Chapter 2
Death was only the beginning...
I was lying on the ground feeling no pain only the stone cold ground and my clothes on my skin. I sat up checking my arms and back for burns, but was astounded to find no burns what so ever not a single cut or bruise. "I could have sworn I was hit three times" I thought in my mind, but apparently I had healed very quickly. As I stood up I heard a cracking sound and saw the ground beneath me splinter and crack apart I tried to run, but the ground beneath me fell to pieces and began to fall into nothingness. Darkness everywhere I was falling with no sound passing through my ears, with no smell in the air, nothing but darkness only cold lifeless darkness.
I started to fall faster and faster feeling the air fly past me and I knew I would probaly die if I hit the ground falling at this speed. Then I saw a faint glimmer of light above me and noticed that I was falling upwards as the light got bigger and bigger. I kept falling faster and faster all of this surging through my eyes at very high speeds. I didn't even know if I was awake or dreaming or if I was alive or dead, but I was about to find out as I fell into the light and woke up feeling burnt and cold. I saw the sky above me and as I sat up I felt great burning pain on my cheek and back and the first sight I was able to see was the burnt down ravaged city that once was Eqotoa.
"Nooooooooooo!" I screamed into the air feeling hatred for the Fire Nation and all of its inhabitants. I stood up and struggled to stay up looking around for any signs of people, but saw nothing except for charred buildings and flaming ruin. I tried to surpress my anger and I did keeping it deep inside as a smoldering flame of rage. I searched around the charred ruins for hours, but found nothing and no one. I did find several weapons left still covered with the blood of dead fire nation soldiers. After gathering several weapons I found 3 swords that met my requirementsand slid them under my belt tightening it so they wouldn't fall. After some more searching I found an empty leather bag and filled it with fruit and some refilled bottles of water which I knew I would need if I were going to fight firebenders.
"Alright that should do it" I said as I secured the bag on my back then looked around for any sign of the Fire Nation Soldiers. Outside the front gates I found the tracks of the fire nation still there from the retreat of their victory. I streched my legs and muscles knowing it would be a long trip before I could get my revenge then I ran as fast as I could following every step of the tracks my anger adding to my speed and strength.
I ran through the empty countryside as fast as I could despite all the equipment I was carrying to find a blackened landscape, empty villages, and many dead bodies laying everywhere. I paused and took a moment to let all this sink in, then I grew extremely angry and full of rage. Some small huts were still on fire still burning was their straw roofs. I got to my senses and continued to run past the burning village still hot on the trail of the fire nation, still vengeful and full of anger. As I passed the mounds of Tados Moria¹ I noticed an odd screeching sound almost calling for me in a direction of the mounds, I turned and saw nothing then continued to run, but the screeching got louder so I decided to investigate.
mounds of Tados Moria¹ Tados Moria was the last known Avatar who discovered the secrets of the ancient ones and stopped the chain of the Avatar. The mounds of Tados Moria were the resting place of his ancient body where it is believed that in the new age a great power will be unlocked there that Tados Moria hid away from the whole world.