Alright, I would like to say SORRY for updating the story with such a short chapter, I was sick and tired, and really wasn't into it at the moment. But now I'm better, and fully prepared to do this! Here we go!


Chapter 4: The Revelation


" What's the big idea with making me train this early in the morning? The morning is evil" Korra whispered the last part as she tossed the weighted training ball to Bolin, who caught it in a huff. "We're the rookies, so we get the worst time slot in the gym."

"And your the rookiest of us all. We gotta get you up to speed if we wanna survive the tournament." Mako cut in as he tossed the ball to an annoyed Korra. "So deal with it."

"You deal with it!" Korra yelled, and throwing the ball into his stomach, sent Mako flying into a flip onto the ground. As she looks at him smugly, the door opened from behind them to reveal Ryder and another man following him. As Ryder went over to Korra, the other man yelled to the two brothers. "There are my little hard-working street urchins!" He then cleared his throat and turned to Korra who was hugging Ryder. "It's an honor to meet you Avatar."

'Huh-Oh! Uh-Yeah right! Huge honor to meet you...who are you again?" Korra slid away from Ryder, who was blushing more than the Avatar.

"Butakha. I run this hole pro-bending shebang." He took off his hat and bowed to Korra, who gestured as well in kind. Pulling money out of his hat, he walked over to a standing Mako, and placed it into the palm of a grinning Mako's hand. "Those are you winning from last night." As Mako was about to take the money, Butakha raised a finger. "Ah Ah Ah, Not so fast." The man then began removing money from Mako's hand. "First, you owe me for the Avatar's new gear, gym and equipment rentals from last month, rent on your apartment, and a personal loan for groceries." Soon enough, there was no cash left. Mako angrily looked at his brother, who responded with great confidence.

"What? I'm a growing boy."

"Oh, and one more small item for business. The Fire Ferrets need to ante up thirty thousand yuans for the championship pot." Butakha finished, to the dismay of the three players. "Thirty thousand Yuans?" Bolin cried out in shock and near outrage.

"Sorry, kids. You got 'til the end of the week to come up with the dough, or else, you're out of the tournament." Butakha then walked away, oblivious to Bolins attempt to reach out for him. The younger of the two brothers turned to the Avatar and asked pleadingly "You wouldn't happen to have a secret Avatar bank account overflowing with gold, would you?"

"I got nothin." Korra expressed while pulling out her pockets. "I've never really needed money. I always had people taking care of me."

"Then I've wouldn't say you have nothing." Mako interjected bitterly as he began to pack up the training equipment. Korra's face turned to one of guilt as she began apologizing for something. Bolin then answered that they grew up on the streets ever since they had lost their parents. Ryder felt a pang of pity and sympathy for them. He knew what it was like to lose parents, hell he had lost his parents in the attack on his village. Then again, they were after him and not his parents, so he didn't know what it felt like for everything to be randomly taken from him without reason. Now Bolin was talking about how they were going to make the 30 thousand Yuans. Something about a Pabu doing circus tricks? What?"

"Don't worry about it. I'll figure something out, I always do." Mako then began to leave, but Ryder stopped him. "I know this might not mean much, but your not alone. I lost my parents too." Mako's eyes opened a bit, before he walked out to find another job. Ryder read his mind. He loved doing that, but he really needed to work on his Mind Trick skills. Revan had been buggering him about it for several years now.

"Wait, your an orphan too?" Bolin interrupted Ryder's thoughts, who's head perked up. "Wha - Oh yeah. I lost my parents 3 years ago. My village was attacked by...raiders in the earth kingdom." He quickly said. His cover story while close to the truth, was good enough of a lie to make it believable. "Anyway, Come on Korra, we got our thing later tonight..." It was their first date today. They finally decided to make things official and go on their first date.

"Alright, see ya guy's!" Bolin quipped as the two left to Air Temple Island.


It was dusk at Air Temple Island when Ryder was walking to the front gate. He was in his normal attire - his Mandalorian Jedi combat robes and with his lightsaber on his hip. He also had Revan's mask on his hip, ready to be attached at anytime. He didn't know why, but he felt like he needed it soon. The will of the force maybe? No matter, he had a date to go on. He saw Korra already waiting for him by the gate. Quickly picking up his pace to a slow jog, he hurried to his waiting girlfriend, who smiled. "Look's like someone's excited."

"Well, when you finally go out on your first date with the lovely women you had been unofficially dating for a while, you get pretty hyped up for it." Korra giggled at his response and the two leaned in. As they were about to touch lips, someone to the left of them cleared their throat. Glancing over, they saw Mako staring at them with a expression that read "Really?"

