Chapter 1

Asami was walking through campus heading to the dormitories when her phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and smiled. "Hi Dad, yeah. I already got my new room. You know how stressful it can be when your roommate is on a rough relationship with their boyfriend." Asami said through her phone giving out an exaggerated sigh.

"Asami, honey are you sure you're going to be fine after moving to a new room with a new roommate? Opal was fine but you will be rooming with a complete stranger. You know I can always get you an apartment near campus." She hears her father say through the other line. She let out another sigh.

"Yes Daddy, I'll be fine. Besides, everybody on campus is a complete stranger to me and I to them unless I've already met them on class or somehow they figured out who I really am."

"Asami, I know you want your privacy while you're still finishing your degree but isn't it time I introduce you to everybody? Let Mako escort you. I can arrange a small gathering of my colleagues before the semester officially starts." Oh boy, here we go again. She's had this conversation with her father since she started college and Mako, her childhood friend suddenly started showing interest in her.

She sighed again, "Daddy, I don't want to do that and besides Mako is such a stiff. You don't think I really like him like that, do you?" Suddenly a new voice said something in the background. Asami thanked the Spirits her Mom finally interjected into their conversation.

"Asami , honey it's Mommy."

"Hi, Mom. Thanks for saving me."

"You know how your father is, he just loves to try and be a couple bridge sometimes," Asami just rolled her eyes at that statement.

"Mom, I'm not interested in Mako, honestly. We're just friends." She's been telling everybody this fact for so long.

"I know that sweetheart, but why don't you give him some chance, hmm?"

"Mom!" She can't believe what her mother, her only ally just said. Asami pinched the bridge of her nose and just sighed. Again.

"Okay, okay. I know. I'm sorry honey. Why don't you come visit home again before the semester starts? I'll ask Mako to drive you since your Satomobile won't be there until for a few more weeks. You're dad is already taking care of it." She can just picture her mother's hopeful smile on the other line.

"Okay. I gotta go though Mom. I still need to get settled into the new dorm room."

"Okay. Be sure to introduce us to your new roommate once you get to know her."

"Okay, bye. Love you both." Just before she hung up she heard her father say; "Yasuko, why do you always side with her? It's high time she started dating…" Ugh. Dating is not one of her priorities right now.

Korra is ecstatic to be in Republic University. She finally gets to attend her dream school and will be meeting more people her age. Getting admitted was a long road for her. She might not be one of the brightest but her endless training to be the best bender was all worth it. The university board members aren't aware that she's supposed to be the next Avatar. Tenzin, her next and last master to train her decided she needed to actually interact with others other than being locked up in the Compound back in the Southern Water Tribe.

So Tenzin made all the necessary arrangement to get her admitted and not actually giving away her identity for security's sake. Both for her and the university's populace. Republic U's board members weren't informed because of her father's request.

Before leaving home, her father, who was the tribe's chief was reluctant to let her go. But Tenzin's responsibilities made it impossible for him to train Korra in the Southern Water Tribe. In compromise, Korra will be attending university and training and mastering the Air element all the while keeping her identity as a secret until she is ready. Also a handful of White Lotus members will be made to join the school's security and watching over Korra without making things obvious to people who would want to hurt the Avatar.

Korra walked up the stairs to the dormitories' lobby to finalize her room assignments. It had been difficult to convince Tenzin to let her live in the dorms, but he finally gave in after she gave him enough reasons.

She was informed that she will be rooming with an engineering student. She really doesn't mind as long as she has a bed to sleep in. It would also be nice if she can be friends with her roommate since she hasn't had the chance to get to know anybody while she was training in the South.

She walked up to the fourth floor and looked for her room number. Since it was already late in the afternoon, most of the students are in their room and some are just chatting with their neighbors. Korra found her room, two doors down the end of the hall.

She used her key to get in and she heard the faint sounds of a shower in the en suite bathroom.

Asami decided it was best to take a shower first before she started to unpack her things. After finalizing her room assignments, she found out that she will be rooming with a freshman. It doesn't really bother her just as long as she won't be found out that she is actually the daughter of Hiroshi Sato. The worst thing she doesn't want is some kid gossiping about her and telling the press that she's been hiding in Republic U all this time, away from the spotlight of fame.

Her roommate will be from the Southern Water Tribe as far as she can tell from their personal information written on the logs. She doesn't really know if her roommate will be arriving today since it's already quite late and she doesn't think that a boat from the South will be docking in the City's port as a storm has been reported to be arriving in a few days.

While in the shower, Asami heard the door to the room open. She's a little skeptical if it's her roommate or not as she's had a bad experience with some perverts trying to get into the girl's dorms once in a while. Even though the building has its own security details, some punk always gets in without anybody noticing. So she quickly finished her shower and slipped into her underwear and bathrobe and readied herself if needed to attack somebody.

Asami exited the bathroom quietly and looked for the intruder and she saw someone with a bobcat hair and she can't be sure if it's a girl or a boy since the person has a really muscular physique. She quietly and slowly approached the person and they were busy looking around, as she neared the intruder she felt herself loose her balance as she slipped on the floor with her wet foot. She braced herself for the impact.