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Pema had just placed the food on the table when Korra walked in. "Korra, you're on time for dinner. For once."

The Avatar chuckled, "Where's dad?"

"He's in his office right now. Is Mako still coming tonight?"

"Yeah, he should be here."

The three young siblings, Jinora, Ikki and Meelo simultaneously "Ooooooooooooh"

Korra rolled her eyes, "Knock it off!"

Jinora smiled as she placed her chin on her hands, "So, do you two have an announcement to make, by any chance?" she asked rather smugly.

"As a matter of fact, yes."

Meelo narrowed his eyes, "It starts. Ya think ya know a guy."

"Meelo, it's nothing like that." said Korra.

"Nothing like what?" the young Avatar flinched when she heard her father enter the room.

"Dad!" this was it, the moment of truth, "Hey, how was your day?"

"Fine, how was yours?"

"Good. Had a lot of fun with the kids."

Then, all eyes feel upon the entrance when a certain firebender walked in. He was getting nervous already. "Um…good evening." he said politely.

"I invited Mako for dinner." said Korra as she walked over to him, taking him by the arm. "Is that okay?"

Tenzin looked at the two teens for a moment and then at his wife, who only scowled, signaling him to not say something he would regret later on.

"I don't see why not."

Both Korra and Mako let out sighs of relief. So far things were going well.

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Dinner was uneventful, with not much talking, Mainly because Mako was still too nervous to speak. Kya and Bumi were there as well, the later eyed the young firebender suspiciously. He was always so protective of his niece, even though Mako had proven his worth time and time again in the past, the man couldn't help but be concerned for his baby girl.

The dragon birds stood by the window, anxiously waiting for the news. Korra finally broke the silence, "Dad, Mako and I have something we want to say to you."

Meelo got up, shouting, "I knew it! It was only a matter of time!"

"Meel, what are you talking about?"

"Don't play coy with me, sister! The suspicious looks, the secret meetings, you thought you could fool me, but I'm onto you!" he pointed an accusing finger at the firebender.

Mako leaned in and whispered to Korra, "He knows?"

But Korra remained unfazed, "Wait for it."

"You two….are secretly….making me my own motorcycle! Aren't you?!"

Jinora face palmed herself while Korra only pointed her finger downwards, "Meelo, sit down."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Not, that's not what we wanted to talk to you about."

"What is it Korra?" Tenzin asked.

This was it. This was the moment of truth. Korra took in a deep breath before speaking. "Okay, this is…well, it's kind of…a bit, overwhelming, probably. And, we've talked about it before but, now I…um, well, I, um…" she fiddled with her fingers for a moment, "Do…do you remember when Amon captured me and, he revealed that he knew my parents?…and that my father had a brother?"

"Yes." Tenzin said with a nod, understand where she was going but still confused as to why she brought this up.

"And, remember when I asked Lin if she could somehow try and, maybe, try to find him. My dad's brother?"

Tenzin lowered his shoulders in disappointment. He placed a hand over his daughter's. "Korra, I know you had your hopes up on finding your uncle, but Lin and the others have already tried. They've searched all possible sources to find this Unalaq character but came out empty."

"Not to mention how many water tribe men have that name." said Kya. "Looking for him would be like finding a needed in a hay stack."

Korra nodded to Mako, signaling this was his cue. "True, but that's mostly because they had been looking in the wrong place." He then pulled out the folders, tossing them across the table towards Tenzin. His eyes widened in amazement.

"Just open it" Korra insisted.

Tenzin did as she said and read the papers. As he went through them, his eyes widened. Korra took one of the papers and placed it on the table for all to see.

It was a black and white newspaper image of a man, water tribe descendent, tall and lean with long braided hair and wearing a long fur lined robe. His features were strong and sharp and he stood before a press conference.

Mako spoke, explaining what he had found. "When the others struck out in trying to find anyone in the south with the name Unalaq, I tried looking in the north. I didn't find much except for one…Chief Unalaq of the Northern Water Tribe."

Korra was already excited to hear about the whole thing, while the others were still baffled by the find. Bumi spit out the water he was drinking and Rarity was practically breathless.

"A…a chief…a royal…chief…oh…" the elegant dragon bird placed her wing on her forehead and fainted from shock.

Tenzin, on the other hand, was still skeptical, "Are you sure this is him? From what I gathered, he is not a very open about his past."

"No, but I did gather enough to help us." said Mako, "He was the son of a fishermen who married the Northern princess when he was eighteen and became chief after her father's passing. His only known family is an older brother whom he lost connection with years ago after he moved to the south. He had an interview with a magazine publisher once, quoting him on the subject."

Tenzin, still wasn't convinced. "I'm sorry Mako, but I'm still uncertain this is enough to go by. It could be a coincidence."

"That's exactly what I thought, until I noticed this." he took out a few more images of the chief, with better resolution, and pointed his finger to something dangling around his neck. "In every picture he's taken, he's wearing the same pendant. Look familiar?"

This was when Tenzin truly started to see otherwise. The pendant Unalaq wore, while hard to distinguish the colors due to the gray coloring, but it was hard not to notice the similarities.

The pendant was in a strange shape with markings, highly similar to the ones found in Korra's pendent, only instead of having a heart shape it was more rounded with a pointed top, but the markings were the same, added with the same identical center four inch star with a circle in the middle. Nobody else in the water tribe wore pendents like this one, and there was hardly any other jewelry like it. The only people they knew who wore these markings were Korra…and now this.