"Hi...Mako...How are you doing on this fine...evening...today?" Ryder nervously said as he and Korra backed away from each other and began blushing, himself rubbing the back of his neck.

"You seen Bolin?" Mako quickly stated, clearly annoyed by the "Activities" the two were about to embark on. "Nice to see you too." Korra replied oh so sarcastically. "And no. I haven't seen him since practice. Think something's wrong?" She finished with concern in her voice. Bolin was her first new friend she had made ever since she arrived in Republic City, she wouldn't let him disappear.

"I don't know, Bolin has a knack for getting himself into stupid situations." Mako said, before starting to turn away and began to leave. "See you later." Ryder then interjected. "Wait, maybe we can help. He can't be that hard to find right?" Mako turned back and faced the Jedi. "Were in Republic City, this place is huge! How can we find one guy, with only three of us." Ryder then took a deep breath, and began to speak words that he swore to never use.

"We can take Naga. She's a great tracker." Korra gasped in happiness and began bouncing up and down. "Ohhh, I'd KNEW you'd come around! I'd knew that you'd begin to love her!"

"No I don't! She's the only good tracker we got though-no Korra stop!" Ryder was then tackled by Korra who hugged him, sending both to the ground. Meanwhile, Mako was staring at them as they kinda-sorta fought each other. "Wait, who's Naga?"

"Only my best friend! And a great tracker." Korra answered confidently as the dust settled and revealed Korra victoriously laying on Ryders back, who's face was having a nice chat with the dirt.

XXX-Time Skip-XXX

"Your best friend...Is a polar bear dog." Mako commented as him, Ryder and Korra rode on the PolarBear-Dogs back. "Somehow that make's perfect sense."

"Trust me, it gets weirder with her." Ryder said as Korra smirked to Mako's words. They traveled a bit until they arrived at the Fire-Lord Zuko's train station. Mako told them to wait by Naga while he talked with some orphans by the statue. As they watched Mako, Ryder began to speak. "Well, this is not how I imagined our first date would go like."

"Well, sometimes things happen. Like how you haven't told them who you are." Ryder sighed. While they both knew eventually Ryder would have to tell them who he really was. But they disagreed on the timing. Korra wanted him to tell them now, and get it over with. They had known the brothers for a couple of days now, and they proved to be trustworthy. They were ready to know the truth. Ryder on the other hand wanted to ease into it, dropping hints until he could tell them the truth. Call it cowardice or planning, but he just didn't think it was a good idea to drop something like "Hi, I'm actually an alien from another side of the GALAXY with other humans. I have magic powers that are equal to the Avatar and I'm hunted by the worst people to exist in the form of a galactic empire. Oh, and I'm also descended from one of the most powerful beings to ever exist."

"You know I just can't tell them now, we'd just meet them."

"But their trustworthy! I can feel it, they can accept it and they won't betray you! Bolin already considers you like a second brother to him."

"I know, but I don't think they could take the pressure of keeping the secret. Too many people already know, the kids, the White Lotus officials, Mako and Bolin could get hurt."

"Mako and Bolin can protect themselves. Hush, Mako's coming." And indeed he was. Mako walked back to the duo with some information. Apparently Bolin was trying to raise money, but some guy from the Triple Threat Triad gang recruited him for some type of gang war with the other gangs in the city. While riding Naga, Korra commentated on how the two had meet the Triads the first day they arrived at Republic City. Before however she could continue her comment, they had suddenly lurched across the street to a random light pole, which on top of it was a small red-fox-panda like thing.

"That's Pabu." Mako said aloud to the group. "Bolin's pet? What's he doing there?" Ryder asked Mako, who shrugged.

"No, Naga! Pabu's a friend, not a snack." Korra berated the Polar Bear-Dog, who stopped sniffing, allowing the ferret thing to slide down the pole, and after touching noses, jumped onto Naga and layed down on Mako's shoulder, who smiled. "C'mon, we gotta hurry!" He said, as they sped off again to the lair of the Triple Threat's. They had arrived at the building, to see it empty and with no one in sight. Ryder, unnoticed by Mako, used the force to sense any form of life. While he may not be good at manipulating minds, he was good enough in the sense and telekinesis aspects of the force. "Outside, in the back. Now!" He quickly shouted. Before Mako could question him, Ryder started running. Following the Jedi, the teenagers burst through the door to find a truck about to speed off. In the trunk held several gagged figures, one of them being Bolin.

