Drabble One
Breakaway
Still fuming from the decision that was made against her wishes Korra tore out of the room. The White Lotus guards and Tenzin were being completely unfair! When Avatar Aang tasked them with keeping her safe, she was pretty sure that house arrest wasn't what he had in mind.
Looking out her window as all of the stars twinkled mockingly back at her. There they were out there, free, free to travel across the skies, seeing every aspect of the world from their positions in the heavens, while she was here, trapped by a bunch of old geezers who felt they knew what was best for her.
Slamming her fist down on the ledge she made up her mind. She was not going to be some trapped damsel in distress; she was going to take her future in her own hands. Aang became a fully realized Avatar when he was just 12 years old and how did he get there? Not by sitting around and waiting for the elements to come to him, no he went out and experienced the world, gaining valuable knowledge in the process.
Jumping from the second story window was easy enough as the soft powdered snow padded her landing without the necessity of bending her natural element. Years of sneaking out to go for midnight rides with Naga made it easy for Korra to make her way to the stables undetected.
"Come on Naga," she began to gear up her best friend, "I know what the White Lotus said, but I just feel like my destiny is out there somewhere, waiting for me." She tightened the harness, before moving to the saddle, "I'm never going to find my path if I'm not free to make my own decision." She tightened the saddle, making sure it was secure. Once everything was ready, she was surprised to turn around and come face to face with Katara, her past life's wife, and her current teacher.
The elder waterbender's eyes sparkled with amusement, "I agree with you, it's time you carved out your own destiny." Katara pulled Korra into a motherly embrace, "Goodbye Korra, and good luck."
A quick stop to at her parents' house to say goodbye, and Korra and Naga were off, galloping towards the harbor, and towards her future.
Korra took a deep breath as she looked out at the harbor, the reality of what she was about to do really sinking in. She was about to leave her home, leave behind everything she knew and everyone she loved, Naga nuzzled her neck, well almost everyone she loved. Looking back on the compound that had held her captive for most of her life she nodded, she wasn't leaving home behind, the compound was just a place she had lived, home, and her future lay waiting out there, out in Republic City, and it was her job to find it.
Waiting until the crew was busy preparing to cast off, Korra and Naga snuck silently and stealthily on to the ship bound towards Republic City. "Well Naga, we'd better get some sleep, we've got a long voyage ahead, and an even more exciting journey to begin."
Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
I'll spread my wings
And I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
So a little bit of rearranging, Kayko15 wondered if I was going to post these drabbles in order based on the episodes, and while that wasn't my original intention, it kind of seemed to be the way that they were going, so I redid chapter one to reflect the first episode, Welcome to Republic City. I might post another drabble tomorrow that's also based on episode one... mainly because I need to rewatch episode three to see what direction my writing will be heading in next.
Maila08 submitted a song request and I'm going to try and get to it, if anyone else has any song ideas, be sure to send them my way and I'll see what I can do!
Reviews are love y'all!
Athena Kyle
July 4, 2012
11:05pm
I don't own The Legend of Korra, oh and Happy 4th of July!