Earth

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Only the Dual Avatars master of all four elements can bring balance to the world.

Book II: Spirits

Chapter IX: Harmonic convergence

Wan breathes in and out in front of the candle, with each breath the flame gets bigger and smaller, focusing on his breathing while meditating.

While Korra is on the deck, he chooses to practice his breathing. Ten thousand years ago, when he was training with the dragon Xhi, he learned the importance of breathing and keeping a level head with fire, to use the Sun as your source of strength, and not anger and hate.

His anger at Unalaq grows but he tries to keep himself in a good mental state or Unalaq will use that against him.

He knows Unalaq will be waiting, and his determination for fixing this mess will be his strength. The door opens, and Korra walks in.

"Korra, I'm meditating." Wan says calmly,

"I know, but you should practice with me, let off some steam?" Korra grins.

"The only reason why I'm not like that is because I'm saving my strength," Wan responds still focusing on his fire, "I have to keep a level head, to be honest, you should too-"

Bolin rushes in next to Korra, "Asami got a distress signal from the southern troops! Unalaq destroyed the entire resistance!" Wan's eyes widen as the flame gets bigger,

"What?!" The dual avatars speak in unison. Wan's flame grows enormously as he turns around and quickly gets on his feet. Bolin puts his hands up defensively, Korra smirks as she speaks to Wan, "Like I said; blow off some steam, old man."


Dual Team Avatar and Aang's children meet in the compound, meanwhile, Wan talks to Raava while Korra talks to the wounded rebels. Katara starts to keep Jinora's body alive.

"How long?" Wan asks, looking at the sky. Hours, in your time, Raava responds, the group meets up outside the healing hut.

"Talked to the rebels. They said Unalaq got the southern portal surrounded." Korra informs, crossing her arms while leaning on the wall.

"Raava said Harmonic Convergence is hours away, I think we all know what the mission is." Wan announces,

"Suicide." Bolin blurts out, everyone looks at him like he's crazy, but Wan nods in agreement.

"Yeah it is, but that doesn't matter, what matters is closing that portal."

"You know, I was in a similar situation once." Bumi starts his story, to Tenzin's annoyance. "My platoon had crawled through the desert with no water for a week! When we finally located the only oasis for a hundred miles, it was surrounded by angry sandbenders. I realized our only chance to get to the water was to drop in from above. So I fashioned together a catapult, and with the help of a few well-trained hog monkeys-"

Tenzin interrupts his brother, angrily shouting, "Enough of your ridiculous lies! Can't you see that the fate of the world and Jinora's life depends on what we do here today?!" Bumi looks down in disappointment and hurt.

"Wait- That's a good idea." Wan glances at Bumi. Wan's light bulb goes off and he snaps his fingers, "That's it! We have a flying bison, there's a plane on Varrick's ship, and I can fly on a cloud. We can attack from the sky!"

Korra smiles as she looks at Wan, "Always thinking outside the box, what's the plan?"

Asami then chimes in, "Mako, Bolin and I can use the plane to create a distraction and scatter some of their defenses. Korra, Tenzin, Bumi and Kya can fly into the spirit portal on Oogi when you see an opening. Though your cloud is amazing Wan, best if you go with Oogi."

Wan nods, "Well, let's get moving."


The twins enter Unalaq's tent, they glance at each other, then Eska begins to speak, "What are we still doing here, Father? The invasion was completely successful and the Southern Tribe is under our control. The spirit portals are open. We restored balance, let's go home."

Unalaq turns to his daughter, snapping at her, "You don't understand! Everything I've achieved so far will pale in comparison with what I'm about to accomplish." He once again looks at the map.

"What else is there? The Water Tribe is united." Desna argues with his hands up, Unalaq stands up, he takes the map into his hands.

"After today, there will be no more Water Tribe, no more nations of any kind." He freezes the map then breaks it into pieces, to Eska and Desna's unseen horror.

"The world is about to be transformed into something magnificent and new. And I will lead this glorious revolution. Now go outside and get the troops ready to defend the spirit portal."

"From whom? We've already beaten everyone!" The twins say in unison.

Unalaq has a small menacing grin. "The Dual Avatars will be here soon, they have no choice." The twins glance at each other, unsure of their father's motives, but for the first time; they feel fear.


The two groups on their assignments begin to split up as they fly to Unalaq's compound, Wan's eyes widen when he sees the portal, with spirits circling it from above,

"What in the- Unalaq and Vaatu, they know we're coming." Wan yells out to the sky bison group, the soldiers from the ground begin attacking the two groups.

