Chap 1-prologue
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Air, Water, Earth, and Fire. These are the elements of the earth each with their own contribution to the balance of the universe, one benefits the rest and all rely on each other to continue the flow of life that has sustained for thousands and thousands of years. Each element had their own unique being to which could harness the elements power and be the conduit to which the element could continue to interact with the world. The body is merely a physical manifestation, a vessel for the spiritual self. One of these beings were of great intelligence, majesty, and power they were the dragons.
Archaic scriptures foretold humans that were descendents of these beasts. They had the ability of The Voice, the Dragon tongue to speak with the power of the dragons. They could gain the form of their ancestors unleashing their true primal self. However, these dragonborn have long since been erased from history, all but one. The story I am about to repeat takes place during the time of Avatar Korra. This is was a great time for the spirits of the world to heal after the 100 year war and after the planets aligned for their 10,000 year convergence, but not too long after that things were allowed to settle in peace...
Republic City was alive today, not that is isnt always busy with people rushing and bustling in the big city, but today was special, it was founders day. There was going to be a magnificent parade and there were going to be floats and events dedicated to the original founders. Floats of Sokka, Toph, Katara, Fire Lord Zuko, and lastly Avatar Aang would pass through the city as the citizens would rejoice and celebrate. It was the biggest party of the year, but there were some who didnt agree with some of the laws these figures had in place so security was on double time, but that still wouldnt stop the festivities tonight.
"Tenzin? Tenzin where are you?" A young woman wearing southern clothing wandered the house that was on air temple island searching for her mentor but grew agitated as she couldnt find him. A woman holding a baby gently put her hands on the wandering girl's shoulder.
"I think's he's over at Aang's memorial statue Korra." The woman said to the girl with large kind eyes and a heartful smile.
"Thanks Pema, also where are all the air acolytes?" Korra seemed out of touch with what everyone was up to today.
"Oh they are at the city helping to build the floats, even Kya and Bumi are there, didn't anyone tell you?" Her eyes gave a puzzled look as to why the water tribe girl was not aware of today's events, especially she of all people.
"No, no one told me, and it's really frustrating." Korra seemed at a loss to understand why she of all people have been excluded from today. The kind mother noticed and still sought to console her troubles.
"Korra you're over thinking and over worrying yourself, what are your friends up to?" Pema asked trying to diverge Korra away from the subject.
"Well Mako is patrolling the streets, Bolin is doing a commercial or something."
"What about Asami? You two seem to be good friends." Pema inquired.
" Yea, but after the whole mako and her, mako and me, then back to her, and then breaking up again it's kind of awkward." Pema tried to make light of the obvious boyfriend drama.
" Doesn't sound like it's her more so Mako, crazy guy he is." Her chide at Mako made Korra laugh a bit.
" That's true, but still, would you be bffs with Lin?" That turned it around. Pema sighed, but with a small laugh.
" Well now that you say that I see your point." A boy in air acolyte clothing and a large head came rushing on a ball of air towards the two women, blowing gusts of wind at them, he was very excited to see them.
"Korra Korra! Your pretty friend called!" The young boy was ecstatic over this, he was more energetic than usual, but this amused the young water tribe woman.
"Speak of the Devil," Korra turned to Pema, '' what did she have to say Meelo?" The young air child began to speak so quickly he was almost hard to understand.
" She said she should move in so we could be best friends and ride air bison and train flying lemurs together!" The boy finished with a sheepish grin.
"Meelo." His mother said not amused, by his childish game.
" Awh, ok," he turned to Korra, " she said The General is at her work and needs you to come and talk to him right away."
" Iroh? What could he need me for?" Korra asked it was strange the young general was at Asami's asking for her.
" I don't know she said she didn't even know only that it was important." The boy's energy calmed down a bit as Korra was pondering what she heard.
" Thanks Meelo I'll head over there right away." Korra finished smiling at the young monk child
" Can I come too!" His joy instantly peaked again, but was quickly shot down by his mother's stern glare.
"No!" Meelo then pouted away, but then was quickly attacked by playful lemur's and abandoned his disappointment.
" Take care Pema, i'll see you guys tonight!" Korra waved goodbye to the woman as she was off to Future Industries.
The company was still located at the Sato home, nothing really changed about it since Hiroshi's time the only thing was there were more united forces machinery and personnel. After Varric, Asami made a permanent partnership with the united forces to give them the most up to date and efficient designs and the united forces kept the company always in production. Things seemed to be going just fine which is another reason Korra was unnerved by the urgency and vague message by the General.
She was greeted by the butler who informed her everyone was waiting in the courtyard. Korra found her way there to a wide and spacious garden overlooking the mountains and found Asami, Iroh, Mako, and Lin waiting. Korra could understand seeing Mako here since he was a part of their group, but Lin Bei-Fong? She doesnt fool around. Why she is here brought another concern on Korra.
" Korra you're here!" Asami stated gladly, everyone perked up a bit before Lin cut in.
