Water
A man performed a series of a movement that manipulated the water around him.
Earth
Another man took a stance and with a few steps, lifted a large rock out of the ground.
Fire
A young woman performed an elegant dance, conjuring fire from her hands.
Air
A young boy landed on the ground and conjured a gust of wind.
Long ago the Four Nations lived in harmony
A map of the four nations was shown.
Then everything changed from the Fire Nation attack
Soldiers dressed in red and black armor marched onto a beach and fire erupted from their hands.
Only the Avatar, Master of the Four Elements could stop them.
An elderly man with long white hair and a beard, dressed in dark robes stood atop a cliff. He conjured earth, water, fire and in a gust of wind.
But when the world needed him most, he vanished.
The man immediately vanished, gone with the wind.
A hundred years past and my brother and I found the new Avatar. An Airbender named Aang.
A young girl and a boy found a boy close to their age frozen in ice.
He saved the world.
Aang stood before the fallen Fire Lord.
Peace was restored.
Aang stood with his friends before members of the four nations as an era of peace began.
That was what we thought.
The former Fire Lord, now a demon made purely of fire emerged from his prison.
"What happened here?" Aang whispered in shock, seeing the devastation to the Fire Nation capital.
The Fire Lord had become a demon of fire, desiring revenge.
"I am more powerful than I have ever been."
Former Fire Lord and Phoenix King Ozai entered his former palace, burning everything in his wake.
"Now I will finish what I started."
Only Aang can stop him.
Aang fired the fire demon that was once Ozai again, attempting to overpower him with the elements.
But it wasn't working.
"What's the matter, Avatar?" Ozai taunted with a mad cackle. "Can't take away my powers like before?!"
If he cannot…
The Fire Nation burned as Ozai let out a demented laugh. "This world shall burn and be born anew under me!"
The world may never be saved.
Presenting:
AVATAR: REVENGE OF THE PHOENIX KING
(Red Let It Burn Starts)
(0:00 – 0:34)
There was a single candle in the dark that grew and grew until it exploded in a blast of fire. The fire engulfs the screens before showing a map of the Four Nations, with fire spreading across them.
I watch this city burn
A city was now shown burning.
These dreams like ashes float away
A boy, becoming a young man stood in the center of the flaming city, watching with a devastated look on his face.
Your voice I never heard
He broke down into a face of pure anguish before his eyes and arrow shaped tattoo on his head started to glow.
Only silence
A young man dressed in royal red and black robes was then shown, sitting alone on his throne.
Where were you when our hearts were bleeding?
The bald young man was shown again with the images of people dressed in similar yellow and orange robes standing behind him as he closed his eyes in shame.
Where were you it all crashed down?
The young Fire Lord was shown again, zooming on the left side of his face where his scar was shown, the images of his father, sister and grandfather appearing behind him.
I never thought that you'd deceive me
They were both standing together, shaking hands before they were split apart by a blast fire.
Where are you now?
The screen splits to show the young monk hiding down in the South Pole while the young man is shown traveling down an empty desolate landscape.
Can you stand the pain?
A fiery demon laughs as he burns the people around him.
(How long) How long will you hide your face?
The young lord covers his face with a hood.
(How long) How long will you be afraid? Are you afraid?
The boy holds up a scarred hand, looking scared now.
(How long) Will you play this game?
Both the young lord and monk stand back to back, the remains of a burning city blazing around them.
(How long) Will you fight or will you walk away?
People are shown shouting and screaming at the two of them..
(How long) How long will you let it burn?
The fire demon from before appears with an evil grin on its.
Let it burn, let it burn
It goes on a rampage, destroying everything around it, fire engulfing the screen for a second.
I watch this city burn
The monk stares at the flames as a young girl with dark skin and hair, dressed in a blue robe appears to comfort him.
These passions slowly smoldering
He falls to his knees as she hugs him.
A lesson never learned
He looks up again to see many people, his past lives staring at him.
Only violence
The fire demon appears before them, taking the place of the monk's past lives.
Is your world just a broken promise?
It gestures grandly around them, gleeful from the destruction it had caused.
Is your love just a drop of rain?
