A/N: Ok, so this is my second story out of the three I'll be writing at once. This story will mainly focus on Zaheer, Tenzin, Ozai, Jinora, Aang, and the rest of the new air nation. I'll try to be more active on this story than my other story, since I have to do a lot of planning for that (The Alternate Legend). Check it out please? Well, I don't think you wanna read this any longer, so read on! Also, no prologue for this because I don't wanna.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own anything related to or from Avatar: The Last Airbender NOR The Legend of Korra.

Rift In Time

Chapter 1

It's been only 2 years since the incident with The Red Lotus. P'Li, Ming Hua and Ghazan all died in battle with the Beifongs, Mako, and Bolin. Zaheer was the only surviving member of the four who died, and returned to prison. His new prison was even more advanced than ever before. Three times the White Lotus security, prison built miles away from any land and underground. That way, Zaheer can't fly away and even if he escaped, it would take him days to fly to any land.

Over the 2 passing years, Zaheer eventually regrew some of his hair and facial hair. His beard was grizzly looking, while his hair was more of a buzz cut. His hair did grow reasonably slow. Zaheer never did forget that day, though. The day his plans were ruined and all he got were dead friends and a sock in his mouth. He swore, the Avatar would rue the day she was born. The airbenders would rue the day they joined that Airbending Master, Tenzin. They would all regret everything. What Zaheer regrets, though, is not saving the woman he loved, P'li. No, not loved... He still loves her. Zaheer still loves P'li.

All he wanted to do was give the people of the world a better life, a life without leaders. He took out the Earth Queen and almost took out the Southern Water Tribe chief... Looking back on it, he could've just moved on to the Fire Nation to take out the Firelord. Or maybe perhaps the Northern Water Tribe chiefs.

"Zaheer! Time for your food," Zaheer heard a guard captain address him.

Zaheer was chained to the ground, leaving him defenseless to airbend them like before. Now they just put his food and water in a cup that extends to him through the bars on a stick that they hold. "No thanks..." Zaheer replied, "I don't think I've got the appetite for it right now."

The White Lotus captain raised an eyebrow at Zaheer, "Well, whatever... Suit yourself."

With that, the White Lotus members who came with the food started eating it themselves, leaving the remaining guards to stay and watch over the prisoner. Zaheer would normally try to meditate and enter the spirit world to have a little freedom, but he was in no mood now. He had to start strategizing a plan to get out of here.

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Meanwhile at Air Temple Island, Tenzin was packing his stuff for a vacation with his family. Just a month ago, Asami had designed a new suit for the airbenders to modernize them into the new era. They were basically spandex with glider wings under their arms that folded up around the suit itself.

At first, everybody thought it was ridiculous to replace the traditional glider-staffs, but after Kai bravely offered to test fly the first one, there was an agreement. Not many have been made. Only Jinora, Kai, Opal and Otaku have their new wing suits, while the remaining airbenders stuck with their traditional attire and staffs.

"Hey, Dad," Tenzin heard his daughter, Jinora address him, "Could we possibly have Kai come too? And maybe Opal?"

Tenzin's eye twitched when he heard Jinora ask him if Kai could join on their family trip. Of course, he was just being paranoid...

He turned around to face his daughter with a concerned look on his face. As he pinched the bridge of his nose, he let out a small and subtle sigh, "Jinora... Maybe it's time we talk."

Jinora raised an eyebrow in confusion. What did she do? What did she say?

The old airbending master addressed his daughter to sit down in a chair that was sitting in the corner of the room. "Did I do something wrong?" Jinora asked nervously.

"Jinora," Tenzin started, "I know you just turned 13 not too long ago and that's the age where both boys and girls have new desires..." He's not going where I think he's going is he?, Jinora thought to herself.

"I understand that your hormones are probably raging and you need to find satisfacto-" Tenzin was cut short by Jinora protesting in what Tenzin had misinterpreted.

"EW! Dad! That's disgusting! I would never do that with Kai at this age! And did you not hear when I asked if Opal can come too?" The young master spoke out. Tenzin finally realized his mistake in hearing, "Oh... Then why do you want them to come?"

"Well, they have nothing better to do. And besides, we're going on a 'vacation' to see all the places where Grandpa Aang went as a kid. Wouldn't it be good if they came with since they're both practically family?"

