So here we are again. It's always such a pleasure. Hopefully someone got that cheeky reference. I think this will be an interesting story. I'm not entirely sure how it's gonna turn out but hey, what's life without the surprises. Before I ramble any further let's get started!
Disclaimer: I did not create Avatar: The Last Airbender nor do I claim to have.
The first thing that Katara noticed when she woke up was the fierce howling of the wind around her. She opened her eyes only to see that she was hundreds of meters above the ground. And falling. Fast. Immediately panic built up inside her and she started to scream. To her surprise she wasn't alone. There was someone else, a boy, falling with her, asleep. The boy's eyes flashed open and he immediately started screaming too when he realised what was happening. He wasn't much younger than her. Twelve? Thirteen maybe? She wasn't sure. But currently there were bigger problems.
"Hey!" she yelled trying to get the boy's attention. He didn't seem to hear her over the violent winds so she tried again. This time she caught his attention, the boy looking up at her in shock. They tried to move themselves towards each other in the air, trying to get a hold of one another. Just as the ground approached she managed to grab hold of his leg pulling herself towards him and bracing for impact.
Then… Nothing. Hesitantly she opened her eyes to see the air swirling around beneath her, keeping her airborne. However, this was not the most surprising thing. The most surprising thing was that the strange ball of air seemed to be coming from the hands of the boy who had been falling with her. He was staring at it eyes wide in shock. After a moment of disbelief at the sight before her she realised that she was still clinging on to the boy and couldn't help but blush. When he snapped out of his daze and realised she was hanging on to him he jumped causing the ball of air to dissipate and both of them to fall down. Groaning from the pain of the fall they lifted themselves up. Katara looked up at where she had fallen. For a second she could have sworn that she saw the faint outline of some kind of flying animal but dismissed it. Around them was the outskirts of a forest meeting the ocean on a sandy beach. It was only morning, that much was clear from the rising sun on the horizon.
"What just happened?" he asked exasperated.
"The falling or the crazy air ball that saved us?" Katara responded.
"Both!"
"I have absolutely no idea" she replied honestly.
At a loss for words the boy looked around as if searching for answers before stopping, an alarmed expression taking over his face.
"What is it?" she asked concerned.
"I don't… I don't know who I am" he said after a pause.
Before Katara could console him she was hit with a sudden realisation herself.
"Spirits, I don't know either! What- how- How did this happen!" she exclaimed in a panic running her hands though her hair.
"So two kids, a boy and a girl, fall out of the sky with no memory of who they are" he said slowly as he tried to assess the situation.
"What about that thing you did. That thing with the air" she pointed out.
"Woah woah woah. We don't know that was me" he argued though he didn't sound convinced.
"Of course it was! Wait a minute... you're an airbender! You have to be" she stated with certainty.
Although obviously still unsure the boy conceded "Okay so let's say I am an airbender. But that still doesn't explain what's going on."
"Maybe. But I feel like it's connected somehow" she pondered saying her thoughts out loud. "So we don't remember anything?" the boy shook his head. "Not even your name?" she added.
He paused for a moment "Aang. My name is Aang."
"And I'm Katara" she greeted smiling lightly.
"Katara… sound's familiar" he murmured frowning slightly.
"Do you think we knew each other? I mean before all this" she motioned around her "happened."
"I think we did" he answered. "How do we fix this?"
"We should travel to the nearest town. See if anyone there knows what's going on" she offered.
"Better than nothing" he said with a shrug.
They headed into the forest, trekking over fallen logs and narrow streams searching for any signs of civilisation. They talked whilst they walked, trying to jog their memories somehow.
"What was… your favourite colour?" Katara questioned.
"Just like the other 100 questions, the answer is still 'I don't know'" he answered tiredly. "When… is your birthday?"
"No clue."
"Wow, didn't see that coming" he said dryly.
Katara sighed. "I know you're tired but we've got to try and find out who we are."
"Yeah, sorry. It's just-" he stopped frowning.
"What?"
"Do you hear that? It sounds like… music" he said confused.
Sure enough what sounded like someone singing and playing the guitar was getting louder until a man came around the corner leading a small group of people who were dancing and playing instruments.
The pair looked at each other bemused before approaching the strange group of travellers.
"Hey, master arrowhead! Haven't seen you since the cave" the man greeted cheerfully.
"We've met?" Aang replied confused.
"We went through the cave of two lovers together! Where's Sokka?" he asked searching around for him.
Sokka… she was sure that she knew who that was. She just couldn't place her finger on it. Also, for some inexplicable reason she found herself blushing when the man mentioned the cave of two lovers. She brushed it off as just another part of her she couldn't remember but the feeling still lingered. "Look…" she started, trailing off as she tried to remember his name.
"Chong"
"Chong, me and Aang have lost our memory. We can't remember anything about ourselves, including whatever happened when we met you and your friends" she explained.
"Ohhhhh. You've got amnesia. I had that once. Huh good times" he laughed staring off into the distance.
"You did! You can help us!" Aang said excitedly.
"How?" he asked confused.
"You know how to help us get our memories back!" Katara said joining in Aang's excitement.
"I know. But it isn't gonna be easy" Chong warned looking between the two of them concerned.
Katara looked to Aang who simply nodded.
"We'll do whatever it takes" she told him confidently.
"If you say so little lady. To get your memories back all you need to do is go to the places where you made them" Chong explained.
"We have to go everywhere we've ever been?" Aang asked, his hope disintegrating.
Chong shook his head "Not all of them. Just the ones that were most important to you."
"But how are we supposed to know what those memories are? I don't even know my own birthday!" Katara complained.
"When we met you guys you were heading to Omashu. You could go there!" Chong said pleased at his idea.
Aang shrugged "Well it's a start."
"I guess. Omashu it is" she confirmed. "Thank you Chong, you were a big help"
"Hey, I think I've got a song coming on!" then he started happily singing "Two travellers, trying to regain memory, but everything's so blurry in their minds" he paused concentrating "I can't think of a next bit. Good luck with your amnesia!"
And so they were off with no idea who they were, what was going on or why and with only a single destination in mind. Looking to the horizon they could make out the faint outline of the great city's pyramids reaching into the sky.
"Omashu here we come."
And there we are. Was that a bit… I don't know, common? I've read a fair few amnesia fics in my time so this might be really boring for you. If it is sorry. I thought I'd make my play on it by taking away both their memories + I thought it'd be fun to drop them out of the sky. But yeah I think I'm done here so let's wrap this up.
Good day.
