(A/N): Hey Guys! So, this is my new avatar fanfic. I've been playing around with the idea of making one for weeks, but the actual idea only popped into my head two days ago. Since then, I've been developing characters and writing. Now, Zuri is an Earth-born Avatar, and everyone is an OC, including some of the places!
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Prologue
Two Years Previous
Thirteen years ago today, Avatar Niyol of the water tribe was laid to rest, and today, the new avatar was to be revealed. Today, the Earth Umai would reveal who the next Avatar, an Earth bender, would be.
Our story begins on the southern-most island in the Earth nation, called Shiki Island. The small Island has only one place to live, Kushisa Village, which is where our Avatar is to be found.
A young girl, age thirteen, weaves her way through the bustling but friendly crowd in the marketplace when suddenly, everyone stops moving.
They have noticed the Umai's.
The crowd parts to let the Umai's through, and they stop in the middle of the circle the crowd had formed, observing.
"Today is the day we reveal the new Avatar!" The crowd was silent except for a few anxious, excited whispers. The Umai's turn, and bow to the ground in front of the young girl, her short black hair that shines red in the beaming sunlight naturally messed, her pale green eyes wide in shock.
"M-me?!" She stuttered pitifully, and the crowd, now also bowing, murmured to themselves. They had known her all her life, they knew her name, they knew her father, they had known her mother...and they were still shocked when she turned tail and ran for the rundown house on the edge of the island.
"Papa?" She choked out as she slammed the door behind her, her father's head popping out from around the kitchen wall.
"Zuri?" She padded across the room on her bare feet, launching herself into his arms. "Zuriel? What happened dear?" He asked, a hint of panic in his voice as he pulled her close, tight to his chest protectively.
"The Umai's...they said I was the Avatar..." She started sobbing outright at this point, and her father froze, before he too started to cry.
"Zuri, Zuri, Zuri...it's all going to be okay, love. I won't let anything bad happen to you." He placed a soft kiss atop her head, and a tear dripped after it.
"But papa...they're going to take me away, aren't they?" He froze again, before pulling away and glancing down at her.
"Yes." He told her bluntly, and a tear leaked from the corner of her eye. "But I'll always be here, waiting for you, my wonderful, wonderful daughter." She sniffled as he pulled her in close again, not ever wanting to let her go.
(A/N): So, most of the OC's don't come in until late, like, team avatar I mean, because well, she has to meet them first. Also, the Earth Umai's are made up. They're like the Fire Sages in the Firenation except...in the Earth Kingdom. Where I got the word from, it's japanese, it said it meant 'expert' but according to everything else...it means 'good'.
Zuri is pronounced = Zure [like lure]- Ee. Zuriel is pronounced = Zure [again, like lure]- ee- ul.
Shiki means 'four seasons' and is pronounced = She-key.
Kushisa is made up by me and is pronounced = Coo-she-zah.
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