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SUBLIME

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3 – Clairvoyance; Supernatural

Ummi was dressed in the traditional bridal attire of the Water Tribe and was just moments away from marrying the love of her life, but all she could think of was why no one had told her that the happiest day of her life would make her so nauseous. For the past few days, thoughts of her upcoming wedding had gone from sweet exhilaration to nervous anticipation to unexplainable dread. When she tried to voice her concerns to her mother she would dismissively wave them away. Nerves, her mother called it. It was just cold feet.

Ummi would toss and turn at night, her agitation keeping her up until she would finally fall into a fitful sleep in the early hours of the morning. She would dream of darkness, of something pulling her and touching her, whispering haunting words into her ear. But when Ummi awoke in the morning amongst her twisted bedsheets she could never remember what was said or where she was being lead.

Now, as several Water Tribe women wove flowers into her hair, she tried to suppress the growing fear inside her. Ummi's mother came and said it was time, chuckling when she saw her daughter's slight trembling. She cupped Ummi's face with her hands and smiled. "My dear, with your worried expression it looks more like you're attending an execution than your own wedding." She placed a quick peck on her cheek. "Don't be nervous. You look beautiful." As they walked to the Spirit Oasis her mother continued to give her encouragement. This was the day she would secure her own happiness and the happiness of her people.

Ummi walked carefully across the bridge towards the oasis, but it wasn't until she met Kuruk's eye and saw the look of joy on his face that all her fears floated away. His eyes were ageless and full of light and the love she had for him surfaced, making all her worrying seem silly. This is the man she loves, the man she is going to spend the rest of her life with.

No one is quite sure what happened next. Some witnesses said that she slipped and fell into the water, but others claimed that they saw her swept right off her feet as though some invisible hand had pulled her into the water.

Ummi was falling and she could hear the voice of Kuruk, but it was muffled and she couldn't make out the words as they got fainter and fainter. Suddenly, long spindle-like limbs wrapped around her. Not tight or painful, but possessive like a child grabbing it's favorite toy.

A familiar voice rang clearly in her ear. "You were right the first time."

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A/N: When I saw the Kuruk comic I was filled with glee at the revelations, but it also left me with SO MANY MORE QUESTIONS. One of which was why Koh stole Ummi in the first place and I came up with three possible scenarios:

1. She was very beautiful and as a collector Koh thought she would be a find addition to his stolen faces.
2. Kuruk had previously wronged Koh somehow and taking Ummi was revenge. Or maybe Koh was just amused by Kuruk's boastful nature and took Ummi as a way of cashing in all of Kuruk's bad karma.
3. SEKRIT LOVE TRIANGLE. KOH HAS THE HOTTS FOR UMMI AND OMG KOH/UMMI/KURUK IS MY NEW OT3!!!1!

Okay, so the last one is obviously not true, BUT I LIKE TO DREAM OKAY?