At one point my life was normal. My name was Jason Mondragon. I was 16 and living in the big apple, I was a junior in high school, had a 2nd degree black belt in Karate, and had a girlfriend. Life was going good when "It" happened.

I remember that last day the best. It was a cloudless sky on that fateful Saturday. I was in central park listening to R.E.M. on my MP3 as I was practicing my Karate. My girlfriend Sammy was watching me do move after move. She was twisting her red hair and watching me with great interest.

I smiled at her "I'll just do one more move then we'll go."

She nodded as I readied myself. I was about to do the hardest move I knew. The Dancing Dragon it was called. It complex form that was used to disarm then knock down the opponent. Alright, I told myself, Left step. The ground trembled a little bit as I moved. I didn't notice though and kept going. Right jab then spin. This time the ground shuddered a bit more. Sammy, alarmed, ran near me.

"Um… Jason…"

Usually I would have replied but something stopped me I needed to finish the move.

Left jab right spin left kick.

The ground was shaking violently now. But I wasn't in control of my body. I wanted to run or scream but I couldn't.

"JASON!!" Sammy screamed as she tried to pull me away.

I pushed her to the ground. The really me who was floating somewhere outside the body was horrified at that but the physical me kept going. There seemed to be a fire growing in me And Final position. I blacked out as I finished the move.

When I woke up I was in a murky swamp full of odd sounds and life. I dragonfly the size of my arm flew over me. My hand went to my mouth as I covered up my scream. When I let my hand go blood was caked over it. Felt my face with my other hand. My nose was bleeding but not broken and I had a lump that was about the size of a walnut on my head. I was amazed that nothing else had been hurt. My arms and legs were stiff but there wasn't even a cut on them. Now I knew something funny was going on.

I got up slowly and started to walk around. There were so many types of insects in the underbrush and in the seemingly endless rows of trees. The trees had moss that hung down to the ground and was home to more than a few bugs. There was nothing but bugs and bushes for miles around. I thought I was safe. I really can't tell you how wrong I was. I trekked farther and farther into the swap trying to find anyone or anything that could help. As 3 hours of walking a collapsed on the edge of a huge bog.

The thing that really was weird was that I wasn't hungry or tired. Even my MP3 hadn't lost any of its juice. I sat down and watched the dog-sized fireflies dance around the center of the bog. I felt at piece and I let my mind wonder the cosmos. I thought about this place and it surpised me but I felt like I had been here before. It may have been 3 hours or 3 days later that I got up and bumped into one of the most frightening things I had ever seen. It was colossal in size at nearly 20 feet long. It had the body of a millipede and the face of a man. The man's face had white paint on it and black paint around its eyes. It smiled wickedly at me.

"Um… hi," I tried to say in my most casual voice.

"Hello I am Koh the face stealer."

A shiver went down my spine as he said this.

"Well that's just great but I need to get back home so if you could show me the way…"

"Such a handsome face will look good on me," It said.

Koh Reared up and I said a silent prayer. But the attack never came. I opened one of my eyes and saw Koh with a different face on. It was of an angry man with a long mustache. He was looking across the bog. I opened my other eye and followed his gaze. A tall man with long flowing white hair was matching Koh's evil look.

"Back off Roku you can't save all of my victims," Koh said with pure hate in his voice.

The man named Roku talked coolly to the monster "Ah Koh will you ever learn I would never get within 6 leagues of you unless I had big news."

"So get on with it!" Koh snapped.

"That young man who's face your about to get is the last piece."

I had no idea what that was but Koh found this very funny his face changed to a baboon that screeched with laughter.

Koh changed to his normal self "Roku please this is a measly human he can't be the last piece!"

"Look long and deep at him and then tell me he is not what I tell you."

Koh turned back to me and gazed at me. I could see my refection in his eyes. My Long chin, brown hair, and brown eyes. Koh's eye widened with shock after a few moments. His face changed to that of a young woman.

"May piece be with you Mondragon," he said as he slinked away.



I stared at the man who had saved my life. He was now on my sided of my bog. I bowed to him.

'Thank you Master Roku."

He laughed loudly "Master?! no one has called me that in a long time!"

"Um… Master sorry to say this but where the hell am I?"

He sighed "You are in the spirit world. A place where worlds meet. A passage was between mind and body."

"Ooook that really doesn't help."

Ruko was about to say more but a huge crash sounded and his eyes were full of fear as he turned to me.

"I'm sorry I can't say more but you must leave."

A small arch way that I hadn't seen before was right behind him. He shoved me in and for the 2nd time that day I passed out.

Images flashed in my eyes. A girl with wide eye I had never seen, New York destroyed, Koh with my face on his body, Sammy kissing another man, and of a great fire that ravaged everything. I woke up in a dark room. I tried to speak but I just moaned.

"So you're up," said a gruff voice.

A large man with a sword in hand came up to me. I mumbled feebly as he approached.

"So what are you a, water-tribe spy?"

I got my voice back and said something like "Whaaat?"

"Don't speak to me!" he slapped me hard on the face. Like I needed more injuries.

"Well I get to the bottom of this!" he said and walked out of what I now realized was a jail cell.

He slammed the door closed behind him.

"Oh yeah welcome to the fire nation."

Sooooo is it good?