Chapter Three – Force, Balance & Push
Eastern Air Temple Island
"Tenzin, what are we doing here again?" Korra asked as the group, which consisted of Korra herself, Tenzin, Bumi, Mako, Asami and Bolin, walked through the halls of the reconstructed Air Temple.
"To see if we can find anything related to the Thu'ums you have to learn before facing Alduin in battle." Tenzin responded as they entered the sealed gates of the temple, only to be opened by a master airbender. "We will have to make space for your Thu'um search…you still have to master airbending."
"But Tenzin I already know airbending! I even mastered the Avatar State!" Korra responded feeling a little annoyed.
"We won't have this discussion again." Tenzin said as he opened the sealed gates with his airbending.
"Whoa look at all this stuff." Bolin said as the room was full of hundreds of relics that looked like as if they hadn't been touched.
"The Fire Nation was never able to enter here." Mako said.
"With all these stuff hidden it would logical that there would be something about the Dragonborn hidden in here." Asami added.
"So…we're just going to search the place?" Korra asked.
"No, you go practice your airbending in the courtyard; I will have the Acolytes help me with the search. That includes you too Bumi." Tenzin answered.
"Got it little brother!" Bumi responded as he jumped into a mountain of scrolls making Tenzin cringe.
The teens headed to the courtyard, with Korra feeling irritated from what Tenzin had told her. "Gah! Airbending training is so boring! I want to learn how to beat these dragons."
"Tenzin just wants you to complete your training so you can be a full Avatar and be ready to face anything like Aang did." Mako said.
"I know that but it's just that these dragons are out there…probably planning on how to destroy everything." Korra said feeling useless. "How can I be anyone's Avatar if I can't even prevent something bad from happening?"
"Korra, you're the most powerful and kindness person I've met. We will deal the dragons one way or another, don't worry." Mako said.
"Easy for you to say…you don't have the soul of a dragon in you." Korra responded as she stood up and walked towards the open area of the courtyard and looked at the sky. "Grr…FUS!"
The sound of the very word made the entire temple shake from its very foundations. Korra sat on the floor, and began to meditate. If someone had an answer it would be her past self. Avatar Aang.
Korra found herself looking at Avatar Aang inside a room that resembled Air Temple Island. Her spirituality was beginning to increase. "Korra, what is it that you need?" The spirit of Aang asked her.
"Avatar Aang, I've been told that I am something called the Dragonborn." Korra said, Aang's face changed from that of calmness to surprise.
"You discovered that you are Dragonborn? This has been sooner than anticipated…that must be…Alduin has returned…" Aang realized.
"Yeah, and I need to know where to find the other words of power so I can develop my Thu'um." Korra said.
Aang remained quiet, not saying a word. "Korra…Alduin can travel between worlds. He can feel the presence of spirits…he's already here."
"What?!" Korra yelled. Then the ceiling was ripped apart from the walls and from it appeared Alduin.
"Dovahkiin Aang, hi imzik hinmaar aan vahk dor." The great elder dragon said as he looked at the two Avatars below him. "Ah, Dovahkiin Korra, you too are here. With this I shall devour both of you…two lokraan with one stone."
"Run Korra! Run! Don't worry about me; I shall meet you in Sovngarde!" Aang yelled as Korra was pushed away by the late Avatar. Korra's vision began to fade as Aang avoided Alduin's attacks but was then surrounded by more dragons.
"NO!" Korra screamed as she came back to the physical world.
"Korra!" Mako, Bolin and Asami yelled once they heard their friend scream loudly. They ran to where she was sitting at. "Korra are you okay?! What happened!?" Mako asked.
"I was talking with Aang but then…he...Alduin…he…" Korra tried to say.
"What happened here?" Tenzin asked as he joined the others.
"Korra says that Alduin attacked her while she was meditating…she says that Aang was…" Mako didn't know what to tell the old master about his father.
"I…understand." Tenzin said lowly. "We found nothing that could help us." Bumi nodded with a sad expression.
"Oh…" Korra said saddened. Then from out of nowhere a terrible sound was heard. "What was that?"
"DOVAHKIIN!" The terrible voice was heard once more, but this wasn't Alduin's voice. A dragon was flying around the Air Temple, breathing fire and shooting it at the old temple.
"A dragon!" Bolin yelled.
