Set 80 years after The Legend of Korra. They have reached the modern day in technological advances.
Name Trivia:
'Mika' is taken from the name 'Mikazuki' which means new moon.
'Nao' is pronounced 'Now'.
'Amissa' means friend.
I tried to find names with 'Z's in them for the firebenders but I couldn't find many.
'Jiro' means second son.
'Kazuo' means first son.
Avatar: The Legend of Mika
Earth. Fire. Air. Water...
My ancestor, Fire Lord Zuko, helped Avatar Aang defeat his evil father, Fire Lord Ozai.
My ancestor, General Iroh, helped Avatar Korra defeat the evil of the Equalists.
Like all life, Avatar Korra had to inevitably leave this Earth.
And, like all life, it was inevitable that new life would be born into this Earth.
And so, the Avatar was born again...
Prologue:
The Death of an Avatar/The Birth of an Avatar
Korra, an elderly woman, lay on her death bed. Mako squeezed her hand in his as tears fell. Korra closed her eyes and she let out a sigh...
And Raava found the next Avatar...
Nao, a woman on Kyoshi Island, looked at the baby girl she had just brought into the world. Haya-Ji, Nao's husband, sat next to her and looked at his second daughter. The couple's first daughter, Mei-Lien, was allowed into the room by the midwife and the 6-year-old ran over to her parents and new baby sister.
"Mei-Lien?" Nao said, gently "This is your baby sister... Mika,"
And Mika opened her eyes for the first time. For a moment, her eyes glowed Avatar State blue but no one noticed. In that moment her eyes turned to a vibrant green and she began to cry.
Chapter 1:
The Journey Begins
Mika looked out the window of the satomobile as it trundled along the mountain road. It had been 1 month since she had found out she was the Avatar. And in that month, things had changed for her. Everyone on Kyoshi Island treated her differently, bowing to her and restoring the Avatar Kyoshi statue in her honor. The only people who treated her the same was her mother, her older sister and her younger sister. Mei-Lien made the comment that she was a Kyoshi Warrior and her sister was the reincarnation of Avatar Kyoshi but that was it.
Mika looked at the member of the Order of the White Lotus in the satomobile with her. His name was Aagney and he was a Fire Nation native, which was why he was in charge of Mika while she was in the Fire Nation. Aagney was reading a small scroll a messenger hawk had brought. His eyes darted to her before looking back at the scroll, taking out a pen and writing a response.
"Is something wrong?" Mika asked.
"No, no, Avatar Mika. It's fine. Just some boring White Lotus business, don't concern yourself with it," said Aagney "Your only concern is learning to be a Fully Realized Avatar,"
Mika looked back out the window.
Mika was a 12-year-old girl with dark brown knotted hair that stopped in the middle of her neck, vibrant green eyes and pale skin. Her father had been a Fire Nation native so she had a higher bridged nose than most Earth Kingdom girls but she had a button nose so it gave her a cute appearance. She had dirt smudges here and there from her constant earthbending and dirt stuck under her nails. Being from Kyoshi Island, Mika did wear some blue, a dark blue unbuttoned short-sleeved shirt. Being from the Earth Kingdom, she also wore green, a dark green t-shirt underneath the dark blue shirt. Mika also had grey jeans and a belt that had hooks to support her main weapon of choice, a kasuri-fundo, which was like a skipping rope only made out of a chain and metal handles. The thing the young Avatar was never seen without though was a red hair scarf she used to keep her hair out of her face. You could probably call Mika multicultural, even though she was not raised in the United Republic of Nations.
"Why can't I ride Amissa?" Mika asked.
"It isn't safe, Avatar Mika," said Aagney "The Order of the White Lotus were tasked by Avatar Korra to keep an eye on you,"
"From what I can tell, Korra wanted you to keep an eye on me so I wouldn't starve or sleep on a street during my journey of becoming the Avatar, not to babysit me and certainly not prevent me from riding my Animal Guide," said Mika.
Mika's Animal Guide was an eel hound called Amissa. The creature had a canine body with a reptilian head, feet and tail and its entire being was covered in dark green scales with light green scales on the underneath going from its jaw to the tip of its tail. The eel hound was also known for being the fastest animal over land and sea. Amissa wasn't fully grown yet so she was about half the size of the average eel hound.
For some reason the Order of the White Lotus had gotten it inside their heads it was dangerous for Mika to ride her Animal Guide. This made it even harder for the young Avatar to accept being the Avatar.
"Please?" Mika asked.
"No," said Aagney.
"Please? Please? Just for 10 minutes? I won't go far! Please?" Mika pleaded.
"Avatar Mika, begging is beneath you," said Aagney.
"Since when? I'm 12-years-old! Begging is what I do!" Mika said, folding her arms and leaning back in her seat with a huff "When do we get to the Fire Monestry?"
"In about 2 hours," said Aagney, sliding his navy robe sleeve up to see his watch.
