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Beginnings: Part 1

- EARTH.

FIRE.

AIR.

WATER.

ONLY THE AVATAR

CAN MASTER ALL FOUR ELEMENTS

AND BRING BALANCE TO THE WORLD.

- THE AVATAR HAS GONE MISSING.

AFTER PRESIDENT RAIKO REFUSED KORRA'S REQUEST

TO AID THE SOUTH IN THE WAR OF THE WATER TRIBES,

SHE HEADED TO THE FIRE NATION,

SEEKING A NEW ALLY AGAINST UNALAQ.

BUT UNBEKNOWNST TO HER FRIENDS,

A DARK SPIRIT ATTACKED KORRA

AND DRAGGED HER INTO THE OCEAN.

SHE HAS WASHED UP ON A DESOLATE ISLAND

WITH NO MEMORY OF WHO SHE IS.

- WE FOUND THE AVATAR WASHED UP ONSHORE,

BUT SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.

- [weakly] RAAVA.

RAAVA.

RAAVA.

- A DARK ENERGY HAS INFECTED HER.

WE MUST PURGE IT BEFORE IT DESTROYS

HER AVATAR SPIRIT.

LET THE WATERS CLEANSE THE DARKNESS

THAT PLAGUES YOUR SPIRIT.

[ethereal music]

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- WHO ARE YOU? - I AM YOU.

- WHO AM I?

- YOU ARE THE AVATAR.

- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

- IN ORDER TO REMEMBER,

YOU MUST REGAIN YOUR CONNECTION

WITH YOUR AVATAR SPIRIT.

- IF YOU DON'T, DARKNESS WILL ENGULF THE WORLD.

YOU WILL DIE, AND OUR ERA WILL END.

- HOW DO I REGAIN MY CONNECTION?

- GO BACK. RETURN TO THE BEGINNING.

FIND RAAVA.

- ARE YOU RAAVA?

- NO, BUT I CAN HELP YOU FIND HER.

MY NAME IS WAN, AND I WILL SHOW YOU

HOW I BECAME THE FIRST AVATAR.

- NOBODY STEALS FROM THE CHOU BROTHERS!

- REALLY? BECAUSE I JUST DID.

- YOU'RE DEAD, WAN.

- ACTUALLY, I FEEL QUITE ALIVE.

[Chous shouting]

[all grunt]

[birds screech]

- HEY, STOP!

[exciting music]

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- [laughs] HEY, FELLAS.

YOU'RE JUST IN TIME FOR LUNCH!

- OH! [groans]

- [grunting]

- I TOLD YOU NO ONE STEALS FROM US.

- [laughs nervously]

[shouts]

[groans] [cow moos]

[snorts]

[groans]

- [sighs]

DID YOU STEAL FROM THE CHOUS AGAIN?

- YEAH, AND I GOT NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT

EXCEPT A FEW DIRTY ROLLS AND A WHOLE LOT OF BRUISES.

HEY, YAO, I GOT SOME FOOD FOR YOU.

- MMM. DELICIOUS.

THANK YOU, WAN.

[chirping]

- YOU GUYS ARE HUNGRY TOO, HUH?

- WAN, YOU SHOULD EAT.

- [sighs] THEY NEED IT MORE THAN I DO.

BESIDES, I'M TIRED OF EATING SCRAPS.

IF ONLY THERE WAS SOME WAY

TO GET INTO THE CHOUS' FOOD CELLAR.

WE'D BE EATING LIKE-- WELL, LIKE CHOUS.

- IF CHOU THE ELDER CATCHES YOU SNEAKING INTO HIS PALACE,

YOU'LL END UP DEAD.

OR WORSE, HE'LL BANISH YOU TO THE SPIRIT WILDS.

- NO, DON'T GET BANISHED.

YOU DON'T WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE SPIRITS.

THEY'LL GET INSIDE YA, SCRAMBLE UP YOUR MIND,

TURN YA INTO THIS-- A MONSTER!

- DON'T DO ANYTHING CRAZY, WAN.

YOU JUST GOTTA ACCEPT THE WORLD IS THE WAY IT IS.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE POWER. SOME PEOPLE DON'T.

AND YOU DON'T.

- [slurps]

NOT YET, ANYWAY.

- ARE YOU STRONG? ARE YOU FEARLESS?