"Ok, ok. I see your point," Tenzin started again, "I suppose they can come."

Opal was just walking down the hall to find Jinora when she heard Tenzin say that. She maneuvered her way to the entrance of Tenzin's room where he was packing. "Did I hear right? I can come?!"

Both Tenzin and Jinora cocked their heads to Opal, shocked by the sound of her voice all of the sudden. "Sorry did I scare you?" Opal spoke up.

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After a couple of days, Zaheer finally managed to find inner peace. He was meditating like never before. He emptied his mind about what happened that day with the Avatar and airbenders, and let go of his hate.

Suddenly, the chains tying him down began to rattle. His eyes shut tighter than before, like he was controlling them. The chains shook more rapidly by the seconds passing by. Some of the guards noticed, "Hey! What do you think you're doing Zaheer? Stop using your weird flight-bending-thing to shake the chains!"

"Should we be worried, Captain?" Another guard shouted to the captain.

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"Master Tenzin!" A voice shouted from outside.

Tenzin, Jinora and Opal walked towards the courtyard doors to find all the airbenders standing there to greet the three of them. "Yes, Otaku? Is there a problem?" Tenzin asked.

"We heard you were going on a vacation to sites that Avatar Aang visited as a kid!" Otaku answered.

"Yeah! And we wanna come too!" A voice shouted from the background.

"Yeah!" All the airbenders shouted in agreement.

Tenzin looked shocked. Never did he ever think that the new airbenders would insist learning about his father, Avatar Aang. "All of you? Why?"

Otaku immediately answered after Tenzin spoke, "Well Avatar Aang was an air nomad. Wouldn't it be air nomad history or something if we got to see the sites an air nomad would like to go to?"

"Yeah!" The airbender shouted in agreement once again.

"Alright!" Tenzin shouted to stop the shouting, "I guess you can all come on this trip, but I better not have any demands for the next trip my family goes on!"

Hours later...

A while later, all the airbender got on their bisons and flew toward the fire nation to start off with. From there, they would go to the north, then figure it out from there. They wanted to avoid the Earth Kingdom since it was being united by Kuvira from all the chaos.

"Daddy, where are we going first?" A concerned Ikki asked.

"We're going to a town in the Fire Nation called Fire Nation Bazaar," Tenzin replied, "It was the town where your grandfather visited his friend Kuzon, then disguised himself as a school student during the 100 year war."

Meelo saw his place to jumo into the conversation to demand something that he wanted for no reason, "Can I get the scarf he wore in the town?"

Tenzin raised an eyebrow, "Meelo, did you not pay any attention when I was teaching you this? He used the belt from the school uniform as a headband."

"Same difference," Meelo replied.

A couple of more hours later...

"Dad, I think we're lost. It's getting late and we don't have enough sleeping materials for everyone," A concerned Jinora asked.

"I knew something like this would happen... Jinora, tell Kai, Opal, and the other bison riders to follow me down to that island to land."

Jinora nodded. She turned behind her to yell at Kai and Opal to follow Oogi and to tell the other bison riders to do the same. Once they landed, they started to set up the tents. Since they didn't have enough tents for everybody, some people had to share.

"Jinora and Kai, you two are not sharing the same tent!" Tenzin yelled at the two.

"Dad, stop talking to me like this! We were just talking to each other and he was helping me set it up!" Jinora yelled back.

Kai slowly and quietly slipped away from the two arguing, because it just made him feel uncomfortable that Jinora's dad thought they were gonna sleep together.

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72 years earlier...

A group of kids had just arrived to an island of some sorts, and were searching around for the spot they were looking for. The "leader" was Sokka, holding a map to guide the rest there. The other three were Aang, the Avatar, Katara, the future spouse of Aang, and Toph, the famous blind earthbender. They were accompanied by their sky bison, Appa, and their Lemur-Bat, Momo.

As they pushed the branches aside and moved through the bushes, they had found the place they were looking for on the other side.

"This is it," Sokka said, "The official rondevu point for the invasion forces. As they looked over the landscape, it was covered in Koala-Sheep.

"How did you pick this place?" Toph asked curiously.

"Before we split up, my dad and I found this island on the map," Sokka replied, "It's uninhabited and the harbor is covered by natural cliffs and it seemed like a secluded place."

