Your cold menacing eyes watch as your father, younger sisters and younger brother Meelo being dragged off to Amon, who was going to strip them of their bending, and you couldn't be more happier. Your siblings look back at you with pleading eyes to come and help them, but you did not return any sort of affection to them. The door shuts after they leave, leaving you with your mother and newest baby brother, who sat in her cell holding her son protectively close to her.
"Is it not glorious mother..."you start to talk to her, with your back still turned to her"They will have everything taken from them, they will powerless...what better way. A fitting punishment...would you not agree."you turn to her with a cowling smile.
She looks at you frighten, she just couldn't believe this was you, she just couldn't You where so cold to her and the family, not a second thought of remorse crossed your eyes. As your words lashed out at your father, breaking his spirit on how you felt and what you called him. She wondered if you could really be this cold? This just couldn't be the little girl she raised to be sweet nature.
Walking closer to her cell, holds her baby closer to her, trying to cover up her of look of fear towards"Kashi, sweetie please...don't do this"she pleads with you"Your family needs you, you're hurting us. Look at your new baby brother Rohan. Do you really want to do this to him?"she loosens her grip on him to show you him. He looks up at you, when his eyes landed on you, he seem to look right pass your unhinged stare, as he smiled at you. A infant giggle escaped his mouth.
"..."you scowl at him, turning your back to them both.
"Kashi, whatever Amon did to you, I know that is not you in there. Whatever way he twisted your mind into hating us. I promise you he did not twist our love for you and your love for us. You know in your heart that we never meant to hurt you at all. You're still part of this family, we love you that night when we found Korra and not you. Everyone was devastated with your absence an-"
"Shut it!"you harshly yell at her, whipping your whip against the bars of her cell fiercely with a few strikes. Which silenced her and made Rohan go quiet as well.
Pema clinches her son closer to her, trembling she looks at you. While you stare her down, she could see your eyes filled with a fiery rage.
"...Your words mean nothing to me, all of it is a lie. No one came to look for me...you all abandoned me, left me. Just like Amon said my cousin did, and what you all wanted to do. So don't lie to me. I was nothing to any of you. I was nothing but an outcast, different. Your husband praised the Avatar more so, all of his real children. I have no family...they all died in a blaze. I killed them...and you know what..."you go and unlock her door opening it. Towering over her, as you raise your whip above you heating it up with your own phantom bending, you strike the bars cutting right through the metal, as they fall to the floor. Pema looks on horrific at what you just did, then back you. You a merciless look on, raising your whip once again as you smile at her"I don't mind killing them again...ahhhh"you go to strike her, as she holds onto her son and turns to shield him.
"Shi-shi don't!"she yells your nick name
Making you stop in your attack on her, she waited for the impact only to not feel anything, turning around she looks and sees you it looked like you where frozen or complexed about something. It was like you where struggling with something. She could see the bit of pain on your face.
"...Shi-shi..."she quietly calls to you, as she reaches to touch to you, only for you smack her and away. She catches herself"Shi-Shi!"
"...T-that name..."you close your eyes tightly, you've heard that name before. It was causing you pain"Ahhh"you hold your head, as you started to swing your whip everywhere. Pema moves out the way as you lashed out."W-why are you calling me...th-that?"you struggle to say.
"That was a nick name given to you...Shi-shi...my little shi-shi."she tells you softly. With a weary smile.
Gripping the handle of your whip, as emissive images flashed through your mind, Pema looks at her daughter unsure what to do. All she knew was that she was pain, and being mother she had to help. Just as she goes to help her, her daughter stands up raising her whip again. To her.
"..."you go and strike her, only to be blown back by force wind. Hitting the floor, skidding across the room. You get up, and see Tenzin with his children going over to Pema. The pain in your mind, was unbearable, but you had to push through it. Pushing yourself to stand up.
Tenzin and his children made in time before you struck his wife and child. Daughter or not he was not going to allow you hurt them. So he blew you back, just a bit though not to hurt you. You where still his child. After checking to make sure the two where alright, he sees you out of the corner of his eye, getting up. He knew you where going to come at them, he stands infront of his family pushing them behind him. You would not hurt them, only him. He didn't want to fight you, but you charging at him didn't give him much of a choice.
