Aang awoke on the ground. He was still dazed from his previous spinning. He looked around. He was in a forest somewhere. There were lush tries around him. The sky was an orange color and had few clouds.
"Where am I. One minute I heard Koh and everything went black. Now I am here. This doesn't look like the North Pole. Koh said he was going to disconnect me from my avatar spirit. Maybe I lost my avatar powers" Aang thought to himself.
He sat up and tried to enter the avatar state. Nothing happened. He then tried to fire bend. Nothing happened then either.
"I guess I lost my special Avatar abilities. I guess I can still air bend." He thought before doing an air bending form. Nothing happened.
"What o air bending either. I must be in the spirit world" Aang thought to himself.
He sat up and started to walk through the forest. He walked for a while without seeing any signs of life or spirits.
"What did Koh do to me" Aang thought to himself.
Aang continued walking and he saw a lone house on a hill top.
"Somebody has to live there. Maybe I can get some help" Aang thought to himself.
Aang started walking up the hill to the house.
"Who goes there" A voice called out.
"I come in peace. I am the avatar" Aang said.
"Liar, Koh severed the link between that boy and the Avatar" the voice called again.
"What?" Aang said confused. He continued up the hill and saw a man with a hippo head instead of a human head.
"Well I'll be you must Aang" the spirit said.
"Yeah how did you know that?" Aang asked.
"The whole spirit world is talking about you. Koh separated you from the avatar spirit. All the spirits have been wondering what happened to you" the man said.
"How long ago was that?" Aang asked.
"I'd say a week or two ago" the man said.
"I've been out for a week!?" Aang said.
"I guess maybe longer" the man said.
"How do I get to the physical world"?" Aang asked.
"Well I am no expert but you can't go back until you are the avatar, being as you don't have a body" the man said.
"I don't have a body!?" Aang said.
"The avatar spirit is controlling your old body. You are just a spirit and until you link back up with it you are going to be drifting spirit" the man said.
"How do I get back to being the avatar?" Aang asked.
"I have no idea" the man said.
"Do you know of someone who could help me?" Aang asked.
"Yeah there is a spirit master a little ways from here. He teaches energy bending to spirits who he deems worthy. He is one of the oldest and smartest spirits, he might know how to help you" the man said.
"There is energy bending in the spirit world!?" Aang asked.
"Yeah energy bending was created here. In the spirit world we don't bend elements but energy. The mortals once had done it toot but the knowledge was lost" the man said.
"Thanks for your help" Aang said before running out the house. He headed in the direction of the energy bending master. He was anxious to return to his own world. He walked for a couple of hours before seeing what looked like an estate. He was in a cloudy mountain range. There were jagged rocks and not much around. He kept walking and went up to the gates of the estate. There he saw a guard.
"Who are you?" The guard asked.
"I am the av… Aang" Aang said.
"The Aang, former Avatar" the guard said looking over him.
"Yeah" Aang said.
"You do look like him. What is your business here?" the guard asked.
"I need to talk to the master" Aang said.
"Master Fu is busy but I can let you in" the guard said.
Aang walked onto the estate. He saw other spirits on the grounds. He assumed they were students and continued into the manor. He walked into a large hall and found an old looking man sitting.
"Are you Master Fu?" Aang asked.
"Yes I am. Welcome Aang" he said.
"You know my name?" Aang said curiously.
"Most spirits know who you are" the master said. "Kiru get some tea" the man said.
A boy about Aang's age with long hair walked into the room.
"Master here is your tea" Kiru said.
"Thank you Kiru" the man said dismissing the boy.
"What brings you to my abode Aang?" Master Fu asked.
"I need to rejoin the avatar spirit" Aang said.
"I expected as much" the master said again.
"Master we have an intruder" A guard said walking in.
"What kind of intrud…" the master started before a large explosion was heard. Then another explosion came closer.
"Run Aang" the master said.
Aang looked panicked and then started running down a corridor. He made a hard left at one of the adjacent hallways and soon he was lost in the maze of hallways. As he ran the house began to burn. The entire house was encircled with flames before long.
"How do I get out of this? I have no bending at all" Aang thought to himself.
Aang kept running before a wall collapsed in front of him.
"Aang here" Aang heard a familiar voice say. He turned and saw Kiru from a room. Aang ran over to him.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Aang said coughing.
"Like this. HOLD ON!!" Kiru yelled.
Aang grabbed Kiru's arm and suddenly they were moving at blazing speed. They rocketed through the house and here in the air above it. They landed on a cliff a couple mountains from the burning house. They could see the smoke from where they were.
"What happened?" Aang asked.
"I don't know. All I know is that we all have to flee this area" Kiru said.
"How did you do that? The flying thing?" Aang said curiously.
"Energy bending. I am a student under Master Fu" Kiru said.
"You have to teach me that" Aang said.
"I am an energy bender. I can't teach you that" Kiru said.
"I am an energy bender too. I ounce took away elemental bending from someone" Aang said.
"You are, I didn't know that" Kiru said.
"But I can't know learn now. I have to get back to the physical world" Aang said.
"I know how to get to your body" Kiru said.
"You do. How?" Aang said.
"When I first came to learn I explored master Fu's mansion. I came upon his library with much knowledge on this world. I found that the avatar spirit lives at the edge of this world. If you go there you can merge back with the Avatar spirit" Kiru said.