Unalaq is using Vaatu's power! Raava yells to Wan and Korra as Oogi approaches the compound, "There are spirits everywhere. I don't see an opening!" Korra screams.

"Let's circle around and see if we can find a way in from the other side." Tenzin suggests as he tries to find an opening to get through the dark spirits, who spot them and begin their attack.

Oogi dodges the first attack. "Hold on!" Tenzin yells, Oogi tries to move away from the attacking spirits. The spirits now encircle Oogi. Some of them have already attached themselves to Oogi. Another spirit jumps on, but is quickly airbent away by Wan and Korra. Kya begins to use her water to slam the spirits away.

Oogi groans as Tenzin tries to keep his bison still in the air, "The spirits are weighing Oogi down! We're losing altitude!"

Bumi with his left foot kicks a dark spirit's forehead, trying to get it to detach from Oogi, "Get off of him you sticky, nasty little blob of goo!" Bumi fumbles, but he grabs hold of it before falling.

"If I go, you're coming with me!" The dark spirit lets go, bringing Bumi with it, Kya gasps, "Bumi!"

The Dual Avatars begin to get overpowered as the spirits hold Oogi down. The sky bison groans as he begins to fall, everyone on Oogi crashes and is knocked unconscious.


Wan groans as he begins to regain his consciousness, he turns his head to see Korra consoling her father. Behind him sit Tenzin and Kya, and in front of him are Bolin, Asami and Mako who were just thrown in, and all of them are tied up. "We tried." Mako mumbles, Wan looks saddened but then his sadness quickly turns to anger as Unalaq enters the tent, behind him are his children.

"Congratulations, everyone! You've all got front row seats for the beginning of a new world order."

Wan's eyes narrow, he breathes in and then speaks. "Unalaq, freeing Vaatu won't make you powerful or stronger, it will only make you a traitor to everything good that happened to humanity!"

"You think what you did was good? Driving almost all the spirits from this world?" Unalaq says to Wan, to which he replies, "Like how spirits drove humans to the lion turtles? I would have loved to see humans and spirits live together! This is exactly why I closed the portals! Someone like you wouldn't fall to Vaatu!" Wan retorts, Korra adds on to this with the same amount of spite as Wan. "Even if you free Vaatu, we'll put him right back in his prison. Just like Wan." Wan grins a bit, "If I did it once, I can do it again."

Unalaq smirks at this then speaks, "It's true that when Wan fused with Raava ten thousand years ago, he tipped the scales in her favor, but this time I'll be here to level the playing field. When Harmonic Convergence comes, I will fuse with Vaatu." Wan's mouth gapes a bit as Unalaq's true plan is unveiled. It was nothing he could have imagined.

"And together we will become the new Avatar… A dark avatar. Your era is over, Wan."

"You're insane!" Wan shouts, narrowing his eyes, "You really think Vaatu is going to give you some type of advantage? You're an idiot, as I expected. He'll turn you into something that I can't even fathom."

"I'll be no more of a monster then you and Korra." Unalaq replies simply, Wan glares at the man in outrage, Unalaq walks towards Wan, towering over the First Avatar. "You are pathetic, I would have expected much more from you, unlike Korra."

"Vaatu and I will be in complete sync, no one could stand against us." Unalaq announces, Wan laughs dryly, "You really are delusional, Vaatu thinks humans are less than insects. You are one massive toddler with power. Dark Avatar? Really? You can't even bend the four elements! You are a joke-"

Unalaq slaps Wan in the face, the group's mouths as a whole open in shock. Korra begins to lunge at her uncle. Wan grunts a bit, then he spits at Unalaq. Unalaq, enraged, wipes the spit from his face.

"Whatever world you're hoping to build, Vaatu will suck the life out of it."

Unalaq glares at Wan spitefully saying, "When Harmonic Convergence ends, I'll kill you first!"

"I'd like to see you try." Wan retorts sassily, having a small smirk that enrages the chief.

Unalaq turns to his children "Keep them locked up!" With that he leaves, Korra turns to Wan with concern, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I've felt worse." Wan sighs as he closes his eyes, Korra turns to her cousins pleading to them, "Eska, Desna, listen to me. You've got to help us stop Unalaq. I know he's your father, but Vaatu has made him completely crazy!"

Desna glares at the female Avatar as he advances towards her, "You don't know what you're talking about! Our father is the wisest man in the world. If he says what he is doing is right, I believe him."

