"Wait wait wait, hold up. You said dimensions as in, multiverse?" I asked. "I thought that was only a theory by some crazy guy!"
"And what do you mean by four?" Wan questioned.
Ravva visibly slumped. I could tell this would be a long explanation.
"I wasn't going to tell you at first, but because time is slipping away, I have no choice. Many many years ago, before spirits, humans, even The Tree of Time, there was a void. A blank empty nothingness. From this void, was an explosion of light, birthing the first spirit to exist. To twins were born from this spirit, Nyxen and Helio. This was the starting of the multiverse.
"It was then that the spirit world was populating, and along came Vaatu and myself. We arose to be quite popular in the spirit world, and were the best of friends as brother and sister. We were growing to be full-fledged when I could tell my brother was growing restless. Being brother and sister, we would fight, but it seemed he would try to pick fights and escalate them. I knew something was wrong but didn't say anything as I knew he had a lot on his shoulders.
"Although, I should've said something. I was too late. Vaatu came to me one day an asked that we both go to the border of the world, someplace where only the Guardian Spirits visited. I went with him because I thought he needed help with his 'research'. Little did I know that was the least on his mind.
"When we arrived, he exposed his plan, to break the boundaries and see the other side. I told him it was a horrible idea, that the whole spirit world can break down into nothing. He, of course did not heed my warning.
"He used a powerful spell that even I didn't recognize, and broke the boundary, rupturing time itself. The spirit world duplicated on itself, creating six other worlds and two portals, at the north and south ends of the spirit world. The Guardian Spirits, Nyxen and Helio, were angered that Vaatu would do such a thing, and forced him to create the Tree of Time to sustain the powerful burst of energy. Sadly, it used up the most of his energy, and he was weak ever since.
"After this event, it came to that the spirits were shunning Vaatu. You'd think they'd be happy to see new life, but the spirits at that time were very particular. Eventually it came to where the Guardian Spirits resigned and left Vaatu and I to take reign over the spirit world, him being in Nyxen's place and me in Helio's place.
"Ever since that event of the Beginning, Vaatu has hated me. He always wanted to change the powers between dark and light, and I refused. Lightness and darkness are precious and delicate; one mishape could destroy life itself. Vaatu then departed and I was left to keep the balance. To save the multiverse, I spread all the separate universes to where it would be near impossible to reach them. All but one lost any spiritual connections with the spirit world, which was the Human World. To this day I still don't know where Vaatu is. I only hope he sees the light I see." Ravva finally finished with a sigh. Even though she might've been thousands of years old, it looked as if she added a couple more.
It took me awhile to sink this in. it would be impossible to describe the number of thoughts racing throughout my head.
I broke the silence. "So what does any of this have to do with us?" I looked around all of us. "We might be all Avatars, sure, but you're practically a Goddess."
Ravva gave me sad, sympathetic look. "There is something else I failed to mention."
All of us looked up in curiosity.
"There was something Vaatu told me before he left. 'There will be four who will try to save this multiverse.' He said it with such malice. But I knew what he was telling me. A warning, a challenge, and a prophecy. I translated this to the prophecy as said:
As the new era arise, darkness will come…
Once more to bound these worlds…
Four will be chosen…
Each will descend from a time
Not of their own."
The prophecy sounded foreign to my ears, as if someone else was speaking it. Four will be chosen… I tought, meaning Korra, Aang, Wan, and I.
I looked back up to Ravva. "But why me? I have little to no affiliation with spirits!"
A comforting hand touched my shoulder. "I was like that once. Heck, I couldn't even enter the Avatar State." She seemed to blush, as if remembering something funny.
Finally, someone who understands, I said internally.
Ravva cleared her throat for our attention. We all looked up once more.
"I must tell you, beware that you will have enemies along the way."
We all nodded. Ravva hands seemed to glow when we acknowledged her comment, as if summoning a spell.
"Wait!" Aang interrupted. Ravva paused and looked to Aang. "Before we go, are we going to be bending?"
Ravva contemplated this for a moment. "Indeed you will. Make sure to use it only for emergencies though, and if you do keep to one element each so that you no-one gets suspicious'
"Alright then," he said with a smirk, "Where to first?"
"Tehala," Ravva said with a smile. The group looked confused, and Ravva opened a portal for all of us to step through.
Meanwhile, deep within the fog, was a certain spirit. He was invincible to the fog's effects. He sensed that his niece, Korra, made a warp jump, and smiled wickedly. Justice would finally be his.
"It's nearly time," He hisses, throat hoarse from misuse. "Nearly… the age, of the Dark Era…" He slowly got up and opened his deep orange eyes, glowing with the fog. He laughed manically.
"Times up,avatars."