AN: This is my first story on Fanfiction, please review and tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or Doctor Who
Prologue
Shyu strolled through the forest, basket in hand, his footsteps echoed through the dark woods. The large trees only let small rays of light through their thick leaves, only enough to cast a dim illumination through the woods, making even the brightest days seem like night. It was quiet, quiet enough to hear the smallest bug crawl, which made the rustling easily hearable to Shyu. He directed his attention to what he thought was the source of the sound.
"Hello," said Shyu, "Is anyone there?"
Shyu continued walking abandoning the memory from his mind. The thought was obliterated, but Shyu was cautious and he didn't want to take any chances, so the old man quickened his pace. Suspicion and fear rose in Shyu as the sound came from behind him once again.
"If anyone's there, please just let me be, I'm just an old shop keeper heading home," Shyu said with a hint of anger in his voice and at the same time he sounded helpless.
Shyu was sure it was gone now, but he still kept his fast pace to get home. The fear elevated in Shyu and his desire to get out of this forest grew stronger with every step. The rustling was heard again, this time seeming closer and more aggressive; someone must've been following him,
But I don't have any enemies, what have I done wrong? he thought.
The sound of the rustling once again crossed Shyu's ears, definitely closer this time and all the more louder than any of the previous times.
"Whoever you are just leave me alone!" Shyu's voice had now come to a yell and his pace had quickened to a run.
He had dropped his basket in an effort to lighten his load but it wouldn't have mattered. The old man's joints had not done kindly to his choice of actions and he collapsed. The noise now seemed as if it was right next to him, and through the dim light Shyu could see a shadow.
"I'm warning you, I know fire bending," Shyu was a terrible liar.
Shyu looked up to see the owner of the Shadow, the being who was following him, but where a person should have been, there was nothing. Shyu was very confused but was too scared to think about it.
"Do whatever you want to do to me, just leave me alone after you do it," said Shyu
Shyu closed his eyes, not wanting to witness whatever came next. Shyu was waiting for his follower to say or do something, but after several seconds he didn't hear or feel anything. After a full minute, Shyu brought himself to open his eyes, only to find his own shadow. At first Shyu was full of relief, until his eyes saw something his mind couldn't interpret, his head turned to his back to find a second shadow, just as dark and tall as the first one. Shyu was now as confused and frightened as any person could be, but he didn't know what to make of it, he didn't know if he should run or just stay where he was, but for the moment he couldn't do anything, he was frozen, scared and puzzled, not knowing what was going on, he needed to think. But he didn't have time, not enough time to run, not enough time to speak; he didn't even have enough time to think that the shadows were the ones in pursuit of him, that it was shadows that were making the noise not bushes rustling, for he was gone before he could even think another thought.
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Roku was meditating when he heard it, his wife, Ta Min was pouring tea, but the sound was so alarming and horrible the pot was dropped and shattered. Roku sprung into action as he ran as fast as the wind to the source of the terrible sound. He knew there must've been trouble of some sort, for the sound was a scream. A scream that Roku recognized but couldn't identify.
There are no muggers or murderers on this island, thought Roku, no wild animals, inhabit here either, what could've happened?
Roku was sure it came from the woods, he cleared an easy path with an air blast and ran in, ready for anything that could be there. The woods were dim, as usual; Roku set a small flame in his hand to light his way. He searched for the owner of the scream, hoping that whoever cast it would be safe, and unharmed. Roku continued to search for over half an hour, his hope for finding anyone was almost completely lost.
