Ah~ Republic City… The great capital, the jewel in the royal crown and a sacred heaven where Benders, Non-Benders and even Spirits coexist peacefully and… What a load of Ostrich-Horse crap.
This is Republic city, 55 years after the last Harmonic Convergence and 23 years after the death of Avatar Korra. The place has changed drastically thanks to the advanced technological developments by Future Industries which were further accelerated by professional bending scientists and the developing branch of Aetherology- The science of the spirit realm. I guess that if I had to break the fourth wall in order to describe this place, it looks kinda like the shitty, edgy part of China Town, only with insanely high skyscrapers and Airbending parkour practicers everywhere.
But that's enough world-building for now, I'm sure you're way more interested in knowing who I am, right? No? Whatever, I don't really care. My name is Lee (Original, I know right?), and despite what you may think, I'm not the Avatar, even though I'm the main OC of this fic. I'm a 16 year old high school student who lives in the suburban part of Republic City. I have black hair, Hispanic skin and green eyes. I'm a pretty average boy. That is, of course, by day. By night, I-
"Move it, moron!" said a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a school uniform similar to Lee's as she passed besides him with a group of schoolgirls and shoved him from the sidewalk and into the mud. Lee got up and tried to clean the mud from his clothes, but got covered in even more mud as a bus went by. "Hey, look! It's started!" said one of the girls following the blonde girl as the mob ran towards a shop with a bunch of old TV's in it.
The blonde ogre over there is Helena. She's the most talented Waterbender (and also a Bloodbender) in our school. We used to be good friends back when we were little kids, but after we entered high school, she changed for the worse. Her attitude didn't change though; She was always this violent, but for some reason she became much more harassing to me after she began hanging out with her new friends. This is actually her in a good mood…
*flashback*
In a sequence of events, Helena made the boys' bathroom freeze together with Lee, who was sitting in one of the toilets, blew the water cooler from which he was drinking after P.E., made him take off his pants and dance like an idiot during a national debate and even played ping pong with him as the ball and a pair of frozen platforms as paddles.
"Brrr... Wanna know the worst part? Her father is the Principal. And he hates me" turning over to Helena and the mob, they were all crying and squeeling in excitement over a handsome man performing in a stadium and bending the four elements in a marvelous show of gymnastics and art.
The pretty boy in the TV she's fangirling for like an innocent girl all over the place is Avatar Haruma. He's the new Avatar that appeared after Avatar Korra's death and probably one of the most talented and arrogant Avatars in history. He's also a model in the Republic Stars magazine and a successful actor. I hate him. So much. I mean, what does he have that I don't? Being the master of all Four Elements is overrated, as for his money and fame? When I grow up I'll be ten times richer and more famous than he is. And for Aang's sake, I'm much more handsome than he is. Also, I'm the main character; you can't take that away from me.
Reaching his home in the suburbs, Lee reaches towards the door, but it slams open with a gust of wind and an angry woman with dark skin, black hair and brown eyes wearing an apron appears in front of him "Lee! Where the hell have you been?! Look at you, I just washed your school uniform- AGAIN!"
This, is my Mother- A crazy Airbender.
"He was probably out, messing with all those problematic kids and participating in street fights again. I swear, kids this days have no respect. Your mother doesn't deserve to have such an insolent brat like you for a son!" said a wrinkly old woman behind her with dark skin, black hair and green eyes.
This, is my Grandmother- An even crazier Airbender.
"Mom, I told you I don't do that kind of dangerous stuff. I simply tripped and fell" said Lee. "And you expect me to believe that happens to you all the time? Tell me the truth, is someone bullying you?" Asked Lee's mother with a worried expression. Lee hesitated for a while, but took a deep breath and told her everything about Helena. After hearing everything he had to say, Lee's mom smiled and so did he, but her expression turned angry not a second later "Are you trying to make a fool out of me? There's no way Helena would do all of that! I can't believe you would try to accuse her of such things. I'm very disappointed of you, now go take a shower and then go to your room!"
Yep, this is my shitty life.
Well, it would be shitty, if it wasn't for one thing…
At night, Lee was jumping from rooftop to rooftop while wearing what seemed like a stealth suit.
Where was I? Oh, right.
Republic City… The great capital, the jewel in the royal crown and a sacred heaven where Benders, Non-Benders and even Spirits coexist peacefully.
But as I said already, it's just a load of Ostrich-Horse crap.
An explosion was seen from the distance. A giant rampaging Dark Spirit was destroying buildings as Benders and people in mechanic suits from the Republic City Police Department were struggling against it. "It's show time" said Lee as he put on a very familiar blue demon mask. Using homemade grappling hooks and Metalbending, Lee launched himself at the monster, which spotted him and attacked him with its tentacles. Lee avoided them and began to run down one of the tentacles until he jumped in front of the beast.
You see, despite the major changes Avatar Aang brought to the world map, Avatar Korra seriously stirred things up after the Harmonic Convergence. For starters, the Spirits from the Spirit world crossed over to our world. The change in the flow of Chi also brought forth the resurgence of the Air Clan. But when combined with all the race mixture that's been going on ever since Avatar Aang and Lord Zuko brought peace to the nations, a new phenomenon emerged. A phenomenon so rare, it only happens to one in every ten million people.
