending and your past life." The woman said as she took a step towards me.
"I'm here to guide you. I know it's going to be hard and I know she might not take it well but you have to face what you did." The spirit of my past life said as she sat on the bed on the place P'li had been before.
"I know I should and I know I promised Femke. It's just that I'm..." I started, then looked to the side as my words failed me, hoping my past life would catch on what I wanted to say.
"I understand but as Guru Laghima once wrote: facing consequences and fear is what makes the soul strong." Zedinia said as she placed a hand on my knee. "You kissed Femke. If you don't tell P'li the truth she won't be able to hide it forever." She continued.
"And you shouldn't either. Know that Guru Laghima would be so disappointed you if you did. What you're doing is against all of his teachings." Zedinia said as she gave me a stern look.
"How do you know? You lived a thousand years before he was even born." I asked with a raised eyebrow, which caused Zedinia to sigh and roll her eyes.
"Zaheer. I am you. I know what you know." Zedinia said, before shaking her head.
"That doesn't matter. Know that Laghima told the truth. However hard it is going to be." Zedinia said as she disappeared, and a moment later P'li sat next to me on the bed again, looking at me sternly.
"What did you do?" She asked with a firm look.
'Listen to you heart, Zaheer. Do what Laghima would have done and be honest.' Zedinia's voice called in my head, after which I took a deep breath, knowing she was right. Laghima would turn in his grave if he knew one of his biggest fans who have always lives his wisdoms refused to be honest.
"Femke came to see me off before they took me back to prison. She told me you all died. I now know she lied to protect you all." I started to tell, figuring I would be able to tell everything if I started at the beginning.
"So?" P'li asked with a raised eyebrow, not getting where I was heading with this.
"I was heartbroken about it. We soon had to part ways. I thought forever and she looked so..." I stammered, not knowing how to describe what I felt when I saw femke standing before me like that. With one arm bandaged and her eyes beaming when she saw me.
"Beautiful? Is that what you want to say?" P'li asked as she gave me a stern look, obviously she had a feeling where this was going.
"Yes. And I was feeling so sad and confused and I..." I stammered as i saw P'li's eyes turned dark with realization what i was about to say.
"I couldn't help myself. I kissed her. I'm sorry, Li." I said as I looked down, waiting for the blow to come.
P'li's POV
"What did you do?" I asked with a firm look after which I saw Zaheer took a deep breath, and readied himself for whatever he was about to tell me, which made me get a bad feeling about what he was going to say.
"Femke came to see me off before they took me back to prison. She told me you all died. Which I now know was a lie to protect you all." Zaheer started to tell, probably figuring out I would be able to understand him better if he started by the beginning.
"So?" I asked with a raised eyebrow, not getting what Femke visiting him on his last day outside had to do with whatever he was about to tell me.
'Unless Femke did something in that last moment like kissing him.' A voice in my head said as I saw zaheer was deep in thought again for a moment.
'No. She would have told me if she had done something like is too good natured to keep something like that from me.' I thought to the voice, and it was true. Femke was a good natured girl and if she had done something like that, even if she had done it in a rage of emotion, she would have told me. She would never lie to me about a thing like that.
"I was heartbroken about it. We soon had to part ways. I thought forever and she looked so..." Zaheer continued as he started to stammer, not knowing how to describe the feeling he must have felt at that moment.
"Beautiful. Is that what you want to say?" I asked as I gave Zaheer a stern look as a picture started to get pieced together in my head.
'Femke would have told me if she had kissed Zaheer. But the other way around would be Zaheer's secret.' I thought as my eyes turned dark, as Zaheer looked down now with a mixture of pain and guilt about what he had done in his eyes.
"Yes. And I was feeling so sad and confused and I..." He stammered as he was seemingly fighting his tears now, knowing I was going to be very angry with him if he was going to say what I thought he was going to say. "I couldn't help myself. I kissed her. I'm sorry, Li." Zaheer said as he held his head down with a sorry look in his eyes.
"Why? Why did you do that?" I asked him calmly, not wanting to overreact by immediately screaming at him, since I hated it to be screamed at myself. "Because I thought she was the only one left and I think my feelings just got the better of me." Zaheer stumbled as he looked me in the eye, then to the side.
"So you thought there was no harm in kissing her." I asked him harshly as I got up and walked away from him with a hurt look in my eyes.
"Li, I thought you were dead and at Laghima's Peak, I…" he stammered once again, before he got up from the bed and floating before me.
"What?"I asked dumbstruck as I looked at Zaheer flying a little through the small attic room. 'He can fly! The legend of his favorite Guru is true! But how? And why now all of a sudden?' I thought as I watched him land before me.
