The Sinister blade

T W E N T Y S E V E N : K A T A R I N A

Nothing can explain how terrible I feel right now. Nothing can make this pain go away. Not even the long races on the horses which I loved to have with Talon.

'' Are you okay? '' Garen holds me still as I bounce when I'm walking towards the shore. I cannot control my emotions nor my body. I just walk towards the place we fell in.

'' Kat please wait a second! '' Garen shouts as he follows me blindly. He reaches me in a minute and stops me from stepping forward. I just stare at him blankly.

I don't know what to say. I just know that I want to disappear. I want to go to the same cliff and jump off like I did last time. And hopefully this time Cassiopeia won't be there to save me. Or may I say, hopefully this time my sister won't be there to save me.

Garen wraps his arm around me and holds me tight. I lay my head over his chest and I can hear his heartbeats. My tears stream down my face and he wipes them away. I hold onto him so tight as I try to wash the pain off of my chest. Since this moment nothing is the same for both of us. Not just for me. If I just found out that Cassiopeia is my sister, Garen just found out that his father the commandant Hammunculus was the reason of her conversion.

'' I am sorry. '' He says as he caresses my hair. '' I am so sorry. '' I can sense the pain in his voice as he speaks.

'' Why? Why would they hide this from me? '' I ask him the question I keep repeating inside of my head. At this moment, I don't blame Cassiopeia for what she did. But why would my family hide such truth from me?

'' Don't judge until you personally ask them Kat. '' Garen still tries to comfort me. '' I'm sure they have a reason to hide such thing from you, and from the world. ''

'' Why she didn't tell me either! '' I shout with a mixture of tears and anger which makes my voice shake as I speak.

'' She has been hidden from the entire world for years Kat. Do you think it has been easy for her? '' Garen reminds me of how this can be difficult for Cassiopeia as much as it was difficult for me. It's just that it can be harder for her, at least I spent years with my family, Cassiopeia has been fighting this cruel world on her own.

'' Let's go back to the Leary. '' I request from Garen. '' Please, now. ''

Garen and I run on the shore trying to find any sign of the Ardshem. His hand holds mine as we cross miles hoping to see a sign of going back to our time and going back home.

'' Hey! '' A voice comes from behind. I turn to see a group of guards on horses. One of the guard shouts. '' Over here! '' He calls his colleagues to join him.

'' Run! '' Garen shouts as he runs.

'' I thought we were invisible to them! '' I exclaim trying to catch my breath as we run. Garen and I reach the cliff where I jumped from. I peer at it remembering how I fell off and Cassiopeia saved me. I run climbing the cliff to the top. Garen is behind me, and the guards are behind us as well. As we reach the top, I look at the sea which looks different. Much different than the last time. I close my eyes to sense the wind and it doesn't blow at all. I don't feel any breeze.

'' Do you trust me? '' Garen asks me as he glances back watching the guards approaching us in a massive speed of horses. I nod as I have no energy to speak up and answer him. Garen holds my hand, and before the guards reach us, we jump off the cliff.

I feel the water dragging me down, the same way it did before. I try to swim up but I fail. I don't have enough strength to push myself up and get off the water. I look for Garen maybe he is anywhere around me but I cannot see clearly. Suddenly, I sense a strong force pushing me down towards the deepest point of the ocean. And I lose it again. The same way I lost my consciousness when Cassiopeia found me.

I open my eyes to see myself in bed. I glare at the room around me, it's my own room. I'm in Noxus in my own room. I jump off the bed and I feel an extreme dizziness which makes me fall so hard on the floor. I try to get on my feet again but I fail. All of a sudden, the door slams open.

'' Kat! '' Talon shouts as he rushes to help me get out of the floor. '' How did you get here? '' He holds me up and puts me back onto my bed. I sit straight and see that my leg is injured, it keeps bleeding.

'' Wait I'll get mom to help. '' Talon says the words and runs outside of the room. I try to remember what happened; how did I get here? I only remember how I jumped with Garen and I almost died inside of the ocean.

'' Katarina! '' Mom rushes towards me. Her tears don't stop as she hugs me so tight. '' I'm sorry. '' She repeats the words as she cries so hard.

I see mom's reaction and I realize that Garen and I are back to our time. When we jumped off the cliff the Ardshem brought me home. Maybe Garen was right, that book is too strong and too powerful that it understands your hidden words. My mom still cries, and I don't want her to cry. As I hear her sobbing and holding onto me so hard, I remember Cassiopeia. She already lost a daughter; she doesn't deserve to lose another one.

'' Don't cry mom. '' I comfort her. I hold her hands between mine. Talon is in the corner watching us. '' I just need one favour from you. '' As I spell out the words, my mom's eyes get widen. She's scared of what I'll ask for.

'' Tell me what you are hiding from me. Everything which includes Hammunculus that you're hiding from me. '' I gather my courage and ask my mother. Cassiopeia is mom's weakness for sure. And I am certain it was hard for her to bury such feeling, such loss, for too many years.

'' How? '' She looks at me and Talon in surprise.

'' Please, I only want to know the truth '' My voice shakes. I want to know details from my mother. Why would Hammunculus harm a kid in that way?

'' Is this why you left? '' She says. '' Is this why you killed him? '' She asks me and I remember the main reason I left. Even she still thinks I killed him.

'' I didn't kill Hammunculus Mom. My sister did. '' I throw the truth at her, not worrying about her reaction. My mother doesn't answer me. She's shocked. '' I only want to know the truth. '' I request from her again.

'' If I hid anything from you, it was to protect you Kat. '' She says.

'' Protect me? From who? My sister? '' I exclaim.

'' No. But to protect you from Hammunculus, and from your dad's affairs with the evil people. '' Mom explains to me and her hands shake. She tries to hide it. But she fails. '' Hammunculus created a monster out of your sister, and he killed Talon's parents as well. ''

She spells the words out and I am frozen. I look at Talon who doesn't move either. He wasn't expecting from my mother to say such thing.

'' What do you mean by Talon's parents? '' I ask mom who's in full surprise.

'' I thought... '' She tries to find the words.

My heart palpitations raise so fast. I can sense my blood running in my veins. I get out of bed, aiming to go outside to catch some air. I fall at the first time I try to get on my own feet again. Talon holds me. He lifts me between his arms and I look at his eyes. I look at him and I wonder if he didn't know about this, or it is just me who everything around her is a lie.