Out-side on the training grounds of the Air Temple Tenzin and Korra were meditating, Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo were practicing their air bending, and Zero was just fiddling around with Jinora's books. Zero skimmed through the pages seeing the pictures and the strange symbols on them, he has never seen a book before, he always wanted to read one, but They would never let him read one. "Hey Zero, what're you doing?" Zero turned around seeing his new adoptive sister Ikki and he started to get nervous, Ikki saw the expression on his face so she quickly held up her hands in a "I come in peace manner" obvious that the boy still fears her from what happened early.
"No, no, no, please don't be afraid, I just wanna say I'm sorry for scaring you, it was silly of me to think you were a spy," even after receiving the apology from Ikki he still felt frighten. Jinora overheard the conversation Ikki was having with Zero going south so she decided to change the subject in hopes that it will calm her new brother down, "hey Zero, I see your playing with one of my books, you like reading?" Zero turned to see Jinora looking over him, "don't... Know... to read," Zero said painfully. "What! that's crazy. You know what, would you like me to teach you?"
Once Zero heard those words he gave the biggest smile he could form on his face, Jinora giggled sensing the eargerness within him, maybe now she can have a sibling with a common interest. "Hey Zero, you don't mind if we ask you a few questions?" Ikki asked wanting to know more about their new brother better and maybe seal the potential rift that might've occurred, but Zero just gave a quick nod seemingly forgotten why he was afraid in the first place. "Good," Ikki smiled seeing him happy, "why's your hair like that?" Zero was a bit confused by the question, not knowing what she meant Zero just tilted his head, "ha, he, she meant your hair color silly," Jinora chimed in, brushing his hair lightly.
"Ohh... Don't know," Zero answered, the kids didn't really expected Zero to know why so they went on the next question this time Jinora asked, "how old are you?" Zero went deep into thought trying to remember. While Zero was thinking Asami, Mako, and Bolin had appered walking up the steps and Korra and Tenzin broke off from their meditation to greet their visitors.
"Hey guys, what brings you to the Island?" said Korra delighted to see her friends, "oh we were just checking up on the new kid," Mako answered, Asami walked up to Zero and the girls, wondering what they were doing. "Hey you two, what are you girls up to?"Asami asked, but noticed that Zero was in too deep in thought to notice her, "Hi Asami, we were just asking Zero a couple of questions," said Ikki, "right now he's trying to tell us how old he is." At that moment Ikki finished her sentence Zero held up six fingers pretty much telling them his age, "so you're six years," Asami said in encouraging tone and with that Zero nodded.
"You don't mind if I ask a question, do ya?" Zero shook his head and listened carefully, "did anyone told you that you have pretty eyes," Asami teased, but the compliment seemed to make Zero chuckle instead. However Asami expression became somber, "... How did you get the scar?" she asked about the very unusually mark that was on the left side on his head. Zero raised his hand and started scratching the scar feeling uneasy, Jinora can feel an animus aura building up around him as something was trying reach out to him, and drag him off to god knows where. Seeing her new brother becoming more and more unsettled Jinora decided again to change the subject, "you know what, you don't have to answer that, how about telling us what you can do?"
Hoping that changing the subject will bring him out of his dark thoughts, Zero seizes scratching his scar and then put on a nervous smile, "yeah kid, show us what you got, not like it's anything I can't handle," Bolin gestured with his chest out to look brave, Mako slapped his palm on his face feeling embarrassed. "Weren't you... Hidding... From me?" Zero scarcely recalled seeming was aware what was going on the day before, the girls started to giggled to what the little boy had said, and Bolin's face began to blush, "WHAT! no I wasn't," Bolin protested.
"Yes, you were... You hid... Behind him," Zero added pointing at Mako who was smiling in a amusement at his little brother's pouting. "So Zero can you tell us what you can do?" Korra asked, "I control... Matter... with thought," Zero explained brokenly leaving everyone very confused, trying to make sense of what he had said. "I'm sorry... Zero is it? but what does that even mean?" said Mako and so Zero tried to put it in different contexts, "I move things... with my mind," Zero spoke clearer seemingly getting used to speaking with a little bit of time.
Everyones' eyes shot open to the information that they all received, but then Meelo jumped up with a face of excitement, "can you show us? can you show us? show us please," with a moment of thought, Zero looked around to the people surrounding him, so he walked up to an opening in the direction of the statue of Avatar Aang can be seen in plane sight. Zero looked on to the monument and slowly rose his hand, as the gang watched they began to hear a growing moaning sound coming from afar, and that's when they realized the statue of the previous Avatar lifting up to the air.
Cars crashing and people screaming can be heard coming from the city because how hard is it to see an enormous statue hovering in the air; Everyone had their jaws hanging from their mouths from what they were witnessing right now. Zero carefully placed the statue back down to its rightful place and turned back to the group, the first to regain their composure was Meelo who shouted, "THAT WAS AWESOME!"
Night time eventually came and it was time for dinner, there the entire family including Asami, Mako, and Bolin have decided to stick around for a while longer. "I can't believe you lifted the statue of my grandpa up in the air without even touching it," Ikki recalled in amazement Zero was trying to figure out what the bowl in front of him fool of noodles were. "I can't believe you caused a mass panic in the city with that little stunt you pulled," Tenzin addressed with a stern tone and Zero trying hard to hold back from laughing, "that's not funny young man, after dinner we're gonna lay down some ground rules," and with that Zero had finally figured out what the bowl of noodles were for and starts eating them... With his hands, but Jinora quickly corrected him by handing him chop sticks.
"Zero dear," Zero looks up to Pema giving her his full attention to what she has to say, "can you tell us why your name is Zero?" it didn't take long for Zero to answer, or seem hesitant to answer. "Because I'm the original... Not like others," Zero spoke quickly and more smoothly, that seem to throw everyone off to what he said, "wait, so there's others like you?" Mako asked, "no... Not like me... They are me," this threw the whole group into bewilderment. What does that even mean?