Darkness so vast, and silent, I'd never thought I'd miss the sounds of my old life. That I'd have to bend myself into this "doldrum of

time". I've kept what's left of my sanity, knowing with the last minutes before I was sent here, I saw a vision that I would find an

opening and come back, come back and bring them hell. I'm not wanted anymore by my kind; I betrayed them, who wants a traitor

in the family. I didn't think they'd go as far as imprisoning me, though.

I had something they wanted to hide, and it takes more than what they did to imprison a genius. Genius I am and I'll return the

favor they so graciously bestowed upon me.

Thoughts. That's all I have is my thoughts, thinking, calculating, analyzing, it's a bitter existence, This darkness is so numbing, I can't

even see my own hands, but I know they are there. I know my body is here. But it feels like my conscious is all I have that I can

grasp.

Within the darkness ahead a small flicker of disturbance occurred. My eyes so accustomed to the darkness's presence; I thought

maybe I had imagined the flicker into existence, since the blackness was a perfect screen to imagine all I could onto it. Of course,

my memories always was consumed by the dark and held no real power for what the real thing had, but this time the flicker

expanded inward.

Could this be….it? I thought

As the darkness seemed sucked in by a vacuum; colors, beautiful colors (lol, anything is beautiful when all one saw was black) swirled into the

opening created. They were blurry unfixed shapes, but that was ok, it was the most exciting thing that had happened in eternity. My

body thrumming with anticipation; watched with more satisfaction and surprise the colors took the shape of faintly

familiar…..trees! It was a screen, the edges expanded to form an opening-the one I was waiting for.

Willing myself foreword, I hurtled through the image. Gravity, sounds, lights and colors, it was overwhelmingly wonderful. The

world where he had turned on, was now again before me. I hadn't realized I was air-bending, till I noticed the 3 startled teens

below me, gaping. I laughed; it was a good feeling to feel again.

"I personally thank you for letting me free. Thank your elders for the splendid teachings they've taught you," I stopped to look at

their faces, they were pale and horror-stricken "Or is it tabooed?" He laughed again more insanely, "my name is Shadow, I was and

still am the most viciously feared criminal mind from the Air nomads," He wasted no time and vanished into the air..

- End of prologue-