The Legacy of Asorra

Book 1 (Revamp): Moon

Chapter 2: Air Temple Island

As first light swept over Republic City, Asorra walked out the front doors of the hotel, stretched her arms and yawned loudly. She immediately took a left on the sidewalk and started to make her way through the city. Her destination was a waterbed located on the edge of the city center.

"So what's the plan for today?" Yue asked curiously.

"Since I don't think I can afford to stay in hotels every night, I came up with a different idea," Asorra yawned once more as she rubbed her eyes.

"What happened to getting an apartment?" Yue questioned.

"That would actually require me to find a way of making money to maintain it," Asorra pointed out. "Kosami had more cash with her but, as you can see, my sister did not arrive with me. That's another problem we'll have to figure out."

"Poor girl, I wonder where and when she landed..." Yue pondered.

"Hopefully not too far away, but I know she can handle herself," Asorra said confidently.

"As the Solar Avatar, I would hope so," The moon spirit sighed. "Now the only free place I can think of is Air Temple Island."

"That is correct," Asorra confirmed.

"You're going to pose as a new airbender?" Yue asked.

"Pretty much," Asorra chirped as she came to a crosswalk.

She looked both ways on the street for vehicles before crossing. She took notice to the people on the sidewalks. Some carried supplies like buckets, ladders or boxes as they made their way to work while others just stood around on the street corners smoked little white cigarettes and chatted with friends. The men dressed in vests atop thin shirts with jeans or dress pants while wearing either shiny shoes or rough boots that matched their attire. The women wore either thin or puffy dresses. Some wore high heels, some didn't. The one thing they all had in common was the weird look they gave her as she passed

"I should also learn to talk quieter, I guess," Asorra sighed.

"Your own fault, hun," Yue laughed. "You can you just talk to me through your mind, you know."

"You know how I feel about that," Asorra said as she raised a hand to her forehead and massaged it with her thumb and index finger.

"When Vaatu is awake, yes, but when it's just me I doubt you'd get a headache so easily," Yue stated. Asorra just sighed and kept walking.

While she made her way through the city, she kept her eyes peeled. She knew Laura would want to question her, but she also knew she's a lot harder to find than most. The Avatar of Time was capable of opening small windows made of pure energy to see anyone's location. As Asorra was not of the time period, it would make her more difficult to find. She smiled to herself as she thought about how irritated Laura would be with her blurry image.

Asorra eventually found herself on a street littered with stores and stands of all kinds. Each shop had one or two people who stood out in front and called out to those who passed by the premises. They all tried to entice customers by bragging about the greatness of their little trading post. They yelled about what they sold and why people should buy from them. Asorra was accosted more than once in her attempt to make it down the street. She simply smiled and waved them away. Most of the shops were similar in appearance exhibiting huge storefront windows and a small wooden entry doors on the side. She casually browsed the wares as she walked. A clothing store, however, slowed her gait.

"A lot of this stuff is so dated..." Asorra sighed looking at the older style dresses and pants among other clothing around the shop.

"Ahem." Yue coughed.

"Right, right... The past..." Asorra moaned.

"Are you going to be able to keep your head straight while we're here?" Yue questioned.

"If not, I assume that's where we come in," came a dark male voice from deep in Asorra's mind earning another sigh from her. Her eyes flashed with a dark red light for a moment, but unlike with Yue, there was no rush of air around her.

"Morning, Vaatu," she greeted the Spirit of Darkness.

"Your getting stared at again..." Vaatu pointed out as people looked at Asorra like she was crazy. "Different time, same result," he laughed sarcastically.

"Wow, you're moodier than normal," Asorra pouted.

"Maybe we should find some villains to cheer me up then," Vaatu suggested.

"Maybe you should have been awake last night while Asorra killed some thugs," said Yue disapprovingly. Asorra rubbed her head as she crossed another crosswalk. Her goal was getting closer.

"This is gonna be a wonderful day, just freaking peachy..." Asorra groaned as she listened to the two spirits begin an argument.

After she had walked for hours, she finally found the waterbed she searched for all morning. She boarded a small blue boat with big red sails that operated as a ferry between the mainland and Air Temple Island. She remembered the small dock from her outings with her mother. When her mother decided she needed to go for a drive, she would take Asorra on the motorbike with her to make sure she didn't mess with her inventions. Through these trips she quickly memorized the streets and some shortcuts. Though some of the streets were different, the basic routes remained the same.

