I thought there was something stuck in my ear.

I put my pointer finger in my ear, and wiggled around. Then I titled my head, hitting one side, attempting to remove any trash water that may or may not have gotten stuck in my ear.
"Hmm theres nothing inside" I mumbled to myself, earning some weird glances from the old men, Lee and dad. I continued sticking my fingers into my ears untill I felt satisfied.

"Sorry, I think I got some trash water stuck in my ear" I said, "what did you say again? "

"Uhh" One of the old men turned to the other and whispered something to him.

"Ms Kaira, you're the avatar" The same old man repeated. He looked water tribe-y

I unintentionally ywaned, I was cold, ok? "I think you guys got the wrong person. I'm sure, I'm not the avatar. I mean come on I'm a waterbender, isn't the next avatar supposed to be an earthbender or something?"

An arrow tattooed old man cleared his throat loudly, "That's true but also not true, the avatar is a waterbender—" My face twisted in confusion to even more confusion if that's even possible. "—and an earthbender and firebender and airbender"

"15 years ago when avatar korra passed a search started for the next avatar all over the world" The water tribe man explained, "Any child born to an earthbender was tested. You were also tested"

"Ok.....but why did you wait so long to tell me? " I still wasn't convinced.

"The people who tested you were traitors paid off to hide your identity. We were fooled, but they slipped up, confessed and got arrested, unfortunately this only happened recently"

This doesn't make any sense. I mean, I get it, but I don't get it. Paid off? That sounds a little too fishy.

"What exactly does this test consist of? "
I questioned, genuinely interested.

"Initially we tried out the earth method of the avatar but you weren't in the earth kingdow then and so it didn't work out well. So we decided to try out the traditional air nomad test, where the child is given a set of things to choose from. One of these things belonged to the past avatar. Children being children will choose whatever seems most attractive to them. Child after child chose the better looking thing, the shiniest, the loudest, the most chewable etc.. But you didn't, you chose the most plain" This time someone else explained, he looked around forty. He had blue eyes, eerily familiar blue eyes. He wore a uniform similar to Lee's.

"Ok so, how old was I when I took this test and what did I choose? "

"You were 3 when you took the test, and you were the only one who chose Avatar korra's bethroal necklace"

My mouth formed an 'O'. Aww that's sweet I didn't know Avatar Korra got married. But I'm still not convinced, there are still so many unanswered questions.

"That doesn't change the fact that I can't earthbend or firebend or airbend" I argued.

"For your age you should be able to have a fair understanding of the other elements, but..." The Airbender answered, scrunching his face.

"Maybe because I'm not actually the avatar" I suggested, wiggling my eyebrows up and down, "I think your little test didn't wo-"

"Its my fault" Dad interrupted, changing the mood drastically. Not this again. Why does he keep saying that. I stared at dad for the longest time.

"Kiva, you are obligated to tell us everything you know, since you are also the reason the avatar has been hidden for so long" Said the one who had been quiet this whole time. Everything about him screamed earthbender general.

Dad dropped his head."Something happened to her when she was little, which caused her to stop her earthbending" What was my reaction?, I don't know. My mind was blank the whole time.

"What exactly happened to her? " The earthbender general questioned.

Dad kept his head low, not responding for a few moments, "her mother passed, unexpectedly"

"Well she can always learn it again" The blue eyed fire general suggested, trying to lighten up the mood. But I couldn't laugh or smile. Questions kept racing through my mind. I was an earthbender? Moms death affected my earthbending? I'm the avatar? But how is any of this possible. I don't remember.

"Avatar kaira", did he just call me Avatar Kaira?, "your presence will expected tomorrow at the town hall, at noon" The Airbender said.

"When will her training start? " Dad asked.

"Tomorrow of course, before we announce the news to everyone. We've wasted enough time already" The waterbender said.

"Your gonna announce this to everyone?" I finally spoke up, my head turning sharply towards them.

"The world needs to know who their new avatar is" The earthbender replied. I was speechless. What was I going to say that could change anything.

Lee was quiet the whole time. Staring off into space. Thinking about who knows what.

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The 'guests', finally left. And I was able to take a bath. But what they said kept bothering me. How is all of this possible?
I sat on the living room floor, with questions racing through my mind. I need to talk to dad. As if on cue, he walked in from the kitchen.

