Chapter 6: The Four Elements


In his mind Avatar Alex saw those same symbols over and over again. Water, Earth, Fire and Air. The same symbols that appeared on the slab that was owned by Rumplestiltskin. However they didn't seem nearly important, but seeing those symbols had clearly affected him in some way. Like a message that was trying and failing to be delivered. The symbols kept showing up in his head until Alex had found himself in the one place that he thought he would never find himself in again.

The Spirit World, a place where all kinds of Spirits roamed free away from prying mortal eyes. Being the Avatar was the reason that Alex could access this dimension. He could speak and interact with any spirit that crossed his path. However he was sure that during his last visit here that everything looked different. Like it was attuned to his world.

The last time Alex had been in the Spirit World everything was designed to model his home planet of Coruscant. And that gave it a homely feeling, but when he reached the Tree of Time, well that's when the Spirit World truly earned it's name. Now on his second visit the Spirit World looked, well spiritual as he found himself in a calm oasis where spirits roamed anywhere.

But that's not what he was drawn to, Alex's own attention was drawn to the watering hole at the edge of the oasis. Where another Spirit was standing along with, Alex couldn't quite believe his own eyes when he saw this a dragon. An honest to goodness real life Dragon.

The Spirit which was standing in front of the massive creature didn't seem all that bothered, in fact the Spirit and the Dragon upon Alex's second glance looked like friends and was it just him or was the Spirit waving at Alex to come forward. When he walked closer he could see now that the Spirit was now in the form of an old man dressed in a robe which was colored in shades of red and black.

The colours looked oddly similar to the ones that Alex had seen in the symbol for Fire. And although he was sure the old man standing in front of him was familiar, Alex just couldn't place it. "So," the old man said in a wise voice. "You're the next one along then?"

"I'm sorry." Alex said sounding a little nervous, on his previous visit to the Spirit World a Spirit had taken the form of Ahsoka, someone that he cared deeply and about. And was given a vision of her death. This Spirit though, the old man seemed kind enough, at least in the tone of his voice anyway.

Also Alex was sure that he knew who the Spirit was, he just couldn't place a name. Or why he somehow knew why the Spirit looked so familiar, "Don't mind Fang." the Spirit said, who thought that Alex was startled to see the Dragon, which he in fact was, he just was brave enough to know not to show it, "He's really quite friendly once you get to know him."

The Spirit then waved his hand and just like that the Dragon which was apparently called Fang vanished in a blue light. "Well then, now that that's settled I do believe introductions are in order." the Spirit then offered his hand for Alex to shake which he did, "My name is Roku. You may know me as Avatar Roku."

Roku, so that's why the Spirit looked familiar, This old man was another Avatar, a past one at least. "So," Roku continued "let's get down to business." Suddenly the same symbols that appeared in Alex's head and on Rumple's slab appeared there in the waters of The oasis.

"Those symbols?" Alex said nervously "I keep seeing them in my head, why?" Roku smiled when Alex asked him this question but didn't answer as if expecting him to come up with the answer himself, "The Four Elements," Aex said softly, "I take it I'm supposed to learn them?" Suddenly a realisation popped into his head "no not learn them, master them, control them." Roku said nothing and Alex continued "I know why I keep seeing them. This is my destiny isn't it? Somehow I must master the four elements and being balanced back the world."

"As the past Avatar's have, but your mission is a far greater one." Suddenly more spirits than Alex was expecting showed up, more Avatar's he guessed, his past lives "a great danger is coming young one, it threatens to tear the very balance of the universe apart." That didn't sound good, and it sounded like another Prophecy. Just great Alex hated prophecies having just dealt with one. That had caused him to loose his brother in the process.

"Listen," Alex said nervously, "I know what you're saying, I kind of deal with these things on a daily basis. But another Prophecy, I barely survived the last one and it cost me more than I can account for."

Suddenly the other Avatars began to vanish and violent rumbling noise came from somewhere in the shadows. "I'm afraid you have no other choice." Then the oasis cracked in two leaving Alex and Roku on opposite sides of the oasis, "this is what will happen if you don't choose your destiny." And with a flash of bright blue light Roku vanished leaving Alex some unknown part of the Spirt World...