AVATAR: THE LOST CHAPTERS

Prologue

Path of Harmony

The skies glowed with a light blue, the sound of distant hawklions flapping and roaring in the distance, as the wind made the fields of multiple flowers dance, showing various beautiful colors swaying with the breeze, and the clouds floating slowly through the daytime skies. The sound of distant laughter could be heard, of children playing in the distance. All having fun, pretending to fly along the sides of the hawklions and the sabretoothed-wolfdragon. All who bore their own elemental clothing, which bore their families' crest symbols, yet they all still played in a peaceful harmony.

Among them, was a boy and girl. The boy had dark fair hair somewhat scruffed, and eyes that gleamed an amber yellowish color, and the girl who had fair dark brown hair and were held together in two somewhat low pigtails that started at the nape of her neck, with some light browned locks that stream on her sweating face, and over her light green eyes. It was so hard to believe that the two were actually brother and sister.

The girl laughed happily, as she chased the other boys across the field of flowers. They were playing some sort of game that they pretended to play some roaring creatures, that roamed across the land, a making the roaring sounds that the strange creatures had made. The one dark haired boy just sat in the middle of the field, eyes closed and hands clasped together, the wind brushing his hair across his face.

"Keung!" the boy's sister's voice called out as the group of kids ran unintentionally and piled on top of Keung, interrupting his small session. The laughter stopped, as the sister and the boys had all seen the dogpiled Keung at the bottom. They all looked at each other for a moment, not making any sound. as they heard him breathe in a deep breath. They all stopped moving, a small muscular big boy propped out of the pile facing the girl who began to laugh at the silly boy.

"Hahahaha, Gou!" she covered her mouth as she continued laughing happily.

"LIEN!" he screamed as he jumped out of the pile, as the other children toppled all over each other. He got got up and began to chase the girl as she got up and screamed and laughed.

All the boys looked at each other, and then at Keung, and before long all of them were laughing and playing along again. The two siblings, Keung and Lien having fun and chasing one another. The sound of a soft whistle could be heard and all of the children stopped, looking in one direction.

Gou had the girl Lien on top of his shoulders as he pretended to be a monster lifting her from the ground, roaring his childish roar. Instantly stopping at the sound of the whistle. It was some kind of calling that they were all used to. Lien looked down at Gou and laughed again, setting herself onto his shoulders as he ran swiftly behind the others.

As they arrived with the others. the sun was peaking over the mountain tops. but there was still enough light in the sky to see the surroundings that was arround the children. Small hut houses made of smooth rock with cloth doors, and flame lights. Different elemental flags hung freely side by side and at same level, two on each side of a stoned bridge that peaked across a wide river, flowing with clear blue waters surrounding the area, with a glass arch over the bridge, glimmering in the sunset.

It had been made from the soot that was left after a flame torch was of no more use, from the first benders in the village of the Pale Lotus, where all people from three of the four nations, all living together in a peaceful harmony. Knowing that they weren't able to find any air nomads for a hundred years, yet the flag of the Air element still flowed in the breeze, beside with the other three flags, right where it belonged.

The sound of voices all in complete unision could be heard. all stepping and punching at the same time, letting out bursts of battle Ha!'s and Kiyah!'s and Hiya!'s. All in front of different elemental benders not segregated from one another, but all patterned up in the same rows, still doing the same trainging movements as the other person beside them. One row of fire benders, earth, and then water, in a continuous pattern.

"We all have our own place in the world," a man's voice said loudly, he stood in front of the rows of benders who stopped all at the same time and faced him, listening to his words of wisdom, with his second hand man at his side writing down everyone he spoke, he continued.

"And we all have our own destiny carved out for us, but we have the power to change it. As this war goes on, it has reaked havoc and despair throughout the four nations, the air nomads who'd suffered one of the worst," he paused looking over all of the faces, all different elements, but all bearing the same expression, of hope and loyalty. he continued with his speech.

"Sworn to secrecy, the Order of the White Lotus has created this town, this city, this new nation, the Pale Lotus, concealing the unknown power of the Pale Lotus itself." he looked around again and went on,"Some of you say this war is not our fight to fight, but in truth, we all must do our part in this battle, and for all the innocent people who suffer outside these gates, and through our walls of glass. "

"And so I say to you, my brothers and sisters, it is in our great intention to restore balance to the world. It is in our blood and our children's, and our children's childrens'. We are a nation, where all four elements are at balance, our other brothers and sisters outside our family here are no different. They are not bad people, they just had some bad luck..." his voice trailed on, Lien and the others quietly shoved through the gatherings of people who surrounded the training, all who came to listen to the mans words.

"... Nonetheless the Fire Nation. They think their intentions are what is right for their people. But truth be told, one false move and the whole world could fall apart. Now, in the name of the Pale Lotus, there is a force that has strayed from the path of Harmony. And by that even they shall fall. It was not our intention to start another controversy, but even so, As in the way of the Pale Lotus, we train as one, and we shall fight, AS ONE!"

The crowd proudly cheered. throwing up their arms and hollering, the man had his arms crossed along his chest, with his head held high, not smiling, but with a calm face honor and respect. His long hair flowing in the breeze, along with his robes, which had a sash that bore all four nation colors.

His eyes scaled the crowd of people, and then landed on the girl who stood next to her brother. The two looked up at the man, and smiled, the man nodding and a soft smile grew on his face. Lien glanced at Keung and then at the man.

"Come on, Keung!" she said anxiously, as she grabbed his hand giggling softly.

Keung had a shocked looked on his face as she stopped instantly as they stood infront of the man, who looked down at them. Before anyone could say a word, the girl rushed to the man and gave him a huge hug, as she smiled her usual soft and light smile.

"Nice children you have, Jiao," the man beside him with an ink brush and scroll said. He had long hair braided into one. looked to be about in his late twenties. He kindly smiled as he stood up, rolling up the scroll slowly.

"They sure are, Tobi. sure are," he smile down at the girl, and motioned for the Keung to join the hug. He walked up slowly and then buried his face into the soft feeling of the hug and his sister and father.