Chapter 1

The Extraterrestrial Anomaly Huānlè!

Tenzin let out a sigh, to say the visit was unexpected would have been an understatement as the woman sat across from him, she was obviously from the Order of the White Lotus. The woman in question was in her mid thirties, as she looked around the nicely kept room, before she chuckled. " Air Benders, sure have amazing taste in decorations," she smiled, her blue eyes narrowing as she twirled her short black hair.

"I thank you for the complement, but I doubt that's the reason you are here," Tenzin tried to figure out why the white Lotus would send someone over, the equalist movement had been over for about a month and Korra had settled in at the Air Temple. If the White Lotus wanted her to stay at the compound they would have done it while she was at the South Pole.

The woman simply laughed at Tenzin's comment. "Yes, after all that's part of the reason I wished to have this conversation privately. By the way my name, Tiāntáng Zhìzào, but please simply refer to me as Zhizao," she smiled once again as Tenzin remained silent.

"My I ask where Avatar Korra is, this is an important matter that I want her present for," Zhizao frowned as Tenzin sighed. Truthfully, Korra was simply hanging out with her friends. Something admittedly she somewhat deserved after her ordeal. Tenzin didn't trust the woman in front of him. Even if she was apart of the White Lotus, there was something eerie about her.

"She is out right now," it was a blunt response as Zhizao looked blankly at Tenzin, no emotion in her eyes, such a sense of dullness. "However, anything you wish to tell her I'll be happy to convey the information back."

"No, I can wa-" before Zhizao could finish her statement, the sound of a door closing echoed through the nearly empty room as a voice rang.

"Tenzin! I heard that someone was looking for me," the girl wasn't any older than seventeen as her complexion and eyes showed that she was from the watertribe, her somewhat muscular frame had shown that she had been through a large amount of training. Zhizao smiled, there was no doubting it, the person in front of her was Avatar Korra.

"Avatar Korra, it is a pleasure," the woman stood up and bowed as Korra eyes widen for a moment before she returned the favor.

"Like wise...whoever you are," Korra tried to sound as polite as possible towards the strange woman as Tenzin responded, cursing the bad luck that Korra simply wondered into a bad situation.

"This is Zhizao, she's from the Fire Nation Branch of the White Lotus, she said something urgent has came up," at least that is what Tenzin assumed as Korra simply took a seat around the table as Zhizao ran her fingers through her hair.

"I know I may be intruding, and I know you have recently been through quite the ordeal, but as I know you are a fully realized Avatar as of late. So I thought you would be the one that could handle this situation better than anyone," Zhizao smiled.

Korra would be lying if she didn't say the statement inflated her ego a little as Tenzin closed his eyes. "It is true, that Korra has learned the Avatar State and that she is currently learning Airbending, however she is still in training for the most part."

Korra grumbled at the comment as Zhizao let out a small chuckle. "Before this goes off topic, I shall start..." The woman pulled out what seemed to be a small folder of papers and documents from under her seat as she laid them out on the table before them. "I'll get straight to the point, a rather dangerous being has entered Republic City that the White Lotus has had in custody for about six months. This being has two Code Names...one being the second Avatar."

Korra eye twitched, to say it was ridiculous would be short changing the expression the Avatar had on her face, "what do you mean Second Avatar, there is a person that can bend more than one element besides me?!" It was a loud outburst as Zhizao simply stared at Korra, as if she was irritated with such a sharp response.

"...It is rude to cut someone off, but I shall ignore it," Zhizao gave a small cough before continuing her explanation, "as I was saying, the creature code name is Second Avatar, but it can't actually bend however it's extremely dangerous. Killing 10 master benders and destroying a large portion of the Fire Nation Base while escaping. Its other code name is Huanle, we are to believe that Huanle is currently somewhere in the city...and as long as she is here she is a danger to everyone,"

There was a moment of silence as Korra leaned back in her chair, "so...you want me to stop this, Huanle person right?" Korra stated as Zhizao flicked her hair.

"If you are capable of catching it alive it would be of great benefit. However, in a situation that is impossible, you are given permission to kill it. If you do go that route please tear it to pieces and burn its remains, scattering them about," Zhizao voice was calculating and cold, as if she wasn't speaking of another living being as Tenzin frowned.

"Isn't that a little extreme, plus we don't even know what this creature looks like," the Airbending master brought up a good point as Zhizao simply smiled. She opened up the vanilla folder pulling out a black and white picture and putting it on the table. Both Korra and Tenzin to look at it.

