Aruthor's notes, Here is my story hope you guys enjoy, let me know what you think.
Water the source of life, Earth the source of strength, Fire the source of power, and Air the source of freedom. Elements of the Earth, energy, power. Certain special people can bend these elements as they wish. They are called Benders; each bender has the power to manipulate an element. Water, Earth, Fire and Air. Each element has its own strength and weakness. Many benders use their talents to help and serve mankind, but some abuse their gift and use them to their own advantage. Those who abuse their gifts seek one thing above all else…power, to rule all others. When humanity first walked the Earth, Guardian protectors known as the Lion-turtles safe guarded humans, the Lion-Turtles gave onto the humans the ability to bend the elements and with that the Lion-Turtles left as they saw that humans no longer needed their protection. Spirits who at the time roamed the world freely had disagreements with humans that ended with blood on both sides. Both parties wanted the world for themselves. There has always been a delicate balance between the humans and spirits. And only one could bring balance to the scale. The Avatar, a being who could control all four elements, the bridge between both worlds, but the Avatar has long been dead and no other Avatar has been heard off. Avatar Wan was the only one of his kind. With the spirits in their own world, humans have spread out across the world. Hundreds of thousands of fractions dominate the planet. Some with the hopes of living in peace, and others wanting to rule over others. There are four main large fractions that have turned into monarchs. The Hi no okoku kingdom controlled by Fire benders. Folk af vatni kingdom controlled by water benders. Dadi kingdom controlled by earth benders. And sky point kingdom controlled by Air benders.
As of now into the west in the Dadi kingdom a lone 16 year old male named Ki, searches the land to find the man responsible for betraying his clan the Molicans and causing the death of his family.
Book one: Awakening
The Last Molican
The 16 year old teen made his way up the hill and looked at the large prairie that stretched as far as the eye could see. As the wind blew the tall grass moved as waves on the ocean. He looked up at the clear blue sky with his dark brown eyes, not a cloud in sight.
He rubbed his brown hair and pulled out his water flask hanging from his side. It was nearly empty; he had not come across any stream or creek to refill and had to save as much water as he could, even if it meant only taking a small sip twice a day.
The warm water washed down his dirt dry mouth; he wanted to drink more but knew he had to save as much water as he could. He put the cork back on the flask and held it in front of him. The flask was made out of an animal's stomach, wrapped around in Sabretooth moose lion fur.
His father showed him how to make them. After you cleaned the stomach out they applied a special herbal past to keep the stomach from rotting. Then wrap fur around it.
He was close to running out of water, his body was dehydrated; he was getting a terrible headache. He took a deep breath and continued to walk on. It was getting hotter by the minute and sweat started to run down his face. He used his right hand to wipe the sweat away; feeling his red headband was soaked. He then looked at his tribal tattoos on his arm.
When a Molican reached the age of 15 they reached manhood and were given their tribal tattoos. It started on the back and went up to the back of the neck and spread out to each side of the cheeks, from the back the tattoos spread out to the shoulders, and crossed around the chest. From the shoulders the tattoos went down the arm and ending in a point above each hand. Lastly from the back the tattoo branched out to the left and right side of the bottom rib and curved down. He had his done to match his father.
He pushed the thought of his family out of his head and continued walking on.
A few hours had passed the sun was starting to set and Ki was to weak to move, he gave in and chugged what was left of his water, but it was not enough. He sat down next to a rock and sighed. Unable to believe after all he went through this was how he was going to die. Unable to avenge his people, Ki lowered his head and passed out.
Meanwhile an 18 year old male was riding a wagon home from the market; it was a good two, three hour trip by horse carriage. He didn't know why, but he had a strange feeling he had to take the long way back home. He rubbed his blond hair wondering why he had this feeling.
As he was making his way he spotted some kid sitting next to a rock, who looked like he decided to rest for a little while. The boy slowed down the carriage.
"Hey! You alright?" he asked. The kid by the rock did not answer or move. The 18 year old jumped off his wagon and slowly approached the boy. As he got closer he noticed the boys clothes were tattered and rugged not to mention dirty, covered in filth.