Everybody took a second to deposit their camping supplies and get ready for bed.

"Nice work, Sokka," Katara, Sokka's sister complimented, "And we're here 4 days ahead of schedule."

"Wait! Four days!?" Avatar Aang freaked out. He jumped in the air, frightened by the upcoming event, "The invasion's in 4 days?!" Sokka yawned like he didn't care how stressed Aang could be right now.

"Whatever, that's like 4 days from now," Sokka yawned as he held up 4 fingers. He then fell asleep instantly.

Katara found the time to comfort Aang, "Sokka's got the right idea, Aang. We're here, we're ready. The best thing we can do now is get a good night's rest."

Aang put on a worried yet upset face. He looked around at everybody who was laying down to get some sleep, "Yeah... I guess." But the worst thing that happened the moment he fell asleep was this incredibly horrifying nightmare:

Nightmare sequence...

In the firelord's palace...

Aang busts down the palace door to reveal his unusual attire and choice. He leaps forward to the edge of a cliff and does some weird movement with his arms, "Your days of teariny are over, Firelord! I'm bringing you down!"

The Firelord was just about to eat some grapes until he was interrupted by the Avatar, "Really? How do you plan on doing that when you aren't even wearing pants?"

Aang looked down to see his pants were missing. He panicked and grabbed an air nation pillow from thin air and covered himself with it. Multiple eyes came out of nowhere and started to stare at Aang covering himself. The Firelord laughed and laughed. Eventually, Aang scooted his legs backwards and exited the palace full of embarrassment.

Real time...

Aang awoke, panicked. He instantly checked to see if his pants were still on. He sighed in relief after he quickly finished searching every inch of his leg. Suddenly, the tiny lemur-bat, Momo, came into view of aang.

"It was just a dream, Momo. I still have my pants," Aang then stood up, "Well, I better keep training."

Aang then started kicking a bush with rhythm repeatedly as Momo sat behind him and watched.

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72 years into the future...

Everything finally settled down on the island where the airbenders have taken temporary residence. Jinora, Ikki, and Opal shared a tent together, while Kai, Meelo shared a tent of their own. It was about time Kai got to spend some time with his girlfriend's little brother.

Meelo had finally started to grow some hair on his odd-shaped head. It actually seemed to suit him very well.

Meanwhile, Tenzin was checking each tent to check if everybody was at the island and if they lost anybody. So far everybody seemed to be in the right spot, until Tenzin came across Bumi's name on his list.

"Bumi... Where did Bumi go?" He muttered to himself.

As if on cue, a sky bison came into view through the clouds and headed towards the camp. Once it landed, Tenzin was rushing towards it to see if it was Bumi who had fallen behind. As it turns out, it was Bumi indeed. Accompanied by his spirit friend, Bumju.

"Thanks a lot, Tenzin!" Bumi started, "You just left me there on air temple island!" Bumi had been through a lot of trouble with Tenzin, but ditching him on family vacation was too far this time. Tenzin's eyes widened at this statement. He couldn't believe it, how could he forget his own brother?

"Oh! I'm so sorry, Bumi," Tenzin started, "I didn't realize unti-"

Tenzin was cut short by the sound of his brother shouting back at him, "No excuse!" Bumi stood up and climbed off of the sky bison, all while having a pouting face on, "It wasn't funny! I was all alone there wondering where everybody went!"

FLASHBACK...

Bumi had just walked out of the bathroom from causing a huge explosion in there. He really shouldn't have eaten all that meat last night. Isn't he supposed to be a vegetarian now? He's been trying, but he had to have one night full of meat. He definitely took after Uncle Sokka.

His fingers, on instinct, flew up to his nose to pinch his nostrils shut. Bumi then waved his hand to get the stench away from him. One of the air acolytes noticed him and rushed towards him immediately. "Master Bumi! Master Bumi!"

Bumi noticed his calling and cocked his head to the left to see him running towards him. "What is it acolyte person? And where is everybody?"

"Sir, all of the airbenders have gone on a trip. You are still here! You must catch up to them," The air acolyte answered with fear.

"What! They left me?!" Bumi shouted, "Which way did they go?"

"West towards the Fire Nation," The acolyte pointed in the exact direction the rest of the airbenders went, "I advise you leave now."

