The world knew what happened to the Air Nomads hundred years ago. All knew that the soldiers from the Fire Nation went to the temples and slaughtered all airbenders. There wasn't one left. But what if that wasn't true? What if some of them managed to escape and lived at well hidden place?
When the Fire Nation attacked the Western Air temple, some of the women living there ran away and went to the Northern Air Temple where they hid and warned the monks. But then the firebenders attacked the Northern Air Temple too. Even thought airbenders tried their best; they couldn't hold them for long. So the elders decided that a group airbenders, both males and females, should escape and go into hiding so the airbenders wouldn't be completely wiped out.
The group about thirty airbenders escaped from the Northern Air Temple, away from the Fire Nation, unnoticed. They traveled east. Wherever they went, they heard about the fate of the Airbenders. They heard that they were all dead. So they headed across the Earth Kingdom. Then they traveled in the East Sea on a boat as far as they could, until they found small island, far away from the threat of the Fire Nation.
A hundred years passed by. And the descendants of the Airbenders that came here still lived on the island. They still learned airbending, but they had to change some of their traditions. Although they still wore their arrows, they no longer shaved their heads. They had to conceal themselves, when they went on a few travels to the mainland once a year.
A few weeks ago a group of them returned to the Airbender Island with shocking news. The Avatar was back and the war has ended. So the elders decided that they would send another group, which would find out, how it really was, and eventually meet with the Avatar.
There were many, that wanted to go, but only 10 could go. One of them was fifteen year old Meiling. It was her first trip outside the Island. She was so excited. They got to the Earth Kingdom and agreed to split up, so they could get more information. And after few days they would meet up at the agreed place.
Because she couldn't wear her normal clothes, she was wearing long black pants with black Chinese-style shoes. Then she dad yellow long sleeved shirt, which sleeves were wide. She wore long black fingerless gloves, to hide her arrow tattoos. Her forehead was covered with yellow headband that kept her long raven hair out of her blue-gray eyes.
Right now was Meiling in Omashu. So far, from what she heard, it seemed, the war was really over, thanks to the Avatar. That meant, that when she would meet with her friends, they would head to Ba Sing Se, where, as she heard, the Avatar was right now. She sighed happily. She will get to meet the Avatar.
Because she was hungry, she bought some food and went to small square with a mountain, where she could sit down. She observed her surroundings, and asked herself, what would change for the Airbenders, what would change for the nations, when they find out, that Airbenders still lived?