"Hey are you okay?" He asked again. Ki slowly lifted his head and looked at the golden haired male.
"Please…Water." He said with a dry hoarse voice.
"Of course." The blond said and pulled out a flash of water, he opened the lid and moved his hand over the flask. Ki watched as water flowed out of the flask into the air. The blond boy moved his hand in a circular motion and the floating water formed into a round shape ball of water and slowly went into his mouth.
Ki quickly swallowed the water nearly chocking on it. He coughed violently.
"Easy now." The blonde said. Ki kept coughing for a few more seconds then stopped; he took short breaths and looked back at the blond boy. Ki slightly bowed.
"Thank you…you have saved my life." He said and slowly stood. The blond helped him up.
"Shouldn't you take it easy?" He asked.
"No, I need to keep going." He said and started to walk off, his legs suddenly turned to mush and he dropped. The blonde boy helped him up onto his wagon.
"You are in no condition to be moving, please allow me to take you to my home; my cousin should have dinner about finished by now. You can eat; sleep, resupply and head back out." He said. Ki looked away and down the road, he then felt his stomach growl, he placed his hand over his stomach.
"I suppose I could do that…you have my thanks." Ki said and bowed.
"It's no problem…I'm Bowen." The blonde boy said. Ki looked at Bowen.
"I'm Ki."
"It's nice to meet you Ki." Bowen said, and whipped the horse reins and the wagon rolled off
Ki had slept through most of the ride to Bowen's home. When he awoke he could see the stars that light up the night sky, the temperature had dropped and he began to shiver. Bowen noticed and chuckled a bit.
"You're not from around Dadi are you?" He asked. Ki turned away and looked down the road, upset that he had to stop his search for the traitor that had his tribe and family killed.
"No." Ki said "I'm from the far west, on the other side of the world Sky point kingdom." He said.
"Long trip…so what are you doing all the way down here?" He asked. Ki did not respond. Bowen decided to not push for an answer.
"So you're a water bender." Ki said. Bowen nodded.
"Yeah what about you? Are you a bender?" He asked, Ki shook his head
"No, the only bender in my tribe was our healer who was a water bender." Ki could see dim lights further up ahead, he could see the outline of a house. "What about your' Cousin?" He asked.
"Denali…Yeah she's an Earth bender, not the best though but she is my family after our parents were killed by a gang of criminals we had to look out for each other." He said.
"When did it happen?" Ki asked.
"Five years ago, I was thirteen and she was nine." He said.
"Apologies." Ki said.
"Thank you, but there is no need for an apology, it happened a long time ago, and we are at peace with it." He said. They arrived at the house, it was a small house round dome shape, but it seemed cozy.
Ki and Bowen brought the wagon beside the house and took the horse into a small opened pen next to the house. Ki took one last look at the road and followed Bowen inside the house.
"Denali…I'm back." Bowen said, suddenly a girl around 15 walked in, she had blond hair like Bowen. Her eyes were an odd shade of blue, they nearly looked like a dark purple. When she walked in she quickly noticed Ki and was taken back. Ki noticed her and bowed.
"I didn't know we were having company." She said. Bowen removed a satchel around his shoulder and placed it down on a stone chair.
"Yes, I found him by the road and have offered him food and a bed for the night." He said. Denali nodded to her cousin and walked to Ki.
"Please allow me to show you to the guest room." she said and walked off. Ki followed her. She opened a door that lead to a small room, with a bed and chair. "Here is the room, and diner will be ready shortly." She said.
"Thank you." Ki said and bowed. Denali nodded and closed the door behind her.
Denali walked into the kitchen area where Bowen was picking at the roasted Chicken-Duck. Denali gasped and bended a small stone from the ground and chucked it at Bowen's head.
"Ouch…Hey what was that for?" He asked.
"I spent all day making that Bowen and I won't have you picking at it as if you were a buzzard." She said.
"Okay jezz no need to get all physical about it." He said and rubbed his head. Denali smiled a bit and made a plate and walked off. She walked into the guest room where Ki had just taken his tattered shirt off reveling his tribal tattoos. She had never seen such markings on someone before.
