Kayri Allighast's Story

'Well oh mighty queen of darkness, The last thing I would have thought was to find you sulking like a child.' At the sound of his remark, Korra send him a dark, and extremely angry glare. She wasn't having it now. She didn't need the extra thoughts after shoving all the rest of them into the abyss of her mind. 'I would think a ruler like you would know not to regret past actions and move on so that you can find a better way the next time you come to face such things.'

At that, Korra responded hastily. "There are times when decisions are not thought out, and need reflecting upon." Not only was her comment rushed, it was also cold and biting. She looked at the dead deer, a grimace smeared across her face at the thought of eating. She wasn't hungry, and the forest wouldn't allow her to eat until she starved. As he tried to rectify what she had done, Korra tuned out until he started heading towards the cave. She followed him silently, ignoring any upcoming thoughts about what had happened.

'Your Queen just stepped out for a moment pup, She will be back so fear not.' Korra rolled her eyes absentmindedly as she assessed the room. Kayri had seemed to have been worried about her disappearance, which was no surprise to Korra. But when she heard the sound of Sin waking, Korra stepped into the cave quickly so she could get a good look at him. She was still off to the side, but the dropping daylight no longer curtained her view of him. When Sin woke and his gaze locked on Kayri, Korra couldn't see any changes just yet, but the sound of Kayri's gasp kept her on edge.

“Fools!” The sound made Korra jump, and the pounding in her heart doubled, only to travel into her ears and pound there as well. “Why would you risk your lives when I had told you to leave me. Did you wish to die.” The words that came from Sin were dark and twisted reminding her of her father. When Korra saw Sin move to pull out something her immediate reaction was to draw a bow and arrow, aimed right at his heart. At this range, if she was to shoot, he would die instantly. She watched, and waited carefully hoping not to let loose the arrow.

“If that's so then let me help you.” He started towards Kayri, and Korra shouted back at him, "Stop this!" her voice just as twisted and dark as his, if not more. She tugged at the string of the bow, taking aim with the arrow on one of his legs. She wouldn't kill him immediately, not after what they'd already been through. It was then Old Grey stepped in, and Korra relaxed her grip on the strings of the bow, but keeping it at the ready. She let out a small sigh of relief as she watched to wolf pin him down. Her mind was high on adrenaline, ready to fight, kill or do whatever needed to be done to keep her and Kayri safe. Her species came first, whether it was Sin or not.


'Your Queen just stepped out for a moment pup, She will be back so fear not.' Kayri nodded at the wolf's words, but her eyes shot to Korra who had just entered the cave with Old Grey. She looked horrible, angry, tired… Kayri frowned a little as she examined her queen, but standing still where she was. She was just across from the female wolf and Sin, at the opposing wall.

At the sound of Sin waking, Kayri stepped a little closer to him, watching him with curious eyes hoping that what they had done wasn't going to affect him too much. As soon as his eyes opened, though Kayri gasped at the difference in their color and the cold expression he bore on her. Her eyes went wide, and her breath held on intake as she watched him. “Fools!” Kayri jumped back, her held breath completely escaping her lungs as it happened. “Why would you risk your lives when I had told you to leave me. Did you wish to die.” Kayri's hands raised in defense as she backed up. She saw him reach for something, and just seconds after the first motion she saw Korra hook an arrow into her bow and take aim. She was at a complete loss of words, trembling as she stepped away slowly.

“If that's so then let me help you.” Kayri let out a small yelp of terror and shoved her hands into the air. It was unexpected to have a shied of golden light, like an orb, surround Kayri. It lit up the entire interior of the cave, and even a warm humming sound came from the orb as it surrounded her. Even she was shocked at what had happened, but almost thankful at the same time. At the sight, Korra's bow clattered to the floor as she stared at Kayri and the orb around her in complete shock and awe. When Kayri's eyes met Korra's, and the wolf pinned Sin to the ground, the orb disappeared and the cave darkened back to its normal state.