The island to which she was headed was a small outcrop of land several kilometers from the city. It had a large tower with a blue-tiled irimoya style roof, as well as three other houses all with built in similar fashion. There were also some archway-like structures, some of which were located at the top of a long staircase that lead into the courtyard. There was a fountain in the middle of a pool of water on the left from the stairs going up. On the right was a larger section of the courtyard with a yin and yang symbol in its center as well as several black lines marked all around it. The island itself was large and peaceful, the perfect place for someone to relax and meditate. It had massive rock structures around its base as well as an abundance of trees. Some wildlife, like lemurs, lived amongst them. Lemurs were small animals with long ears and tails. They were covered in white fur with small patches of either black or dark brown.

The moment the ferry docked Asorra walked off onto a tiny grey stone port and was greeted by two young men at average height. They were both bald, wearing monk like yellow robes and pants. They also bore red thick sashes that stretched around their left shoulder and diagonal down to their right side as well as brown shoes.

"Welcome to Air Temple Island," the man on the right greeted.

"What brings you here today," the man on the left asked.

"This," Asorra stated as she raised her right hand out flat in front of her. She generated a small wind funnel in the middle of her palm. The two men stared at her in shock for a moment before they snapped back to their senses.

"Please, come with us," they pleaded in unison. Asorra smiled and nodded. They escorted her up a long stairway leading through some archways and in front of the tower. They took a left past the tower and entered the largest of the three buildings. She followed them through white and light brown wooden halls and up another staircase to the second floor before asking her to wait outside a doorway at the end of yet another hall. While they disappeared inside through the sliding door she looked around. She saw paintings of old airbenders along the walls and noticed the only two windows on either end of the hallway. She rested her arms in the window sill closest to her as she looked out over the courtyard, seeing the Yin and Yang symbol on the other end while and the pool of water around the stone fountain below her. The men returned moments later and asked her to step in before leaving.

"So, you're an airbender?" A bald man asked from his chair behind a desk. The room Asorra slowly entered was a spacious square with a couple book cases, some pictures of men in similar yellow and red robes performing airbending or meditating, just like the paintings in the hall. A green carpet lay across a large portion of the room with two wooden chairs sitting in front of the large wooden desk. The man sitting in a wooden and red leather chair had a long black beard and mustache, also looking to be in his late forties to early fifties. He had blue arrow tattoos on his head and hands with lines drawn from them suggesting they went up his arms and down his back. He wore a red cape, and underneath yellow robes with a little red skirt on the bottom around the legs. He also wore red pants and grey shoes.

"Pleasure to se- I mean meet you, Master Tenzin," Asorra correct herself as she greeted him.

"A pleasure indeed," Tenzin smiled as he stood, showing himself to be quite tall and slim. He bowed and made a motion for her to take a seat. "Might I have the pleasure of knowing your name?"

"My name is Asorra," she bowed in response before sitting in the chair to the left.

"My acolytes tell me you created an small wind funnel in the palm of your hand," Tenzin beamed as he sat back down. "Would you mind demonstrating this for me?"

Asorra nodded as she raised her right hand and generated a tiny tornado like he asked. He stared, almost dumbfounded at what he was witnessing. She lowered her hand after a moment and the small wind funnel vanished. Snapping back to reality, Tenzin rested back in his seat, watching Asorra with delight.

"It's so nice to meet another airbender," Tenzin explained. "Ever since the Air Nomads were almost wiped out in the Hundred Year War I've been under the impression that my family would be the last of them. How long have you known about your power?"

"Ever since I was a kid," Asorra answered honestly. "I've been trained very well by my parents, so I assure you I didn't come here to learn. To be completely honest I can't afford to live in the city."

"I see, so you came here looking for a place to stay?" Tenzin questioned curiously.

"Yeah, I was hoping you'd accept a new airbender and allow me to stay here for a while," Asorra admitted.

"Well, I'd be more than happy to welcome you here," Tenzin smiled. "But I would like to test your abilities to see how well you could have been trained. I'm also curious about your heritage. You said your parents taught you. Were they airbenders as well or did they just study the ancient teachings?"

"I'm always up for a challenge," Asorra beamed. "As for my parents, they can airbend, but I'm not entirely comfortable talking about them right now."

"Did something happen?" Tenzin asked worriedly.

"I don't want to get into it, if that's alright," Asorra rubbed her left arm as she looked out the window to her left and saw the same two men that guided her in. They were with several other men and women in the same robes helping them set up a large wooden platform with large wooden boards that looked like they could spin. "You know, instead of that old training device there is a better way to test my abilities."

