It was a night under the full moon.
That night, she found her destiny, not bringing balance to the world, but being the embodiment of vengeance.
Fire, blood, explosion and screams. She could never unlive the night.
"Run! Korra!" shouted Tonraq, her father, and the chief of the Southern Water Tribe. He was a skilled waterbender, but still no match to the attackers, a group of 5, one of whom is his brother. The tall woman shot explosion from her head, he solidified the water into ice, attempting to shield the attack, surrounded, he had nowhere to run.
Her leg felt as if they were made from lead. Her eyes followed a trail of blood, at the end of the trail lies her mother's cold body. How could she run? She is the Avatar, she has the power to bend water, fire and earth, the power that is supposed to be able to protect herself and her family… she was interrupted by a scream, following the voice, she found the short woman's ice tentacles impaling her father's chest.
"I'm sorry brother, this isn't supposed to happen, if you willingly give up the avatar." said Unolaq, the man she used to call uncle. FAKE, Korra thought, HE WILL PAY. She could feel her heart pumping, blood running through her veins, WATER, THERE'S WATER IN THE BLOOD, AND THERE'S BLOOD IN THOSE PEOPLE'S BODY. Intuitively, she knew what she needed to do, and she did not hesitate to bend the blood in her uncle's body when the man was approaching her. It was successful, she can see the his body twitching, with utter fear on his face, "bl-ood-bender…"
A muscular man, the only non bender among the attackers, seemed to be quite surprised, "Listen Korra, your uncle didn't mean harm to you. Please put him down and go with us, I can ensure your safety."
"Safety? You people killed my mum and dad and I'm now supposed to trust you? "said Korra, her voice became coarse due to extreme anger, and yet she still somehow managed to keep her composure. MY FATHER GETS KILLED BY ICE, YOU WILL DIE THE SAME WAY, she thought. Then, with no delay, she froze Unolaq's blood, she could see little spikes of ice piercing through his skin.
The murders were shocked by what the 5-year-old was capable of doing, after a brief moment of shock, their leader, the non bender broke the silence, "we will end this evil thing right here, right now, let the cycle be broken for good." As they approached her, Korra felt no fear, no regret, her eyes burning with the flame of hatred, this cannot be the end, I have yet to make you suffer.
"Freeze!" the shout from the tribal worriers, within seconds, they secured Korra from her enemies. An old woman passed through the crowd, with hands on her back while facing the assassins:" Why are you doing this?"
"With all due respect Katara, the very thing you're protecting is responsible for Unolaq's brutal death." The non bender replied, pointing at the bloody corpse.
"During an attempt to assassinate the Chief of the Southern Water Tribe and his family?" Katara glanced at the Tonraq and Senna's body, "I believe the child rightfully did so as an act of self-defence." without warning, she launched her attack, thin blades of ice that could hardly be seen. The short woman blocked it with her tentacle arms centimetres before they reach the non bender's throat. Korra's eyes were glowing, not from the avatar state but fantasizing to Katara's power. The warriors followed suit, two of them took Korra to safety.
Again and again, she couldn't stop looking back to the battleground, she desperately wanted to see these people pay for what they did to her parents. She wanted to see it with her own eyes, but the last thing she saw they were no longer here. They fled.
Korra woke up from the afternoon nap. Bad dream, bad omen, she thought. She'd better catch up some sleep before she rendezvouses with Asami. The latter will be confronting her father, Hiroshi Sato. She had shown the latter the proof of Hiroshi making weapons for the Equalist. Never did she thought she would be some kind of hero, considering what she has done and what she will be doing in her pursuit to power, Korra thought. Stop, you're now a waterbender and a triad boss of Republic City, and you have a long night ahead.