Just a short little story on Lin Beifong having her bending restored by Korra... What I think everyone was thinking as they watched Korra.. :) Hope you guys enjoy it, request and helpful pointers are more than welcome! :)
Disclaimer: No, I still don't own Avatar: The Legend Of Korra... though this little take on this scene is all mine.. moohoohaha! :P
The sun sank over the frozen tundra and cast long shadows over the small building that sat on its own, apart from a circle of standing stones that surrounded it. Lin Beifong knelt at Korra's feet and stared up at the young avatar. Tears trickled down her cheeks and the previous Avatar,, who at times had been like an uncle, a father and a great friend, voice, sometimes so fierce and passion filled and others so calm and full of great wisdom came back to her…. "To be an great earth bender is an honor Lin, but to be a great person is even greater honor"
The stone of the floor felt alien to the former chief of police, her metal armour was an unfamiliar burden and Lin felt everyone of her years in that moment. The feeling of the earth, so warm and strong and heart achingly familiar to her was a memory now. Amon had taken the spirit from her, her last connection to her mother and now Lin was alone. It didn't matter that Tenzin and Korra were with her, the smiles of the air bender children, that would once raise an inward smile, now made her turn away.
Korra closed her eyes and strived for the familiar feeling of the connection to her past lives. What had once been so challenging and frustrating to her was now as easy and fluent as water bending. The indescribable feeling of a thousand past lives of wisdom and power rushed through the young water bender as she placed her thumb on Lin's forehead. Korra could feel the heat of the sun on her face, the icy cold of the snow beneath her feet, she slowly breathed out and felt her past lives guiding her.
The gathered audience watched in hope and trepidation. Each of them, no more than Tenzin and Katara wished with all their hearts that Korra could do this. Tenzin had the utmost faith in his father, Katara in her best friend and husband. It didn't matter that Korra was his reincarnation, as they watched her close her eyes, the expression of serenity and calm was so like Aang's, that Katara felt tears in her eyes.
Korra's eyes glowed with the light of her past lives and everyone gasped, the once rash and impatient young girl seemed to radiate with power in front of them.
Mako stared at Korra, the girl that he loved: sometimes so annoying and insufferable seemed another person that this mysterious and all powerful Avatar that stood in front of him. But Mako knew that they were one in the same, two parts to a whole and as the brilliant white of the tundra shone as Korra's glowing eyes reflected on the snow, Mako knew that he could live with that.
Lin felt the a warm glow spread through her, like a stream of love and care was seeping through her every limb, the hollow empty feeling that she had felt since Amon had taken her bending was gone, replaced by this unfamiliar glow of contentment. Then as Korra relaxed her grip on Lin's forehead, the wonderfully familiar feeling of the earth came back to her. Just as it had felt when Toph had first taught her, the harsh voice of the rock and the warm call of the earth were there, deep inside her. Lin stood to her feet and felt the sensations of earth bending run through her body once more. The standing stones that circled the small group of people rose simultaneously and Lin smiled her first smile since Amon had captured her. She relaxed her grip on the stones, gently resting them back in the frozen ground and turned to Korra.
"Thank you"