Earth. Water. Fire. Air. The Avatar can bend all of these. The last Avatar, Avatar Kyoshi, destroyed the empire of Chin the Great, saving the Earth Kingdom from a terrible fate. But she has passed on. Now everyone waits for the next Avatar, whom they have begun calling The Dragon Warrior.

Book 1: Air

Chapter 2: Flying Lessons

"I can't believe you got me here." Roku grumbled as he mopped the floor.

Gyatso shrugged. "It was fun." He said.

Roku sighed. "I'm supposed to set an example for the world."

"Doesn't mean you have to be all sad about it."

"I know." Roku frowned.

Gyatso brightened up after a minute. "Hey Roku, guess what?"

"What?"

"We have glider lessons today! They're awesome!"

"I highly doubt I'm going to use a glider."

Gyatso shrugged. "Doesn't matter. You still have to learn it. It's a staple of airbender training. Besides, it's really fun."

"Flying. That's fun." Roku said sarcastically.

"That's the spirit!" Gyatso said happily as Roku rolled his eyes.


If nothing else, the Air Temple was beautiful. It was surrounded by clouds and seemed to float in them. It never fell, and it was always stayed up. Roku thought that Sozin would have loved it here. He always loved defying things. Now he could defy gravity.

Roku snapped to attention as he realized the teacher was talking. "Remember to stay over the courtyard." Monk Wong reminded them. "It would not do good to fall into the clouds."

"Couldn't we just airbend our way up?" Gyatso asked.

"When you are older." Monk Wong said. "Now, you are the air. The glider is just a tool. Prepare yourself."

Roku glanced over the edge and swallowed. "This should be fun!" Gyatso piped up.

"Everything's fun according to you." Roku muttered.

"Cheer up! It's not that bad."

"Yes it is."

"Get ready!" Monk Wong said, interrupting the boys' conversation. Roku put himself in position, feeling that this could not go worse than it was right now. "And….go!"

The boys quickly kicked off. Some of them immediately flew like it was natural. Roku, unfortunately, was not one of them. He managed to stay up for one second before promptly crashing into a bush. Gyatso landed gracefully next to him.

"You need flying lessons." He said.

Roku just groaned and put his head back in the bush.


"What you're trying to do is to be the air." Gyatso explained.

"But I'm not." Roku told him. Gyatso insisted that he train Roku privately so that the Avatar would not be humiliated the next time they had flying lessons.

"Well then, try to pretend you're floating."

"But I don't want to be."

"Are you scared of heights?" The look on Roku's face gave Gyatso his answer. "Okay…now I know how to make you a better flier."

"How?"

"We blindfold you!" Gyatso said, happily pulling a blindfold from behind his back.

"Are you sure I'm safe?" Roku asked as Gyatso tied the blindfold around his eyes.

"I'm positive. Stop worrying so much." Gyatso said as he gave the blindfold one last tug. "Now you're set."

Roku started trembling. "So…what do I do?"

"Just jump!" Gyatso said, laughing as he pushed Roku off the cliff they were standing on.

Roku yelped as he fell down. He bent the air around him to form a ball, swirling his hands in the air to do so.

"Just keep flying!" Gyatso said as Roku continued bending the air.

Roku maintained complete control of his glider as he flew back to Gyatso. "See, you did it!" Gyatso cheered as he took off Roku's blindfold.

Roku sagged as the blindfold was removed. "I don't…what?" He asked.

"You did it! You flew."

"No I didn't! I've been standing here the whole time!"

"You did!" Gyatso insisted. "You flew!"

Roku's eyes narrowed. "Is this a trick?"

Gyatso shook his head. "I swear on…the fastest flying lemur in the world that I didn't do anything and I'm not making it up."

Roku scrutinized his friend carefully. "If you're sure." He said hesitantly.

"Trust me." Gyatso said confidently. "If you fly like that again, no one will bother you! They'll all be so impressed, even Monk Wong!"


Roku gulped as he gripped the glider. This was his second flying lesson, and if what Gyatso said was true, then he would be the best.

"Take off…now!" Monk Wong said and the boys kicked off.

Roku seemed a little unsure, but he was better than before. At least he didn't crash into a bush. Gyatso caught up to his friend. He laughed at Roku flying. "Told you you could do it!" He yelled. Roku grinned back. Gyatso's face suddenly lit up. He flipped the glider so that he was on top, riding it like a surfboard.

Gyatso promptly crashed into Roku, who crashed into several other students. Roku and Gyatso looked at each other before laughing.