Petyre: 

I sense that Katrina has awoken from her slumber and snap my fingers and appear in Odin's Vault in the palace. I look around and notice that everything is surrounded by darkness and there is no light at all. I sigh to myself and close my eyes sensing everything around me. I hear small cries and I mutter a spell under my breath so light finally fills the room. There in the corner with her head in her lap and her raven hair surrounding her is Katrina. I slowly approach her with care, I do not need to frighten her. 

"Katrina?" I ask slowly, I watch as her shoulders move in the same motion as her shaking, crying body. She does not move at all or even responds to my call so I continue to walk towards her. I notice as I get closer, a purple mist surrounding her body, raining down and seeping into the floor. 

"Katrina?" I gently place my hand on her shoulder. She snaps out of her state and I am sent flying back into the air and I land on the ground with a thud. I hiss out in pain as I land on my back. I carefully lift my head up and groan in pain but I manage to see Katrina standing across the room from me in a fighting stance. I notice that her irises are the lighter shade of green and she hisses at me.

"What did you do to me?" she asks snarling and stalking towards me. I stare at her in shock as I see purple veins traveling up her face. She hisses and growls as she gets closer to me. I shake my head not understanding what she means. 

"I haven't done anything to you Katrina," I state honestly. Besides from stabbing her and then well... killing her I haven't hurt her at all. I have not done anything to her. She shakes her head and snarls louder at me, her tigress roar seeping through her voice like water. 

"LIAR! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" She shouts angrily running towards me, picking me up by the collar and holding me in the air so that my feet are dangling. I stare into her eyes and see that they are predatorial. She snarls and growls bringing me closer to her face.

"You've done something, I know you have. Ever since I have woken up, I have felt dark, I haven't felt like myself and it feels like there is another entity in my head," she cries out.

"Oh... The dark energy..." I mutter under my breath. I feel a hand around my throat and I look to are Katrina growling at me with her fangs bearing.

"What dark energy?!" she screams growling at me clutching my throat tighter. I sigh and smile at her. 

"You really don't remember do you?" I ask her. She raises a brow and I smirk chuckling. 

Five years ago: 

I stare out into the royal palace gardens and watch as the wind blows the trees softly from side to side. I smile and watch as I notice the Princess run out of the main palace doors and run into the overgrown maze. It closes as she enters sealing everyone from the outside world out. I stop staring at the flowers and rush after the Princess and follow her into the maze casting an enchantment which grants me access to her secret hideout. 

I hear muffled cries as delve deeper and deeper into the maze. I turn around a corner and suddenly my arms start to feel cold. I notice my hairs standing on end but never less I continue to wander. There sat on the floor with ice surrounding her is the Princess, snowflakes are scattering around her body and her once emerald dress fades to blue. 

"Princess?" I ask hesitantly and walk towards her slowly. Suddenly shards of ice fly my way and I hold my hands up using my magic as a shield and watch as the shards snap and break flying at me. 

"GO AWAY!" she shouts looking up at me, her eyes are a lighter shade of green and are all puffy and red. She presses her head back into her lap and she continues to cry.

"Princess, what's wrong?" I question taking another hesitant step towards her. She snaps her head up at me now growling, she stands almost instantly and inhumane growl emits from her throat. 

"I SAID LEAVE!" she roars and more ice comes my way and just like before I block the ice. Her breathing increases and I see her shoulders and chest moving frantically. 

"I don't want to, I want to know what's wrong," I inform her. Something in her eyes changes and I notice her eyes are turning back to their usual green and her dress fades back to emerald slowly, her breathing calms and she looks around and her eyes squint looking at all of the fresh ice. She gasps stepping back and places her hand on her mouth whilst tears run from her eyes. She shakes her head and looks directly at me. 

"Please leave, I don't want to hurt you," she tells me and runs off creating a doorway in the maze and running through it before closing it. I chase after her and create a new doorway and follow her. 

"Please, Princess! I just want to talk and I know you won't hurt me!" I shout into the distance knowing she can hear me. 

"Why would you want to talk to me? I'm a monster!" she shouts and I run around a corner and see her standing still with her back to me looking down at her hands. 

"You're not a monster," I tell her honestly. She turns on her heel and I take a breath in when she faces me. Her eyes are now lighter again and her fingernails are now extended to claws. 