" General now that everyone is here please tell us why you have us here, today is an important day for republic city and I need to be on duty." Lin asserted the fact that her time wasn't to be wasted and this matter had better be worth it.
" Wait where's Bolin?" Korra asked almost worried.
" He's at work, we'll fill him in later." Mako chimed in and Korra nodded in agreement. Iroh began to speak.
" I called you all here because this is something personal." Everyone's curiosity peaked as to what type of personal issue this could be?
" I can't do it alone, and I can't have the united forces involved since this isn't a matter concerning the city, but it does for my family. " Iroh's face was more serious than usual, it was a side she hasn't seen from him, it was a mix of worry and desperation.
" It's my sister, she's gone missing." Everyone's face, including Lin's, fell at the gravity of this. Everyone knew family was indeed something not to trifle with. Korra knew Iroh's sister, when she was young and going through her avatar training occasionally the royal family would visit. Korra was good friends with the princess they would play, explore, and get into mischievous schemes together and one day she stopped coming to see her, she was too young to understand the royal family would say. Eventually she put it behind her and let it fade, but now she was excited to see her long lost friend, yet worried.
" Your sister? I didn't even know you had a sister?" Asami turned to Iroh.
" Yes well we've been out of touch, growing up we were thick as thieves, but you see from a young age she had to go live with the Sun Warriors."
" So that's where she went." Said Korra quietly, everyone turned to Korra her face drawn a remote sadness.
" You knew her?" Mako asked.
" We were kids, she was really my only friend growing up, when I wasn't always training we'd play in the snow, ride on Naga, oh and we always pranked the white lotus all the time." Korra laughed at the memories, but they faded to a morose realization of the current matter at hand. She turned her attention to Iroh.
" I remember reading about Fire Lord Zuko and Aang finding the Sun Warriors learning the true meaning of fire." Korra interjected.
" Yes my grandfather and the avatar found them and did learn the true meaning of firebending, but not by the warriors, but by the dragons." Everyone's eyes grew wide at this. Dragons were known to have been extinct long ago during the 100 year war.
" General excuse me for asking, but what does this have to do with your sister going missing?" Lin asked surly.
"That's the thing The Sun Warriors are not only very secluded in a remote region, but they have no idea where she is. My only lead is I have an informant in the city saying he found a red haired fire bender that shouted at her assailants." Shouted? why would anyone just 'shout' at someone everyone wondered.
" Shouted you say." Lin said in disbelievement.
" Again my sister is...unique. Dragons communicate with each other in shouts, their first form of firebending was a particular shout. My sister learned the ways of the dragons because she is Dragonborn."
" Dragonborn?" Korra asked the concept eluded everyone as to what a Dragonborn could be.
" Another part of the story of my grandfather and Aang that was left out was for them to learn the full meaning of firebending, my grandfather would have to promise if he had a daughter, then she would provide the dragons with a child of their own. "
" How would that even work?" Mako asked as if the idea was ludicrous.
" Dragons have an ability to form as humans for a temporary time for mating, since the last two were male dragons they needed at least a human female. Surprisingly enough both my mother and my father were fine with this as it would help with bringing the dragons back, my sister is one of the first Dragonborn in, well ages and she's somewhere here in republic city."
" General, why would dragons see mating with humans as saving their race? They would all be half breeds then. " Mako pointed out the fact that the General pondered as well.
" That I can't tell you, how about we find my sister and she can tell you." And that concluded their briefing of the matter. Dragonborn? Why had she never heard of that before Korra wondered. As the Avatar there were still many things she had yet to understand and may never will only recently did she defeat the evil spirit Vaatu, but she didn't imprison him for he simply disappeared. She never told anyone about this, but it still haunted her. Even in her sleep she could feel his dark presence, weak, but still there...
"So whats the plan?" Korra asked as everyone's attention was to Iroh.
" We'll split up, but finding her isn't going to be easy. She can definitely take care of herself and stands out, but she's stealthy and cunning, if she doesn't want to be found then it's almost impossible to track her." Iroh pointed out.
" Where did your informant find her?" Lin asked.
"In the common district, homes where alot of non benders live. He said the triple threats were harassing a father and his daughter, then a woman wearing a hood with red hair intervened. Fought and moved like a chi blocker, and then fire bended. After she scared off the triad she made she the daughter and father got home safely, then vanished. Even the people she saved didn't know how she left. "
" She sounds brave and sweet, but how could she learn to chi block if she was trained by the sun warriors?" Asami asked Iroh.
" My sister's heart is one of the many things that makes her special, now about the chi blocking I can't tell you."
" I'll tell my officers to look for this woman and report to only myself or anyone here." She turned to Mako and Korra.
" You two investigate the triple threats see if you can find the weasels she scared off."
" I know with the preparations for the parade today my employees have been nearly everywhere in the city working on the construction of the floats I'll ask around and see if they have found anyone matching her description." Lin nodded her head.
