DISCLAIMER: good god. This is annoying! Don't own AVATAR.

Ok. Just 2 let all my fans out there know, I have a bit of a short attention span, and it's starting 2 kick in. which means I won't update as I did the firs day. But my goal is 2 get in 1 or 2 chapters a day. I mite not b able 2 always do this, but I just thought I should warn ya…..

The sequel is coming! The sequel is coming! And I don't know wut 2 call it. But I'm thinking about it. But I'm thinking about doing it just like I titled this 1. naming it after a totally awsum song written by a guy/band from back in our parents day. U know, the 60's, 70's, and 80's. if u have any ideas, email them 2 me. My email is on my page. Send me the song title, who it's by,(in terms of who performed it) the lyrics, (so I can make sure I can base my story as well as I can 2 the song.) and If it was a fast song, a slow song, or song right in the middle. And it MUST have been written in the 60's, 70's, or 80's. and no lying.

Now let's get 2 the story

Chapter 16: A Painful Past

"Kierra? Kierra, the Water goddess?" Kellie looked at the shape of the head with wings in the water.

"Ah, yes, that is me. This is a pleasant surprise. A few other people have worn the necklace that hangs from your neck, but when they saw me, they thought they were hallucinating. They didn't know who I am. But I suppose the merchant who sold you the necklace told you all about me?" The liquid voice said.

Kellie looked down at her necklace, and finally realized that the sapphire fairy was glowing.

"So the merchant WAS right when he said this would summon you." She murmured.

"Yes, the merchant was right. Because his family is the only one that has been loyal to me when the rest of the world mocked me." The fairy's only faintly distinct eyes went to the side.

"Why would anyone mock a goddess? Goddesses are to be treated with respect, and when they aren't, they could cause havoc to the entire world!" Kellie talked in disbelief.

"Yes. One would suspect that. But child, you need to understand, I am over 2 thousand years old. And still a sprite. A regular, and fully matured god or goddess could reek havoc across the globe, but a sprite of a goddess such as I, so old, could only do it in so much of the world. That is why I am mocked." Kellie just stared at the face in the water.

"I still don't understand." Kierra's being just shook its head, and sighed.

"Of course you don't."

"I'm glad we agree. Now make me understand, Kierra."

" I'm not sure if that's possible."

"Then let us make it possible."

"It wouldn't work."

"The let us make it work." Kellie folded her arms. Did this goddess not understand that she wasn't going to give up that easily?

" You're not going to give up, are you?"

"It's about time. Now start explaining."

"Ok, it starts out like this. The mightiest god of them all, so mighty, he had no name, created the Nations. And he created the Elements so each Nation could thrive in its own unique way. Then he created gods and goddesses out of each Element, so each Nation could be protected. Then he created Mankind, and benders, as a weak defense. If mankind and the gods and goddesses failed and began to destroy each other, the Great God of them all would rip himself from the current Avatar's body and save us all. By getting rid of us all and starting the world anew. But that's beside my case.

The Great God also made it so the gods and goddesses could reproduce, but only with the aid of Mankind. The gods and goddesses would have their lives return, with the memories of their previous life still with them, but they needed to become the guardians of someone important. We can see into the future, so we can find the one we need to protect. But once every 5 millennia, there is one god or goddess who has a person is unknown to our Sight. I am that goddess this time. So I sent a little sapphire necklace with a weak impersonation of me into the world. It would find the one I would one day protect, and the necklace would summon me. But the few people who have worn it, were never the One, because the necklace never glowed with my beauty. So the last family that was loyal to me would go and recover the necklace, and once again try and find the One. Now I know why I my child was hidden from the gods' Sight. They were not from here. It makes perfect sense."

"I still don't get it." Kellie was slightly on the thick side. But only slightly.

"You're dumb. You're the child I'm supposed to protect. Your roll is for me. I am to play an important role in the ending of this war, and I can't do that until I mature. For that, I need to protect you so that I can get a body."

"How do you get a body?"

"A god or goddess matures when they get a body. One that the child they protected made out of the Element the god comes from. They bend a body for their Guardian. After that, the child is no longer under protection, for they have done their part and the world and no longer need a guardian. They free the sprite god from the shackles of their child hood with a body." Kellie stared at Kierra. So the Master of the Worlds had granted her wish so she could play a role in the fate of the Avatar world.

"You're the child I protect until you give me a body. Which won't be for a while. But let's enjoy each other's company until then, and never take off that necklace."

Kellie was about to ask why when two things happened.

She realized that her bond with the sprite might end and the fate of the world would be sealed.

Zuko came walking on deck.

"Kellie? Are you alright? I heard voices." Kellie looked down at Kierra, and decided it would be best if she kept the secret of the goddess just that.

"Yes, Zuko, I'm fine. It was nothing but the wind." And she walked below deck.

Kierra just sat there, looking up where her child(in a matter of speaking) had been a moment before.

She was protecting me. For once in my long life, someone other than the Loyal Family protected me.

Ok. It's almost midnight and I need 2 go 2 bed. But first, thank u o-dragon 4 all the R&Rs. They have made my day.

And darkangel52, thanx 4 the idea on usin smoke bombs and pepper spray. I'll make sure 2 use them sumtime.

And ppl, I'm basically always typin, trying 2 get the next chapter finished, but sumtimes things get in the way. Like, I started this chapter last nite, but my mom kicked me off my computer so she could vacume. I haven't had much time 2 get 2 it after that. Which is suckish.

INSANITY AT ITS FINEST

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