Chapter 1
Tahno and his team the Wolf bats had just defeated the Fire Ferrets and won the pro bending championship once again. Tahno felt good as he smiled and waved towards the crowd. However, he soon saw that some people in the audience were electrocuted, the attack culminated in the arrival of some man, who wore a mask. Tahno had seen the posters of this man, Amon but did not think much of the man.
"You want to fight us? Wolfbats, defend yourself," shouted Tahno as the three Probenders started fighting the Equalists. However, even when using the usual dirty tricks that the Wolfbats used to defeat the Avatar's team, they still seemed to be no match for the superior fighting style of their attackers. His two teammates were already down and Tahno was now fighting a loosing battle against the Equalists leader, Amon.
The boy was soon defeated and knocked on the ground. The masked man slowly walked towards him. "You cheered for the cheaters, who won your pro bending championship due to violation of your own rules. It is time for the cheaters to be equalized.
As Amon was bringing his fingers to Tahno's forehead to remove his bending, despite the boy's pleas not to remove his bending, a strange thing occurred. Lighting flew to the arena and hit the space between Tahno and Amon. Then, a girl, not much older than him flew towards the arena with the use of her firebending. "Zuko Warriors, attack!" the girl shouted. The girl had long brown hair, slightly tanned skin and golden eyes. Her posture, technique and mannerisms had indicated that she was from a wealthy family.
Suddenly around a dozen girls appeared, who followed their leader towards the ring and started fighting the Equalists. As they reached the Arena, the girls switched their bending element technique from fire to lightning and now used lightning whips to defend themselves and then counter attack. As the battle progressed, the girl looked towards Amon, who used the mechanic rope to escape from the battlefield. The girl was then attacked by a man she presumed to be the Lieutenant.
"You Firebenders had ruined our plans tonight, but it will be only a minor setback. I will destroy you with my superior skills." The man jumped towards the girl and used his double sticks to hit her in certain key pressure points of her body t block out her chi as well as to electrocute the girl. However, the man was then surprised that neither of the two attacks had worked on the girl- as he then realized, she had a thin electric armor around her body.
"Never fought a lightning bender before? Don't worry, you will not forget this experience," she laughed coldly yet with a slight sense of superiority and happiness. She then countered the Lieutenant's attack and dropped him on the ground.
"On Ji, fight him while I go to free the Avatar" the girl commanded and flew in the air.
"Sure Azula" the girl replied. Blew flames exited Azula's legs and arms, she then navigated herself through the air, soon landing on the lower platform of the Arena.
"Who are you?" asked Avatar Korra the new girl, who she had never seen before yet there was definitely something about this girl that was very familiar to Korra; the Avatar just could not tell what.
"My name is Azula and I am the leader of Zuko Warriors. I came to your rescue. " The girl moved her arms slightly and two double Dao swords emerged from her costume. She threw them in the air, then caught them in her hands and then quickly cut the ropes that held the trio to the column. Bolin screamed as he thought that the girl was to kill him but was relieved when he found out that she freed them.
"Common, we need to catch the Equalists" The girl screamed as she formed the blue flames. Korra was astonished. She surely heard that there was one fire bender seventy years ago who could produce blue flames but to experience that herself. "Need to practice to produce my own blue fire" she mentally told herself before looking at the girl again.
Korra jumped into water and then quickly propelled herself from it, creating a water wall as she quickly started ascending the room to catch the Equalists. She soon lost her balance but was then caught by Lin Bei Fong, who used one of her metal ropes to catch and then send her to the roof. The new girl, Azula also joined them as she flew in the air, using her blue flames with a somewhat evil smirk on her face.
"That Azula girl is awesome. I bet she can beat you in a fire duel dear brother" Bolin joked as he looked at his brother. Mako also looked at his brother.
"I don't know Bo, this girl is weird. She seems to behave like Korra yet I feel that there is some darkness with her," He told his brother.
"Mako, don't compare this new cool girl to the former Fire Lord's crazy sister. Just because they both could produce blue fire and lightning with such ease does not mean they are both evil." Mako did not respond as he thought about the new girl. He will take precautions just in case, he thought.
Meanwhile, on top of the arena, the three women were fighting the Equalists. Lin Bei Fong went after Amon, who she was currently fighting while the two girls were fighting together versus Lieutenant and a few Equalists.
"What brought you here?" asked Korra as she punched yet another Equalists in his face before knocking him on the floor.
"I came to visit Tahno. This stupid jerk is my childhood friend, we grew up together. So naturally I came to visit the finale. The Fire Ferrets versus the Wolf Bats fight was also a bonus as I wanted to see the Avatar in Action" she told as she quickly created a lightning and sent it at the Equalists, electrocuting two of them in the process.
"You miserable benders!" screamed Lieutenant as he began fighting the two again. Azula wanted to help her new friend but was busy fighting a group of Equalists, while Korra was sending fore balls at the man. He evaded her attacks and then hit the girl with his electric sticks.
