Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Avatar: The Last Airbender, nor do I own any part of Legend of Korra.
I do not make any money from my writing here, I just want to share my ideas and my writings.
The "new characters" I have created have come completely from my own ideas, any resemblance to other characters created by other authors is purely coincidence.
A/N: This story is set in the era after Avatar Korra. The new Avatar, Avatar Hattamen, was born in the Earth Kingdom during peace time. However, we all know that peace doesn't last. Follow these all new characters save the world from an unprecedented enemy, a lightbender and her elite team of shadowbenders.
"Keep your eyes closed, stay still, and focus on your breathing. Nella, stop saying "Ohm" it isn't necessary!" said the Master Airbender. He was sitting cross-legged in front of two young children, who looked nearly identical. All three were dressed in traditional airbending attire, with their eyes closed sitting cross-legged.
"Daddy," said one of the children, "I don't know what to think about."
"Ah, Oakrin, that's the best part of meditating. There isn't one thing you have to think about. Completely open your mind and let your spirit wander," said the Master Airbender. "Let your spirit be free."
"Daddy," said the other child, "can I meditate about fruit pies?"
"Nella, be serious, mediation is not some joke." said Oakrin, the first child to speak.
"But I really want a fruit pie." said Nella. She then opened her eyes and stood up. "Daddy, I'm done meditating. I want Mommy to make me a fruit pie."
"Nella, sit down." said her father, the Master Airbender.
"But –"
"Sit down and be quiet, Nella!" interrupted her father. Nella let out a sigh and sat down, arms folded, legs crossed, with eyes glaring at her father. "I know you're staring at me, Nella. Close your eyes and open you mind." She sighed again, but complied.
A few minutes passed by in nearly complete silence, the only sound being the steady breathing of the three. The Master Airbender was in deep mediation, while his two children were struggling with the necessary separation from worldly matters to meditate in true air nomad style. Oakrin's mind was unable to understand the concept of letting his mind wander at its own free will. He, being only five years old, couldn't understand abstract thinking. Nella, his twin sister, could not move on from her hunger for fruit pies.
"Daddy," said Oakrin after a few more minutes, "I'm hungry."
"See, Daddy? Oakrin wants fruit pies too!" Nella added eagerly.
"Alright then, today's mediation session is over. Go on, ask your mother to make fruit pies for all of us!" said the Master Airbender with a smile.
"Thanks, Daddy!" said the children in unison. They quickly stood up and started racing to find their mother.
"One of these days." He said to himself watching his children run. "One of these days they'll finally meditate." He was eager for them to learn how to meditate, for once that link was made, he could begin training them as airbenders.
Eleven Years Pass
"Come on, Nella! Your form is sloppy! Focus on what you're doing!" shouted Metaang.
"Uh, should my right foot be pointed straight or off to a side?" asked Nella, appearing to be struggling with a complicated airbending move.
"Your toes should be facing slightly left to make an easy transition into the last form." answered Metaang.
"Like this, Father?" asked Nella as she made the adjustment in her footwork.
"Much better, now just loosen up your arms. Good. Now I want you to go through the forms slowly."
"Okay, Father. Here I go" said Nella, lacking the enthusiasm she had shown through most of her training. She set herself in first form, slid into second form, made the new adjustment to her third form, and finished in fourth form. When she finished she cautiously looked at her father, and was relieved to see him smiling at her.
"I think you're ready to try it full speed with bending. Remember to keep your motions smooth and connected!" He took a few steps back, and eagerly awaited his daughter's attempt.
Nella closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She mentally reviewed the forms, and concentrated on her breathing. A few seconds later, she was ready to airbend. She calmly walked back to the center of the training floor. While she was facing away from her father she couldn't help but grin to herself, but erased the ego from her face as she turned back towards her father.
"Get ready to be impressed, Father" she thought to herself. She put her fists together in front of her and bowed in the traditional air nomad style. Nella then proceeded to begin the move. She moved through the four forms seamlessly, ending with a streamline current of horizontal air speeding off of her right forearm. The air current hit the target set out by Metaang before dissolving back into the air.
"I'm very impressed, Nella," said her father, applauding her performance. "You just passed yet another tier of airbending. Four more tiers and the Air Masters will be testing you for your tattoos."