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BATTLE THE SPIRITS?

THEN JOIN THE HUNT.

- COUNT ME IN.

- [laughs]

WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT IN THE WILDS FOR A WEEK.

YOU WOULDN'T LAST TWO SECONDS.

- I CAN HANDLE MYSELF.

WE ALL GET FIRE, RIGHT?

- YEAH, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT?

- WELL, NOT EXACTLY, BUT I--

- AH, LET HIM COME.

NOT LIKE WE GOT ANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS LINING UP.

- ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO THE HUNT.

[tense music]

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[blows horn]

[rumbling]

- THE LION TURTLE.

- GREAT GUARDIAN OF OUR CITY,

WE ARE VENTURING INTO THE SPIRIT WILDS

TO BRING BACK FOOD FOR OUR PEOPLE.

PLEASE, GRANT US THE POWER OF FIRE.

- THE POWER IS YOURS TO KEEP

UNTIL YOUR RETURN.

- YOU'RE FIRST, KID.

- MAY THE ELEMENT OF FIRE

PROTECT YOU AGAINST THE SPIRITS.

- WHOA! [groans]

- JUST MAKE SURE YOU AIM AT THE SPIRITS, NOT US, OKAY?

- SURE THING.

- EVERYONE STAY CLOSE.

SPIRITS LOVE TO PICK OFF STRAGGLERS.

- UH, GUYS?

I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THIS.

- NOW, QUIT YOUR WHINING.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A SPIRIT YET.

- I THINK I WANNA GO HOME.

- I KNEW YOU WERE NOTHING BUT A SNIVELING COWARD.

GO GIVE YOUR FIRE BACK TO THE LION TURTLE,

AND DON'T EVER SHOW YOUR FACE AROUND ME AGAIN.

- WAN, YOU'RE BACK.

- WHAT GOODIES DID YOU SNATCH FOR US THIS TIME?

- [gasps] - [screams]

- WHAT DID YOU DO?

YOU CAN'T STEAL FROM THE LION TURTLE.

- REALLY? BECAUSE I JUST DID.

- YOU KNOW IT'S FORBIDDEN

TO BRING THE POWER OF THE ELEMENT INTO THE CITY.

PLEASE, GO BACK TO THE LION TURTLE

AND RETURN THE FIRE.

- JAYA, IT'S TIME TO STOP BEING SO AFRAID OF THE CHOUS

AND SHOW THEM WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THINGS.

HEY, CHOUS! OPEN THE GATE, AND LET US IN.

- WHAT ARE THOSE FILTHY PEASANTS DOING HERE?

- DON'T WORRY, FATHER. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM.

[door slides open]

- HAND OVER ALL THE FOOD YOU'RE HOARDING,

AND WE WON'T GIVE YOU ANY TROUBLE.

[Chous laugh]

- YOU'RE NOT GETTING PAST US.

WE HAVE THE WEAPONS. YOU'RE POWERLESS.

- POWERLESS, HUH?

[Chous groaning]

FOLLOW ME!

GRAB AS MUCH FOOD AS YOU CAN.

- MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT.

MAYBE WE DO HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THINGS.

- STOP RIGHT THERE!

- LOOKS LIKE THE CHOUS FOUND BACKUP.

- GET EVERYONE OUT OF HERE.

I'LL HOLD THEM OFF.

[all grunting]

- NO, PLEASE. HAVE MERCY.

WAN?

- [groans]

- EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU'RE AFRAID TO USE IT.

- TELL ME WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED IN THE REBELLION,

AND I MIGHT TAKE MERCY ON YOU.

- I'M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING.

- THEN, YOU'VE LEFT ME NO CHOICE.

WAN, YOU ARE HEREBY BANISHED.

- YEAH! AND GIVE BACK THE FIRE YOU STOLE.

- NO! WAIT.

GREAT LION TURTLE, I AM SORRY

FOR STEALING THE FIRE FROM YOU, AND I ACCEPT MY PUNISHMENT.

BUT PLEASE, I NEED TO BE ABLE

TO PROTECT MYSELF IN THE WILDS.

- NEVER AGAIN MAY YOU RETURN

TO THIS CITY.

BUT I WILL ALLOW YOU

TO KEEP THE POWER OF THE ELEMENT.

- [grunts]

[somber music]

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- BET HE DOESN'T LAST TILL MORNING.

