"Pema, where is Korra? I know she hates mornings but she has never stood up early morning meditation. If she keeps this up she will miss breakfast." Tenzin asked as he, followed by Jinora and Ikki, walked into the pavilion.

"Oh I don't know. I thought she was with you. I've been taking care of Meelo and the baby all morning."

"Maybe she just slept in and is meeting us for breakfast. You know how you get angry with her when she is late for meditation, daddy." Jinora added.

The family walked through the corridor to the dining room. The room was empty, Korra was not there. Tenzin and Pema stopped in surprise. Ikki and Meelo ran around them into the room.

"Then where could she be?" Pema asked.

"Daddy, Mommy, look. Look what I found. It's a letter. Here look. Look." Ikki said as she handed the letter to Tenzin while jumping around him waiting for it to be read.

"It's from Korra." He said in shock. He opened the envelope. "I'll read it out loud: 'By the time you read this I'll be long gone. I've decided that I have to, as the avatar, not only protect Republic City, but also the rest of the world. Maybe if I travel the world, like the many other avatars before me did, I will be able to master my spirituality side. I'm probably going to go home back to the South Pole for a little first, I miss home. I'll tell Katara you say hi. After the South Pole, I'll probably travel around the Earth Kingdom or the Fire Nation. Maybe I'll even visit the Northern Water Tribe, I've always wanted to see our sister tribe. But first, I would like to thank you, all of you, for everything you have done for me. You have helped me in more ways than one. You gave me a place to stay, helped me learn airbending, and when I needed someone you were there. I couldn't have made it in this city without your help. When I come back to the city, I will definitely visit you. You are like a second family to me, and I couldn't be more grateful. I wish I could say goodbye to you in person, but the only way for me to be able to do this is if I leave now. – Always your friend, Korra. P.S- there is another letter in the envelope; it is for Bolin and Mako. Could one of you bring them the letter? Thank you and goodbye.'… And that's it. She left."

"So, Korra is gone?" Jinora and Ikki asked with a sulk.

"Yeah, I guess she is, sweeties. Come on kids, I'll make you breakfast." Pema replied. She put her hand on Jinora's shoulder and guided the children out of the room. "Tenzin, you probably should give the boys their letter now, before they start to worry."


"So, Mako, are you going to go talk to Korra now? It is morning. You said you would." Bolin asked.

"Yes Bolin, stop nagging me. I'm going right now, okay."He said as he walked out of the door of their apartment. Bolin followed. "Bolin, why are you following me?"

"Because I don't trust you. I need to see you with Korra before I believe that you will actually go and meet her today."

"Whatever." He said as he sulked his way down the stairs.

Flurries started to fall from the dark sky. Tenzin glided over Yue Bay. He landed and walked through the doors of the golden stadium. He saw the boys bickering and walking towards the doors.

"Bolin, Mako, I have something for you."

"Master Tenzin, it is a pleasure to see you today." Mako bowed.

"We were actually just on our way to Air Temple Island. We have to talk to Korra; well actually Mako needs to talk to her but whatever." Mako shot Bolin an annoyed look.

"Well boys, I guess I saved you two the trip because it has been cut short." Tenzin handed them the letter. The boys looked confused, "It's from Korra. She left in the middle of the night last night. She wanted you to have this. I'm guessing it's her last goodbyes." He turned around and left for the door.

Mako held the letter in his hands, reading every word over and over again. Bolin, over Mako's shoulders, read it quickly, and dashed out the doors. Mako stood there in shock, then walked back up to his apartment.

"Master Tenzin, wait. Wait one second." Bolin caught up to Tenzin before he could take off. "Wait. Did Korra tell you where she was going?"

"Well, she did but vaguely. She said she was traveling the world as part of her avatar duties. She said that she would travel the four nations, not saying when or where." Bolin frowned. "But she did say she was going to visit the South Pole first. But she didn't say how long she was going to stay there, all she said was that she missed home and was going to visit the South Pole for a little while." His frown turned into excitement and he started to run back into the stadium.

"Thank you, Master Tenzin." He said as he ran through the doors.


