Korra's Successor

Author's note: All of this is in my fanfic 'Worlds Collide'. This is a short sequel the 'Legend Of Korra', and will end in a cliffhanger. but thought I'd post separate from my other fanfic. Enjoy.

Chapter 1: Metal

Korra's Successor

FIRE!...AIR!...WATER!...EARTH!

150 years ago, my great-great-grandmother Toph Beifong helped Avatar Aang defeat the Fire Nation and end the Hundred Year War.

77 years ago my grandmother, Airbending Master Opal Beifong, helped Avatar Korra defeat the Earth Empire dictator Kuvira.

But like all before her, Avatar Korra passed away. That was years ago. Then like the passing of the seasons, her spirit was reincarnated into me on the day that I was born, which was the day after she died.

I am Avatar Sierra! And now it is my destiny to master all four elements and bring balance to the world!

Sierra's point of view:

My name is Sierra Beifong. I was born in the metal bending city of Zaofu, home of the Metal Clan.

I live in the Beifong Mansion within the city. The city has grown into quite a metropolis. Skyscrapers and spreading suburbs everywhere within the densely mountainous region. My parents are the son and daughter-in-law of the Airbending Master Opal Beifong, and the lavabender Bolin.

I spend my days talking to my friends on my cell phone, and playing games on my laptop computer as well as looking up information on the United Republic database.

At about age 4 one of the metalbending Masters was teaching a class of basic earthbending for young novices. The first step in the class was to determine whether or not the young earthbenders who had never earthbended before were in fact earthbenders. After the earthbender aptitude test was done on all of us, I passed, I was an earthbender and therefore capable of bending Earth, (though I had in fact already earthbended many times before that). Many of the students in the class turned out to be non-benders and therefore could not bend Earth at all, while all the kids in the class that were actual earthbenders demonstrated earthbending ability with varying degrees of success. I myself showed extraordinary ability with earthbending. The first step in the class was to simply try and levitate small rocks with our minds. That was the bare minimum basics, in order to move larger heavier Earth we needed to become like Earth. Earth is the element of substance. It is sturdy. It is hard. It is unyielding. We took the standard stance of bodily position in order to be like the Earth. Within a short time I was lifting large boulders and hurling them telekinetically. I could shape rock and dirt to anything I wanted it to be. I got better every single day. My parents were so proud of me, both of which were metalbenders.

By age 10 I was an earthbending Master.

Then they began to teach me metalbending. This was difficult. Many non-metalbending earthbenders say that only one in every hundred earthbenders can learn metalbending, but for nearly two centuries now some metalbending Masters claim that any earthbender can learn metalbending with proper instruction. And in Zaofu it was proven true; every Earthbender in Zaofu has successfully learned to metalbend.

I was not only capable of bending Earth, but I was able to use the earthbending technique 'seismic sense', to create a sort of radar sense to be able to close my eyes, and see with earthbending by feeling the vibrations in the earth and walls around me.

Metalbending was hard, but with instruction I began to get it. I did after all come from a long line of metal Benders all the way back to the first ever metal bender. I was handed a piece of Steel where when I touch it, close my eyes, and then with earthbending sense the minute traces of other elements in the piece of Steel in the form of impurities. This made my Earthbending believe that the metal was Earth. We learned a variety of different techniques with metal bending, one technique that I became good at was metal bending with a spool of Steel cable.

One year later I had the full nack for metalbending. And since metalbending is so hard, those who Master it become exponentially more powerful with regular Earth.

Shortly after I turned 12 years old, I was in a metalbending class that was testing aptitude. There were Auditors there from each Nation. A firebending master from the fire Sages. The waterbending master from the Order of the White Lotus. An elderly airbending master, Guru Meelo, from the new Air Nation. And an Earth Kingdom Bishop from the earth Earth Kingdom City of Ba Sing Se. Why they were here observing this class?, no one knew. But they had us do all kinds of unusual things. They had us practice meditation. They walked up close to each of us looking each of us in the eyes. They asked us some questions about our lives. They had us stare at fire, and at water, and at a feather, all while they observed us doing it. It was strange, boring, and tedious.

This went on for nearly a month.

Then one day at the end of one of the classes we were all lead outside to where a percentile of the city was congregated together.

Then the four spiritual leaders of the four nations stepped forward and spoke.

"Each and everyone of you is an extraordinary earthbender." said the Fire Sage. "Many of you have been wondering why we are here?"

"As you are aware," said Guru Meelo, "12 years ago Avatar Korra of the Southern Water Tribe passed away. She was our Avatar for 75 years. After a significant amount of time had passed we began conducting aptitude tests throughout the Earth Nation on all children who were born on or around the day that Avatar Korra had died. And the results of the aptitude tests have lead us here and has been narrowed down to a single individual, for we are here to announce be identity of the next Avatar."

There was a murmuring of curiosity among the crowd and my fellow classmates.

My eyes open wide I was astonished, what could it be? One of my classmates is the Avatar? That has to be it. One of my classmates that is standing beside me right now is the Avatar.

"When we reveal the Avatar's identity, please show respect." said Guru Meelo.

Guru Meelo walked up to me. Me? Why did he walk up to me? The other three spiritual leaders then walked up beside him and they all looked at me.

"Sierra Beifong?" asked Guru Meelo.

"Yes." I acknowledged.

"It is a joyful privilege and a humble honor to serve you...Avatar Sierra." said Guru Meelo.

The four spiritual leaders then got down on their hands and knees and bowed to me. And then several at a time in quick succession everyone who was there who could see me bowed to me as well.

I was overwhelmed. I had never imagined this. How could this be!? How could I be the Avatar?

I had always taken pride in the fact that I was an earthbender, but the idea that I could bend fire, or water, or air, this is overwhelming! I was speechless.

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