'Thoughts'

"Dialogue"

"Attack/shouting"

"Voices/ Imagin* dialogue"

Chapter 01: New life now canon

Book one

Mornings are evil.

It was 6 AM in the morning and already I woken up due to a dream. Sadly, every dream I had would be a terrible nightmare. I do not know why I have these dreams but they have tormented since childhood. A childhood that I no longer wish to remember. Even though I had lived a dull existence, I couldn't help but feel that everything in my life was a lie in this horrible world that we call reality.

I go into a sitting position in the small confines of my bed and gaze out my window. 'Another dull day like always.'

Yeah I know. My life had always been the same. For as long as I could remember, I did nothing but repeat the damn cycle. For me, everyday is the same. Nothing happens, nothing changes. I go to a place, I come home. I do chores, I go out for a walk. I check my blood sugar level, I put my insulin. No matter what I do or what I accomplished in this cold demented reality, I would always feel shunned or hated by others without ever knowing the reason.

Not wanting to waste time, I got out of bed and went to the bathroom. After finishing, I got dressed. I put on my red long sleeve shirt that had a fire symbol on the upper right and left sleeve, and a zipper that goes down from the collar to the chest. I also put on a grey hoodie vest with two eye designs on the side of the hood, a pair of black pants and black traditional martial arts shoes.

After getting dressed, I checked my blood sugar level, which was 136. 'Well, I'm off to a good start today.' I thought to myself as I went to the kitchen and put my insulin before making then eating breakfast. I ate a bowl of mash potatoes, eggs, hash browns and grill cheese sandwich. Yeah I know it seems like a lot but then again I got a big appetite which many people compared to certain anime characters.

Anyhow, once I finished eating and cleaning the dishes, I grabbed my backpack and decided to go out for a walk. I took my normal route for my walk which led to a few abandoned warehouses which I normally reached in 2 hours but today felt different. For some reason I felt out of place as if like I was hypnotized by an unknown force.

As I entered one of the warehouses, I suddenly found myself surrounded in complete darkness. There was no sound, no light. It was just me in the empty void. Normally this would cause panic and fear in a person but oddly enough I felt calm. I don't know why but I felt at home in this vast void of darkness.

"Welcome Alma Torturada*,"a voice called out in the darkness. A voice that sounded strangely familiar to me.

Snapping out of my dazed state, I looked around to find where the voice was coming from but saw nothing other than the darkness.

"W-who's there?" I asked, hoping to see the person who spoke.

"Calm yourself. No need to fear."

I slowly took deep breaths, calming myself a bit. However, I kept my eyes and ears opened for anything. "Who are you? And why am I here?"

"In time the answer will become clear but for now I am here to collect you."

'Collect… me?' I thought to myself before asking, "What do you mean by that? I don't understand."

"You'll learn soon enough Torturada. Now is the time to awaken from your prison."

Before I could say anything, I found myself back at the warehouse but something was off and I mean way off. For one, it was filled with other people that weren't here before and by the looks of it I was in some kind of rally. Second, the stage and banners were recognizable.

'Okay, is this some kind of fan reenactment or something?' I thought as I looked around. Sure enough, this looked exactly like the "Revelation" in Legend of Korra. I must admit, they did an awesome job putting this together. However, for some reason I felt that this was something more than just a fan reenactment but I decided to push those thoughts back for now.

Just like in the show, "Amon" is announced and made his grand entrance. Not gonna lie, I couldn't help but feel like I was in the show itself but I disliked the whole grand dramatic entrances that villians and heroes do since I find it rather pointless. I mean really, shouldn't they actually do something other than waste time and energy on making a dramatic entrance?

Anyhow, I tuned out the whole speech since anyone who saw the episode already knows it. Plus, I kinda find it weird how no one even questions it. I mean, here's a guy who claims that spirits gave him the power to take a benders bending and still be called a nonbender. That alone would is enough to cause suspicion. Then again if the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra had ever taught me something is that some of the characters happen to be a lot more idiotic and crazy than others. I'm looking at you Varrick!