The girl glares back with tears in her eyes.
Will we all just burn like fire?
The fire demon merely holds up a hand that is set ablaze.
Are you still there, tell me now
The monk jumps to his feet, stepping between the fire demon and girl.
Can you stand the pain?
The demon releases a blast of fire at the monk who creates a whirlwind to block the flames.
(How long) How long will you hide your face?
The girl screams out as the monk struggles against the fire to protect her.
(How long) How long will you be afraid? Are you afraid?
Suddenly, the ground shakes and a wall made of earth sprouts up, saving the monk and the girl.
(How long) Will you play this game?
Another girl, dressed in tan and green robes appears, making series of motions that causes the earth to swallow the fire demon.
(How long) Will you fight or will you walk away?
However the fire demon easily burns free of the earth.
(How long) How long will you let it burn?
It lets out a roar as it charges at the three, only for lightning to knock it back.
Let it burn, let it burn
The three are then joined by an elderly man, a boy with dark hair and skin like the girl and wore similar clothing and the young Fire Lord.
(2:30-2:45)
The monk and the young lord sit back to back, the fires gone out, leaving the desolate remains of the city in its wake.
Will you wait till it all burns down?
The monk is shown on left side.
Will you hide till it all burns down?
The young lord is shown on the right.
Will it hurt when it all burns down?
Both are shown again, their faces showing pure anguish.
Will you fight when it all burns down?
A hand is offered both of them.
Will you stand when it all burns down?
The young lord looks up to see the elderly man smiling kindly at him.
Will you love when it all burns down?
The monk looked up to see the girl in blue smiling at him with a resolute look on her face.
Will it end when it all burns down?
The remains of the city are shown.
Will you just let it all burn down?
The lord and the monk stand up, facing the fire demon on its flaming throne.
Can you stand the pain?
Both scream as they charge at the demon.
How long will you hide your face?
The demon roars as it releases twin streams of fire on them.
(How long) How long will you be afraid? Are you afraid?
The monk's eyes and tattoos glow and it blocks the flames of the demon.
(How long) Will you play this game?
Earth under the demon rises up and propels it to meet the monk in the air.
(How long) Will you fight or will you walk away?
Fire, Earth, Air and Water collided in a spectacular explosion.
(How long) How long will you let it burn?
The explosion lights up the red sky, causing the clouds to part.
Let it burn
Both beings of great power struggle for dominance.
Let it burn
The demon roars as its flames engulf it.
Let it burn
The monk closes his eyes.
Let it burn, let it burn
His friends appear behind him as he releases all of his power in a single blast of light.
(Red Let It Burn Ends)
Xxx
In the Fire Nation prison, former Fire Lord Ozai seethed with anger and hatred. He had a vision of a world where all bowed to the Fire Nation and he was the supreme ruler of it all. Even stripped of his power his ambitions and lust for power remained and he waited for the chance to escape.
That time came.
Suddenly there was a golden flash of light followed by a beam of light that hit him before he could even scream.
Xxx
On the other side of the portal Van Kleiss and his gathered guests watched as the man in question became encased in what appeared to be dark red or brown rocks while fire blazed underneath its new skin.
"And just like that the former lord of the Fire Nation has regained his powers and more." Van Kleiss said as the former human let out a roar, destroying the prison he was in. "I am sure he will put them to good use."
He deactivated the portal and A.M.A.Z.O. lied back down on its table. Breach sighed in relief as she knelt down, giving a hateful look at Van Kleiss which was ignored.
"And with that, I show you just a tip of the iceberg of what I can offer you all. Like I said, power, revenge, the means to simply conquer a world call it your own. At this point almost anything is on the table." Van Kleiss stated, folding his arms behind his back. "So is this enough for you to hear my proposal and would you prefer to return back to where you were before?"
The 'guests' were silent, trading looks with some whispering what they should do.
"I'll give you a moment. I have a few things to check." Van Kleiss said as he walked over to the computer on the other side of the lab.
"You know if we say 'no' and he sends us back we're probably dead." Shade whispered to Grodd.
The hyper-intelligent gorilla nodded in agreement. "That wasn't hard to figure out."
