Chapter 2 – At First Sight


The young golden haired teen decided to leave the family's lodge and followed the road to the city. He had asked the family what was the name of the city beyond the mountains, they said that it was called Republic City.

The snow had subsided and it was easier to travel. He looked at his clothes; they were old blue rags with a red jacket over his torso. "Lost my armor plates, my real clothes and my sword. Perfect." Thor said as he looked at the path ahead of him. He shrugged and walked towards the city with a bag full of food and supplies.


Korra and company rode towards where the lightning bolt had hit. What they found was an empty human-size crater. Oddly enough the snow storm had stopped and they could take a better look at it. "That crater is pretty small." Bolin said as Korra hopped off Naga and walked towards the crater.

"It's big enough to fit a person." Korra said.

"Didn't you say that it was a huge lightning bolt that struck this place?" Mako asked.

"Yeah, but the snow hasn't accumulated here even with the snow storm going on." Korra replied as she placed her hand on the snowy ground. "I feel something."

"What is it?" Mako asked as he and Bolin walked towards her. Korra stepped inside the hole and touched the scorched ground.

"I feel something weird in here; it isn't heat or something like that. It's like energy coming out of the ground." Korra said.

"That's what heat is, its energy." Mako responded irritated from Korra's incorrect assumption.

"Alright smart guy, touch the ground." Korra told him. He scoffed and kneeled to touch the scorched earth.

"It's cold…" Mako said surprised.

"See?" Korra said as she crossed her arms and smirked.

"What does this mean?" Bolin asked.

"Something entered our world." Korra replied. "And we need to find it if it's bad."


Thor entered the city; he was overwhelmed by the sounds, vibrant lights and the people of different cultured living among each other. "Wow…Midgard is so different from what I've seen before." He said as he saw three guys bullying a shop keeper.

"Come on pay up, it's getting late and we are getting pretty worked up with the boss." The small man in blue said.

"Please it has been a bad month; I don't have the money to pay yet. Give me one more week and…" The shop keeper tried to reason but the bigger man in green grabbed him by the collar.

"You don't pay now; my friend here will rock your world." The small man said as he smiled.

"Hey Mil…" The skinny man in black and red said.

"What?"

"Look." The skinny man pointed at the five foot eleven inch teenager looking at them from the shop next door.

"Beat it kid, you saw nothing." Mil said as he returned his attention to the scarred shop keeper.

"Oh I see something, I see three thugs trying to look though in front of all these people." Thor responded as he placed his bag on the concrete ground.

"A tough guy huh? Last time some of our guys fought against a kid like you they ended up in the hospital. Avatar related problems, but you…you look like a nobody. Tell me, you a bender?" Mil asked him as the big dropped the shop keeper on the floor.

"Tell you what, how about you find out." Thor challenged them as he took a strange fighting stance.

"You asked for it." Mil said as he charged towards him with two ice daggers on his hands. Thor smirked and jumped over the guy. "Huh?"

"You gotta be faster than that." Thor said. The waterbender thug grunted in anger and turned his ice daggers into water whips. He tried to whip Thor with them but seemed to fail to connect a single water droplet with Thor's body.

Thor then swiftly came up to him and hurled him into the ground, and kicked him the face enough times to knock him out cold. "Next?"

Both the earthbending giant and the firebending thug went to battle Thor. The young blonde hero grabbed a close-by chair and smacked the firebender in the face with it as he dodged the earthbender's earth shaking punch.

The firebender, furious from being hit with a chair, threw several fireballs at Thor. Seeing them coming, he ran through them cataching the bender's coat and throwing him to the store's window. The earthbender bended the pavement into a big ball of rocks, he laughed.

Thor saw the boulder over hovering over the big man's head and then at his legs. Pretty skinny for a guy his size, he saw a piece of glass on the ground and grabbed it. In a blink of the eye he threw the piece of glass at the earthbender's exposed leg flesh, cutting him. This distracted the man making the boulder fall on him. "Agh!" He screamed as the rock crushed him.

Thor walked towards him. "Good thing you only broke some bones, you don't deserve a warrior's death." Thor said as he spit on his face. He turned around and grabbed his bag and looked at the shop keeper. "Good night."

"Good…night." The shop keeper responded. Thor was feeling incredibly satisfied after the fight, he hadn't fought like this since good Fandral had been captured by a group of Storm Giants after he had stolen their girlfriends and he and grim Hogun and jolly Volstagg had to rescue him.

"I miss you guys." Thor sorrowfully said as he walked towards what looked to be a park. He took seat on the grass and looked at the afternoon sky. This was new to him; Odin had always spoken of Midgard…about its people, history, and culture. It had always fascinated Thor, he didn't know why but he was starting to like this realm.


"So do we tell Tenzin about this?" Mako asked. The trio was walking through the park after having returned from the outskirts of the city.

