#20: serendipity (Korra)

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You didn't believe in predestination or anything like that. Maybe your past selves did, but then again, you're the kind of person—reincarnation—to ignore tradition and norms. You thought, screw those, because this was your lifetime to spend and you were your own person despite what other people said about your soul just being recycled or something.

So you were yourself and hid from things that screamed Avatar expectation or responsibility to the world because you were only seventeen—you didn't think you should be burdened with these things. You just wanted to be like every other normal teenage girl who worried about boys and their figure. (Not that you've ever had problems with the latter, but still.)

You ran away from the compound in the South Pole. You got to stay in Republic City. You flagrantly disobeyed orders and swam to the Pro-Bending Arena.

Sometimes you weren't sure what exactly you werere doing or what you wanted in your life or what you expected to get from doing what you did, but your instincts told you to dive headfirst into things anyway.

You wanted to see what a match was like.

You didn't expect to fall in love.

(But of course, that came after many other events.)

You realized it too late—and in the worst possible way, too. (Because being jealous and kissing him after another girl tried to hit on him was totally a smooth move for you.) And you laughed bitterly because: Oh, the spirits are trying to make this entertaining for them—well I'll show them.

You retaliated by hiding back in the compound.

You were nineteen, and despite all the meditation you've done, you still didn't believe in kismet.

Master Katara told you that your destiny would be in Republic City.

Well, apparently, it—he—followed you all the way to your house in the South Pole.

And you thought, oh great, because you were starting to consider that there was a thing called fate—and it was definitely pulling the strings to get you two together. You tried all the precautions necessary, but still he had to ruin everything.

(But you didn't mind at all.)

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This one's really short. Sorry! I tried out second person and...I think I suck at it.

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