"Oh my." She said Ki turned around to face her. "I'm sorry." She said "I should have knocked."
"It's okay." He said and took the food, "Thank you." She nodded and walked off; she shut the door behind her and walked back into the Kitchen where Bowen had already started eating. Nearly all the roast was gone.
"Well nice to know I'll get to eat tonight." She said. Bowen turned to her.
"Oh here." He said with his mouth full he opened his mouth to show the chewed up food.
"Ahhh." He said.
"OH Gross Bowen, no one wants to see that!" She said. Bowen laughed
"Seriously here I already made you a plate." He said. Denali walked over to the table and sat down.
"It's really good by the way." He said.
"Well I would hope so, seeing how I worked on it all day, she said and took a bite, instantly making a very sad upset face."
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"It's all dry." She said. Bowen took in another mouth full of food.
"Taste good to me." He said. Denali took another bite of her food and thought about Ki and his torn up clothes.
"Hey Bowen?" She asked.
"Hmm?" He said engulfing more food that should not have been possible for a normal person.
"I was thinking…That boy in there." She said.
"Ki? What about him?" He asked
"Well it's just that um…" She leaned closer to Bowen and whispered "His clothes seemed all torn and rugged and I thought that since you basically only wear one outfit if we could give him some of your old clothes." She said and leaned back.
"Okay…yeah sure, why not." He said and stood putting his plate up.
Denali grabbed some of her Cousins old clothes, a green shirt with a long flap at the back end, brown pants, boots, and a brown under shirt. She walked up to the guest door and remembering last time knocked. There was no answer, she knocked again yet still no answer.
She slowly opened the door and saw the room was empty, and the window was open. She walked in and looked outside and saw Ki walking down the road she then ran out the front door.
"Hey! Wait up…Hold on stop!" She yelled out. Ki stopped and turned around. Denali caught up to him.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"I must be on my way." He said.
"So? This is how you repay someone's hospitality? You sneak off?" She asked.
"Believe me, I'm not one to be rude, but I have an important task I must attend to." He said and started to walk off. Denali was speechless.
"Well…At least take these." She said and handed Ki the old clothes. Ki took them and put them inside his bag.
"Thank you…Denali, one day I will repay yours and your cousin's kindness." He said and walked off again. Denali watched until his body disappeared into darkness. Denali then walked back into her house.
An hour had passed since Ki left the Cousin's house, Bowen had already went to bed, and Denali was straightening up the guest room. Only the bed was messed up, as she was fixing it something fell off the bed. She curiously picked it up, it was a drawing. It had a father and a mother both having one of their hands on a small boys shoulder. She noticed the father had tattoos that matched Ki's and figured it was a drawing of his family.
She felt sorry that he had left it behind but when he notices that it is gone he'll come back for it. She placed it on the chair in the guest room and left. As she was making her way to her room, there was a knock at the door. Figuring it was Ki she opened the door.
"Forget something?" She said and saw four tall men standing at the door. "Oh…Can I help you?" She asked. One of them stepped closer, he had a large scar on his face, and a large cut on his lip.
"Get your Cousin Bowen for us." He said in a deep voice. The sound of his voice frightened Denali a bit.
"Okay…Give me a second." She said and walked off. She opened her cousin's door slowly.
"Bowen? Bowen wakes up." She said. Bowen groaned and rolled over. "Bowen wakes up!" She said a little louder. He still remained asleep. She them remembered the bed was on earth. She stomped her foot and the ground under the bed rose up fast shoving the bed out of the way.
Bowen fell to the ground and groaned loudly.
"What?!" He asked.
"There are men down stairs asking for you." She said. Bowen quickly jumped up and ran out of the room. He rushed into the living room where the four men stood.
"What…What are you doing here?" He asked. The man with the scar stood up.
"Governor Dal shun does not think you will be able to pay off your debts by next week, so he sent us to motivate you." He said. Bowen took a step back.
"What do you mean by that?" He asked. Suddenly one of the men stood and lifted his arms in the air; suddenly the ground beneath Bowen's feet engulfed his feet causing him to fall on his back. The Earth bender then raised his hands again causing the ground to cover Bowen's hands like cuffs.