"Nah, nothing really happened aside from that freak storm. Let's just go home, it's getting late." Korra replied.

"Okay, see ya Korra." Bolin said good-by as he and Mako walked towards the probending arena and Korra to the docks.

"When we get home, I'll give you extra food for having taken us all the way to there. All right girl?" Korra said to her animal friend, Naga. Who licked her in gratitude. "Ha, all right, let's go."

"That's one mighty pet you got there."

Korra turned around to see a guy around her age, he was at least five feet eleven inches tall, had long golden hair, his skin was as toned as an earthbender, had aquatic blue eyes like hers, a dark blue shirt and black pants and a red sleeveless jacket over his chest. He carried a bag on his back, and had smile on his face. "Naga is not my pet, she's my friend." Korra corrected him.

"Strange, where I come from our beasts are not treated with such admiration, except for my father's horse. He loves that horse." The young man said. "Sorry for what I said, my name is Thor."

"Korra." Korra greeted him back.

They stood in front of each other for another minute before one of them talked again. "Uh, I see you're not from around here either…from the style of your clothes." Thor said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Yeah, I'm from the Southern Water Tribe. You?" Korra asked.

"Well let's just say that I'm from far, far away." Thor answered as he smiled. "Want some company on your way home?"

"Uh…why?" Korra asked feeling a little odd by having a stranger accompanying her back to the island.

"From where I come from, it's customary for one like me to escort some like…yourself." Thor answered, feeling his face heat up.

"Okay then…" Korra accepted.

"Great." Thor said as the two of them walked together to the docks of the city. "On my way to the park, I beat up these guys who wanted to extort this shop owner, satisfying."

"Really? I did the same exact thing when I arrived to the city. Only thing is that I got arrested after that." Korra said remembering her awful experience with Chief Beifong.

"I didn't stay for too long after I show those losers who was they were dealing with." Thor said as he boasted firmly.

"Speaking of which, you look far different from the people around here." Korra said. "I mean you have yellow hair, as far as I know of there's no one with yellow hair around here. Well maybe red but that's just paint. Yours looks natural."

"Because it is, like I said, I come from far away." Thor responded as he smirked. They walked and talked all the way to the dock, learning a bit each other in the way.

"You live on that place? Fancy." Thor said as he looked at the island on the other side of the bay.

"Yeah, it's a nice place. Where are you sleeping in?" Korra asked her new friend.

"I…I don't know yet. I just got to the city and I don't know anyone." Thor replied. Then Korra got an idea.

"You could stay with me in the island." Korra proposed. "I'm sure Tenzin will understand."

"Really? Thanks." Thor said as they both got over the ferry and headed to the island's docks. Once there they headed towards the main building of the temple, where Tenzin and his family resided in.

"Korra!" Three little kids yelled as they hugged Korra after she set foot inside.

"Haha all right kids, go play." Korra said as the three kids left running outside passing by a surprised Thor. "Afternoon Tenzin."

"Where have you been? It's almost past seven and you already missed dinner." Tenzin said.

"I was doing what you told me to do, to check the lightning bolt's crash place." Korra responded feeling a irritated.

"Who's your friend there?" Pema asked as she spotted Thor behind Korra.

"Oh uh, this is Thor. He just arrived to the city and he doesn't know anyone out there." Korra responded.

"Master Tenzin, Korra has told me much about you." Thor said as he placed his fist above his chest and kneeled in front of the master airbender.

"That's quite a greeting." Korra said.

"Quite. Good in meeting you, Thor." Tenzin said as Thor stood back up. "Tell me, from your appearance I can't really pinpoint which type of the bending arts you practice."

"Oh I don't bend." Thor replied, it was an unexpected surprise for both Korra and Tenzin but a wonderful one for Pema. "But I am skilled in the arts of combat, practiced most of my life using weapons like swords, axes, hammers and daggers, and let's not forget my body in a fight."

"Sounds you know your way around combat like Korra." Tenzin said.

"Since he has no place to go…I already invited him to stay with us." Korra said.

"Hmph…very well. If Korra sees you as someone enough to trust I will trust you too. You may stay." Tenzin said.

"Thank you." Thor once again did his 'greeting' move.

Minutes later, Korra and Thor walked in the courtyard of the temple. She was showing him where everything was so he wouldn't get lost. "Since you're a guy you will go to the guy's side of the temple." Korra said.

"An odd way to separate genders but I understand." Thor said.

"They don't separate rooms where you come from?" Korra asked him.

"Well, that's what I heard from the Royal Guards a couple of times that they shared dormitories with the female elite guards. Never really gave it a thought." Thor said.

"Hold on…Royal Guard?" Korra asked again, this time she was intrigued.

"Seemed I already spoiled the surprise, I am the Crown Prince of the kingdom that I hail from. My father is the king…well more like an emperor but yeah." Thor revealed.

