The next few weeks flew by in a blur, everyone seemed happy; well everyone except Mako. He seemed to remove himself more and more at night. Korra had taken to sleep near Asami….most nights they shared a pillow; which wasn't weird because they were short a pillow and a blanket and no one expect to sleep without one. Bolin engaged Mako a lot, and Asami was happy to see that they were getting closer.

After three weeks of hiding and traveling the group reached the end of their land journey. They reached the sea that separated the Southern continents from all the rest of them. The boat was small and they would be on it for another week, but they had three days to have before then. They all decided they would go into a town for the Avastar festival.

Most of the smaller towns were happy about the Stars appearing on earth, it was only Amon and his followers that seemed to hate them. And some of the smaller outlining towns held festivals once a year to celebrate the Stars. And the group was lucky enough to be a part of it. The night before the festival they camped out near a river and took turns telling stories. Korra went first.

"Once there were these three travelers, and they were all trying to get to this spring that was said had eternal life. The one man went North and never reached the spring. The second man with South and never reached the spring. The third man never moved and when asked why not he pointed to a bush in full bloom and said 'Spring has found me!" She finished and waited with an open mouth and an expression of anticipation.

The only sound were the crickets chirping as the other three looked at one another in a disbelieving manner. Korra pouted as shr crossed her arms. "I don't know what's wrong with you guys that was funny." She whined and the others burst into laughter. Bolin told some story that everyone tuned out after he started going on about flying pandas.

Mako told some heroic story where some guy saved the day and made out with some girl in the end. Finally it came to Asami and she decided to tell a different kind of story.

"Once there were two little girls, and they lived in a fairy land full of magic and wonder. One little girl had the power to give life, the other had the power to take it. Whenever anyone saw them they would be holding hands so that their powers wouldn't effect anyone. They grew into beautiful woman, strong and smart and very brave. They had two best friends, a pair of brothers who could see the future." Asami said drawing pictures in the dirt of her little fairy land.

She didn't notice that everyone was listening to her with eyes fixated on her face. Bolin was grinning like a five year old who was about to get ice cream, Korra was sitting with her pillow in her lap clutching it as she laid her head on it and watched Asami. Mako was looking at her with a bored expression when in reality he was hooked.

"Both girls wanted to live normal happy lives. They wanted to get married and have children and spend their time having fun. The girls asked the brothers to look into their future to see what it looked like. The brother's closed their eyes and in one voice answered 'We see life, and we see death.' The girls were mad because they already knew that because that's what their powers were." Asami said looking up and catching the eyes of everyone and smiling before continuing.

"One day a handsome knight and a dark warrior came to where the girls and the brothers lived. The handsome knight for the girl who gave life and after three days she left her friends to live with him in his castle far away. One brother went with her while the other stayed. The dark warrior and the other girl looked at one another and sighed. 'I can't offer you life, for you would take it and give none back. Why don't you and I work against them, you will take life as she gives it.' The dark warrior said; and the girl, feeling oh so lonely and betrayed agreed."

"And so the girls became enemies. The one gave life to the world while the other took life away. One was called Mother Earth while the other was given the name The Grim Reaper. Eventually the brother got the girls together because they were tired of having their predictions coming out wrong. The girls looked at one another, Mother Earth looked at her friend all cold and hard and clothed in black and became sad. Grim Reaper looked at her friend all full of warmth and clothed in bright colors and felt her betrayal all over again."

"the girls faced one another for a long time before Mother Earth opened her arms in a welcoming way. 'I'm sorry I left you behind, please lets make this world better together' Grim Reaper, who had never been able to stay mad at her friend embraced her and all the anger and pain she felt washed away. The brother joined the hug and together life and death brought peace and prosperity to the world. They created a world in perfect balance, everything lived and died in its time and the world was happy….the end." Asami finished and looked up to see that only Korra was still awake, and she had a soft smile on her face.

"That was a really great story Asami! Where did you learn it?" Korra asked coming over to sit with her since the guys were both asleep.

Asami shrugged and then looked up at the Stars. "My mom use to tell me that story when I was a little girl. She said it was story to help guide people through grief and sadness. And to remind us that everything has its time. We live, we die." Asami said softly. Korra reached over and took her hand as she laid her pillow down and pulled asami to lay next to her.

"Your mom was a smart lady, she would be proud of you. I know this because I'm all knowing as the Avastar." Korra said and squeezed Asami's hand before letting go.

Asami laughed and nodded. "Thanks. And yes the all knowing terrible story telling Avastar….and my best friend." Asami said with a smile.

"You're my best friend too, now sleep. Tomorrow we get to party!" Korra said and was almost instantly asleep. Asami laughed and settle next to the warm body beside her, what she'd said was only half true. It wasn't two girls it was a prince and a princess and they could never be together even though they loved one another because the princess was life and the prince was death, so they built a balanced world together so they could be close to one another. But what Korra didn't know…..well this was just added to the long list of things Korra didn't know, the the fact that they were…