I'm baaaaaack! Lol. Yeah it's time for the next one. I know I only took like a week off but I was having way too much fun writing these stories so why wait right? So, just to recap…wait first if you haven't read The Shadowbender yet, go read it right now. Don't read any farther than here. Seriously you'll get really lost. Go back now. And then come read this. Ok. Now for you who are caught up here's just a quick recap. The Shadowbender began about 5 to 6 days after Sozin's War ended. I know I picked up the story right away. Everyone is in the Fire Nation were after some random Gaang adventures they meet a mysterious stranger. So the Gaang against their better judgment takes in the stranger and some Avatar adventuring goes on. We left off with Tyren (the stranger) watching the sun rise while the gang seems to be just dandy after the epic battle (you know what I'm talking about). Now here is the sequel…
The Shadowbender: Forgotten Past
Chapter 1: 15 years…
Fifteen years….
Fifteen years is a long time.
And plenty can happen in fifteen years.
Different roads are traveled…people gain and lose contact with each other…new life begins…old lives change.
Fifteen years…
Fifteen years ago the fighting finally ceased. Fifteen years ago the world began trying to rebuild. The world began to strive for peace.
Fifteen years ago, the great Sozin's war finally ended.
And it was also fifteen years ago…that he was discovered.
Fifteen years ago that the Avatar and his group of friends added another strange character to their group.
Fifteen years…
Fifteen years ago The Shadowbender was fully realized.
And a lot happens in fifteen years…
Here is what has happened as the sands of time turned, changing everything.
In fifteen years…
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Aang and Katara
Aang and Katara have lead as peaceful a life as they possibly could.
They were married a full week after Aang proposed to Katara in a beautiful wedding.
Aang's best man had been Sokka and his groomsmen: Zuko, Xu and, the no longer in hiding, Tyren had joined all stood behind him as he was married.
Katara's maid of honor had been none other than Suki joined by Mai, Ty Lee, and Toph.
All the friends had stood together, beaming as Aang and Katara became bonded to each other for life.
After the honeymoon the two had decided to continue staying with their friends, not wanting to break the happy bubble that had surrounded the gang.
They did try to live as peaceful a life as possible, but peace is hard to come by when you are the Avatar and company.
Many duties began to pull Aang in different directions, leaving Katara to feel alone, even when her friends tried to console her.
Then they had their first child.
It was a beautiful baby girl, born one year after they were wed.
They decided on Kya, after Katara's mother, since she did look so much like Katara and her mother. They also discovered that she was a waterbender. The world seemed to slow down enough that Aang could sit down and spend time with his new daughter and wife. And things became what Aang called "as they should be"
But then life began to pull the gang apart. Aang and Katara were the last to give up on staying together as a gang, but they too eventually succumbed to having their own life. They moved out to the South Pole and eventually set up another residence in the Western Air Temple.
There is where they had a son; an airbender that they promptly named Gyatso after Aang's teacher and father-figure. He was born seven years after Sozin's War.
The family has been living a great life, peacefully visiting all areas of the world, but always coming home to visit the South Pole and newly populated Air Temples.
Aang and Katara's family are always the first to try and put together reunions and will sometimes put off other things to go see the old gang.
Sadly, the gang has met sparingly over the past fifteen years.
Kya is now fourteen and an accomplished water-bender. She has her mother's spirit and loves having a good time, much like her father. She is interested in her parents frequently mentioned friends, but is more interested in her travels and hates canceling her trips.
Gyatso, now eight, is Aang in miniature. He laughs a lot and enjoys traveling as much as his sister. He likes using his airbending skills and is delighted to be special like his father. He is loves meeting his parents' friends when he can but is very go with the flow, so he doesn't complain when they miss a meeting.
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Zuko and Mai
Zuko and Mai have been living the life of Fire Nation royalty.
They had their first child nine months after the battle.
They named the boy Roku and discovered him to be a firebender. He was well looked after and Zuko always made sure to be the father that his father had never been.
Two years later they were blessed with another son. This one was also a firebender and they named him Tyrus. They mutually decided that if anything should happen that Tyrus would be trusted to Tyren.
Life continued for awhile normally, the gang staying with Zuko and accompanying him to his many duties. Finally however everyone else began to file out of the Fire Nation capital to live their own life, leaving with good faith that Zuko knew what he was doing.
Zuko ruled the Fire Nation peacefully, slowly building back up the Fire Nations name and meeting every challenge head on.
He is determined to not have to call on the Avatar for help.
They each have their own life now anyway.
Zuko and Mai's family is one that has the most trouble getting together for reunions.
Royal life is difficult, however, and multiple times the family has been forced to back out of parties and meetings.
Roku is now fifteen years old, an accomplished firebender and very much like his father. He has his temper, but underneath it all he his caring and loyal.