"I'm able to fly now. I could ever since at Laghima's Peak. Since I entered the void." Zaheer said as he looked at me sternly.
"Your Earthly tethers?" I managed to bring out as I started to piece all the events together that had happened ever since Zaheer supposed I was gone.
"You were my last earthly tether. I let go after I thought I lost your forever. And part of me always kept blaming me for what happened." Zaheer said as he looked at me sadly.
"After all we've been through. After all the moments of passion and love between us you just let go of me the moment you think I'm dead?" I asked him coldly as I felt rage well up inside me.
"No. It was hard for me to let go, but it was either that or the Beifong sisters capturing me and then your sacrifice would have been in vain." Zaheer said as he turned around and gave me a firm look.
"It was horrible but I refused to give up the mission. Not while I thought you sacrificed your life for the cause of the mission." Zaheer said as he placed a hand on my shoulder and looked deep in my eyes, showing me he meant it.
"Yet you kissed someone else behind my back. How do you expect me to trust you now?" I screamed at Zaheer now as I looked at him with tears in my eyes,
"I don't. P'li, maybe, maybe it's for the best we just stay friends for now." Zaheer said, and as he said this I felt my blood turn to ice.
"Are you saying you want to break up with me?" I whispered as I looked at him as tears started to well up in the corners of my eyes.
"I'm sorry P'li but if you say you're not going to trust me, maybe it is for the best we stay friends." Zaheer said as he looked at me sadly, before he turned away from me.
"I hate that it has to end for us like this. I really did love you but this. Us… Isn't going to work if there isn't any trust between us anymore." He said before he calmly walked to the door. "Despite that, know that I treasure any memories I have of us being together. Always." He said before he left the room, which made that I collapsed on the bed as tears streamed down my face.
"P'li…" I heard a voice come from the doorway. I didn't look up, knowing very well who that was. I recognized her voice anywhere. "Heer told me he broke up with you. Are you okay?" Femke asked as she sat down at the side of the bed I was sobbing on right now and placed a hand on my back in a comforting way.
"How does it look?" I asked as I looked up at her angrily.
"Rather dramatic for your doing." Femke joked as she sat me up and wrapped her arms around me. "But whatever you might think he kissed me and not the other way around, neither did I enjoy the kiss." Femke said as she looked at me, which immediately told me that she was telling the truth.
"Femke, be honest with me. Though you have any feelings for him?" I asked as I looked at Femke with tears still in my eyes.
"No. I don't." Femke said, but as she said this I saw something in her eyes, a moment of conflict, which told me that she was either lying to avoid getting screamed at, or she wasn't sure whether or not she had feelings for Zaheer.
Femke's POV
"P'li?" I called after Zaheer had stormed into the living room, looking quite upset, which had signed to me something was up. And when I asked what happened he told us he and P'li broke up, after which I figured P'li might need some comforting even though I was a little hesitant to go near her in this state since it had been my fault they had broken up. "Are you okay?" I asked as I took one step into the room, instantly spotting P'li, she was lying on my bed with her head buried in my pillow, looking like a horrible mess.
"How does it look?" She asked a little snappy as she looked up at me with dark eyes, which could only mean trouble since I had never seen that look in her eyes before.
'I better explain I didn't enjoy him kissing me, before she blows the life out of me.' I thought as I sat on the side of the bed and placed a hand on her back in a comforting way.
"Rather dramatic for your doing" I joked carefully as P'li sat up and wrapped her arms around me, at which I did as well, giving her a hug. "But whatever you might think; he kissed me and not the other way around, nor did I enjoy the kiss." I said as I gave her the most serious look I had to sign to her that I was telling the truth.
"Femke, be honest with me. Do you have any feelings for him?" P'li asked me. After a short silence, which made me look up at her surprised since I hadn't expect that question from her.
"No. I don't." I said as I looked to the side, even though that was a lie, I wasn't sure what I was feeling right now. One one hand I wasn't over Grovyle leaving me yet and on the other, there was Zaheer. He was a very kind and caring towards me and despite the times he lied to me, I felt very close to him. Even closer then to the others. I think P'li might have noticed my conflicted feelings as well, since she looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Femke, you don't have to lie to me if you do. I'm not mad at you, you didn't kiss back. It's just that I think after all we have been through and all the beautiful moments we experienced it's a shame it had to end like this." P'li said as she looked down sadly.
"I understand that you've been together for a long time for what I heard but know there is other fish in the sea. There are tons of people out there. And I'm sure there is one that wants to stay with you for the rest of his life." I said as I smiled at her "As one of my teachers once said: Every Pot has a lid. Even if that lid is yourself." I said, making the same face like Zaheer whenever he was quoting Guru Laghima.
