A/N: Hello all avatar fans. This story is gonna be my own desire to have some fun after reading the promise and the search (the current parts out at least), well that and after a last Airbender and Legend of Korra marathon I decided to get my writing freak on. I am going with M rating just to be safe, violence, language, Lemon's will be iffy at best as I don't see the need but romance will be a factor.
Now Onto the story let us begin.
Chapter 1- The Ominous reports.
Water, Earth, Fire, Air, Long ago the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the fire nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them but when the world needed him most, he vanished.
A hundred years past and my Brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an air bender named Aang, and although his air bending skills were great he had a lot to learn before he could save anyone, but I believed Aang would save the world….
Ink suddenly spilt all over the parchment that Katara had been writing on.
"Ooh, darn it Sokka watch where you're walking that's the second time you bumped into the table" she yelled crumpling the page up and throwing it to the previous attempt writing.
Sokka meanwhile just kept on walking by with the mountain of books and scrolls he had stacked in his arms. "Sorry Katara but Aang and Zuko said they needed these right away. What are you writing anyway that's so important?" He asked curiously.
Katara sighed "It's nothing just a little journal of all the things we went through after meeting Aang" she explained as she put away her writing supplies realizing she might as well start another day.
For the past few days the young Waterbending master had been thinking over the incredible adventures she had been a part of.
"Hard to believe it's been a little over three years since we found him" She muttered aloud.
"Really? Wow I guess with all that happened along the way it felt longer" Sokka said setting his burden down on the now unused table inside the tent they were staying in.
Katara meanwhile was beginning to lose herself into past memories which were the reasons she had made multiple attempts at writing them down, simple because she felt this story needed to be told.
A little over three years ago she and her brother Sokka, two members of the southern water tribe, had been out fishing when they discovered, through a series of poor water bending and near collisions with ice, a boy frozen inside an iceberg. He turned out to be the last hope the world had been waiting for.
Aang was his name and he was an Airbender the last of his kind. His people had been wiped out by the fire nation, to which some said was the true beginning of the war as it involved the use of Sozin's comet by Fire Lord Sozin to commit genocide upon the Air Nomads. Aang however had escaped this fate as due to his inner turmoil's of the knowledge of what he was destined to do he ran. Katara had heard this story straight from him, and she felt nothing but sorrow for him, true his actions had been wrong but his being told that he was the Avatar, the master of all elements and spirit of the world incarnate charged with keeping harmony and balance, was done early and his reaction was that of one not yet old enough to hear such a thing and to be suddenly separated from the life he knew. However despite his regrets Katara had reminded him that by running he had likely escaped death to end the war later on with the help of his friends.
It was after their fateful first meeting that Katara and Sokka had their own destinies intertwined with Aang's to eventually play crucial roles in ended the century long conflict and to bring out an new era of love and peace.
They started out from their tribal home the South Pole to head for the North Pole where their sister tribe, the northern water tribe, would offer both Katara and Aang the chance to learn Waterbending. Along the way they made many friends, and had many encounters with their enemies.
Now however two years had passed since the end of the war, followed by the uneasy Yu Dao incident and the Search for Ursa that their friend Zuko had requested they help him with, but those were stories for another time.
Katara stood up from the table and smiled as she looked down to see spots of ink on her blue robe.
"Heh, look at me nearly 18 and still getting ink on myself" She giggled as she moved her hands in a waving like motion causing the ink to suddenly be lifted from her clothes and back into the clay cup she had been using.
She had grown some in the past two years since the end of the war, she was taller and fuller in figure. Much like her brother whom had also grown, he was looking a lot more like their father now, nearing the age of 19 and had the look of a water tribe chieftain already, yet still had the weirdest sense of humour, among other silly habits.
"Wonder what's taking them so long?" Sokka asked as took a seat and unrolled a scroll to look over some plans that had been drawn on it, they were a scale drawing of what looked like plans for a city.
Katara nodded her agreement to his question. Their time here at this small Fire Nation encampment near Yu Dao was already making them late for plans to return to the southern water tribe for the celebration. Ever since they had helped break the siege of the north, the northern water tribe had been putting a lot of effort in help its sister tribe rebuild itself after all the Fire nation raids they had suffered, Now that the work had paid off the water tribe was eager to celebrate. As such Aang, Katara, and Sokka, along with their friend Zuko planned to attend.
Katara could not help but smile, to which her brother caught and guessed for once the right line of thought. Who would have ever guessed seeing the Fire Lord at a water tribe celebration?
Zuko had for much of their journey been an enemy but over the course of their travels many things changed the young prince, now the Fire Lord, and he soon became a trusted and dear friend to them, as well as much better man than the previous Fire Lord. He also asked to join them at the South Pole because he was eager to rebuild good relations with the other countries.
So far his efforts had been difficult as a hundred years of war left many scars, and many new possibilities. Namely the one that was keeping them here near the former fire nation colony on the soil of the earth kingdom, after they had returned from the search for his mother Zuko was ready for what lay ahead. He had immersed himself in his work to restore trust and peace between his people and rest of the world. Something that made those who knew him best smile with admiration.
During their return voyage they had stopped here in Yu Dao to see how things were progressing, Zuko's Uncle Iroh, whom was handling the official and political fire lord needs when Zuko was away travelling had asked to speak with Aang and Zuko for a short while. Aang knew the topics would likely be repetitive and tedious so he asked if Katara and Sokka could wait in the guest tent to spare them the headache
That short while was now nearing two hours.
