Avatar: The Era Kiaree

Chapter One: Final Goodbyes

Air, water, earth, fire. Many struggles have befallen the world in the past two centuries. Avatar Aang defeated the fire lord and brought harmony to the four nations. Avatar Korra defeated Amon and the Equalists, reuniting benders and non-benders. Finally, there is a time of peace as the next earth bending avatar comes and goes. Now, 200 years after Avatar Aang, Kiaree is born into the fire nation. Her mother is a descendant of Ty Lee. Each generation of Ty Lee's children taught their offspring to chi block, and Kiaree's mother Mai taught her the same. But at a young age, Mai and her husband Korruk discover Kiaree is a fire bender. They don't know how this could be, considering no one on either side of their families have ever been fire benders. The years go by and Mai is pregnant with another child. When Kiaree turns 12, she discovers a startling secret her mother has kept all these years. She cheated on Korruk. And now Mai has realized that Korruk isn't Kiaree's real dad. Kiaree, heartbroken that her mother would do that to her father, runs away. Kiaree knows she needs a place to stay and finds a traveling dance group called the Flying Lemurs. After a little training, Kiaree joins the Flying Lemurs and being to travel with them.

Kiaree continues her life, trying to dance away all her family problems. She tries to keep all her emotions inside, but after two years of smiling and pretending she wasn't angry, Kiaree lets it all out and earth bends, realizing that she may be the Avatar. After contacting the White Lotus, Kiaree is taken back to her family, and there she finds another surprise.

"Kiaree is… is that you?" calls Mai, seeing her missing daughter walk into the yard.

"Um, yeah, I guess. Hi mom," Kiaree mutters, staring at the floor. Mai smiles and rushes to hug Kiaree. They embrace for a moment, then Kiaree pulls away.

"Korruk!" Mai yells. "Korruk, come quickly! Kiaree!" At the sound of his daughter's name, Korruk runs into the kitchen from his study. They stare at each other for a minute, and then Kiaree jumps into her dad's arms.

"My baby girl," Korruk mutters into Kiaree's hair.

"Dad, I'm 14. I'm not a baby." Korruk starts to cry, still wrapping Kiaree in his arms, realizing how much of her life they missed. Mai comes over and joins the hug, and for a minute they sit on the floor, wrapped in each other's arms. Then, a small child waddles into the kitchen.

Kiaree's mother gets up and walks over to the little boy and picks him up. "Kiaree," Mai says. "This is Teo." He stares at Kiaree with bright blue eyes, just like Korruk's. When Kiaree asked Koruk why he blue eyes, he had told her that his mother, her grandma, was from the Northern Water Tribe. Kiaree had always had a sort of brownish yellow eye color that neither of her parents had. Korruk had always wondered why, but Kiaree knew… and so did her mother.

Teo brushes his black hair out of his eyes and says, "Hi, what's your name?" in a high pitched baby voice.

"I'm… I'm Kiaree, and apparently I'm your sister." Mai bring Teo over to Kiaree and hands him to her.

"He's two years old," Koruk says. Mai walks over and starts smoothing out Kiaree's long brown hair.

"If you remember," Mai starts, "when you left, I was preg…"

"I remember," Kiaree interrupts, not wanting to talk about when she left. There is a quick knock on the door and Kiaree is reminded of why she came back. Korruk answers the door and two men, each dressed in different red robes, greet him.

"Hello," the shorter of the two says. "I am Jeong, and this is Kuzon. I am part of the White Lotus." Mai takes Teo into the other room because he has started to cry and the men go outside to talk.

"I wonder how my parents will react when they find out I'm the avatar," Kiaree thinks. She sits on a chair and puts her chin in her hands, waiting to see her father's reaction. After about 5 minutes, Korruk runs into the room. He looks at his daughter with a new appreciation.

Kiaree stands up and says, "Guess what daddy? I'm the Avatar."

Kiaree stays with her parents and soon begins her Avatar training as a fire bender. Kuzon is her fire bending master and Jeong, being a member of the White Lotus, stays in the fire nation to protect the new avatar. After a year of training, Kiaree masters fire bending. The next element for her to learn is earth bending, because she has done it once before. The White Lotus have business to attend to in Republic City, so for protection Kiaree is being sent to Kyoshi Island to begin her training.

"I can't believe your leaving again," Korruk sighs, bringing Kiaree's bag to the door. "We just got you back."

