Long bygone burdens

Lost in the thick mists of time

Manifest again

Like rusty bells they still chime

In perpetual darkness

Emptiness.

That was all she saw and felt for a while. As she realized that she was falling without really falling, and saw nothing around her, she didn't realize when it would end. Eventually, she saw the ground rushing towards her, and as she landed, she didn't feel any pain, to her surprise. The young Air Nomad girl eventually stumbled into a clearing where she saw several trees with face-like designs, each face with an expression twisted in agony. She observes each one and as she nears the last tree she sees that the face it displays is her own but without an anguished expression; her face, as shown in the tree, merely shows uncertainty. With a horrified look she decides to run away but as she turns she sees a shadowy figure standing before her. As she screams the figure lunges towards her.

Everything goes dark… she awakens in a cold, dark, house on the edge of a country road and can only hear the faint blowing of the wind through the darkness. She runs her tongue over her teeth and the iron bitterness of blood stimulates her taste buds, only she realizes that she shouldn't be bleeding as she's in the Spirit World. She attempts to wipe her eyes, but realizes her wrists are bound. She tries to scream, but her vocal cords are paralyzed from fear. She realizes her feet aren't bound, however, so she quickly gets up and runs out of the house. The world she's in seems to be a depressive place, and she can only hear the wind howl and see perpetual darkness around her and the house she was trapped in situated next to a dirt road. The moon is full and blood red. A harvest moon. But what is it supposed to mean? She decided to return to the clearing she originally stumbled into to see if she could get out.

Jinora rushed into the dark forest once more. She found some gnarled branches with sharp edges and used them to cut the ropes binding her wrists together. "Now I need to figure out where exactly I am, and why my own face was displayed in that tree." She thought out loud as she continued to walk, confident that no one else would be around to eavesdrop. "Wan Shi Tong tricked me. I can't believe he'd do that. And what was he talking about when he said this was punishment for what grandpa Aang did? He didn't try to do anything wrong. His journals said that what he did to find out that Firebenders lose their bending during a solar eclipse was absolutely essential for ending the war. Sure the invasion of the Fire Nation failed, but there's no way he could've known that was going to happen. And it was Earth King Kuei's fault for telling Azula what the plans were anyways." She eventually found herself in the same clearing she was originally in. The same ring of trees was around and she once again found each of the faces disturbing. As she once again approached the tree with her own face, she saw, to her horror, that the expression displayed on the tree was that of pure terror, and she realized that it was probably the face she made when the shadowy figure assaulted her. She quickly checked her surroundings. I can't let that thing ambush me a second time. She kept her thoughts in her head this time, not wanting the monster in the darkness to possibly hear her. I'm lost in a bizarre realm within the Spirit World itself, Korra's probably found the portals and closed them by now, even if I somehow get out of this realm Wan Shi Tong would still be able to find me and either trap me again or try to get revenge some other way, and that's if I can even get out of this place.

As she realized how hopeless her situation was, she started to feel something odd. As she tried to move, she felt her feet being tangled up by a plant of some sort. Jinora looked down and saw that brown roots were slowly moving up her thighs and gripping her tightly. She quickly tore them off, untangled her feet, and ran. Whatever this place is, it doesn't want me to escape! She decided to leave the forest for the time being, not wanting those roots to grab her again.

Eventually, she found herself once again near the country road. She approached the house she was trapped in, to see if there are any clues, when she noticed something different. Someone's inside the house. Jinora silently peaked through the window and saw a man with a top hat, a gray coat, and a bundle of chopped wood on his back. The man seemed to be taking some branches and talking to an oddly colored lantern. I wonder why it's flashing like that. Is it somehow connected to the spirits? Jinora decided that she wasn't going to get any clues and turned away. She walked down the road, in the direction of the red moon. I can't give in to despair. I have to find a way out of this place. She turned around and thought of going back to the house she was held captive in earlier. Maybe that man in the house could've helped me. But at the same time, he could be the man who knocked me out and took me into the house as his captive in the first place and I have no idea what I'd do if that's the case. As she walked, she failed to notice the glowing eyes behind her, observing her every step with great interest.