So I decided to post the next chapter of "A Guardian's Tale." I think this is turning out pretty well, but I think I would made a few changes . . . eh, I'll see what the readers think. I'm just happy to finally get this typed cause I couldn't get this story out of my head. It's like there's someone in my head, nagging me to post it somewhere. So yeah, i hope you like it.

Previously in Chapter 1:

"Trust me; you wouldn't want me traveling with you guys." I said, turning around and walking outside.

"Well, why not." asked Toph, looking at me like she knew what I was going to say.

"Because" Facing Toph, I took a deep breath, "I'm too dangerous to be around."

"What do you mean?" asked Aang.

"Yes, Kyra whatever do you mean." said a sarcastic voice from behind.

Chapter 2: Kyra's Legacy

I knew exactly who it was, Ulgar. He emerged from the forest with a smug grin on his face. Everyone got in their fighting stances, except for me and Ulgar. I folded my arms and said, "Where are your fighting minions, Ulgar? Or have you built up enough courage to actually fight me?"

He smiled at this, "Oh, they're not here. I've decided to ask you to come peacefully this time, because of our past relationship." He looked over at Aang, "Oh and you're with the Avatar! Good, double the money."

"We had no relationship, you traitor."

Aang, Katara, Zuko, Toph, and Sokka all looked very confused as to what was happening. I'll probably have to tell them everything when this is over, I thought.

"Well, that's too bad. Guess I'll have to take you and the Avatar by force!" he said fire bending at me.

I jumped pack and everyone behind me stepped up to try and attack, but I motioned them to stop. "This is my fight." I simply said.

Ulgar began to punch fire toward me, and I jumped up very high and landed on a tree branch. He set the tree on fire and I jumped out towards Ulgar, landing a drop kick on his head. He went tumbling back, and I glanced at the gang, who seemed very surprised at me. I turned to Ulgar who was now on his feet waiting for my next move. He kicked sending fire at me, and I ducked as the fire barely missed my head. He continued kicking fire at me while I tried getting closer to him. He noticed I was too close, so he swung his arm at my head. I deflected his arm with my own and jabbed him in the face and stomach, knocking the wind out of him.

He wheezed saying, "Come Kyra, why don't you try bending at me? Show your friends what you can do. Or are you just as weak as your father. In fact the general told me, he wasn't even much of a fight. Humph typical, he wasn't a very strong man or a brave one at that."

Now he really ticked me off. I sent a huge blast of air in his direction, making him hit a tree. I ran right up to him, holding him up against the tree by his throat. He tried to pry my hands off him, but I wasn't going to let him go. I looked into his turquoise eyes, and I saw hatred and fear. Giving him an angry glare I said, "You can say what you want about me, but don't you ever insult my father. He was twice the man you'll ever be," I slightly squeezed his throat, "I can snap your neck and kill you right now, but I won't." Letting go I let him drop to the ground. He struggled to breathe as he kneeled on the ground.

"If I see you again, I will not hesitate to kill you on the spot. Now GO!" I yelled bending air at him to push him back.

He got up and held his stomach, "You know . . . you have nowhere to go. Everyone is afraid of and hates your kind. But either way I will find you and I will take you to the fire lord."

He ran, disappearing into the forest. I turned around to face the jaw dropped faces of my new friends. "I guess I have a lot of explaining to do, huh?"

They nodded their heads, with their mouths still open. We walked into the cave and sat down. Zuko lit the fire, since it was getting dark. When he sat down he asked, "Did you just air bend back there?"

"Yes, I did."

Aang looked at me, "Why didn't you tell us you where an air bender? Now I'm not the last one."

"No, you are the last Air Nomad. I'm not an Air Nomad, nor have I ever been to any of the Air Nomad temples."

"Then where are you really from?" asked Sokka.

"I'm from an island near the fire nation. No one really knows of it except for the fire nation, and me. My island was called Amak, meaning 'mother wolf'. Because that's where my kind originated from." I said, remembering my homeland.

Toph looked very interested at what I just said, "What do you mean 'your kind'?"

"Ok, let me start from the beginning. This will be pretty long so ask questions when I'm done."