"I know, I'm sorry," Kiaree says to the floor. She always feels guilty about leaving her father. "But I have duties as the Avatar, and I need to learn earth bending."

Korruk nods, then walks outside to greet Kuzon, who pulls up in his Sato Mobile. Mai comes in carrying Teo, who turned three a few days before.

"There's my boy!" Kiaree says, taking Teo and tossing him above her head.

"Careful…" Mai says, putting her arm out as if to catch him is he falls.

"Again!" cries Teo, but Kiaree sets him down on his feet.

"Sorry little man, mommy doesn't like it," Kiaree smirks. Teo turns around and sticks his tongue out at Mai, then runs off.

"Do you really have to turn both my kids against me?" Mai asks. Kiaree looks at the floor and they stand there for an awkward moment until Kuzon and Korruk come in.

"I'm glad you came to say bye," Kiaree says, bowing to her master.

"That's not all I came to do," Kuzon says, taking Kiaree out into the yard and setting her in front of a box covered by a blanket.

"Go ahead," Korruk urges. "See what's inside." Kiaree cautiously approaches the box, taking notice on how intricate the design on the blanket is. On the blanket there's a decorative sun, highlighted by red and gold threads, woven into a pattern. Kiaree slowly raises the blanket, then throws it off when she see what's inside.

"Dragon!" Teo shouts, running outside to Korruk. Inside the cage, a baby dragon squirms, trying to find a position where its tail isn't so close to his face. Kiaree turns around to face Kuzon, a huge smile on her face.

"Yes, he's for you," Kuzon laughs.

"I thought there were only nine dragons in the world," Mai says, astonished.

"There are," Kuzon says. "Originally, Ran and Shaw were the last remaining dragons in the world. But like every other animal, they repopulated and three dragons were hatched. Those three each had three eggs of their own, and this little guy is one of those. Obviously Ran and Shaw aren't alive anymore. That was 200 years ago."

"How did you get him?" Kiaree asks, turning back to the dragon. He is mostly red, with has two purple lines down his back and the top of his head and snout are yellow.

"We stopped by the Sun Warriors and told them we found a new Avatar. You would obviously like a traveling companion and the Sun Warriors were generous enough to give us a dragon egg. He hatched about a month ago, but he's small. Probably won't get nearly as big as Ran or Shaw, but still a good-sized dragon."

Kiaree opens the cage and drapes the dragon across her arms. He's about two feet long.

"What's his name?" Teo asks. Kiaree looks at Kuzon questioningly. "The Sun Warriors called him Kisu."

Kiaree lets Kisu fly around the yard, under the watchful eye of Kuzon and Korruk, while Teo chases him. Kiaree goes back inside to look around her house one more time. "Next time I see this place again, I'll be a fully realized Avatar," Kiaree thinks out loud.

"Avatar Kiaree, wow. It's going to take some getting used to," Mai says, and Kiaree spins around to face her. She thought her mom would be keeping Teo away from the dragon by now.

"Yah, I know," Kiaree says. "For me too." Kiaree never forgave her mom, and ever since she got back, they haven't talked about her leaving. Her mom sniffles back a tear.

"I'm just going to really miss you," she says, and Kiaree lets Mai hug her.

"I know mom, but don't worry. Jeong and the rest of the White Lotus are going to take care of me." Mai freezes in Kiaree's arms, then pulls away.

"Who?" she asks, with an out of place, fake smile on her face.

"Um, Master Jeong? He's a fire bender in the White Lotus. He's been making sure nothing happens to me while I was training. Not like anything would. This town is pretty safe."

"You said Jeong? He's going to be traveling with you?" Mai asks, her fake smile now gone.

"Yah, probably. Why? What's wrong?"

Kiaree's mom seems to snap out of it, then says, "Oh, I just haven't met him! That's all. I didn't feel safe about you traveling with someone we haven't met."

"Dad met him. He came to our house the day…" Kiaree starts, and then trails off.

"The Day you came back," Mai finishes, giving Kiaree another quick hug. "I am really glad you finally came home."

"I know," Kiaree says. "Me too."

After saying her final goodbyes, Kiaree climbs into Kuzon's Sato Mobile, her bag in the trunk and Kisu on her lap.

"This is it, Kisu," she says. "Avatar Kiaree is on her way."

HEY thanks for reading! IK this chapter isn't very good, but the next one will be better, trust me. PLEASE REVIEW! this is my first fanfiction story so i might not be any good. review and tell me what u think! thanks! :)