Still, how can anyone not… wait a minute. Maybe I can…

I couldn't help but smile deviously. 'Welp since this is the closet thing to being in the show I might as well have a little fun.'

Before I do anything, I looked around the crowd for a bit. After several seconds of looking, I found the two people I was looking for. They wore the disguises that I seen "Mako" and "Korra" wore in the show. Heck, they even did an amazing job looking just like them.

Not wasting anytime, I walked through the crowd until I was at least about four to five people away from them. I then waited for "Amon" to finish his little dull, boring story and before they had the chance to bring out "Lightning Bolt Zolt", which I think sounds pretty fucking stupid, I raised my hand as I shouted, "I have a question!"

This caused everyone, including "Amon","Mako" and "Korra", to turn their attention on me. I felt highly uncomfortable as they stared at me but then again what the hell did I expect to happen?

"How may I help you brother?" "Amon" asked.

'Here goes nothing.' "Yes, sorry," I started. "I just needed a bit of clarification. You said that you were "chosen" by the "spirits" to usher in a new era of balance to the world by permanently removing people's bending in order to make equality a reality?"

"Yes brother, that is correct."

"Okay if that's the case then doesn't that technically make you a bender rather than a nonbender? Also, if the Avatar did fail in her task then why didn't the spirits take her bending away and select a new Avatar?"

An eerie silnce fell the area as a cold chill crawled down my spine. After what felt like an eternity, doubtful murmurs began filling through the crowd, and I see a few heads nodding with my question. Okay something isn't right. Why aren't these people getting pissed off at me for ruining this reenactment of the episode? Hell, why am I not thrown out for what I did? I don't fucking get it.

"Ah, I see why your confused by that." "Amon" started, getting everyone's attention. "Allow me to clearify. I was merely given the power to remove one's bending but was not granted the abilty to bend." Okay, what in the actual hell… "Also, the spirits allowed the Avatar to keep her bending, as I am the one was given the tasked to take it away from her. I hope that clears any misunderstanding and confusion."

Okay something definitely isn't right with this picture. He just answered my question like it was nothing. I mean, shouldn't he, as well as everyone here, be really upset at me for ruining everything by even asking my question? These people are fucking committed to their roles by staying in character even with me ruining the reenactment.

"Um yes, thank you," I said with a bow. "I apologize for the interruption."

"Amon" stared at me for a few moments before simply nodding as he went on with the demenstration. With everyone's attention back at him, I slowly made my way to "Korra" and "Mako". However, I paused as my eyes widen when I looked back at the stage. No words can help me decribe it, I was literally seeing "Lightning Bolt Zolt" fire bending for real. Not only that I can see lightning being shot from his figures.

The feeling of shock and horror filled my mind. This can't be happening. There's no way all this can be real!

Not wanting to waste anymore time, I quicken my pace until I was standing next "Korra". "Better hurry if you want to save "Bolin" you two," I whispered, getting both their attention.

"Who are you?" "Mako" asked as he gave me a cold narrowed stare.

"Look, you can waste your time questioning me," I answered. "Or we can rescue your brother from losing his bending?"

"Mako" opened his mouth to say something but "Korra" beats him to it by asking "What do you have in mind?"

"See those machines on the wall?" They looked at the direction of the machines before they looked back at me. "They're powered by water and steam. You can create some cover while "Mako" grabs his brother without anyone seeing. Then, we get the hell out of here."

Both hesitated for a moment before nodding ."Works for me," said "Korra" as she taps "Mako" on the shoulder as he moves to walk away. "Good luck."

"You, too." He replied as they shook hands.

Both "Korra" and I emerged at the side of the pleased crowd, carefully moving through one of the side exits. We then ran through a hallway filled with machines. As we stopped we both start turning a big red wheel on one of the machines, releasing one small air leak.

