Chapter 1: A Dark Beginning

Imagine... What if Korra failed to close the portal? The entire world in grave danger. Republic City has fallen. Unalaq is now the president of Republic City. Vaatu roams the nations. No one has seen the the Avatar in months, soon a year. Where is she hiding? What has happened to Mako, and his brother, Bolin? What about the others? This, is a dark twist on the tale you know, involving the characters you love. The story begins like this...

Unalaq, now president of Republic City, and the man who has freed the dark spirits from imprisonment. President Raiko, the former president of Republic City, is now imprisoned by Unalaq. Varrick and his assistant, Zhu Li, is now free from their cell. They are successfully running their own machinery business for Unalaq and his armies. Every now and then, Unalaq sends out forces to seek the Avatar, but none of them have had any luck. Republic City isn't what it seems to be nowadays, since he has taken over. The alley ways are the homes of the dark spirits. The shops are no more, no more merchants. No body in the alleyways. The cops cease to exist in the City. Chief Beifong disappeared sometime before Unalaq took control. Unalaq has a somewhat of a long face and long hair. He is from the Northern water tribe, so he wears a dark blue robe

It is the dawn of a new day, and Unalaq is sitting on his presidential chair. A man in a dark blue robe, also from the Northern water tribe, comes into the room. The man was wearing a fedora, covering his face. From his chair, he looks up from the map, and stares at him. He looks over at his twins, Eska and Desna, and tells them to leave. They are escorted out by two big men.

"What news do you bring?" he asks the man.

"The Avatar has still yet to be found, my lord." the man tells him.

Unalq, frustrated, slams on the table, with the map on it.

"You're the leader of the Avatar Search, Ing!"

"Y-y-yes..." he said, raising his body. "I apologize, my good sir."

"I've had enough of your apologies!" Unalaq put his hand out. He turns around and sits back down in his chair. "You leave me no choice, Ing,"

"Sir...?" Ing gulped.

"You are to not come back until you have found the avatar."

"You cannot treat me the way the Firelord did to his son seventy years ago!" Ing fought back. He got into a good bending position. He raised one fist and lowered the other. Two guards got ready to attack as well. Unalaq raised his hand. He got up from his seat and walked down the steps.

"I believe I can..." Unalaq said. "After all, I am the president of Republic City."

Unalaq ordered the two guards to escort him out. They grabbed him by the arms and dragged him out of the room.

"You can't do this to me!" Ing yelled out. "I AM LOYAL TO YOU!"

"You were a good leader, Ing." Unalaq said quietly. "You will be missed."

The big doors shut and out came Eska and Desna"What was all that commotion about, father?" Desna asked him, without any sign of emotion. "Did another not obey orders?"

"General Ing has yet to find Avatar Korra."

Both Desna and Eska looked over at each other. They also have long hair, just like their father. Eska is the girl, and Desna is the boy. They are fraternal twins, but look very similar to each other. For some, it's hard to tell them apart. They watched their father walk away.

"Father," Eska spoke out. He turned around and faced them. "Let us search for Avatar Korra."

Unalaq's eyes grew wide opened once he heard that.

"I can't allow that."

"Father," Desna continued. "Do you really think Ing can find the Avatar even if he tried?"
"He isn't allowed back in Republic City until he does."

"Then," Eska didn't give up. "Let us find her. We would do a much better job at finding Korra than Ing."

Unalaq sighed. "Alright..."

"Thank you father." Desna said. "We will not let you down."

"It would be a shame for my children to let their father down."

"We'll get right to it." Eska said.

They both left the room together.

"Don't fail me, son and daughter..." Unalaq said to himself.

After that was said, he walked out to visit Varrick in his machine shop. Once he arrived, Varrick immediately greeted him.

"President Unalaq!" he gave him a big smile. "Pleasant to see you!"

"Cut the act, Varrick and show me what you got."

"Right this way!" He allowed him to go first.

Varrick was formerly an enemy of Unalaq, but after Unalaq took reign of Republic City, he immediately switched sides. He was former allies with Korra, Mako, Bolin, and Asami. Varrick has short black hair and has a normal face. He is eccentric and very outgoing. He greets everybody he first meets with a smile. When he was allies with Asami, he helped her get her business back on track, but according to Mako, something didn't feel right about him. One day, in Mako's apartment, cops barged in and arrested Mako for being involved with the theft of Asami's business. Varrick had framed him by putting something in a closet of his. The cops arrested him and put him in prison. Varrick made Mako's young brother, Bolin, into a star, named Nuktuk, Hero of the South. People loved him. After learning the Varrick's plan to kidnap President Raiko, he helped the cops arrest Varrick by distracting men that were in the middle the kidnapping. Finally, the cops arrested Varrick and freed Mako. After being freed from prison, Mako saw Korra for the first time after their big fight, causing them to break up. However, Korra doesn't remember the fight, because she was swallowed by a dark spirit. She kissed him, making Asami jealous, because Asami and Mako were starting to get back into a relationship. They visited Varrick in prison. There, he told them that he did do some good things as well, all except for Mako. He lent them his ship, which he named after his assistant, Zhu Li. They took the ship to arrive to a open gate, leading them to the Spirit World. Once there, they entered. Tenzin, Bumi, and Kya, went to go search for Tenzin's daughter, Jinora, who was trapped in the spirit world. There, Korra got into a big fight with her uncle, Unalaq. Unforunately, that was when it all started; when the Dark Spirits took over the world and a mention of a new Avatar, a Dark Avatar.