"Don't want you to try water bending on us." The scared man said, "Get the girl." He said. Bowen's heart raced.
"What? No don't hurt her!" He shouted.
"Don't worry…We won't hurt her…much." He laughed. Screams filled one of the rooms. It was Denali.
"Get your hands off me!" She shouted and was brought into the living room. She noticed Bowen on the floor with his hands and feet covered in earth.
"Bowen!" She shouted and quickly went to him but was picked up by one of the men. "Let me go!" She shouted and lifted her hands and the ground started shaking. The man who grabbed her hit her over the head with a small club and she was knocked out.
"No Denali!" Bowen shouted, and then the ground by his face moved over his mouth like a muzzle.
"Now" the scare man said "You have one week to bring the money to the Governor…One week Bowen or she dies." He said and walked out with the four men and Denali.
Bowen shouted but only muffled sounds were heard. Once the men left with Denali the rock cuffs and muzzle turned to dirt and Bowen quickly got up and ran out the door, but saw only the night sky. Tears started to fall down his face and he dropped.
The sun had rose Bowen had passed out after the men left with his sister, he was awoken by something taping him, and he opened his eyes and saw Ki standing over him.
"Ki?" He asked.
"I forgot something here." He said and walked in. He turned to the guest room and walked in, he noticed the bed was made and his picture on the chair. He quickly picked it up and put it in his pocket. He then walked out. As he was about to leave he notice how parts of the ground seemed to have been bended.
"What happened last night?" He asked, Bowen quickly stood up.
"Denali…They took Denali." He said grabbing ahold of Ki.
"Who took her?" he asked and removed Bowens hands off of him.
" I owe the Governor money, he loaned me money for food and I wasn't able to pay it all back, he gave me one more week to pay it back and to make sure I did he had his men take Denali." He started to cry "Please Ki…help me get her back."
Ki noticed tracks in the road leading one way, and the way he wanted to go was the other way. He signed knowing once again he would be distracted from his goal.
"Okay…I'll help you." He said. Bowen stood up and hugged him.
"Thank you." He said.
"Thank me when it's over." He said, and pushed Bowen away. "Let's make it quick, I have important things I need to be doing." He said and walked off.
"Saving my Cousin is important." Bowen said.
"Not for me." Ki said and continued walking off.
"What's your deal?" Bowen yelled. Ki stopped walking and turned to Bowen.
"As we speak the trail for the one responsible for the slaughter of my People and family is getting colder and colder…I watched my father lose his head, I was forced to watch their fire benders burn my mother alive…finding your sister is not my concern, finding the man who betrayed my tribe and brought the raiders is my concern." He shouted and continued to walk off "Hurry up." He said.
Bowen was taken back, not knowing what to say or do; he lowered his head and followed Ki.
The walk took them half a day to make it to the Governors estate. It was a tall building, with green roofs. Ki looked around and saw the small run downed houses that scattered the fields.
"I take it he lives like a king while the rest of you have to fight for scraps" Ki said.
"Yeah, that's right."
"Why haven't any of you sent a message to your king?" Ki asked.
"Because the Governor is the king's nephew." Bowen said.
"I see…well let's get this over with." He said and started to walk down to the Governors estate. He walked close to the doors and two armed men with spears rushed to him.
"Who are you?" One of them asked pointing their spear at him.
"Your Governor has taken something that does not belong to him; I'm here to take her back." He said, one of the guards poked Ki with the spear, Ki quickly moved the spear tip out of the way with his left hand. Then with his right hand he punched the guard in the throat hard.
As the guard dropped to the ground coughing, the second guard attacked. Again Ki moved the spear tip away with his hand, he then dropped to the ground and used his leg to knock the guard down. When the guard landed on his back Ki quickly grabbed him by the neck and got him into a head lock and squeezed until the guard stopped moving. He released the sleeping Guard and did the same to the coughing guard.
Bowen quickly made his way to Ki.
"Whoa…Are…Are they?" He started to ask.
