Even Unalaq stopped what he was doing as the former leader of the equalists made his way over to the fearful avatar.
"I can teach her exactly what she needs to learn," Amon said as he walked closer to Korra.
Rigid with fear, Korra stammered, "I… I thought… you were…"
"Hardly." Amon said cutting her off. He stopped right in front of Korra. Although he wasn't bloodbending her, Korra still couldn't bring herself to move much. The memory of their final battle was still fresh on Korra's mind.
Then, mustering all the courage inside of her, Korra repeated softly, "no… you… don't!" she finished with a scream as she whipped both of her arms into position and focused all her energy.
But something wasn't right… by now Korra would be in the avatar state. Yet as she opened her eyes, nothing was happening. Not even the slightest amount of air was gathering around her feet to lift her off the ground.
"What?" Korra gasped. "This can't be happening… I don't-"
"Amusing young avatar," Amon interrupted. "Seems like even after all this time you still haven't mastered the avatar state."
"No!" Korra whispered to herself. She tried again only to meet similar results. Just to make sure she hadn't lost her bending again, she created a flame in her hand which burned brightly. Shaking her head wordlessly she thought, "what is going on?"
Turning quickly back to Amon, Korra noticed he was raising his hand in the air.
"What are you doing?" Korra asked nervously.
"Starting your training," Amon replied evenly as he slowly began to lower his hand towards Korra's forehead. "Lesson one."
Just as Korra was about to scream she felt a heat wave come towards her. She turned just in time to see a wall of fire wash over the three of them knocking Amon and Unalaq off their feet. Korra covered her face and braced herself but upon peeking through her fingers she realized the fire wasn't touching her at all. Korra stood up straight and looked around as the firestorm continued, forming a perfect circle around her. As she tried to make sense of what was happening, Korra remembered a story Katara had told her of how her husband and Fire Lord Zuko faced the dragons and at one point the dragons created a whirlwind of fire around them.
"I wonder if it looked anything like this," she thought.
As the fire began to die down and the smoke began to clear something smelled different. It was a familiar smell that Korra had come to adore. She turned and looked all around her, desperately trying to find the comforting smell's source. But try as she might she couldn't find anything.
Below her the ground began to bloom as the snow melted away. Korra knelt down as the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen popped up from the ground and swayed gently in the breeze.
Korra looked up and around her. Everything was peaceful. Unalaq, Amon and the angry spirit were gone and there was nothing to suggest they'd be back any time soon.
A small fire ferret that almost looked like Pabu nudged her gently. She bent over and picked up the little ferret. Korra gently scratched the side of its face as the ferret's eyes closed in happiness.
Korra's heart rate began to slow down from its rapid pace earlier. As she closed her eyes she let down her guard and took another deep breath. The same familiar smell comforted her and a smile crept on to her face.
For some odd reason, however, Korra couldn't help but feel there was something around her shoulders…