"That 'device' has been used in Airbending training for centuries," Tenzin stated.

"I'm just saying you can learn a lot more if we sparred," Asorra pointed out. "You're the only person on the island that could give me challenge and it would show you how skilled I am."

"Well you certainly have confidence, which is good," Tenzin said while stroking his beard. "And it's true that your suggestion would work as a good way to test your skills. Though fighting is not the path of the Air Nomads. We could perform more cooperative exercises if you are truly against using the Airbending Gates."

"You'll learn more from a simple combat session than having me twirl and spin in circles around that thing," Asorra gestured to the contraption outside. "Trust me, this is the best way to determine where I stand, by going up against a master."

"You really do seem sure of yourself," Tenzin eyed her carefully. "How long have you been training?"

"Since I was seven, so about thirteen years," Asorra said honestly.

"A long time," Tenzin nodded. "Alright, I will indulge your request. It will be interesting to test a new airbender as well as see you in action." Asorra smiled as Tenzin stood up and walked around his desk, offering a hand to help her up. Asorra gladly took it and Tenzin escorted her outside to the Yin and Yang courtyard.

A small breeze carried through the yard of stone. Tenzins cape and Asorra's cloak gently flapped to the wind. Asorra winced a little do to the headache she was now gaining. It had taken a lot of effort to ignore the two spirits in her head this whole time, but now their arguments were starting to effect her. She did her best to turn her mind to Tenzin who took a combat ready stance. He parted his feet, moving one behind the other, as he held both his hands out in front of him. His fingers were stretched out but closed together. Asorra eyed him carefully, taking a similar stance only turning her body sideways. She kept one arm behind her yet stretched out to the side while the other stuck out in front of her. Gathered around them were the Air Acolytes, all in yellow and red robes, who were very excited to see this match as they could not bend any of the elements themselves.

Just when Tenzin was about to move Asorra leaped forward and landed on one hand, pushing her self up as high as her arm could go. She kicked out with her feet and spun around creating waves of air. The attacks moved towards Tenzin who leaped and passed over them. Upon landing he struck out his right hand sending a smaller air blast at Asorra. She cartwheeled out of the way and once back on her feet jabbed both her hands out sending two air bursts toward her opponent, one after the other. Tenzin blocked and deformed the waves into harmless air before shooting a few more of his own. As he did this he jumped and spun while kicking out a few more air waves. Asorra just twirled around them then crouched down and kicked out her foot in a sliding motion. As her next air wave came at ground level, Tenzin made to jump over it.

Seeing a shot Asorra went to hit him with an air blast from her hand. As she aimed her sight had become a little hazy. She fired and she missed which allowed Tenzin to land safely. He whipped his right arm out in a curved fashion before him which created a big air wave that flew across the black and white insignia in the center and toward Asorra. The Lunar Avatar made to move but felt her headache get worse and froze, grabbing her forehead with her right hand. The air wave hit her square in the chest which knocked her down. Asorra blacked out for several minutes. When she awoke she found her head was resting in one of the laps of the female acolytes. Tenzin, who was kneeling next to her, watched her worriedly.

"Are you alright?" Tenzin asked.

"Yeah, just a headache," Asorra said, only slightly grinding her teeth. Her anger at the two noisy beings within her caused them to go silent.

"You froze there for a minute," Tenzin said concerned. "I thought you would have avoided that last one."

"I've had a headache all day," Asorra admitted. "I thought it would pass but it only got worse."

'Sorry,' Yue apologized in a hushed voice.

"Perhaps we should find you a room so you can rest," Tenzin stated as he motioned for another acolyte to help her up.

"Yeah..." Asorra said in response to both Tenzin and Yue.

"Excuse me, master," a male acolyte called out as he ran up to Tenzin from the massive staircase. "I have word from Police Chief Beifong. She has the Avatar, Korra, in custody."

"Of all the..." Tenzin trailed off as he pinched the bridge of his large pointy nose in annoyance. "I told her to stay in the Southern Water Tribe." Asorra watched them carefully as she took a small white plastic bottle out from her robes and popped the cap off. She shook out a couple of small red round pills and tossed them into her mouth. She also removed a hidden brown satchel, filled with water, from under her cloak. She took a drink from it to swallow them easier. No one took notice to this as they were solely focused on the news about one of the Avatars. Once she put it back she approached Tenzin.