The old gray wolf sat on Sin chest but as the light blinded him and his mate who was still next to Kayri Sin was able to push him off. He sat up and as the light faded his head hurt him so much he felt sick and soon was bent over vomiting. The liquid was black and vile and when he was done he fell back and held his sided. "W..what just happen?" He asked to no one and every one. "What did I almost do?" He asked his voice now shaken like he him self was. He looked up to Korra his eye's now filled with remorse and the sparkle that was there gone only to leave dull blue color. 'Think Sin, Think hard. Push away all the things you feel and just think.'Old Gray told him. Sin cleared his mind and thought hard on what he had just done. The feeling was new he knew this, It was twisted and dark and vary unlike anything he had ever felt before. "I felt upset, They did not do as I told them and they could have gotten hurt. I...I was...." He just could not find the word for what he felt. 'Mad.' The black female's voice rang out. Sin looked to her and titled his head to the side. "Is that what the feeling was? I don't like it, It clouds my mind." His voice now cool and clam as he talked to them. His face winced in pain as the black scars burnt him from the inside out. "Please someone tell me what is going on." He bagged as he fell to his knees trying to dig at the scars.

The sight of Sin vomiting up black liquid had Korra clenching her jaw. "W..what just happened?" Immediately, her head turned away too look over her shoulder at anything but him. "What did I almost do?" When he spoke again her eyes shot back to him, and she found him already looking at her. She couldn't bear to see the expression he wore, and she turned around to face the mouth of the cave. She couldn't stand to see him like this, but she couldn't walk away either. She had to deal with him like this from now on. It was her faut she had invited him to come along anyways! She hated herself for resorting to her inner Soul. And she hated that Sin would have to live with such taint, something she had grown up to. And more than anything, she hated the fact that he, who was so pure, is now stuck with part of her side of the forest until he dies. This was all her fault. Korra's fists clenched, and she bit on the inside of her lip until she felt warm blood trickle into her mouth, something she didn't mean to happen, but it did.

"I felt upset, They did not do as I told them and they could have gotten hurt. I...I was…." Korra's eyes clenched shut at the words, knowing that she would have acted the same way if she was in his position. It was only natural for her kind, since messing with blood was against their faith. He would have been left to die. The thought made her sick, angry, upset. 'Mad.' The word came from the black wolf, and at that moment, Korra turned back around to look at him. She saw Kayri out of the corner of her eyes, sitting in a corner trying to mess with her inner Soul. Something Korra would have helped her with had this other situation not been at hand.

"Is that what the feeling was? I don't like it, It clouds my mind." The words rung in her head, made her look like she was right back on the verge of tears. What clouded his mind was how Korra worked on a daily basis. How Korra functioned, with great restraint. He had not seen the true side of her, because she forced it away. The wince on his face made her frown harder, if it was even possible. She noticed the scar was hurting him, and had she not ruined him enough already, she would have cast another spell to sooth the pain. But she couldn't, Gods knew what that might do to him.

"Please someone tell me what is going on." He spoke and Korra stepped over towards him, a hard, cold, empty stare on her face.

"I had no choice but to take a chance at saving you with my abilities. Part of my taint resides in you now. I went against my own kind for your life. To save you. And now you're stuck like this!" It came out in a heavy hiss, raising to a shout near the end. Her emotions were so twisted that she couldn't focus on keeping the tainted personality down. Instead, it was finally surfacing. The dark, true Banshee Queen was coming back up. As this happened, Korra's eyes faded to a darker red, and her skin turned even more pale. The Earth she stood on faded to black, stretching out in a small radius around her as she fumed with hurt and anger. She couldn't forgive herself, at least not for a while.

All of her efforts of pushing it down, letting it go, focusing on accepting the decision was useless. Korra couldn't let this by her, no matter what anyone said. Kayri turned her attention to Korra when she spoke, eyes wide and full of worry. She saw Korra's colors change, and knew she was letting her true nature get the best of her. Kayri used to suffer from the same thing, never fully able to keep that side of her down. She frowned heavily, glancing to gauge Sin's reaction.