"Shut it!" P'li called teasingly as she used the pillow she had previously sobbing in to smack me in the face. "Come on! I was just trying to cheer you up!" I smiled as I used another pillow to hit her back.
"Well, I guess it worked." P'li giggled as the pillow hit my face hard, causing me to topple over and fall on my back on the bed.
"Stop it!" I laughed as my sides started to hurt.
"Say you surrender." P'li smiled, a devious smile across her face as she did so.
"I surrender!" I laughed, this made P'li stop hitting me, smirking at me deviously.
"That's better." She smirked as took my pillow from where it had landed and put it back on the bed.
"I'm just glad that Zaheer didn't come between our friendship. I had never forgiven myself if we had gone and started fighting over a mere man." I said seriously now as I took my favorite doll from the bed and gave it a small hug.
"Me too. Though Zaheer is quite the catch." P'li smiled as she sat next to me and took another one of my dolls from the bed, which had one eye that looked the wrong way, since it was rather old.
"Hey, this one has a wonky eye." P'li noted as she gave the head of the doll a small smack to make the doll look straight again.
"Careful, she is rather old." I said with a smile as I looked at it, then smirked.
"But yeah, she has that quite often. It's because she is almost thirty-three years old." I said as I placed my doll on my pillow then placed P'li's next to mine.
"Did you keep all your dolls from when you were a child?" P'li asked as she looked at the small closet that was standing in a corner of the room and was packed with stuffed animals, dolls and photographs of loved ones that died over the years.
"Most of them, I only threw out what was broken since most of them hold dear memories." I said as I took a one of the four stuffed panda bears that sat on the closet and looked at it with a sad look.
"It was in the coffin of my adoptive father. I was four when he died." I said as I showed it to P'li as well as his picture which was standing next to it.
"You must have cared about him deeply. Sounds better than being sold like you mean nothing to your parents." She said as she looked at me seriously, which made me nod at her, then walked over to her and gave her a hug.
"I wish I had been there to save you from that horror before it all started." I said honestly as I heard footsteps on the stairs.
"You weren't. And there is nothing you can do about it." P'li said simply, accepting this was the harsh reality, something she had to live with. "But you saved me from becoming consumed by hatred for World Leaders." P'li smiled as the steps on the stairs became louder, followed by Zaheer calling us down for dinner.
"Want to ambush him?" I whispered to P'li with a devious smirk on my face. "So he'll get blue in the face like a smurf?"
"You have to ask?" She joked as I got a pillow from the bed and handed her another one, after which we got on either side of the stairs and waited. "do… What is smurf?" P'li whispered as she looked around the corner where Zaheer arrived. I signed with my hand 'later' before we both jumped on Zaheer and hit him with the pillows.
"Ow..." Zaheer groaned after we smacked him like this for a moment.
"How about some apologies from you, Mister?" I said firmly as I smacked my pillow in his face a few more times.
"How can I apologize with a pillow in my face?" Zaheer asked, which made me stop hitting him with it.
"That's better. I'm sorry. I had no right hurting your feelings. Neither of you." Zaheer said with his head down. But despite that I could clearly see he was speaking the truth, it was clear from the look on his face.
"I accept your apology." I said solemnly, then looked at P'li who looked at me, then at Zaheer, before she gave a curt nod as a sign she forgave him as well.
"What are the plans now? Are we going to hide on Earth for the rest of our days?" Zaheer asked.
"We thought you could use a few days to get some rest after spending three years in jail to regain some strength then we could go back and, you know, try to save the world." I smirked as I jumped on the bed and looked down at my two friends as the others walked into the room as well.
Normal POV
"But, how do we do that?" P'li asked as she looked at Femke sadly, since all they had known until now was how destroy the world, not save it.
"By defeating lord Darkar. He is the ultimate evil." Femke said as she got into one of her desk's drawers and got out a book, showing a Paladin that looked like a Shadow Phoenix.
"How are we going to defeat something looking that powerful?" Ming Hua asked Femke as she stood, wavering on her spider-like water limbs, who looked at her with a calm look.
"By practice, concentration and making a plan before acting. To prevent us from almost getting killed again." Femke said, giving Zaheer a stern look as she said 'again', who reacted by bowing his head.
"Femke, we know how to make plans." Zaheer commented calmly as he looked to the side. "We're not kids."
"Femke. you never told us how exactly did lord Darkar came to be." P'li asked, changing the subject as she sat down on the side of Femke's bed and inspected the picture with the strange ancient looking text next to it with a calm look.
"That's because no one asked me before." Femke said as she nodded at P'li , who nodded in return.
"Care to tell us now?" Ming Hua asked as she looked at her friend in an annoyed way, feeling like she was treated like a child as well.