Tyrus is thirteen years old and quite the teenager. His temper get the better of him more times than not, but he is also much more willing to listen. He enjoys spending a lot of his time with his uncle Iroh, who visits them very often.
Roku and Tyrus know little of their parents' friends and care little as well. They have only met the other children three or four times.
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Sokka and Suki
Sokka and Suki were last to be married.
They're wedding was done in spectacular fashion on Kyoshi Island, one month after the battle.
Sokka and Suki choose Aang and Suki as their best respectively, but all of their friends accompanied them and the whole village turned out to celebrate.
Their first child was born nine months later on the winter solstice, a beautiful baby girl.
Despite no one else in her family having the trait, the child was born with wavy light blond hair, almost looking translucent in the moonlight.
The parents decided to name her Tri meaning "one with the sprits. Sokka is reminded of Yue every time he looks at his daughter.
Sokka and Suki never wanted the group to dissemble; in fact Sokka seemed to tear up at the thought of that happening. Ironically, however, they were the first to go and make their own life.
Three years later Sokka and Suki were given another child, this time a boy.
They named him Jie, which is ironic since the boy takes after his father too much to be "clean". In his mothers words Jie is "the spiting image of Sokka. Loud, obnoxious, and he has a bottomless stomach."
Five years later, another daughter was born.
This one looked much more like Suki and was named Suk after her mother.
Sokka and Suki bring their families to the reunions whenever they can and love their children interacting with the others. Sokka hopes that the kids become their own little gang in the future.
Now, Tri is fourteen and very quiet and studious. She is aware of more than what people give her credit for and is more skilled than people give her credit for. She is already almost a master with her two sais, and extremely quick. She hates to fight, however, preferring to think her way out of things.
Jie, nine, is much like his father. He has his moments of brilliance but mostly he is the panicle of a caveman. He likes to do crazy and irrational things and always enjoys a little adventure. He is mediocre with his sword but his working to one day be as good as his father.
Finally, Suk is six and an innocent child. She enjoys running, laughing, and having fun and rarely uses her metal fans. Because of her refusal to practice with her fans, her skills are very much beginner.
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Xu and Ty Lee
Xu and Ty Lee have lived fairly normal lives.
Xu finally stopped serving as a servant in the Fire Nation Palace and rose quickly through the ranks of the Fire Nation army.
He is now a top Fire Nation general and resides on Roku Island with Ty Lee.
They were married quietly on the island two years after the effects of the battle.
Xu and Ty Lee chose Tyren and Mai as their best's respectively.
A year later they had a baby girl.
Named Ling, the girl is spoiled by her father and mother.
They were the second to go make a life for themselves away from the gang and live happily and with few regrets.
They try to make as many reunions and events as possible, but many times Ling and Ty Lee go alone, while Xu is busy with army business.
Ling is now 12 and looks very much like her mother. She is also easily has hyper as her mother; loving things to be in good spirits and fun. She is also an accomplished dancer and is trying her best to learn her mother's chi-blocking techniques, though she hopes not to have to use them.
She is interested in meeting everyone else, and her interest only increases with every story that her mother and father tell her.
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Toph
Toph has become slightly bitter with time.
After starting out happy in the years following the battle, happiness turned to shambles.
Tyren left to seek out his past and rarely came back to visit. Eventually the two stopped seeing each other all together and Toph was again single.
When the gang split apart Toph wandered around from place to place, hating to stay somewhere too long.
She frequently stays with Zuko, Iroh in Be Sing Se, and her parents but can never settle down in one place for too long.
She has not met another lover, though many have tried to gain her affection, and she remains stubborn to remaining single.
Deep down Toph misses the gang more than she will ever admit, and never misses any reunions or parties. She laughs and goofs around with her friends but when she isn't with others, her sadness is apparent.
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Fifteen years is a long time….
The gang does their best to see each other, but dates are forgotten, letters aren't sent or aren't opened, problems come up, and things can't be put on hold.
Since the gang went on with their lives, two years after the battle, they have only seen each other less than twenty times.
At first reunions were always attended and special occasions were made for birthday, births, and other things. But then time slipped away.
Fifteen years…
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Tyren
Tyren stuck with the gang for those two years after the battle.
He didn't want the magic of the gang to end, and besides, he was happy.
But his forgotten past called out to him in the wind and when everybody separated he decided the time was ripe to begin looking.
At first he visited often, making every reunion and sometimes stopping by unexpectedly.
But as the years went by he appeared less and less and eventually he only showed to greet new babies, and those visits were short.
No one has seen or heard of Tyren in six years…
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Fifteen years….
Things can change with time and destines take a turn.
Fifteen years is a long time after all…
Weird narrating, right? I'm sure you get the point that this story is based 15 YEARS AFTER THE SADOWBENDER! Just in case you missed it. Lol. This wasn't really a chapter, just more of a start up so you're not too lost with the new story. It's also my teaser :) That's right you know your already hooked! On to chapter 2! Oh and R&R!