A/N: This is book six, chapter twelve of the Avatar story. Aang is found but he is now suffering memory loss. He is taken to Katara to be restored, for his memory loss is caused by dark energy infected in his avatar spirit. Aang must now face his memories to be restored. During his memory visit, Aang is being visited by Vaatu but also a light spirit known as Raava.
Chapter 12 - Amnesia
On-ji helps Aang to Air Temple Island. He is growing weak, struggling to stay awake. The boat lands at the dock of the island, and On-ji takes Aang to his house. Katara and Yinyang were just chatting in the living room, up until the door opens. On-ji walks in, Katara gasps and drops her cup of tea at the sight of Aang. "Aang!" Katara runs to his side and helps On-ji.
Rosy is surprised as well to see Aang like this. "What happened?"
Aang just mummers. "Ra…Raava."
Katara's a little confused. "I don't know what happened. I found him on the shores outside of the city." Katara and On-ji lays Aang on the couch. "He's completely forgotten who he is or anything."
Katara is shocked to hear all of this. Katara bends all the water from her pouch onto her hands, and begins healing on Aang's chest. Katara uses her healing to sense the problem. "I can feel dark energy inside of him. It's consuming his Avatar Spirit." Katara bends the water back into her pouch.
"Can we do something?" Yinyang asks.
"Well, I…I could use some spirit water to help him fight the dark spirit." Katara says. Katara looks at him, putting a hand on his head. "But what needs to be done is all up to him."
"Can we even make it to the North Pole?" On-Ji.
Katara shook her head. "I don't think so, but that won't be necessary." Katara grabs Aang, help him stand up. "Help me get him to the basement."
Yinyang helps Katara to the basement. On-Ji and Rosy follows. In the basement, there's this short pool of water shaped like a bed, a waterbed you might say. "I made this waterbed for a special occasion. It's filled with spirit water."
Katara slowly, gently lays Aang down into the water spirit. She kneels by his face as he slightly opens his eyes and looks at Katara. His vision is blurry. "Ra…ra-raa…"
Katara gently strokes Aangs head. "Shhh. Don't speak, Aang. You're going to be okay." Katara kisses Aang on the forehead. "Just close your eyes and remember."
Aang does what she says, closes his eyes and lays his head down. Katara stands up, she was about to start, until Rosy pulls on her pants. Katara looks down to see Rosy.
"Is Aang going to be okay?" Rosy asks.
Katara kneels down, putting a hand on Rosys cheek. "I don't know, sweetie. It's all up to him to cleanse the dark spirit from within him."
Rosy nods, understanding. Rosy moves to the other side of the waterbed with On-Ji and Yinyang. Katara stands, then beginnings her healing ritual. As she slowly moves, letting the chi flow through her body, the spirit water glows. Aang moans, tightening his eyes shut.
Inside Aang's mind, Aang's spirit floats in the middle of the cosmos. He looks around, until he finds a spirit of himself. "Who…are you?"
"I'm you." The spirit says.
Aang looks confused. "Who am I?"
The spirit turns into Roku. "You're the avatar."
"The…Avatar?" Aang asks.
The spirit turns into Kyoshi. "There's a dark spirit inside of the Avatar Spirit." Then the spirit turns into Kuruk. "If it Avatar Spirit isn't cleansed, then the cycle will end."
"That's…bad…What am I have to do?" Aang asks.
The spirit turns into Yangchen. "Find Raava."
The spirit vanishes. Aang looks around, searching for this Raava. Aang reaches to some light spirit. "Greetings, Avatar."
The spirit looks like Vaatu, only it's glowing in light white. "Are you…Raava?" Aang asks.
"Yes. I am Raava, spirit of light and peace." Raava says.
Aang puts a hand on his chest. "What's happening…to me?"
"My enemy, Vaatu, Spirit of dark and chaos, has infected you. He's trying to destroy me." Raava says.
Aang looks up at Raava "How would he destroy you by…infecting me?"
"There will be time to explain later, but for now, we need to cleanse Vaatu from within you." Raava floats off into one direction. "Come with me."
Aang follows Raava. Aang and Raava floats towards a star of light, when they did, they arrive at the Southern Air Temple. Aang can see himself at his young age, doing the air scooter. Aang is surprised. "Is that…me?"
"Yes. You are an airbender, but you were also born as the Avatar." Raava says.
"What is the Avatar?" Aang asks.
"The Avatar is the great bridge between the spirit world and the physical world." Raava says. "It's the Avatars duty to bring peace to the two worlds."
Aang looks at his young self, then around the air temple. "I…I remember. This is my home…my home from…a hundred years ago." The scene fade changes, turning from a fine air temple to a rugged and abandon land. Aang moans painfully, he puts his hands on his hands then collapses on his knees, as the darkness coats him. "I…I abandon my home…left my people to…to burn."
