These short stories are based off a website called Edocsil. It is an Eragon based Live RPG, but everyone brings a new story and shapes the site. These are the stories of my character, Katara. The first chapter is also based off another site, , in which I RPed. As explained in the Chapter 1 notes, I'm not the only one to have written that story, though I'm the one to originally start the chain of RPs the first chapter is based off of. I just shorted it, summerized it, and shaped it to work my needs. Hope you enjoy!
Search on Google or MSN for Edocsil RPG and you should find the site. If you join and find the Library, these stories are also posted there.
Search in the same manner for Avatarfans. You can also find these stories here under the same name in the Fan Fiction section. I recommend reading the Shadow of the Fire Nation story as well, as it goes more in detail about what I have written in the first chapter. The author is the one who played Maila.
Edocsil Tales
Chapter 1; Part 1: The Beginning and the War
You trek along a forgotten path, long since covered in weeds and fallen trees. All the signs worn with age warn you to Turn Back if I Were YOU! The trees seem to grow sparse and you can see light ahead. You push back the last limb, almost blinded by the sudden light. When your eyes adjust, you see a beautiful city where homes are built into ancient, living trees. In the distance is a sparkling lake with crystal blue water.
But what really draws your attention are the people conversing below. Some have pointed ears, while others have sharp, pointed eye teeth. A few have wings or strange winged creatures standing by them. Their activities range. Many of them are fighting amongst themselves with any weapon you can think of. Most use swords or daggers, but some can conjure fire or other elements, other magicks. A few couples are holding hands, occasionally kissing. Some of the strangest people you see are exploding without dying, eating each other without apparent harm,or transforming and changing shape to anything imaginable.
The is my home, the elven city of Ellesmera. I am the one there, holding the hand of that rugged man. On another day you might see me holding a dagger to his throat, or him holding me up by mine. I am the one made of chocolate, being eaten by the one that blinks too much. I am the one with pure white wings, made of the softest feathers. I wear that dress often, the blue one trimmed in white. You can see how it brings out the color of my eyes. You remind yourself not to make my eyes turn purple by making me angry, especially after what I did to the last person…
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I begin my tales with my beginning, before I settled in the elven city…..
I was born in a far away city, the name and location long since forgotten by time. My father left when my mother got pregnant, for reasons I was to learn later. I was not alone when I came into this world; my twin Charmah followed right behind. Unfortunately, our mother died soon after our birth. Our lovely older brother Kazuki was the only one to protect us when we were young. But we grew fast, and soon went our separate ways for awhile. I ended up in another world, one plagued with never-ending war. The battles are still fresh in my mind…
"Suki, Katara and I will go after the supply lines by the river," Okaeshi said, pointing to the map, his finger tracing along the tree line. "Athena, Maila, you guys take out the tanks at the eastern wall."
It had been a long day. The Earthen City had been overrun with our greatest foes, the Flameralds, people who controlled the element of fire to destroy and conquer. We were the only ones outside the Great Wall, the only hope for our friends on the inside.
We split up. Oh, how we fought! It was like we could read each other's minds, we were so in sync. I used my waterbending to take out the soldiers. Suki, who didn't use anything but her fans and daggers, fought with me, allowing Okaeshi to burn the supplies. Aye, my good friend Oak was of the Nation of the Flame, but I would have trusted him with my life. He was a good fighter, a great warrior, and an unbelievably loyal friend. He belonged to Suki, and her to him. They were such a good match for each other, but fate would be against them…
We succeeded in taking out the supply lines, and went back to re-group at the cave hidden among the rocks. But we were found. I turned to strike a soldier down, but I was out of water. "You guys get to Maila and Athena, I'll catch up!"
"No, Katara-" Suki began, but I was already heading for the river I knew was to the west. I could hear the pounding of footsteps behind me, coming closer and closer. Ah! There was the water! Just beyond those trees…
Too late. I was tackled into the sand. "Be still!" hissed a male voice. He jerked my head up by my hair, placing a hand on my exposed neck. "If you want to keep that pretty little neck unharmed, be still," he whispered in my ear.
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Chapter 1; Part 2: The Earth City Falls
Looking back it's hard to imagine that that Flamerald would save my life. Always by me, always threatening me with a single glance, he convinced my friends that he was my friend, Saki. I was a hostage, even when my hands were untied! He was truly clever, but I was cleverer, scheming up ways to take him out once he wasn't looking. What bothered me the most, was the way he spoke to me.
"Hurry up, cutie," he smirked as we snuck into the city. My face went red from more than just anger.
My friends began to rush ahead, so I spun around and hissed at him. "Shut up! Play your charade all you want, but sweet-talking me is against the rules in my book."
He smiled. "Okay, cutie."
