Chapter Two – Revelation

Su, Gol, Yol, Lom. Faal Dovahkiin in se pah hir verins ahrk mil ro wah faal lein.

It had been a day since it was revealed that Korra was the fabled Dragonborn of old. But to further confirm these allegations, Korra, Mako, Bolin, Asami, Tenzin and his older brother, the now retired United Forces Commander, Bumi set sail to the only place that could help them gain such information.

The Wong-Shi Tong Library below the deserts of the Earth Kingdom.

"Augh…how much will this trip take, its hot out here." Bolin said as he tried to keep himself cool with a wet towel on his head.

"Bolin please, stop whining. It's hard enough in dealing with the heat and your whining makes it worse." Mako said as he too tried to deal with the intense heat of the desert.

"Guys we are probably getting close, right Tenzin?" Korra asked airbending teacher.

"To tell you the truth, the Library is hidden below the sands. It's going to be a little hard to find this library." Tenzin answered as he tried to calm Oogi, his flying bison.

"Didn't dad always say that the library could be spotted just above the ground?" Bumi said.

"He said it was the tower section of the library that could be seen." Tenzin responded.

"Then it can't be too hard to find it then. I mean, it's a big tower in an empty desert." Asami said.

Two hours had passed, and they still hadn't located such tower. They were all getting tired and dehydrated, luckily the sun was setting and the night was coming meaning cooler air was going to set in.

"Alright everyone, we'll make camp and sleep a couple of hours before the sun rises again." Tenzin said, getting a grunt from everyone on the saddle. They landed on the sandy ground, and began to open their tents.

"Does anyone have extra water because…I ran out." Bolin said as he saw that his canteen was empty.

"Bolin I told you to save up your water." Mako said clearly annoyed that his younger brother hadn't listened to him.

"But it was sooooooooooooo hot in the morning." Bolin responded.

"Don't worry, I have plenty of water." Korra said as she bended some water out of her canteen and into Bolin's.

"Thanks!" Bolin said as he began to drink the fresh liquid.

"Well I got our tent up." Mako said as he saw that the tent was perfectly built up.

"Wow, when did you learn to make tents?" Korra asked him.

"Back when Bolin and I had to live in the streets, we would always carry with us some tents that the Triads had given us as rewards for the jobs we did for them. They were old and not comfortable at all but they helped." Mako said as he opened the tent's entrance. "After you, Dovahkiin."

"Oh shut up." Korra responded as they both entered their tent.

Bolin was still trying to figure out how to assemble his tent. "Hmm…huh…hmm…err…"

"Having trouble there sonny?" Bumi said as he approached the young earthbender.

"Nah, I'm just trying to see how this piece connects to this one." Bolin responded as he looked at the two pieces of metal that connected to make the skeletal form of the tent. "Weird since I assembled Asami's tent flawlessly."

"That's because that's not a tent, it's a parachute. You must've gotten the bags mixed up." Bumi said as he laughed at Bolin's mistake.

"Oh…darn." Bolin said. "Oh well, I can always lie on my tarp and sleep below the stars."

"You sure? It's pretty cold out here." Bumi said. "Why don't you go sleep inside that Sato girl's tent? It's big enough to fit two in it."

"What?! No, that would be rude." Bolin responded.

"Enjoy the coldness then." Bumi said as he climbed on Oogi's saddle.

"You're sleeping on that?" Bolin asked the retired military man.

"Yeah, it's comfy." Bumi responded.

"Can I come up?" Bolin asked.

"Nope, space just for one." Bumi said.

"But we can all fit in it." Bolin said, getting a little annoyed by Bumi.

"Nope. Goodnight." Bumi responded, quickly falling asleep and snoring. Annoying a meditating Tenzin who was sitting on top of Oogi's head.

Bolin was getting a little cold; there was no other choice but to ask Asami if she could share the space. "Uh Asami, can I sleep in the tent with you?"

"Bolin? Uh…sure just bring your own tarp." Asami responded from inside the tent. Bolin smiled and entered, happy that he wouldn't get a cold after sleeping.

Dovahkiin…Dovahkiin…faal praag faal Rotmulaag ko virlaan wah viik Alduin!

NID!

Korra opened her eyes and was now surrounded in darkness; she began to firebend trying to escape the obscurity of this nightmare. "No! Come on!" Korra yelled as she ran towards an exit, a way to escape the darkness using her firebending as a torch.

"DOVAHKIIN!" There was that voice again, getting closer to her. Chasing her through the darkness. "DOVAHKIIN!"

Korra kept running until two red eyes made her stop sprinting, she tried to catch her breath but the red eyes were coming closer. "Gah!" Korra yelled as she felt a sharp object slice her back. She fell on the ground gasping for air.

"HAHAHAHAH! SUCH WEAKNESS, IT IS A DISGRACE THAT YOU USE THE NAME OF DOVAH." The thunderous voice said as Korra tried to stand up but the wound on her back prevented her to do so. She felt paralyze, weak.

"You won't….beat me…." Korra said as she once again tried to stand up, she could kneel but the effort to stand up was taking too much energy from her. "I'm the Avatar and I won't let you…destroy my world!"

"JOOR, I AM ALDUIN THE WORLD EATER! YOUR ANCESTORS COULD NOT DEFEAT ME, AND NEITHER WILL YOU! MY BELLY IS ALREADY FULL WITH THE SOULS OF ALL THOSE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU!" Alduin responded, making his threat known. "DIE DOVAHKIIN!"

The dragon opened his maw and shouted fire at Korra. Her eyes widened as the flames engulfed her and…

Korra woke up, gasping for air. "Korra! You okay!?" Mako said as he saw his girlfriend not breathing right.

