Prologue

Air. Water. Earth. Fire. A hundred years ago, all was right with the world. Prosperity and peace filled our days. The Four Nations: Air, Water, Earth, and Fire lived amongst each other in harmony. Great respect was afforded to all those who could bend their natural element. There were only two people who stand above the rest. Ones who could bend all four elements. These people were known as the Avatars. They were the only ones who could communicate with the Spirit World. With the Spirits' guidance, the Avatars kept balance in the world. But then, a hundred years ago, one of them had disappeared… Then the Fire Nation attacked. As part of their first assault, they attacked all the Air Nomad Temples and destroyed all the Airbenders. They brought a hundred years of destruction as they began their conquest of the world. As part of it, they killed my father for they found him as the other Avatar. In his study, I found an old airbending scroll. I began learning from it, only trying to pretend to be the Avatar. I kept this a secret due to living in the Fire Nation. The Fire Nation thought my father hid the other Avatar, so they searched everywhere in the Fire Nation for the next Avatar. The only person who knew about this was my old childhood friend Ty Lee. Every day, I would show her the airbending moves I learned. It always did bring out her glowing smile. Though I received a surprise one day when I was showing Ty Lee the tricks. From my last move, I actually…airbend. I talked to my mother and she told me how proud she was that I learned airbending. She then told me that the lineage of Avatars that my father was part of wasn't pasted down from one life to the next, but from parent to child. This was a secret kept only to me, my mother, and Ty Lee. After two months, I then saw it was too dangerous for me to stay in the Fire Nation. If they found out that I was the Avatar, they would surely kill me or threaten everyone close to me. I wrote a letter to Ty Lee, packed up everything, and fled from the Fire Nation. This was for the best. This world needed a hero and I was gonna make sure it got it. Though I didn't leave alone. My cousin Hiriko and Kioko joined me on this quest. When Hiriko learned the moves from the scroll, we found out she was an Airbender. It stood to reason that she was part of the lineage of a surviving Airbender, her powers only dormant until she learned from the sacred scroll. Kioko was also a Firebender and the silliest one of all. Once I had mastered airbending, we would then begin our journey to the Earth and Water Nation, where I would master earthbending and waterbending. Along the way, we also came across other benders who ran away from home. Tadaaki, an Earthbender, and Seiichi and Yosuke, Waterbenders from the Northern Water Tribe. They ran away to help protect their homes from the Fire Nation. After gaining their trust, we all then started traveling together. It wasn't long until I found out they were the members of the Element Gang, a team of elementals I was destined to lead. This only made our determination stronger as we continued to the other nations. But, one day, I felt something, like a calling. The next thing I knew, I found myself in a strange forest along with a dragon, who called me the Avatar and asked me where I was. I told it I had been distant and then asked what was going on and where I was. It then told me I was in the Spirit World and my true power had been awaken, but only for a short time. When I asked how it was awakened, it told me it meant only one thing: the other Avatar had returned. It told me to go, find him, and help him defeat the Fire Lord. After hearing that, me and my team then had a new part of our journey. First, we would help me master airbending, then we would go to find me people who could help me learn the other types of bending. Then, we would go and find the other Avatar. My name is Roku Tengen and I will master all of the elements and save the world with my team beside me. Avatar, where ever you are, we will find you and help you defeat the Fire Lord.