You charge at him like a beast, using your whip to strike him, he jumps out the way. As he air bends at you, having remembered your training with him, you dodge it with ease, landing on the ground, whip at him a few times, each time it hit the ground the thongs would sizzle, you had head emitting from it. Tenzin did his best to dodge your attacks, but at the sametime he did not want to hurt you, like you wanted to hurt him.
You where a quick little thing, he had to give you that. Your kicks and punches came lighting fast. What did Amon do to you within the time he had you. To turn you into such a deadly opponent. It was as if you where combining air bending movements with deadly strikes, you used your whip as an extension. Tenzin blows you back, but you regain yourself. Giving you both distance.
"What's the matter?..."you crack your whip, as you breath heavily"Afraid to hurt me?Huh?...Well, let me ease your mind...you've already done so...but me...not yet."you go charging at him again.
The family watched on in horror at the battle between father and daughter. You looked so bloodthirsty, while Tenzin was in emotional pain. Which they knew was stopping him from inflecting any sort of damage on you, while you seem to not have issue with that.
Seeing an opening, you use your whip and have it wrap around his ankle burning it in the process, he yells in pain. Which made you smile, as you yank him off balance.
"Dad!"the kids yell.
Tenzin, on the ground now looks up and sees you standing over him. You look sharply at him with a manic smile, the kids start to run to his aid, you saw them, and without looking whip at them. Making them stop as Pema gasp."Kashi, Kashi don't...please don't do it."she pleads with you.
You look at them, then back at Tenzin, you stomp on his chest blocking out his yelp of pain, you stomp it again. Then start to twist your foot in his chest. As you smile on."...What's wrong? Huh? Don't like it? Well, neither did I...but you know...I'll be nice, I'll make your death quick. I'll take you away just like you did me..."you stomp on him again, scowling at him angrily"What right did you have? What right?! You lied to me...every day of my life...You kept away...hide me...when I'm done with you, I will go after my cousin...you two have no idea how much pain you put me in...Nothing but lies..."you say through your teeth."Nothing...everything is a lie, at least Amon told me the truth...I killed my parents. That night, I was a danger that was to be locked away, hidden from the eyes of others. A shame!" you stomp on him again, hearing what sounded like a crack.
Pema and the kids look on in horror, Tenzin barely manges to breath air. You twist your foot deeper into him, he screams.
"Kashi stop it!"the others yell to you.
"Why, why was I lied too? Why as I mistake!?..."you demand from him, he didn't say anything which annoyed you, raising your foot"Why?!"you go to slam it down. Only for you to be tackled by someone or somethings. You look and see it was your siblings.
"Kids!"Pema gasp as she sees her three children tackle their big sister. But it wasn't a tackle it more a hug, a tight one.
"Kashi...Kashi please don't hurt daddy anymore."Ikki pleads with you with tears in her eyes.
"Don't do it!"Meelo yells
"You're our big sister, please come back to us."Jinora holds onto you tighter. You try to struggle out of their grasp. As you yell at them to let you go, but they did not. Their grip on your got tighter and tighter, Pema goes to her husband and helps him up. He looks over at his children, with what strength he has he gets up as well, and hurries over to his eldest daughter. Embracing you in a hug as well. And like a father holds you close to him, not letting go like he did many years ago with you. Pema saw this, swallowing hard, she goes over with family and embraces you as well. None of them letting you go.
You struggle to get out of their grasp, but they did no budge. They kept calling to you, telling memories they had of you. Hoping you would remember, and all of them saying the love. But what really got you, was Rohan's laugh, it seems to pierce something in you. Causing you pain in your mind, as the images came flooding in, your mind just snapped, struggling more and more, you start to fire bend. Your father saw this, he and his family quickly move.
You start to stumble, holding onto your head, trying to get everything together but the pain was to much. You kept screaming and screaming, as you stumble backwards, until you just couldn't take it anymore. Your mind just shut down, you stagger back, tripping over something, as you fall through the window and topple down into the water.
"Kashi!"everyone yells for you, ignoring his pain, Tenzin rushes off using his bending to go after his fallen daughter. Jumping out of the window after his unconscious child. Using his bending he pushes his way to her, with hand out he grabs you,and tucks you close to him, turning to take the whole impact of the fall.