Maybe nothing happened, maybe no one was hurt, I could've just been hearing things, but Ta Min heard it too, who screamed? Roku thought in search for an explanation
He was ready to head home, still confused and befuddled, until he tripped over something. His flame was extinguished and he caught himself, but the object was not anything you would find normally in the woods, it seemed like earth, but it wasn't solid enough. He relit the flame in his hand and discovered what he tripped over was a human skeleton, clothed in the shredded remains of what must've been a robe. An insignia was visible in the carnage of silk, a saber-toothed moose lion, the symbol of the Xiongs. Roku knew this because he was affiliated with a Xiong, the only one on the island, Shyu. Depression ran through Roku and mourn settled in as well over his deceased friend, but who could've done such a thing to a kind old man like Shyu. At that very moment, the shadows were moving towards Roku. Roku was unaware of this and he had thought like Shyu, believing the noise made by the shadows to be rustling from the bushes, out of anger, Roku shot a giant fire blast toward the bush, thinking that the murderer may have been the source of the rustling, but after the bush turned to ash, Roku saw no one. Without Roku's knowledge, he had created a barrier made from fear between him and the shadows, for even creatures such as themselves can get burned. Roku picked up the remains of Shyu and carried him back to his home, burying him behind his shop. Roku went back home, full of depression for the tragedy that took place this very day, he told Ta Min, and together they mourned.
"I don't get it Ta Min, Shyu was a peaceful man, he never did anything to harm anyone else, why would he suddenly be murdered," said Roku.
"Roku, we don't know that Shyu was murdered."
"What else could do that to a man?" said Roku with anger, "There would be at least be blood or flesh somewhere if it was an animal, he was skinned to bones!"
"What person could do that to a man, Roku?" argued Ta Min
Roku thought about it, the only thing that could do that to Shyu in the time between the scream and when Roku found him was… fire. But, there were no burn marks, not on the bones, not on the grass or trees anywhere, it couldn't have been fire.
"You're right," said Roku calmer now "Then, how did Shyu die?"
"I don't know Roku, but what I do know is that we need to warn the island, tell the town to stay away from the forest, its too dangerous," replied Ta Min
Roku nodded in agreement and left the house to go make the announcement. But still in those very woods, lied the death to anyone who entered.
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2 Years Later
Roku awoke to his whole house shaking, as if from an earth quake, he awoke Ta Min and they ran out of the house as quickly as possible.
"The volcano's erupting," said Roku, "Get to the docks, and don't breathe in the toxic gas."
Ta Min did as he was told, and Roku stood back to try to preserve his home. He bended with all his might, water, earth, fire, and air, but with every bit of lava he succeeded in cooling or stopping, more took its place. Every breath was muffled by toxic gas and he couldn't go on for much longer. Out of Roku's soot filled eyes he could make out a shape, that shape grew larger and larger until it landed.
"Need a hand, old friend," said a voice.
"Sozin!" said Roku.
Sozin jumped off his dragon and began to fight with Roku. Sozin bent the lava off the side and Roku cooled it, Roku earth bent a hole in the side of the volcano to flow, and Sozin directed the toxic gas away from the both of them. For a single moment, their past was put behind them, but it wouldn't last for long, they couldn't stop it all. They abandoned their idea to stop the volcano and tried to make an escape to the boats.
"Don't breathe in the toxic gas," said Roku while deflecting the sprays of gas with blasts of air
Roku was almost there, he could somehow smell the ocean out of all the ash and gas, but his hopes for reaching the coast were destroyed as an eruption of gas filled Roku's lungs and caused him to collapse. The Avatar was rendered helpless
"Please, help me," he said to Sozin
"Without you all my plans are now possible, I have a vision for the future Roku," said Sozin
Sozin's dragon once again landed and Sozin mounted his animal, flew off into the night sky, and left Roku to die along with his home. The magma covered the island killing Roku and Fang. But something else was there at the battle of the volcano, most of them died with the island, but if you were there, you may have seen an empty boat, with no lantern, and that seemed to have a whole shadow cast over it. Inside that boat, were the killers of Shyu Xiong, heading to their new home.
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AN: Me and my buddy SpiderPhantom both came up with an idea for a Doctor Who, Avatar crossover and it inspired me to write this plotline, you'll see the idea we came up with in my next story. Anyway, I honestly think that the chapter itself is not that good and the story line is a bit off but that's just me, so again please tell me what you think. Okay, Generator-Aang is out, PEACE!
