A/N: Hey guys, This is a Zuko x Oc story, it starts before the series and will gradually catch up. If you see any grammar or spelling errors, please feel free to leave them in a comment. Anyway, here's chapter one.
The trees were in full bloom, sky bison flew over head, and laughter echoed throughout the stone hallways.
A girl stood on a balcony, watching the sunset. The warm summer breeze swirled around her.
She closed her eyes as she felt the currents dancing, feeling the push and pull of the wind as it swirled around her. She lifted her hands and twirled them around each other, creating a small ball of air.
She kept it in the palm of her hand, moving her fingers to keep the current circulating. Watching herself have complete control of the air around her was amazing.
She could never tire of the way the wind played with her hair, or the way it caressed her skin. She could never imagine life without the freedom it brought her.
The ball suddenly flew from her finger tips, and she smiled.
She rested her forearms on the stone railing. " Hello, Gyatso"
"As a child I also came up here when I was troubled." he said quietly.
"What makes you think i'm upset?" she asked nonchalantly.
He played along "Intuition I guess."
"A storm is approaching from the east, and a terrible one at that." he continued "Which means we have to put off your arrow ceremony until it passes."
Finally showing some emotion she spun around. "What!" Her eyes filled with tears, "You promised Gyatso. You promised me that before the seasons end I would get my arrows. Aang just got his! Hes two years younger than me!" She huffed.
"I know I promised you, but this storm could be very damaging. It could change a great many things."
She sighed, "Okay, but how come Aang got his so early?"
Gyatso paused, not sure how to answer her. " Aang is...gifted."
" Yeah, I guess he is pretty good. Even for a twelve year old."
Gyatso laughed. "Oh, come now child, I need you to do me a favor."
They walked down the corridor to gardens.
"I need you to fly down to Ba Sing Se, and get me a basket of those delicious lychee nuts. They make the most delicious filling to my pies."
"But I thought you said there was a storm coming?"
"Yes, but if you leave before night fall you will surely avoid the storm." He promised, stopping in front of a small pond.
"Do you know what the lotus flower symbolizes my dear?"
"Doesn't it represent faithfulness?"
"You're on the right track"
She watched him pick up a flower. "The lotus teaches us to continue striving through difficulties, and to show our best part to the outside world, no matter how bad the circumstances may be.
The stalk is easy to bend in two, but is very hard to break because of its many strong fibers. It represents the unbreakable relationship between two lovers or the members within a family, showing that no matter how far away they might live nothing can really separate them in our hearts."
He picked up a golden lotus.
"The golden lotus has two meanings, one is the symbol for the achievement of enlightenment and the other points towards a real flower which is beyond our normal perception.
The influence of a lotus flower is to open us up to beauty and light. A lotus flower can act as a reminder of the miracle of beauty, light and life.
This reminder aides our spiritual and practical understanding of Tao, the world and our place in it.
The sacred Lotus represents purity, divine wisdom, and the individuals progress from the lowest to the highest state of consciousness.
The lotus flower also, brings beauty and light from the murky darkness at the bottom of the pond." He turned to her .
"I don't understand why you're telling me this." She said, puzzled.
"One day, you will understand." he smiled, "Now go pack your bags, Ba Sing Se is quite a distance, so be sure to pack enough clothes and food."
"Alright, alright I'm going." She turned and walked a few steps before stopping and turning back around, "Gyatso?"
"Yes my child?"
"How much should I pack?"
"As much as you need, you never know what will happen. Destiny is funny that way."
"Razz, Razz!"
She broke away from her trance.
"Come on were up in 10!"
The girl proceeded to pull a brush through her hair, yanking through the tangles as quickly as possible.
Her friend came up behind her proceeding to braid her hair. "Ya know Razzi, I've never met anyone with hair like yours."
The girl looked at her through her mirror and raised an eyebrow. "And what's that supposed to mean?"
"Well, your hair is just so long, and thick. How do you manage?"
"It's not that hard Ty Lee, you just have to know how to work it" She winked and stood up.
Walking over to her wardrobe she scanned her options. "Hey Ty Lee, should I go for cute and conservative, or sexy and wild tonight?" she asked over her shoulder.
Ty Lee stopped applying her blush and looked over at her, quickly assessing her. "Id say go for sexy and wild tonight. Aura's never lie." She said with a look Razzi couldn't quite understand.
She pulled on a black halter that showed off her cleavage and her stomach pretty darn well, a pair of sheer black nylons that went to her mid thigh. A black pair of stretchy dance shorts, her black dance shoes and her black mask. Her look just screamed sexy, with a subtle undertone of danger.
"Well how do I look?" She asked doing a 360.
Ty Lee smiled "You look great!" she jumped up and down.
"Calm down, Ty Lee." She rolled her eyes. She had known Ty Lee for two years and only once had she seen her cry.
She had been wandering the woods for two days when she came across the big red and white striped tent. She didn't know where she was or what time it was. All she knew is that she was scared and tired.
She walked over to the tent and pushed back one of the openings, to see what was inside. She was immediately in awe at the sight. It was a circus! She watched the show for awhile, not noticing when a man kept staring her.
She eventually walked to the other side of the tent and came across the dressing rooms. She slipped inside, and bumped into a girl about her age.
"Oh sorry, I should have been watching where I was going."
"Oh no, it's quite alright," she smiled. "My name is Ty Lee. What's yours?" she asked brightly.
"I'm Razzi" she said a little self consciously.
Razzi immediately noticed how happy the girl she had run into was. Her face was heart shaped with small pink lips, a small nose and bright gray eyes. She wore a pink 3/4 sleeved, belly shirt, a pair of loose pink pants that reached her knees and tightened at the bottom. A short pink skirt covering herlegs to about mid thigh, slits separated the fabric into four sections, making it easier to move. She also wore matching pink flats, a strap going across the top of her girl had her hair pulled up into a high ponytail, and braided down her back. She left her side bangs untouched and free to move.