"Calm your mind and focus your chi, then divided it and use the lightning to help you," shouted Azula as he knocked out two more Equalists. Korra fell on the ground, screaming from electricity flowing through her body. The girl thought about her friend's advice as she stood up.
"Not ready to give up yet, little girl? Farewell, by the time I finish you off, you will scream for mercy" The Lieutenant jumped towards Korra and hit her with the electric sticks again but this time Korra caught both sticks with her one hand and felt the electricity floating once again throw her body. However this time, she was ready and used the electrical energy in her body to send back at the Lieutenant, successfully electrocuting him. She dropped the sticks and focused again, finally forming a lightning in her hands. She smiled and kicked the nearby standing Equalists with her new weapon, which soon were in retreat.
"Well done Korra" spoke Azula as she looked at the Avatar.
"Thank you Azula, you helped a lot in fighting these Equalists" smiled Korra. The girl then saw that Azula's face had suddenly gone from happy to afraid.
"Jump!" Shouted Azula. Korra jumped just in time to evade Amon's attack, which decided to fight the avatar rather that the Chief of Police, who was still fighting Equalists in the airship.
The two girls then started dodging Amon's attacks. " You seem to be so willing to fight me again, young Avatar. Very well, if you insist, I might just defeat and capture you, so that I will save my strength in hunting you later" he replied as he approached slowly the girls. Korra walked slowly away from him, before dropping on the ground, clearly scarred.
"It will be so easy to defeat you Avatar. You don't even pose a challenge to me and my plans" he spoke slowly, trying to further scare Korra. However, Azula flew between the two and started shooting fire balls at the man.
"I will not remove the Avatar's bending. Not yet. You fire girl on the other hand do not have the same privileges" he spoke before quickly evading the attacks, after proceeding with counter attacks. He hit Azula on her pressure points, before finally touching her forehead.
Before Amon could take either girl with him to put into his prison, more lightning bender girls appears and sent a lot of fire and lightning at the man. Amon weighed his options before grabbing the rope, ascending towards his airship. In the meantime, the glass under Korra and Azula broke and the two girls started falling on the ground. Lin Bei Fong jumped from the airship, where she was currently located, while fighting Equalists, to save the girls. The woman used one of her metallic ropes to tie itself around a flag while with the use of the other one she caught the girls, before successfully landing at the stands.
"I am so sorry Azula that you lost your bending," cried Korra as she hugged her new friend. Her nightmares returned as she once again envisioned Amon taking her bending away.
The girl smiled and produces a small blue ball of fire in hand. "What do you know, I still have my bending" she smiled. Korra was astonished since her friend just resisted Amon's anti bending technique.
"It's not a big deal, he did not use the technique properly. Besides, I am a fire prodigy, like the person I am named after. Naturally, my electric armor protected me to some extent although I still cannot use either bending to full extent as some of my chi was indeed blocked.
Korra looked at Azula again, amazed. The new girl impressed Korra a lot, de to her skills, attitude and ability to resist Amon's bending removal technique, even if it was not used properly. "Common, we need to help the others. You do know how to use healing, right?" asked Azula.
"Right. Anyway Azula, how did you come to lead your group of Zuko Warrior? Are you his fan club?" asked the Avatar.
"No silly Avatar. The ex Fire lord is an important person in my life. Don't you see any connection? Or maybe to my namesake?" As the two walked towards the two brothers and Tahno, Korra once again looked at the new girl and her appearance as well as skills. "Fire prodigy, named after ex Fire Lord's crazy sister for some reason, has golden eyes, can produce blue flames," she thought about the girl before speaking.
"Are you related to him at all?" the Avatar spoke curiously
"Well, he is my Grandfather. My name is Princess Azula, second in line for the crown" spoke the girl "Common, these idiots need our help" she laughed as the two girls ran to help the boys.
They saw Mako and Bolin sitting on the benches, talking to each other, as well as Tahno, who was looking at the wall. "Are you OK, Tah-Tah?" asked Azula her friend.
"That monster, Amon almost took my bending" Spoke Tahno slowly, looking at Azula
"What were you thinking Tahno? Engaging such a powerful enemy, not calling for help. If mother knew! " Shouted the girl
"Please don't tell her" the boy looked at Azula
"Alright Tah-Tah but if you ever make such a foolish mistake again, mother will be last of your worries. You will have to deal with me!" she looked at him seriously, producing blue fire and Tahno swallowed with difficulty.
"Family quarrel?" asked Bolin Korra.
"Nah, they are childhood friends, and it seems that Azula is overprotective of this jerk." Replied the Avatar. However, Korra thought for some reason that the two did behave as if they were siblings. Nah, she thought, they are just very close childhood friends. After all, she reasoned, how can a Waterbender be born in the Royal Family of the Fire Nation, when it was a known fact that the Fire Lord Ursa had married some guy from the Earth Kingdom.
A/N: Any guesses on who Azula's mother is? Are Tahno and Azula related or are they just very close childhood friends? Will be revealed in later chapters soon.