It was a delicate looking girl, between the age of 17 or 18, she a long skirt on and despite it being difficult to tell due to the limited colors. It appeared that she had long brown hair. The person in the picture was wearing a smile, holding a basket of flowers, honestly it seemed like a completely harmless type of person and a little ditzy as well. The kind that worked at a flower shop or clothing store at least this is what Korra assumed.

"This girl's name is Huā," it was as if she was brought up randomly as Korra tilted her head slightly at the comment.

"Um...and, who is she?" Zhizao grinned when Korra asked that question as she pressed her finger on the picture, her hands almost twitching.

"This...this is Huanle!

The sky was dark, the sun had long since set and the only light that was in the world as the green eyed teen in the blue skirt let out a small sigh. Her white top really didn't match the rest of the world. "What am I going to do? I managed to escape and get here, but I wasted all my money to do so...I don't have a place to stay either.

This was the life that Hua had currently been living, walking down abandoned streets with no one or nothing around. Going from place to place without thinking much about it or what she was going to do. The brown hair girl gave a large yawn, as he cheeks turned red. "Oh my, that was kind of unladylike, though I think my lack of a proper shower is worse..."

The more she thought about it, the more she realized how horrible everything was, which simply made her more depressed.

"I-I mustn't think such a way, I'm sure I'll be saying, 'everything's coming up Hua!' sooner or later," she smiled to herself, it was a small smile that one could only gain from being an optimist. Of course that was changed when someone bumped into her back. It was a rather light thud. Chances were, it was most likely a child as Hua turned her head to see a small girl.

She had short black hair and looked around nine, her hair and clothes were dusty and dingy as she rubbed her head for a moment.

"Are you al-" before Hua could finish her statement the girl shot up and started to run away, not even looking at the brown haired teen. Hua simply frowned at what had transpired, the girl slowly moving in the distance.

"Ah...I hope she's alright, she looked kind of like she needed something," Hua eye twitched, as if she just now realized something as she tapped her dress pocket. She was missing something, she was missing something valuable at least valuable to her...she was missing her wallet. Hua wasn't the sharpest cookie in the jar, in fact if there was a jar she would be one of the soggy cookies in the sink.

It took a minute for her to realize what exactly happen as the girl that bumped into her was still running down the street. "Oh...I think I've been pick pocketed." It took her another minute for her realize what she should do in such a situation.

"...Wait!" Hua called out to the girl, who simply increased her speed after realizing that her victim had caught on.

The girl laughed to herself as she made a dash into one of the many back alleys of republic city. No doubt forever losing the fool that just got cash ripped from under their nose. The distance was far too great, and the alleyways far too plentiful for any normal person to find her as the small girl gripped the wallet preparing to open it.

"Shit it feels light, considering those fancy clothes I thought it would be more in here...maybe it's in paper,"The girl smirked as her fingers twitched preparing to open.

"That wasn't very nice..." The small girl twitched as she heard a voice, the same voice that called her to stop, as the girl, twitching, slowly turned around to answer such a thing. There Hua was, with a small frown on her face, looking straight at her, there was no anger on her face, just a little bit of confusion.

"B-but how, you couldn't have caught m-"

"...If you needed money, all you needed to do was ask, plus you really just wasted your time," Hua didn't let the girl finish before speaking her piece. "Actually, chances are, I'm far more poor than you are, but you can see that for yourself." Hua didn't reach for her wallet as the small girl pouted and opened up the piece of cloth, her heart fell at the sight. A few Yuans perhaps enough for a single meal if one was lucky as the little girl wanted to slam her head against the wall. After all that work it was completely meaningless as Hua tapped her lip for a moment as she took the wallet from the girl's hands while giving her all the yuans.

"What...why?" The girl didn't understand perhaps the sudden act of kindness wouldn't have been so jarring if the woman before her had access to a large sum of money, but from the looks of it she was just as poor as the the little girl. So the question had to be why.

"You needed it more than I do, right? I don't mind, I'm actually old enough to work anyway," Hua started to walk away as the girl frowned slightly, it was weird to see someone so kind in Republic City, then again it was obvious that she was a foreigner. Though now was the time to stop questioning things as the little girl took a deep breath, no need to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hua sighed, that was the last bit of money she had as she continued to wander around the city. Hours passed there really wasn't anyone out and about, the best she could hope for was to find some kind of abandoned building to stay the night in. The more she walked the more she realized that she was getting into the seeder side of the city. Though considering she was in Republic City, half of the city was seedy.

It was most likely a little past midnight, as Hua continued through downtown wandering about, until her eye caught a glimpse of something. A familiar girl running down the streets, the same girl that not too long ago took her wallet. From the looks of it, she was obviously running from someone as she went into a nearby back alley.

