Book 1: Peace

It has been almost ten thousand years since the reformation of the air-nomads and just about thirteen years since avatar Talen was murdered. A human organisation trying to rid the human world of spirits and the spirit-wilds and in response, the spirits began to rampage. At first it was quiet and slow but in the last few years it has been getting worse and people have begun to disappear. The White Lotus has not claimed a new avatar for fear that some rogue elements from the organisation still exists. Fire-lord Kiyi and her husband, my parents, have begun to beg the White Lotus to find the avatar. Only the bridge between the two worlds can repair the rift between us and the spirits.

"Hey Sapphyre, Sapphyre." A boy called standing beside a bed in a shadowy room. His long dark hair fell over his high class red and grey tunic. "Wake-uuup." He moaned " Today's the day. Today the Fire-sages and the White Lotus reveal the new avatar. He roughly shook the figure in the bed with each word he spoke.

A swift kick flew out from the covers, heal connecting with the hip of the boy who yelped in surprise. "I know..." glowered the figure in bed, a girl about his age and quite similar in appearance. Her knee length heir was not overtly messy, yet it was also not perfect. "...being hours early will not make it happen any faster. The sun has barely even dawned yet and you are waking me."

"C'mon, get up Sapphyre." The boy groaned again.

"NO!" She snapped back "Go bother someone else Azulon, I want to sleep." Her amber eyes blazed as she glared at her twin, threatening and dangerous.

"Come o..."

"GO!" She screamed tossing a ball of blue flames in his general direction. Azulon yelped as the fire soared past his head and dashed out of the room. Sapphyre let out an exasperated breath as she fell back onto her pillows. Sapphyre grumbled softly, complaining about her brother as lay down in bed and shortly thereafter she was overcome by sleep.

:-[Sapphyre had never met the avatar herself, nor had her brother. He had died before they were born like his sister.]-: The twins had however met the parents of the avatar on the numerous occasions in which the Fire-lord and her husband :-[pleaded for the new avatar to be claimed.]-:

The sun shone a orange-gold hue as it began to set on the horizon. Sapphyre walked calmly to the fire-temple where the avatar was to be revealed, she permitted a small giggle to escape her lips as she thought on her brother who would be sitting in his seat as though someone had placed ants in his clothes. Sapphyre's parents calmly as she entered, the White Lotus and the Fire sages had waited. Not particularly surprising as she was merely a few minutes late.

The sages gave a curt bow, briefly dipping their head forward in recognition of her presence. "Sapphire, come sit." Fire-lord Kiyi greeted, the Fire-duke merely smiled. Among the White-lotus, five people stepped out.

One of the three men who walked forward seemed to lead the party. A youth who's presence seemed to draw one's gaze. His eyes were like a washed out storm cloud, misty and aged. The leaders of the other nations sat almost draped in shadows- chief Unaque of the north and chief Eska of the south sat at opposite ends of the room, eyeing each other suspiciously. President Shu and the five leaders of the nomads sat near each other. "Could we begin?" Queried the last person in the room. President Pema from republic city sat back further in the shadows than the rest.

The youth from the White-lotus acknowledged the woman with a simple nod. "We begin now, President Sharada, please be patient." His voice was even, calm and soft. In comparison to the strength obvious power held in the voice of the president, his voice was timid yet it was powerful and mesmerizing.

"I did not come here to be patient, Tonraq." The dark woman replied. Her thin fingers taping a pin irritably against the armrest of her chair. "I came here for the revealing of the avatar. Get-on-with-it."

The grand-master on the White-lotus sighed. "You must understand, we are not eager to reveal the avatar." He responded eloquently "After what happened to Avatar Talen, we still have reason to fear." A sharp click resounded through the room. Grand-master Tonraq gestured towards the fire-sages.

The three older men walked forward, their apparent leader bent over with the burden of age. They seemed to stand nowhere in particular before they approached The fire-princess and her restless brother.

"Greetings to you..." rasped the voice of the aged fire-sage " Avatar Sapphyre."

Rather than helping to promote order, the revelation of the avatar had rather the opposite effect. Accusations flew from one end of the room to the other. President Shu was the worst among them, but Pema Sharada was silent and she seemed calm.

A/N

For those who read my other fanfic (Nightingale), I have been busy with university, my own book and life in general. I am busy working on the next chapter but am finding it slightly difficult.

I welcome any questions regarding the story/characters but be warned that I may choose to not answer a question or leave out details. As usual, I would love constructive review detailing flaws in my work

~Artemis la Sol