"No…They are asleep, but they won't stay that way for long." Ki opened the estate doors and they walked in. They entered a large open room filled with expensive looking furniture. Ki looked down to see a very expensive beautiful carpet. He then wiped his muddy boots on the carpet.
"We should split up." Ki said.
"Right." Bowen said and walked off.
"Here take this." Ki said Bowen turned around; Ki tossed him a pouch filled with water.
"You forgot to bring it." He said and walked off. Bowen nodded and placed the pouch around his shoulder, and it hung by his waist.
Bowen would check around the first and second floor as Ki made his way up to look at the third and fourth floor.
Bowen came to a door and slowly opened it. Inside there was stairs that lead down. He quickly looked behind him to make sure no one was behind him, and then he made his way down. He found himself in another open area with doors. He heard noise coming from one of the doors and walked to it.
He placed his ear to the door and listened, there were muffled voices so it was hard to hear. He then quickly opened the door, there he saw a few guards playing a game. They stopped and looked at Bowen.
"Oh…Hello…How's everyone doing…Good? Alright im just going to shut this then." He said and closed the door and quickly took a few steps back. The door opened and the guards surrounded him with their spears.
"I ah…Was looking for the bathroom? He said "No? Okay then." Bowen quickly opened the pouch of water and bended the water out. The guards quickly attacked.
Bowen used the water whip to smack some of the guards that got too close. One guard got passes the whip and swung his spear. Bowen quickly raised his hands up in the air bringing the water up and freezing it into an ice shield. The spear stuck into the ice and the guard tried to remove it.
Bowen then noticed another guard rushing at him. He lowered his arms unfreezing the water and whipped the two guards. They both fell down. Bowen turned around just in time to dodge one of the guard's attacks. Bowen rolled on the ground. He quickly made the water wrap around the guard's leg and used it to slammed the guard on the ground. Bowen the used the water to freeze the guards hands and feet to the ground. He bended the rest into his pouch.
Bowen then noticed a few rocks beside a door, knowing that they would have his cousin in a place where she couldn't bend; he picked the rocks up and put them into his pocket. He continued walking down the path and noticed that the stone floor turned to metal.
Bowen then found a large iron door. He walked up to it. There was no handle on his side. He knocked, then a sliding bar slid open and a man's face was shown.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"Ugh…Hurtdoughnut." He said.
"Hurtdoughnut?" The man asked. Bowen quickly bended water from his pouch and made it hit the mas face. The man dropped to the ground. Pushing the door open as he fell.
"Hurt dont it? HA" Bowen then laughed as if that was the funniest thing he ever said, then noticed he was alone. He then cleared his throat and walked past the iron door.
Ki started to walk up the stairs leading to the third floor, as he made his way up the creaks in the wooden stairs gave him away and guards descended upon him like a pack of hungry dogs ready to eat.
Ki jumped back as a spear landed by his feet. He then rushed down the stairs to the second floor. He got into his fighter's stance and waited. Guard after guard rushed to him. Ki took a deep breath and waited for a guard to attack.
"This will be your only warning. Walk away or you will never walk again." He said. The Guards moved out of the way as a tall muscular guard approached Ki. He stood nearly seven ft. tall. Ki looked up at the tall guard.
"You can still walk away." He said. The tall guard laughed and brought his fist up to punch Ki. His fist about to come in contact with Ki's face. Ki quickly moved his head out of the way and spun around behind the guard. He then jumped and kicked the guard's knee breaking it. The guard fell shouting in pain holding his bleeding knee.
Ki looked at the other guards. He eyed each one waiting for one to make a move. Then one by one each guard dropped their weapon and ran off down the stairs. Ki chuckled a bit then walked back to the stairs only to be smacked back down.
Ki hit the ground hard, his head was aching and his vision was blurry. He rubbed his head and stood coming face to face with a tall man with scars on his face.
"These guards are week and pathetic…don't think because you took one down that you're any good kid." He said. Ki got into his fighter stance.
"Alright then." The man said and attacked.
He punched to which Ki blocked, the man then quickly punched with his other hand. Ki ducked and gave two good rib shots. The scared man grunted and grabbed Ki by the neck.