"He's too much like Luthor for me to even look at. Even if he does have a full head of hair." Shade muttered.
Grodd snickered at that. "Well, we can agree on that. It's obvious he's confident he can convince us to join him with whatever powers he can give us."
"But can we make sure he can't control us if we ask for something?" Shade pointed out.
"That's a very good question, Shade."
Xxx
As soon as he regained his senses, Ozai looked down at his hands…
And saw them on fire.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The guards rushed in, seeing only a strange fiery monster where the prisoner had previously been.
"What is that?!"
"Some kind of spirit?'
"It's on fire!"
The creature's body was made of out of separated segments of cooled magma with segmented lines that showed heated magma that made up the inside of the creature's body and also made it look like the creature's body was holding in an actual sun with fire blazing from its head. It had no toes and only three fingers on its hands that were made of pure blazing magma. Its eyes had no pupils, sclera or iris, only holes that showed the pure fire and magma inside its body.
It looked at them. "Wh-What am I?"
The guards quickly shifted into fighting stances. "Stay back! Where is the prisoner?"
The creature held out its hands to the bars that instantly melted on contact.
"It's getting out!"
"Stop it!"
The guards thrust their fists forward, releasing streams of fire on the beast as it walked through the bars. The resulting collision of the flames meeting the creature resulted in a small explosion that blasted the walls of the cell.
For a moment there was silence…
And the smoke cleared to reveal the creature was completely unharmed.
The guards gasped in fright, some of them even stepping back. The creature raised its hand, taking a fire bending stance like them and released a giant blast of flames that engulfed the guards and completely incinerated the other side of the prison tower it had been kept in. The creature stared at the damage, seeing the giant hole that had been made by its attack with the edges of the hole actually having the edges melted into magma with nothing left of the guards.
It looked down at its hands, its 'lips' curling up into a small smile before it let out a small chuckle that grew into a loud, bellowing and mad laugh.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"
Xxx
The world was at peace.
That is what many would say after the Hundred Year had ended and the Avatar defeated the Fire Lord, or rather the Phoenix King Ozai before he could truly carry out his plan to burn down the entire Earth Kingdom. However, to those who were working towards actually building that peace, they would say there is still much to do. After a century of fighting, all four nations were left exhausted from the conflict. Over the course of the war, the Fire Nation had caused unprecedented worldwide devastation and loss of life, annihilating an entire nation save for one person, and oppressing people on a large scale.
Countless numbers of civilian and military personnel had died for all belligerents. While the overall infrastructure of the Earth Kingdom and Southern Water Tribe suffered gravely, the Northern Water Tribe came out relatively unscathed, albeit more isolated than before. With the war's conclusion, however, all nations could begin the long process of rebuilding, both physically as well as spiritually. The Harmony Restoration Movement was created as a step toward peace in removing the Fire Nation colonies from the Earth Kingdom.
However, after seeing all the hard work his people had done in the colonies, Fire Lord Zuko removed his support from the movement. This decision started a confrontation that threatened to throw the world back into war, causing Avatar Aang to intervene. After a brief skirmish, an agreement was reached, which eventually led to the Fire Nation colonies being transformed into the United Republic of Nations.
And there was still much to do.
Fire Lord Zuko could only sigh as he looked out the window, having taken a break to do some reports. Being Fire Lord was not easy and trying heal the world of the wounds his family had inflicted upon it was even harder.
"Zuko!"
Zuko smiled to see his little half-sister run up to him and he knelt down to hug her. "Hi Kiyi."
The girl smiled bright up at him as in walked their mother, Ursala. "How are you doing?"
"I am thinking of taking a little break." Zuko said as he stood up. "At least taking an hour and walk around the palace to stretch my legs. Care to join me?"
Ursala smiled. "I am sure Kiyi would love that."
"Yes!" Kiyi nodded.
"Fire Lord!"
All three looked up to see a man in imperial armor rush in but remembered to bow. "Forgive me for my intrusion, Fire Lord. But we have a situation."
"What is it?" Zuko asked with a small frown.
"The prison where your father was being kept has been destroyed and the survivors claim he has escaped!"
"What?!"
Xxx
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