Disclaimer: This is a work of fanfiction and is written for fun. Rights for Avatar The Last Airbender go to DiMartino, Konietzko, and Nickelodeon. Rights for Pokémon go to Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures.

Prologue

Peace and the Flames of War

People and Pokémon have coexisted in harmony for generations. A power deeply rooted in this harmony is the sacred bond shared between people and Pokémon known as Chi Bonding. The ritual of Chi Bonding involves a person, or Warrior, battling a Pokémon in order to gain their trust and demonstrate the power that the Pokémon can acquire should they choose to become Chi Bound. Once a Pokémon becomes Chi Bound their chi network intertwines with their Warrior's, granting the Warrior and Chi Bound unbelievable power unavailable to them on their own. Fighting and growing as partners, Warriors and Pokémon battle to strengthen their bonds. Even in times of peace Pokémon help Warriors in their work and trade, assist them in reaching places they couldn't reach on their own, and serving as lifelong companions and friends. In the old days, people and Pokémon enjoyed lives of adventure filled with wonder and the thrill of challenges that tested their battle-forged bonds.

At least, those were the stories Gran Gran would tell us around the village campfire when we were children. I would gaze up at her excitedly, the flames dancing in my big blue eyes as she weaved the tales and legends of our world with a smile on her face. But now everything is different.

Long ago, there was peace and harmony between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. Then everything changed, when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, Master of all Four Elements, could stop them. But when the world needed him most… he vanished.

It's been 100 years since the Fire Nation's initial assault of their neighbors and the disappearance of the Avatar and his powerful Chi Bound Pokémon.

Many lives have been lost on both sides, and the Fire Nation nears victory in the war. Peace and hope have all but been abandoned by the rest of the world as the Fire Nation continues their crusade around the globe. Why did they attack? What is their endgame? So many questions plague the people of our world. But the question that burns us even more than the scorching flames of the Fire Nation is… will the Avatar return balance to our world or is all hope truly lost?

In the cold, barren wasteland of the South Pole I, Katara, and the rest of my small tribe continue our endless vigil. Biding our time, surviving, and trying to carry on our daily lives wondering what will become of us or what the next day has in store. It's been quite sometime since the Fire Nation raids on our tribe had ceased, still we live each day in fear of the return of Black Snow and the Fire Navy steel ships. Even so… I haven't lost hope. Because I believe that the Avatar will return, alongside his powerful Chi Bound, and save the world.

Just a little taste of the story I want to tell. If you'd like to dive in with me it's going to be a retelling of the Avatar epic with Pokémon replacing animals and spirits in the Avatar world. I drew on inspiration from Pokémon Conquest which was a neat spinoff game that has Pokémon fight side by side with warriors of Feudal Japan like Nobunaga. I'm a hopeless romantic so I'm hoping to tell a little love story throughout our adventure. I'm new to uploading my work here as this is my first project so bear with me as I learn to bring you guys this adventure as smoothly as I can. Read and review and I'll upload the next chapter soon, I also have several ready to upload but I'd like to see if there's any interest in my story.