The Avatar: Lost Chapters

Chapter one, the memory

The taste of the menacing air of smoke and soot was strong and plentiful on Kelik's lips. He stood poised and ready to attack.

"okay now is the time," he thought "all those long daysof training have come to this moment." His father, Rog, who was beside him also looked ready for battle. Kelik's father is a very well built man, who is also known for his amazing skills in earth bending skills, but is also often criticized on his battle decisions.

"Don't be scared son" his father said." You are a man now, and soon you will make a damn good soldier ."

Indeed at 16 Kelik looked the part of a damn good soldier. He had a tough build, much like his father. His hair was tied back, except for a few hair strands that hung down his face. He wore a basic earth bending uniform. And most importantly he was an excellent earth bender .

"I know father," Kelik responded, "I have longed for the day in which to make you proud."

"alright," his fathers tone changed, "No more talk, I can hear the fire nations footsteps, its time to protect our city. Alright men it is time to do what you do best. Draw your swords men."

Kelik lifted his head, smelling the smoke grow stronger, and the stomping growing louder. And despite what his father, said he was getting scared. He new the fire nation's ruthlessness. He knew it well, ever since he was young. He could remember so clearly when he was a little boy.

His was six years old, and he was playing with a toy earth bending soldier doll when he smelled it. It was the smell of smoke. He then heard a scream. It was his mother. She was running to him. He heard his father yell, and then saw the smashing of rocks. His father was trying to drive back the fire benders. They were attacking because our village was along a major river and would make a very good port for the fire nation. Everything was going terrible forfather and the other earth benders. They were losing the battle and the fire nation was advancing on him and the village. Then he heard a shrill evil laugh behind him. When he turned around he saw the most horrifying image in his life, and the image that was still etched in his dreams to this day.

Behind him was a fire bender with a knife to his mothers neck. She was begging for her life, but the fire bender savagely beat her. When his father saw this, he lunged a giant boulder at the fire bender. It had missed but still skimmed the fire benders face, and made him angry, very angry. The fire bender burned Kelik's mother alive, and her screams could be heard from miles away. Kelik threw up and was wet from vomit and tears. But then something happened, something thatwon them the battle and stalled them another ten years of war. The ground shook and cracked, everyone thought it was an earthquake. But it wasn't, it was his father anger. He toppled boulders on the fire nation troops, he pushed the dirt and ripped trees down from the root on to the fire nation. Taking down at least 100 men giving the earth benders a huge advantage. But father wasn't done, he then moved to the fire bender that killedkelik's mother and tied him up, but did not kill him.everyone was wondering what was going on. Father kept the man prisoner until the battle was over, the Earth benderswon the battleof protecting the village of Kiro from the Fire nation. But the village suffered heavy damage.

The people of the village immediately went to restoring it, but father did not. He was up to something else. While Kelik was sleeping in their small house, after the battle he heard father come in the house, but he wasn't alone. Kelik recognized the rattling of chains as the prisoner came in the house with father. Kelik had not seen the prisoner since the battle, he assumed he was dead, but father had a different plan for him. He could hear the prisoners soft weeping. He heard the prisoner being pushed to the ground by father. He heard his father beating the prisoner. Slowly at first then harder and harder, he heard the prisoner cry in the beginning then he started to yell, then scream. His father was torturing the prisoner. He couldhear his father yelling.

"You bastard, you bastard. You are going to be begging me to kill you at the end of this. Just wait you bastard, JUST WAIT. I am going to beat the hell out of you until I have run out of energy, you bastard ."

And beat the hell out of him father did, all through the night Kelik listened as father first pummeled the prisoner then cut off his private areas, also cutting off all his dignity. And eventually burned the prisoner alive.

The next morning Kelik entered the main entrance of his house to findspattered with blood. Kelik cried softly because he knew, even the torture and death of an evil man would not bring his mother back.

But his thoughts were interrupted when his father yelled. "look sharp soldiers the time has come."