Chapter One: A Look into the Past

It had been a few months since Fire Lord Ozai had his firebending powers banished from him due to his cruel nature that descended down to him from his forefathers; including Sozan, who started the Tri-Nation War. Aang has returned to the Southern Air Temple to restore the culture and castle that once held some of the airbending people. Using Toph, an amazing earthbender from Ba Sing Se, and Aang's earthbending, they were able to restore some of the structure of the temple. Katara, a Southern-Tribe waterbender, could use her abilities to clean the stone of the abandoned temple. Sokka, a Southern Water Tribe warrior, could hunt for food and keep watch for suspicious activity outside of the temple, as there was still some tension since the war was recently ended. Little did they know the temple would have been used as a temple for a training facility…

Aang and Toph met up with Katara and Sokka at the Dining Hall in the temple. They were talking about what they had accomplished throughout the day when Aang decided to share the news of his latest quest that must be completed by the time summer comes around. He must go see Fire Lord Zuko. Aang had mastered airbending as a child with the monks, and in less than a year, mastered water and earthbending. Being that everyone had been working constantly for months after the Final Battle of Ozai, which ended the war, the temple was coming along fine and the three of them could finish the job without Aang. He needed to become a full-realized avatar soon to protect the nations. He must go to the Fire Nation to seek a master, his friend, Fire Lord Zuko. He set off for the Fire Nation the next morning on Appa, taking Momo with him.

Heading Northwest via Sky Byson, Aang set off for his journey to seek the Fire Lord at the break of dawn. He encountered many people and creatures on his way, but one fellow with a Bear caught his eye the most. It was the ex-King of Ba Sing Se. He had tattered clothes and his Bear was showing ribs. The Dai Li had banished him from the city and Long Feng took ownership of the throne. After giving him some survival tips, he apologized and left to complete the task he had given himself.

Arriving in the Fire Nation, he set off to find Zuko. When he got to the throne, he was distraught to find Azula, crowned, in the Lord's Throne. As soon as Aang saw her, a lightning bolt was shot at him and he redirected it (a technique he learned from Zuko that Iroh created from studying the art of waterbending) into the ceiling, causing a candled chandelier to fall from far above.

Since he had learned the basics (and then some) from Zuko before the Final Bottle of Ozai, this was an official, formal Agni Kai. Assuming the honorable codes of the ancient Agni Kai, the fight commenced. Aang was diligent and, using earthbending techniques, he waited for Azula to strike. She shot her first strike from her feet across the floor, giving him a striking point. He shot a basic stream of fire from above and created fire whips as Azula was recovering. As she shot two fire disks at him she augmented his stream of fire and shouted, "Ready for a rematch avatar? I've got a task from my father, ex-Fire Lord Ozai, to bring you to him!"

"Oh really?" Aang questioned. "Why don't you say hello to him once I send you back to the boiling rock where you will rot!" He didn't know why, but he felt so much anger towards her. Even when he lost his beloved Bison, he never seemed to verbally show his anger this much. She then used her trademarked blue jet propulsion to get close up to Aang, but he used earthbending to throw her off and augmented the rest of the fire near him and throwing her into the official Agni Kai room of the palace.

"How ironic, I'll do to you what my father did to Zu-zu in this very room!" Azula declared.

"Usually, it's only customary for friends to call each other nicknames. You may be his sister, but you are pathetic and evil! You are nothing more than meat that belongs in a cell!"

It was then that Aang conjured dual fire whips and began attacking with rage that had built up over the past year for royal fire nation members. Azula had no way of stopping him. Even though he didn't have much training and she was a prodigy in the art of firebending, she was still fighting the avatar that had fought with her many times before. She used what little skills in defense that any firebender would have to try to defend herself. She was cornered and the battle was over. Aang had called for guards and they took her to the Boiling Rock after ceasing her. Before they had a chance to take her away, he shouted out to her, "where is Zuko?"

"You didn't hear about Zu-zu? He and Mai left to go to you along with alliances in and out of the fire nation. They are trying to form a pathetic little training army and bring back the air peoples." Aang Blacked out…