When Korra went through the portal, she felt the same as when she was going from her world to the spiritual world, but this time, it was different; she was going from the spiritual world to a completely different world.
When the light from the portal blocking her view faded, Korra felt she was stepping on something, something familiar. When she opened her eyes, she saw that she was in a snow-covered forest in the middle of the day.
"So, this is the other world the mirror was leading to?" Korra asked as she looked around. "It doesn't look that different from mine." she said recalling some landscapes from her world.
Now that she was concentrating, she could feel that this place was clearly different from hers. In her world she felt a great spiritual energy running through everything, but there the energy was much less, as if that world and the spiritual world weren't as connected as he thought.
"Let's see. If I were causing trouble in the spirit world, where would I be?" she wondered thoughtfully. "I suppose I'll have to go and look and be patient." she said with a shrug, if there was one thing she had been taught over the years, it was to be patient.
She started walking through the woods hoping to see something or someone who could help her get situated. The first thing she would have to do was to find out where she was and where the nearest town was.
Her wish came true when from a distance she could see a village near the coast. Even if it wasn't nearby, Korra could see that it was very different from the places she had seen before, but what really mattered was that she could at least start with something.
"Well. I hope I don't attract too much attention." Korra said. During her time as Avatar, she had attracted attention in many ways. Especially when she first arrived in Republic City. But now she was in a different world, where they had probably never heard of the Avatar, so it would be advisable not to use her bending skills for the time being. Without hesitation, she headed for the kingdom hoping to get more clues.
Meanwhile, in the kingdom's castle, queen Elsa and her sister Anna were about to go into town, although Anna was rather pushing her sister towards the door.
"Anna, I have a lot of work to do." Elsa said, mentioning her duties as queen.
"You're always working. You have to take a break once in a while." said Anna still in her pushing role.
"I do, but the dance is tonight and I have to make sure everything is ready." said Elsa, managing to stop her sister's push.
"At least spend a few hours walking around the city with me and Kristoff." said Anna, standing in front of her. "Please." she begged, making puppy-dog eyes.
Elsa couldn't resist that look and ended up giving in. "All right, but only for a few hours." said Elsa.
"It's a deal." said Anna, agreeing with her.
On leaving the castle, they met Kristoff, whom Anna embraced. Elsa smiled when she saw that her sister had found someone who really loved her. She didn't know it, but deep in her heart, she wished she had someone special by her side. Elsa looked around when she saw that someone was missing.
"Hey, where's Olaf?" Elsa asked when she didn't see the snowman she created.
"He left with Sven. I don't think they'll be back until after the party." said Kristoff.
Elsa rolled her eyes. She adored Olaf, but sometimes he can be a bit annoying and it would be best if he wasn't in front of all the guests at the party.
"Very well. Come on, let's go." Anna said excitedly as they headed into town.
While that was happening, Korra had arrived in the kingdom. As she got closer, Korra was able to get a better look at the style of the place. It looked ancient, but some of the houses reminded her of her home in the South Pole, even the stalls there reminded her of those she had seen around Republic City.
Unfortunately, she hadn't come there for tourism, she had to find out who was running that place so that she could ask for help and find out what was affecting the spirit world.
Even though she thought that, she couldn't help but look around curiously. She was on a mission, but visiting a different city in a different world wasn't something she experienced every day. Looking around, she saw a pamphlet stuck to a pole. Curiously, she read what was written on it, which, curiously, she could understand.
"The queen of Arendelle invites you all to a royal ball tonight." Korra said as she read the pamphlet. "Arendelle? Is that what this place is called?" Korra asked.
Korra left that aside to see what lay ahead, now that she knew where she was and that there was a queen, she could talk to her for help. However, she remembered what happened the last time she asked for help from a queen, more specifically queen Wu, who was kidnapping the airbenders she was seeking for her own benefit. Korra didn't know if this queen was the same or different from Wu, she needed to get to know her a little before introducing herself, but how?
Then she realized. The dance tonight. Korra could take advantage of the fact that everyone is invited to go there and see the queen in person. Once she found out what she looks like, she'd think about asking her for help.
However, there was one small problem. The dance was at sunset and as far as Korra could see, the sun was at its highest. There was plenty of time left until it was time. Though she would have to wait a long time, she was interested in the idea of using her free time to see the kingdom a bit more. With that in mind, she began to explore the kingdom while waiting for the time to meet the queen of Arendelle.
After a couple of hours, the night had finally arrived. Arendelle's people started heading to the castle to join the dance. Korra blended into the crowd so as not to attract too much attention, she wanted to meet the queen and not the other way around.
Upon entering, Korra was amazed at the beauty and elegance of the salt where the people were gathered. She had only seen that kind of beauty in the buildings of Republic City. But this wasn't the time to marvel at the architecture of that world, she had to find the queen and see if she could be trusted.
Unfortunately, in her experience, the queen wouldn't come until shortly after the start of the party, so she stood by a pillar and watched the party happen. So far all she saw was people chatting with each other or enjoying the food.
