The Rise of the Resistance

"The world is at peace, but not all is as it seems. The greatest threat to have ever set its eyes upon the world has been defeated, but the greatest threat of all is still to come. The world's balance has been restored, but the mind of the wicked will never cease to rest…"

Book 1: The Islands

Chapter 1: Awake

"Here's your food." A guard spoke to the former Fire Lord from outside of his cell.

Ozai looked at the tray with displeasure. His mind was whirling and moving and he couldn't seem to slow his thoughts down. How could it be that he had lost everything he had worked his whole life for in a matter of minutes? He looked at his hands with burning desire, hoping that anything would flicker. He stared but to no avail. Anger began to rise and take over his body. Ozai grabbed his tray and threw it furiously at the cell bars, screaming in his anger. He panted and panted then eventually put his head into his arms.

"We are not finished yet father." A female voice came.

Ozai looked up from his cell to see the face of his daughter, Azula. With a wicked smirk on his face, he rose up and walked to the newly opened door and stepped out beside an unconscious guard.

"All is not lost father. I have undergone changes in the past 6 months, I have escaped prison and traveled. There is someone I want you to meet. He will be able to help you with your…problem." Azula smiled at him.

2 months later…

"He's not awake yet, Karina?" Katara called to her cousin.

"No, he hasn't even opened his eyes in the past 3 days." Karina looked worriedly at the body of a young man.

Sokka walked into the room with an apple in his hand and Momo on his shoulder. "Maybe we should call him, 'The Ocean Sleeper,' cause we found him on the beach, and he never wakes up!" Sokka exclaimed throwing his hands into the air. Karina and Katara shook their heads at him and turned their attention back to the boy. "Yea yea, I know, you don't have to tell me how good it is."

Sokka turned and left the room. "Aang left to Ba Sing Se for a world meeting last night. Zuko is gonna be there to discuss the rebuilding of the nations." Katara started a conversation with her cousin, Karina. "You know, your healing powers are getting good. I'm still excited that you discovered your water bending abilities."

"I know, I'm glad that I have you for a teacher though. I can't believe that my cousin, who saved the world, is also teaching me water bending." Karina replied as she applied some healing water to the boy's temples. Karina, who looked similar to her cousin, Katara, had long brown hair and two loops that Katara did for her, except her loops were braided. She had blue eyes and a very pretty face. She wore a blue sleeveless shirt with a matching blue dress bottom that was just above her right knee and came down to the middle of her thigh on her left leg.

The door busted open and in came Toph in a hurry. "Guys, you won't believe this!" She exclaimed. "There are Fire Nation war ships headed this way…and they are firing on us!"

Sokka rushed in with his sword out. "Guys, you won't believe this!" He began, but the other 3 had already started running out the door he was standing in. "Of course, why do I try?"

They ran out to a horrible and familiar soot falling from the sky. "This doesn't make sense…has Zuko lost his mind!" Katara yelled.

Suki came running up the street followed by Tai Lee. "Whats going on?!" Suki yelled.

They all ran to the beach and stared at the oncoming ships. There were 15 heading straight at the island. "I don't know." Katara replied.

A flaming rock came flying towards them but they jumped out of the way. Grunting, Katara began to bend the water into a giant wave to send the ships. The ships fire benders put holes through the wave causing it to collapse. More rocks came hurdling trough the air, causing the gang to split up and run in different directions...

In Ba Sing Se...

Fire was set upon the Earth Kingdom's Ba Sing Se. Fire benders and tanks invaded and tore apart the streets. The troops were too late and caught off guard, leaving only a few to fight the fire benders.

"What are we going to do?" A soldier yelled to the powerful old man on his right.

"We must fight! The Avatar and King Bumi and everyone else will be here in three days! We must hold out until then!" The old man, Iroh, yelled back shooting magnificent flames from his punches. The old 'Dragon of the West' summoned fire ball and flames but the army kept pouring in. "Where did this army come from? Zuko would never betray us like this! Something must have happened!"

