"Fire, Air, Water, Earth. When I was a baby, my parents were abducted by a gang of Firebenders accused of committing a crime they had no part of. The Rembers are a group of people from all over the world. Benders along with non benders, who don't trust the firebenders and want them wiped out before they create any more destruction. They think that the fire nation will try and use the next sozin's comet to take out Earthbenders, as they did a hundred years ago. Angered, the fire nation took control and capture anyone they thought might be responsible for starting such a riot and tortured them until they told them anything they knew. Even if those people happen to be innocent. As the avatar, I need to go out of the village walls and learn the elements, as I should have long ago. I might have a lot of work to do, but This needs to be stopped."
"Quayia! Quayia!" Nana huffed. "What is this?" Quayia lowly starts down the stairs, rolling her eyes. "It's nothing, some guys were picking on a little kid and I sort of... Air bended, but in my defence, you know i can't control when it happens! If only you would let me go and-"
"That's enough, Quayia. You know you can never go outside the outer walls, it's too dangerous." Quayia looks down, "But I'm the avatar! I need to be able to be that avatar like my past lives. I've been here for 16 years, waiting to get out of here and learn how to bend like I should!" , "You're being unfair, Quayia, just because you're the avatar does not mean you have special privileges to go against our rules. Here is where you are safe from what's going on in the outer world. It's for your own good."
Quayia just stared in disbelief, "The only reason any of this is going on in the outer world, is because they've been deprived of the only person who can make things right for sixteen years! Don't forget what happened in the hundred years avatar Aang was frozen in that iceberg, do you want history to repeat itself?!" Nana sighs, "You'll understand one day and thank me, but for now you are to stay in your room, don't think I've forgotten what you did earlier to those boys."
Quayia storm off into her room where she takes out the contents in her packsack. She cracks the door open, to see if anyone is watching before stuffing anything important she finds into the bag. Sighing, she puts the last item from her room into the bag and opens the window, "If you won't let me do my duty as the avatar, I'll have to do it without permission." and sets off.
All around the outer walls are special guards who are always on watch. The only way to get out was if you could maneuver around them and not be seen, which was easy in the sense that Quayia had been training in the Kyoshi warrior classes since she was nine. The only reason she had was to have some sort of connection with her past avatars. It gave her a sense of fulfillment in a way, until nana decided she was too old for such classes.
Swiftly jumping up to grab one of the polls attached to a small building, she lifted herself so that her feet were perfectly straight above her, finally she lifted her torso so that she was completely upside-down. Bending her elbows, she pushed up with enough force to flip sideways and pushed her feet on the wall s that she was right side up again and caught both hands flat on the roof, just in time so she wouldn't fall. Again, she pushed herself up with her arms so she would do a 360 and land on her feet. Looking around to see that no one had seen her, she runs across the building and jumps onto one of the high lines some of the people use to dry clothes. Breathing in, finding her center her face hardens into a glare, ready to run. She darts off and reaches the other building. putting her hand on it first and lifting her feet so she wouldn't have to stop and jump. Just beyond this building is the wall. Only problem is, it's about 14 feet from the edge of the store to the top of the wall.
Quayia looks around, seeing if she can use anything to help her across. All she finds are two bricks and a four foot rope. Looking up, she finds there is no way out. Her anger and confusion are getting the better of her and she realizes that. She sits down to meditate and calm her nerves. After a few minutes of sitting perfectly still, she hears a voice from right in front of her, asking her to open her eyes. Quayia listens and huffs in defeat at first, thinking the person was one of the guards on night duty. Instead she finds a woman with brown hair and blue eyes, with a matching outfit. Obviously a waterbender. "I've been waiting for you Quayia, we all have."
The woman stands and Quayia mimics her actions. "Avatar Korra, It's a real honor" Quayia bows in respect. Korra laughs at this and calmly tells her, "Do not bow to yourself, people will think you're crazy or something." Embarrassed, Quayia blushes and brings herself upright and looks at her. "What do I do? i'm not supposed to leave the village, but I feel like it's my duty as the avatar to learn the four elements and stop this conflict going on the outside." Korra keeps smiling and puts her arm on her shoulder, "I think this is a question for another avatar." Quayia looks down and mumbles, "Avatar Aang." The hand on her shoulder disappears and a flash of orange and yellow appears. "Yes?"
Her head flashes up to find an airbender in front of her, waiting for a response. "I-I need your guidence. I need to escape this village and learn the four elements before this conflict becomes an all out war... again. No one in the village understands though, they think that by keeping me here will help keep them and me safe, but it's not about me. It's about the safety of others and I can't help with that if I'm here." Aang smiles and points to the wall, "But first, you need to get past that wall." Quayia huffs, "Yes, but after that I mean-" "If you don't focus on one task at a time, you will not get too far on your journey. Thinking ahead is good in some cases, but to be able to think ahead is by achieving the small goal that will open the gates to the future ahead."
The girl breaths out in a loud puff, "Ok, how do I get onto the other side of the wall?" Aang doesn't awnser her, instead he runs and jumps off the edge of the building, pushing his hands down so that his airbending keeps him up. He reaches the other side, "It's simple, you use what has been given to you." and disappears.
She breathes in, looking at her target, imaging exactly what she has to do to every detail in comparison to Aang. She breathes out, taking one last look at the small village she once called home and ran in the opposing direction. She lifted her feet off the edge, just as Aang had and kept her hands down so that she could airbend herself from landing on the ground. Lifting her feet up so she landed on her hands when she reached the walls roof and jumping off her hands so she could plant her feet firmly atop the other side of the roof. Sliding down and jumping off so that her feet would land on the other side, finally out. "Thanks Aang." She said as she started off for the Earth Kingdom.
Back in the village. Nana poked her head out the window and softly whispered, "Goodbye... Avatar Quayia." Letting a single tear roll down her cheek before closing the shutter and going to sleep.
Running. All she had set in mind was running till she found the nearest town so she could buy a map with the money she saved up for 'school'. Then she would see if she could afford a wolfhorse. Still running, she heard drizzling water, not too far from where she was. And where there was water, there were people. All she would have to do is follow the river and her odds of finding civilization were set.
She halts, finally arriving at the river bed, turning to the right, not breaking phase. It was wider than she expected, but that just meant more fish she could catch later if needed. She goes on for what seemed hours, non stop running, keeping heartbeat at a rhythmic phase. She was starting to get lost in her thoughts. Think about where she was going to go from here. Once she reached the Earth Kingdom, how did she plan on finding a teacher? Maybe she could see the Earth king herself to find out. Being the avatar might have its perks.
All of a sudden she trips on an open tree root. Falling, twisting her ankle and impacting on it so hard it broke skin and left blood slowly dripping down her foot. She felt the blood and took off her boot to reveal an open wound. "How in the spirits did that happen from a simple tree root?" She stared at her foot, puzzled.
"Because it wasn't a root." Said a middle aged man in a green tunic. "I'm sorry, I was just practicing some of my bending and you tripped over it." He held out a hand to help her up. She gladly obliged. "It's ok, I should have been watching instead of thinking. Do you by chance happen to know where the closest village is?" He looked at her, confused. "Village? My dear, you're on the outskirts of the Earth Kingdom."