Ki used his right hand to hit the man's inner elbow. Then with his other hand grabbed one of the man's fingers and bent it all they back until he heard the bone breaking.
The man grunted and dropped Ki. Ki then used his foot to hit behind the scared man's knee. He dropped to which Ki jumped on his back and got him in a head lock. He then squeezed as tight as he could. The scared man tried to throw him off but couldn't. He then ran up the walls and threw himself at them hitting Ki with the wall.
Ki kept holding on refusing to let go. His tight getting tighter and tighter. The scared man then started to slow down as if he was too tired to even try anymore. Ki kept squeezing for a few more moments just to be sure. He then released the man and he dropped to the ground.
"Guess this makes me better than you." He said and walked back up the stairs. Ki checked the third floor but it was empty, he then made his way to the fourth floor, there he was greeted by only one door. He opened it and walked in. There he saw a fat man cowering behind a large chair. Next to him was another tall man, bending water around him.
Ki entered the room; he looked around and saw it was only the three of them.
"What…What do you want?" The fat man asked.
"You took a girl from her home and you will give her…" He stopped and stared at the fat man. He had seen this man before.
"You." He said. "You were with the raiders who destroyed my village…Who slaughtered my people and family, at Sky point."
"The Molicans?" He asked "You're that kid we let live." He said.
"The worst mistake you ever made." Ki said and rushed to him.
The sound of Bowen's feet stepping on the metal floor echoed throughout the hallway. Every few steps Bowen would stop and turn around at the sound of someone else walking behind him, but each time there was no one there.
Bowen continued to walk down the hall and came to another metal door, however this one hand a handle. He slowly approached it and placed his hand on the metal handle, it was cold to the touch. He slowly opened the door and was immediately tackled.
It was the Earth Bender who came to his house with the other three men. Bowen's head hit the metal floor and the room started to spin.
"You should have stayed home boy." He said with the stench of alcohol on his breath. Bowen managed to bend some water from his pouch and used it to smack the earth bender off of him. The man jumped off and grabbed his cheek that started to bleed.
"Argh! You'll pay for that!" He shouted and tried to grab Bowen, who used some of his water to freeze the man's hand to the wall. Bowen quickly stood and saw in the room was a prison cell with his cousin.
"Denali!" He shouted and rushed to the cell.
"Bowen look out!" She shouted. But before he could do anything a powerful gust of wind force him out of the room. Bowen sled on the metal floor and smacked the wall. He quickly stood and noticed another man walking out of the room. It was another one of the four men who were at his house. The man was clearly an Air bender.
Bowen bended some more water from the pouch but there wasn't much. Bowen sighed but knew he would have to endure it.
The Air bender jumped in the air and waved his arms summoning another gust of wind. He spun around once then held his hand out and a ball of wind shot forth and hit Bowen sending him slamming back into the wall.
Bowen stood back up and bended the water to act as a whip. He strike sending the water whip at the Air bender, who dodged out of the way and summoned a gust of wind to push Bowen down to the ground. Bowen fell but managed to stand and used the water whip.
He managed to hit the Air bender in the chest. He floated back a few feet and attacked with another ball of wind. Bowen quickly used what little water he had left to make an ice shield.
It blocked most of the wind ball's attack. Bowen quickly unfroze the water and used the water whip again, the attack landed on the Air bender's face. He fell backwards hitting his head on the ground knocking him out.
Bowen bended the water back into his pouch and ran into the prison room. He made it to Denali.
"Thank goodness you're alright." She said. Bowen smiled
"It'll take more than an Air head to keep me down." He said and started to look for a key to open the cell. Suddenly he felt someone huge gripped him in a head lock and started to choke him.
"Next time you want to freeze someone make sure it's with enough water to make more than a thin sheet of ice." The Earth bender said and ripped the water pouch away from Bowen.
"No Bowen! Let him go!" Denali shouted. Bowen then remembered the rocks he had in his pocket. He quickly took one of them out and held it so only Denali could see it. Bowens vision started to dim.
