Chapter 4: #60: Cry

This theme is very short. It's a concept I came up with a while ago and just finished writing today. It takes place the day of the take down with Amon, but before they see Katara in the Southern Water Tribe during the finale of Season 1.

She sits at the top of the roof on Air Temple Island. The only thing going through her head is that she isn't the Avatar anymore. Everything feels like it's crumbling through her fingers and she can do nothing to stop it.

As the tears slowly start to roll down her face she hears the small hatch leading to the roof open. Korra quickly wipes her face as clean as she can of her tears and looks over her shoulder to see Mako climbing out onto the roof. She scoffs and turns back looking out at the city skyline. She spots the place where her and Mako fought Amon today and she bites her lip to keep from crying.

"What do you want Mako?" Korra asks as she tries to keep her voice from shaking. Mako walks over and sits down next to her. She covers her face with her arm and rests her hand on the top of her head to keep herself from looking at him.

"I just came to ask if you're ok. Are you?" Mako asks and a few more tears slip down Korra's face.

"Yes, I'm fine," she replies and closes her eyes as the tears keep sliding down her cheeks.

"You know Korra, it's ok to not be ok," he says and grabs onto Korra's arm. He doesn't move her arm away from her face until she allows him to do so. He lets out a small gasp as he sees the tear stains all down her cheeks. "Oh Korra."

"Ok, so maybe I'm not ok. But you wouldn't be either if you had gotten your bending taken from you!" She shouts at him and puts her hands on her face to try to muffle her sobs. Mako seems taken aback by her outburst, but he doesn't go back inside.

"Come here," he says and wraps his arms around Korra. He pulls her close to him so she can rest her head on his chest.

"I just don't know how to deal with this. My bending is gone. Everything except the one element that I always felt to stubborn to learn. Now that I have it, I don't want to ever take it for granted again." Mako hugs her tighter as the sobs rack through her body once more.

"You're incredible Korra. Even without your bending you're incredible. You don't need to be the Avatar to have a purpose in this world."

"You don't understand. Being the Avatar is everything to me. How would you feel if you weren't able to bend fire anymore?" Korra asks as she lifts her head to look him in the eyes.

"Well I…"

"Please don't lie to me."

"I would be crushed," he says and looks away from Korra.

"See I told you," she says as the tears slowly begin all over again.

"But being a fire bender does not define who I am. It is a part of me, but it is not who I am. The Avatar is not who you are. We all love you because you're Korra, not because you're the Avatar." She looks up at him in shock.

"What did you just say?"

"We all love you because you're Korra. On top of it, if you want to be the Avatar so badly we are all going to the Southern Water Tribe with you tomorrow and there is a chance that Katara could help you. Don't give up hope just yet. We believe in you Korra."

He gives her a small smile as she is still starring at him. She then returns the smile and pulls him into a hug.

"Thank you Mako," she says as a few happy tears now slide down her cheeks.

"This isn't the end. Don't give up hope just yet."

Sorry for another short one .-. I will update as soon as possible :) I am in college now and I am not able to write as often as I'd like.