AN: This story was an inspiration I had when I was talking with my friends about avatar. The fist chapter is kind of like an introduction. Okibi explains everything that is happening in her time. The war that she is talking about is the war between the fire nation and the other nations, as you can see, and Aang obviously won and stopped the fire nation from taking over all the nations. This story is after that time, when a new generation is born, and with it, great adventures of their time. A few of the original characters are going to be introduced later on. Please review! Constructive criticism is welcomed as long as it is constructive criticism and not flames. Well, I guess you can write flames if you want, but I don't think my story is that bad (E/N: thanks to me! Haha get's hit my the computer moniter), can it? LOL.
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Chapter one:
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The Fire Nation has always been a powerful nation. They are cruel and fight with no mercy. A hundred and thirty years ago, there was a great war among the Four Nations. The Fire Nation had started the warfare while they were on their quest for power but that was over a long time ago, and the Avatar and Fire Lord Ozai had died during the final battle. Now, almost thirty years later, a new avatar has been born. Nobody knows who this new avatar is and no one will until the avatar turns sixteen.
All my life I've heard stories and gossip of how the last Avatar ruined the Fire Nation's plot and nearly destroyed the entire nation. To me, the previous Airbending Avatar has always been the enemy, but I've always wondered if this new avatar is also an enemy.
It has been a long time since the last war, and a new Fire Lord, er… Lady has been crowned. My mother, Lady Azula, is now the new Fire Mistress. She took over the throne when her father (my grandfather) died during the war. I, her only child, am Princess Okibi, the next Fire Mistress of the Fire kingdom. My name means 'blazing fire', which I believe to be appropriate.
I know little about my father except that he was a fire nation warrior and had died shortly after my birth. I have always questioned and thought about him, but mother never tells me much concerning her love life. Perhaps since I am my father's daughter, my mother has always been gentle with me while she was strict and unreasonably harsh around others.
When I was about eight years of age, I was allowed to attend my first formal Fire Nation meeting. When the Generals and other Fire Nation officers saw me, they said that I was the spitting image of my mother. As I looked into the mirror after being told that by everyone I met, I realized it was true. My nose, my ears, and my facial expressions… they were exactly like hers. Except the color of my eyes, which are emerald green. It was an unusual color among my nation, but I took great pride in it. At first, I thought I had my dad's eyes, but later found out that he never had green eyes. So the color of my eyes is a mystery to this day.
I also tried to style my hair exactly like my mother's (I couldn't do it exactly, but it looked similar), and found that I looked like a much younger version of her.
I showed it to my mom that night, and she laughed at my attempt to make my hair like hers. She corrected my hair and taught me how to do my mine exactly like hers. From that day on, I continued to wear my hair in the same fashion.
Unlike my mother, I did not grow up in isolation, but grew up playing with kids my age. However, they were the children of our servants, so my mother didn't approve of them. Because of that, she kept me away from them by teaching me how to fight and bend when she was at home.
Like my mother, I had great talent and my dream was to one day be able to use the hottest color of fire, white that is. My Fire Bending teachers had said that it was impossible because nobody had done it before, but my mother had said it was good to have goals like that. She said it gives us the will to learn even more than possible.
So far though, I have not even gotten close to being able to produce that shade. My fire color is blue, far from white, but mother informed me that I was the youngest person in Fire Nation history to be able to produce blue fire at the age of 12 and control lightning by 13.
As I grew older, my temper also developed (unfortunately) along with my bending skills. It was said that I had my inherited my mother's irritability. Sometimes I would lose my temper and irrationally hurt my friends, or take my anger out on the first person I see. This was the reason why all the servants, and at times, my friends, were terrified of me.
My friends' names are Kyoudai, and Ryuubi, which hilariously means beautiful eyebrows. Kyoudai, or Kyo, wanted to be a fire nation soldier, but because of his ranking in the Nation's hierarchy, he didn't even try to join the army. Even if he did, he would be one of the lowest solider and would only battle when there was a war, or be used as a sacrificial pawn. Otherwise, he would be guarding one of the rooms in the palace. Because of that, he taught himself fire bending secretly.
Ryuubi, or Ryuu, is one of the servants that cooks meals. Her mother, one of the Royal Chefs, is the one who taught her to cook.
As we grew up together, I learned that despite my mother's disapproval of my friends, without them, I would have given up on my dream of producing the world's hottest fire. My mother, although supportive, was rarely at home because she had to travel a lot to other nations due to the fact that she was the Fire Mistress.
My peaceful childhood days were over when my mother thought I was old enough to join her for the more important meetings that were held in our palace. Soon, I was traveling to other kingdoms with my mother to get a first hand experience of what it's like to attend these meetings.
The Fire Nation has peace contracts with all of the other nations so that we can gain their trust. The plot is that once they have their guard down, we strike, fast and hard. We were biding our time. Meanwhile, we would utilize our allies support to the fullest extent; using as them as tools to help the Fire Nation grow.
However, a new problem had reared its ugly head and it affected the water tribe the most. They have requested help for they couldn't solve the issue alone. Everyone was happy to pitch in and help out. All the Nations were trying to strengthen ties with each other during this period of time. The Fire Nation included, but while we helped to further gain the other nation's trust, we were conspiring.
The problem that had arisen was that the water tribe's bending resources were dying. Oceans were drying up, and water was becoming scarce. This problem not only affected the Water Tribe, but also the entire world. If there was no water to drink and to water agriculture, civilization itself would dry up and we all might die of dehydration.
No one fully understands why the water has been disappearing though, and to further our troubles, the Fire Nation was being blamed! Yes, that would be a smart idea, to drain water that is because it is our opposite element, but it really wasn't us causing problem this time around.
There is a large meeting being held today in the afternoon in the Fire Nation's palace. No one knows how long it will last. The only thing that I was sure of was that I was to go as the Fire Nation's leading representative.
There were five other Fire Nation diplomats and such coming with me and the other nations were bringing six people to represent their nation. The groups would be consisted of one leader, one ambassador, two elders, and two youths. The youths would be one male, one female, and the reason that teens such as myself would even be allowed to such an important meeting is because it was supposed to train us to become stronger leaders and diplomats.
The water tribe would have solved this problem by themselves, except they said they couldn't. I don't know the reason why, but I am going to find out today.
Little did I know that this was the start of the greatest adventure of my life.
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Editor's Note: Hello World! This is xpakux again! Haha, I love being a beta reader… but that's beyond the point. Some subliminal advertisement: If you are interested in a good Full Metal Alchemist and Harry Potter cross over then look no further! Go to my site and read Harry Potter and the Full Metal of Amestris! But anywho… To elaborate on the Author's Note on top, the plot to this story was originally created by the SAN TOMODACHI which consists of Littlewolf123, a girl nicknamed Chrissy, and I, xpakux! It was elaborated and actually written down first by littlewolf so she gets the credit (T.T). Oh well! It was done awesomely though! And if Kathy lets me, I'll be writing some chapters for this story here and there!
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