Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra is created by Michael DiMartino & Brian Konzieko and owned by Nickelodeon.

Idea from A Change in the Wind by justcallmefaye.

"What shall we do your highness?" A guard asked King Bumi.

"Throw them..." Bumi paused, "a feast."

"A feast?"

Bumi threw them a feast.

"So, what brings the Avatar here?" Bumi asked conversationally. Sokka choked and Katara looked at Bumi confused.

"How'd you know I was the Avatar?" Korra asked.

"I may be old, but I'm not senile," Bumi laughed, then snorted. "How could I forget a student of mine?"

Korra smiled. Katara and Sokka both had a look of disbelief on their faces. Then Korra said, "It's good to see you again."

"So, what brings you here? You've already mastered earthbending," said Bumi. He threw a piece of genamite at her and she eartbent it back toward him.

Korra looked in Tenzin's direction then at Bumi, and said, "I heard you knew my previous incarnation."

"Ah, yes. Aang and I were friends a long time ago," said Bumi, as he remembered the time Aang visited him and he explained the other use of the mail system.

"When was the last time you saw him?" Tenzin asked.

Flashback...

Aang stood in front of his old friend.

"Aang, I noticed Momo's not with you," said Bumi.

Aang laughed and replied, "He's with Tenzin."

"Oh, well, at least they have each other," Bumi replied.

There was a long silence as Bumi and Aang looked at each other.

"I'm going to face the Fire Lord," Aang said to finally break the silence.

"Have you mastered the other elements?" Bumi asked.

"Bumi, you're a mad genius," Aang replied, as he smiled. Then he sighed. "No, I haven't, but I can no longer sit by and watch as the Fire Nation takes over the world. I don't have time to master the elements now."

"Well, I hope you will think like a mad genius," Bumi replied.

"I don't want Tenzin to have to raise his family in a war zone," Aang added. He bowed to his old friend and took off on his glider.

"Why didn't Aang master the other elements?" Katara asked.

"I don't have an answer for that," Bumi replied. He turned to Korra and said, "I think if you keep looking you'll be able to find surprising answers."

Bumi laughed until he snorted.

Korra raised an eyebrow.

Bumi had the guards show Korra and her friends to the newly refurbished chamber.

"It was nice of him to let us stay," said Katara.

"Yeah," said Sokka as he climbed into bed.

"We had better head out tomorrow," said Korra. "We need to head North. I want to go to the Northern Air Temple next. It should be a short journey from there to the Northern Water Tribe."

"What are you hoping to learn when you get there?" Sokka asked. "I mean you've already mastered waterbending."

"I want to know about the other Water Tribe Avatar before me," said Korra. "But more than that, I want to know about my father."

"Your father?" Katara asked.

"Er, yeah," Korra replied. The look on Korra's face made Katara realize it wasn't something Korra wanted to talk about, even Sokka could tell.

"Like you said, we'd better get some rest," said Sokka.

They went to sleep.

To Be Continued...