"You are royalty?! Now that's pretty cool." Korra responded, this only sparked her interest of Thor and his homeland. "Well since you revealed that you are a prince, then I might as well say that I am The Avatar."

"The Avatar? I think my father has spoken about someone like you before…you bend all four elements?" Thor asked.

"Yep, fire, water, earth and air…well not air yet but I'm getting there." Korra responded as she placed her hands on her hips.

"That explains why you're staying with Tenzin." Thor said as he sat on a nearby rock.

"I don't know if I should ask you this but if you're a crown prince, why are you here by yourself?" Korra asked him.

"It's a long story, but all I'll say that I make a mistake and I'm paying for it now. I don't know if my father is testing me or not, but I've lost everything that made me…well me. My powers, my armor, my symbols, my sword…everything, even my old friends." Thor said as he remembered that fateful event. Is his father really looking at him now, or has he forsaken his eldest son?

"I'm so sorry…I shouldn't have asked." Korra apologized.

"It's alright, feels good to talk to someone…especially someone like you, Korra. I haven't someone as…nice as you. Thanks." Thor said, feeling that heating sensation on his face again.

"You're…welcome." Korra said as she too felt a strange sensation on her face as well. Thor looked at her and smiled.

"I'm feeling drained, I better go to sleep." Thor said as he got off the rock.

"Yeah...me too, see you tomorrow." Korra replied. They went their separate ways ending the date on a strange but nice note.


"Father!" A man in leather armor yelled as he stomped through the stone hallways. He held a metallic helmet that protected his brown haired head, his leather armor was polished to sheen and his white cape flew on the air as he quickly made his way through the halls of the palace. "Father!"

"Hold, Prince Balder, All-Father Odin is busy at the moment."

"Heimdall! You will let me pass!" Balder yelled at the guardian.

"I am sorry, Prince Balder, but I am not allowed to let you pass the gates of the war room." Heimdall responded, his horned helmet shadowed his eyes and his great beard gave off a sense of respect. His armor was equally, if not more impressive than Balder's leather armor.

"Out of the way!" Balder yelled as he entered the war room anyway.

"Prince!" Heimdall yelled as the young prince opened the golden gate into the room. In it, Odin and his most trusted war generals, Frey, Skaldi, Bjorn and Ragnar. Arguably, the gods of war, a title most right to them if it weren't already used by Tyr.

"Balder, what is the meaning of this?" Odin asked, he looked at Heimdall with his one good eye. The all-seeing guardian knelt and walked away.

"What have you done to Thor!? Why would you do that to my brother!?" Balder yelled.

Odin looked at his generals. "Leave us." He said and the elder warriors left the war room. "Your brother has caused a great war between the Jotuns and our allies. I couldn't let that go unpunished."

"But exiling him to Midgard? That's your punishment, how in your limitless wisdom would you do such thing!?" Balder yelled.

"Cease that tone; remember that you are speaking to not only your father but your king too. The Odinsleep is making me weary, and I need Asgard at its fullest potential. That's why I've left your mother to be in charge once I fall into the Odinsleep." Odin said as he walked towards his younger son. "If it weren't so, this conflict would've been over long ago."

"And Thor?" Balder asked.

"He asked if he could be worthy of wielding Mjolnir. He wasn't…he lacked discipline, spirituality and humility. Qualities needed to become a full Thunder God, and we need the lord of storms more than ever." He informed his son. "You know what to do, my son, as God of Light and Mercy, you must see that this is as much as a lesson for Thor as a punishment."

"I see father." Balder responded. "I shall see to the horses."

Balder left the room, a little less clouded by emotion, but sad that his older brother was gone. But there was one smiling in the shadows. It was none other than Loki, God of Fire and Mischief, half-brother of Thor and Balder.

"So Thor has been banished? How terrible, now who should I annoy? Certainly not Tyr, he gets irritated too fast." Loki said as he went towards the main throne room and sat on Odin's throne. "My mind tells me to plead for his return but my heart tells me to laugh at his misfortune."

Then the entire palace shook, and the Royal Guards ran from their barracks to their defensive positions. "What the Hel?" He said as he followed the guards towards the courtyard. There was nothing outside but the clear skies of the kingdom.

"The Third Seal has been broken." Odin said as he stepped beside Loki.

"Third Seal?" Loki asked.

"You should know of the Seven Seals of the Sons of Bor. They hold the gates of Muspleheim from opening…I'm afraid that the Dark Elves have broken the third one." Odin answered. "Our Vanir allies failed to contain them."

"You surely won't allow that to occur correct?" Loki asked.

"Everything will happen to its own accord." Odin responded as he headed back to the palace.

"Damn that fool, father won't do what is necessary. I should be Crown Prince not Thor…but nonetheless I already have my plans." Loki talked to himself.