Once Bumi knew the direction, there was no stopping him. No potty breaks this time, that's how serious this was. He quickly grabbed one of the last remaining sky bison and flew off West.

END FLASHBACK...

"Bumi, I apologize. I truly do, but it's getting dark and you need to get some rest. Both you and Bumju can share a tent with me," The old master apologized.

Bumi just stood there for a minute, deciding how to respond to that "quick-to-the-point" apology. He decided to join Tenzin and get some rest.

Meanwhile with Jinora, Opal and Ikki...

The three airbenders hadn't gone to sleep yet, but were talking about their issues... Because you know, girls do that stuff.

"I just can't believe Bolin is still working with Kuvira! It drives me crazy!" Opal blurted out. Opal was very intense about this type of subject because of what Kuvira did 2 years ago.

"Sorry to hear that, Opal. But you've aready told us this before and it's kinda getting old now. No offense," Jinora responded.

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Meanwhile with Zaheer...

The sound of the chains rattling increased as Zaheer's power got stronger. Many more guards ran towards the scene, "Call Lord Zuko immediately!"

Just after that guard spoke out, a blinding flash of light appeared in an instant, leaving everybody speechless. Some firebenders, out of instinct, instantly shot fire towards the blinding light and Zaheer in hopes it would stop after Zaheer would die. But before the fire could reach Zaheer and the light, the blinding light faded away instantly along with Zaheer.

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72 years earlier...

In Fire Nation waters, a Fire Navy ship was sailing through the night making a delivery to the Royal Palace just up North. The commander was taking in the view of the horizon touching the smooth flowing ocean from a balcony. After a short while, his eyes shut slow and lightly to absorb some beauty. He thought commander Zhao was crazy for trying to destroy the moon, it was so majestic...

"Commander, sir!" A guard yelled from the deck.

The captain leaned over the railing of the balcony to see what the guard had wanted, "What is it?"

"Sir, we must slow down! We see somebody floating in the water just up ahead! Please tell the captain to slow down!" The noble guard responded. The commander just nodded before turning around to face the captain with his hands on the wheel. "What'd that man say? Speed up?" The captain joked around once greeted by the commander.

"Enough of your jokes. Just slow down so we can get the man on board," The commander spoke softly yet seriously. The commander always did seem to be calm and never showed anger, unlike most other firebenders. He was tall, thin, elderly and had a civilized posture. Minutes passed and the ship finally reached the man in the water, the fire navy men then reeled him in onto the deck to find the strange man in prisoner type clothes. He had a beard and little hair on his head with a scar on his eyebrow. A female doctor came up to see if the strange man was still alive.

She pushed down on his chest repeatedly until water was out of his body. He coughed and gagged out the ocean water while leaning up off of his back and supported his body with his arms. He looked around him, Did it work?, he thought. "Where am I?" The man asked hastily.

The captain and commander nudged their way through the grouped crowd to get to the man and answer him, "You're on a Fire Navy ship heading towards the Fire Nation Royal Palace to deliver something to Firelord Ozai himself," The commander spoke up. "The fastest ship in the navy," The captain interrupted immediately after his sentence. The commander eyed the man they had found intently, "Who are you? Where are you from? And how did you get in the water?"

Guess I was lucky I had enough air in my lungs to float all the way up to surface from that deep low. No matter, looks like my plan worked. The man thought to himself. "My name is Lee, I am from Ember Island from the Fire Nation, and I guess my ship got destroyed and sunk while I was sailing," he answered. He was lying, he was reasonably good at lying depending on how big or small that lie may be. Truly, he was Zaheer.

"Well then, Lee," the commander started, "I guess you're coming along with us. We'll have no pit stops to Ember Island. We have to get this delivery to the palace as soon as possible."

"Oh yes... That'll be just fine," Lee (Zaheer) responded ominously.

"I'm Commander Vor, welcome aboard," Commander Vor said welcomely.

A/N: So there was chapter 1. Hope you liked it fine... So next chapter will be out hopefully within the next 2-4 weeks. I'll be working on another story whilst writing this one and my Legend Of Korra AU, so it'll take some time to get these out. So please if you liked this first chapter, then spread the word of my amazing skills of writingness! Bye!

UPDATE NOTE: Okay, so I wrote this before the episode where it showed Zaheer's prison. So by the end he'll just transfer prisons I guess.