Speaking of food. Korra felt her stomach growl. Now that she thought about it, she hadn't had anything to drink since she left the Sato mansion and couldn't buy anything during her time at Arendelle because she was sure that the world didn't accept her money. Approaching the nearest snack table, Korra tried some. Noticing the good taste, she began to fill her stomach with what she took from the table, of course, she did so in moderation, because she was at a royal party and didn't want to attract everyone's attention.
Suddenly, some trumpets interrupted her dinner. Korra turned her gaze to where everyone was looking to see a man dressed in green and overweight. Just by looking at him, Korra guessed what he was doing.
"Queen Elsa de Arendelle!" the man announced.
The time had finally come, the time for Korra to meet the Queen of Arendelle.
After that announcement, a woman appeared in front of everyone, who, just by looking at her for a few seconds, attracted Korra's attention. Her skin was white as snow, her hair was silver-blond and seemed to glow in the light of the room, a beautiful, long dress of brilliant blue like the sea, and a face that showed kindness and goodness. If Korra had to describe her in one word it would be: beautiful. She didn't even notice that a slight blush appeared on her cheeks.
"Princess Anna de Arendelle!" the man announced once again.
Korra had to take her mind off Elsa to see the person who was coming now. The first thing she thought was that it would be her daughter who would appear, but she was a little surprised when another woman appeared, only a little younger than the queen and wearing a green dress. Korra could only suggest that the princess was her younger sister or something similar.
After the arrival of the two sisters, the whole room was filled with the applause and cheers of the people. Korra joined the applause to mingle with the crowd.
Unknown to anyone, outside the castle gates, there were 2 guards who kept watch over the surroundings. Suddenly, one of the guards was grabbed and taken out of the area, the other guard heard about his disappearance and approached his position to investigate, but as soon as he got there, he was grabbed too.
Later, a couple of men dressed in black came out of the shadows. One of them was carrying a knife stained with blood. More men in black began to emerge from the shadows.
"You know what you have to do." said the one who carried the knife to the others.
The man with the knife walked to the door while the others hid in the shadows. The first man in black opened the door and sneaked into the room where the dance was being held, where the queen, the princess, and the Avatar were.
For the next few hours, Elsa and Anna walked around the room, greeting those who came to the ball. Korra stayed where she was, watching Arendelle's queen. Her original plan was to observe what the queen of that place looked like to see if she could ask for help and she was better than she expected.
"I see an evil queen once and I think they're all like that." Korra thought as she watched Elsa from a distance. "Not only has she let the 'commoner' people go to her ball, but she welcomes them with kindness. In my opinion, she seems kind, gentle and beautiful. Wait. Did I say beautiful? What am I thinking? I have a girlfriend!" thought Korra, nervous about those thoughts.
Korra had to stop thinking those weird thoughts when she noticed something suspicious. In the crowd, she spotted a man in black sneaking up on Elsa. At first, she thought it was some special guard of the queen who had come to report, but those suspicions were put to rest when she saw that he was pulling a sword from his suit. Korra didn't need to analyze it to find out what the man was planning.
Korra wasn't the only one who noticed that gunman. As Anna walked towards her sister to talk to her, her vision caught the man in black with the sword approaching her. Her suspicions turned to fear when she realized what was happening. "ELSA!" cried Anna.
Elsa heard her sister scream and turned to see her. The next thing she knew, a pillar of rock came out of nowhere and a crash sound. She turned around and was surprised to see a woman behind the pillar who was blocking the sword of a man in black.
The man in black recoiled in shock at that strange event. Korra lowered the rock pillar and stared at the mysterious man while Elsa stared at her savior. Silence filled the entire room as everyone in attendance stared at the scene, wondering what was going on.
"So much for subtlety." the man in black said to himself before putting two fingers in his mouth to blow a whistle. That was the signal that caused multiple men dressed in black to come through the windows and start drawing their weapons, from swords to hammers.
All the guests panicked and started running away from the place. Unfortunately, Kristoff was swept away by the flow of people and, although he tried to resist, he couldn't with the strength of all the people and was taken outside with everyone else.
Korra raised her arm in front of the frightened and surprised queen. "Stay behind me." said Korra, keeping her eyes on the men who had raided the place.
Anna quickly hid behind a pillar as she watched the scene unfold, while looking at the woman in front of Elsa. Who was she? How did she do the rock pillar? Why was she protecting her sister? Those were some of the questions that ran through her mind.
In the end, the room was just Korra, Elsa, Anna and the mystery men in black.
"If you value your life, stay out of my way." said the first man in black who looked like the leader of the group.
"You're going to have to go through me." Korra said seriously.
"Hahaha. You must be out of your mind. In case you haven't noticed, we outnumbered you." said the leader pointing to all the armed men in the room.
Korra took up a fighting position. "Sometimes quality outweighs quantity." she said without losing her seriousness.
"You made your choice." said the leader. "Finish her off!" he shouted to the others who rushed over to confront the person who interfered with their plans.
AN: This chapter may be a little shorter than the previous one, but I wanted to leave it that way for the next chapter. So wait and see what happens.
