Emma: Well this is a new story I had an idea for and Liv is going to help me write. It is an Avatar fic, and it does include out OC. So if you don't like OC or intend to flame review us, please turn around and hit the back tab now please. So, for those who actually want to read this new story of ours, please do read on. It is a twist on the crossover Jac, Olivia and I made awhile back that is almost done. This is the Avatar series with out OC and it's a take on how Yori, my OC, helped make Zuko turn good. Now, we don't own Avatar, just our OC and this story. And please no flames or "Mary Sue" comments or you will receive a nasty PM. Enjoy!

The Fire Lord and The Air Hybrid

Chapter 1: Awakening

It started when Yori was thirteen. Her eyes started changing colors; not like normal kids did, but full on color changes. Her eyes would be gold one moment, then lilac or blue the next. Sometimes they would be brown or green or even silvery-lilac. Her mother was worried she was possessed. SO they sent her to the doctor, and he said she was perfectly healthy; they sent her to the healer, and she said the same thing. Finally, her mother took her and Whynn to a Magic Woman, Aunt Woo, and let her study Yori.

"Well there's nothing wrong with her," Aunt Woo said to the family," Nothing really wrong anyway, except she's a hybrid."

"Oh no," Yori's mother, Aria, gasped. She paid Aunt Woo and then ran the girls out. She stayed quiet as the dead for the longest time.

"Mama," Whynn said staring up at their mother," Why are you so scared? And why is Yori a 'hybrid'? What does that mean?"

"Girls I have something to tell you…" Aria said with a somber expression." Your daddy here, is not technically your daddy… You see before I met your Daddy here in the Air Temple, I was in love with a Fire Bender to the North… We broke it off just before I met your Daddy now, and married him. You two came a few months later. I never told your daddy that you two may not be his… And now I see you're not… Yori has special powers, she is both Fire Nation and Air Nation, a concept that is very rare and can become very powerful… We must be careful with this new thing… This also means you eyes will stop changing colors one day, and you will gain new powers…"

"Like Aura Bending?" Yori asked shyly. Aria looked at her daughter with wide eyes. Whynn stared at her sister with a shocked expression, unsure why her sister was telling their secret." Whynnie and I have special abilities…I can use the aura in the air and bend it… I can heal people with it and even use it to attack… She's an air master… She changes sound in the air…"

Aria stared up at the sky as tears poured down her face. The twins exchanged a glace and led their mother home.

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Yori was never really loved by anyone, when her father learned she was a Hybrid, but Whynn was a Chosen Bender, he loved Whynn and hated her. Her mother began indulging herself in loving Whynn and ignoring Yori more and more. Yori became the neglected child, and the quiet one. She had some friends, but they all loved Whynn more. She was just a nasty Hybrid, and Whynn was Chosen. Then the visions started; the first one hurt like her body was being torn in half. The vision was even worse, a young girl drowning. She yelled and yelled for them to save her to no avail; the next day, a young girl drowned in the nearby spring and everyone blamed Yori. As if she had caused this tragic event and it was all her fault. So, Yori decided to leave.

She made her way to the mountains in the Earth Kingdom, a place where she heard an Earth-Fire Hybrid master lived. She came upon an older woman sitting in Lotus-Position on a large boulder and she bowed to the woman.

"Are you Haruhi the Hybrid Master?" Yori asked. The woman nodded and reached forward to touch Yori's forehead. She smiled when she pulled back and touched her throat shaking her head." You don't speak do you?"

Not with my voice I don't, a voice said in Yori's mind. Yori smiled at Haruhi and touched her palm to her heart then to her head, a sign of respect in her home. You see the future, do you not young hybrid?

"I do," Yori said," And where I come from I am an outcast. Everyone wants to be with my twin, the Ancient Wind Chosen Bender, but not with her nasty Hybrid Twin… I want to learn how to control my powers, and this Hybrid Lifestyle… Then maybe I can live normally for awhile."

A hybrid's life is never normal, Yori… Haruhi thought to her, You will always be on the run, and always be outcast. It is a life you must accustom to and learn to live with yourself. It is something I took long to learn… I will teach you, Yorianna, and I will help you live this life.

"With all respect," Yori said softly," I would like to return and say goodbye to Whynn if that is true. If she rejects me then I will agree to this life, but until then training is all I need…"

Haruhi smiled and jumped down from the rock she was on. She held out her hand and grinned at Yori. Well them let's start.