The walls of Ba Sing Se have been broken yet again. Dai Lee agents started to pop out of the tanks and began to wreck buildings and crush the Earth Kingdom soldiers. Within two hours, Ba Sing Se had fallen under Fire Nation control. Iroh escaped to warn the others of the events that had just occurred and began making his way to Angel Island.

In Angel Island...

"Take this you scum!" Toph roared as she hurled boulders at fire nation troops. The Island was over run with them, but the people were fighting back.

"There are too many of them!" Sokka yelled launching his boomerang. "And I cant find Suki!"

Toph trapped a tank in rock, "I'm sure she's fine! Worry about us! We are fighting tanks!" Toph yelled.

-Katara and Karina-

Katara used her water whip to nail a few soldiers, knocking them out. "We can't let them take control of this Island!" Katara roared.

"Katara we are being surrounded!" Karina yelled dodging fire balls. She summoned a giant wave that smacked a half dozen soldiers to the ground, but filled their place. "They won't stop coming!"

"We need to get back to the house! That boy is still there!" Katara yelled grabbing Karina's hand and running.

-Suki, Toph, and Sokka-

Suki jumped and made her way through soldiers and dodging fireballs. "I can't believe this is going on!" She mumbled to herself. She threw a side kick, knocking a Fire Nation soldier out cold. "I can't fight all these people at once!"

"Suki!" a familiar voice yelled.

"Sokka, Toph! Where are Katara and Karina?" Suki asked them.

"We don't know, we have to find them!" Toph replied to her. Even before they began to move, they saw Karina and Katara head into their house. The trio ran over, fighting off Fire Nation soldiers.

"He's gone…" Karina whispered in shock just as Sokka, Toph, and Suki entered the house.

"They must have taken him!" Katara replied, "but we can't sit here, we have to leave the island! Theres no way that we are gonna fight them all off!"

They made there way out into the beach to steal a fire nation ship. They walked out and were surrounded by Fire Nation soldiers and one haunting laugh.

"Hahaha! Well if it isn't the Avatar's little groupies. I'm sure glad we got to meet again after such a long time." Azula smirked evilly at them from her ship.

"No…" Katara whispered in disbelief.

"How did you do this? Your supposed to be locked away! Where is Zuko!" Toph yelled at her.

Azula smiled and waved her hair, "Zuko has been overthrown. He is no longer the Fire Lord. You didn't really think that any cell could hold me, did you? I admit I fell apart there at the end, but I'm back and stronger than ever."

Katara fell to her knees, "I can't believe this…"

A giant tidal wave came roaring toward at the ship Azula was on. Karina was flowing her arms, aiming to wipe her out. Azula turned and shot fire, completely turning the wave into steam. Karina watched in fear of the power this woman had. Azula laughed and raised her fingers to the air. Lightning formed and with a another laugh, Azula shot it for Karina.

"Karina!" Katara yelled jumping up as quickly as she could. She didn't get off her feet fast enough.

The lightning traveled at a furious speed and velocity, that no one saw it blow a huge hole in the boat that Azula was on. A young man was standing there, with his index and middle fingers on each hand smoking, both pointing towards Azula's boat, and a look on his face that could have destroyed the boat by itself.

"The Ocean Sleeper! He isn't sleeping anymore!" Sokka yelled throwing his hands into the air as Suki gave him a weird look.

"You look familiar boy, do I know you?" Azula frowned.

"No." The boy replied. He started to move his arms in circles, cocked his hands back and released an awesome fire wave that took out the boats expect for Azula's.

"A fire bender, a powerful little one too," Azula laughed, "well, now this changes everything. I believe I know who you are even if you don't."

The boy looked at her, "How do you know me?" He asked.

"Hahaha, you don't remember me? That makes this even better. I will leave this island, but know this. The Fire Nation is back and has gained its glory and restored its honor! The three islands have fallen, and Ba Sing Se belongs to the Fire Nation!" Azula roared with a wicked smile. "What took a hundred years to accomplish will be re-done in no less than 2 months."

Azula's ship began to take off with the group watching in mystery. They looked at each other and turned around to rid the island of the Fire Nation.