Denali then noticed the rock in Bowen's hand and quickly bended the rock in the air and made it hit the earth bender in the head like a canon. The Earth bender dropped to the ground with a good size lump forming on his forehead. Bowen dropped to the ground coughing and wheezing.
"Are you alright?" She asked.
"Oh…You know [Cough] Nothing better than a good old [Cough] Strangulation to get the blood flowing. [Cough]." He said and stood.
"Over on the table are the keys." She said. Bowen rubbed his throat and picked up the keys and unlocked the cage. Denali jumped into her Cousin's arms and hugged him.
"Denali…I am so sorry." He said.
"It's okay." She said and hugged him tighter.
"Hurry we need to find Ki and leave." He said.
"Ki's here?" She asked.
"Yeah." He said ran out of the room with Denali.
Ki landed on his back hard, feeling the sting of the water whip cutting at his chest. Ki quickly stood and watched as the water bender formed a swirling ring of water around him. Ki then noticed the fat governor still cowering behind his chair.
Ki rushed to the water bender. The bender laughed and from the spinning ring of water two water whips were formed. They began to smack at Ki.
Ki dodged the first attack and rolled on the ground, he stood and continued running. He saw the other whip ready to hit him. He quickly jumped out of the way, then the first whip blindsided him, smacking him on the left shoulder.
Ki grunted in pain but kept running to the water bender, another whip attack hit him on the other shoulder, then in the gut. Ki dropped for a moment then rushed to the water bender.
He managed to get a good punch in the face before the bender surrounded Ki with water. The bender then froze the water along with Ki. The bender laughed and raised the ice block in the air, then slammed it down shattering the ice into pieces.
Ki collapsed onto the ground. Feeling the last bit of warmth leaving his body, he started to shiver. He slowly tried to stand.
"Stay down…if you know what's good for you." The water bender called out. Ki ignored him and stood. "Fine…I warned you; let's see how long it takes for you to drown." He said and lifted his arms in the air unfreezing the water and forming a large ball of water that engulfed Ki.
Ki struggled to get out but no matter what he did he could not move from the spot. He felt his lungs screaming for air, his vision became blurry and his head started to hurt.
The water bender laughed as he saw Ki trying to effortlessly escape. Ki felt as if his head was about to burst along with his lungs. In his final moment he felt great shame in knowing this was it. His dreams for justice of bring peace to his dead tribe. All gone taken away by this ball of water.
Ki lost conciseness. He awoke in blackness all around, pitch black. He raised his hand in front of his face but saw nothing. Then he saw blue light shining behind him. He turned around and saw an old man, with grey hair and a grey beard. He had a blue aura around him.
Ki had never seen this man before but felt as if he knew him.
"Wake up Ki…You are in danger…Wake up." He said.
The water bender laughed when Ki had stopped moving. He decided to keep him in the ball of water for a few more minutes just to be sure the boy was dead. Then Ki started to move around. The water bender stopped laughing.
"No…That's imposable." He said he walked closer to Ki while keeping the water ball up. He came about face to face with Ki. Then Ki's tribal tattoos glowed, the water bender quickly jumped back.
"What the? What's going on?" He said. Ki then opened his eyes, they were glowing white. He moved his arms around and the water around him turned to gas. Ki dropped to the ground and looked at the frightened bender. He slammed his foot down on the ground. The ground shook and cracks formed, then chunks of rock broke through the surface.
The water bender tried to run away but one of the rocks sent him in the air, he shouted as he fell back down. Ki waved his arms in the air in a circular motion creating a small tornado which he sent at the falling water bender. The tornado spun him around and slammed him on the ground.
Ki jumped high into the air and landed in front of the water bender. He held his right hand out and flames engulfed it. The water bender started to water bend in his pants. Ki Shouted in a loud angelic and demonic voice, then shot a large fire ball at the water bender who quickly summoned all the water he could and made an ice shield, when the fire ball made contact the ice shattered and sent the water bender slamming into the wall knocking him out.
Ki's eyes and tattoos stopped glowing and he opened his eyes. He looked around and saw the destruction in the room and started to wonder what happened. He then noticed the Governor trying to run away. Ki ignored the destruction and tackled the Governor.
