Avatar: The Last Airbender Fanfiction
A Sacrifice, A Savior, A Bender*
Chapter 1
The Earth Nation and the other four had just founded earthbending as an official element two years before the child named Xisheng was born.
16 years later
Xisheng walked down the streets of the North Pole, marveling at how well the waterbenders of his tribe were able to keep the water frozen so well. Xisheng would say that he was a pretty decent waterbender, and could manage a few simple moves if indeed an attack was raged onto his people.
Silently, Moku, Xisheng's best friend, crept up behind him, being sure to not startle even the smallest squirrel-rat. Moku pounced, and Xisheng heard his battle cry just in time to summon water up from the ice and shoot at Moku, freezing him to the nearby wall. Xisheng stood in the bending position he had just been in for a second longer before unfreezing his non-bending friend.
"Happy birthday," Xisheng said with a twisted, yet friendly, grin. It was true, today was Moku's sixteenth birthday. But why should Moku get all the attention? It was also our hero, Xisheng's, sixteenth birthday. The two were the best of friends, but not twins.
The duo walked side by side to the large city council building then up the enormous steps.
"Ready?" Xisheng asked.
"Ready," Moku answered. And the two entered into the utter black silence.
*I am fully aware that in Legend of Korra they did elaborate more on the first avatar thing. This story was originally written before that.