For the next few days, we remained in hiding. To stay up-to-date on what the Equalists were planning, Mako and Korra would dress up as chi-blockers and invade their rallies. I had offered to accompany them, but they refused, wanting the lot of us to stay safe.

On the fourth day in our little hideout, I had this one thought stuck in my mind: how was I going to tell Dad about Grandpa Sarosi's death at the hands of Katahdin, and that she was ordered to do so by Hiroshi Sato, his own friend?

Bolin sat beside me, his hand on my shoulder. "Anuri, you can't keep holding back," he said. "You know you have to tell your father about Sarosi sooner or later. It's now or never."

"I know, Bolin," I said, not looking at him, instead looking down at the floor with sadness in my eyes. "I'm just scared of how he will react to the news of Grandpa's death, and how it happened."

Bolin smiled and gently stroked my cheek. "It'll be alright, Anuri, trust me," he said.

I slowly looked up and looked over at Bolin; he had the same genuine, soft smile that he always had on his face. A small smile slowly came across my face, and I stood up. Exhaling deeply, I said, "Alright, here goes." I turned and walked towards my family, who were standing near the back, having an indistinct conversation. They were in their feral forms, so I changed over to mine.

My parents and my brother noticed me as soon as I started walking towards them, noticing my sad look. "Anuri, what's wrong?" Dad asked, walking over to me. "You look as if you have something to say."

I nodded and said, "Yes, Dad, I have something very important to share. Come to the back where we can't be heard, for this is going to be very hard to tell." I looked at my brother and thought to him, It's time we tell him about Grandpa, little bro.

Tamaska, after thinking briefly, nodded in agreement.

"Dad, you cannot blame yourself for my mistake!" I said to my father, for he had taken my news of Grandpa Sarosi's death very hard. "It's my fault that Grandpa's gone, not yours!"

"If I had known that my father had stayed behind, I would have been there to save him!" Dad said, tears flowing down from his blue eyes nonstop. "Then maybe he would still be alive!"

"Dad, what happened to Grandpa couldn't have been prevented by anyone," Tamaska said, trying to comfort our father, but to no avail. "The firestorm gave us the inability to do anything at all, so nothing could be done in turn."

"Yeah, Dad," I agreed. "We'll all miss him, the two of us especially." I walked over to my father and sat next to him, nuzzling his black fur in a comforting manner, and after a few minutes, it seemed to take effect. "I have avenged Grandpa, Dad; I defeated Katahdin last week, but the real mastermind behind his death was… Hiroshi Sato."

Dad's eyes widened in horror, and the tears started to run again. "No… No…!" he sobbed.

After my father had gone off to be alone, I went over to rejoin my friends. Bolin was the first one to notice my return. "How'd it go?" he asked, regretting his words the moment he saw the sadness in my blue eyes.

"Not very well," I admitted blankly. "Dad's taken the news of Grandpa's death very hard. Who knows if he'll ever recover from the shock?"

Everyone had sad expressions in the next second.

That night, I stayed awake, still tainted from how my father reacted to hearing the news of my grandfather's death. I then heard the small sound of footsteps walking away into the distance. I got up, peeked out from behind were my family were sleeping, and saw Korra walking away. Not liking the idea of her going off alone, I followed her silently, until we were away from the others.

I started running after her once we were both out of earshot, and at the sound of my paws clicking on the floor, Korra turned around and saw me, smiling at my presence. "Hey, Anuri," she said.

I smiled as well and said, "Hey, Korra. Mind if I walk with you?"

"Of course not," Korra said, and she motioned for me to follow her. "Come along." She started walking again, and I followed her.

We walked until we came to an open space, and from there, we could see Air Temple Island, its dark, empty form bathed in the grim light of the pale full moon above. We looked over sadly at the sight. "This is crazy," Korra said. "Because of me, everything is turning upside down and going out of balance."

"No, Korra, don't say that," I said, looking up at the Avatar. "These Equalists are just a bunch of heartless demons that want to take over the entirety of the world, ridding benders of their bending." I then didn't know why I did it, but I let out a light laugh.

"What's so funny?" Korra asked, confused.

"The fact that we both ended up fighting the same enemy," I said. "I suppose it was just fate. Our predecessors were good friends, and somehow, we end up following in their footsteps. But I know one thing, Avatar Korra: we will stop at nothing to end Amon's tyranny, no matter what the cost."

Korra was shocked at my words, but then boldly smiled as we nodded to each other.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, an Equalist airship with searchlights flew overhead. "Get down!" I said, and we turned and ran back inside the tunnel. "Let's get back before anyone notices that we've gone," I added, and Korra nodded. However, it didn't take us long for us to get back to our hideout, and thankfully, no one had woken up.