"How can you say that? I mean, look at me! I meant to be a Princess, but I'm not, I have claws and my eyes change colour, and... and... whenever I get angry or sad or even happy, I turn into a beast," she explains, tears rolling down her face. I walk towards her slowly and all she does is stare at me with blurred eyes. 

"Katrina, you are not a monster, all I see is a Princess, a beautiful woman who can do whatever she wants and can rule just the same as everyone else can, even better than those people. I see a Princess who is unique and talented and someone to look up and admire. I do not see a monster at all, you have a gift Katrina and that's what makes you special," I tell her holding her hands and rubbing my thumb across them she starts to calm and I notice her claws are turning back into her fingernails. 

"How can you say that? I'm cursed Petyre, I'm cursed and I will always be cursed," she whispers sorrowfully. I sigh and shake my head. 

"You know, I always used to think that my magic was a curse until I learned to accept it," I say and look into her eyes sweetly. 

"But magic isn't a curse, it's a gift, look..." she replies and takes her hands out of mine and with her right hand she blows on it lightly and I watch as a violet light blows into the air and transforms into a butterfly and flies around us, I watch her in awe and then say to her. 

"And you turning into a tigress shouldn't be a curse, it's a gift just like magic, so if you're a monster, so am I," she smiles at me and the butterfly slowly turns into a tiger and roars whilst running around us. I smile at her magic and turn to see her looking at me sweetly. Before I can say anything, I feel her soft lips against my own. I am shocked at first and do nothing until I slowly realize what is happening and close my eyes and kiss her back. It is a short and sweet kiss and when she pulls back I notice she is blushing. 

"You're really sweet Petyre," she says and leans in and kisses my cheek before walking away and out of the maze. I stand there in shock and place my hand on my cheek and lightly touched where she kissed me. Her warm and soft lips. I close my eyes and smile, she loves me. 

Present time:

"Remember what?!" Katrina shouts at me. I smirk and grab onto her wrist and latch my hand onto it firmly. I never found out that day why she came into the maze running and crying, I only remember her telling me about her being a monster and her kissing me. I look at her and with my other hand I run it down her face and catch the fallen tears before bringing that hand to my lips and sucking them. She struggles and pulls a look of disgust at me. 

"Remember me and you, at the palace, home," I tell her. She shakes her head and growls at me. 

"I remember you stabbing me in the back and killing my mother, I remember you turning on your own people, your own friends! And then, I remember you stabbing me in the gut killing me!" she screams. I chuckle darkly and shake my head. 

"No no no Katrina, I didn't go against you, I went against your family! They tried to tear us apart and I didn't like that!" I shout back at her watching her squirm in my grip. 

"YOU'RE INSANE! YOU'RE PSYCHOTIC! I NEVER LOVED YOU! YOU WERE MY FRIEND!" She growls. Something in me snaps and I send my hand straight across her face and let go of her, watching her fall to the floor. 

"ALL I EVER DID WAS LOVE YOU! NO-ONE ELSE! YOU! BUT YOU'RE PARENTS COULDN'T ACCEPT A SERVANT LOVING THEIR PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL!" I angrily shout. She flinches but no tears come out of her eyes. Anger is radiating off of me and I know if I don't do something fast I'll hurt her again and I can't afford to. 

"In fact, that is why I made a deal with the devil, I sold some of my magic to create a new force, a new type of energy that hasn't been created in centuries," I tell her chuckling. She scowls at me but her face slowly turns into fear when she realizes what I am talking about. 

"Dark energy... dark... magic..." she looks up at me and visibly gulps and goes to run, but I stop her raising my hand and choking her. She gasps for air and clutches her throat. 

"That's right baby girl, and guess what is growing inside of you," I stride towards her and lift her off of her feet with my hand around her throat. She stares directly into my eyes fear consuming them. 

"Dark Magic!" I smash my lips against hers and reactivate the energy inside of her, she struggles and pushes me away with some of her own magic but it is too late. Her body starts to glow and I smirk when her pupils change from emerald to pure silver. She stops and looks at the ground, her head slowly lifts as I watch her dress change to pure black and a black cloak rises and wraps around her body. She looks down at the ring on her finger and chuckles before taking it off and putting it into the palm of her hand, whilst her other hand is above it twirling before black smoke covers the ring and it vanishes. She clicks her fingers and black gloves appear on her hands as she slowly looks at me and smirks. 