The sounds of people screaming and panicking echoes through the land, as the scene changes into the moment the southern air temple is under attack, burning and reducing to ashes.
Raava coils around Aang, attempting to cleanse the overwhelming darkness with light. "Avatar Aang, you must concentrate." Raava says. "Do not give in to despair. Do not let Vaatu consume you."
Aang starts to calm down, bit by bit, until the overwhelming darkness settles down. Raava lets go of Aang, and Aang faces her. "I…ran away."
"Yes, you did. But it was because of me." Aang was surprised, until the land changes into underwater. Aang was shocked at first, like he couldn't breath at all. But instead, he's breathing all right. As if the water isn't real at all. Aang looks up, to see Aang and Appa fall into the water. "After you ran away, I know I had you save you." Aang just watches himself and Appa drown, until the young Aang enters the avatar state.
"S…save me?" Aang asks.
The young Aang air bends a large dome of air and water. "Yes. I used you body to encase you in ice, and kept you hidden." That's when the dome starts to freeze, trapping Aang in an iceberg. Aang looks upset. "I can seen your depression, but don't worry." Aang and Raava vanishes, then they arrive at the moment Katara and Sokka found Aang. "A hundred years later, your friends found you. You've made new friends and family. And most of all, you found your true love."
Young Aang starts to wake up, then becomes amazed at the way he was seeing young Katara. Aang is surprised to see how himself is feeling, he's even starting to feel the sameway with Katara, even through he's really seeing her as a girl who's too young to date a 30 year old man.
Aang and Vaatu reappears in the cosmos. Aang still looks confused. "You save me…" Aang says. Aang looks at Raava. "Are you saying…are you apart of me?"
"I am the reason the Avatar exists." Raava says. "I'm surprised the monks haven't taught you, or Avatar Roku."
Aang takes a moment to think. "Yes…it's starting to come back to me. But…" Aang looks at Raava. "Why did I disappear for a hundred years?"
"I did it to kept you save. You are the worlds last airbender." Raava says. Aang was surprised to hear that. "While you were hiding, the fire nation attacked your home. Fire Lord Sozin seeks to destroy the Avatar, so he tried to stop the Avatar Cycle by destroying the nation where the Avatar reborns in: The Airbenders."
"So…it's my fault the monks are…gone." Aang says, looking down depressed.
"No. It's not your fault. Even if you stayed, you could have been killed, putting an extinction to airbenders." Raava says.
"I suppose…that's true." Aang says. "But. You said I made new friends and family…who are they?"
Raava glows in bridge light. When that light fades, Aang sees they are at Irohs Tea Shop, after the war. "These are all your friends. They became your family right after the war."
Aang looks at everyone. "Yeah…it's coming back to me…Toph, Sokka, Zuko, Suki and…" Aang looks at the young katara. He remembers her from the iceberg, only he can't remember her exactly. "Uh…"
"Don't you remember her?" Raava asks.
"I…I know she was from that iceberg, but…" Aang watches the young Katara leaving the tea shop, entering the balcony.
Aang sees himself and young Katara. They look at each other then hugged. "I'm surprised you can't remember her. She was your girlfriend." That was when the two kissed. That brings Aang to a shock.
Aang and Raava returns to the Cosmos. Aang is surprised, he and Katara are together but he can't even remember that or her. Not even her name.
"My…girlfriend…She was…was." Darkness starts to coat Aang. "She looked so beautiful. She was…did we."
"Aang, concentrate. Vaatu is trying to deceive you." Raava says. Aang moans for a moment, then the darkness settles down from within him. "You two are still together. She's not your girlfriend anymore."
Aang looks sad. "She's…she's not?"
"No, she;s your fiancé." Raava glows then when the light fades, Aang and Raava are in Aang's old room back in Ba Sing Se. Aang see young Katara and himself. The young Katara is sitting beside the young Aang, holding his hand. Aang can see his young self is asleep. "This was the day you were trapped in Eternal Slumber. Your girlfriend was concern you would never wake up." Raava turns to save Aang. "She loves and cares for you so much, like you were her own brother."
"And…I felt the same with…her?" Aang asks.
"Yes." Raava says. the scene dissolves, Aang is surprised, then notices the world around him is changing. Aang turns to see Republic City, in it's early, building stage. "This was your city five years ago. Republic City." Raava turns to face Aang. "You build this city to bring peace to people of all nations. Water, earth, fire. Bender and Non-bender."
"But what the air nation?" Aang asks.
"You are the towns only air nation." Raava says.
"That would make sense." Aang says. "Where did I live?"