"You're not from around here, are you?" Ty Lee asked.
"No I'm from -"
"Ty Lee you're on in five!" a voice yelled.
"Sorry, but I've got to go perform," she thought for a second. "Do you want to hang out after my performance? We could have a sleepover!" she suggested enthusiastically .
"Uhm well I sorta -"
"Come on! I don't have any one here my age to hang out with! Please?" the girl in pinkpleaded.
"Alright, I guess I could" Razzi said.
"Yes! Okay, go to station 8, that's mine, you can wait there." she started to walk away "Oh I almost forgot," she exclaimed turning back around, "Don't talk to the lady in purple, shes crazy" she said, whispering the last part.
She perked right back up "Okay, have fun." she said, walking away.
Razzi gulped and walked over to the stations, and sat down under the big number 8. She looked around for any signs of purple, and when she didn't see any she relaxed slightly.
She took her pack from off her shoulder and placed it on her lap. She rummaged through it, pulling out her last moon peach.
"Well, all good things come to an end" And just as she was about to take a bite a she saw a flash of purple to her left. She stopped abruptly and slowly looked out of the corner of her eye.
A woman in her late fifties, wearing a lilac colored tunic, stood looking at her, not ten feet away.
She closed her mouth and put her peach back in her bag. She wasn't so hungry any more.
"What's your name dearie?" the woman asked. Her voice was smooth for her age.
Razzi looked at the woman " Uh, Razzi" she said timidly.
The woman smiled "Well that's a lovely name!, My name is Mirra."
She swallowed the lump in her throat "Hi Mirra"
"Come child, I would like to ask you a question."
Razzi got up on shaky legs and walked over to the woman's' station, station seven to be exact.
The woman circled Razzi, almost as if she was assessing her, lifting up her arm and measuring it, measuring the length from her pinkie finger to her thumb. It was all very over whelming.
"Now tell me child, are you flexible?"
It was a strange question, probably the strangest question she had ever been asked.
"Yeah I guess so, why?"
"Yes, yes. You're what thirteen?"
"Fourteen Ma'am"
"Are you trained in any sort of self- defense?"
"Well not exactly, but-"
"If someone attacked you could you defend your self?"
"Yes"
"If a group of people attacked you could you take them down?"
"Probably"
She stopped and looked at her, a gleam in her eyes. "You are Ty Lee's friend am I correct?"
"Yeah I think so, see I just met her like twenty minutes ago. Apparently I'm sleeping over."
"Where are your parents?"
She looked down at this point, "My parents are dead"
She was taken by surprise when Mirra pulled her into a hug "Oh child I am so sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up."
Her response was muffled "No its fine really, I'm alright."
She let her go and put her at arms length. "I'm going to teach you everything I know!"
Razzi was confused, but she accepted. "Sure, but what is it exactly that I'm learning?"
She never got her answer, Ty Lee has just walked in "Razzi, Raz- Oh there you are." She stopped when she saw Mirra holding her at arms length.
"Uhh well I'm done for the night, if you wanna come over now."
Mirra let her go "Yes, yes run along now, but remember what I said Razzi."
She nod her head and picked up her bag. Walking over to Ty Lee, she gave her the 'Oh My God!' look.
They walked out of the tent side by side, and as soon as they were far enough away Ty Lee stopped.
"Why were you talking to the crazy lady?"
"Well I didn't want to but she insisted I talk to her. She measured my arms and my hands. It was really strange."
"What did she tell you to remember?"
"She said she wanted to teach me everything she knows..."
"That's creepy"
"Tell me about it"
They rounded the corner and a group of men stood directly in their path.
"Hey girls, wanna come hang out with us?" a man with broad shoulders asked.
"Yeah we'll make it worth your while." his friend said.
"No thanks." Razzi nervously replied.
"Come on girls", they were advancing now, circling them.
Ty Lee burst into tears, and clutched Razzi's hand. "Razz , I'm scared!"
"I know me too."
The biggest and burliest of the men grabbed Ty Lee, pulling her away from Razzi, separating the two. Ty Lee continued to cry, and one of the men smacked her across the face.
That was it for Razzi. That was her boiling point "Don't you EVER hit her. You should be ashamed of your self for hitting girls. Your a sick perverted bunch of horny men. Get away from us!" and with that final note she pushed the air around her outward, causing the men to fly back, leaving Ty Lee sobbing on the floor next to her.
She grabbed Ty Lee's arm, "Come on before they get up!"
She dragged Ty lee behind her, trying to get away. They ran as fast as they could but they men had caught up to them, and they were stuck at a dead end.
Razzi pulled Ty Lee behind her, ready to defend them, when a streak of purple shot across her vision.
Mirra was fighting the men, and she was winning. The first man ran up to her and attempted to punch her, she dodged the attack and poked him several times, quick as lightning, and down he went. The other four went down in the same fashion, and when the last man fell to the ground unconscious, she turned to the girls.
"I want to teach you girls how to fight, without the use of bending. So you can defend your selves." She smiled down at them and took each girl's hand. "I'm not going to be around forever, so training starts tomorrow at dawn."
"Okay Mirra." Ty Lee said timidly.
Razzi's brow's furrowed together, "Mirra, what was that that you just did?"
She smiled down at the Raven haired girl "It's called Chi- blocking."
A/N: Okay now, I know what you're all thinking. "Well how did she get 100 years into the future?"
Weellllll, That will come in future chapters. (:
I'm SUPER nervous about this, so please feel free to leave constructive criticism, but please dont flame me! Haha
Thats all for now (:
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