"I think we have a kingdom to run, don't you?" her voice is a lot darker than before and I smirk myself before she takes my hand and we disappear. 

Loki:

I watch as Sargeant Connors stands to his feet slowly and walks towards his brother in the cell opposite me. 

"What do you mean she is alive?" Captain Connors asks growling at his brother, I look between the pair of them and sigh. 

"She's alive Will! She's alive!" he shouts. Captain Connors shakes his head and starts pacing around his cell. 

"That's impossible. Katrina is dead and there is nothing more to it!" Captain Connors shouts enraged with anger and slams his fist against the back of his cell. I sigh and shake my own head taking a seat. I tune the brothers out and focus on Katrina. It is my fault she is dead if I had saved her sooner or even watched over her she wouldn't be gone. I sit alone in my own misery but I do not let any tears fall, I can't... I feel so numb. 

I close my eyes and lean my head up against the wall of my cell and close my eyes. I sit here for what feels like hours until I sense magic. I open my eyes and watch as black smoke leaves my cell. I stand up curious to see what is left by the smoke and my eyes widen when I notice the ring I gave Katrina on the floor. I pick up the ring and see a small note attached. I unpeel the note and read its contents before I hear shouting and running down the dungeon steps. 

"Miss Me?..."

Thor:

I walk along the corridors glumly with Sif at my side as she tries to talk to me. I nod my head as she continues to try and make conversation. This was not meant to happen, none of this. Katrina should still be alive and Loki shouldn't be locked up in a cell. No one this should have happened. If I had only been there for my brother and shown him that he was not an outcast to the family and shown him what a real family is then maybe he wouldn't be locked up. Maybe if I had been a better friend to Katrina then this wouldn't have happened either. Her death has had a major impact on all of us, especially Loki and my mother. My mother refuses to speak to my father at the moment and she herself is devastated that Loki is locked in a cell and not with us, but it was father's orders. Sif continues to talk until she stops and hits me. 

"Thor!" she says. I turn to her and sigh. She looks ahead and it looks like her breathing has stopped. I turn to see what she is staring at and gasp. My eyes widen when I see who is standing in front of me. 

"Katrina..." I whisper. As soon as her name leaves my mouth her head snaps up and I see her smirk at me. But something is off about her, she has a dark presence. 

"Hello Thor, miss me?" she chuckles and I walk toward her. She doesn't move and only tilts her head to the side. 

"You're alive?" I question. I see her smirk widen and Sif stays where she is. She almost looks frightened. Katrina notices this and she grins. 

"Looks like Lady Sif is scared, haha, she should be!..." her voice turns dark and I see Katrina lift her hand in the air and Sif gets sent flying backward and slammed into the wall unconscious. I rush over to Sif and check if she is still alive. 

"Oh don't worry about her mighty god of thunder, she's still breathing I have merely knocked her out," she explains. I turn to look at her and call Mjölnir summoning my hammer to my hand. Katrina tuts and shakes her finger. 

"You shouldn't have done that Thor," she says disappointed and as my hammer comes around the hallway, it freezes. I look Katrina and she has a grin on her face. 

"Ohh this is going to hurt a lot," she chuckles sadistically as my hammer comes flying at me and sends me through the palace wall and into the throne room. I cough and look at the massive hole in the wall and Katrina smiling darkly through it. My hammer keeps me on the ground and for some unknown reason, I cannot budge it. The guards in the throne room look at me and then at Katrina and ready their weapons. 

"What is the meaning of this?!" my father shouts. I watch as Katrina walks through the wall and my mother gasps. 

"Katrina?" she says with relief in her tone. But Katrina shakes her head and laughs darkly. Sighing she steps forward and smirks at all of us in the throne room. 

"Sadly no," she tells us. A guard releases an arrow at her but before it can touch her skin it stops and floats in mid-air. Katrina scruffs her eyebrows together and looks at the guard darkly. She snaps her fingers and the arrow flies back penetrating the guard's heart killing him instantly. My mother gasps and we all have a look of shock on our faces. 

"Katrina is dead, I'm Kari," she announces. My father steps down from his throne and looks at her. 

"What do you want with Asgard?" he asks her. She shrugs her shoulders and waltzes towards us all. 

