Aki and the Gaang
Childhood

I don't own anything except the character, Aki.

I was sitting on the edge of the Northern temple. I heard the screams of my Mother as she was giving birth. The screams finally stopped as I heard cries of a baby. Monk Gyatso walked out of the nursery. His face was grim as he motioned me to come inside. I airbended myself up, a rare thing for a 4 year old to do. I ran past Monk Gyatso and into the nursery.

I stood in the doorway as I saw my Mother's motionless body, holding a crying baby. Monk Gyatso put a hand on my shoulder. "Your mother sadly passed while giving birth to a boy. With her last few breaths, she told me to tell you that she loves you. And she will always be with you and Aang."

I was shocked. I slowly walked up to my Mother and crying brother. As tears ran down my face, I held her hand. I kept repeating the mantra my Mother told me before giving birth, "Don't worry, I be okay. Wait for me here. I'll see you after my delivery." I touched my brother's face. He stopped crying. He grasped my finger and giggled. I hugged my Mother once more before others took her away. I held Aang and looked through his gray eyes. Suddenly a young monk bursted into the nursery, "Avatar Roku just died." he said. "Alright, send Monk Hideo to send our regards to his family." Monk Gyatso said. The other monk bowed and ran off.

I held my crying brother and stood by the cliff as floating lanterns covered the night sky. Monks carried the casket my Mother was in. Other monks moved around in patterns levitating my Mother. I walked towards the casket and kissed my mother on the cheek. I wiped away the tears in my eye and watched the monks float her away. She looked so beautiful. Aang cried and reached out for his Mother. I closed my eyes. I couldn't watch anymore. I hugged Aang as close as I could, crying my heart out. "Mom.. please say that this is a dream.. Please say that I will wake up next to you, Aang in the nursery. I love you Mom," I cried.

Authors note:

Hey! So this is my first story! I don't own anything except the character, Aki. This story will get better. I promise. I hope you will continue reading this story. I'm going to try to post every week. So enjoy!