Prologue

Since the dawn of man it was the sole duty of the Avatar to keep the peace and protect the four nations. He was the bridge between our world and the spirit's world, given power over the elements so that he could maintain the fragile peace in the world. In the Knowledge Spirit's Library, there used to be a book that told of how the Avatar received 50% of the world's power, while the thousands of ordinary benders received only 25%.

There was 25% left over. This 25% went to a small group of people, who proved just how powerful that little power can be when it is not split up across the globe. These people are far stronger then the ordinary bender, for they do not specialize in just one element. It is normal for these people to be able to bend two or three, or, on rare occasion, all four elements. They may not have the power of the Avatar or the numbers of ordinary benders, but they have perfected an art that few Avatars have ever dared attempt.

Dualbending.

It is not like Avatars have not done it before, it is more like they prefer to use one element at a time or simply cannot focus on moving more than one or two elements at once. These people, though, have turned it into their everyday life and made an art of it.

A thousand years ago, the text that mentioned the Dualbenders was hidden deep in the Library. No one was told about the discovery that a child had been born with the ability to control the four elements, while the current Avatar was still alive and well. The only people who knew about it were the parents of that child and they, fearing for their and their child's life, hid the child far from the four nations and recorded only a short note of the incident in a storybook about the Avatar. The book was then stashed in the Knowledge Spirit's Library and remained there for centuries.

Until the Library was destroyed.

The knowledge of the Dualbenders lost, their race began to grow and flourish. Some of them walked openly along the streets of their own nation, an island 300 miles west of the fire nation where the first Dualbender had fled to. Other Dualbenders hid in plain sight, mastering their abilities, but never telling anyone of their skills in case they had committed a crime by being half Avatar.

A candle can only hide for so long in the shadows.

The Dualbenders grew bolder; they wished to be done hiding and live beside the other benders without fear of discovery. But once a secret's out, it can't be taken back, no matter the consequences. If the world's not ready to learn a secret, then those consequences can lead to death.

And that's where we start.

OK, so this is my first Avatar fic, thought up a few years ago when I had a really really weird dream. I kind of feel like I rushed the prologue and didn't do as good on it as I could've, but oh well. I'll fix it later if it bugs me enough. If it doesn't make any sense please tell me in the reviews because I'm half asleep right now and can't really tell. If you have an OC you'd like in the story PM and I'll tell you what I'm looking for.

Sorry it's so short, but I'll try to update soon, so for now just read and review.