"Oh, I want nothing to do with Asgard, I just wanted to make a scene," she laughs waving her hand in the air as a group of guards are lifted from their feet. 

"You've made a scene now I suggest you leave before I kill you," my father orders. I notice her eye's turn darker and the grin on her face turns into a frown. She scoffs and the guards start to choke and they fall to the floor. A couple of seconds later they all rise in black coated armor and stand straight and aim their weapons at us. 

"KATRINA!" I hear someone shout. Sargeant Connors runs towards her with his sword raised high. Kari turns and flicks her wrist and black smoke surrounds him. 

"Down boy!" she demands and as the smoke vanishes a wolf is in the Sergeants place. The wolf snarls at us and stands next to Kari. 

"I suggest you don't threaten me, Odin. I am not here to destroy Asgard, nor hurt its people, but I will do. Now, I must be off, I have a kingdom to run, and I am the rightful Queen," she goes to turn on her heel but stops and smirks at us.

"Oh, and one more thing, if you think to go after me or even send your army to kill me, then Katrina also dies... just remember whose body I'm in," with that said black smoke surrounds her, Sargeant Connors, and the guards all disappear. My hammer falls to the side of me and I stand up. I see my mother crying and my father looking shocked. 

"I'm going to see Loki," I announce and make my way down the dungeons.

Loki:

I see Thor running towards my cell as some other guards release Captain Connors. Thor looks at me with sadness and I notice his armor is scratched up badly and he has cuts on his face. 

"What the hell have you done now?" I ask him. He doesn't answer for a moment and sighs looking down at his hammer taking a moment to think. When he looks up at me I notice a tear fall down his face. 

"Loki, Katrina is alive," he tells me. I raise my brow and shake my head. 

"That's impossible, she died. I watched her die!" I shout. He shakes his own head and I stop for a moment and look at the ring in my hand. Thor looks at it too. But if she's alive then why would her ring be here and not with her? Why hasn't she come to see me? As if reading my thoughts Thor replies. 

"But she's not herself. There's dark energy that has consumed her soul Loki," I take a deep breath and look at him. 

"And where is she now?" I question in a small voice. Thor walks towards the cell and gets a little closer. 

"I believe she has gone back home, to her own realm." I suck a breath in and nod my head. 

"And she has also got dark magic, a group of guards, and Sargeant Connors," he informs me. I don't say a word and I just stare down at the ring in my hand. 

"Why?" I ask slowly getting angered. 

"Because it's not Katrina anymore. She goes by the name of Kari," I look up at him and something in me snaps. 

"That woman who you loved is more of a monster than you realized," The Other hisses at me. 

"What are you talking about?" I growl back. No one will disrespect my Katrina. 

"She's not only a witch, and a tigress, but she is also a demon," he tells me. I shake my head. 

"You're lying to me, she is no demon!" The Other laughs at me. 

"Do you not believe me God of Lies? She is a demon with dark magic, dark energy. She is not Katrina the woman you love, she is Kari." 

The Other was telling the truth about her. He didn't lie to me. But how is that possible? She had never shown any demon or evil qualities to me. 

"And all it takes for her to be her true form is a little bit of dark magic to enter her soul..."

I look at Thor and nod my head. Katrina must have had dark magic in her system before she died. That's the only way her other self could have been activated. 

"I'm sorry Loki, she cannot be retrieved either or else Kari will kill Katrina," Thor explains and I continue to nod my head as he leaves. Once he is gone, I look down back at the ring and a tear escapes from my eye. 

"No..." I mutter. Everything finally kicks in, I was warned. I was told even. I could have done something to prevent this but I didn't. I failed her. I failed her.

"NOO!" I scream and throw the ring and watch as it explodes into smaller pieces of emerald against the force field. 

I fall to my knees and look at the broken shards. 

"It's broken, just like you..." I hear a dark voice. I turn and see Katrina in my cell smirking at me. I don't say anything but just stare at her. Even though I know it's not really her. 

"I thought you lost everything before you lost her, lost me, and now you have been reduced to nothing," she whispers and looks at the broken ring.

"You really have been broken," she finishes before disappearing. I bring my knees up to my chest and close my eyes letting my feelings unleash themselves, smashing everything in my room and letting the pieces of wood and broken furniture hit me. 

I feel a light weight on my knee and look up and see the ring in front of me mended like it had never been broken. 

Maybe there is still hope for her...