The Legend of the Duel Bender

Chapter 2

As the sun rose in the Southern Water Tribe Compound, the parents of the current Avatar, Tonraq and Senna, ran out of their home in great distress.

When the two had woken from their sleep, they went to check on their daughter; however, much to their shock and dismay, they saw that the little girl was not in her bed and was nowhere in the house.

"Korra?!" Tonraq yelled out in concern for his missing daughter.

"Oh, my, where could she be?" Senna asked with extreme worry in her voice, concerned for her daughter's safety. It seemed like their calls had caused some of the other residents to wake up.

Katara, who had awoken from their calls, had walked out of her own home and moved towards them, "What is all the commotion about?"

"Korra is missing!" Tonraq said to the water-bending master, causing her to widen her eyes in surprise.

Korra being the Avatar meant that there were lots of individuals who would come after her. But for someone to be able to successfully sneak into the compound without the White Lotus noticing and during the storm last night, it should be nearly impossible.

So, it could be probable that the young girl was still in the compound.

So, the three went around and searched the tundra for the young girl; after almost an hour of searching, it almost seemed like the little girl wouldn't be found until Senna noticed something.

"Wait, was that igloo always there." Senna pointed forward to see a small igloo in the distance. "It looks like someone water-bent it."

Katara and Tonraq looked where she was pointing and, too, noticed the small igloo. All three looked at one another before they walked ahead and stood before the igloo. Tonraq was about to bend it apart to see what was inside.

However, the igloo suddenly dispersed before he could go through with this action, much to their surprise.

The snow from the structure was sent in every direction; the three adults had to cover their eyes so as not to get snow in them, but other than that, they were okay and looked down at the cause of it.

They laid eyes on Qin, who in question was holding onto the back of Korra by her coat. Qin rubbed his eyes from his drowsiness while Korra giggled, "Sorry about that... You must have been worried sick." Qin turned down to his hand, which was holding onto Korra. He then placed her on the ground, "I had gone to see what the cause of the commotion was last night, and this one wanted to tag along, and we ended up getting trapped in the storm."

Both of Korra's parents let out a sigh of relief to know that Korra was okay but was still very upset.

"Thank you." Tonraq and Senna slightly bowed their heads to the gray-haired man in thanks. Who knows what could have happened if Korra had been alone in the storm?

Then they turned their attention to their daughter, "Korra, that was really dangerous; if Master Qin wasn't with you, then you would have been all alone." Senna said to her daughter, though this didn't affect the little girl much.

"But it wasn't just Qin," Korra said, bringing a confused look to her parents' faces as they looked at Qin for an explanation.

Seeing them look at him, Qin rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, "Well... Your daughter did make a little friend." Qin said as Korra returned to where the igloo was and started digging through the snow.

"Little friend?" Senna asked before a head popped out from the snow, catching their attention, especially the little girl's.

"There you are!" Korra dug out the head, showing a Polar Bear Dog pup. She looked at her parents and said, "This is Naga!"