Hey everyone. i'm taking a plunge in the Last airbender world to write this story here. It will be mostly O.C., taken place after the Earthbender Avatar that is after Korra. I will stay fateful to the mythology as much as i can. I'm just testing waters here. if the response is good, i will continue it.

Avatar

A legend Returns

Book One

Chapter One

Reborn

It was a quiet day as the two fighters stood across each other with a crowd of people encircling the Arena. The first one was a young man probably of seventeen years of age with dark hair and gold eyes and he had a smirk on his handsome face earning a few squeals from the girls that were watching.

Across him, was the other fighter was much more skinner than him but he had a well toned body with his sharp eyes examining his opponent, before letting a smirk cross his face.

Then he moved, punching the air in front of him as a ball of fire sped toward his opponent who expectedly blocks it. He continued with the attacks as more fire balls flew toward his opponent who was blocking and dodging them with ease and graceful movement.

Then the opponent dodged one of the fireballs before quickly retaliating with one of his own, causing the attacker to switch to defense. At each fireball the new attacker was sending at him, the new defender was blocking as the attacker approached him each step sending a stronger fire ball at him causing the skinny guy to block but the force behind the attack threw him backward falling unto his back.

Cheers broke out from the spectators who were watching the fight.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Agni Kai is Lu Yin."

Lu Yin approached his fallen opponent and extended his hand at him.

"Great fight," he said.

The one on the ground snorted but he took the hand, letting himself get pulled up.

"Yeah, yeah," the skinny guy said, "You've gotten better at controlling your firebending Lu Yin."

"I can say the same to you," Lu Yin said, laughing a little.

"Yeah, but just you watch," the skinny guy said, "I'm going to win against you one day…you can bet on it."

"I'm sure it will be an exciting match," Lu Yin said.

The two bowed to each other.

The two firebenders walked toward the crowd as Lu Yin approached a young girl. She had her hair in a top knot with the Fire Academy uniform on as her eyes looked at him with a smile.

"You have been magnificent out there," she said, taking him in a hug.

"Couldn't have done it without your support Zula," he said.

The girl, Zula gives him a smile.

"You're such a flatterer you know that," she said, "It's no wonder you have a fan club in the school."

Lu Yin let out embarrassing smile.

"C'mon sis, it's not my fault…"

Zula laughed.

"It is and you know it," she said, "C'mon, let's get home."

They approached their family carriage, and Lu Yin sighed.

"Father couldn't come could he?" he said.

Zula shook her head.

"He had an urgent meeting with the other generals of the Army, and had been gone since this morning," she said, looking at the boy beside her, "But I'm sure he would have been proud of you."

Lu Yin didn't answer her as a thoughtful look crossed his face then.

The two teenagers entered the carriage and it was set off toward their home.

Later

Zula was in the house backyard, going through some firebending form, thought she couldn't really bend fire herself. Lu Yin was the gifted one in the family along with their Father. She had always wished she could firebend herself and seeing her brother does it made her somewhat envious of him sometimes.

Being able to bend your natural element was looked up to be a great honor in the entire world, especially in the Fire Nation. Breathing deeply, she came to stop in her movements, and looked up toward the sunset.

It was in those moments that made her think of her mother. The woman had died when they were simply children living them under the care of their Father. But as a part of the Army, her Father had to hire a maid to take care of the children during his long absences from home. This causes Zula and Lu Yin to grow distant with their Father and closer to each other. It must be why the two are always comfortable around each other.

Zula seated up and walked back inside the house.

"Dinner will be ready soon, Miss Zula," the maid said as she heated up the food on the stove.

Zula looked at her with a soft smile.

"Thanks, I'll be right down."

The girl made her way toward the second floor and entered her bedroom. It was mostly red and gold colored with a little black and a symbol of the Fire Nation was decorating the wall. She took off the top knot she was wearing letting her hear fall down all the way to her shoulders, and putting the hair piece down on the table bed looking at it.

It had been one of her mother's gifts to her on her fourth birthday before she passed away and Zula had kept it as a treasured possession. She went to the bath to freshen up and headed back down toward the dinner table finding Lu Yin already seating there.

"Zula, you took a while," he said, looking up at her.

"Well, I wanted to freshen up first," the girl told him, "Can't show up to dinner all sweaty and dirty now."

Lu Yin looks at her confused for a moment before it dawned on him.

"You've been practicing again?"

"Of course I was," Zula told him, "I may not be a hot shot firebender like you are, I can still rival you in a non-firebending battle."

Lu Yin smiled at her.

"It would seem you would," he said, "I will have to take you one that challenge."

Zula smirked at him.

"You're on."

"Now now," the maid said, "I'm pretty sure it is dinner time right now, and it is a time for eating only."

Zula and Lu Yin smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry," they both said.

As dinner passed, Zula's eyes found themselves drifting toward the empty space at the end of the table. It was where their Father usually sat, and she felt a slight pang of sadness at this.

"Father is not going to come home tonight isn't he?" she said.

Lu Yin glanced at the empty space also.

"It would seem so…Mai, they haven't had any messenger hawks today?"

The maid shook her head.

"I'm sorry to inform you that but they haven't had any word from your Father," she said.

Suddenly Zula got to her feet drawing the two people's in the room attention.

"Excuse me," she said before walking off.

"Zula," Lu Yin called after her but his little sister had long disappeared up the stairs. He seated back down, his eyes focusing on his dinner.