"2 hours?! An eel hound could get me there in half that time! Maybe less!" the young Avatar exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air.
Aagney didn't respond to this and just sat back. Mika looked at the handle of the satomobile and got an idea.
In an instant, Mika opened up the door and jumped out. Using earthbending, the young Avatar cushioned her landing.
"Avatar Mika!" Aagney exclaimed "Stop the satomobile!"
Mika got to the truck Amissa was sitting in and undid the restraints that kept her down. Amissa jumped out of the back of the truck and nuzzeled her master, tenderly.
"Avatar Mika!" Aagney exclaimed, getting out of the satomobile.
"C'mon, Amissa," said the young Avatar "We gotta go,"
Amissa bowed her head and Mika jumped on, her feet landing in the footholds and she pulled back on the rains to get Amissa to rise up.
"Avatar Mika, wait," Aagney said, standing below her.
"No can do, Aagney," said Mika "I can get to the Fire Monestry faster on Amissa,"
"Avatar Mika-" Aagney began but Mika was off "Avatar!"
Mika and Amissa sprinted along the road.
Meanwhile, at the Fire Monestry...
...the Fire Sages prepared a room for the Avatar. A daughter of a nobleman, Dao-ming Liu, was helping to prepare the Avatar's room.
"What's the new Avatar's name?" Dao-ming asked.
"Avatar Mika," said a Fire Sage as she and Dao-ming prepared a bed.
"Where's she from?" Dao-ming asked.
"Kyoshi Island, the same as Avatar Kyoshi," said the Fire Sage "And don't bombard her with questions when she gets here, okay? Avatar Mika is coming to learn firebending,"
Dao-ming sniffed at this. The Fire Sage, Hania, smiled at her.
Dao-ming Liu was 11-years-old with red hair in a high ponytail tied with a black ribbon. She had pointy, amber, eyes and tanned skin. The young firebender wore a red dress that went to her knees with darker red trimming and dark red long sleeves. She had dark red trousers underneath and her feet were bare.
"Hania, how old is the Avatar?" Dao-ming asked.
Hania rolled her eyes.
"How long has Avatar Korra been dead?" Hania asked.
"12 years,"
"So that makes Avatar Mika 12-years-old," said the Fire Sage "Sanzo will be training her,"
Dao-ming tucked in the corner of the sheet and fluffed the red pillow.
"Hey, where's Jiro?" Dao-ming asked.
"He's training with Fire Sage Yat-sen in the gardens," said Hania.
Jiro punched forward and released a fire blast. The fire blast hit a bullseye but Yat-sen was not satisfied.
"Again," Yat-sen ordered.
"What?!" Jiro exclaimed "I've been doing fire punches all day! What could I possibly be doing wrong?!"
"Your fire is too emotional," said Yat-sen "Ever since the Hundred Year War firebenders have strived to get back to the original source of firebending,"
"And what the heck is that?" Jiro asked, kicking the ground.
"I don't know,"
Jiro groaned and held his head in his hands.
Jiro was the second son of the current Fire Lord. He had dark brown hair that he kept loose, only doing it up in a topknot for formal events. Jiro's eyes were the traditional gold and his skin was pale. He wore a red t-shirt, black waistcoat and black jeans. Unlike his ancestors, Fire Lord Zuko and Fire Lord Ozai, Jiro's relationship with his father was strong and he actually appreciated his father for sending him to the Fire Monestry to master firebending, although Yat-sen could be irritating. Jiro was second in line for the throne out of his 7 siblings (he was the second oldest out of 8).
"The Avatar is coming today," said Yat-sen.
"Wait, what?" Jiro asked, turning around "The who-now-what-now?"
"The Avatar was discovered on Kyoshi Island, she'll be training here with Fire Sage Sanzo," said Yat-sen.
Jiro blinked at him.
"So... how many of my ancestors have met Avatars because I'm pretty sure we're about to break a record," said the Fire Prince.
Yat-sen looked at his young student. The Fire Sage was sat on a wooden patio and looking out at the gardens.
"Practice your fire punches," he said and Jiro punched fire straight up in frustration.
Mika, riding on the back of Amissa, had already gotten more than a 3rd to the Fire Monestry. Being alone on Amissa's back and in the open air allowed the young Avatar to think. When she realized her Avatar Journey would take her to the Fire Nation, Mika had remembered the last time she had seen her father...
The 4-year-old Mika had her arms around a eel puppy called Amissa. She and her family were on the docks.
"Amissa's heavy, Daddy," Mika said, shifting her arms around the baby eel hound.
"She's growing," said a man with dark brown hair and amber eyes "Soon you'll be able to ride her!"
The thought of riding Amissa brought a smile to her face.
"Don't give her any ideas, Haya-Ji," said a pregnant Nao.
Haya-Ji smiled at Nao and looked at Mika.
"Mika, here," Haya-Ji took out a piece of red cloth "When Amissa is big enough to ride, use this to keep your hair back so it stays out of your face and so it doesn't get caught on twigs," the father said, tying the hair scarf around her hair.