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Yori trained for three years with Haruhi, she tried sending messages to Whynn, but they never came out right. She finally gave up thinking she would have plenty of time to see Whynn after her training. Little did she know that she would never truly finish. Close to the closing of her training, Haruhi told her about how the Fire Nation was beginning to invade and eliminate Hybrids because of their power. Then she put Yori into an enchanted sleep. Yori never saw it coming, she was put into a sleep that would not wake her until the time was right, her body wouldn't age either.

So, Yori slept and slept, as the years went by. Soon, the time of the Avatar was upon the world. She finally awoke when someone found her asleep within the hiding place that Haruhi had placed her in, the Southern most tip of the Earth Kingdom.

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Zuko climbed the up towards the cave and grumbled underneath his breath. Uncle hadn't wanted to trek up the mountain with him so he was making this trip alone. He finally came to the mouth of the cave and stepped through the ornately carved entrance. He walked on, touching a particularly intricate carving here and there. He was hoping that the Avatar would be hiding her. Instead he came upon a sleeping girl.

Zuko took a sharp intake of breath as he stared at the girl. She was beautiful, long ruby hair spilling around her and haloing her body; eyelashes that touched her cheeks, rosy against her moonlight-pale skin; her curvy and womanly body that was in a fetal position in her rest. She was a beautiful maiden and Zuko wondered why she was here. He leaned over the girl and touched her cheek; her skin was as soft as velvet and she seemed to lean against his touch. Before Zuko could put logical thoughts in his head, he leaned forward and kissed the girl's forehead. She stirred and sat up just as Zuko jumped back.

"Who are you?" The girl asked. Zuko wanted to scream because even her voice was beautiful; clear and like a pealing bell sound." Where am I? And What Time am I in?"

"I'm Zuko…" Zuko said shakily," Former Fire Prince, and now Wanderer… You're in the Earth Kingdom… Southernmost point… It's the time of War."

The girl's lilac eyes widened and she gasped. She went to stand but was still shaky and fell over. Zuko caught her and took in her sweet scent; the smell of lilac, moonbeams, and a hint of vanilla.

"I am Yorianna," Yori said," I can't believe Haruhi put me into an enchanted sleep! I must find the new Avatar… He will be able to help me find Haruhi…"

"The Avatar has been mission a Hundred Years, Yorianna," Zuko said. Yori's face fell. She sat down and put her face into her hands." Hey it can't be that bad-"

"Of course it is!" Yori cried." How would you feel if you were thrown into a new time and all you ever knew was past? I have no where and no one… I have to find Nala!"

"Nala?" Zuko asked curiously. Yori was digging in the pile of rags that Zuko had over looked and then she gave a sigh of relief." Um, Yorianna?"

"You can call me Yori," Yori said," And this is Nala."

She held up what seemed to be a black panther cub; that was until it unfurled it's bright red bat wings. Zuko stared at the panther-bat in awe.

"She's my pet!" Yori said stroking the cub's head as it purred in her grasp." And my spirit animal! Why the odd look?"

"Panther-bats have been extinct as long as dragons," Zuko said hesitantly patting Nala's head. The cub purred at him and Zuko chanced a smile. Then he forced a frown and turned form the girl; what was she doing to him? He was the stoic and evil Banished Prince! This Yori was making him seem like a puppy dog." She's cute… I'll give you a ride to the mainland if you please, Yorianna."

"I said you could call me-"

"Do you want a ride or not?" Zuko asked coldly. Yori flinched wondering why this seemingly sweet boy had turned bad. She nodded and grabbed her bag on the floor. Nala may have still been a cub, but she was to Yori's waist already. Of course Yori seemed to be half Zuko's size. She was small but she seemed wise, almost Zuko's age. He said nothing to her the whole ride to the mainland.

"Thank you Zuko," Yori said softly. She climbed on Nala's back as they neared the mainland and stared at the sullen boy. She stepped back off and came over to peck his cheek lightly." I hope we meet again…"

She flew off on Nala after that. Zuko watched his face tinged in pink from her kiss. He inwardly smacked himself for letting the girl get to him. He couldn't let a pretty face and innocent lilac eyes get to his heart. But then why did he want to see her again too?

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Emma: Oka chapter one done! Cool flashbacks huh? And Zuko sure is affected by our Yori… Come back in the next chapter Yori meets up with the Gaang and talks to them about the new time and finding her friends. Hopefully Olivia will be adding how the Ancient Benders met too! R&R and no flames please!