Ok, so I've had this story stuck in my head for quite some time now but I've been too lazy to actually type it out and stuff. Yes, this is an OC story dealing with how Noatak became Amon and stuff and it now takes place before he runs away but will eventually lead to that point and so forth. Sorry if it's a bit confusing I tried to make it so that it wouldn't be but this was just giving me a hard time to do so and I was trying to get this done before the new year's but I'm a little late. Again, I'm sorry if it is and please review to tell me what you think and feel free to criticize me as much as you want because this is like an exorcize to help me improve on my writing skills. Disclaimer: The Legend of Korra or any of its characters do not belong to me.

No light, no light

Prologue

Makenna smiled down at her packed luggage and glanced to her left to see if her two daughters were done with packing their things.

Karina, the younger of the two sisters looked up and smiled at her mom, happy to see her with a positive expression on her face.

The older of the two, however, frowned as she grumbled while packing her things. She was the only one out of the family of four that was upset about moving to the Northern Water Tribe from Republic City.

"Hurry up, Reza!" the oldest sister heard her mother yell harshly at her. She turned towards her mom who was giving her a nasty look and rolled her eyes. "Don't you roll your eyes at me, little girl!" Makenna was now stepping towards her, voice rising.

Karina knew that in the next few moments she would have to be the peace maker; Reza isn't known for her patience especially with the turmoil she had with the fight she had against her mom last night.

"I'm almost done, mommy." Reza's voice dripped with venomous sarcasm as she gave her mother the evil eye.

Reza knew she shouldn't be encouraging the fight that was so close to breaking between them. 'Just four more years and I'll be eighteen, then I could get as far away as I possibly can from that thing called a woman. Four more years, just four more, c'mon, Reza, you can do it. Just hang in there…" Reza thought to herself as she proceeded with the packing of her things.

"Don't call me that." Makenna was now getting closer.

"Why? You are the one who gave birth to me aren't you?" 'Dammit! Why is it so hard for me to not give in to her? Ugh, and that was such a stupid comeback too!' Reza thought to herself as she saw her mother's face get angrier by her stupid comeback.

Now Karina stepped between them, a worried look on her innocent face "Please, you guys! Don't fight, today we're supposed to be moving, we don't have time for fighting! You don't want dad to get upset, do you?" Makenna stopped glaring at her when she heard her last sentence and regained her composure. She definitely did not want to get Renzon- her husband and Reza's father – on his bad side.

Reza smiled knowing her mother's weakness for her father. The threat of him would help her for a little while at least and give her some peace for the move. She knew that if Makenna did anything that harmed daddy's-little-one-and-only-firebender he would beat her senseless. It wasn't something to be happy about, that Reza could admit, but when she thought about how vicious her mother could be she closed off all signs of mercy.

"Are you almost done yet?" Makenna asked in a gentler tone, cautious of how she was treating her daughter, now with the thought of her abusive husband in her mind.

"Yeah, I'm done already." Reza said while picking up both her and Karina's luggage and turning for the front door.

Makenna grabbed Karina's hand while picking up her own luggage and mimicking her eldest actions.

With Renzon intruding her mind she started to see the similarities between him and his daughter. They had the same black Fire Nation hair, the same light pigmentation, and the same set of deadly firebending skills. Other than that, Reza shared the rest of her traits with her mother's Water Tribe ones, making her the only half-Water Tribe-half Fire Nation member of the family.

She was her mother's biggest mistake.

It seemed to Makenna that Karina was her only joy in life seeing that the nine year old was the only one in the family that didn't have any ties with Renzon, other than thinking he was her father.

Makenna considered Karina's birth the happiest day of her life as she looked back at the found memory.


Flashback

The newborn cried as her mother cooed her softly in her arms, great full for the safe delivery especially in the harsh weather conditions of the Northern Pole.

Makenna looked up at Kato, the baby's father, and gave him a heart filled smile that he returned before retrieving her eyes to keep her easily suspicious husband from noticing.

"Mom, can I see my new sister?" a pair of curious blue eyes tried to sneak a peek at the well swaddled bundle in her mother's arms.

"I'm sorry, but I need to check the baby's health for just a few moments so will everyone be so kind as to wait outside while I do so? I'm afraid we need the privacy." Makenna's mother had asked.

Everyone in the room went to wait outside, grumpy that they had to wait in the cold weather.

As soon as she made sure no one would be able to hear their conversation, Makenna's mother turned to her and blankly said "She's not Renzon's child."

"No"

"Whose is it?"

"Kato's," Makenna smiled at Karina who was now asleep in a warm bundle.

"You know if Renzon finds out about this he'll-"she was suddenly cut off by "I know what he'll do, but he doesn't have to find out. Please mom, let this be our little secret." Makenna looked up at her mother with pleading eyes.

"Fine," she sighed "but I want you to know; what you did was very reckless and stupid. You are married, you shouldn't be having affairs. Aren't you happy with your own daughter? I know Renzon isn't the best husband in the world, but you took the vows of never committing adultery against him and you do this? This is the biggest dishonor a wife could ever do to her husband, but don't worry, I'll keep your little secret."

"I know what I did was wrong, but remember, you forced me upon Renzon, we were betrothed, it's not like I had a choice; we hardly knew each other! And you think I would be happy with Reza? She's just like him! How could I love something that reminds me exactly of the thing I hate most in this world? But thank you, mother, for agreeing to keep your silence."

Little did they know that Reza had peeked her head inside the tent out of curiosity of what her grandma was doing to her half-sister only to hear their entire conversation. She was filled with questions and overwhelming emotions that she didn't know how to deal with. Mom hated dad? Mom hated her? And dad isn't Karina's dad? She was frozen as she tried to comprehend all these things. At that moment she started to view her mother differently.


Reza looked back at her old home for the last time. She sure would miss Republic City; she hoped that the Northern Water Tribe will bring better things than Republic City.

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