Asami Sato knew she had to be close. Not everyone believed her, not even her closest friends Mako and Bolin when she said she was going to find the next Avatar.

As soon as Korra had passed away, no signs of the Avatar needed, everyone believed the Avatar Cycle was broken. That no other Avatar was going to show up. However, Korra didn't seem to think so.

Asami could remember exactly the conversation she had had with her wife in her last moments alive. How she begged for her to be the one to find her reincarnation in the Earth Kingdom, how she knew the world was going to need their Avatar, not now but she knew in a future they would. She confided in Asami, telling her she wasn't sure she had managed to bring peace between benders and non benders and knew the new avatar was going to be needed to bring peace again. To stop a new war she felt coming.

So, Asami accepted, followed through her wife's dying wishes. And so she looked, with the Order of the White Lotus after she explained them everything. It wasn't until the third year of their search when she realized Korra had been right. The peace she had brought forth was vanishing. They had witnessed several benders being taken to prison and to the fourth year, she was enraged to learn some people had gone against their backs to create and reinforced the anti benders revolution, as well a prison on the western part of the United Republic of Nations and by the fifth year, they learned about a benders revolution. The world had started to divide in two groups. A new War was beginning. Yet, Asami tried to continue focusing on her mission.

Finding the Avatar.

None of her companions, Kesuk, a waterbender master, Kanan, an Earthbender master, Vydia, an airbender master and Kimiko, a firebender master had complained. They were with her since the start and she was grateful. They all wanted the same, even more after the new laws were taking place permanently: Finding the Avatar so they could bring balance.

And Asami knew she was close. They had searched the entire Earth Kingdom, village to village, being forced to stop their search for some years after being threaten to be taken to prison, before starting again. They just needed to look for one more village before they lost their hope.

Walking among the street of Mining village, Asami easily recognized the aura. They had come across villages with the same outcome.

Asami walked closer to a young boy and girl, no more than fifteen she noted and softly touched the boy's shoulder bringing him to look away from the girl.

That's when she noticed the boy's features as one with Fire Nation Ethnicy. The girl had the typical looks of Earth Kingdom citizens, though she could sworn there was a glint of recognition in her eyes as she looked up at Asami with furrowed eyebrows and looking at her eyes, Asami couldn't help but think she looked familiar.

Shaking her head to stop her staring and the girl thought she was being a creep, she cleared her throat, "Excuse me, kids. I was wondering. What happened here?"

The girl looked at the boy, titling her head aside.

The boy cleared his throat, "An arrest, ma'am"

The girl crossed her arms, "The only interesting thing happening around in the last week, though"

The boy pinched the bridge of his nose, giving Asami an apologetic look, "Sorry" he turned to the girl, scoldingly "Avani. Could you stop?"

"It's not my fault the third arrest this week, the guy yelled at the top of his lungs that the Avatar was among us" Avani replied, a certain sass Asami found comforting, making a small smile appear in her face unconsciously.

"Well, he wasn't wrong" Asami told them. Avani snickered, whispering at her friend's ear making him chuckled quietly, "That's the reason why we're here" she gestured at herself and behind her where the Order of the White Lotus were wandering around the village

The friends exchanged a nervous look, both thinking 'This won't go well' before turning to face Asami who had a determined look in her face

Avani stared at the woman curiously, knowing her presence won't do well with the leader of the village, however a part of her couldn't help but think she was so brave.