My name is Elian, and I'm an airbender. I thought I had a normal life but, boy, was I wrong! This is my story, and I'm gonna show you how I helped restore balance to the world I never knew.

Me, Tiki, and Cosmo were hanging out at the edge of the island I lived on when it happened. We had been relaxing and watching the stars and were about to go to sleep for the night, when I got an incredible pain in my stomach, like it was being twisted into a knot inside. Tears streamed down my face as I hunched over, consumed by the pain. Water surrounded us then, forming a bubble like a cage, which shrunk and shrunk and with one swift movement, it pulled me and my pets into the lake that surrounded my island. I panicked and grabbed Cosmo, my pet lemur bat, and the strap of Tiki, my pet sky bison. Before I could tell what had happened, the water around us solidified.

A vision came to my sight then. There was an airbender. A young airbender, no older than me. He was riding his sky bison through a heavy storm when suddenly a wave dragged him and his bison under. The next part sped by seeming too unreal, like a dream. There was a glow, and a sphere of ice froze around the boy, just like it was happening to me. The boy… he looked so familiar… but I'd never seen him before then, so it must have been my imagination.

A week had passed since Aang had defeated the Phoenix King, and now it was his birthday. Well, it would be tomorrow. He had started his way to Omashu as soon as he had gotten the invitation. He would arrive the next day. "How about we find somewhere to sleep for the night, huh buddy?" Aang asked.

Appa answered with a tired groan, and ten minutes later they were landing for the night on an island that, little did they know, would later gain the name 'Air temple island.' Aang didn't bother to move from his friend when he fell asleep that night.

When Aang awoke the next morning, he woke Appa, and decided to explore the island when he got a strange calling towards the edge. He pushed his way through the overgrown plants, and Appa trailed behind him. He would never forget what he saw then, for it changed his life forever. There, in the water before him, floated a giant chunk of ice, and in it were frozen a sky bison, a lemur bat, and in the very center an airbender. Yes, an airbender, he wasn't the last after all! But it wasn't real, it couldn't be. It was a dream, like all the other times, that was the only explanation.

"Appa? I'm dreaming… right?" After a deep breath, he created a bridge of earth and stepped up to ice. He slowly reached out his hand. The moment his fingers brushed the cold surface, his eyes and tattoos began to glow, along with the eyes and tattoos of the frozen girl. He hovered above the lake, spraying mist over the area, and once again he had no control over his actions. He watched the four nation's symbols carve themselves into the ice, centered on where he had touched it. He slowly lowered, and the ice began to crack, crack, crack, until it exploded into a rush of water that Aang easily bent away from him and the group in the ice. Then he fell to his knees, once again normal.

After taking a moment to regain his strength, he stepped up to the girl, who had landed on the earth bridge along with her pets. She looked identical to him, except for the short, dark brown hair that splayed out around her head. Even her eyes were a perfect match.

What seemed like immediately after the last, I had another vision. It was centered on the same boy, and this time he was freed from the ice by a waterbender and her brother. After asking if she'd go sledding with him, he shouted the name of his bison and jumped over the ice wall behind him. That's where it ended, and that's when I woke.

I slowly open my eyes and move them through the clouds, finally releasing my bison's strap from my firm grip. Strangely, I no longer feel wet like I did seemingly seconds ago. What I do feel is the chest of Cosmo rising and falling against me. And what I hear is a muffled voice talking.

"Do you think she's okay?"

The groaning of a large animal answers him.

I sit up slowly, my arms feeling like there's no strength left to them. I scan my island. It's very overgrown. It appears as though it has been untouched for decades. 'How long was I frozen?' I think.

It's then that I notice the one I heard speaking. He's an airbender, no older than me, he has a large sky bison behind him, and he's staring straight at me. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah."

"I'm Aang," he says, holding his hand out.

"Yeah," I mutter again, letting him help me up. I still hold Cosmo and the sight of his long black fur ruffling in the breeze makes me smile, only slightly. I set him down and he shakes himself awake as I walk over to Tiki.

"Tiki? C'mon girl," I say, shaking her. I push against her with all my might and call again, "Tiki?" She stirs and moans softly, and a sigh of relief escapes my lips.

"Is everyone okay?"

"Yeah, I think so," I say. "What happened?"

"Not sure. Are you sure you're okay? You don't look good."

'Am I okay?!' I think with frustration. 'Do I look okay?! No, I am not okay! I don't know what's going on and I'm sore, and I'm starving!'

I take a deep breath to calm myself and simply say, "I don't know."

"If you come with me, I get you some help," Aang offers.

"No, no, I just… oh, I don't know where to start! I don't know what's going on, I don't know what just happened to me, I don't know why I'm so weak, I don't know how long it's been, I'm hungry, they're hungry-" I say, gesturing to Tiki and Cosmo, "-my island's a mess-"

"Whoa, hold on, slow down. You sure you don't need any help?" he asks again with a sarcastic smile.

"No, I don't. I mean, I'm fine, I mean- I can handle it. I mean- I'm so sorry, I just-" I release a sigh of defeat and my eyes drift to the ground. "I..."

Aang smiles gently at me, and I can't help but smile back. "Come with me, I want you to meet someone," he says.

So I get on Tiki and tell her, "Follow him, okay girl?"

She responds with a soft groan, and me and Aang exclaim "Yip-Yip!" in sync. That sends us both into laughter, despite the situation. One more laugh and we set off, Aang in the lead.

Despite the trip taking most of the day, we didn't really talk. Aang tried many times to strike conversation, but it quickly turned awkward and we fell silent. Neither of us knew how to bring up the subject of earlier, though I think the boy's happy to have someone to travel with. I really feel like I can trust him.

"Here we are, Omashu City!" Aang exclaims excitedly.

"So… where in the city are we going?"

"The palace," he responds simply.

"The palace? You know someone at the palace? Who?"

"You'll see," he answers with a grin.