"Thank you, Father" said an enthusiastic Nella.
"I have business to attend too, I'll see you in a few hours for dinner." said Metaang.
"See you at dinner, Father" said Nella with a respectful bow.
She watched her father walk back toward the main tower of the Air Temple. As soon as he was out of her line of sight, she set up more airbending targets. "Time for some real bending." She said aloud to herself. She spent the next hour polishing up a new move she had been working on for weeks – the air-dart.
Nella had just flung another air-dart at the targets; however it was off-center and didn't leave much of an impact. She heard footfalls behind her and bent a few air currents to whirl around her to act as defense and for quick attacks. She turned around to see her brother standing just off the training floor holding a book. "I come in peace, Nella" said Oakrin with a slight laugh.
"What are you doing all the way at the air training grounds, Oakrin?" asked Nella as she let the air currents free. "I thought you spent all your days in the library reading old scrolls."
"I came to tell you that Uncle is coming. I know how close you two are" said Oakrin.
"Are you serious? Uncle is coming here?" asked Nella excitedly.
"Of course I'm serious, you know I am a horrible liar!" laughed Oakrin.
"This is great news! I can't wait to show him how much progress I've made in airbending over the past few months. Thanks for telling me, Oakrin!" and she ran over to hug her twin-brother. "Now go away! I need to perfect my new move, and I prefer to work on it alone. Go read a book or practice your calligraphy" said Nella excitedly while trying to push her brother out of the practice grounds.
"Okay, okay. See you at dinner, Nell" said Oakrin, laughing again.
"Yeah, see you at dinner" said Nella as she immediately returned to perfecting her air-dart.
Walking up from the training grounds, Oakrin settled under a tree and decided to meditate for a while. Besides reading ancient air nomad writings, mediation was his favorite way to spend his time. He had recently read a scroll detailing the first human encounters with sky-bison, and decided to make sky-bison his focus point. Quite a few moments had passed, when suddenly Oakrin's thoughts were no longer under his control. He squirmed a little, but could neither reclaim control of his mind nor open his eyes. The invading thoughts starting taking form, and soon they were as clear as the real-world. Even though he couldn't open his eyes, he could see clearly. It looked like he was sitting in a field with long, thick grass as far as the eye could see. Far away he thought he saw a blue figure walking towards him. He focused on the figure, and after he blinked the figure was standing right in front of him. The figure sat down in front of him, and smiled. The blue figure was a bald man with Air Master tattooing, and was dressed in traditional air nomad robes. The man had a childish way about him, yet he also seemed incredibly powerful. The blue man simply sat and smiled at Oakrin, apparently waiting for something.
Feeling awkward after a few moments, Oakrin decided to address the blue man. "Who are you, what do you want, and how am I seeing you?" asked Oakrin, a little timidly.
The blue man smiled even more, and said: "Who do you think I am, Oakrin, son of Metaang?"
"I think you're a glowing blue man" replied Oakrin with his blunt honesty surprising himself.
"Well, I am a glowing blue man" chucked the blue man. "But I was once a living man, similar to you, Oakrin."
"So, that means, umm, that means… I don't know what that means, Blue Man" rambled Oakrin.
"It means I was once an airbender too" chuckled the blue man.
"Well, that would explain your attire and tattooing" said Oakrin.
"Yes, it does explain that. Shouldn't that also explain the flying lemur on my shoulder and the sky-bison behind me?" laughed the blue airbender, as a blue flying lemur landed on his shoulder and a blue sky-bison land and roared behind him.
"Master Blue Man, who are you? I'm starting to think I should know you, but I just don't. What do you want from me?" asked Oakrin, still sounding timid.
"Very well, I'll answer your questions. Who am I? I am part of an ancient cycle. My time came and went, but in my days I helped bring peace back to my world, and preserved an entire culture."
"You're an Avatar!" exclaimed Oakrin. The Blue Man just smiled, still waiting for something. "Oh my, you're Avatar Aang. You're my great-great grandfather!" said Oakrin finally.
"Yep, I'm Avatar Aang. Nice to finally meet you" smiled Avatar Aang.