The dragon's shout was loud and powerful, making Korra's very spirit shake in…fear. But she knew what she had to do. Once the dragon flew close by she shouted. "FUS!" The word hit the dragon, it was a light hit but it felt it.
It made a turn and landed on the courtyard of the temple, shaking the very ground, making everyone fall on their backs. "I AM SAHLOKNIR! I WAS BROUGHT BACK BY MIGHTY ALDUIN TO FEAST ON YOUR BONES, DOVAHKIIN!" The dragon screamed, he then looked at Korra who stood in front of him. "THIS IS THE LAST DOVAHKIIN? HAHAHA! JOOR, YOU ARE BUT JUST A PUP!"
"You're calling me a baby? I'll show you!" Korra yelled as she ran towards the ancient beast, she avoided the Dragon's powerful fire shouts. She bended the fire from the dragon's thum'm and shot it back at him.
"AGH! MEYRUS JOOR! YOU USE THE POWERS GIVEN TO YOU BY SHOR AGAINST ME?! DIE!" Sahloknir moved his huge tail and smacked the ground with it, shockwaving Korra away.
She landed on her back, while the others attacked the dragon. "YOUR TAAR FIGHT AS WELL, IF THEY WISH THEIR VERY BEINGS TO BE DEVOURED THEN SO BE IT." Sahloknir said as he tried to bite Mako, but he backed off using lightning blasts hurting the dragon's maw.
"We are never going to be able to be it!" Bolin yelled.
"Korra you okay?" Asami asked her friend.
"I'll be fine." Korra responded as she stood up and looked at her friends being smacked around by the dragon. "They're going to get killed! Everyone back off!"
She yelled as she used airbending to propel herself onto the sky and land on top of the dragon's head and hold on to his horns. "WHAT!?" Sahloknir yelled.
"Korra what are you doing!?" Tenzin said.
"I'm beating a dragon!" Korra responded as she tapped into the Avatar State. Her eyes glowed, and then she looked at the dragon's hide.
"NID!" Sahloknir yelled feeling the souls of millions of previous Avatars and the unyielding power of the dragon soul on top of him. He took to the skies in an effort to shake Korra off.
Korra then did the impossible…"FUS…RO DAH!" She yelled with the voice of hundreds if not thousands of people within her. The power of her shout struck the dragon on his neck sending it propelling into the ground below, crashing into the valley outside the Air Temple.
KA-KROOOOOMM! Was all that was heard as a giant cloud of dust was raised after the dragon crashed landed into the mountainous ground, the mighty had fallen.
Korra stood from the dust, standing over the dragon's still hide. Her eyes still glowing pure white and her expression blank of emotion. The dragon began to burn and energy began to escape from it and began to be absorbed by Korra. She consumed the dragon's knowledge, experiences and very soul.
After such amazing deed, the dragon became nothing but bones and Korra came out of the Avatar State. "Woah…" That was the first thing she said once she saw that she was standing over the skeleton of a dragon, the dragon that she had slain with her power.
The others then landed close to the slain beast's remains; they had quickly hopped on Oogi and flown towards the crash site. "Korra!" Mako yelled.
"Did I…just do that?" Korra asked them.
"Oh man, you should've looked at yourself you kicked that dragon's butt!" Bolin said excitingly.
"We saw a light coming from it, what happened after you defeated it?" Tenzin asked.
"I don't know, it felt so good when I absorbed it, hundreds of memories and lessons began to flood my head. Now thanks to it I know the rest of the Thum'um! Watch this!" Korra said, she turned around facing the forest. She inhaled some air and…
"FUS RO DAH!" She shouted once more, the power of the shout flattened that entire section of the forest going so far that it was lost in the horizon. "Isn't that awesome?! It also gets amplified in the Avatar State!"
"Korra what just happened was that you…absorbed that dragon's soul. Permanently killing it forever with no chance of coming back ever." Tenzin informed her.
"Well…it was either it or the world." Korra said.
"Did you learn any other shouts?" Asami asked her.
"No, just the rest of this one. Maybe I have to see what the others are before I get to fully learn them." Korra answered.
"With this new shout we might be able to put some real hurting on those dragons, right Tenzin?" Bumi said.
"Possibly, we still have lots to do beforehand. Alduin is much more different from this dragon or the others." Tenzin responded. "We might need some extra help."
"From whom?" Korra asked.
"The Thum'm Masters." Tenzin answered.