"Okay then, well. A long time ago the Voortrix were the ancient protectors of the magical kingdom. They had the strongest power after the mighty Dragon Flame who created the magic kingdom." Femke started as she sat down on the beth and looked at her friends with a serious face.
"Alright, storytime." Ghazan smirked as Femke started, which caused Ming Hua to roll her eyes at him.
"Don't encourage her to treat us like children." She snapped as she gave him a smack on the back of his head.
"Their city; Voorfield, was one of the most magical places in the whole Magic Kingdom. All kinds of people and races lived together in happiness and the city was thriving thanks to this. But there were pirates on the coast. People that wanted to steal the Voortrix flame and use it for evil purposes." Femke continued as Feria's medallion started to glow and Feria took over and told the rest of the tale. The others looked at her with widened eyes, since they could see the events of his past happen before their eyes.
"To protect the village from danger, they asked their strongest Paladin named Lightheart to accept a part of their Voortrix, which would turn him into a creature of Light that would be able to withhold any enemy that would attack the village if the Voortrix were gone to save the world, but…"
"The power is too strong! I can't hold it any longer!" A female voice cried in Zaheers head, causing the older male to cover his ears and look down with a shocked gasp.
"We have to hold on, Zedinia! Were so close!" Feria's voice replied, after which Zaheer could hear loud screams and thumbing, and after that a loud echoing laughter that sounded like pure evil.
"We didn't realized that giving him so much of our powers awakened a long buried greed that lied in the heart of every human being. A greed for power; the remainder of our powers. From that day Lightheart the Paladin was gone. From that day on he was known as Lord Darkar. The people of the village blamed us for what happened to Lightheart and despite the fact that we told them we had no idea this would happen and we even apologized for making this happen they banished us from the village and stopped believing in us.
"We have to bring Lightheart back! But how? How do we convince him that greed will only cause him pain and destruction?" They heard a voice in their head call that didn't sounded familiar to them as they saw a group of nine people stand around a rock on which a map was placed down.
"How are we going to do that without Lightheart stealing our powers? We can't lose them." Zedinia's voice asked, sounding rather distressed and worried for the wellbeing of her people, despite the fact that these people had banished her and stopped believing in them which weakened their powers.
We decided to let Darkar come to the Voortrix, and then try to talk to him. Try and get our friend Lightheart back, but it was no use. Our village was destroyed and so were we. Ever since that day, Lightheart has been hunting for the new Voortrix to get their powers." Feria's voice concluded her story.
"And then what?" Ghazan asked.
"If that happens, all will be lost. All worlds will be destroyed. Plunged into a never ending darkness." Feria said, which made Ghazan look up at her before he got up.
"That's settled then. We will fight with all we have. We won't let Darkar or Lightheart or whoever he is destroy our world and everyone we love." Ghazan said as he got up and looked at his friends firmly.
"Right?" He asked as he looked at his still sitting friends with a smirk on his face.
"Sure, I think, one question Mister Caution. How do we do that?" Ming Hua said as she rolled her eyes at him.
"You must find all members of the Voortrix first, learn how to use all four elements so when the time comes you can combine your strength and retake what is yours." Feria said, before the medallion stopped glowing and Femke fell on the beth, unconscious.
"Well, that was bright as mud." Ming Hua commented as Zaheer walked to Femke and placed a hand on her forehead.
"She must have been exhausted." Zaheer said as he moved her into the bed and tucked her in. "We should all get to bed. It's rather late." P'li said as she looked at the radio clock in Femke's nightstand which stated it was half past twelve in the night.
"Yeah, let's pack up for the night." Ghazan yawned as he climbed in one of the beds Femke's adoptive mother had made in the room.
"Good night people." Ming Hua said as she lied down as well.
"Night." P'li yawned as she lied down last after turning off the light, crouching into bed and curling up, which had become a habit for her. She felt safe near the woman that had been more like a mother to her then anyone had ever been to her, before she let her mind drift off to a deep dreamless sleep.
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And with that I end a rather long chapter, I hope you enjoyed it, despite the length.
A/N:
I'm not very good at writing break up scenes, neither was my beta reader paranoidgirl. We tried our best to make it as believable as possible so please don't hate us if it isn't very realistic.
I wanted to include some information about how Darkar came to be now, since no-one really asked how Darkar came to be yet and Darkar being Lightheart before is going to play a big part in the story.
Of course Zaheer had to apologize for being a dick to both Femke and P'li and it popped in my mind like this. Really, as I was writing the story images of P'li and Femke smacking Zaheer with pillows to make him apologize got in my mind, and come on! Those girls deserved some revenge!
Well that was all! I hope you enjoyed reading this. Thanks for reading. Just don't forget to thank paranoidgirl for doing such a awesome job as a beta reader and don't forget to leave your thoughts in a review!