Wan instantly notices the hesitation in his voice and he quickly exploits it. "Do you really?" Wan asks, Desna turns to Wan as he is still enraged, meanwhile Wan seems neutral with an undercurrent of anger,

"I know deep inside your spirit is saying this is wrong, your father that you knew is long gone. That man is willing to throw his humanity away for power. What makes you so sure that he wouldn't throw you away once you've fulfilled your purpose to him?" Eska steps up as she is beside her brother, who looks very conflicted.

"Father loves us." Eska retorts, unsure of what she is saying, Wan glares at the twins, "Look around you, he loves nothing! Look at the way he poisoned the spirits, he only treated you as pawns to his game, and don't you dare deny it!" Wan yells leaning forward, the twins glance at each other,

"He uses and sucks the life out of everyone!" Wan argues, "So if you have any decency, I would suggest changing sides."

Eska and Desna are then knocked out by Naga, and Bumi slides in, "Rescue time!"

"Bumi, how-" Wan gasps as he looks outside, to see the towers crashing and burning.

"Bumi, how did you manage to take out this entire encampment on your own?" Tenzin asks,

"I did it all with my trusty flute and... Ah, never mind, you wouldn't believe it anyway. Let's get moving." Bumi frees the group and they run to the forest clearing, while Mako holds up Korra's father.

"You run into the portal, I'll try to hold off anyone who comes after you." Tonraq says as he is still holding on to his side.

Wan shakes his head walking towards him, "You're hurt, you're not fighting Unalaq. You need a healer." Wan turns his glaze to Asami, "Asami, can you take Oogi and Tonraq back to Katara and Senna?"

Asami nods as she runs to Oogi, Korra hugs her father, "This is my fight now." Korra hugs her father before he leaves, Tonraq embraces his daughter. "I love you Korra."

"I love you, too, Dad." Korra wipes a slight tear from her eyes and gives him a peck on the cheek.

After he and Asami leave, Wan faces the group in front of the portal, "Once we're inside, Tenzin, Kya and Bumi you go find Jinora. She's in the Fog of Lost Souls, it's dangerous to get her out, so be careful."

"Mako and Bolin, you take care of Unalaq, while I and Korra close the portal so Vaatu can't escape."

Bolin nervously gulps as he fidgets his hands, Wan notices and closes his eyes, "Bolin, ask away."

"Okay, worst-case scenario: so we're fighting Unalaq, you and Korra close the portals and let's just say something happens to you or Korra. Are we going to be trapped in there for eternity?" Bolin gulps.

Wan doesn't know how to answer that, he can't open the portals without Korra and vice versa, and if one of them dies, it's game over. The First Avatar replies to this the best way he can, "If this all goes to plan, we will all walk out of here after Harmonic Convergence, if not, then we improvise."

The group stands silent, as they glance at each other nervously and concerned. "Let's go." Wan speaks up.

The group runs into the portal, the dark Spirits encircle the Tree of Time as Unalaq waits for Vaatu's release. Unalaq turns to the portal,and the group enters with Wan and Korra in the front.

Unalaq jumps on a dark spirit as they all charge at the group. "Tenzin go!" Wan yells, the trio runs the other way to the other parts of the spirit world, leaving Wan, Korra, Mako and Bolin. Korra enters the Avatar state, she rushes forward and unleashes a wave of air that knocks the spirits out. Korra exits quickly.

Unalaq leaps off the spirit he was on and begins to waterbend. Mako and Bolin attack, while Wan and Korra rush to the portal, once they reach it, with both of their hands and with full force they attempt to close it. Wan and Korra enter the avatar state.

"You're running out of time, Raava. I know you feel it coming." Vaatu taunts as Wan and Korra close the portal. In space, the planets begin to align. The portal is almost closed but it bursts open, sending Wan and Korra flying back, the two portals collide, sending electric shocks around the portals, Wan and Korra watch in horror while Unalaq wears a victorious smile as the portals turns gold. The portals unleashes a purple energy wave that shocks the world.

Meanwhile in Republic City, Ms. Nami is setting her books up as the wave passes. She looks out the window to see the southern lights. Her silver eyes bulge in awe, as she drops her books on the floor.

The entire planet is two waves converged together sealing the planet. Harmonic Convergence has begun.

The two portals create lightning that hits the Tree of Time for a moment. The lightning stops and the world goes dark briefly before a burst of energy explodes from the tree. Vaatu emerges, rising from his former prison. Wan's heart goes up his throat as he hears Vaatu's laughter. Wan's copper eyes are filled with terror.

"No..." Wan whispers.