"Ouch…no, no please don't hurt me." He cried. Ki grabbed him by the throat and lifted him so he was looking at Ki.
"How many men and women and children beg you the same thing? And how many did you spare?" He asked.
"Please…we had our orders." He cried.
"What orders?" Ki asked.
"If…if I tell you…will you let me go?" he asked.
"Yes." He said hesitantly.
"We were ordered to attack the strongest most loyal tribes of each kingdom, to weaken there forces, so when our own army attacks, they will be all but defenseless." He said
"You…You slaughtered my tribe…my Family! Just so you could invade Sky point!?" he shouted.
"Yes, after each kingdom fell one of us would take over and rule."
"One of whom?" Ki asked
"I can't tell you…they'll kill me if I do." He cried. Ki dropped the Governor and noticed a window. Ki looked back at the Governor. The Governor gulped and Ki grabbed him and shoved him through the window. He shouted as he fell and was silenced when he crashing onto the rocky ground below.
Ki walked to the first floor when Bowen and Denali showed up.
"Hey what happened?" Bowen asked. Ki looked at Bowen then Denali.
"The Governor won't be bothering any one ever again." He said
"You killed him?" Denali asked
"No." he replied. "But he won't live good ether." He said and walked out of the estate. He walked besides the building and found the governor still lying on the rocks moaning in pain. His legs and right arm were bent and twisted. Ki knelt next to the governor.
"Now…I'm going to ask one more time, who are you working for?" He asked. The governor did not respond. Ki then squeezed one of the governor's broken legs. He screamed and shouted.
"Okay…Okay…They are called the Vision…They want to create a grand Empire where they rule over all others…If they can weaken each kingdoms defenses and replace the kings with their own…no one will stop them from forming the Empire." He cried out.
"And what was your role in all this?" He asked.
"I was to become the next King of Dadi." He said. Bowen approached him.
"The King is your uncle? He gave you this position…why would you betray him like this?" He asked
"Because I want power!" He shouted "I want to rule this kingdom!" Ki quickly grabbed the governor and forced him to look at the small houses.
"Look at this…these are the people you are responsible for, and you let them starve and fight each other…this is but a small piece of land out of a big kingdom…how many more people would suffer or even die because of your neglect?" He shouted and slammed the governor back down. "In the Molican tribe, if the leader abused his power he was forcefully removed…permanently." Ki said "Where was the man who came to you about my tribe?" He asked
The governor refused to answer. Ki squeezed his leg again harder until he heard a snap. The governor squealed like a pig.
"Okay…Okay I'll tell you!" He cried, "I don't know where he is…but I do know someone who might…he is a member of the Dadi counsel, he deals with our informants in the Dadi kingdom." He said.
"Then I'm going to Dadi." Ki said and stood, he started to walk away when.
"What are you?" The Governor asked "I saw you…no one can do what I saw you do" He said "But it doesn't matter…even with what you can do…you will never stop the vision." He said.
Ki ignored the man and walked away.
Ki had rested back at the cousin's house, and was preparing to leave, when Bowen and Denali approached him.
"So you're heading off." She asked.
"This man knows about the traitor, so I must find him and bring peace to the tribe." He said.
"You know Ki." Bowen said "We have just discovered a massive conspiracy here…All four kingdoms are in trouble of being controlled." He said.
"It's not my problem." Ki replied.
"Yes it is." Denali said "You're not the only one to lose everything, and if we don't do something…you won't be the last, many more will suffer and lose everything like you, they will go through that pain that you are suffering with…Please help us Ki."
Ki looked away down the road, thinking about others going through what he is going through.
"Alright fine…seeing how it's on the way, just don't slow me down alright." He said
"Hold up." Bowen said. Ki turned around
"What?" He asked
"What did the Governor mean last night about you?"
"I don't know." He said "I just blacked out and when I woke up the room was destroyed." He said then walked off. Bowen and Denali looked at each other and followed Ki.
Aruthor's notes
Well what you think? i will post the second part to book one in a few days, i really hope you guys liked it, i have written other stories and never got a review which kinda sucked. so if you guys will do that, that will be cool.
