Chapter 1/Prolouge: The Fallen Kingdom

The End of the Crossroads of Destiny.

"The Earth Kingdom has fallen," said the overthrown Earth King to his newfound allies.

The kids looked ahead with desperate faces as Appa flew past the outer wall of Ba Sing Se. No one spoke for hours as Katara continually attempted to heal Aang's lightning wound with her bending water. Eventually, Appa broke the silence with a loud roar signifying that he was too tired to continue on.

"Com on, let's head down," said Sokka. "I'm sure we've covered enough distance from Ba Sing Se now."

With that, Sokka piloted the sky bison down to a clearing by a small river. The gang climbed off of Appa with humiliated expressions due to their defeat at Ba Sing Se.

"Let's see what we can do for camp, Toph, could you make everyone an earth shelter?" Katara asked, "Also, could you make a bigger one for Aang and me." The gang left behind all of their supplies during the coup including their tents.

The blind girl earth bended the tents without much thought or care. All she and the rest of the gang worried about was Aang.

The rest did their chores, Sokka obtained water from the river and purified it for everyone. Momo went in search for some berries and nuts. The Earth King didn't really do anything, mostly due to the fact that he didn't know what to do being a king and all.

Meanwhile, Katara laid Aang down inside their tent carefully. It appeared that Aang was asleep, Katara checked his heartbeat and it was at a normal tempo. Just then, the water bender saw Aang's mouth move. The air bender didn't say anything but Katara could see that he is trying to say "Thank you" to her. Now, Aang seemed to go back to sleep. Katara simply could not hold her emotions inside anymore, she started crying and hugged Aang. If only she was able to help him, if only Zuko didn't betray them, if only this war ended…

Everyone went to sleep that night with heavy hearts. They didn't know what to do next. They didn't know if they were able to do anything now that the Avatar has fallen.


Alright then, I hope I'm doing a decent job, this is my first FF. And don't worry, future chapters will be much longer. Hope this one turns out alright!