Chapter 1
It was a warm summer morning around 9:00 am at the southern air temple
"Aang, where are you?" asked Monk Gyatso.
"Right behind you." Said Aang
"That was quick I called you 3 minutes ago." Said Gyatso
"Well,… you said it was urgent so I came as quickly as possible." Said Aang
"Avatar Aang," Aang frowned at his title never wanting to be the Avatar. "You know that there is another being like you called the Deva the more… spiritual one. Well the deva was at the Western temple and is coming here. Should be here by noon." Said Gyatso
"Okay so what now?" Asked Aang
"Well for starters, go bathe." said Gyatso teasing
"Yes Sifu" said Aang taking off running
3 hours later
Aang was sitting down Meditating. There was silence then there was a whoosh of air and a soft thud. Aang looked behind him and saw a girl. A girl at the Southern Air temple. Now that's new.
"Hi, I'm Maya I'm looking for Monk Gyatso."
"Hey, in that case I know exactly where he is. By the way the name's Aang." Said Aang smiling mischievously.
"You're not going to get me in trouble are you?" asked Maya noticing how Aang was smiling
"No" Said Aang drawing out the word
After some time walking Aang took in the girl's appearance
She was slender, grey eyed, had almost peach coloured skin, she had pink lips and long brown hair with bangs covering the tip of an arr… wait a second an arrow, a blue arrow. The girl had blue airbending mastery tattoos.
"You're a master." Aang asked
"Yes, like you." Replied Maya
"But your hair is so long you must've gotten your tattoos a long time ago." Said Aang still oogling at the female master.
"Well it was last autumn and my hair grows really fast, I really should cut it though. Anyways I got them them on my 12th birthday, the last day in Autumn."
"This may sound weird but that is the same day I got my tattoos on my 12th birthday." Said Aang
"That's weird." Said Maya.
The pair of airbenders walked through the corridors it was at this point Maya asked "So what airbending move did you invent?"
"An Air scooter," replied Aang "and you."
"Well, it's a high level airbender move with some spiritual stuff thrown in, it's called spiritual projection."
"What is that?" asked Aang
"One day I'll show you." replied Maya
By now they reached the courtyard where Monk Gyatso usually meditated.
"Uh… Gyatso, a girl came to the temple saying she needed to find you." Said Aang
"Ahh, yes, hello dear said Gyatso opening his arms and reaching out for the female Airbender.
During the embrace. Aang didn't hear was Gyatso whispering.
"Who knocks at the garden gate?"
"One who has eaten the fruit and tasted it's mysteries" replied Maya
"Welcome young Deva." Said Gyatso after pulling away from the embrace.
"It's a pleasure." said Maya smiling slightly.
"Wait she's the Deva?" asked Aang
"No, I'm some other girl born the same day the last Deva died." Replied Maya sarcastically
"Well, I should leave you two to get to know each other." Said Gyatso
After Gyatso left it was Aang who broke the silence
"Well what do you want to do?" asked Aang
"Well I could use a little flying,… last one down to the air ball court is a rotten hog monkey" said Maya taking off towards the air ball court.
"Hey no fair" replied Aang using Airbending to propel himself forward
4 weeks later
"So what was it like when they said you were the Deva?" asked Aang
Maya has been at the temple for a few weeks now almost a month and has been settling in nicely she was a bit of a smart mouth and has a very short temper, she wasn't very girly either and was very blunt and straight forward. More like an earthbender than an airbender. The young monks at the temple were a problem, they reached that age where they consider themselves a gift to all and worthy of a mate. However that problem was fixed when they realized the following, 1 Maya is stubborn, 2 Maya is powerful, 3 Maya is not afraid to kick arse and 4 Maya has a very colourful vocabulary. (Interpret that however you want)
"I was to pick from thousands of Items only 4, there were clips, instruments, precious stones, all of that junk."
"You had to pick out girly stuff, how did that go down?" asked Aang snickering
"Oh it didn't go down, it went up in flames." said Maya nonchalantly
"What! You burned the relics!" exclaimed Aang not believing that Maya would do that purposefully but surprised nonetheless.
"No, there was an accident with oil and candles and wind."
"So how did they know that you were the Deva?" asked Aang.
"Remember when I told you about spiritual projection, it's when I take my spirit out of my body and take it wherever I want." Said Maya "What you could do that?" asked Aang surprised
"Well yeah as I said it's a very high level airbending move with some spiritual stuff thrown in."
Suddenly they were about to walk into a room and heard a discussion
"Gyatso, We need to move Avatar Aang and Deva Maya to separate temples." Said Monk Tashi
Aang and Maya ducked behind a pillar and listened to the conversation
"But why?" asked Monk Gyatso oblivious to the eavesdropping airbenders.
"Because all they do is waste time and give trouble like the misfits they are!" Quipped monk Tashi
"The son of a…" said Maya before the last syllable cut off by Aang slapping a hand over her mouth before they were heard.
"Enough Tashi," said Monk Giro, "That was quite disrespectful and as one of the head monks intolerable."
"The only thing intolerable is those children's behaviour!" exclaimed monk Tashi
"I said enough!" exclaimed Giro.
A livid Maia was literally pulled out of the room before she could jump out and attack monk Tashi.
That evening Maia and Aang were in the latter's room.
"What now Maya?" asked a hopeless Avatar looking at his Deva with forlorn expression
Maya looked over at Aang trying to find something to say but not finding anything. For the first time in a long time Maya was speechless.
Aang looked up "I know what we need to do" he said softly.
Maya realizing what he meant left her room and went to pack.