"It's not enough!" I heard "Korra" whispered as she bends over and squats down, turning a small red wheel which caused another minor leak to shut out of the pipe.

"Hey, you two!" Crap, I forgot about him.

"Korra" stands up as she and I see the doorman approaching us, his size filling up the entire freaking hallway. Great, he blocked off any possible exit with his fat ass.

"Is there a problem, my brother?" "Korra" asked, her voice silghtly higher pitched than normal as she tried looking innocently.

"What are you two doing back here?" the doorman asked gruffly.

Before she could say anything, I charged at the doorman and kicked him violently hard in the crotch. He falls to his knees, gripping his groin. Not wasting time, I grabbed his head and slammed it against the machine, causing another air leak.

"Does that answer your question?" I said while taking the guy's wrench. I turned to face "Korra" who had a shocked expression, her jaw dropped.

I was confused at first before it finally hit me. My eyes widen a bit, realizing what I had done. 'D-did I j-just…' I shook my head of these thoughts, deciding to think about it later. With the help of wrench, I began smashing the pipes on the machines. After a few strong hits steam began pouring out and fill the room. And they said that being destructive doesn't solve a thing.

"Good job," I heard "Korra" say. "This should be enough."

I simply nodded as we ran to the nearest exit. Once outside, we both saw the "Lieutenant" looking down at "Bolin's" unconscious form. I don't know why but the "Lieutenant" always reminds me of Mario from the Mario series because of his mustache.

"You benders need to understand, there's no place in the world for you anymore."

"Korra" went into an earthbending pose and caused a pillar of rock to shoot up besides the "Liutenant", thrusting him against the building. As he slams hard against the metal, both his kali sticks are koncked out of his hands as he falls to the ground. Not wasting the chance, I charged at him as he tries to get up, punt kicking him in the head, knocking him out.

"I wouldn't count them out yet, you Mario wannabe," I said as I picked up his two kali sticks and put them in my backpack. What? I'm a huge martial arts fan and I think this sorta falls in the whole "spoils of war" category. Plus, it's not like these are his only ones so I highly doubt he'll miss these… or at least I think so.

Anyways, I go to check on "Bolin" while "Korra" helps a struggling "Mako" to his feet. "Korra" then whistles on her fingers as she shouts, "Naga!"

It's then I could hear "Naga" bark as she comes running from behind a building, jumping down the last ramp. As "Korra" and "Mako" ascended on the polar-bear dog, more Equalist Fighters stormed the area from the balcony.

"Take your friend and run!" I shouted as I helped up "Bolin" who is slightly dazed at this point. "Naga" runs up and grabs him with her teeth by the collar and drags him off.

I try to run but I felt something grabbing me from behind. "Wha-yipe!" is all I could manage to say before being carried off. As we fled the area, my thoughts began flooding with questions.

Okay, this is not a normal fan fucking reenanctment since there is no way "Naga" can be an animatronic nor any of those bending can be so real without props. Also, I know as hell this isn't a dream since it feels way too real.

Then it hit me. The reason why the "Revelation" was spot on, how everyone looked and sounded perfectly like the characters. Also, "Naga" moved too perfectly like a real live animal to be an animatronic and why the bending that happen was far too perfect to be some movie stage magic.

Some how… Some way, that voice brought me here. I now realize that I was no longer in my own world, universe, or reality.

I, Manuel s. Guzman, was in the world of "Legend of Korra".

What the hell have I gotten myself into?!

AN: If your wondering why I put quotations on the character's name is because I wanted let people know that I thought they were Avatar fans playing the role of the characters. Hope this clears things up.

*"Imagin" (イマジンImajin from "imagine" and "Djinn") are a monster race that are the antagonists (and in a handful of cases, secondary protagonists) in the Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Den-O. However, in this story some look human (or somewhat humanoid) among other things like elves, spirits, aliens, robots, etc.

*"Alma Torturada" is Spanish for "Tortured Soul"