After dinner, Lu Yin walked toward his sister's room and knocked on the door there before sliding it open.

The lantern was still light and he notices that her window was open causing him to sighs softly and walks toward it, pocking his head out. His golden eyes found Zula seating on the roof tiles, her back facing him, her legs up to her stomach as her hair danced slightly in the warm night air.

Lu Yin climbed through the window and walked toward his sister.

"He is not going to come is he?" Zula said softly, probably hearing him approach.

"I'm sure he hadn't forgotten," Lu Yin said to her, taking a seat beside the girl.

"He should be here with us Lu," Zula said, "Ever since mom died, he grew distant from us. It's almost like he can't face us…"

"Don't say that," Lu Yin said, "I'm sure wherever he is right now…he is thinking of purchasing a present for you."

Zula glanced toward him.

"I can't believe you're defending him."

"He is my father," Lu Yin told her, "as he is yours too. We should always respect him no matter what actions he had done. He may not be the best father in the world, but he is still our Father."

Zula stayed silent.

"I just wish he was here to wish me a happy birthday," she after a minute.

"He will tell you tomorrow I presume," Lu Yin told her giving her a grin, "He never misses any of your birthdays before…I don't see why he should miss one now."

Zula glances at his face before giving him a smile of her own.

"You're probably right," she said, "thanks Lu, you're always making me feel better."

Yu Lin took her into a one arm hug.

"I'm your brother, I'm supposed to do that," he said smirking softly.

The two seated there looking at the star filled sky.

"Make a wish," Lu Yin told her, "after all it's not every day a girl turn sixteen."

Zula stayed there, pondering at this. What could she wish for? She had a comfortable life, a home and a family…what more could she ask for.

"I…I don't know what to wish for," she said.

"C'mon," Yu Lin said, "Just make one, it won't matter if it's big or small."

The girl shook her head.

"Alright, I'll make one," she said looking at the stars.

She closed her eyes thinking to herself and immediately an image of her mother appeared in her mind, causing her to feel a little sadness since the woman wasn't there anymore.

I…I just wish that she could still be alive today, she thought, so she can see me become a young woman.

"What did you wish for?" Lu Yin asked her.

"If I told you, it wouldn't come true now would it," Zula laughed.

Lu Yin simply shook his head. He was glad that he was able to cheer up his sister. The girl had always been supportive of him in the past, and he was glad he was able to be there for her when she needed him.

Following Day

Zula had been getting well wishes ever since she stepped into the school ground this morning and the gesture had caused her mood to lift up expectedly throughout the day. She has been in high spirits all morning enjoying her day with her best friend Lo.

Lo was a girl that most would call calm and controlled compared to Zula's outgoing nature. Most always wondered how these two friends and the two girls simply balanced each other out quite well.

"I am sure you're having a birthday party later at your house?" Lo asked her.

"Probably," Zula told her, shrugging her shoulders, "That will be if my Father is home. He had been gone all day yesterday. I don't think he had even come home."

"Maybe it was something important," Lo told her.

"Maybe," Zula repeated.

At that moment, a loud siren echoed across the school ground, one the girls recognized as the Assembly siren.

"I wonder what's going on." Lo questioned as the students started to make their ways toward the school courtyard.

"Probably a drill of something," Zula said.

Lo simply shrugged.

The girls got themselves in line as the boys did also and Zula took notice of her brother in the back of the boys line talking with one of his friends, and Zula tore her attention from him toward the front of the Assembly seeing the school Headmaster standing there dressed in his red robes his graying hair falling on his shoulders.

"I must say it is a great honor in this school to receive the Fire Sages in our ground," he said, "They have come with an important message to the Fire Nation entirely for today, is the day the Avatar shall be revealed to the world."

Whispers broke out over the Assembly.

"The Avatar?"

"Is he for real?"

"In this school?"

"I want to meet him?"

Zula felt her heart skip a beat at the announcement.

The Avatar was in this school? This is an historic event in the history of the Fire Nation entirely for it is the first time in almost two hundred years since an Avatar had been born in the Fire Nation for the last firebender Avatar had been Avatar Roku.

The Headmaster raised his hand in the air to silence the crowd of teens.

"Now join me in welcoming the Fire Sages," he said.

A group of elderly men walked into the courtyard, drawing the student's attention as they approached toward them, the one in the lead had his eyes scanning the crowds before they come to rest in Zula's direction, causing the girl to become nervous again and she glanced at the row beside hers.

The Avatar must be one of those students, she thought looking at them.

She couldn't guest which one of them could be the Avatar.

The entire student body was looking at the Fire Sages which came closer to where the lines and came to a stop in front of Zula who snapped her head back toward the Sage that was in front of her.

The Sage was elderly probably in his late sixties as his eyes observed her thoughtfully and Zula can feel the stairs of everyone on them as the full reason of the Sage in front of her mean…

It…It can't be…

Then the Sage spoke bowing to the girl, making her eyes grew wide in shock.

"It is a great honor to be in your presence, Avatar Zula."

Zula feel her heart drum in her chest as the three Sages bowed to her followed by the entire student body and even the Headmaster, and all she could think of was…

I…what?

And the new Avatar is announced. What will be Zula's reaction? How will this touch of destiny change her life along with her family?

Let me hear what you think in the reviews.

Jacques0 out.

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