Another revised chapter of this story. Let me know what you think.

Days passed and Korra stayed on the island and did what she was told. She was an empty shell, having no ambitions to go on. No motivations for anything. Tenzin knew that the young Avatar wasn't like this. He's seen her when she was around Katara; she was a sassy, outgoing girl.

Could it be that she was scared? She was in a foreign place; she was moved here with little warning. Could it be that she missed Katara? He had no way of knowing. Katara said nothing about any of this happening. Korra certainly never would tell him things like this. Could this have to do with her past?

One day after a hard day of training Korra was quick to leave and get to the baths, but Tenzin stopped her. "Korra come here please before you leave."

Turning on her heel she gave an annoyed sigh and walked over to Tenzin. Brushing back sweaty bangs she peered at Tenzin through blue eyes. His voice was soft with concern as he spoke; "Korra, I am going into Republic City tomorrow. How about you take a day off and explore a little."

Her eyes widened. What if they were there? What would she do? Trying to form the words she stuttered a little. "Y-yes of course Sifu that seems like a good idea." He could sense her discomfort and sudden change of emotion. He knew something was up, but didn't know what it was.

The next morning Korra came out to the ferry dock. She gave a tired yawn. She got no sleep, all because of the fear of seeing her parents. Her mind was still filled with the questions and theories of what would happen if she saw them.

Tenzin noticed Korra's tired face. "Korra, if you are tired you can just sleep today."

Looking at her teacher she shook her head and spoke, "Oh no Sifu, I don't need that. I am just excited. I've never really explored Republic City before." Giving Tenzin a fake smile she coated her words with sweet lies. She was used to lying. She lied to everyone. When her teachers asked her if she was fine she would smile and nod.

They didn't want to bother themselves with her problems anyway so why should she trouble them? The only person who she couldn't lie to was Katara. The first and last time she tried to Katara stared at her with wise knowing eyes. This old lady couldn't be lied to. She raised three kids and she practically raised Korra. She knew her too well.

Katara asked if Korra was doing okay. This was 3 years after Korra was taken away from her parents. She gave a small smile and nodded, but that smile didn't last long. Her bright eyes turned wet as soon as they met with Katara's. Then immediately she broke down crying in Katara's arms. Katara always listened to Korra whenever she cried. She was always there for the young Avatar, especially when the others weren't.

Tenzin looked at the Avatar a bit confused. She seemed so scared last night. Now she seemed happy, what changed? Only if he knew. . .

The ferry came up to the dock and Korra and Tenzin walked up onto it. As they made their way to the council room Tenzin stopped. Korra stopped as well and gave Tenzin a questioning look, why was he stopping?

"Korra I have a meeting and it will be for an hour or so. So how about you go and explore around the city?" He saw the flicker of fear in her eyes.

"Are you sure? I mean I am only 17."

"You are almost an adult; I've seen you with Katara. You always want her to take you out of the compound. You explore this place; it's totally different from the Southern Watertribe."

"Yeah, I know. Well I'm gonna go look around." With that she slowly walked away towards the park that was around the block.

Tenzin watched as she walked away. He knew that something was wrong, but he didn't know how to approach her about it.

Korra walked among the masses of crowds. So many people from all the different nations, this was something that she's never seen before. For a moment it was quite fun. Korra found her way to the park and there she found a class of water bending going on.

It was a group of girls that were standing in the river that wrapped around the park. They were practicing basic forms that Korra already knew when she was younger than them. The teacher was trying to encourage the girls, but it didn't really work.

Then Korra walked up to then and jumped into the water, splashing the girls. There was a collective cry among the girls. "Don't cry; don't be afraid to get wet. The water is a connection to who you are. Here when you are bending the water imagine it like as if you are the water. You want to become a stream of water, imagine you the water flowing."

The girls gave each other skeptical looks, but did what Korra said to do. They found that it was easier to bend the water. Korra helped with the instruction of the class. In that moment she enjoyed herself forgetting about everything that was troubling her.

After the class the teacher approached her. "Wow, you are a great teacher. Have you thought about become a bending instructor?"

Korra stared at the women, she looked familiar, she didn't know why the woman just did. "Oh no, I just learned from the best teacher in the world."

"Well, you should come back sometime. I would love your help. Also I've never seen you around here. Did you just move here?"

Korra nodded, "You could say that, I am from the Southern Water Tribe."

"Oh wow, I am from there I haven't been there in 11 years. By the way my name is Senna what's yours?" Senna held out her hand to Korra. Just as Korra was about to answer she knew why she looked familiar.

"I'm Kor-… Oh uh I have to go." She said panicked as she tried to walk away. Senna grabbed her hand. "Korra is that you?" Her fears where coming true. What she feared the most was coming true.

Korra yanked away her hand and started to runaway. Senna chased after her. "Korra come back, I want to talk to you." She called to Korra.

She pursed Korra through the crowded streets. Korra ran around a corner and ran into someone. Giving a groan she stood up, the ground and everything else was spinning in her vision. The person who she ran into groaned as well.

Korra's blue eyes lay upon the prettiest girl she had ever seen. The girl had wavy black hair, bright green eyes with porcelain skin and delicate features. "Ouch why did you do that?" The girl grumbled

"Oh, I- I am sorry I am…" Korra stopped talking as she turned around and Senna closing in. The girl peered around the corner and saw a frantic woman who appeared to be looking for someone.

"Are you running from that lady? Say no more." The girl took Korra's hand as she weaved and bobbed the two of them between the crowds of people to the upscale part of town. Stopping after several minutes of running they stopped and took a breath.

"Why," huff, "did you help me?" Korra spoke between pants.

"You looked like you needed help." The girl smiled at her and laughed. "My name is Asami, what's yours?"

Korra gave a soft blush and smiled. "My name is Korra."