"I saw him…I saw Alduin." Korra said as she saw that she was awake. "We need to get to the library. Now!"

The following morning, the team had renewed their search for the library, but Korra was now worried that Alduin would attack her in her dreams. If he could then…"Korra what did you exactly see in your vision?" Tenzin asked the worried Avatar.

"At first I heard the voice of an old man calling me, telling me that I needed something to defeat Alduin but then…that monster came and tried to kill me in my own head!" Korra said, sounding a little scared.

"Calm down Korra, what did Alduin say?" Tenzin asked.

"He said that he was full of the souls of those that came before me. I don't understand what he meant." Korra answered.

"We will have to ask Wong-Shi Tong once we arrive to the library. Just follow my lead; the spirit doesn't enjoy having mortals in his library." Tenzin said.

"There's the tower!" Asami said as she spotted a great spire coming from the sands. Tenzin made Oogi turn towards the tower.

"Bolin I need you to stay with Bumi and protect Oogi from any sandbenders. Do you understand…do you both understand?" Tenzin asked them.

"We do, little brother. You four go ahead, we'll protect Oogi." Bumi said as he took out his sword showing that he was more than capable of defending the sky-bison. Tenzin nodded and airbended Mako, Korra and Asami towards the only entrance in the tower.

The slowly glided down the tower and into the upper section of the enormous library. "Whoa, this place is biiger than I thought it would be." Korra said as she looked around.

"Yeah, look at all these books." Mako added.

"Stay focus, we need to find Wong-Shi Tong and tell him that Alduin has returned." Tenzin said.

"I don't think that will be a problem…" Asami said as a gigantic owl flew towards them and landed in front of the team.

"Humans, you dare to enter my library once again? Your audacity surprises me, what is it you seek this time Avatar?" Wong-Shi Tong asked Korra.

"Spirit…" Tenzin started saying. "We have come in desperation, the World-Eater has returned!"

"Yeah Alduin is here." Korra added.

Wong-Shi Tong's big eyes widened at the sound of Alduin's name. "I was afraid that this time would come. The mortal world is indeed in great peril with the resurgence of the World-Eater but there is something you seek about him correct?"

"Yes, we seek a way to stop his terror so the Avatar can defeat him." Tenzin responded.

"Defeating Alduin is an impossible task, what you seek cannot be done. Only the Dragonborn can stop the coming of the dragons." Wong-Shi Tong said.

"We know, and that's why we have come here. I am the Dragonborn!" Korra yelled, the owl spirit narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

"In many years past, the spirits tested the Avatars to see if they indeed had the dragon blood within them. The last Avatar to be tested was Avatar Roku and he had the shout to command dragons under his will. Do you have the power of the Thu'um?" Wong-Shi Tong asked her.

"I…I don't know." Korra responded. The giant owl spirit mumbled to himself.

"Follow me and I will tell you what you need to hear." The spirit said as he began to walk towards one of the many sections of the library with the team behind him.

"The Eight Divines, the most powerful of the spirits gave upon mortalkind a means on defeating the ancient dragons long ago. They gave one mortal the soul and spirit of an immortal dragon, one of the finest creations of Akatosh the leader of the Aedra." The spirit narrated. "When the old people of your world rebelled against the dragons, the First Dragonborn and the heroes of mankind used the Thu'um to battle and slay the dragons until the dreaded Alduin confronted them. It was a great battle indeed but not even the heroes were capable of defeating the immortal dragon with their Thu'um alone. The First Dragonborn sought out one of the Elder Scrolls, one of the pieces of the universe itself in physical form. With it they were able to defeat Alduin and trap him in Oblivion but…with a terrible price. The First Dragonborn died in battle because of his wounds."

"Ever since the soul of the immortal dragon has been reincarnated in different forms, the Avatars. You Avatar Korra are the newest one, the Last Dragonborn." Wong-Shi Tong said.

"But why the last?" Korra asked the spirit.

"Because by completing your destiny as Avatar and Dragonborn and defeating Alduin you will die and the cycle of rebirth will end. That's your destiny." Wong-Shi Tong revealed, making Korra and the others gasp in surprise.

"But great spirit is there no way to prevent such thing from occurring?" Tenzin asked.

"I do not know, human, but this is her destiny. You have to defeat Alduin and the dragons by learning the Words of Power." Wong-Shi Tong responded as he handed Korra a scroll. "This is the first word in a Shout…Fus."

"Where are the others?" Korra asked the spirit.

"You will have to find the other words and shouts on your own." Wong-Shi Tong responded.

They headed back outside the library, now a little worried that the prophecy told to them by Wong-Shi Tong could come true. That Korra would die by battling Alduin.

"Korra, you okay with this?" Mako asked her.

"I don't know, but what I know is that we need to stop the dragons from coming back. And learning these shouts is the first step in doing so." Korra said looking at the word in the scroll. When she looked at it, she felt strange energies being absorb by her directly from the word.

She turned around looking at the desert and shouted. "Fus!" The sands exploded with the sound of her voice.

"Wow! Did you just do that?!" Asami said.

"This must be a shout. It's incredible!" Korra said with joy.

"And this is just the first word of three according to Wong-Shi Tong. We need to find the other words and the remaining shouts so we can defeat the dragons under Alduin's command." Tenzin said. "Also, don't worry Korra, we will find a way in defeating Alduin one way or another."

"Thanks Tenzin." Korra smiled as they headed towards Oodi where Bumi and Bolin told them to hurry since the sun was incredibly hot.