The Avatar State Part 1


Ok people so this is my very first story, i still havent decided how many parts there will be to this so bear with me. This story is based on what i have seen i nthe first two episodes and in the trailers. Enjoy! Please give me some feedback, i'd appreciate it! :)


"Korra, please try to focus", said Tenzin as he noticed Korra was dozing off.

They had been "meditating" for over an hour already, but Korra didn't seem to be able to concentrate. She kept dozing off. Ever since she joined Mako's and Bolin's ProBending team, it seems as if she has forgotten that she is the avatar, and that the reason why Tenzin let her stay was to finish her airbending training and help Republic City. She was lacking sleep as well, and ProBending wasn't the only reason for this. After Amon ambushed her in the alley a couple of nights ago Korra had been having nightmares. Every night Tenzin heard her cry out in the middle of the night. He knew she was scared, but everytime he tried to talk to her about it, she would change the subject.

"I'm sorry Tenzin, I'm just tired", Korra said, looking away from Tenzin's gaze. She hadn't slept very well for days. As much as she hated to admit it, Amon had scared her. She couldn't get his voice out of her head. The words "I will destroy you" rang in her head loud at night; she couldn't seem to forget about what happened.

"Maybe you should stop going to ProBending practice for a couple of days so you can catch up on your sleep".

"What? NO! I'm fine! I'm just tired from all this meditating! We've been doing this for almost two hours? Korra yelled, getting up. If there was one thing she disliked, it was meditating.

"Korra, you know this is part of your airbending training, but if you want we can move on to practice the PHYSICAL side of airbending", Tenzin said as he got up and gestured Korra, Jinora, Ikki and Meelo to the relic he used to teach the fundamental aspect of airbending.

Korra nodded, and went towards the strange contraction that she still had not managed to get through without getting hit by the wooden spinning doors. She had been getting better at it, but she just couldn't seem to concentrate there as she did while ProBending. She used the airbending moves there without any trouble, but here, she couldn't. She hoped that she wouldn't snap and burn the entire thing, again.

"Go ahead Korra. Remember, flow like the wind, just like you do in ProBending". That sport had been a great teaching tool for Korra, whenever he compared airbending to ProBending she seemed to do better, but lately, even that didn't help.

"Let's do this!" Korra said as she made her way through the contraption, at first she did very well but as she made her way through the middle something caught her eye. It was Amon, everywhere she turned she saw him. The wooden doors began to hit her with force as she panicked and tried to evade the figure she saw.

"Korra! Have patience! Focus!" Tenzin yelled as he saw Korra struggle. She had been doing well until now.

Korra kept spinning and being hit by the doors. I must be seeing things, she thought. Amon could not be on Air Temple Island. It was impossible! She moved about, and began to sweat while crying out in pain every time she hit a door. She couldn't take this much longer.

"Enough!" Korra yelled, and suddenly she felt power, power she had never felt before. It was a thousand times greater than her own. She was entering the Avatar State.

"KORRA!" Tenzin yelled, realizing what was about to happen. She had never entered the Avatar State before, but everyone one knew what she was capable of. "Jinora! Take Ikki and Meelo inside, quickly!" he said in a hurried tone. "But what about Korra?" Jinora asked. "I'll stay here with her until she calms down, now GO!" Tenzin yelled as he saw his children leave.

When Tenzin turned, Korra had already destroyed most of the airbending contraption. He knew she was not in control. The Avatar State was a defense mechanism, something must have triggered it, but what, Tenzin thought.

"Korra listen to me! You have to calm down! I'm right here! Don't worry, everything will be alright, just please calm down!" he pleaded as he approached her.

Korra turned her head towards Tenzin, for a moment she saw him, the airbending master who had been kind to her, but then, suddenly, she saw the face of Amon taunting her. She attacked him with a waterwhip as the man dodged her attacks. He pushed her back with air, but she didn't back down, she began to throw fireballs, but he continued to dodge them. Finally she earthbended and knocked him off his feet. She looked upon him as she made fire with her hands, ready to finish him off, but then she heard a familiar voice.

"Korra! It's me Tenzin! Korra, I won't hurt you! Can you hear me?" Tenzin told korra as he laid on his back watching the fire in her hands.

She looked again and Amon's face began to fade away until she saw Tenzin. What have i done? Korra thought.

Tenzin laid there trying to think of ways to not hurt Korra. He continued to watch her firsts but then surprisingly they relaxed and her glowing eyes were replaced by her light blue ones. She then closed her eyes and collapsed.

Tenzin grabbed her before she hit the grown and held her. She was sweating and panting hard, she was exhausted. "Korra?" he said.

Korra breathed heavily before she looked at Tenzin. "I'm…sorry…" she said weakly.

"It's ok Korra, what happened? You were doing so well and then you went into the Avatar State" he asked.

"I…saw…Amon..." she said, shivering. It felt so cold all of the sudden even though it was the middle of the day.

"Korra, Amon is not here, you have been having nightmares about him haven't you?" he asked. Korra nodded weakly.

"I…didn't…want…to…look…weak..." she panted, it was getting hard for her to breathe now, and she didn't know why.

"Korra, fear is not weakness. I told you already, it's ok to be scared" but he knew something was wrong with her. "Are you alright? You're shivering?" Tenzin asked in a concerned voice. She had begun to shake in his arms and she was sweating more now.

"I'm…" and then darkness took over.