The next day, the lot of us went to witness the arrival of the United Forces. We watched from an observation deck, and Korra said as we waited, "Once the United Forces arrive, we need to help any way we can."

"They're here!" Mako suddenly shouted afterwards, and we all ran to the very edge of the deck to get a good glimpse of the ships that slowly appeared out of the fog.

Things were acting very oddly and Korra said, "Wait a second, where are the Equalist airships?" None were seen in our sight, and Mako took the telescope Bolin was using so he could scan the streets.

"I don't see any mecha tanks either," the firebender said, before he lowered the telescope and looked concernedly back at us.

Suddenly, a loud boom echoed in the distance. We all widened our eyes in surprise and looked out, seeing that bombs were going off amidst the United Forces' ships. In an effort to help save our allies, Korra leapt off the deck and into the water.

I then heard a loud whirring noise that sounded distant at first but then started to come closer and closer. "What now?" Mako said as he used the telescope to scan the sky. Out of nowhere flew Equalist biplanes. Bomb droppers, I thought, gritting my teeth angrily before it formed into a small snarl.

"Where does Hiroshi buy the time to keep inventing new evil machines?!" Bolin exclaimed dramatically, and my father and I changed to the anthro side of our werewolf forms, running to the edge of the deck again.

"Ready, Anuri? Soul Comet on three," Dad instructed, and I nodded in understanding. "One…"

"Two…" I added. "THREE!" my father and I shouted at once, and we threw our heads back, howling loudly to the skies. Several white wolf-shaped comets came flying out of the heavens above and struck down most of the biplanes, but surprisingly, they had missed Hiroshi, who I sensed had been leading the air attack fleet.

Korra's waterbending destroyed the rest of the biplanes, and I saw her swimming back towards the shore, General Iroh with her. I ran down the steps of the deck to help them. "Come on!" I shouted to the others, and they followed me down.

Back in our hideout, Iroh informed us with details as Korra healed his badly-burned arm, which he got when he was blasted off of his ship by one of the biplanes. "I was prepared to deal with Sato's mecha tanks," he said, "but not these new high-speed aircraft."

"I know," Korra said sadly as she continued to heal Iroh's arm. "Every time we think we have an advantage, Amon outsmarts us."

"No matter what our plan is, he always has a better one," Bolin added.

Iroh, however, didn't lose confidence. "Amon is winning so far," he admitted, "but we're not out of the fight yet."

Bolin was impressed by how bold Iron sounded. "I like this man's confidence!" he said, but then he was confused. "So, how are we not out of the fight?"

Iroh stood up, clutching his wound as Korra ceased her healing. "A second wave of reinforcements is on the way, but I need to warn them," he said, and he turned to Korra. "Do you still have a way to get a message out?"

"I know just the man for the job," Korra said, and after Gommu (the hobo that gave us a place to hide away until we had a proper "strike plan") relayed the urgent message to Commander Bumi, Tenzin's older brother, we talked about how we would all fight against the Equalists and defeat them.

We found out that the secret airfield that the biplanes came from was somewhere deep in the mountains. We would attack at dawn, all of us together.

As we left the room, Korra lagged behind. "Wait," she said, and we stopped and looked at her. "I'm sorry, but I'm not going with you tomorrow."

"What?" Mako said, surprised.

"Why not?" Asami asked.

"I'm sick and tired of hiding from Amon," Korra answered. "It's time I face him." I believed in her bravery, for she had the spirit Avatar Aang had when he had to stop Fire Lord Ozai seventy years in the past.

"That's not a good plan," Iroh said. "We need to stick together."

Korra refused to lose this argument. "I'm not waiting for him to hunt me down," she said. "My gut's telling me it's time to end this, on my terms."

"Korra, this isn't a mission you should be handling alone," Iroh informed Korra.

"She won't be," Mako suddenly said, and he walked to Korra's side. "I'm going with you." Those words revealed the feelings he unmistakably had for Korra.

Korra, shocked, said to him, "You don't have to do that."

"Yes, I do," Mako refuted softly. I then became determined; no way in the world was I going to let just him and Korra face this anti-bending demon alone.

"Hmm… my grandfather would respect the Avatar's instinct," Iroh said. "So will I."

I spoke up, "So would my grandfather, and I shall as well." Everyone turned their gazes to me as I gazed back to my parents and brother and nodded; they nodded back. I then turned back to Korra. "I'm going with you too." I ran to her side.

Korra was shocked at my words as well. "You seriously don't have to sacrifice everything for my sake," she said, looking at me.