"Did I hear you right? Avatar Korra is here?" She asked.

"Yes she is, against my wishes," Tenzin stated, annoyed about the situation.

"I'd imagine she's here to learn how to airbend, right?" Asorra inquired.

"More than likely," Tenzin answered before looking at her questioningly. "How do you know she can't already?"

"I am well aware she can't. After all I came here from the Southern Water Tribe," Asorra explained. "You tend to hear a few things when in the right place at the right time."

"I see," said Tenzin as he watched her carefully. "Well, I have to go tend to the mess she got herself into. One of my Acolytes will show you to your room." Tenzin waved to one of the women of the group who stepped forward and beckoned Asorra to follow her. Asorra gave a light bow to Tenzin before turning to follow the young woman back into the largest of the three houses.

Hours pass and Asorra is back outside. She stood down at the docks while leaning against a stone pillar. She sighed when she looked upon the city.

"Sucks what's going to happen to this place over the coming years," she muttered.

"Remember your job is to deal with Laura, not to get involved in too much otherwise," Yue stated.

"You know, mom and mother were a little unclear as to how much I was actually involved," Asorra pointed out.

"This is true," Vaatu confirmed. "Maybe you should be the one to kill Amon."

"You mean the bloodbending cry baby?" Asorra sighed again. "Maybe..." She closed her eyes as she felt the cool breeze around her. She cocked one eye open the moment she sensed the ferry approaching. As it pulled up and docked a ramp slid off and landed on the stone floor.

"Asorra? Were you waiting for me? Did my children give you trouble?" Tenzin questioned, surprised to see her waiting as he walked off the brown docking ramp. Close behind him was Korra. Instead of the padding she had warn back during her test she was dressed in a blue tank-top with a brown fur waste cloth and blue pants with brown boots. Her long brown hair stuck up in a ponytail like before but now with two straight groups hair on either side of her face. She also bore an armband on her right bicep with blue and white triangles that trailed around it and two blue wrist bands.

"Are you really going to send Korra home?" Asorra inquired.

"It's not the right time for her to be here," Tenzin stated. Asorra looked at Korra who returned a curious look.

"Hi," Korra greeted.

"Hey," Asorra replied, giving her a soft smile before turning her attention back to Tenzin. "You know there's a reason Avatar Laura picked you to train her as opposed to doing it herself?"

"How do you know this? How did you know I planned to send her home?" Tenzin inquired.

"As I said, one tends to hear things while in the right place," Asorra said plainly. "And sending her home is not the answer."

"The city is dealing with a lot right now and-" Tenzin began only to be cut off by Asorra.

"Listen, having Laura make an occasional visit might keep things relatively calm right now but it's only a matter of time before mister masked and broody makes a bigger move. Having an Avatar in the city might discourage them for a while longer. Plus I think they would be happier if she stuck around."

Tenzin stared at her confused before he noticed three small airbenders landing on the docks. They flew in with wooden sticks that had long orange cloth wings on the top from which they held on. It also had smaller wings near the bottom of the staff for better control. The wings folded in when they landed. Asorra grinned as she remembered how those old devices worked. Airbenders would bend the air current around their gliders so they could fly. The three children, two girls and a boy gathered around Korra. They were all dressed in yellow robes and pants with brown shoes and red hoodless ponchos. They greeted her and asked if she was going to be sticking around.

Tenzin watched them, his mind working away on what needed to be done. Sending Korra home was meant to keep her safe. But Asorra was right, having her there would discourage a lot of criminal activity and might even reduce it. Plus he would also be able to make good on his promise to Avatar Laura and train her. He sighed then smiled as he stepped toward Korra.

"Perhaps I was wrong," he said to her. "The city needs its Avatar."

Korra beamed at him before getting up from where she had been kneeling as she had been hugging Tenzin's kids. She ran over to Tenzin and both thanking and hugging him.

"Thank you, Tenzin!" Korra cried happily.

"Of course this means first thing tomorrow we start training," Tenzin stated as he returned her hug.

'Aren't you going to tell him the White Lotus Guards aren't coming to pick her up?' Vaatu asked.

"He'll figure it out," Asorra grinned as she turned away and began to make her way back up the steps toward the living area.


Disclaimer: Avatar the last Airbender and Legend of Korra characters all belong to Nickelodeon and their creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante. I do not claim to own anything except the characters Laura, Asorra, and Kosami, my own creations.