"Bolin!" Mako shouted as the trucks began to speed off. Mako, Ryder and Korra started to run after the vehicles, but two masked figures on motorcycles pull out circular object from their pockets and toss them at the three teenagers. The objects explode with a bright flash and produced thick, heavy, green smoke. Effectively halting their pursuit for several seconds, allowing the masked men to speed off on motorbikes. Mako and Korra began to cough loudly, until Ryder decided that enough was enough. Using the force, he blasted the smoke away from them, allowing Korra to call Naga. Mako however, looked stunned and stared at Ryder. "...How-?"

"Look, do you want to save your brother or not!? If you do, then shut up and lets go!" Ryder retorted, as Naga ran to the group and allowed them on, with Pabu in Naga's saddle. As the three got on, Ryder unhinged the mask on his hip, Revan's mask, and put it on. The metal comfortably slid on and with a small Hiss was secure. He felt strange with it on, almost like he was home. Back with his people, with his parents...

The gan soon caught up with the truck and its party. Mako sent a fire blast at several of the masked motorcyclists, who swerved to avoid it. Then, Korra brought up her arms, before following the cracks in the earth her earthbending move has produced. A motorcyclist, who avoided the first big crack, got catapulted into the air by an earth ramp created by Korra. Behind them the rider landed safely and continues to follow the rest of the escaping party, until Ryder threw his now activated lightsaber at the wheel of the motorcycle, destroying it and sending the Masked man flying onto the ground. They follow the truck through an alley before swarming into an open square. Two of the motorcyclists then fell back, one swerving to the left and the other bring her motor to a spinning halt while throwing a bola at the running Naga. Ryder noticed this, and used the force to redirect the bolas back at the back at the thrower, who dodged. The second one then threw another bolas, which sped towards Naga's feet, and latched on. Sending the Polar Bear-Dog onto the ground.

While Korra and Mako fell to the ground, rolling around in pain before coming to a stop, Ryder flipped through the air, de-activating his blade while doing so, and landed on the ground with a tumble. As he straightened out and helped his friends, the three of them saw 3 motorcycles begin to rotate around them. Ryder activated his blade, and held it close to his face. The blue light of the plasma giving off an aura of skill, determination, and power.

The first rider, a female wasted no time and runs towards Korra, who ignited her right fist and sent a large fire blast to the incoming attacker. The female elegantly avoided the blast by jumping over it, twisting several times in the air, and continued her run for the Avatar. She then initiated hand-to-hand combat with Korra. The chi blocker aimed for Korra's head, but the Avatar averted the course with her left hand. She retaliated with a fire blast, which her opponent ducked under. The chi blocker the rapidly locks arms with Korra, as the Avatar threw another fire punch with her left hand the chi blocker leaned back to dodge it, and knocked Korra's hand to the side. Korra used her sideways moment to spin around into a full moon fire kick, though the masked fighter evaded the blast by moving to her left. Korra then aimed a high fire kick at the chi blocker's head, who reciprocated that move and curled her leg around the Avatar's and pulled it down, which created an unguarded opening in Korra's right side. She delivered four punches to the Avatar's side and arm and backed away. Korra staggered with a grunt, as her right side has suddenly gone numb. She grabed hold of her right arm with her left one, her eye big in wonder about what just happened to her. Surpirsed, Korra then charged the woman with her left side ignited, but the woman skillfully dodged both the arm attack and a leg sweep, and delivered a few punches to her left side, taking her out of the fight alongside Mako, who was also paralyzed.

Ryder, unlike his bending allies, had armor on and as thus, had protection from the man he was facing. Swinging his lightsaber in multiple directions, he grew angrier as the man flipped over and dodged the plasma blade. Using form V, he then started to pressure his opponent, using defensive strikes in an offensive manner to stagger his enemy, who had a hard time evading these attacks. Ryder struck the wrists, legs and feet of his attacker, not trying to kill him, only to wound. To kill was not the Jedi way. As the man fell to the ground, Ryder sensed another throwing a Bolas at him. Quickly turning around, he sliced the stringed weapon out of the air with his lightsaber, before being kicked in the face by the one who had attacked Korra. Luckily, the mask protected his face, so it didn't bruise...or hurt that much, just knocked him to the ground. As he quickly rose, Naga finally broke lose of her bonds, and ran to aid the Jedi. The beast knocked away the masked people, before roaring at them as they fled to their motorcycles, Pabu screeching on Naga's head as well. The masked people threw some smoke bombs onto the ground, covering their escape. As Ryder helped up Korra and Mako, the Avatar attempted to bend, but to her shock, no avail.

