Earth
Fire
Air
Water
Only the Avatar master of all four elements can bring balance, however, something unprecedented occurred, two Avatars exist at the same time. Wan and Korra, Wan, however, lost his memory and must relearn what it means to be the Avatar at this time and find who he is.
Book II: Spirits
Chapter II: Southern Lights
Korra and Wan are riding on Naga. "So, you excited for the first day?" Korra asks, Wan behind her closes his eyes, "I guess."
Korra turns her head for a split second, her expression filled with worry, "You okay Wan?" Wan groans, "Just a slight headache, I'll be fine." Once they arrive, Unalaq is waiting for them. Korra and Wan dismount Naga. "You're early," he says.
"What can I say? I'm pumped up to learn that Unalaq spirit fighting." Korra grins and puts her fists together, Wan rubs his temples, trying to relieve the pain, Unalaq quickly notices, "Are you alright?"
Wan smiles, waving the other man off. "Oh yeah, yeah." Korra puts her hand on her hips and points at Wan with her thumb. "He just had a small headache."
"Humm, I'm not here to teach you to fight spirits, Korra. I'm here to help begin your spiritual training. We're going to one of the most remote places in the world, the long-neglected spiritual center of your tribe, the South Pole."
Wan's headache worsens, though he keeps it to himself. "You're going to train us at the South Pole?" Wan asks, keeping the pain at bay. "We will do more than just train. By neglecting the spirits, the people of the South have brought darkness upon themselves, and now it threatens to destroy our tribe. We must set things right. The Southern Water Tribe depends on you both."
Wan nods, though his brain is about to burst out of his head, he is more than willing to push through the pain. Then he hears a little girl giggling. It's brief but it frightens the Amnesic Avatar to his core. Once again he zones out of a conversation, asking himself,Have I've gone crazy?
"Wan- Hello?" Korra waves in front of his face, snapping Wan out of his trance, "He needs to be ready for the mission to the South Pole," Unalaq says to Korra, The female avatar replies with "He will be."
Korra begins to heal Wan's forehead with water. "You're tense," Korra mentions, as her hands move fluently with the water. Wan closes his eyes, trying to loosen up, but his spirit tells him otherwise, again he ignores and relaxes. After a few minutes, his headache recedes. Wan breathes a heavy sigh, Korra finishes and bends the water back into the bowl. "I think I'm alright now."
"Good, come on, we need to get started on the mission," Korra says as she opens the door, Wan follows.
The group has already packed and Wan gets on the camel yat. The group is tense- it is due to Unalaq and Tonraq being in the close proximity to each other. Everyone is there including Bolin with his snowmobile.
"Well, let's get moving."
Korra, Wan, and Unalaq on their respective animals begin to have a chat. "So once we get to the South Pole, then what happens?" Korra asks, a bit curious about Unalaq's real goals. Wan is as well, Unalaq replies simply with, "You'll both open an ancient spirit portal."
"What spirit portal?" Wan asks, pressing for additional answers, his eyebrow arches. Unalaq then replies, "At the South Pole, there is a portal that connects our world to the Spirit World, but it has long been closed."
"Why?" Wan pushes further. "It is not said," Unalaq says a bit more firmly, Wan scoffs and rolls his eyes, "It had to be closed for somereason. If not it would be open," Wan argues, "I would like to know why we need to open this mysterious portal?"
"If you can open the portal in time, balance will be restored."
"Humph," Wan says; his suspicions are coming to the surface, "And what do you mean...In time, is there some type of deadline?"
"Yes, There's a reason the Glacier Spirits Festival ends on the winter solstice. That's when the Spirit World and the physical world are close together. Only then can the Avatar open the portal."
Wan relents and pulls back from his interrogation of Unalaq. Nevertheless, still, his spirit is on all-time alert and he doesn't know why. He also doesn't know why the spirit portals sound so...familiar.
But one thing is for certain, his awful feeling of dread anddarknessabout Unalaq wasn't going away. Naga howls, as she senses something. Wan turns as the fog begins to clear, Bolin shrinking says, "What is that?" He points at the figure,
"Dark spirits," The Dual Avatars say in unison, as soon as they said that, the fog picks back up. "Let's keep moving. We have to find a safe place to set up camp," Tonraq says as he begins to drive off, and everyone else follows.
Later on, the whole group is close together for warmth near a fire. "Uncle, why do you think the dark spirits are following us?" Korra asks, Bolin then scoots next to Eska and grabs her arm "Can we not talk about dark spirits, please?"
"My brother doesn't like ghost stories," Mako says.
"Don't worry. I will protect you, my feeble turtle duck," Eska says, in a tone as monotone and dry as you can get, Wan shivers at how creepy Eska sounds. "Sadly, this isn't a ghost story. This is real.The spirits are angry because he's here." Unalaq glances toward his brother then back to Korra and Wan. "Korra, Haven't you ever wondered how your father ended up in the South Pole? Why has henevertaken you to visit his homeland in the North?"
"Unalaq, this is not the time." Tonraq sighs, Unalaq glares at him, "You're right. You should have told her a long time ago."
"Let's not fight, please," Wan says, trying to de-escalate the atmosphere. Korra's father looks at his daughter. "I left the North Pole because...I was banished."
"Why?"
Wan knows that Korra is slowly getting more furious, Tonraq closes his eyes and breathes in heavily. "Because I almost destroyed the entire tribe. Twenty years ago, I was a general in the Northern Water Tribe, sworn to protect my people. I drove a group of barbarians out of the city and deep into the frozen tundra. We tracked them deep into an ancient forest. Many believed this forest was the home to spirits, and the barbarians retreated there because they thought we wouldn't attack them on such hollow grounds. They thought wrong."
