"Dad, why do I have to meet this boy? "An aspiring avatar complained to her father.
"I think you two will hit it off just fine Korra, you are the same age after all and he just got here he needs a friend."Tonraq replied simply as he walked his daughter through the village.
"Where did he live before?" Korra asked suddenly intrigued.
"He lived in a small village along the coast, it was attacked. He was orphaned, one of our scouts found him wandering and brought him back here."Tonraq replied with a slight sting in his voice.
Korra just silently took in this information and walked on ahead.
They reached Katara's hut, she had offered to take care of the boy for the time being.
As they entered, Katara was treating the boy's wounds, much to his disagreement.
"Ah! Korra come here, this is Connor."Katara waved her over.
"Hello, nice to meet you! My name is Korra."Korra waved at the boy happily.
Connor nodded to acknowledge her greeting.
He was quite a bit taller and bigger than she was, even at the tender age of 12 she knew he wasn't going to be small when he was older. Besides his size, he had brown hair done up in a wolf tale,brown eyes and darker skin then her own.
"Not much of a talker are ya?"Korra sighed with a smirk as she eyed him.
"Let me give you the tour of the town!"Korra said as she grabbed his hand and ran out of the hut with him in tow.
"I knew they would hit it off." Katara smiled sweetly.
"He's been through a lot, I can see it on his face."Tonraq sighed.
"More than any child should go through."Katara's mood dropped with this statement.
6 years later...
"When is Connor getting back from the hunt?"Korra asked her father.
"Probably in an hour or so. They had to take a longer route there to avoid the storm that's coming in."Tonraq stated.
"Ugh... but I have nothing to do."Korra complained as she sat down in the snow.
"Quit being dramatic, go practice with your earthbending or firebending."Tonraq shot back.
"But I already trained for like a solid 4 hours today."Korra replied in an exasperated tone.
"Go train for another."Tonraq ordered as his daughter stuck her tongue out and walked back to the training area.
An hour passed and the hunters returned with some tiger seals in tow. Connor unmounted his buffalo yak and brush its fur with his hand. Korra tapped his shoulder and he spun to face her.
"Yes?"Connor questioned in a slightly aggravated tone.
"What's up? How was the hunt?"Korra intrigued.
"Satisfactory. We could not stay out for long, the storm prohibits travel so we had to leave early."Connor stated as he tied up his mount.
Connor turned to face Korra once again and found her eyeing him up and down.
"Can I help you?"Connor asked.
"You get bigger every time I see you I swear it."Korra narrowed her eyes.
Their size difference was still very evident. Korra wasn't small she was about average size, 5'7 and 145 pounds last time she checked. Her weight was due to her musculature and her...womanly parts. Connor on the other hand, made her look tiny, last time they measured him he was 6'5 and 250 pounds.
Connor just had an irritated look strewn across his face as his friend analyzed him.
He also got multiple tribal tattoos across his body, Korra got one as well in the shape of her arm band.
Connor couldn't bend, so he took up pursuing a warrior/hunter lifestyle which suited someone of his size perfectly. It seemed like he had a natural affinity for it right from the get go.
"Anyway, what do you wanna do? I'm bored and I've finished all my training for the day."Korra asked her friend.
"I was planning on training myself."Connor replied.
"I guess I will join you then, seeing as how I have nothing to do until Tenzin gets here tomorrow."Korra stated as she attempted to follow him.
"Why not just go rest, you look weary."Connor asked patiently.
"He had an eagle eye for this kinda stuff, guess that comes with being a gifted warrior and hunter."Korra thought to herself.
"Yeah, you're right. I'll talk to you later, okay?"Korra shot him a quick smile before leaving him to train.
"She is a troublesome girl and as usual, she did not even wait for my answer."Connor said to himself as he walked towards the training area.
Before long the storm hit and boy did it hit. Snow practically covered everything, more than usual. Buildings were barely visible due to the snow that was acting as a cloud over the Southern water tribe. Midst the storm, Connor found himself trying to find his way to his hut. It took him the better part of an hour to find his home on the far side of the village. He opened his door and got undressed. He decided to call it a day and go to sleep.
That morning he woke up to a frantic knocking on his door. He slowly opened his eyes and before he could get up someone barged through his door.
"Get up! Tenzin is almost here and he wants to see you as well!"Korra shouted as Connor got out of bed.
Her eyes drifted to his muscular body as he put on a gray jacket and some jeans. He turned back to face her to find a pink hue had fallen on her cheeks.
"You are blushing."Connor stated simply as he passed her on the way out of his house.
Korra took a moment to regain herself and caught up with her friend.
"When will he be here?"Connor intrigued.
"Look up."Korra replied as a sky bison passed over them and landed near Katara's hut.
"Pema, let me help you down. Come now."The tall airbender offered to his pregnant wife as they unmounted the sky bison.
"Tenzin I'm fine, really."Pema replied as she somewhat clumsily climbed off the bison.
"Korra, my how you've grown."Tenzin stated as he placed his hands on her shoulders.
"You as well Connor."Tenzin chuckled slightly.
"Whoa! A giant!"Meelo exclaimed as he pointed his finger at Connor.
"Yeah Connor, lose some weight."Korra playfully punched him and then rested her arm on his shoulder.
"So when do I start my airbending training?"Korra asked with a smile.
Tenzin and Pema exchanged worried looks but Tenzin was the only one to speak.
"We are not staying."