"Why does Mika get a present?" a 10-year-old Mei-Lien asked, stomping her foot.
Haya-Ji laughed and put a red shawl around the oldest's shoulders.
"Daddy? When will you come home?" Mika asked.
Haya-Ji looked strained for a second but put on a look of bliss.
"Soon," said Haya-Ji "I promise. I just have some things to tie up in the Fire Nation,"
Mika nodded.
Haya-Ji got on the boat...
He left...
He never came back...
The baby Haya-Ji never met was Mika currently 8-year-old little sister; Yi. Being in the Fire Nation finally gave her the chance to find out what happened to him. Everyone on Kyoshi Island kept telling her he was dead. What was really sad was that even Nao believed Haya-Ji was dead (maybe it was easier to believe that than think Haya-Ji didn't want her). Mika never believed that though. She always felt, deep down, that Haya-Ji was alive. After 8 years, Mika didn't care if Haya-Ji's reason for leaving was that he didn't love his family anymore, she just wanted to know what happened after he docked in the Fire Nation.
It took a week's journey to get to the Fire Nation from Kyoshi Island by boat and over that week Haya-Ji and his family on Kyoshi Island had sent letters to each other by messenger hawk. The letters stopped after a storm that led to everyone thinking him dead. Now the letters he sent and copies of letters her family had sent were in Mika's rucksack and were her only clue to Haya-Ji's location.
The young Avatar and her Animal Guide rounded a corner and there it was. The Fire Monestry. It looked similar to the Fire Temple Mika had seen when she first arrived in the Fire Nation and was surrounded by the mountain it resided on.
"There it is, Amissa," said Mika "The Fire Monestry, let's go!"
And the spiritually connected duo went on.
Dao-ming and Hania walked into the Great Hall. The Fire Monestry used to be home to hundreds of Fire Sages but many of them had gone to smaller Fire Temples. Now it was home to only Sanzo, Yat-sen and Hania; 2 brothers and a sister who were born in the Fire Monestry. Occasionally, people would come to the Fire Monestry to seek council or for help with firebending. When Avatar Korra reunited the Spirit World and the Physical World, the Fire Monestry was one of the first places that connected to them. This was why even the Fire Lord trusted the Fire Sages' judgement (enough to leave his second son in there hands).
Dao-ming looked up at the huge mosaic of the Firebending Masters, Ran and Shaw, giving Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko the Secret of Firebending. The Secret of Firebending was known only by a chosen few who would go on to teach others to not fuel their fire with anger.
"I can't believe Jiro is actually related to that guy," said Dao-ming, looking up at the image of Fire Lord Zuko "Fire Lord Zuko was known for doing great things alongside Avatar Aang. Even as a banished Fire Prince he saved his country from itself at the end of the Hundred Year War. Jiro is just so... uh..."
"Jiro's young," said Hania "He won't become Fire Lord for a long time. His big brother, Fire Prince Kazuo, is in front of him,"
Dao-ming looked up at the mosaic again but her focus was broken by a loud argument outside of the doors. Dao-ming and Hania looked at each other and walked out to the doors.
When her Order of the White Lotus escorts finally caught up to her outside of the Fire Monestry... let's just say Aagney was not happy.
"You can't just jump out of a satomobile like that!" he shouted at the young Avatar "Listen, Avatar, the Order of the White Lotus only has your best interests at heart! Everything we're doing is for your own good,"
"Well, I don't need or want your help! I'm thankful for the trip from Kyoshi Island and for finding me a firebending master but I don't need you to babysit me! If I'm the Avatar then I'm meant to be travelling the world to learn all 4 elements on my own!" stated Mika "How am I meant to learn about each Nation and its ways so I can be a part of each Nation, not just from the Earth Kingdom, if you don't even let me ride my Animal Guide?!"
They both glared at each other so harshly you could say lightning was sparking. They were interrupted by the front doors opening.
Dao-ming and Hania stepped out of the Fire Monestry to greet them. Aagney turned to face them and bowed to the Fire Sage.
"Fire Sage Hania," said the firebender "It is an honor to meet you," Aagney turned his head to look at the Avatar he was just arguing with "This is Avatar Mika,"
Mika stepped forward and bowed, the Earth Kingdom way with one hand over her fist.
"It is an honor to meet you, young Avatar," said the Fire Sage "My name is Hania and this is my student Dao-ming Liu of the noble Liu Family," and they both bowed.
"It's nice to meet you, Avatar Mika," said Dao-ming.
"It's nice to meet you too, Dao-ming," replied the young Avatar and Amissa walked up behind her and nudged her master's back "Oh, and this is Amissa. She's my Animal Guide,"
"We look forward to training you, Avatar," said Hania "My brother, Fire Sage Sanzo, will be your teacher. Come, let us introduce you to everyone else,"
And Hania led both Mika and Amissa inside the Fire Monestry with Dao-ming following behind.