"Ugh, I can't bend. I can't bend!"Korra nearly screeched as she began panicking. Instantly, Ryder rushed towards her, and holding her hands, used the force to sense her. "Calm down, you still can bend, your Chi is jut blocked. Your fine Korra. Your Ok." He quietly told her as they looked into each others eyes. Korra then wrapped her arms around his neck, and Ryder held her close, his presence calming her down. Mako took this opportunity to speak up.

"They were Chi Blockers. Amon's henchman."

"Amon, that Anti-Bending revolutionary? Why did he attack the Triads like this?" Ryder asked as Korra calmed down.

"I don't know, but it can't for good reasons." Mako responded, before placing his hand on his forehead, "Ughh, can't believe Bolin got himself into this mess!" He exclaimed furiously. Korra managed to calm herself enough to stand up, and put a hand on Mako's shoulder. "Mako, we are going to find your brother. I promise you that."

"Alright, But I want the truth." Mako then walked up into Ryder's face. "How did you do all of that, who are you Ryder Shan?" Ryder glanced at Korra, who nodded. "Let's find a place to spend the night, then I'll tell you everything."


They went to the city Park, where Korra explained that on the first day of being at the city, she and Ryder met an Equalist promoter who might know where Bolin might be. As they settled in and prepared for sleep, Ryder began to tell his story.

"Mako, do you ever wonder, if were alone in the universe?" He began, to Mako's curiousness. "Sometimes...why?"

"Because you are not alone in this Universe. Out there, is a galaxy full of wonder and danger. It is packed with aliens and peoples of all types, of monsters and enemies that you can only imagine, of hidden truths that remain a mystery to this day. I am from this world, Mako, I'm not from Earth." All was silent, until Mako cracked up.

"HAHAHAHA! Yeah right, you an Alien. Give me a break."

"Mako, I'm being serious."

"Wait, really?" Mako answered, stunned to know that his new friend...was not from earth whatsoever. Ryder nodded, then proceeded to tell him all about the galaxy he was a part of. The republic's fall, the Empire's rise. The Jedi's extermination and the Force itself. He told him how he came to earth by his father sending him here, how he meet Korra, and what he was meant to do. After explaining it all, Mako had no words. "I...I can't believe it."

"I know, It must be hard to accept this, but it is the truth." Ryder sighed in exhaustion. "We should get some sleep. We have a long day ahead of us." He then closed his eyes, oblivious to Mako and Korra's conversation about the Triads, and Mako's past as a worker for the criminals.


"Equaility Now! We want Equality Now!" Chanting was heard as Ryder woke up. As he tried to move his arms, he couldn't budge them. Looking at the familiar weight leaning on him, he saw Korra leaning on him, sleeping rather peacefully. Mako was nearby, back on a tree. Ryder, lifting Korra ever so slightly with the force, stood up and stretched. Smacking his lips, he began to poke Mako slighty, to awake him. As Mako's eyes opened, he looked at Ryder with suspicion. "Can I trust you Ryder?"

"I beg your pardon?"

"Everything you told me, was it true? Are you, from outer space." Ryder paused for a moment, before nodding his head. Mako let loose a breath he was holding in, before getting up. As he began to pack up, Ryder then got in front of Korra, and nudged her face a bit to wake her. As her eyes fluttered open, she saw Ryder in front of her, looking terrible. "You look like crap. What happened to you?"

"Didn't sleep well. The guy is here, ready to go talk to him?" As they overheard the Announcer speak more, Korra's face molded to one of determination. "Totally."

The three began making their way to the announcer, who recognized the Avatar. "You cannot silence me Avatar!" He shouted, before being picked up by Korra, who demanded to know where Bolin was. When the man refused to "cooperate", Korra began threatening him, until Ryder stopped her and took over the situation. "Hello there, sorry about my friend, we just wish to know where our friend is. Seeing as how we believe the Equalists kidnapped him, we were wondering if you knew where they would take him, so that we may peacefully come to a conclusion to this conflict we are having. We do not oppose your ideals, but we only want our friend back." That seemed to work as the man paused, as if considering Ryder's words, before responding. "Look buddy, I just work here. If you really want to find your friend, just take these maps. Fat lot of good they'll do you, they lead you nowhere."

"Thank you, may the force be with you." Before the Man could ask what that meant, the three sped away from the park.

XXX Time Skip XXX

It was evening as the teenagers found the location of the rally. They decided to sneak in, with Ryder utilizing his stealth training as a Mandalorian to infiltrate and hopefully extract Bolin while Korra and Mako went through the front disguised as nonbending citizens. Ryder went through a back alley to see a back entrance, guarded surprisingly by a single guard. Ryder smirked, the force truly shined on him right now. Calmly, Ryder walked over to the man, who held out his hand spoke in a commanding tone. "Hey, your not allowed back here. Turn back and go through the front."