Sin heard Korra's word but did not understand fully what was going on, But the why she was acting pulled at his heart and he felt true sadness then. It was true that he felt lost when his mother died but was more of a loneliness then sadness, This feeling was like cold there was no warmth for. Just as he was about to loss him self to the feeling he looked up to see Korra and what was happening around her. Jumping to his feet he rushed to her side but stopped just in front of her face. Looking her in the eye's Sin gave her the best smile he could muster. "Thank you Korra....Thank you for saving my life." He reached out slowly unsure of him self but in the end he wrapped his arms around Korra in a strong hug. "If it was not for you I could be dead and no matter what I may suffer, I gladly accept it knowing that I get to know you a bit longer. I think I would take anything on to get to know more about you and your people." Sin said as he petted her hair with one hand as the other made soothing circles on the small of her back like his mother had done with him. With a heavy sigh he stepped back and when he looked Korra in the eye's and that sparkle of light was once more there in his bight blue eye's. 'Well now that's odd.' Said the black female wolf. 'I would have thought that Sin's touch
would have purified the pup.' She said. 'It would have dear before now but now he is not the same and more her match then most pure bread blood elf's thanks to the dark power now resting in his soul.' Said old gray. 'I wounder now that he carry's both would his power surpass his fathers...' He trailed off.

At the sight of Sin rushing over to Korra, Kayri rose and started after him, nervous about what the outcome may be. Korra on the other hand froze as he came up to her. The darkness was fully consuming her, the veins on her arms pulsed with a dark purple liquid, showing clearly on her skin. She was turning into what she hated most, and she couldn't stop it. "Thank you Korra....Thank you for saving my life." At that very moment, her entire being shivered violently like it was fighting itself. Her eyes flicked from shades of red to orange, but went back to a vibrant red. When he wrapped his arms around her, however, she started to look like her usual self, slowly.

"If it was not for you I could be dead and no matter what I may suffer, I gladly accept it knowing that I get to know you a bit longer. I think I would take anything on to get to know more about you and your people." The sound of a small choked sob escaped Korra as fresh wet tears fell down her cheeks. The two long red points that fell from below her eyes down into sharp points on her cheekbones started to fade away along with the dark veins and skin tone.

As his hand made his way into her hair, and his other at the small of her back, Korra's entire being softened. Kayri, witnessing this from a far smiled a little, watching the embrace. Although Korra's hands didn't leave her sides, she seemed to melt into the hug as she cried. When he stepped back however, her entire posture stiffened once again and tears fell slower. The sparkle in his eyes was comforting. Just when she was almost completely back to normal, her eyes fell onto the scar.

She was teetering on two sides of reality, unable to speak, unable to move. But in that very moment that her eyes saw the scar, everything that she had just come down from seemed to grow back as she looked at it. It was then that a huge shiver shook her entire body and in an instant she was back to the true Banshee Queen. But she was soft, still. As if her mind hadn't switched over yet.

"I can't…" Korra started, and her eyes flicked over to Kayri who was trying to take slow steps towards her. "I can't…" Korra whispered as she looked back at Sin, more tears cascading down her cheeks. "I can't forgive myself." She finished in an even softer whisper and immediately she raised her hands with tense fingers, shaking the earth at her feet before she let out a sound only Kayri had heard once in her life. When Korra had taken the life of the other dark King. It was a loud, booming growl that could easily be heard for miles. Her head had tilted back up to the ceiling of the cave, and her eyes reached the darkest blood red. The sound went from a low growl to a higher octave, but it was definitely distinct. Korra was no more. Not anymore. The Banshee had taken over.

As she let out the last of her growl, her eyes fell on Kayri, who dropped into a fetal position type of bow, forehead on the cave floor. "I will meet all of you at Felwood." Her voice no longer sounded the same, it was a few octaves lower, and it had a piercing echo to it. And at that, Korra's eyes stared at Sin's for a few seconds. Hers were empty, full of blood and rage, nothing more. After letting out a low huff of air, Korra took off into her Sprint, and started towards her homeland.

Kayri stayed on the ground, shaking with fear, head buried in her hands. She knew what was coming. The Banshee.

Bloodshed. A lot of it. The people of Felwood had a lesson to learn.

