I arrived at Republic City from the South Pole unannounced today and Tenzin wasn't very happy.
"Korra, you cannot leave without telling anyone. And since you're the Avatar you can get easily hurt, Korra!" Tenzin exploded.
"If you haven't noticed, but I'm fully capable of protecting myself," I said not as loud as Tenzin, but close enough.
"Fine, I'll teach you airbending now," Tenzin said calmly. " Under one condition."
"Which is," I said halting my cheering.
"You must attened Republic City High School."
"What?!" I yelled. "Attened high school! Are you crazy?"
"That's my one rule. If you don't like it then you can head back to the South Pole."
"Fine. I'll go." I can't believe I gave in so quickly.
"Good. You start tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? Why tomorrow?"
"The new school year starts tomorrow." Tenzin saw a look of worry on Korra's face that he has never seen before. "Don't worry, Korra. I'm sure you'll make a ton of new friends in no time."
"Really? Name one kid you know, my age, that would want to be friends with me. The real me. Korra. Not Avatar Korra, but Korra," I said sadly.
"Korra, I'm sure make friends that want to be your friend for you, and not for your title," Tenzin said comforting.
"Thanks. Well I better head to bed. It's getting late and I have school tomorrow." And with that I headed off toward where I'll be sleeping.
The next morning came all to early. I was greeted rudely by the little airbending kids, Ikki, Meelo and Jinora. Let me tell you about them:
Jinora: The eldest, 13, quietest and nicest. Jinora always has her nose in a book. She's also very helpful and kind to everyone she meets, but she's still a teenager and can be loud and noisy when she wants to be.
Ikki: The middle child, 10, loudest and very noisy. Ikki always has something to say and is the exact opposite of Jinora. Ikki is also helpful, but in a different way. She wants to help people by airbending, instead of by hand.
Meelo: The, soon to be, middle child, 4, loudest and very playful. Meelo always is chewing on something and alike Ikki in a way. Meelo isn't helpful at all and loves to airbend using his farts.
Anyways, back to reality. Me getting rudely awaken to by the kids. Meelo did the unthinkable. He airbended my blanket and me to the ceiling, causing for a small crack in the ceiling.
"MEELO!" I yelled falling back down onto the bed.
The three kids ran out of the room super fast using their airbending.
I went to the door and shut it and went to my closet to pick out what I want to wear.
I can't decide between a light blue tank top with a water tribe symbol on it, black skinny jeans and a blue pair of high tops; a nice purple plain tank top, dark blue jean, black high tops; or a dark forest green tank top, black shorts, and green and black high tops. So I decided to ask Pema.
I went out into the kitchen to see Pema just get done making pancakes. I walked over to her.
"Hey, Pema, could you help me decide on what to where?" I asked.
"Of course, Korra," Pema replied following me to my room.
I showed her the ones I picked out.
"So, which one?" I asked.
"Hm. Well they're all good choices," Pema said nodding her head. "Try wearing one of each."
"Huh?" I was already confused and haven't even gotten to school yet.
"Here, try this." Pema took the black shorts, black high tops and blue tank top and put the together. "What do you think?"
"Wow! I can't wait to try it on," I replied.
"I'll head to the kitchen while you put it on." And with that she left.
I put on what she suggested and really liked it. Of course, now I don't know what to do about my hair.
'I'll let Pema decide.' I thought.
I left my room and headed toward the kitchen.
"So?" I asked Pema when I was in there.
"Looks great," Pema said. "Now, what should we do with your hair?" I just shrugged my shoulders. "How about we curl it?"
"No thank you," I said not wanting to look like a girly girl.
"Well, why don't you just let it be. Don't do anything to it," she suggested.
"Okay, why not."
After I ate breakfast I headed off toward school.
Once I got there I saw kids hugging each other and other kids in groups just catching up on what happened this summer.
I made it to the door without attracting too much attention to myself. I went inside and quickly went to the office. I was easy to find since you saw it as soon as you walk into the building.
"Hello," I said to the secretary. "I'm new here and don't know my way around. Could you please help me?"
"I'm sorry, but I cannot help you. Since I'm not a student, but I can assign you a student to help you around," she said nicely.
"Thank you."
"Name, please?" she asked.
"Korra Mittsuko," I replied.
"Okay, then Korra, here's your class schedule," she said handing me a piece of paper. "And Bolin Tuwoskuio will help you around." She pointed to the guy beside me.
"Hello," he said. "I'm Bolin."
"I'm Korra," I replied holding out my hand. He shook it.
"Okay the Korra. Looks like I'm your tour guide," he said happily. I quickly took a liking to him. "Can I see your class schedule?"
I replied by handing him the paper.
He quickly looked over it then smiled. "Looks like we have three classes together."
"Really? Which ones?" I asked happy that I would know someone in class.
"Reading, math and history," he said looking over the paper again.
"Cool."
We walked out of the quiet office and into the loud hallway.
"How would you like to meet my brother?" Bolin asked.
"Sure. What's his name?" I asked.
"Mako." Bolin started scanning the hallway and then drug me all the way over to a handsome guy standing at his locker.
"Hey, Bo," he said.
"Hey, Mako, there's someone I want you to meet," Bolin said.
"Ow, Bolin. You do have a hard grip," I said looking and rubbing my right wrist.
"Sorry," Bolin said sadly.
"It's okay. I'll get you back later." That perked him right up.
"I'd like to see you try," he said smiling. "Anyways, Korra this is my brother Mako. Mako, this is my new friend Korra."
I turned my attention Mako and our eyes met. His eyes were like pieces of auburn gold.
"Hi, I'm korra," I said lamely.
"I'm Mako," he replied taking his books out of his locker. "What classes do you have?"
I handed him the paper.
"Looks like we have five classes together," he said.
"What?!" Bolin exclaimed. I couldn't help, but laugh.
"What?" Mako asked.
"I only have three classes with her. What do you have?"
"I got math, science, gym, chemistry and life science."
"Well, looks like we all have math together," I said.
"Yeah. Speaking of math, that's our first period so we better hurry," Bolin said.
We made our way down to math class, but as I walked in I felt all eyes on me.