1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

disclaimer: i do not own the legend of korra.

chapter 1:

nothing. i have nothing. left to be just a shell of my former self. living the constant horror, that is my life. everything

ings back haunting memories. the fountains, the wash house, even a glass of water

ings me pain. it all seemed like just a bad dream, until i realized it still hadn't gone away, even after a week. my life had become a living nightmare. i didn't want to accept that my bending was gone. i wanted so desperately to wake up and look in the mirror to see myself again. but i know the truth, it's gone forever.

i'm lucky enough, though, that korra has taken me in to live on air temple island with her and her friends. i just lie in my room staring at the ceiling, barely keeping up with my hygiene and health. it doesn't matter; i have nothing to live for anymore. amon might as well have killed me, i might have been better off that way. i'm glad no one tries to take care of me, no one bothers me. someone might check on me, but they must see that i want to be alone because they leave quickly. i like being alone now. i don't like being surrounded by "adoring fans"; which in reality, if they so adored me, they wouldn't have ditched me. even my teammates, who i thought i had grown so close to, left me. i had hoped i would have friends to support me, but it turns out i never really had any friends. but i don't need them, i don't need anyone.

so i lie on my bed, as usual, staring at the ceiling. i hear footsteps down the hall but i pay no attention to them. no one really comes in my room. but strangely i hear a knock on the door, and i hear it creak open. i only reposition my head to see who has entered my darkened chamber. it's korra.

"hey tahno." i try to smile, but i fail miserably. i can't seem to smile anymore either. korra cautiously enters the room, only taking two steps in.

"hey korra." i say weakly. she smiles a little, trying to be friendly.

"what are you doing?" i pick my head up only to plop it down in its original position. i stare at the ceiling once more.

"nothing." i say flatly.

"great! that means you have time to take a walk with me." korra says in a obviously forced excited tone. i furrow my eye

ows.

"outside?" i'm sure she can hear the depression in my voice, who couldn't?

"yes outside! you wanna come?" i say nothing for a few moments. since amon took my bending i haven't dared to venture outside. especially not here on an island surrounded by water. i have a hard enough time just thinking about water, i don't know what i would do if i had to face a huge sea of what i lost.

"not really…" i finally answer.

"aw, come on tahno." i hear her walk closer, and then suddenly i feel the weight of her body as she sits on the edge of my bed. "you can't just stay inside for the rest of your life."

"why not? sounds like a good plan to me."