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The First Avatar
Book 2: Heart
Chapter 16: United we Stand
Liberating the South Pole had been faster than they thought; only taking three days after Sokka and Aang arrived with the Air Family to help. They found Tenzin and Bumi's sister, Kya along with their mother helping the defence of Southern Water City. Katara and Kya had a short lived reunion with Sokka and Aang as Lin explained the situation.
"Lunar Island? That's right on the other side of the world! You guys wasted no time getting in as much trouble as possible…" Kya sighed. The journey would take weeks by boat and still a couple of days by airship.
"We have no idea how long the Relays take to build so I say we destroy the one here and knock over the ones en-route to the island to by us time." Iroh suggested.
"Leave the tower here to the Waterbenders of the South Pole, they'll handle it. We need to leave for Lunar Island now or we'll miss the Full Moon. Yue can only be contacted then." Sokka said, remembering how he and the others would visit her every other full moon back when they were still young.
"Well don't forget! We may have Aang and a means to get Spirit Water but we have the crystal or anyway of getting Necros' energy inside it!" Mako reminded them.
"Then we have to hope we get lucky!" Bolin said as he walked away.
Katara opted to stay behind and help destroy the spire while Kya joined with Team Korra and headed North on the Airship.
Mako and the others had begun noticing changes in both Bolin and Noatak. Bolin had stopped telling jokes and was frequently impatient, fighting much more recklessly than usual and was becoming rather ruthless. Noatak had gone full psycho on the battlefield. Thralls were shattered and he had obviously gotten over his dislike of killing as he was tearing Black Lotus agents to pieces then killing their friends with them!
This came to a head when he blew up a destroyed an Enemy Airship that followed them by using its fuel tank against it…
"Noatak, I know you're angry about Silver but remember we have children with us!" Lin scolded.
"I don't care! I lost her once already…for 17 years! I won't lose her again for another month!" Noatak roared, becoming more enraged than ever.
"If you don't stop and cool off soon then you will end up losing your bending!" Aang warned. In truth it wasn't a threat, Waterbenders could block their own abilities of they became too full of fury and hatred, Waterbenders rely on the flow of energy within the water and themselves, if their own flow of energy is blocked by their emotions then they lose the ability to effect the flow within Water and thus lose their bending.
Of course, considering who had warned him, Noatak misunderstood.
"You wouldn't dare take my bending…remember that only Korra and Silver have ever had the skill to best me…and Korra needed the Avatar State to do it…threaten me again and I'll return you to the Spirit World!"
"It wasn't a threat! I was genuinely warning you! Bending can be blocked by various emotional reactions! It's why Korra was unable to Airbend!" Aang said, trying to be diplomatic.
"What do you mean? Korra would have eventually got it, Silver just wanted to speed it up." Mako said.
"No…Waterbending is blocked by Hatred and Fury. This is because Fury and Hate are the too emotions that are said to prevent a person from changing themselves; Water is the Element of Change so it contradicts with anything that prevents change. Air however is the Element of Freedom. Korra never experienced a true freedom and so she had blocked Airbending." Aang explained. He had spent many long hours conversing with the White Lotus about the nature of the Elements.
"So in the end…Korra was right…I lectured her once on how Air was Freedom, I believed it only meant freedom of Spirit so I ignored her when she complained about being trapped on the island…" Tenzin said. He felt a little ashamed over having been so harsh now…
"You're saying that if I don't let go of my anger and hate then I'll lose my bending?" Noatak asked.
"Yes but it isn't permanent. You must let go of hate, or you will never be able to save Silver." Aang told him.
Noatak shut up after that, spending the rest of the trip meditating to calm his spirit. As they approached the Island at dusk on the day of the Full Moon, Bolin had to speak with Aang as well.
"Avatar Aang. You said that if one cannot change then they lose their waterbending and if an airbender lacks freedom then they lack their bending…what of earthbenders and firebenders." He asked, worried that he may lose his own bending…
"Earth is the Element of Substance. To avoid losing it you must keep a strong resolve, do not give up and keep yourself rooted. If you drift too far from your true self then you'll be in trouble. As for Fire…that is the Element of Power. The strongest font of power within a mortal is their willpower. If I firebender becomes confused, they lose their passion, their will or they forget what they truly want, then they lose their power." Aang explained. He noticed Bolin's troubled expression, "Look I know it seems hard, but Korra and Silver both knew what they were doing. Trust that they can handle themselves while they wait for us!"
Bolin smiled and bowed to him, "Thank you. Not to speak ill of my girl or anything but you are a lot wiser."
"Comes with age!"
Within the hour, they touched down on Lunar Island and began to make their way to the temple of the moon.
"We have to get there before midnight!" Sokka urged them.
