Asami was sitting listening at her father's office door, strange men had come into the house and were meeting with her. Korra was next to her, for once she was still and quiet as they listen to the deep voice's on the other side of the door. They only caught every other word or so, but they couldn't put enough together to understand what was happening; but they could feel the tension and knew it was bad.
When they heard the desk chairs moving Asami ran around the corner, dragging Korra after her. They hid and listened, careful to keep their breathing quiet. "Next year should be good, well developed and useful; we'll be back then Mr. Sato. Just make sure they don't share blood, if that happens could be trouble in the future." Said a man Asami didn't know.
"Excellent, I'll keep it under wraps till then. Not to worry, I'll make sure nothing is shared." Hiroshi said and Asami had to keep herself from peeking around the corner to see who her father was talking to. The voice moved down the hall in the opposite direction, the girls looked around the corner before darting back to Asami's room.
"Who was that guy? And what were they talking about?" Asami asked out loud very confused and a little worried about what her father was planning.
"Who knows. Grown up are weird!" Korra said flipping back onto the bed with a smile. Asami laughed and jumped onto the bed next to her friend.
"Hey." Korra said looking at Asami seriously. "You want to do something that will make it where we can never be without one another?" Korra asked sitting up excitedly. Asami nodded and perked up, completely forgetting the troubling meeting in her ten year old excitement. "Okay do you have a needle?" Korra asked rolling her sleeve up.
Asami dashed over to her desk and pulled out a safety pin. "How about this?" She asked running back over to Korra.
Korra beamed and slid down to sit on the floor, taking the safety pin in her hand. "Perfect, okay I'm going to say some stuff then prick my finger then you prick your finger and then we put our fingers together. After that you'll see." Korra said with a sly smile. Asami nodded a little nervously as she listened to Korra begin speaking in a language she didn't know.
Korra lifted the needle and pricked her finger, but instead of red blood a silver droplet formed. Asami stared at he silver blood for a moment before noticing Korra holding the pin out to her. Asami took it and stuck her finger with a wince, a burgundy droplet appearing on her finger. Korra smiled and took Asami's hand and looked her right in the eye.
"All the grown up Stars say that if we share blood we'll always know how each other is feeling! Like if I get hurt you'll know, same thing for me with you!" Korra said and Asami looked at her excitedly. "Okay…1…..2…..3…" Korra said then smashed their bloody fingers together. When they pulled their hands apart Asami's was smeared with silver, while Korra's was covered in red. Asami stared wide eye as the silver blood seemed to be sucked into her body and the pin prick disappeared; the same thing happening to Korra.
Asami felt a tug in her mind, like something putting a light pressure there, it took her a second to realize it was Korra's consciousness touching her own. "I Korra the Star swear that I will always be here for you, I will always protect you, and I will always fight at your side." Korra said and Asami smiled at her The girls broke into laughter and hugged one another as the odd sensation of minds touching tugged at them both. But unknowing to them Hiroshi had been standing at the door.
He quickly dialed a numbed on his phone. "Amon this is Hiroshi….yes I know you just left….never mind that now. Come and collect the Star this moment, she's just tried to share blood." Hiroshi said and closed the phone with a glare at his daughters door. He knew his daughter was smart enough not to share her blood, but he wouldn't risk that damn Star causing more trouble.
Asami was laying in bed, Korra laying next to her; their hands clasped together as they dreamed of fields of bright colored flowers and rivers full of multi colored fish. They didn't hear the door open, or the floor creak as several sets of feet walked near to them. But when hands suddenly reached out and tore them apart they woke with a star.
Korra struggled against hands that held fast, watching as Asami fought against her own father; tears forming in her eyes. Korra could feel Asami's panic, she didn't want to be alone again; she was scared and angry. "Daddy stop don't take her! Don't take Korra too!" She yelled as tears spilled from her eyes.
Korra fought to break free of the arms that were dragging her from the room. "ASAMI!" She yelled tears springing to her own eyes. "ASAMI!" She yelled again before something struck her and she was dropped into a world of darkness.
"KORRA! DADDY STOP THEM! DON'T TAKE HER!" Asami screamed fighting against her father with all her might.
"I'm doing this for your own good, Stars are no good and I won't have you spending time with one." Hiroshi said as the front doors closed clearly saying that the men had taken the Star out. Hiroshi let his daughter go and she fell into a heap on her bedroom floor. He reached forward to stroke her hair but she moved away from his touch.
"NO! DON'T TOUCH ME!" She yelled and got up and ran to her bathroom. Hiroshi sighed, she'd understand one day. He walked out of the room, giving careful instructions for the Nursemaid to stay with Asami for the night.
Asami sat in the bathroom staring at her finger as she felt for Korra in her mind, but there was nothing but an aching pain there. "I'll find you Korra, I swear I'll find you no matter what." Asami whispered falling asleep in the bath tub.