could107-Okay as you can see I totally redid this whole chapter. I have to thank avearia for giving me ideas on how to rewrite it. Sorry about the lenth but it gets the point across better. Please read and review.
Chapter One – The Lost Nation
The sun was setting over the plateau casting long shadows across its rocky surface. A mountain created a long shadow over their camp. Toph stamped her foot down creating a slab of stone. She raised her hands and clenched her fist creating five round slabs around it. "Alright everyone dinners ready!' Katara yelled as she set down the stew. Aang, Zuko, Katara, Toph, and Sokka sat down everyone digging into their food.
"And then the Octopus said 'I can't skate with these legs' "Sokka said beginning to laugh loudly. Everyone just stared blankly at him and if you listened closely you could hear the crickets chirping.
"I don't get" Aang said with a confused look on his face.
"I don't think anyone did" Toph said slurping up the last of her stew. A cold wind blew across them and Toph looked up. A man walked toward their camp hi cloak billowing around him. His hood completely covered his face making it impossible to read his intentions. "Who're you?" Toph asked.
"Are you the Avatar?" he asked looking at Aang. He nodded and the stranger raised his hand. It began to glow brightly and crackle softly.
"Aang move!" Toph yelled stamping her foot on the ground. A block of stone shot up in front of Aang intercepting a bolt of lighting. The block exploded as Aang leaped into the air grabbing his staff. He swung it in an arc blasting the stranger with a gust of wind. He raised his arms but was still sent flying back. He spun in the air landing on his feet.
"I thought we had gotten rid of the fire nation that was following us!" Sokka yelled grabbing his boomerang. The stranger chuckled at that pulled off his hood. "I am not the fire nation." He said. His hair was a stark white sticking out in all directions. His eyes were a piercing yellow.
"If you're not then who the hell are you?!" Zuko yelled. The stranger cocked his head to side with a questioning look on his face. "I'll tell you if you beat me" he said and grinned. Zuko swept his leg across the ground sending a wave of fire at him. The flames engulf the entire other half of the plateau they're on. An orb of lighting spreads from the flames. Inside it stands the stranger smirking. "Is that all you got" he smirked.
"Far from it!" Katara yelled. She drew water from the flask at her side slashing through the shield. The stranger ducked the water and punched the air sending another bolt of lighting at her. A slab of earth rose from the ground blocking it.
"Thanks Toph" Katara yelled gathering water from the air. "Don't mention it" She replied kicking up several rocks and hurling them at him. He ducks and rolls dodging the stones. Sokka runs forward swinging his space sword. The stranger steps to the side and trips him. "You done yet?" he asked letting his arms fall. He looked around and saw the scorched plants, scarred ground, and rocks strewn every wear. The moon shined down on them showing beads of sweat on all of them.
"What do you mean, you attacked us!" Aang yelled.
"That was a test to see if you really could help me or not" he said calmly despite being surrounded by four benders ready to attack him. "To be honest you all passed with flying colors" he said clapping. Aang looked at him his face confused. "Who are you?" he asked again. This time the stranger answered for real.
"The name's Rai-Tao. I'm a lighting bender." He said spreading his arms. "What's a lighting bender?" Aang asked confused. "A bender from the thunder tribe." He replied.
"Are you saying there are more then four nations?" Sokka asked. "Were more then four, but yeah their used to be eight tribes instead of the four nations" He replied. He sat down and began to tell them about the other history.
"They were the sand, ice, water, fire, earth, metal, air, and thunder tribes. The earth tribe had most of what is the earth nation now. The sand tribe had the deserts in the earth nation. The water tribe had many islands in the sea. The north and south poles belonged to the ice tribe. The air temples were shared by the thunder and air tribes who would migrate between them. The fire tribe had what is now the fire nation. The tribes fought constantly for more and more land almost engulfing the nations in war. Then he came." He said taking a breath.
"Who came?" Sokka asked.
"The Avatar, he united the tribes into four nations. Some nations resisted though, like the thunder and sand tribes. The sand tribe faded into the sand benders you see in the deserts. The metal tribe disintegrated into the Earth nation their teachings forgotten over the years. The only tribes to blend successfully were the water and ice tribes. The thunder nation was wiped out by the fire nation because they became a threat to their plans." He said snapping the twig he was holding.
"What does that have to do with us?" Katara asked. "I won't you guys to help me rebuild the thunder tribe" he said.