Katara and Aang also had another important reason they wanted to be at the South Pole and soon. They wanted to announce their engagement to her father Chief Hakoda and to everyone else.
It wasn't until the war ended that they came to the realization of how deep their love for each other had grown during their journey but now they were free to be with each other. They had, had a few stumbling points after they had first become a couple but now Katara and Aang were ready to tell their friends and family they planned to get married.
"Katara, your giving me oogies" Sokka said suddenly drawing her out of her own thoughts and startling her as she had not realizing that while thinking of her future with Aang she had started blushing.
"Sokka I have had it with your oogies, did I ever say anything to you when you were being all hugs and kisses with Suki?" She shouted back at him.
Suddenly the tent flap opened and in came those they had been waiting for.
"I'm back Sweetie, Oh? Is everything ok?" came the slightly deeper voice of Aang as she walked in with an ever present happy facial expression and was moving to hug his girlfriend until seeing the flushed look on her face and the glare she was giving Sokka.
Katara's irritation suddenly dropped and she turned to embrace Aang. He had also done some serious growing in the last two years. For the longest time he had been shorter than Katara and while she was clearly half a foot taller in height he was now equal to her and had also begun to fill out as well. Sometimes it was hard to remember that he was physically only 16 years old now, and as susceptible to the changes of becoming a man as anyone despite the fact he has often displayed a maturity well beyond his years, and yet he could still act like a carefree kid at times.
She kissed him warmly as she hugged her back ignoring the gagging like expression from Sokka while the other two whom entered the tent gave the couple a respectful moment of silence.
Katara released her soon to be betrothed and turned to bow respectfully to the Fire Lord and his Uncle, both of which had a smirk appear on their faces at her politeness knowing full well it was for amusement.
Zuko had not as changed much in all this time; he was in better shape now that his mind was less troubled and he was finally looking healthier and happier. He was wearing his travelling clothes and still had his favoured Dual Dao swords slung across his back.
His uncle looked almost exactly the same, in great shape, and looking very regal in his finer robes that signified his high rank among the Fire nation.
The once General known as dragon of the west headed to the far side of the tent to begin brewing a pot of tea "My apologies for keeping all of you hear. Zuko tells me you a party to get to" Iroh smiles "It is good to see you all taking time to enjoy yourselves after all this hard work" He said as he set the tea pot to boil over a small fire.
Zuko nodded but look troubled "are you sure it's alright Uncle, after what you told me of the reports you been getting from the home land and in the Earth Kingdom?" he asked
"What reports?" Katara asked looking at Aang as she stood by him.
For a moment Aang frowned "Zuko we should tell them while we head there Appa should be all rested now" he said as he gave Katara a silent look asking for a brief wait.
Zuko nodded and they all bid farewell to Iroh who sat down to enjoy a pot of tea "be safe on your travels" he called out to them.
They all walked out into the setting sun as they headed for their mode of transportation. A sky bison called Appa and another of their dearest friends. He was Aang's animal guide and an endless source of joy for the group. The group climbed aboard and Aang said a quick "yip yip" and Appa took off with a swish of his tail.
"It's a shame Toph can't join us" Zuko commented as he made himself comfortable referring to one of their absent friends.
"She said would catch us on our way back, I hope her meeting with her parents goes ok" Aang replied as she moved into the saddle knowing Appa knew the way to go, he sat down by Katara and put his arm around her happily.
"Not to mention the fact she isn't too fond of ice and snow after that trip through the serpent's pass" Sokka mentioned with brought about a round of laughter.
After a few minutes of calm flying did they realize they had forgotten two important topics, one the reports Iroh mentioned earlier, and two how long will Iroh hold out watching after Momo?
"So what are these reports about?" Sokka asked.
Aang and Zuko shared a concerned look before answering.
"We're not really sure what to make of it, but people have been vanishing, or they are being found comatose. These reports have been going back for about six months but until now they didn't cross paths between fire nation and Earth kingdom so now that we seen the similarities it's even more confusing. Especially since some of the attacks happen within days of each other" Zuko said explaining.
Katara looked troubled noticing the worried look on Aang's face "what's wrong Aang"
"Well it's what some of the reports said about how they though they saw someone suspicious like a Firebender in Ba Sing Se or an Earthbender in the middle of the fire nation but they just vanish and then someone turns up missing or in coma, and the few that wake up can barely bend or do anything else their spirits have been weakened"
"Wait are all the people involved in these reports benders?" Sokka asked
Zuko nodded "Yeah, that's the really troubling part, some of these benders in the fire nation are some of the skilled ones, and they can barely do more than sit up in bed, and they claim is even more weird"
"What is it?" Katara asked.
"They claim it was a spirit that attacked them" Aang said in a worried tone.
The four friends all shared a knowing look as they flew silently on Appa on their way to the South Pole unaware of what these omens foretell.
A/N: Phew that went by quickly. Been a little while since I did my last bit of writing, I hope no one things I jumped around too much at the beginning but am writing this in the sense that we are all up to date on avatar events and if anyone has any helpful hints or finds something hard to follow I appreciate any Input. So there we go it seems we got some spirit trouble a'brewing I wonder what's in store for the Avatar and his friends now, and don't worry I plan to include many of our favourite's characters. Till next time please R&R. Stay Tuned
P.S To anyone that has me as a favoured author I know I have other fics that have been on hiatus for some time but I will finish them it's just a matter of getting my writing juices for them flowing again.