The others look as they waited for any sign of you or their father. The inception was unbearable, they dare not to hope for the worst.
"Look"Meelo points, everyone looks as they see something coming up. It was their father, with you in his arms. Sighing in relief the family hurries down to the two of you. Tenzin swims out of the water and takes you to the banks.
He holds you"Kashi? Kashi, sweetheart? Kashi?"he brushes your bangs aside, looking at you. Tears start to form in his eyes, his eldest child, now broken. He felt such distress, he starts to cry over your body. Kissing the top of your forehead, his family reaches him. They see the moveless body of their older sister. Tenzin's cries of pain could be heard by others who looked on."Sweet heart, sweetie, it's me daddy. I'm sooo sorry, I'm soo sorry. Please come back."he tells an unresponsive you.
But you did wake up"Tenzin, Tenzin!"Korra calls to them, as she and Mako heard his cries and find the family huddled around something or someone"Tenzin wh-"she stops, no her heart stops as she looks on at the body in his arms.
"Kashi..."Mako says your name sadly, while he too was shocked at who it was.
Korra looks at you, your attire, you where the one who she was fighting. Amon had gotten to you as well. She wasn't sure what happen, but she felt a pit in her stomach at just the sight of you. She looks in agony balling up her fist trying to hold in her own pain and anger. Mako hugs her close to comfort her.
He looks down at you, you where so kind and sweet. He just thought of your smile you always had on, though you where quiet, and at times socially awkward. It was cute. He just wondered how could someone like you be taken. He too tries his best to hold in his emotions, but he couldn't. Not like this.
Tenzin cradled your body, he kisses you once more on your forehead."Kashi, please don't go. Don't leave us. Don't leave your family...we all love you..."
Putting your forehead close to his, a few of his tears fall on you, hitting your eyelids. Causing them to move, opening them only half way. You see your father blurry as your vision as not there yet. Crying over you.
"D-daddy..."you call to him weakly, that it almost sounded like a whisper, but he heard it.
He sits up alarmly, looking down at you, you look at him with so much remorse and guilt, you started to cry."Kashi!"he says your ecstatically. Getting everyones attention as the huddle around Tenzin and see you awake. Tears of happiness came upon them. Pema waste no time, as she kisses you over and over again.
"My baby, my baby..."she tearfully says.
"...Da-daddy"using the energy you had, you look at your father as best you could"..."tears came down your face"I-I'm sorry..."you tell him, as your eyes start to close again.
Tenzin hugs you tightly"It's alright. It's alright."
Feeling someone or something licking your nose, you wake up. And see Pabu right in your face, much your surprise"Pabu?"you look at him wondering why he was here. Sitting up, you look and find yourself in your room on island. Much to your surprise"I'm home?"you asks outloud as you look down at Pabu, who looks at you.
Just then someone came into your room, when they drop the tray they had been carrying."You're up."one of the monks was surprising happy to see you up, before you could say anything, they run away. Throwing your covers off you, you get up, only to fall, you look at your legs they seem weak. Pabu comes over to see if you where alright. Pushing yourself up, you look for something in your room, when you spot something.
"Are sure?"Tenzin asks the monk as he, his family, his brother Bumi,Korra, Mako, Bolin, Asami, Lin and General Iroh come running down the hall to your room. The Monk told them about you being up. Everyone was thrilled.
"Yes, sir she's up. Sitting up in her own bed."the monk tells him, the reach your room, Tenzin pushes the monk aside as he and others come bursting in.
"Kashi!?"Tenzin looks around the room, with no sign of you.
"Where is she?"Korra demands from the monk.
"I-I don't know, she was here when I checked."he tells her scared of her aggressiveness.
"Where could she be?"Asami looks around your room.
Everyone wanted to know where you went, when Rohan started to stretch out his hand to the window, Pema looks when she understood"I know where she went."
Outside, you stood in the gazebo that your father would have you and your siblings come to, and meditate. Hosting yourself up with walking stick you had found years ago and decorated. You look over the water with Pabu by your side. In deep thought, you just couldn't get out of your mind what had happened to you. What you had done to the others, remorse and heavy guilt was all over your face, that you just cried. You felt so dirty and terrible. Almost killing your family and friends. Amon turning you into something you where not. You could not forgive yourself, looking down at the waves crashing up against the island. Pabu seem to see what you where thinking, as he jumps infront of you and hisses at you. You seem unfazed by his attempt to stop you. Placing your stick to the side, you slowly step over him. He grips a piece of cloth of your night gown in mouth, trying to stop you. But he could not, you close your eyes. As you take the step off.
