The Legend of the Avatar (unless I find a better name)

What if Aang and Korra's timelines had crossed? Katara and Sokka find Korra in the iceberg instead, and rather than Katara and Aang falling in love, Sokka and Korra do? The story's the same, with the war going on and the Avatar needing to master the elements to end it. Korra has long-since mastered her native water, excelling with ease. The other elements however, remain unknown to her. Earth seems easy enough. Fire, considering the enemy, might pose a challenge. But air? Impossible, right? Like in ATLA, every known airbender is dead. So, the main arc of the series would be Sokka, Katara, and Korra trying to find a way for Korra to master the elements as per normal, and take down the bad guys. All the while, Ozai grows closer to world domination and the banished Prince Zuko hunts the Avatar to regain his honor, and…well, you know the rest.

So, you guys asked for it, and I guess I'm going to go for it! I haven't written a full-fledged fanfiction for quite some time (mostly because I'm freaking lazy as heck) but I shall try my hardest on this one! (Now coming 3 years later to update this just to say…I'm so sorry). Just to give you all a basic premise as far as the storyline goes…

(I had to alter some stuff from the original post –on my tumblr, if you saw that- to actually make this story work, so…bear with me. As for Aang, rest in peace kiddo. I really didn't want to have to kill you; I'm quite fond of you, to be honest. So, I am sincerely sorry.)

The Avatar was born in the Southern Air Temple before the Hundred Year War, and at twelve years of age, he was sent to the Eastern Air Temple to complete his training. War broke out, and at word that the Avatar was an Air Nomad, Sozin had the entire Air Nomad population, Aang included, slaughtered. No one was thought to have survived.

Eighteen years later, the new Avatar is living in the Southern Water Tribe in the midst of the Hundred Year War. The pressure on her is overwhelming, and the fear of death and destruction weighs down on her every day. Due to the loyalty and protection of her people, Sozin has not yet become aware of her identity, but he searches both the Northern and Southern Water Tribes with ruthless intensity. After another raid on her Southern Tribe ending in massacre, Avatar Korra flees her home with her animal guide, only to become caught in a terrible storm while attempting to cross the ocean (Hey, she's a waterbender. She could do it without a flying bison. It's possible.) She encases herself in ice after triggering her protective Avatar State, and falls into a deep coma.

82 years pass, and Korra is discovered by two young members of the now desolate Southern Water Tribe…

And that is how this story will come to be. Sokka falls for Korra first, and it takes a while for them to get along with her stubbornness and his sexism. Korra trains Katara in waterbending and learns of the current state of the war and the consequences of her disappearance. Sokka and Katara agree to help Korra master the elements and put an end to the war, although airbenders are thought to be extinct. I promise all of the main supporting characters will return in some way – Jet, Suki, Toph, Mai, Azula, etc.…just, trust me. I'll try to make everyone's story work. There will most likely be Zutara, although the main focus of this story is going to be Korra and Sokka. And of course, even if there is Zutara, it's going to take a while to get there, so don't hold your breath. Those two have a lot of ground to cover before they can even think of starting a relationship (I'm sticking with the main storyline on this one, so Zuko and Mai will probably be together for a while, too.) There will also be a couple new characters, one of which will be very significant. But, you'll just have to wait to find it all out ;) So there you go! This is going to be my new project! In whatever free time I have this semester (update: more like, whatever free time I have in LIFE) haha. I hope you're all somewhat excited about this, because I am!

-passivestrength