The Temple of the Moon was a simple pyramid like structure with a large set of stairs on each side that led to the Temple Apex. By the time they reached the top, the Full Moon was almost in the centre of the sky, signalling Midnight. Is shone a single beam of white light down upon the Temple Apex. The spectral form of Yue appeared, sitting on the altar. Despite being immortal, she had aged herself to the form of a 21 year old woman. She now had her hair flowing down her back, only tying a small part of in Hair loops, similar to Katara's.
Between her eyes and hair, she looked a lot like Silver.
"It is so good to see you again Sokka! I was worried when you disappeared from the Spirit World." She said, her voice carrying an unearthly, divine melody along with it.
"It's been a complicated few weeks…Yue, we need you to give us some Spirit Water. The First Avatar has been enslaved and we need it to free her." Sokka said.
"Of course old friend." She said. Yue floated off of the Altar and placed a finger within the basin. It filled with perfectly clear water that seemed to glow faintly.
"Spirit Water…" Tahno said amazed, even though he wasn't a water spirit like Korra, he could still feel the magical presence within it…
"I know what it it you seek next…you need a Misteria Crystal. With the power of Necros no less. I can tell you that such a thing exists…Korra holds the secret, you must find her." Yue told them before she began to fade.
"Midnight has passed…I will have to return now…I will give your best wishes to Tui and La." She said before vanishing.
"I thought Tui was the Moon Spirit before Yue" Mako said, remembering the tales.
"Tui and La are among the most powerful type of spirits, Nature Spirits. They cannot be killed in the normal sense. When Tui "died" her spirit was scattered, like a puzzle that had its pieces blown away. Yue became the Moon Spirit's familiar, a temporary replacement while Tui remade herself. It is a long process; Yue still has many years before her service can end." Aang told them.
"So is she still a mortal spirit or a nature spirit?" Noatak asked.
"I don't know, I learned a lot about them in my life and death but I've still barely scratched the surface…"
After that Cryptic statement, Team Korra turned and left the temple and the island behind them. They had all but one of the components they needed; now they just had to find Korra…
And pray she knew the location of the crystal…
Avatar Extra: Myths and Legends Pt. 3: The Dragon of Caravela
In Silver's time, her society, the Crystalmancers, encompassed most of the world and had a peaceful relationship with the rest of the world. This peace was considered to be the doing of the King of Caravela, also known as the Dragon of Caravela. Whether he was really a dragon or in fact a human is up for debate. The following is the myth. Caravela was once the kingdom of the three mountains (now the Eastern Air Temple) and was home to three clans of mythical sky creatures; Griffins, Dragons and the Sky bison. One day, a dragon was born with black scales, a bad omen, and so the infant was cast off the mountain. The Sky Bison were a peaceful, loving race and so they saved the child and raised him in secret. As the hatchling grew to a remarkable size, the bison realised that the child was in fact an Alpha Dragon, born to create his own clan and carve out a piece of the world as territory. Afraid of the devastation a new Alpha Dragon would bring, the bison clan taught their philosophy of peace to the dragon, naming him Caravela. Caravela learned these lessons well and never took a life, even after the War began. Dragon clans all over the world began disappearing, captured and enslaved by the early Crystalmancers. The Griffins feared that their ancient destiny would be out of reach if they remained and so they fled while the dragons went to war. Eventually the Crystalmancers came to the Three Mountains to capture the Sky Bison clan; however they were driven off by Caravela and his Black Flames. He did it without hurting any of them. The legend of the black dragon of the mountains spread and Crystalmancers would always challenge him only to run in fear of the black flames. Eventually a young female hunter challenged him and did not run, instead asking the beast for his name. He introduced himself as Caravela and the Woman introduced herself as the lady of the clouds, a spiritual huntress whom had been searching for a way to bring peace. The two hatched a plan and flew across the world. The woman claimed that the King of Caravela whom ruled the three mountains had tamed the Black Dragon and the world united under him in fear, known of them aware that their "King" was in fact a massive shadow scaled Dragon. The mountains were named after him and eventually became the Eastern Air Temple. It is unknown what the ultimate fate of either the Lady of the Clouds or Caravela was, however no death of the dragon was ever recorded. Some say he still flies around the world. The only evidence to this claim it that a single person is capable of using Black Flames. Necros has never revealed how he learned the ability, however he is old enough to have existed in that time and he claims to "Be a friend to Dragons".
Next Chapter: Rise and Fall
Korra speaks with someone she had never expected and a plot is hatched to escape.
Tomorrow we meet a new character and see a new concept in the avatarverse!
Hope you liked the mini-myth!
I think tomorrow is a long chapter as well! I'm going to try and make the book 3/4 chapters longer.
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