This is the story of how my first OC character, Ài, met Sokka and Katara and became part of the water tribe. It also talks about her mother and father and the small invasion of the fire nation where they kill Katara's mother. If people like this I might actually post my full Avatar: The Last Air bender story. So enjoy ;D
Chapter 1: Escaping Fire Fountain City
It was midnight in the Fire Fountain City. All seemed to be peaceful as the towns people were sleeping but something had disturbed the peace. A man had fallen down and died from the intense bending from one of the fire guards. A woman was nearby, holding what seemed to be a sleeping child, was hiding in an alley way. She had tears pouring from her eyes from what she had just witnessed.
"There, that'll teach the thief" said one of the guards.
"Keep your eye out. There was also a woman and a child" said another guard.
The woman's eyes widened as she heard that they were still looking for her. She raced down the alleyway and headed towards the shore. But before she could think she accidentally tripped down a flight of stone steps, knocking down a couple of jars nearby. The guards looked around.
"The noise came from over there!" cried one guard.
"Heh. We've got her now" chuckled the second guard.
Without looking back, the woman continued her journey to reach the shore. Balls of fire had only missed her by centimetres as she raced for her life. The child she was holding squirmed as she tried to get comfortable in her mother's arms. She knew nothing of what was going on around her.
"Stop right now!" cried a guard.
The woman ignore him. She leaped into the bushes and hid in the dark where they could not see her. The guards stopped in their place and looked around for her. The woman knew that she couldn't keep running from them. No, this time she had to fight. She carefully put the child down onto the ground, making sure she was hidden in the bushes. The woman placed one last kiss on her forehead in case she may not live or survive the battle she was about to encounter.
"How could she have just disappeared?" said a guard.
"Not disappeared. Just hiding" said the woman.
She had leaped out of the bushes and started to shoot fire at the guards. One of the guards was too slow and got a face full of fire. He fell down to the ground holding his face in pain. The other guard growled and started to attack the woman.
"Chún, stop this and come quietly!" cried the guard.
"You killed my husband and are trying to kill me and my daughter. Do you expect me to come quietly?" Chún cried, charging fire in her hands.
"You were stealing from the towns people and you weren't allowed to have a child" said the guard "She must be killed"
"I'd rather die before I let my child lose her life"
Chún leaped at the guard and they began to fight. Fire was shooting out in each direction and they were rapidly punching and kicking each other. In the end, Chún kicked the guard in the face and with once last blow of fire she was able to hit him hard in the chest. The guard fell down to the ground with the other guard.
Just then, little hands held onto Chún's leg. She looked down to see the beaming face of her two year old child. Chún smiled and picked her up, craddling her to try and make her go to sleep again.
" Ài, you're safe now my sweet child" she smiled as they both walked down to the docks.
Little did Chún know, the first guard she had fought started to wake up. He watched her walking to a boat and placing Ài in the boat. With the last bit of strength he had he shot fire at Chún. The fire had hit her hard in the back and burned her badly. She fell to the ground as Ài looked down at her with a worried look.
"Mummy...?" she asked with concern.
Chún said nothing. She just shot another ball of fire and it hit the man in the face again. He rolled around the ground in pain. Chún quickly pushed the boat into the water and began to paddle out into the ocean. She didn't know where she was going, but she didn't care. Her child was safe and even though she was wounded, they had escaped the dangers of what lied back in Fire Fountain City.