I smiled somewhat. "Korra, there is no way I'm letting you face Amon alone," I said boldly. "As your werewolf companion, it's my duty to keep the Avatar safe, just as my grandfather did with Avatar Aang. If Amon took your bending away, I don't think I could ever live with myself." My bold smile then grew slightly as I added, "If it means dying for you, so be it, my friend."

Korra was the one to smile now. "Thank you, Anuri," she said, and I nodded to her.

"This is what I'm meant to live for, my friend," I said.

The next morning, we all began to go our separate ways to defeat the Equalists. My father, my brother, Bolin, Asami, and Iroh, were going to raid the Equalist airfield, while Korra, Mako, and myself went to take down Amon. My mother would stay behind until given the signal that it was safe.

I hugged my father and my brother goodbye first. "I love you both," I said, my voice breaking slightly. "Look after each other now, and take good care of the humans for me."

My father nodded. "We will, Anuri, and you best be careful," he said.

I nodded myself and said to my father, "I will. Now remember, when you face Hiroshi, capture him; do not kill him. I know it would mean everything for you, Dad, but I don't think Asami will be able to deal with it."

My father nodded hesitantly and then I turned and ran to Bolin, who had been waiting for me. I hugged him tightly with every ounce of love I had for the earthbender. "Good luck, Bolin," I said. "I entrust you to look after my father and my brother for me."

"I will, I promise," Bolin whispered in my ear. "And I entrust you to look after Mako and Korra." I nodded, promising myself that I would not fail him, no matter what. I was going to protect his older brother and the Avatar with everything ounce of strength I had within me, if that's what it took to help them defeat Amon.

"I promise, I will keep them safe," I vowed, and Bolin smiled.

"Anuri," he said, "I just want you to know that whatever happens today, to know how much I love you." He put his right hand over his heart, showing that his words were sincere.

"I love you too," I said, and we both shared a short kiss before I ran over to my mother. "Mom, wait here for us," I said to Mom. "I'll signal you with the victory howl to let you know that we have won."

Mom nodded, and we hugged. "Be careful, Anuri, my beautiful girl," she said.

I smiled. "Don't worry, Mom, I promise I'll be careful," I promised, and Mom smiled as we broke our hug. I ran over to Mako and Korra, who were waiting for me. "Let's go," I said as I reached them.

The two benders nodded and we set off for Air Temple Island. Korra used her waterbending to get the three of us there.

Once on the island, I said, "Man, this place is crawling with Equalists. I think it's time for me to clear them off the island." I cracked my knuckles, ready for battle.

"How are you going to do that?" Mako asked.

I smirked. "With a bit of my werewolf magic, of course," I said, before changing to my feral form. "Now, if you have any trouble finding a way into the temple, try using one of my secret passageways if you get lost."

Both Korra and Mako smiled and nodded, and I returned the gesture before jumping up the cliff and catching the attention of all the Equalists amongst the island.

I fought the bunch long and hard, until they finally cleared off the island. I let out a loud roar of victory, before going to find Mako and Korra. I sniffed around for them, until I smelled them near the attic. I changed to my anthro form and climbed up the ladder leading to the attic, and knocked on the door. "Mako, Korra, are you there? The Equalists are gone!" I announced.

"Yes, Anuri, we're up here. You can come up here," Korra called back.

I opened the door and saw my friends, but when I looked past them, in a cell sat Tarrlok, the bloodbender that ruthlessly kidnapped Korra before. I snarled aggressively at my enemy, flattening my ears angrily, my eyes glowing.

"Easy, Anuri," Korra said, and I dropped my aggressive stance, looking at Korra.

"What do you mean, Korra?" I asked, confused at why she was defending the person that kidnapped her before.

"Let's get out of here," Korra explained. "I'll explain on the way." And we left the attic, leaving Tarrlok where he sat.

When we prepared to leave the island, Korra told me everything, how Tarrlok was Amon's younger brother, that Amon was a son of Yakone (his former name being Noatak), and was a fraud, for he was a waterbender and a bloodbender, just like Tarrlok was. Amon had also used bloodbending to remove benders of their power. I was visibly shocked at the news and said to Korra, "How is this possible?"

"I don't know," Korra said, shaking her head. "All I know is that it is time to defeat Amon. We must save Republic City, no matter what the cost may be."

I nodded in agreement as we stared out at the afternoon sun. "I agree," I said. "Let's go, to defeat Amon." And we were off, to end this conflict for good.

The next-to-last chapter is up, and tomorrow, this story will finally be finished! Be prepared to see the most epic ending from the point of view of Anuri, my valiant werewolf OC and werewolf companion of Avatar Korra! :)