"Yeah but I have no idea how to travel this world" Aang said.
"I can take most of the way there. Then you will have to finish the journey on your own" Kiru said.
"Thank you I would appreciate that" Aang said.
"I can also teach you some energy bending on the way. It looks like you might need it. Though the energy bending I will teach you can only be used by your spirit. Not your mortal body" Kiru said.
"Oh why?" Aang said.
"Energy bending in the mortal world is slightly different than in the spirit world. It has different properties. Energy bending in the spirit world is about bending your own spirit while mortal energy bending is about bending others' spirits. You would only be able to use these abilities on a solstice when the two worlds are pretty much one" Kiru said.
"Okay then we should start moving" Aang said.
The two started walking through the rocky terrain. They walked for hours and saw no other spirits. Soon Aang began to tire and he stopped.
"What's wrong" Kiru asked.
"Just tired" Aang said.
"Okay we can stop for a little bit. I can show you some energy bending moves" Kiru said.
The two stopped and prepared for a lesson.
"What are you going to show me first. Flying?" Aang asked.
"No something simpler. Let's just learn to control the energy in your own spirit"
"Okay" Aang said.
"Watch me" Kiru said.
Kiru put his palms a couple of inches apart and facing each other. He stood concentrating and then a red orb appeared in between his hands. Aang looked studying his every move. Kiru then pulled his hands apart and the orb disappeared.
"Wow" Aang said.
"Okay now you will try" Kiru said.
Aang put his hands like Kiru had.
"Okay Aang now try to find the energy inside your spirit. Then just let it flow. Aang sat and tried. He spent an hour trying to make his own orb of energy. He finally managed to create a spark.
"Did you see that Kiru" Aang said.
"What?" Kiru said.
"I made a spark" Aang said.
"Okay now try it again. This time try to hold the spark" Kiru said.
Aang tried again and a spark appeared. Aang concentrated hard and managed to sustain a small blue orb.
"I did it" Aang said.
"Good"
"What now?" Aang asked.
"We should start walking again. You can practice that as we go" Kiru said.
The two started walking again. They soon reached the end of the mountains and were walking through nice plains. They walked for what seemed like forever but the landscape didn't change.
"Let's stop again" Kiru said.
"Okay" Aang said.
"Ready to learn something new" Kiru said.
"I would love to" Aang said.
"You know how to transfer your spirit energy. Now I will show you how to release it" Kiru said.
Kiru took a stance. He formed a red orb in his hand. Then he threw the orb out in front of him. The orb exploded on impact with the ground.
"Now you try" Kiru said.
Aang got up. He focused his energy into a tiny ball in his hand. He then threw the ball at the grass like Kiru had done. The ball hit the ground and made a tiny explosion.
"Nice" Kiru said.
"That was awesome" Aang said.
"If you keep practicing then you can put even more power into it" Kiru said.
Aang spent the rest of the day practicing while Kiru rested. The next day they spotted a town.
"Hey look a town" Aang said.
"We should go there" Kiru said.
The two headed to the town and found a crowd of people. Aang walked up to a spirit to ask what was going on.
"Sir what is going on" Aang asked a spirit.
"The bandit of the east is attacking" the spirit said.
"Who is the bandit of the east?" Aang asked.
"He is a ruthless man who piliges villages like this. He plunders and steals everything." The spirit said.
"Not while I am here" Aang said pushing through the crowd.
"Aang what are you doing?" Kiru asked.
"I need to help these people" Aang said.
"No we should move on" Kiru said following him.
Aang walked out to the front of the crowd. He then saw a very familiar face leading the gang.
"Hello Avatar, or should I say Aang since Koh revoked your status" a cocky Zhao said.
"Zhao what are you doing here?" Aang asked.
"When the ocean spirit took me under I ended up here" Zhao said.
"Well you aren't going to hurt these people. Not while I am here" Aang said.
"What are you going to do? You have no avatar power or bending power. You can't beat me" Zhao said laughing.
Aang took his stance. He formed a good sized orb of energy and threw it at Zhao. Due to Aang's novice status the attack missed and hit a couple feet away from Zhao with a bang. Smoke rose up and the gang members started to charge at Aang. Kiru broke through the crowd and saw the situation. He immediately shot an energy wave knocking down some of the gang members. The wave had looked like the one the Hei Bai spirit shoots. Aang tried the same move. He shot out a weaker energy blast that swerved but hit a gang member square in the chest. Kiru picked up a gang member and threw him into a building using his energy bending to enhance is strength.
"Come on Aang let's get out of here" Kiru yelled.
"Not yet" Aang said turning around to face Zhao. "Let's do this" Aang said to him.
Aang started running at the formal admiral. Zhao pulled out a sword and took a stance. At the last second Aang hit Zhao with a blast of energy. Zhao collapsed to the ground. Aang grabbed some rope and tied him up.
"Here is your bandit" Aang said to the crowd before throwing Zhao's spirit to the mob.
"Let's go" Kiru said and the two left runing. As they walked out of the town and over a hill they saw smoke coming from the town.
"That town is burning" Aang said.
"Don't worry about it we need to keep moving" Kiru said.
"They might need my help" Aang said.
"There isn't much more we can do lets go" Kiru said.
"Fine. But I hope they are okay" Aang said still worried.