[howling, chirping]

- HEY, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE STEPPING, HUMAN!

- WHO SAID THAT? - DOWN HERE!

HOW'D YOU LIKE IT IF I STARTED WALKING ALL OVER YOU?

- [sighs] YOU'RE JUST A LITTLE FROG.

[shouts] - WHO'S LITTLE NOW?

- [gasps]

[grunting]

[shouts] - [belches]

- [panting]

[panting]

[ominous music]

[muffled groaning]

[panting]

[stomach growls]

[sighs]

GET OFF ME! GET OFF ME!

[screams]

[groans]

[shouts]

[groans]

[mystical music]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

- YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IN MY OASIS, HUMAN.

- PLEASE, HELP ME.

I'M STARVING, AND I HAVEN'T SLEPT ALL NIGHT.

- NOT MY PROBLEM.

- LET ME PASS.

- YOU DARE USE FIRE AGAINST ME?

NOW, BE GONE WITH YOU!

- [groans]

[sighs]

[mystical music]

[gasps]

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[spirits chirping]

- AND WHO MIGHT YOU BE?

- I AM BUSHY, THE BUSH SPIRIT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER YOUR OASIS.

- VERY WELL. YOU MAY PASS.

[sniffs]

WAIT A SECOND!

SOMETHING STINKS.

I KNEW I SMELLED A HUMAN!

- [sighs]

[groans]

COME ON, LET ME IN, JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

- NO! GO BACK TO YOUR LION TURTLE.

- BELIEVE ME, I'D LOVE TO GO BACK HOME.

BUT I CAN'T. I WAS KICKED OUT.

- THAT'S TOO BAD. - POOR HUMAN.

- DON'T PITY HIM.

HE'S JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER HUMAN:

UGLY, DESTRUCTIVE,

AND LACKING ANY RESPECT FOR NATURE.

- WHO ARE YOU CALLING UGLY, UGLY?

- HMM.

- IF YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO YOUR CITY,

THEN YOU SHOULD GO LIVE IN ANOTHER ONE.

- WHAT? THERE ARE OTHER LION TURTLES?

- "THERE ARE OTHER LION TURTLES?"

OF COURSE THERE ARE, DOZENS OF THEM!

BOY, YOU HUMANS ARE STUPID TOO.

- SO WHICH WAY TO THE NEAREST LION TURTLE CITY?

- HMM.

I THINK IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE

OF NONE-OF-YOUR-BUSINESS VALLEY.

[laughs]

[sighs]

- REAL FUNNY.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP.

I'LL FIND IT MYSELF.

- GOOD LUCK!

[gentle music]

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[stomach growls]

[cat-deer growls]

[cat-deer whimpers]

- [sighs]

[cat-deer growls]

IT'S OKAY. I'M GONNA GET YOU OUT OF THERE.

- FINALLY, WE CAUGHT SOMETHING.

GET IT DOWN.

- BACK OFF.

- WAN? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

- I'M SAVING THIS ANIMAL.

- THAT ANIMAL'S OUR DINNER.

NOW, GET OUT OF THE WAY.

- NO.

[dramatic music]

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[dramatic music]

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- AHH!

HE--HELP! HELP!

- GET 'EM OFF! GET 'EM OFF!

AHH!

- [shouts]

[groans]

- WELL, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ALL OUT OF TRICKS, WAN.

- I REALLY HATE HUMANS!

- NO, NO. [screams]

- [groans]

[sighs]

[screams]

- I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S SCREAMING ABOUT.

HE'S BETTER-LOOKING NOW.

- I FEEL GREAT. WHAT'S IN THIS WATER?

- IT HAS SPECIAL HEALING PROPERTIES.

- THANKS.

SO WHAT DID YOU DO TO THAT HUNTER?

- SPIRITS ARE ABLE TO TAKE OVER

A HUMAN BODY FOR A SHORT TIME.

IF I STAYED IN THERE ANY LONGER,

I WOULD'VE KILLED HIM, WHICH I DID CONSIDER.

- THANKS FOR SAVING MY NECK.

BUT WHY'D YOU DO IT?

- I SAW YOU SAVE THE CAT-DEER FROM THOSE HUNTERS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH AN ACT

OF SELFLESSNESS FROM A HUMAN BEFORE.