"Kai let's talk" Dad said sitting opposite of me. I nodded, my face blank.

"I know this will hurt you and I'm so, so sorry but do you remember how your mother passed?"

How?

"Dad enough of these questions, I can't answer them because everything I think I remember isn't actually true" I replied calmly. I wasn't gonna cry or get angry, not yet.

He took a deep breath before he started,"It was a normal night when you were 8. I was going out for a guys night with fri-ends " His voice broke, "you and your mom, we're back at home. I didn't expect anything bad to happen. Nothing was off. Nothing at all. When I came back, the lights in the house were off. It was quiet. Except for the sound of weeping. You were in the corner crying your eyes out. Your mother...layed lifeless before you" There was a long pause before he continued, "I felt my whole world break  before me"

"What happened to her? " My eyes filled with sadness, confusion and horror. I could feel the tears waiting to pour.

"I wouldn't know, I was away. I asked you but you were afraid of me. You kept saying 'the monster, the monster'. You were horrified. Evey night you went to bed you'd wake up crying, you said you saw the monster. You said the monster took mommy"

"What monster?"

"There was no sign of a break in. Nothing was stolen. You weren't hurt either"

"Who would do such a thing? " I don't know how I was supposed to feel towards that person. Would I take revenge or would I forgive.

"There were no suspects or leads so the case went cold"

"Then why don't I remember anything, did I bump my head or something?"

He took a long deep sigh and looked me in the eye, "every night you'd wake crying for your mother, or for the fear of the monster. I couldn't take watching you be in pain, every single day. It hurt me too. You were too young to experience that kind of pain. So I did the only thing I thought could help"

"What? " I asked not really wanting to know the answer.

"I—I brainwashed you. It was the only thing I could do to help, belive me" Dad pleaded, he's voice full of regret.

I wasn't angry. I didnt know how to feel. I guess my whole life was a lie. A big messed up, lie.

"I'm...gonna go " I stood lifelessly. A body without a soul. I walked out. And kept walking.

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My feet started to hurt, but I kept walking. I was somewhere in the outskirts of town. The sky turned dark, becoming night.

"Stop" I heard someone call from behind me. I turned to see a woman, she looked to be about dads age. Something about her was off. She wore watertribe clothing, her hair pulled back into ponytail.

She reminded me of someone, mom. I ran to her, tears spilling from my eyes as I hugged her. She hugged me back. It was comforting. But then I realized she wasn't my mom, I studied her face properly when I was closer to her. Her features didn't match my mother's. But she still looked familiar.

"Uhh sorry" I apologized, rubbing my arm.

"It's ok, I'm here to help and comfort you anyway" The lady said with a soft smile.

"Who are you? " I was getting more creeped out by the second. I've never seen her before but I swear I know her.

"I'm Korra, the avatar before you. I am also, Anng, Roku, Kyoshi and all the avatars before her. Together we are you" The lady replied, her eyes lighting up. Anng? The avatar before her?

"I thought you lost connection to your past lives" I said before I could stop myself. My face becoming blank again.

"Our past lives" She corrected, "I did lose connection. However, our spirits have always been connected. Ravva, may have been reborn but my spirit, Avatar Wans spirit still lives in all of us"

"Well that's good to hear, but I don't really wanna talk right now Avatar Korra"  I didnt want to be rude, but the tiredness was getting to me. Maybe I'm actually dreaming right now.

"Kaira, I am always here for you, we all are. You may summon us when you want us. But we will come when you need us"

"I don't need you!, I've never needed you. Why now? why not when my mother was dying? Why couldn't you save her then? " I questioned her, but it felt more like I was questioning myself. I fell to my knees, grabbing at the dust, that crawled up my hand and stuck to my fist like glue. I didn't want to be angry but I was, at myself.

"Many of us, have lost someone close to us. It hurts I know. But keep in mind that everything happens for a reason"

"Your right" I looked up to her tall hovering figure, with remorse, "I'm sorry I said I didn't need you" She bent down and grabbed my dusty hands lifting me up.

"Kaira, you are the new avatar. You are strong, I know you can and you will bring balance to all. To do that you first need to find balance within yourself." With that she vanished into thin air.

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