"We captured the barbarians, but in the process, we destroyed the forest. I didn't realize the consequences of what I had done. By destroying the forest, I unknowingly let loose angry spirits. They threatened to destroy everything, the entire city. Unalaq was able to guide the spirits back to the forest. But by then, the damage had been done. For being the cause of so much devastation, my father banished me from the Northern Water Tribe in shame. That's when I came to the South and started a new life."
Korra stands up, completely infuriated by this new information, "I can't believe you kept this from me!"
Tonraq looks at his daughter, "I was protecting you from the shame I brought on the family."
"Why did you keep hiding things from me and then telling me it's for my own protection? I'm tired of you protecting me!" With that Korra leaves, hot and angry. Wan stands up and glances to Tonraq, "I'll talk to her."
Wan, after a good minute of searching, finds Korra. who paces around in her own bitterness. "You wanna talk about it?" Wan starts, Korra looks at the male Avatar. "Why, why is so much kept from me?"
Wan shrugs, "I don't know, but I have a question for you. Did you ever really care about the North Pole, I mean before the big banishing thing?"
"No?" Korra says, a bit confused at where wan was going. "And he has always loved and cared for you, right?" Wan says, smiling a bit, Korra nods.
"Then why did you get so upset, other than the whole secrecy thing?"
Korra is silent for a moment. "I have...no idea. Why did he do that?"
"Maybe because Unalaq told you in thecrappiestway, and thecrappiestmoment possible, just to make you mad and burn up like a firecracker," Wan states as he points at Korra. "So you don't trust Unalaq?" she asks.
Wan nods, smiling. "I knew you would catch on. He answers my questions vaguely and doesn't give meeverythingI need to know. I've been nervous to tell you this, but after what I saw, you needed to know." Korra embraces Wan tightly, "What would I do without you?"
"Let's get back to camp," Wan says, the Dual Avatars walk back to the small camp. Korra rushes up to her father, giving him a large hug. "I love you, Dad. I know you do it to protect me but please, don't hide anything from me again. I just want you to tell me the truth in the future."
"I promise I will." Tonraq nods and pats his daughter's back, Wan sits down and smiles, and Korra sits between Wan and Mako once more. Unalaq glares at Wan but the male avatar catches it, he glares back, telling him non verbally 'I'm on to you.' Unalaq quickly hides it, but it's too late.
Wan is now on high alert.
The group stands in front of the massive Everstorm. Wan's eyes broaden from the mass of it, the group begins to reach the South Pole through the Everstorm.
It begins to get a bit more rigorous the deeper they go in. "We have to turn back," Tonraq yells, getting ready to turn back
"We can't!" Unalaq retorts, turning to his brother. "The solstice is tonight. We're so close."
"This mission is too dangerous, we're leaving!"
"No Dad." Korra says, looking at her father. "You have to go." Wan's head sharply turns to Korra "What?"
"The tribe needs you. Go home. We'll be back soon," Korra says as the storm begins to worsen, Tanroq turns to Wan. "Protect my daughter."
The Amnesic Avatar nods, "Stay safe," he adds with a wave. Tonraq turns his snowmobile back, the group looks at him. Wan turns forward, "Let's get moving!" The group after, in silence, reaches the south pole, as it is encased in a frozen tundra and in the eye of the Everfrost. There are a number of trees, their trunks covered in frozen ice."We are here," Unalaq announces.
Wan and Korra dismount and walk towards the forest, Wan feels one of the tree branches and strangely feels like he's been here before, in another placeā¦
Inanothertime.
Wan can't place his finger on it, but it is an overwhelming sense of deja vu. While Unalaq speaks to Korra, Wan feels each and every tree near him. He dares not to tell Unalaq his strange feelings. Korra taps on his shoulder, snapping Wan out of his trance once more. "You are really...zoned out aren't you?" Korra smirks. Wan clears his throat then blushes, "Sorry."
The Dual Avatars go deeper into the frozen forest; Wan and Korra find a glowing blue orb of light. "This is it," Korra breathes, Wan's head leans to the side. Korra tries to punch it but Wan stops her, he walks towards it in almost a mindless state. "Wan?"
Meanwhile, In Southern Air Temple, Jinora awakens from her slumber and walks through the hall of statues in a daze. She breaks free from her daze in shock and surprise, finding herself in front of the statue of an unknown Avatar made of wood.
"Who is this Avatar? He looks familiar," Jinora says to herself.
"Touch the portal," Wan says; Korra and Wan press their hands against it. Both of them go into the Avatar state, Wan sees flashbacks of himself in anothererawearing a very olden attire for winter, reaching out for a golden beam of light while being pinned down.
In space he sees all the planets alignedperfectly.
Wan collapses at the intensity of this vision, everything goes black for him.
Jinora gasps as the statue begins to glow, and the man's eyes are unlike the rest of the statue that glows gold. His eyes glowwhite.
Wan eyes flutter open, to see Korra waiting for him to awaken. He holds his head, as he sits up from the bed groaning, "How long have I been out?"
"Two days, you were completely knocked out." Korra holds his hand tight. "What happened, Wan?"
"I-I don't know."
Korra looks down, "Wan, I have news. Unalaq's troops are here." Wan's eyes widen. "What! That means that there could be civil war!"