"You will go into the corner and stay in there." Ryder said as he tried to mind trick him. Unsurprisingly it didn't work, as the man asked. "What? Why would I do that?"

"You know what, Phwoar this!" Ryder then struck the man with the hilt of his lightsaber on the head, sending the man to the ground, cold. Ryder then used the force to lift the man, and move him nearby into nearest dumpster. Satisfied, he used the force to lock the dumpster, and slipped inside the building. As he traveresed the hallways, he could see through several windows that a massive crowd had gathered here, most likely to see Amon. Ryder then sensed several Equalists, a muffled presence and several others with fear radiating off them head to the Stage. Deciding to investigate, he kicked open a vent and climbed through, to end up right above the stage. Slipping on his mask, he watched as Amon introduced himself to the public. As he told his story, Ryder's head burned. Amon felt...familiar. He had the same type of presence as...the sith lord. He was like Vader.

Anger began to seep through Ryder's mind, this man was like Vader! He must be stopped now! However, before Ryder could continue, He saw his target. Bolin was shoved onto the stage, and was now trying to talk his way out from the looks of it. Ryder prepared to jump off. Suddenly, an explosion of steam rocked the building, and covered the stage. Using this to his advantage, he jumped down and ignited his blade, instantly cutting through the padding of Equalsits and putting them onto the ground with severe plasma burns. As he rushed to Bolin, he saw Mako right next to him. Mako then shouted. "Don't worry, I got him! Go find Korra!" Nodding, Ryder began to run the opposite way, before being kicked on the back. Rolling to the ground, he recovered and held his blade close. Amon walked towards him, with both masked warriors looking at each other with contempt.

"Who are you, warrior?" Amon's voice boomed out through the screams. Ryder glared at Amon underneath his mask before replying. "I am a Jedi." He then struck. Using his control over force lightning, he opened with a blast of electric energy, which headed at Amon. However, Amon managed to dodge, and charged. Ryder stopped his energy onslaught and ducked one of Amon's overhead kicks. Then, he and Amon began a fist vs lightsaber duel, with Ryder swinging his blade, only to be dodged multiple times and met with Amon's fist or feet. Ryder ducked underneath a fist, and began his Djem So, using his defensive strikes to force back Amon, who could not deal with the plasma. Jumping back, he threw a bolas at Ryder. Breifly distracted, Ryder swung the Bolas out of the air, before having his masked face meeting Amon's foot. As Ryder reeled back, Amon rushed forward, grabbing Ryder's arm and forcing him onto his knees. Amon forced Ryder to drop his lightsaber, which rolled to the side. Amon then attempted to remove Ryder's mask, but stopped when a blast of kinetic energy from Ryder's body forced him to go flying to the side, Ryder himself forced back.

As Ryder rose, He summoned his lightsaber to his hand. As he caught it, he sensed Korra call out for him. Looking at Amon's rising figure, Ryder ran. He would continue this fight another day.

From that single fight, a rivalry was born. One that would not end until one was left standing.


Ryder and Korra had returned Bolin to his home, and after explaining what happened and what Ryder could do, Bolin had one single reaction. "So...are you not human? Because that would be so cool!" Now, both Korra and Ryder had returned back to the Island, and after telling everything they had found out to Tenzin, had retired to their room. As they prepared for bed, Ryder began to speak. "So, that was not the ideal first date I had in mind."

"No kidding. That was a bit crazy for my tastes."

"Shall we try again sooner or later?"

"Talk tomorrow, sleep now." Ryder agreed with his girlfriend. As they got into bed, Ryder placed his lightsaber on his end table, as was his nightly ritual. This time however, he kept it closer to the bed, easier to grab. Soon, the two were in a rather compromising position, but both were immediately asleep.

The visions that night, were not helpful. For either of them.


So, I finally updated it. I hoped you liked this chapter, and with the new development's in this story, I'm sure we all will enjoy it.

First things first, Yes, Ryder Ain't a progidy. He's exceptionally skilled in telekenisis, and very good at sensing, and ok at Lightning. However, he is terrible at mind tricks, and he's not the best lightsaber duelist. He is a Djem So fighter, but he will grow as the story progresses, and become more of a Vaapad fighter.

Also, we get the first hints of a rivalry between Amon and Ryder. Seriously, two of the most powerful masked warriors in the world, one an alien with super powers and one who can remove bending!? Theres going to be some bitter words.

So I hope you enjoyed it, please rate and review, also leave ideas for the story as well, and I'll see you all next time. Bye!