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Fair Warning, this chapter is not fun, it will be sad.

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The First Avatar

Book 1: Mind

Chapter 8: Silver's Sad Story

Korra was led toward a large temple by Sokka. She still held the unconscious Silver on her back, though it wasn't hard considering she was very light, to a strong girl like Korra she seemed to weigh nothing. The short journey to the temple was dotted with various comments from Sokka, talking mostly about his most recent travels in the spirit world and the thrilling tale on how he got his space sword back.

Once in the temple, Sokka led the young Avatar to a door made from green crystal and carved with mysterious runes. Sokka approached the door and gave it a hearty knock, causing an odd crystal sound, like running your finger around a wine glass that's partially full.

"Who dares approach the Jasmine Dragon!" a booming force came from behind the door.

"You know who it is Aang, open up I've got some friends of yours out here."

The door shrunk it to the ground as a new person poked his head through. He wore robes like Tenzin and looked similar, though his eyes were cheerier and he had no moustache, his beard running all the way along his face, connecting to where his sideburns would be.

"Avatar Aang…" Korra was finding it hard to find the words she wanted; luckily Aang beat her to it.

"Korra! I've waited so long to see you and you even brought Avatar Silver…perfect get in here! Iroh and Bumi are itching to see you!" The excitable airbender grabbed Korra's hand and ran inside the room, leaving Sokka to close the door.

Korra was amazed by what she saw, the room was nothing like the outside temple, it looked just like the real Ba Sing Se teahouse that it was named for. There were people all over the place, Sokka and Katara's parents and grandmother, the old White Lotus masters, the deceased freedom fighters and even Appa and Momo.

"So you are Korra, the new water tribe Avatar and the one selected by Avatar Silver for training." A kind and old voice filled the room as an old man carrying a tray with several cups of tea. "My name is Iroh and I own this teahouse."

"The great general Iroh…It is a pleasure to meet you sir" Korra gave him a fire nation bow out of respect but Iroh just shook his head, "Careful young Avatar, you almost dropped Silver" Korra bolted up and tried to correct Silver's position before Sokka quickly took the sleeping Avatar and placed her on the floor.

"If she asks, it was a girl who touched her." Sokka said, half joking and half serious.

Korra took this as her opportunity to ask, "Master Iroh, do you know why Silver hates men so much? I never noticed it back at the temple but here…"

"If you didn't notice in the land of the living then she is hiding it well. The spirit world has a way of bringing out a person's true feelings" Iroh said.

"Will you tell me about her?" Korra asked, looking worriedly at her master.

"I will but it is a long and unpleasant story. Are you sure you wish to hear it?"

"Yes" Korra answered simply. "Then let us begin."

"Many thousands of years ago, before the first Avatar, a young couple were told by a seeress that their child would grow to be incredibly powerful and famous throughout the world. The two eagerly waited for their child to be born only to discover they were having twins.

Several weeks later, the children were born, a boy and a girl. The girl's name was Silver and the boy was named Will. In those days, boys were considered superior to girls and so they assumed it was the boy. They prepared to abandon the girl but were stopped by the seeress that stated the two must remain together and so the parents begrudgingly kept their unwanted daughter.

Many years passed, Silver was never considered family by her parents or their relatives, she was used solely as a servant, her food was table scraps and any trouble her brother got into was blamed on her bad influence and she was punished in his stead. Despite all this, the two siblings were incredibly close; Will deeply loved his sister and would often sneak her food or try and help her with chores in secret.

More years later, when the twins were 16, a war swept the world and all able bodied 16 year old boys were taken off to fight for their countries. When the soldiers came to their home for Will (who wasn't there at the time), the parents begged them not to take him, instead offering Silver in his stead. The soldiers insisted that girls couldn't fight but they were willing to take a bribe. They forced themselves upon her, raping her.

Will returned an hour later to discover his sister being abused by these soldiers and his parents acting like it wasn't happening. Grabbing one of the soldier's swords, he killed the man raping his sister and went into all-out battle with the others. After sometime, Will successfully slew the last of the soldiers but he too succumbed to his wounds and perished. Silver was devastated and her father was so angry at what she had caused that he was willing to kill her. The final thoughts of the parents were "We got the wrong child" as Silver unleashed her godly fury, slaying her parents by bending their life energy out of them.

The war was quickly ended by Silver's rage and before long; Silver had mastered all the elements before finally being able to attain peace. Over time she came to trust men a little only to have her trust crushed once again.

I am ashamed to admit it but it was my own order that caused it. After Silver visited Aang she was ambushed in the road by the new masters of the Order of the White Lotus. They used a form of brainwashing, adopted from the Dai Lee to enslave her. It would have worked too, if it weren't for their own sinister desires. The things they did to her brought back the memories of the day her brother died. Once the the brainwashing was broken, she escaped too terrified to stay and get revenge.

And that is pretty much everything we know about Silver."

The occupants of the Jasmine Dragon were all silent, some were crying silently while others were containing their anger. Korra was doing both.

"How can people be so pure evil…?" Korra asked, sobbing lightly.

A kind arm was wrapped around Korra's shoulder, and the younger Avatar looked up to see Silver giving her a sad smile, tears running down her cheeks. "You- Your awake" Korra choked.

"I woke up when Sokka put me on the floor" she cooed, giving Sokka a look to show it was alright.

"How could they do that to you! And I even made you hear it all again…" Silver hugged Korra closer to her chest and the two girls sat there, openly crying away their sadness.

Silver was happy to get the feelings of her chest and knew it would do Korra some good.

"Poor thing" Silver thought, "You have no idea how close you came to a similar fate."

A bit of foreshadowing there! I found rereading the actual part were iroh tells korra about Silver was made more dramatic and sad by reading it in his voice!

Hope this didn't upset anyone and i purposly made the mentions of rape as ungraphic as possible.

Also I'm writing two small side series to go with this, called Tales of The Last Airbender and Tales of the Legend of Korra. It's a collection of mini stories about the characthers from those two shows and the LOK one will also have more Silver tales. the first tale is up for both stories so i hope you enjoy!

UPDATE TOP 5

1. Makorra. Too vanilla! make differnt votes.

2. Mako/Korra/Tahno. another three way? you guy's are insatiable.

3. Mako/Korra/Silver. Silver's gonna a need a hell of a character development to make her consider this!

4. Borra. Give Bolin more love people!

5. Jinora/Skoochy. Have these two even been in a scene together?

No Asami love today huh? oh well.

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