It was finally time to prove Saki against us. We encountered the Flamerald soldiers right before we made it to the palace. Okaeshi and Suki were already attacking, their movements in complete balance. I moved foreword to join them, even without my water, but the man of fire held me back. "Waterbenders are healers, not fighters,' he said, then he rushed into the fight. I couldn't believe my eyes. He was fighting his own brothers. I could see it in the expression on his face that it was hard, but he was a high ranking officer and wouldn't let his cover slip.
We made it into the palace with no further trouble. Okaeshi was targeting the General with Suki, while I was going to take down the Fire Lady with my "friend" and Athena and Maila.
"You can't fight the Fire Lady," Saki told me.
"I've fought her before." It was true. I had fought the crazy woman many times. I was one of her top enemies. She would give anything to have me prisoner.
"But-" he began.
"No," I said, turning to face him. "I have a job to do. I know you aren't going to help me, so go off to some other end of the palace and warn someone we're here, I don't give a damn." My voice rose to a near shout in the end.
"Wait." Saki grabbed my hand. It was very warm, like all Flameralds, contrasting with my own cool skin. The next moment was a blur. I felt his lips on mine, and found myself kissing him back. We were both confused with our actions, but we didn't have much time to discuss it.
My voice had signaled to the General that we were there. Maila and Okaeshi began to fight the General, while Suki and Athena took out his guards. Before I knew it, soldiers were dragging me away toward the throne room, where the Fire Lady was waiting. "No, Katara!" Saki yelled, slamming flaming fists into the face-less helmets of the Flameralds. He didn't reach me in time.
"Ah," the Fire Lady said as I was forced to my knees. "Welcome to my new kingdom."
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Chapter 1; Part 3: One Escape
My friends came just in time. The General was dead, and all of them – even Saki – came to my rescue. The battle began. Saki was greatly confused, blocking the Fire Lady's attacks and the attacks we threw at her. "Chose a side!" I shouted above the roar of the fire the Lady was conjuring around her, like a wall of solid reds and yellows of excruciating heat. None of us could get past it. None but Saki.
I don't know what happened behind the wall of fire, but I heard Saki scream, then the fire disappeared, leaving him there with a large burn upon his forehead. The Fire Lady was no where to be seen.
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Once he was healed, Saki refused to show me his scar, always covering it in a bandanna that he never took off.
After the defeat of the Great Earthen City, we had only one more defense left in the North, the City of Ice. The Flameralds ruled everywhere but there.
Saki and I grew closer as we neared the Pole. We even fell in love. But not everything was grand. Athena turned traitor and killed one of our group, a man named Agathore that joined us after the Earthen Fall, one of the few nomads of air that remained. It was a great loss.
We made it to the Northern Pole in time to warn the City of Ice about the oncoming attack, of a corrupt man that married the Fire Lady named Gana. The Pole was to an advantage, the
benders controlling water and the Flameralds away from their warm climate. But they had a plan that would destroy us…
"They're flooding the city!" I gasped. Everything was thrown into panic. Our warriors tried to keep the ocean at bay, but they were swept away like leaves down a swift stream. We had no choice; we had to run like cowards or be killed. Better to fight another day.
We lost more than our city that day. Many had died, many more were dead inside. Like me. I lost my first love to that nation that now ruled every piece of dirt their burning fingers could find. There was no hope for rebellion, no hope for safety, and no hope to go on. The friends I had gained through the years of useless fighting began fading from my life, some killed or some joining the enemy I hated most. Athena now works as a servant for the Fire Lady; Okaeshi runs a fire-teaching school; Suki, oh my best friend Suki, reduced to killing strangers in the night to put bread in her stomach. I could never join them. It would be giving up. So, I went home, far away from the pain that that world had brought me…
To be continued…
Chapter 1 Notes
You might notice a relationship between my story and Avatar the Last Airbender, and yes, there is a connection. On another site, I RP with a bunch of people, and this is somewhat of a summary of what we've RPed over the years. I've changed some names, some plot, deleted and added, etc. The story remains somewhat the same in general, and I figured it applied well with my character here.
These 3 parts are the unfinished story of 6 parts, as of now, of 70-ish pages each. The first part was a simple Slumberparty that went awry. The next was Shadow of the Fire Nation, in which most of this story takes place, to the point where "The Fire Lady was nowhere to be seen". Then was the Winds of Revenge, where we introduced Gana the evil airbender, and journeyed to the North Pole to find the next Avatar (Aang was killed by a group of shadowbenders called the Ying Liang). Elements of Change was where the fighting took place, and a big battle between Agni the Fire Spirit and Lao the Shadow Spirit that I left out here. Wildfire took place 10 years later, and now Chiaroscuro is where we are now.
Saki was originally named Katashi, Flameralds Fire Nation, of course. I don't claim to own any of these characters, except Katara, even then the makers of Avatar lay claim to her, but I made her my own. These events are not my own either, for they belong to all of us of the Epic RP.
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