Sin was shocked at what had just happen and his ears still ringing he had a hard time getting his thoughts in order but there was nothing to do but hope Korra would be alright tell he could meet up with her. "The first thing we need to do is get what we need to travel and then move as fast as we can tell we cache up with Korra." He looked to Kayri and sighed. walking up next to her he bent down and rubbed her back. "Korra's gone Kayri and I need your help, I don't know the way to your home land and we have to move out now." Sin said in a soft tone. He then turned to the two large wolfs. " you two stay here in the forest, At less with you here I know i leave the forest in good hands." Sin ordered and the wolfs nodded and left taking the deer with then to feed the pup's back in the den. Sin looked around for his bow could not find it, and he slapped his forehead. "What will i do with out my bow?" he asked him self but just then the black female re-entered the cave with said bow in her jaws. 'Pup you would loss your head if not for all those around you. And as for you...' She turned to look at Kayri. ' You have a powerful gift but don't push your self or it may end up costing you more then you think.' And then she left. "Well shall we go Kayri?" Sin asked as he picked up his bow and his pack.

Kayri lifted her head slowly, but jumped at his touch which came later. "Korra's gone Kayri, and I need your help, I don't know the way to your homeland and we have to move out now." Kayri nodded and rose to her feet. She started to get to work, readying things as Sin spoke to the wolves telling them to stay behind. When the female wolf spoke, Kayri paused with what she was doing. ' You have a powerful gift but don't push your self or it may end up costing you more then you think.' She nodded a little, knowing that her ability was still very testy and hard to reach. She needed Korra's aid, but it was not the time.

"Well shall we go Kayri?" Kayri started towards the mouth of the cave, not really responding to his question verbally. She paused for a moment to look at him. "Sin… I don't know what state Felwood will be in when we arrive, but I can tell you now… Korra isn't the woman you know anymore… she's lethal. Just keep that in mind, okay?" She spoke carefully as she started out of the cave and onwards with their trek.



Kayri knew they were getting close when she could smell the foul stench of blood in her nose. There was a small path that led to the central part of Felwood, the only path to enter the city. It was evident that the closer they got, the more the plants were shriveled and dead. The end of the path was a tunnel of large sharp brown vines that's thorns looked more like large spikes. The tunnel required one to walk slowly to make it through unscathed. The stench of dead bodies was overwhelming to Kayri as she led Sin through. "Be careful." She said over her shoulder as she stepped over a large spike uprooted from the earth. Once she was through, there was a large clearing where there was not a single plant in sight except for an abnormally large black tree far across the clearing.

In the clearing though, were enough bodies to have Kayri stop dead in her tracks. Piles, upon piles of bodies. The ground was littered with them, and only in patches could she see the brown mud. Korra had managed to kill almost one third of their population, and clearly without trouble. There were wagons being pulled by sulking elves through the masses as they tried to collect the bodies of their loved ones, as well as items from other bodies that they could benefit from. It was eerily silent, and as soon as the pair had stepped out of the tunnel all of the elves stopped to stare at them. Kayri let out a small sigh and turned to look at Sin.

"Don't say anything, just follow me, okay? If they know what you are, or where you are from, they will try to kill you." She said hesitantly just before turning to step over a carcass that had been mangled to shreds. It's intestines covered the face, limbs were missing. Korra had a heyday, that was for sure. She glanced up at the black tree, her eyes focusing on the hollowed out base of the trunk that elves were going in and out of. As she made her way through the maze of bodies, she was careful not to touch them. When they were about halfway, Kayri stopped, turning to look at Sin.

"The reason there are so many bodies, Sin… is well… remember how Korra told you she went against her own kind to save you? In Felwood, when a man or woman spills blood, it is considered sacred. One is not allowed to stop the process." She said, stopping herself there. She knew that Korra had purposely mangled every one of them so that they would die slowly, and painfully. Sin didn't need to know that. Once they were across the clearing, and into the masses of market people who were trying to make their way about the base of the tree, selling and buying food. The entire ground level of the hollowed out tree was like a massive farmer's market. Of course, the food looked nothing like the food from Sin's edge of the forest.

Just off to the right, Kayri turned to a ramp that spiraled up the hollow of the tree. Two guards stood post at the base. When Kayri approached, they stepped in her path. "What business do you have with her ladyship?" One of them asked, his eyes showed that he too was sulking from the lives Korra had taken. His eyes landed on Sin for a moment, then back to Kayri. "You brought a foreigner." He said in a harsh tone.