That is…
"Say cheese!" yelled Lee as he extended his hand forward and launched a massive ball of fire towards the Dark Spirit, knocking it down.
Dual Bending.
Thanks to the change in the flow of Chi and the mixture that's between races that's been exponentially increasing in the last couple of decades, there were rare cases in which a person has been shown to be capable of bending up to two different elements. This people showed not only an ability that was thought impossible up until centuries ago, but also they were shown to be outstanding fighters with fighting prowess as great as the Avatar.
I'm an exceptional case; Thanks to my heritage, I can bend Earth and Fire, but it's not only limited to that. I'm also capable of Metalbending, Lavabending and Lightningbending. I can probably beat the Avatar in a fight- No, I'm not being delusional and overconfident (nor am I jealous, OK?).
"It's the Blue spirit!" said one of the cops as they all stared in awe at the appearance of the Lee.
Oh, yeah. Like I was saying before, despite my life being awful and boring during the day, at night I'm the hero who keeps the city safe known as 'The Blue Spirit'. I know, I know. I was lying to my mom when I said I'm not dealing with any dangerous business, but can you blame me? She'll blow me into the Stratosphere if she found out. Also, It's my duty as the powerful and amazing person that I am to protect the weak.
Landing on the ground, Lee struck his fist against it and the earth shattered beneath the giant Dark Spirit, trapping it in a sinkhole. Looking around, Lee spotted a cooler in the park and had an idea "I learnt this one from Helena, I hope you enjoy cool showers!" using his Metalbending, Lee bent the cooler in the Spirit's direction and opened it like a can, spraying water all over the trapped creature before using Lightning to electrocute it and take it down.
"Piece of cake" said Lee as he heard the RCPD approaching behind him "Arrest him!" yelled the leader in a mechanic suit "Oh, come on! I just saved you! This is how you treat a hero?"
"You also hung around in forbidden hours, destroyed city property, used unauthorized violence and committed acts of illegal bending under disguise. You're a vigilante- just another criminal. Take him boys" he gestured towards two police members behind him who approached Lee with handcuffs "Pfft. Yeah, right" said Lee gathering electricity in his fists and then smashing them together, creating a flash of light strong enough to temporarily blind all of the RCPD. When they came to his senses, the Blue Spirit was gone. To further annoy the cop, when he searched for his com, he realized his wallet was gone "Damn you, Blue Spirit!"
Back in home, Lee was hanging his suit in an attic, quickly dodging a glass shard that went flying in his direction "Hmph, not bad, though if I were serious, you would be long dead" said an old man behind Lee "Grandpa, you're back!" yelled Lee as he ran to him and hugged him.
This is my Grandfather, Bolin. He's my hero.
Bolin is known to this day as the strongest Earthbender to ever exist, surpassing Toph and being rivaled only by the Avatar in their Avatar Mode. Capable of Earthbending, Lavabending and eventually Metalbending as well, grandpa Bolin was also the first Glass Bender in history. He taught me all I know.
Bolin and Lee separated and then got into a very complicated handshake.
Not to mention that he's the coolest grandpa on the planet.
"I see you've been busy… I also see you've taken interest in a new hobby" said Bolin as he snatched the cop's wallet from Lee's pocket "He was being a jerk, I just returned the favor for trying to put me in jail after saving his ass"
"Lee, I've trained you to be a hero, not a villain. You cannot go on stealing money like that for any reason you might have. Return this to the man tomorrow"
"But you used to steal money from people as well!" exclaimed Lee. "I was young and stupid. I DO NOT want you to go down the same path as I did back then, you hear me!" said an angry Bolin, but his expression softened as he saw the sorry face of Lee "sigh… Listen, you have a very special gift. Something the others don't have. You have the duty to protect those you care about, but you should beware not to let yourself be corrupted by that power, do you understand?" asked Bolin, and Lee nodded. "Your father would be proud of you" said Bolin with a smile as he tapped on his shoulder. Lee's face was cheerful once again and he yawned "Welp, my mom will kill me if she finds me here at this time. Goodnight, Grandpa!"
"Goodnight, Lee" waved him Bolin, but his smile turned into a worried expression as turned around and went downstairs.
There was a storm outside. Lightning was illuminating Lee's room. Cold sweat began to run down Lee's face as he turned over and over in his sleep. In his dream, he was running through a dark forest. Red marks were spreading like tentacles all over his exposed chest
"There is nowhere to escape" said a voice in the distance.
'You're mine' echoed another voice in his mind.
Lee reached a cliff and kneeled down, coughing a black substance from his mouth that began to cover the entire right side of his body. A hand rested on his left shoulder as someone whispered in his left ear "Accept the power, accept us"
a big orange eye opened wide and Lee woke up screaming.
And that was it folks. My first Avatar fanfic. Expect an update within the next month or so. Until next time, see ya!