Korra placed her hand over her own pendent. "I looks a lot like mine, doesn't it?"

Tenzin had to blink to snap himself back, "Well, I will admit the similarities are evident but…is this really-"

"Dad, it all adds up! Unalaq was born in the north, my parents were from the north before moving to the south. My dad had a younger brother named Unalaq, his name is Unalaq. His brother moved to the south, so did my dad. I have a strange pendent, he has a strange pendent. How can you not see the connection?"

"I'm just…really, the chief? How did nobody else have found this until now?"

"Like I said, they didn't think to look up the royal family or much names in the north." said Mako.

Tenzin didn't know what else to do. This was not something he had expected to find, especially today.

"And that's not all." Mako continued, "But he's going to be attending the south pole's Glacier Spirits festival."

Pinkie Pie gasped and gripped Rainbow Dash, shaking her frantically, "Do you know what this means?!"

Korra stood up, smiling happily with excitement, "Which means, that my chance to meet my long lost uncle is only a boat ride away!"

Rarity, who finally managed to compose herself once again, landed on the table. "This is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity for Korra to uncover more of her past and her family ancestry. Perhaps even more about her destiny as the Avatar along the way. With this new knowledge, she will finally have the chance to-Whoa!" she flipped and landed onto the table when Tenzin took one of the papers from underneath her. "What just happened?"

"Korra, this is absurd! You expect everyone to just drop what they're doing and go to the south pole to meet a complete stranger?"

"He's not a stranger, dad! Look at the pendents!"

"Familiar names, backstories and jewelry still isn't enough to support this theory."

"It's all we got so far!"

"Besides, you still haven't grasped the depths of your spiritual connections. Not to mention that you're still along way from mastering airbending."

Korra scoffed at the accusation, "I have mastered airbending!" with a wave of her hand, she send a gust of wind at her uncle, causing the bowl of mash potatoes to fly up and spatter his face. The bowl slid down, revealing his potato covered face.

"See? Mastered."

"That's not what I meant." said her father.

"What are you talking about?" Bumi asked as he happily licked his face, "Looks pretty good to me." he licked his finger and smiled, "And delicious!"

Tenzin sighed and face palmed himself, "You've mastered 'Korra style' airbending. Now you need to master real airbending. I already laid out a plan for when we travel the other air temples to give you the inspiration you need to delve more deeply into your studies."

Korra groaned in frustration, "Dad, we can push that off for another few weeks…months, maybe?"

"Months?!"

"Dad, I know it's short notice but I may never get another opportunity like this again. It's better to meet Unalaq while his in the south instead of going to the other side of the world."

"Well, this is-i-it's just-oh, boy. Pema, will you please explain to your daughter how ridiculous this is?"

His wife only smiled, "Honey, I think it's a good opportunity for Korra to meet her birth family. After all, it's been seventeen years, she deserves this as much as anyone."

Korra looked at her father while gesturing to her mother, silently saying 'see what I mean?'. But Tenzin was not backing down. "But-you-she-i-i-Bumi! Talk to your niece!"

"I agree with Pema." he said.

"And I agree with him." Kya said, "For once."

If Tenzin had hair he would be pulling it out right now. "Is everyone in this room going crazy?! You do realize the festival is the day after tomorrow and all of the available boats are already on their way there!"

Mako stood up, "You're right, Master Tenzin. It is crazy, getting a boat at this point would take a miracle."

"Now, at last, we hear some sense!" said the airbender, crossing his arms inventory.

"Which, it would only make sense, for us to take Asami's private yacht which, just so happens, to be heading to the south pole for a business deal!"

"Wait, what?!"

"Problem solved!" Bumi said as he rose up, his face now clean of potatoes, "What are waiting for, everyone? Glacier Spirits Festival, here we come!"

The three children jumped up with joy, already excited for the trip, singing, "We're going to the festival! We're going to the festival!"

Even Bumi joined in the fun, singing along, "We're going to the festival! We're going to the festival!"

But Tenzin ruined the fun by shouting, "Okay, okay! You're all grounded!"

The three kids, and man-child, stopped, placing their hands behind ethic backs bashfully. Korra approached her father. "Dad, I know this a lot to take in, and I'm sorry for dumping this all on you so quickly. But, all my life I've wondered about my birth parents, where I came from, my past, my history. It doesn't mean I'm trying to replace you or mom or anybody. But just try to imagine yourself in my shoes. If you ever had a chance to find out more about the family you never knew…would you take it?"

"Korra…"

"Wouldn't you?"

The room fell into silence. Tenzin knew he couldn't make a comeback for that. She was completely right. What kind of father would he be if he didn't allow her this chance?

He caressed her face tenderly, "Korra…I just don't want you to be disappointed if things don't go as you planed."

She smiled as she removed his hand, clapping it with hers. "I'll never know if I don't go for it."

Tenzin bit his bottom lip before voicing out his decision. "Let's start packing."

Korra squealed with delight and hugged her father, practically lifting his off the floor. "You're the best!"

Bumi, Kya, Pema, the children, even the dragon birds joined in the hug, while Mako awkwardly stood by. He didn't want to get on Tenzin's bad side.

Korra couldn't be any more happy. She was finally going to meet her long lost family.

But, will all go as she hoped?

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