"He has business with the Queen. I was sent word to take him to her. Step aside." She demanded, and the guards obeyed. She was a higher rank than them, but they had been quite apprehensive of her since she didn't look like the Forsaken any longer. Kayri started up the large spiral, each branch had been hollowed out, leading down what looked like typical city streets with wooden homes. The higher up in the tree one was, the higher their rank. Most of the hollowed branches were homes, or other types of shops and places. It was only until they reached about halfway up the spiral that they reached the throne room.

It was a tumor the tree had, dug out into an oval shaped room. In the back center was a large iron throne made of skulls and blades. It was at least twice Korra's size, since it had to hold her father before her. In the throne, sat Korra. Her legs crossed, her hands gracefully in her lap. Her blonde hair was down in long curls, with hints of blood still soaking in them. Still in her Banshee form, she wore a long black lace dress that had a collar around the back of her neck. The collar stood up to halfway up the back of her head before curling outwards into various spikes.

Before her, a Forsaken commoner kneeled, begging and pleading for something. But when her eyes caught sight of Sin and Kayri, she raised a hand and at the flick of her wrist, two guards dragged the man off to the prison cells, most likely. Korra rose, stepping down from the throne. Her dress had a long train, as it was a shorter skirt in the front to show her knee-high black metal boots that had small spikes on the toes. The dress didn't have sleeves, but rather thick straps over her shoulders that had spiked pads on top of them. Halfway down her upper arms were black metal cuffs with more spikes, smaller than the ones on her shoulders, however. The waist of her dress was tightest, accentuating her curves nicely.

Kayri stepped before Sin, moving quickly to bow at her Queen's feet. Korra touched Kayri's hair gently, fingering a lock of her hair as her other hand folded behind her back. She walked around the lesser being in half a circle before dropping the lock of hair and moving on. Then her cold red eyes settled on Sin. "Welcome." She said in her low, dark voice as she stepped towards him, stopping a few feet in front of him. There was a choker type necklace around her neck, at the center was a bright green diamond, that seemed to be living.

~~~Some where deep in the forest~~~~

Pass the cliffs and beyond the bog there is a part of the forest untouched by time, There in a the forest grew a large tree, So big was this thee that a hole city was built with in it and the people of this city lived with in as one with the tree and the forest. (Think avatar movie home tree) In the city's center resided the lord of the people and his thrown, He was the oldest of his people but looked no younger then a boy that had just became a man. His long white hair tied at the base on his neck and few strands hanged lose in his face, His golden eye's shine like the sun. He dressed in robes of blue and white silks that hang lose on his body and when he would move the way they flowed looked as if waves of silk fallowed him, at his hip lay a golden sword and on head laid a crown of silver vine's. This man was lord, Lord of the light blood elf's, Son of May, The daughter of the god of light, He was known as Aron and at this point in time he found him self at court with his advisers chartering on like mother hens. How he long to run from the duty’s of court and run free in the forest like in his youth.

“I tell you this is an act of war!” Cried one man. “They not only have they tainted the prince, They kidnapped him. What less could it mean?” Said another. “They’ve broken there word and there darkness now finds it's way in to our land, We most stop them now!” Yelled one. “There ruler is young and untrained in the old ways, We not only could save our forest but take there's as well.” Said some one but Aron had had enough and raised a single hand and all became quite. “It is true that my son has crossed the border and in to the darkness that is there land, But from what my people have told me it was of his own free will. As for war I do find my self troubled that there taint comes in to our land and they care not but in no way would I condone us take there land in such a war. You all know young and old that there has to be a balance in the forest, Even now any one of you could cross and take up there beliefs and I would not fault you, They could do the same if they so wish but some one must always remain to keep the balance.” Aron said, His voice like the silk he wore, It's soft tone calming all who heard it.

“Tell me my Lord was that not why you fathered the prince? Was he not the balance before he be came he was tainted?” Ask a female. “He is still the key and even more so now then he was before, He's human blood let's him free to feel love and happiness like us but it is more pure then any of us will ever now. We are clam and cool and these feelings do not cloud the mind as it dose with humans. Now with the taint he will feel hate and sadness unlike us and more like the others, This has always be the key. But unless he returns to train in his powers we will have much to worry on” Said Aron. “So what do we do now my lord? Should you not have sent for him long ago?” Asked the man to Aron's right. “He was not yet of age and I had wished for him to live a free life tell he was older but now....Send for the keepers of ages, We will send word to the Banshee Queen that my son must be returned and that if she can not control her tainted forest she will leave us no other opinion then to act our self's” Said Aron, His voice full of grief at thought of another war.