"Please don't tell me she stole someone's wallet." Hua sighed at the thought, it probably wasn't from anyone important, and she weighed her options on if she should stay out of it or not...that was until she saw three men. Hua bit her lip at the scene it was something she would rather avoid, but it seemed that it couldn't be helped as she too walked down the back alley covered in darkness.

The small girl was up against the wall, the three red dressed men all glaring at her, she had embarrassed them so easily. "Little brat, do you realized what you've done, you just stole something from the Agni Kai gang," his eye was twitching as the small girl gave a small nervous laugh. It seemed she really selecting targets poorly that night.

"I-I'm sorry you can have it back, if I knew it was from you guys I wouldn't have picked it up," the girl's hand was shaking as she tossed the money bag back to the gang members as the leader casually caught it...though it seemed that the situation hadn't been diffused at all.

"Well, that's nice and all kid, but there is still something we have to do about your punishment. I mean it would be pretty bad for us adults to just let you walk away with this unscratched. What kind of lesson would we be teaching kids," The man snapped his fingers as a small flame appeared in his hands, the girl knew what was going to come next as she closed her eyes.

"A burn on the face won't be too bad right?" She held back her tears, waiting for a hot impact.

"Please...don't you think that's enough?" For the third time that night...the girl heard a familiar voice.

The three men turned their attention to the entrance of the alley was, to see a woman in a blue skirt standing there. The leader spat as he shoved his hands into his pockets walking up to Hua...her heart skipped a beat. Not in fear, but something else.

"Look what we got here, a little hero,"

These men auras were not right, they had such a nasty color to them. An aura was something all living things had and some could see. The aura changes depending on the creatures motivation at that moment.

"What aren't you going to say anything...or you didn't think this through,"

How unsightly their aura was it was an aura that only few had and even fewer could show. It was the aura of murderous intent, an aura that made Hua want to vomit.

"I'm talking to you!"

She didn't want to see it anymore, she didn't want to see the aura of the living things in front of her. There was a simple solution to this problem.

"You bitch," the gang member balled his hand into a fist, flames engulfing it, he was aiming for Hua's head at that moment Hua realized the solution, the same solution she used before.

"I'll simply stop their auras," A large burst of flame was seen as the attacker eye twitched, the attack aimed for her head was casually stopped by her hand. The Agni Kai member looked at Hua's hand as his heart sank. The hand that should have been crippled burnt beyond recognition was already healing, the skin slowly covering the blood and burns.

Before he could say anything a crunching sound was heard as small white pieces of something fell out of his hand. Though calling what Hua was gripping a hand anymore would have been an insult to the limbs.

He started to scream as Hua increased her grip her green eyes completely glazed over, she then casually gave the man's hand a yank. It was like tearing apart a piece of paper as his entire shoulder blade and arm was ripped off. His screams only increased as he fell to the floor, despite the noise his aura was not yet gone. So Hua fixed that, and stopped on his neck stopping the screams as well as the aura.

There was a large pool of blood, beneath her feet as the other two members slowly stepped back. The small girl shaking, whatever they were looking at wasn't normal it wasn't something that could be defied by regular human terms.

There was a slicing sound, as more blood was spilled. None of the three looking at the creature noticed, but it seemed someone throat was slit. There was a soft gurgling noise before silence. With just her nails Hua nearly decapitated the man as she turned her attention to the last one. The last one with such a dreadful aura.

"S-stop, please, I don't want to die!" The man from the fearful Agni Kai Gang started to run as Hua took another step.

There was a crashing sound. It seemed that Hua slammed his head against the wall. Though calling it a head would be wrong since it was destroyed to the point that it looked like it had simply been removed. With that, all those with the murderous Aura had been removed as Hua shook her head.

"I...kind of blacked out again...didn't I," she let out a sigh as she looked around to see a familiar sight, there was no horror over her actions or even sadness. That side of her only comes out when someone wishes to harm her, there was no reason to feel sadness for those who wouldn't hesitate to do the same to others, however.

Hua looked at the disturbed girl, who eyes were wide. Hua frowned, she knew how those situation worked, so the only thing she could do was speak. "I-I'm sorry you had to see that, you're not hurt are you?" Hua stuttered as the small girl simply shook her head, not blinking or taking her eyes off of Hua once.

"G-good," Hua clasped her hands together with a large grin on her face. "Um...could you conveniently develop amnesia and forget tonight?" It was a small request as the small girl simply looked at Hua who was walking away.

The girl quickly snapped out of her trance to say one word. "Wait!"