Everyone nodded and got comfortable, waiting for me to continue. I sighed and rested my elbows on my knees, "I lived in a tribe, much like one of the water tribes except in a warmer place. My tribe was named WolfPaw. I had two parents. My father was chief of the tribe, but . . . my mother died during my birth." I tried hard not to cry and glance at Katara who showed compassion in her eyes, "My best friend Ulric, whom I have known since I was very little, was like a brother to me. He protected me whenever I was in trouble. We had many people in my tribe a lot of them I knew very well. Three months ago, my village was attacked by the fire nation. We kept the location of our island a secret and didn't suspect anyone knew, so we weren't ready for the invasion. They were looking for me, but I wasn't there. I was in a secret chamber, studying books on air bending, in a different location on the island. When I came back Ulric was being dragged away to their ships, and my . . ." I stopped as a tear ran down my cheek, "my . . . village was in ruins, and my father lay on the battle field among the other bodies. They killed him."

Katara sat down next to me and put a comforting arm around my shoulder. I looked at her and smiled a little, seeing she had some tears in her eyes as well. "As for your question Toph," I began, "I'm not like any of you, I am a werewolf. But a hundred years ago we used to be called guardians. I am part wolf and part human. I can transform into a wolf standing eight feet tall. We can run as fast as air benders and are stronger than komodo rhinos. Our senses are very much heightened. And we can heal faster than any human, unless the wound is too big. When very angry or when feeling any strong emotion we change. We can change whenever we want if we can master our rage. But if not mastered then we change by either feeling great anger or by every full moon. And it hurts a lot." I rubbed my arms feeling a cold breeze.

"There is only one guardian born every hundred years. We were meant to protect our own island, but soon when we realized we can do much more, we began to help the Avatar with keeping balance." I turned to Aang who looked very confused at the moment.

"But we didn't help a lot; the Avatar did most of the work since nobody feared him or her. And plus we weren't very good with political business, but that's beside the point. Our bending, on the other hand, has nothing to do with when or where we are born; it's determined by which original bending the Avatar had, except we had the opposite. So if the Avatar is a . . . fire bender, for example, then the guardian would be a water bender. In this case though, I should've been an earth bender but because of the Avatar's disappearance; in the last hundred years the earth bending guardian has long past, along with the water bending guardian that came after. We heard from many of our own people, who lived in different parts of the world, that the fire nation had found out about the Guardians and so many bounty hunters were sent on a mission to kill every guardian that was born because we were considered a threat. They were paid a lot of money." Anger burned in my eyes as I stared into the campfire.

Then I resumed my explanation still staring into the fire, "Years later no one else came to the island, so we assumed we'd be in the clear. Unfortunately we were sadly mistaken, Ulgar the fire nation soldier who attacked me today was supposed to be my husband to be. We were engaged, it was an arranged marriage. I never liked the guy, he's stuck up, VERY arrogant, and too proud for his own good. The only reason my father wanted me to marry him was because he was the best fire bender in our village, and thought he could protect me." Looking away from the fire, I huffed, "As if I need protection. Anyway, he betrayed us; somehow he alerted the fire nation of where our island was and told them of me. They invaded looking for me, and in the process killing every girl in the village. When they didn't find me they killed everyone else alive, except Ulric and Ulgar. They took Ulric to question him, and Ulgar joined the fire nation army. He got a badge for his heroic duty." I said sarcastically, I stood up and stared out the cave. "They were being killed, because of me. MY father died protecting me and I was somewhere studying, reading BOOKS!" I yelled, "I should've helped them, instead I let them die" I closed my eyes, "what kind of a guardian am I?" I said hanging my head low and my fists clenched.

Katara walked up to me and laid a comforting hand on my shoulder. Small tears were forming in my eyes, not wanting them to see me I stared up into the sky, "I should've been there. I should've turned myself in, they would've been spared."

Katara looked me straight in the eyes, and I saw that she understood how I felt. I felt like she had been through a similar loss, "My mother was killed by fire benders in a raid. They were looking for a water bender, they were looking for me. My mother sacrificed herself for me because she loved me and didn't want to see me get hurt. . ." She reached to her neck and slightly touched a water tribe necklace she had on. I glanced over at the others and saw Sokka had hung his head low, thinking. I suspected he was Katara's brother.

Katara spoke again, "just like your father and tribe had sacrificed themselves to save you." Turning to me she said, "What happened to them is not your fault."

"If only that were true." I said solemnly, staring at the sky.

Thanks for reading, please review and tell me what you think. So far I got good reviews so this is basicly what's urging me to post the rest of this story. I'll get to writing chapter 3 right now and post it as soon as I can. But expect it tommorow most likely. Here's a special thanks to: "avatarflamefan8" and "i love athrun" for being my first reviewers and for writing such great reviews. I'm very happy to see that some people actually took the time to read my story and actually LIKE IT! I'm VERY happy right now! :)

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