~~~With Sin~~

As Sin walked with Kayri and the forest started to die, He felt odd in the fact that he felt no pain from the forest. It was like even in death it was alive and happy, But once see saw the field of body he felt his insides twist in to knots. When Kayri had told him Korra had broke there own laws he was confused how that had any thing to do with the body's all around and looking at them made him weak in his knee's so he placed a hand on Kayri looking for any kind of support to keep from falling it to the bloody pools. Sadness racked his body and for the first time in all his like a single tear of crimson trailed down his cheek.

As Kayri lead him deep in to the city he made sure not to look up and stayed right behind Kayri and once there entered the fortress that had once been a grand tree Sin was shocked at what waited for him. There in front of him was a beautiful dark goddess, That had once been Korra. Sin saw as the male was dragged away but did nothing knowing with the aura Korra was now surrounded by warranted a cautious mind. Sin knew he had to get hold of his feelings that seemed to be coming to him in wave's that slammed in to his vary soul but he fought it off and reclaimed his clam as if he felt nothing but serenity. When Korra faced him he did the only thing he thought would please this Queen of darkness, Kneeling before her he bowed his head and spoke in a tone that was like cool clam water. “It is a grate honor to this lowly Sin to be welcomed by you My Lady.”

At the sight of Sin kneeling, there was something that discomforted her about it. It didn't seem right. Ignoring the thought, she stepped over to him, only the clicking of her boots made sound in the corridor. She walked her half-circle around Sin, and as she did so, the Banshee she was softened. Her skin lightened once again, her eyes and veins. Something about Sin made Korra change. No longer full of rage from her people for disobeying her and trekking out of Felwood, Korra had reached a calm.

Stopping just in front of Sin, she bent over to touch her hand to the side of his face. She crouched down carefully in front of him as she moved her hand to his chin, lifting his head. It was a gesture that had her guards and Kayri wide-eyed. The Queen was equaling herself to Sin. "I'm sorry that you are cursed with this taint, Sin." She whispered so that her words only reached his ears. Korra made her way all the way onto her knees with a soft frown as her light orange red eyes met his. There was something in her expression that craved for the pure look Sin carried with him. The warm sparkle in his eyes that had her swooning.

"You are always welcome here, and you need not bow to me." She said louder than her first statement, making it clear to the guards in the room. Word would travel easily that she treated him as an equal. Kayri smiled to herself before rising slowly.

"Pardon, My Lady." Kayri said softly before moving to head further up the spiraled tree. To her home, where she could finally rest. Korra disregarded the woman as her eyes desperately searched Sin's. A lot had happened in the past few days, and the pair had more than just a little bit of sorting to do.

Sin could feel Korra eye's on him as he knelled there in front of her, He could hear feet move along the floor as she walked her way around him, he felt anxious. What would she think of him now here back in her own lands, But his heart melted as she touched the side of his face and he heard the rustle of cloth and out side the corner of his eye he saw her move to crouch in front of him. Her hand moved to his chin and he felt her softly move his head to look at her. As he looked at her he felt warmth in her eye's and he had to smile.

When she said she was sorry he had to shake his head at her. “What you call a curse is noting more more then I can bare, It will take time to understand these new feeling's in my heart but I did not lose the ones I had held there before, So in way I've gained more.” He told her, His voice full of seniority and warmth. When she made her ways to her knee's he had to give her a raised brow but when told him he was always welcomed here he felt grateful that she was no longer acting so cold and he didn't even notice as Kayri leave as he's eye's held face to the woman in front of him.


~~~Out side Felwood~~~

He and his pack had traveled fast and hard the past few day's and they had all stopped to rest. The job given to him was grave but he could do nothing but be the messenger of Lord Aron. He could only hope when they entered the Felwood forest that they would not have to kill any of Korra's people just to see her but if it was what fate had dimmed then so be it. He would not fail and he would do all in his power to stop this war before it had a chance to start. And so after a short rest the large old gray wolf ordered his pack to move out and head for the dead forest known as Felwood.