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Tonraq's POV

"Avatar Korra has been found!" a man announced through the radio. "The Avatar was found floating in the sea by a fisherman and his son, five years after she was missing and presumed dead following her disappearance. The young Avatar had many altercations with law, randomly setting buildings on fire and even attacking the Chief of Police in what was called a 'Temper Tantrum'. We will keep you updated."

I turned off the radio and walked over to Katara as she came out of my daughter's room. Senna was asking her how she was and I could hear my old master assuring her that she would be fine. I looked inside the room and found my little girl standing by the window, looking out the bay to the Pro Bending arena.

"Tonraq," my wife called, snapping my attention back to her and the elder Waterbender.

"How is she?" I asked.

"She has a lot of scars on her body. Second degree burns on her back and arms. One is really bad on her left arm. It goes from the back of her hand, halfway up her forearm. She has about a dozen fractures that never properly healed," Katara explained. I could feel my jaw clench as the list of wounds continued.

"Has she said anything about what happened?" Senna asked.

The elder Waterbender shook her head. "No," she replied. "She's barely said anything at all." My wife bit her lip and I could tell she was holding back a sob. I wrapped my arms around her, rubbing her arm, letting her know everything was going to be alright. "Tonraq, Senna," Katara said sternly. The tone of her voice made us look at her. "I want you to prepare yourselves. The Korra you lost, may not be the Korra they found."

I nodded and looked at Senna. She held my hand tightly as we went inside the room. Our daughter barely seemed to notice our presence. It wasn't until we were right behind her that she finally lifted her gaze from the arena to look over her shoulder, before slowly turning around.

"Korra," my wife said, her voice careful and anxious.

Our daughter blinked before a small smile formed on her lips. "Mom, Dad," she replied.

"My baby girl," Senna said slightly choking as she hugged our daughter.

After a moment she let go and looked at me. I smiled at her and rubbed her cheek, noticing a small, thin, pink line across her cheek, barely noticeable. Slowly, I wrapped my arms around her and she returned the embrace.

"You're home," I whispered. "You're home."


Senna's POV

The first night Korra was home, there was a terrible storm. The island seemed to be in the middle of it as the windows were flung open due to the howling wind. I got up and locked them up for the third time, when a thought came to mind. My little girl had always hated storms, thunderstorms in particular, like this one. I woke up my husband and he immediately got up with me to go check on her.

I froze at the door. Our daughter lay next to the open window, curled up and shaking against the cold. She was wearing a grey t-shirt and tights which were completely soaked. I ran over to her and tried to shake her awake.

"Korra!" I called.


Korra's POV

"Come on Bolin!" I hissed as we snuck inside the large underground arena. The Earthbender nervously nodded and we made our way through the crowd until we were almost in front of the stage.

"I think this is too dangerous, Korra," he whispered. "Even for you. We should get back. Mako will be home soon and he's going to burn my rear if he doesn't find me there."

I rolled my eyes. "Stop being such a baby; let's just hear what this nut job has to say." He sighed but nodded. "You'll be home before your brother get's there. I promise."

Our attention was drawn to the stage when the lights there turned on. "Please welcome, your hero! Your savor! Amon!"

At that moment, a masked man surfaced from a trap door. I felt a shiver go down my spine as I saw him step forward to the microphone. There was something about him that caused the alarms to go off in my head. They told me I should leave, but I shook the feeling off. I wasn't afraid.

He told a short story about how he had become the leader of his so called 'Equalist' movement. I listened to the story and new it was a load of crap. I couldn't see what he hid behind the mask, but I was sure it wasn't a burn. He hid his identity, who he truly was.

"As you know the Avatar arrived in Republic City about a year ago," Amon continued. The crowd boo'd at this and I clenched my jaw, fighting the urge to set the entire place on fire. "And if she were here, she would tell you that Bending brings balance to the world. But she is wrong. The only thing Bending has brought to the world is suffering."

Bolin looked at me and tugged my arm, signaling to me that he wanted to go. I shook my head. Now I really wanted to hear what this guy had to say.

"I know what you've been wondering, what is the Revelation. Well you are about to get your answer," the masked figure said. "Since the beginning of time, the Spirits have acted as guardians of our world, and they have spoken to me. They say that the Avatar has failed humanity. That is why the Spirits have chosen me to bring a new era. They have granted me a power that will make equality a reality; the power to take a person's Bending away...permanently."

I took a step back as if I had been slapped. "That's impossible," I told Bolin. "There's no way."

"Korra, we should get going. I don't like the feeling I'm getting from this guy."

I shook my head, my hands turning into fists as the revolutionist offered a demonstration. We stayed and watched, wide eyed as he took the Bending of four people. I couldn't believe this. It couldn't be happening. Only the Avatar had the power to take away Bending. How was this guy doing this?

"The Era of Bending is over," Amon said. "A new Era of Equality has begun!"

The Earthbender grabbed my arm again, pleading for me to leave. I sighed and nodded. Slowly, we made our way out but found our exit blocked by Chi Blockers. I took a step back and got into my fighting stance. We fought to get away from them, we really did, but there were too many. We found ourselves outnumbered and I crumbled to the floor in pain, Bo next to me. I huffed as I looked up at this guy wearing goggles.

"You Benders need to understand, there's no place in the world for you anymore," he said before jamming his Kali sticks into me.

I awoke with a jolt feeling a hand on my shoulder. I hadn't meant to, it was pure adrenaline and reflex. I wrapped my legs around the person's neck and flung them to the floor, raising my fist before realizing it was my mother.

"Korra!" my father yelled.

I quickly scrambled away from them, trying to regulate my breathing. I shook my head at them. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," I kept saying over and over as my father helped my mother up.

"It's alright, sweetie," she replied kneeling in front of me, my father next to her.

My hands flung to my head as I tried shaking off the nightmare I had just relived. "I'm sorry." I felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around me and bring me towards a warm chest. My body shook from the cold and the shock of what had just happened.