"Kashi no!"everyone yells.
Lin earthbends wall to stop from jumping off the cliff. You slightly hit it, rubbing your nose as you look at this new formed earth wall.
"Kashi, Kashi!"hearing everyone's calls to you, you turn around. Only to be embraced by your father tightly. He holds you close to him.
"Kashi, what where you thinking?"Korra demands from you"A-are you crazy?!"
"..."you look at her, then away not having the courage to look at any of them, your father lets you go and looks at you.
"Kashi, why where you trying to jump?"he asks you tenderly.
You did not look at any of them, you just couldn't gritting your teeth together. Holding in how horrible you felt, but your heart could not handle the pressure. So you cried, and cried. You cried your heart out as you screamed the pain. Everyone went quiet as they saw you break again, falling down on your knees your father catching you. Pushing him away, you hold yourself as a source of comfort.
You look at them"I'm sooo sorry. I'm such a horrible person, I don't deserve to live, after what I did. After all I've done. I didn't mean to be a mistake, I didn't mean to hurt anyone. I'm sorry Amon turned me on all of you. Please, just let die."you bury your eyes in your hands.
"Oh, Kashi..."Pema looks at her distraught daughter.
Tenzin goes to touch you, only for Lin to push him aside she gets to your level, taking your hands in her. Your teary eyes look at her, for the first time in years she gives you a apologetic look. Next thing she brings you into a hug.
"It's not your fault Kashi, none of it. You're not a horrible person. That would be me. I was the one who shoved you off to someone else. Because I was scared. Whatever Amon did to you, was not you. Don't beat yourself up. I'll take responsibility for your sins."she tells you.
You where stun by her reaction, you hug her back tightly. Everyone watches on, breaking the hug, Lin looks at you. She gives you a soft smile, then over at everyone else. Looking at them all, they smile at you affectionately, your eyes drop.
"A-are you upset at me?"you asks them.
"Kashi...never."Korra comes to you, placing hand on your head, you look at her, she gives you a tender look."You're my best friend."she hugs you, you hug her back. She helps you up, using her waterbending she dries your eyes. You smile at her, and look at the others, you give them a small smile, which they return."Kashi, this General Iroh."she gestures to him.
He steps forward, a young in a army uniform, with nicely cute black hair and golden eyes. He smiles at you, as he stood over you"Hello, Kashi. I'm your cousin Iroh. I've heard about you. It's finally nice to meet you...it's true you do look like grandmother."he tells you with a warm smile.
Grandmother? You knew who he was talking about"Thank you."you thank him.
"I know this not the right time, but Kashi, you are of Fire Nation Royal family, making you a princess. And I know you've through a great deal, but would you like to come with me to the fire nation, our grandfather would love to see you."
You stun to hear those words coming of mouth, you look at everyone. Who where smiling at you approving. Lin shrugs her shoulders"I was going to ask you to live with me, but that offer sounds much better."
"Of course you would be allowed come and visit anyone when you please"Iroh tells you, seeing the deep thinking written on your face.
Bolin then burst out crying, as he goes to hug you"You will be missed. We'll all miss you!"Naga joins in howling.
Mako rolls his eyes, as he pulls his brother off you."Well, Kashi?"Asami comes over to you with a smile.
You think about it, as you look around at everyone.
The horn blows on the ship, as you wave bye. Watching as it leaves the docks, waving to Iroh, with Rohan in your arms. You liked his offer, but you would miss your family to much. So you declined, as well Lin's. You wanted to stay on the island, with your family. A choice you made all your own.
Iroh waved to you till he could no see you anymore, he softly chuckles to himself"Yep, she has grandmother's heart."
You stop waving when Iroh was out of sight, holding Rohan close, you felt a hand on your shoulder, you look up and see your father, Tenzin. He smiles down at you softly, and you return it with a bright one. He pulls you into him.
"I love you Kashi, you know that right?"he tells you.
"I know dad, and I love, and everyone. I love my whole family."you turn around and look everyone with a smile.