Raava and Aang faces at the island where the air temple is suppose to be, then the world moves like Aang and Raava are being pulled towards the island. Aang can see himself and Katara. They are looking over some blueprints.
"So, what do you think we should live in, Aang?" Katara asks.
The illusion Aang looks up at Katara and smiles. "I'm all right with whatever you want, dear."
Katara shocks her head. "No, what I'm saying is what should we live in? Like for me, I want to live in something comfortable, roomy, very nice, and would feel like home." Katara turns her head around, looking at the island. "Much like this island."
"Yeah. I do too." The illusion Aang thinks for a moment, then gets an idea. "Hey, why don't we live on this island?" Katara looks up at the illusion Aang, surprised. "I was thinking, we could build an air temple home, making it feel like home to me, have it on this island, making it feel like home for you, and inside, we can decorate it as both air and water nation. Making it feel like home for both of us."
Katara smiles. "Aang, that's a great idea." Katara and the illusion Aang hugs then kisses.
Aang looks at Raava. "We're living…together?"
"Yes. This…" The world shimmers and waves as it slowly changes. The world turns into what it is presently. Aang gets a look at the Air Temple on the island. "Is where you two lived together." Raava moves around the air temple. "Come with me."
Aang follows Raava to the back of the air temple, where he sees himself and Katara by that large Katara fountain. Aang sees himself getting on his knees, with the proposal necklace. Aang was in total shock to see the necklace. "Ka…ka…Katara!"
Raava faces Aang. "You remember."
"Katara…she's my…going to be my…my-"
"Enough!" The world shimmers until Aang returns into the cosmos. Just then, Vaatu arrives and appears in front of Aang. "You will not stop me!"
"Vaatu! Leave the Avatar alone." Raava says.
Vaatu faces Raava. "Raava. It's so good to see you after all this years…before you fused with Rynn."
Aang is surprised. "Rynn…Av…Avatar Rynn?"
Aang starts to get a headache, as he puts his hands on his head and gets on his knees. In the physical world, Aang just lays in the waterbed asleep. Katara is still doing her healing ritual, but then suddenly stops when Aang flinches and moans painfully. Everyone else are also concern seeing his reaction.
Katara kneels down. "Aang? What's wrong?"
"Ra...Raava...Va...Vaatu!" Aang mummers.
Aang starts to see a vision in his mind, his battle against Korra. With every attack they made, the vision goes off and he sees Raava and Vaatu, then goes back on the second or two later. This goes on until the vision reaches to the part where Aang and Korra clashes with each other. they grab each otehrs hands, locking fingers and facing each other. Aang's still in the Avatar State when it happened.
Korras eyes glows red, then opens her mouth wide. Vaatu comes out of Korras mouth then jams himself into Aangs. When he did, Aang falls unconscious and into the ocean, so does Korra.
In the physical world, Aang still struggles and moans, with the darkness coursing around his body. Everyone steps back. "Wha...what's happening?" Rosy asks, cowering behind On-Ji.
Aang grips his hands on his throat, and screams painfully as dark energy bursts out of his mouth, blasts through the roof of the Air Temple. After about a minute, it ends and Aang collapses back on the waterbed. After a brief moment, Katara slowly closes in. She was just about to touch Aang just until he sits right up, gasping for air.
Aang pants heavily. "Aang?" Aang looks down at his hands, then feels his body. Katara kneels down. "Aang...are you okay?"
Aang exhales deeply. "Yeah...yeah, I'm all right."
"Do you remember anything?" Katara asks.
Aang thinks for a moment. "Yeah...I'm Aang...the Avatar." Aang looks at Katara. "You're...Katara."
Katara sighs in relief then hugs Aang. "You're okay. I thought I'd lost you."
Aang gently pats Katara on the back. "I'm all right, honey. I am a little weak though."
Katara ends the hug then puts the hand on his cheek. "You're probably tired. You should get some rest."
Aang nods. "Yeah. You're right." Katara helps Aang stand up. Katara wraps her arm around his waist and Aang wraps an arm over her shoulders. "Why am I wet?"
Katara chuckles uneasily. "Uh, don't worry about that." Katara bends the water off of Aang with her free hand, then she helps him walk up the stairs to their room. When they arrived at the room, Aang lays in bed, and Katara lays the cover over his body. Katara looks at Aang, and they smile at each other.
"Thanks for helping me." Aang says.
"You're welcome." Katara says. Katara kisses Aang on the forehead. "Sweet dreams, honey. I love you."
Katara leaves the room. "I love you too." Aang says, just when she reaches the door.
Katara closes the door behind her. Katara looks down to see Rosy, looking worried. Katara kneels down, putting her hands on Rosy's shoulders. "He's going to be okay."
Rosy nods. "I know. But...that was scary."
Katara hugs Rosy. "I know. But's it's over."
