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The First Avatar

Book 1: Mind

Chapter 36: Skeletons in the Closet Pt. 3

"Lin?"

Sitting against the wall in a large cell in the attic was Lin Beifong.

"What are you doing here? Did the others escape?" Korra asked as she approached the bars.

Lin looked up with tired eyes, "Yes they escaped. I had to deal with the pursing airships so they could get away. I succeeded but was caught. Amon took my bending…" she said the last part a little ashamedly.

"I'll deal with that." Silver announced as she metalbent the bars out of the way, allowing Lin to slip through. Silver wasted no time, she assumed the usual Energybending stance and unblocked Lin's Sound and Light Chakras, allowing the energy to flow and restore her sealed bending.

"Thank you Silver. I don't mean to sound ungrateful but we need to know…. What is your exact connection to Amon" Silver cringed. She knew this was coming, Lin was right after all. How could they trust her when she was keeping such a big secret?

"That's kind of a good point. You called him little brother at one point." Bolin reminded her.

"Yeah, but you said you only had an older brother who passed away years ago." Korra added.

"Amon is a monster; we need to know how to fight him!" Lin finished.

Silver was silent but her face said it all, she was angry and ashamed and also a bit…happy?

"Amon… the name brings back memories, some I like and others…not so much. I promised Amon I wouldn't reveal his secret until either he or Korra was defeated." She said quietly.

"You killed Tarrlok. Didn't you promise not to hurt him in exchange for what he told you? Didn't you kill him anyway?" Korra reminded her while Bolin and Lin looked at each other confused.

Silver seemed to snap, "Tarrlok was a cruel, vicious bastard! He wanted power and control and supremacy at all costs! He was willing to enslave you forever and bring the whole world to the brink of war, all for a stinking power play! Don't ever compare my dealings with Tarrlok to those with Noatak!"

"Noatak?" Korra asked, unfazed by her mentor's outburst. She knew that Silver was hiding something.

Silver sighed, knowing she'd have no choice but to explain.

"Noatak is Amon's real name. He is the younger brother of Tarrlok and the youngest son of Yakone." She said quietly. Korra, Bolin and Lin gasped, they hadn't expected that…

Silver took a deep reluctant breath and told her story;

"After Yakone was imprisoned, he managed to escape and had some fancy surgery to change his face. He became a new man and left for the Northern Water Tribe to live a new life under a new name. There he got married and had two sons, Tarrlok and Noatak. They had a happy life until they revealed themselves as Waterbenders. After that Yakone changed, he became harsh and demanded only perfection from the two boys, Tarrlok was never as skilled as Noatak despite being older, so he did everything he could to trip him up. Even as a child, all Tarrlok wanted was power…

Once they grew stronger, Yakone began taking them away on hunting trips every full moon, teaching them Bloodbending. After a while, it became evident that they had also inherited their father's anytime bloodbending ability as well as his psychic bloodbending…

Tarrlok quickly proved to be a master of basic bloodbending and the anytime version but lacked the mental capacity to use the psychic technique, Noatak however mastered the psychic technique easily. Tarrlok hated that Noatak was so much better than him at that one thing, especially since he relished in his bloodbending powers while Noatak hated it.

One night, during a snowstorm, Yakone made the brothers face each other in a bloodbending duel. Tarrlok used his powers to bend his brother but no matter how hard he pushed, no matter how loudly his father shouted Noatak would not hurt his brother. Yakone became furious and attempted to attack him and in his desperation, Noatak bloodbent him before running away. For three days and three nights, Noatak stewed in his anger and sadness, he had once had a happy family, a loving brother and a caring father, his bending changed all of that and he grew to hate the very power he was born with.

On the fourth day, I found him collapsed in the snow from exhaustion. He was just 13 so I picked him up and took him with me to my camp in a cave. When he awoke and filled his belly, he told me his story. When he was finished I told him mine and for the next 8 years we travelled together, we referred to ourselves as siblings and we were both happy to know that we had found a companion that understood us, I even taught him how to energybend and block the chakras of evil people so he wouldn't have to rely on his bloodbending. When he was 21, Aang was nearing the end of his life, he had already turned 66 and I knew he didn't have another year left in him so we went to see him, to see if he was worthy of becoming the next immortal Avatar and become the father of a new Avatar Cycle.

The night before we arrived in Republic City, we stopped at a carnival. Over the years I had told him many stories of my 10,000 year life, including my favourite one, about how my brother Will made a clay mask and became Amon the Equalist, a hero who helped his little sister with the chores so our parents never found out. At the carnival we passed some stalls and each bought the other a gift.

My gift to him was a porcelain mask that had reminded me of the one my brother had worn. His gift to me was a simple golden band, a ring. He asked me to marry him and I accepted, happily. The next day I visited Aang for the first time in his life, I liked him a lot but decided that he was not the one to remake the cycle. Noatak had left during the meeting to find a temple for our wedding. As I left to meet him, I was ambushed by the White Lotus masters and through bending and trickery they were able to trap me, then enslave me with Dai Li technology.

After they had their way with me and I snapped out of it, I fled and eventually Noatak found me. I was so scared of what the White Lotus had done to me that I pushed him away and fled. Later I found out that he had taken my brother's childhood persona of Amon the Equalist and covered his face with the mask I had bought him, when I found the courage to confront him he had been driven to the brink of insanity. He believed that bending was the reason for all wars, for his suffering and my own, he vowed to use the gift of energybending to end the Tyranny of benders and make a world were only the one true Avatar can bend. We fought briefly and spent most of the next few years avoiding each other, until I came to Republic City to see you Korra…and well…you know the rest."

Silver had tears in her eyes and was desperately trying to hold them in. Korra felt horrible, as did Lin and Bolin. They had believed that Amon was just a heartless monster, someone who needed to be stopped, but know they knew he was just a man that had been driven over the edge by his life and the loss of his one true loved one.

"Silver…do you still love Noatak?" Korra asked quietly.

Silver didn't answer but just nodded her head, "It's my fault…if I hadn't rejected him then none of this would have happened…Korra I need to ask you something that I have no right to ask but I cannot help you fight Amon."

Korra nodded, as did Lin and Bolin, "Please…if you have no other choice but to…end his life, then please do it quickly. He's suffered enough…" Korra nodded yet again.

"Thank you Korra…" Silver whispered as she planted a small kiss on the younger girl's cheek. The team left the temple and headed to the Arena, Silver may not be helping defeat Amon but she sure as hell wasn't just going to run away!

Well that's that! I know the Silvorra kiss wasn't as good as the others but i just felt giving the situation, something lighter and sweet would be nice.

This is actually an older chapter that i rewrote a bit to fit the Canon (mostly) and what already happened in the story. I reversed Tarrlok and Noatak's roles so Noatak would be the innocent younger brother instead.

Now, if Amon does NOT die and Silver does NOT end up with Korra then they WILL most likely end up in an Silvtak or Noaver pairing. if you have any major objections then let me know, if enough people don't like it then i may scrap the idea.

NOTE: starting in book 2 and onwards, i am doing an end of chapter Avatar Extra. These Extras will explain how things work in my rendition of the Avatar world. for example the first chapter of Book 2 will explain a bit more about my version of Energybending.

If you want to know something about my world then just PM or review with your question or request!

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