" Good, now if everyone is clear on what you're doing I will be heading back to my officers and General I will do everything within my power to help find your sister."
" Thank you Lin." Iroh bowed showing his utmost appreciation towards Lin's efforts to help find his sister.
" We'll find her Iroh. " Korra said sincerely as she and Mako were about to leave before the General replied.
" Korra before she left one of her biggest regrets was not being able to say goodbye in person and she hoped you would forgive her. " Korra's eyes started to become glassy before she hung her head and started to leave the courtyard she softly spoke an I do...
It was getting later in the evening as Korra and Mako made their way towards the studio where Bolin was working to tell him the news. The sun was setting and the city was growing in excitement for the festivities to be had, all save for Korra who was still trying to grasp her own feelings towards being united with her childhood friend. Would she still be the same spirited girl? She wondered how she would react to seeing her. She remembered as a child she grew resentful toward the memory of her. Why would her friend leave her out of nowhere without saying goodbye? She understood now but the pain back then left a faded imprint on her.
" Korra are you alright?" Mako asked concerned to an avatar lost within her thoughts.
" Oh yes I'm fine. I really hope we find Sera that's all."
"Her name's Sera?" Mako asked
"It's short for Seraphine, she always got so annoyed when people used her full name, she would say 'no! my name is Sera!' " Korra said impersonating a young child then laughing at the memory.
"You two were close huh." Mako pointed out sincere concern as to try and understand some of Korra's emotional burdens.
"Yea, we were... You know every time I was scared or in trouble I would ask myself what would Sera do. And now after all these years..." Korra stopped mid thought caught in a mid emotion tide, Mako then spoke.
"It'll be fine, you're over thinking." Mako said consoling her. Korra smiled in appreciation. Even though they might not be together anymore, they were both fine with that and still both had lingering thoughts of the idea, but that wasn't their main focus now.
They entered a building, like the rest, this was a studio. Camera's and other various equipment lay dormant waiting for the next production and an excited Bolin came rushing towards them.
" Guys! Guys does the Bolin-man got some news from you!" But he was quickly cut off by his older brother.
"Hold on we have something important to tell you-"
" Awh man the most amazing thing happend-"
"Bolin! Cut it out listen okay!" Mako said impatiently at his brothers lack of attention.
" Jeez man, fine what is it." Said a shot down younger brother. Korra intervened.
" We're looking for Iroh's sister." Bolin's face became more aware.
" Iroh? As in General Iroh? Wait he has a sister?"
" Yes and we're looking for her, we are going to triple threat territory to question some guys that had a run in with her."
" Okay well can I still say what I was going to say ' sure bolin we would love to find out the amazing thing that happened to you' Oh well if you insist." Bolin said mocking his brothers neglect of what he had to say first, which in turn Mako's eyes met the ground in a bit of shame of his treatment towards his brother.
" Bolin we'd love to hear what happened." Korra said breaking the silence. Bolin smiled and then carried on like a hyper Meelo.
" Ok so here I was about an hour ago you know doing my thing, being awesome, and after we cut scene there was this girl right and she was asking what I was doing and so we talk and man does time fly, when you're killin the ladies, " Bolin said with quite an ego as he was flexing. His brother un amused and Korra awkwardly smiling trying to show interest. Bolin stopped and composed himself back to normal.
" Right right so anyway yea I met this girl, gosh she was pretty, like she'd give Asami a run for her money, and man does she have a sense of humor you know she pranked the director by making his metal seat extremely hot. And he sat down! Aaaahaha. " Bolin burst out in laughter.
" Wait how did she make a metal seat hot?" Mako asked.
" Oh she's a fire bender. A mistress of flame, a red haired beauty, oh and her eyes they smoldered like the sun with fiery passion. " Bolin stated over dramatically
" Wait, a red haired fire bender?" Mako quickly put two and two together. " Get you get a name Bolin?!"
" Yes, it was..." As Bolin became more animated in a 'sneaky' whisper trying to imitate the elusive princess.
" You'll find out." And then he became even more animated by becoming a giddy nit wit. Mako grabbed the shirt of his lovestruck brother and shook him.
" Snap out of it Bolin this is serious!" Mako literally shook some sense into his brother as he came back to slightly normal.
" Bolin, Iroh's sister sounds really close to the girl you met. Can you tell us where went?" Korra asked sensibly.
" Oh yea she said she'd see me at the parade, said it'll be' quite a show'. " Said again as a lovestruck boy. Mako rolled his eyes and then they headed out to the town central where the parade was starting.
Ok chapter one! Still new, lots to go over not going to rush it. Feel free to comment, just nothing distasteful please.
Notes.
I will occasionally ad in new animals example a gorilla bat. Just imagine a regular gorilla with bat wings, bat face, and claws.
Too imagine what Sera's appearance is look up katarina from league of legends and shyvana (red hair). Pretty simple.
This is for fun but i'd still like it to be fairly acurate to the show (character personalities like Meeko's crush on Asami and Bolin's tendency to get dramatic and animated.)
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