Four years later,
I can't believe that it has been four years since Vaatu and I went looking for the lion turtles. The first lion turtle we went to was fire, then we went to air, after that we went to water. Now we are headed to the last one, which is earth. After this we will link our souls as one.
"Vaatu how much further?" Instead of looking back he answers my question while still moving forward.
"We just have to go into this cave that leads deep under Ba Sing Se."
"It's convenient that the earth kingdom built their city under their own lion turtle." Vaatu stays quietly.
"You know it's been a long journey to get here Vaatu."
"It sure has mortal." His tone of voice has changed over the four years we have traveled here, he almost seems to have changed until he calls me a mortal again. Maybe one day he will call me by my first name, but that will be a long time before that happens, I sigh.
"You still going to call me that, even after everything we have been through?" I hoult my movement, as I notice Vaatu stops in front of me.I stop, while turning to the side of him, I see a dark cave, the cave seems absent of light, .
"We're here." I walk to the side of him to see what his movement is, but all he does it stare into the empty cave.
"So, what do we do from here?" He keeps staring into the cave, it almost seems like he is waiting for something to happen.
"You should use your fire bending to light the cave." I walk in front of him. I place my hand in front of me. I start to feel the heat from my body form into a flame. The more I concentrate the bigger the flame gets. The flame is as full as a large flower.
"You know it's amazing how I can create fire without burning my hand."
"I guess it would be to you." He says uninterested in what I am saying. We walk for hours until he stop for a break. I pull out food that I collect from our travels. Vaatu paces back and forth from the shallow walls of the cave.
"We have come a long way Vaatu, four years ago you would have left me if I even took one break. I guess that shows that you're starting to care about me." I laugh, but Vaatu continues pacing back and forth.
"What's the matter, Vaatu?" He stops and turns to me.
"I am thinking about the Avatar, and what we are going to do to her when we see her." I put down my food and decide to pack my food. I rekindle the flame in my hand, while I walk past Vaatu.
"Then let's go." I say as we continue until we reach a long hallway. We stop for a second to examine the walls, while looking for traps.
"What's a hallway doing down here? "
"Don't know, but watch your step." We continue down the hall. The further in we get the more paintings we see. They look like drawings from a world when there were lots of lion turtles roaming the world. Then we get to a part of the paintings that show a man that can bend four elements. He looks to be fighting Vaatu, while another painting shows him locking Vaatu in a tree. I look to Vaatu.
"Who drew these?" I say to Vaatu
"I don't know, and don't care. Lets just keep going." We start to move further into the halls, until we reach a door. I try to open the door, but the door will not budge. The door has symbols on it that I have never seen. "What is this, Vaatu?" Vaatu looks the symbols.
"It looks to be the language from the people of the lion turtles, it says only one with master of all four elements may pass.." I look toward my Vaatu.
"So only Korra can open the door?" Vaatu stays quiet. "So all of this way for nothing?" I run towards the door. I start to bang on it out of frustration.
To be continued