- TOLD YOU I WASN'T LIKE THE OTHERS.

- GUESS I UNDERESTIMATED YOU, HUMAN.

- ARE YOU OFF TO FIND ANOTHER LION TURTLE CITY?

- I WAS.

BUT I THINK I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF HUMANS FOR A WHILE.

I'VE DECIDED TO STAY HERE

AND LEARN THE WAYS OF THE SPIRITS.

- WHAT A GREAT IDEA. - THAT'LL BE FUN.

- OH, NOW, NOW, HOLD ON.

A HUMAN LIVING WITH SPIRITS?

IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE.

- FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT?

- HMM.

I GUESS WE CAN TRY IT.

I'VE NEVER HAD A HUMAN AS A PET BEFORE.

I THINK I'LL CALL YOU "STINKY."

- THE NAME IS WAN.

- STINKY IS MORE ACCURATE.

- WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WILDS?

WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?

- GONE. SPIRITS TOOK THEM.

THEY WERE PROTECTING THAT KID WAN

LIKE HE WAS ONE OF THEIR OWN.

- DID YOU HEAR THAT? WAN'S STILL ALIVE.

- [growls]

[applause]

[dramatic music]

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- AND THE WAY WAN MOVES FIRE,

IT'S LIKE NOTHING I'VE EVER SEEN.

HE USES IT LIKE IT'S AN EXTENSION OF HIS BODY.

[groaning]

[all cheering]

- WAN HAS PROVEN THAT WITH THE POWER OF FIRE,

ANYONE CAN SURVIVE IN THE WILDS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE

UNDER CHOU THE ELDER'S RULES ANYMORE,

SO I SAY WE LEAVE THIS CITY AND START OVER.

WHO'S WITH ME?

[all cheering]

[gentle music]

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- YOU READY TO GO, MULA?

- YOU SURE YOU WANT TO LEAVE?

- YES, IT'S TIME I SEE THE REST OF THE WORLD

AND FIND THE OTHER LION TURTLE CITIES.

- I'M PROUD TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND, STINKY.

- [sighs] THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

GOOD-BYE, EVERYONE.

- WE'LL MISS YOU.

♪ ♪

- [whimpers]

- [groans]

- THE ALL-POWERFUL SPIRITS ARE BATTLING.

- THEY'RE GONNA WIPE OUT THE ENTIRE VALLEY!

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[Mula growls]

[spirits grunting]

- STOP, OR YOU'LL DESTROY EVERYTHING!

- THIS DOESN'T CONCERN YOU, HUMAN!

- IT DOES WHEN THE LIVES

OF SPIRITS AND ANIMALS ARE IN DANGER.

- IF YOU'RE A FRIEND TO SPIRITS,

THEN USE YOUR FIRE TO HELP ME BREAK FREE.

- DON'T INVOLVE THE HUMAN. THIS IS BETWEEN US.

- PLEASE, SAVE ME.

SHE HAS TORMENTED ME FOR 10,000 YEARS.

- 10,000 YEARS?

LET HIM GO!

[shouts]

- [screams]

- THANK YOU, HUMAN.

YOU HAVE PERFORMED A GREAT SERVICE FOR THE SPIRITS.

- DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?

- YEAH, I HELPED A SPIRIT WHO WAS BEING BULLIED BY YOU.

- YOU ARE GRAVELY MISTAKEN.

I WAS KEEPING HIM UNDER CONTROL.

- AND WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT?

- YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I AM, DO YOU?

- SHOULD I? - YES.

MY NAME IS RAAVA.

THAT SPIRIT YOU FREED IS VAATU.

HE IS THE FORCE OF DARKNESS AND CHAOS.

I AM THE FORCE OF LIGHT AND PEACE.

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME,

WE HAVE BATTLED OVER THE FATE OF THIS WORLD.

AND FOR THE PAST 10,000 YEARS,

I HAVE KEPT DARKNESS UNDER CONTROL

AND THE WORLD IN BALANCE,

UNTIL YOU CAME ALONG.

- SO BY FREEING VAATU,

I LET CHAOS INTO THE WORLD?

- PRECISELY.

THE HUMAN AND SPIRIT REALMS

ARE HEADED TOWARD ANNIHILATION,

AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.

- RAAVA, I FOUND YOU.