Cursed...

Kastarya was pacing back and forth. She had told Tiandril that she needed to meet with him, but he was running late. This wasn't like him but she knew he was spending a lot of time with Kyliska and he lost track of time. She was waiting for him outside the Silvermoon gates. In the distance she could make out Ti on his wolf making his way towards her. He smiled when he saw her and dismounted and gave her a warm, tight hug.

"Sister, I have missed you!" he exclaimed. "How are you? I hope everything is alright."

Kastarya took a step back and gave him a very serious look. "No, Tiandril everything is not alright." she started slowly. "I was debating whether or not to even tell you what happened, but I decided you had a right to know." He was looking at her with a confused look on his face, he seemed concerned with whatever she was about to tell him. He put a hand on her shoulder and urged her to continue. "Ti....our mother came to me the other day. She said some interesting things."

"Our mother came to you? I'm surprised she is still alive. What in the fel did she want from you?" he asked annoyed.

"Ti, I'm not even sure what she wanted. Maybe to just clear the air, to let us know she was alive?" Kastarya said. "She did seem concerned when I told her how you had a curse put on you, she gave us her best."

Tiandril snorted in disbelief. "Yeah I'm sure she is really concerned for me, when has she ever tried to contact us before? To see if we were ok, or even ALIVE for that matter. For all she knew we died in the scourge invasion and she didn't even care!"

"I know, she said she left us because it was safer that way or something like that. I was just in such shock to see her. I also hadn't had much sleep the past few days I thought maybe she was part of my imagination or something at the time!"

Tiandril hugged Kastarya again. "It is ok Kast. She is delusional if she thinks her leaving us was for the best. I'm just glad I was able to keep you safe, that was a very scary time, and I'm almost glad that you were very young and probably don't remember a lot of what happened."

"I remember some things, and I know it was scary. I'm just confused why she thinks what she did was right and justified, and also why she felt the need to seek me out now, out of nowhere."

Tiandril looked at his younger sister with sympathy in his eyes. "She cannot justify leaving us to our deaths, no matter what she thinks. I do not know how anyone could leave their children to die. She is no mother to me anymore." Kastarya looked into Tiandril's eyes and saw that he did not really mean his words. What their mother did to them left him scarred and hurt. He would probably love to just forget about her but she was still their mother no matter what. It hurt him more than he would like to admit.

"Ti, let us not think about this anymore for the time being." Kastarya started. "I have been studying almost non stop trying to find a cure to your curse. I think I might be getting close to something!"

"Kast, you are an amazing sister, do you know that?" he smiled at her. "I know you will find the cure, I was never worried about that. Once you put your mind to something you see it through no matter what. But please do not get sick by not taking care of yourself, you need to sleep and eat. And also please find some time for some fun too!" He hit her playfully and she smiled back at him.

"Oh do you mean like how YOU are having fun with a certain blonde blood elf?" she smirked at him.

"Shh, Kast! That is a secret, and I only told you because I trust you! If anyone else found out about that it could have dire consequences for her and me!"

"I know I know, I would never tell anyone even though I'm not entirely sure I trust her. I do trust your judgement though."

"She can be trusted, don't worry. I have plans dear sister, don't you worry. We will be alright. I will always be there for you, I am here no matter what." Tiandril reached into his pocket and pulled out a locket, it was in the shape of a star and glittered brightly. He handed it to his sister. "This is for you. I had it enchanted so that you can reach me whenever you need me. All you need to do is think of me while wearing it and it will glow and I will be able to hear you."

"Ti! It is beautiful! Thank-you so much!" she felt like crying, the gift was so beautiful and also she felt safer knowing she could now contact her brother more easily especially knowing he was keeping his affair with Kyliska a secret and was sometimes hard to track down. He kissed her forehead and smiled.

"Anything for you Kast. You know I would do anything for you, right?"

"Of course Ti, as I would for you as well. Now get going, I know you are very busy I just wanted to let you know what happened with Mother."

"Thank-you for telling me Kast, we will figure out what her plan is, but hopefully we do not even see her again anytime soon." he said with a hint of sadness in his voice. He got back onto his wolf and blew a kiss to his sister and rode off into the distance. Kast was now even more determined to find the cure to her brother's curse. She just HAD to.

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Tiandril rode far enough away from Silvermoon but not back to his meeting place with Kyliska. He needed to stop and think for a minute with no one else around. So his mother decided to show her face again after all this time. He didn't know how he felt about that exactly. He felt such a mixture of emotions. He missed her, hated her, loved her, felt confused by what she did. Suddenly he felt a throbbing pain in his chest near his heart. He placed his hand there and pressed hard as if that would make the pain go away. This happened from time to time and seemed to be happening more frequently as of late. He knew this was from the curse and time was starting to run out. He didn't want to worry Kastarya and make her nervous so he didn't tell her how dire his situation was getting. Kyli didn't know either, she didn't even know he was cursed.

He didn't even know what it meant exactly. He didn't know what would happen to him. Would he just die, would he turn into a lich? He had no clue and was not interested in finding out. His sister would find a cure he was sure of it. He just hoped that she did in time, he was all she had. He didn't want to leave her.

Tiandril's thoughts turned to Kyliska, should he tell her or would he needlessly worry her? His feelings for her were getting confusing lately. Ever since she went into her blood rage, he looked at her differently but tried not to show her that. If he really did love her, shouldn't he love everything about her? But that was scary for him. He had never seen her act that way before. She could have killed him if she didn't snap out of it. He knew she was sorry she had apologized profusely and healed his wounds for him. She tried to make it up to him, but things just seemed different now. Maybe this wasn't worth it, maybe it was just lust and not love that he felt for her. He wasn't even sure how she felt for him. He knew that she still thought about Andithiel.

Tiandril decided to put those thoughts from his mind for the time being. It wasn't as important as other pressing matters.