Mako sat there, in the window of the tower of the stadium; the same place he first contemplated his feelings for the avatar when he first met her. He sat there holding the letter in his hand, going over and over what it said in his head. Each word of that letter hurt him more and more. Every single goodbye killed him. The thought of saying goodbye to Korra killed him. The words played in his mind over and over again. Those words, those dam words the ones that read out like this: 'Dear Mako and Bolin, so you might or might not know it by now but I have left Republic City. It was a difficult decision to leave the city, to leave you two, but it had to be made. I wish you two could come but this is a journey that I have to make alone. I'm sorry for bailing on you guys during the middle of the pro-bending season, and that you need a waterbender replacement. I will always miss you. You two were the best friends a girl could have, so thank you. I don't know when I will be back or if I will even come back, so as of right know, this is a last goodbye. I will always cherish the friendships we had. Goodbye. –Korra.' Mako crumpled the letter in his hand, threw it across the room and punched the floor. "Dammit, Korra!" He screamed out the window. His eyes started to tear up, but he tried to fight it. "Why! Why, Korra? Why did you have to leave? Just come back. We can fix this, whatever this is. I need you." He gave up his fight. Water fell from his eyes over his cheeks. "Dammit Korra, just come back. See what you make me do? Come back. I don't know who I am without you anymore. As much as I hate to admit it you complete me. Why do you do this to me?"

Bolin stood there watching his brother. Mako's walls were finally coming down; he could see his brother's true feelings, even if his brother couldn't. "Because you love her." Bolin answered.

Mako stopped crying and looked at his brother in surprise. "Bolin, how long have you been there?"

"Long enough for me to figure out that you love Korra." Bolin walked over to his brother.

"Yeah, well that doesn't really matter anymore. She's gone."

"Oh that's simple, go after her."

"Go after her, Bolin? Seriously? You read that letter, how the hell am I going to be able to find her? She didn't even say where she was going."

"Well you're lucky you have such a great brother." Mako looked up at his brother in confusion. "I asked Master Tenzin where Korra went and he told me. She's going to travel the world. All four nations-"

"Yeah that helps." Mako scowled.

"You didn't let me finish. She's traveling all four nations but she's going to the South Pole first to visit her family."

Mako stood up, excited as ever he gave Bolin a hug. "You really are the best brother a guy could have." He dashed across the room grabbing all his belongings. Almost all packed he stopped in his tracks. "Wait, Bolin, I can't go. What about you? I can't just leave you. Without me and Korra, how could you pro-bend. What about money?"

"Mako, you have to go. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. And without Korra, do you actually think we would even make it to the finals? We wouldn't. Go get her, she's everything to you. Plus, I was actually thinking that I might join the police force. After defeating Amon and kicking all those equalists' butts, I realized that I really like keeping order and peace. I mean yes I'm going to have to learn metalbending, but that shouldn't take that long. I've got our winnings from last year's tournament saved up, so that should last until I get the job. So Mako, you don't have to worry about me; worry about yourself, worry about bringing back the girl you love." Bolin hugged his brother as a last goodbye. "Go get her, bro." He let go. Mako grabbed his bags and walked out the door.


Nothing. No sign of her. Two years traveling the world and nothing. It was like she just disappeared off the planet. Everywhere he would go he would ask the locals if they had seen her and all the answers were the same. It was either 'no we haven't seen her' or 'oh sorry you just missed her.' He blamed this all on that dammed storm. When he first departed, he had bought a medium sized boat, big enough to make the trip to the South Pole. A week after his departure, he got caught in a storm. He made it out alive, but barely. His boat was destroyed, and he was left with nothing but the clothes on his back. He washed up onto the shores by the Wulong Forest. He walked his way to Omashu, scavenging for anything he could find. When he was in Omashu, he was yet again penniless like he was as a child. He found a job in Omashu and stayed there until he had enough money for food, supplies and transportation. He wrote Bolin frequently, just in case Korra returned to Republic City. Bolin told him how he was doing, while Mako sugar coated his side of the story, he didn't want his brother to worry.

By the time he saved up enough money and made it to the South Pole, he was too late, she was gone. It took him a little under year and a half to get to the South Pole, and she wasn't there. An elderly woman met with him on the day that he arrived in the South Pole. She knew Korra, and knew her well. The woman told Mako where she was heading, or at least what she knew, and let him stay the night. In the morning, she gave Mako supplies and food for his long journey. She gave him just the right supplies; almost like she knew first hand that he would need them. And he was off. Tracking an avatar was hard, one minute she would be in one town, and the next minute she wouldn't be there. He wouldn't give up, not this soon.