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Warning: Mentions of a headcanon.

Family

He had never felt so terrified in his life. He had never faced a challenge of this kind before. It's hard to imagine, the former leader of an anti-Bending revolution being nervous about meeting his fiancée's parents. From what he had heard, Korra's parents were respected members of the Southern Water Tribe community. Her father served as a representative from the Northern tribe because his older brother Unalaq was chief, a notion that filled Noatak with terror that he was engaged to a member of his home's royal family, to say the least of the fact that he had once tried to destroy her. Her mother, on the other hand, was native to the South Pole and was head of a Waterbending school for young children. As soon as he stepped inside the igloo, Noatak knew that Korra's father already hated him.

"Uh, Mom, Dad, this is Noatak." Korra said. "My fiancé."

"Oh, and is this the same Noatak who was formerly known as Amon, who tried to rid the world of Bending, and swore to destroy you and nearly succeeded on several occasions?" Tonraq asked her.

"Ummm…..yes."

As if the introductions weren't awkward enough, then came the dinner.

"So, Noatak, how old are you exactly?" Tonraq asked.

"Daddy." Korra hissed at him.

"I'm forty years old, nearly forty-one." Noatak replied calmly.

"Hmph. A bit old for her, aren't you?" Tonraq inquired. "Korra only just turned eighteen."

"I don't see how age is important."

"You're older than me."

"Daddy." Korra repeated. "You're making this more uncomfortable than it needs to be."

"Senna," Tonraq addressed his wife, "you haven't said anything all evening. Aren't you going to support me on this?"

Senna just gave a knowing smirk at her husband, whose eyes went wide.

"You didn't?"

"I knew you would get out of hand, so I felt we needed someone to mediate." Senna responded.

"But, that woman hates me."

"That woman happens to be my mother, and she's going to be here any min-" She was interrupted by a knock at the door.

Senna got up from her seat and let in the visitor.

"Hey, Granny." Korra greeted with a wave.

The old woman was pale-skinned and had snow-white hair that was tied up in a wolf-tail like style. She had rich, blue eyes and a sweet smile. Her parka was not a normal Water Tribe blue, but was more of a forest-green; in her belt she had two gold fans.

"Korra, my little warrior, look at you all grown up and everything." The old woman said. She then took note of Noatak, who was looking at the woman with curiosity. "And this is?"

"My fiancé Noatak, who my dad has been giving a hard time since they met."

The old woman glared at Tonraq, then a devious smirk played across her features.

"Tonraq, aren't you going to come over here and greet your mother-in-law?"

"I'd rather not if it's all the same." He stated. She gave him another hard glare and he grudgingly stood up. "Alright, alright."

He had just reached out a hand in greeting, when the old woman took the opportunity to grab his arm and spin him round in a circle. She then snatched his belt and tied his wrist to his ankle, sending him toppling to the floor. Korra and Senna broke into fits of hysterical laughter.

"Oh ha-ha." Tonraq said sarcastically and he squirmed free of the restraint. "Yeah, sure, real funny."

Korra's grandmother then sat down with them for dinner.

"So, anyway," she said, "I was thinking I could tell the story of when I met Senna's father."

"Oh, Mom, not that old story." Senna said, but she was smiling.

"Come on," Korra said, lightly elbowing her mother, "I never get tired of hearing how Grandma Suki met Grandpa Sokka."

Sokka? Noatak thought As in Councilman Sokka? Avatar Aang's brother-in-law? Oh shi-

"Well," Grandma Suki said, "it all started…"

Noatak still couldn't believe what was happening. He was engaged to the Avatar first of all, the person his father had trained him to destroy, but Korra wasn't just the Avatar; her father was the younger brother of the chief of the Northern Water Tribe, and her mother was the daughter of the great Councilman Sokka and the Kyoshi Warrior Suki, and said warrior was now giving him an anecdote about how she and the late councilman met and got together during the hundred year war. This all proved to him that the Universe had a twisted sense of humor; but if it meant he would have a loving family, it was worth it, even if his father-in-law still hated him.