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Disclaimer: To own or not to own? That is the question...but the damned lawyers had to answer it for me! Grr...I don't own Avatar.
Chapter 1: The Bender with no past
Aang, Katara, and Sokka walked around another village.
(A.N.: I feel like being descriptive..)
It was a nice day, the sun was shining and only a few clouds marred the perfect blue sky. If you listened hard enough, you could hear the birds sing along with the hustle and bustle of the village.
(A.N.: Yup I'm interrupting you again. Now that you have a good feel of what it's like where you are...I'm introducing someone..)
In the crowd a girl who looked about sixteen slipped into one of the many alleys, a normal occurrence, but Katara had seen and she felt a strange pull tugging her to follow the girl. She started that way only to have Aang notice.
"Where are you going Katara?" Aang asked and turned to look at her.
"I've gotta follow that girl," Katara replied and started walking to the alley again.
"Okay, let's go!" Aang replied and followed Katara.
"But I thought we were going to get food," Sokka complained, but followed anyway.
: In the Alley :
The girl from before was leaning against the stone wall of one of the buildings. You could tell from a glance that she was extremely tired and barely holding out from succumbing to exhaustion.
When Katara and the others walked up, the girl didn't bother glancing at them and sighed, "What do you want?"
"I don't know yet, I felt a pull towards you when I saw you enter the alley, but I figure introductions are necessary. My name's Katara," Katara replied looking at the weary girl.
"Mine's Aang," the Avatar grinned.
Sokka looked sulky, obviously still mad about the food, but said, "My name's Sokka."
The girl brushed one of her blonde locks out of her face and quietly said, "Lyra is what I'm called."
"That's a nice name," Katara smiled.
"Thank you," Lyra smiled a little, there was a slight musical tone in her voice.
"Why are you in an alley instead of in the market on the street?" Aang asked.
Lyra's smile disappeared, "That is none of your business."
"Sorry, I just wondered," Aang sighed.
Lyra's honey-brown eyes softened a bit, "No I'm the one who should be sorry, I snapped at you. I haven't had any sleep in days and it's making me irritable."
"Why?" Sokka asked, having stopped sulking.
"As I said before, it's none of your business. Plus, I don't want to bother you with my problems," Lyra said calmly.
"But helping others with their problems is my job, I'm the Avatar," Aang countered.
"So?" was Lyra's simple response.
Katara rose an eyebrow, "That's it? He tells you he's the Avatar and that's all you say?"
"He's the Avatar, big deal. I figured the Avatar was the same as anyone else, and probably didn't want any special treatment," Lyra shrugged.
"Wow...How'd you figure that out?" Aang asked.
"Well that's always been how I've felt about...," Lyra trailed off when she realized what she'd been about to reveal.
"About...?" Sokka asked and waved his hands around for good effect.
"Nothing. Just forget it," Lyra replied, a mask covering her emotions.
"We won't tell anyone, plus I bet you'll feel better once you confide in someone. I always do," Katara gave her a reassuring smile.
Lyra looked closely at each of them, searching for something.
"Alright, I'll tell you," Lyra said, the mask dropping, she'd obviously found what she'd been looking for.
"Okay..." Sokka said.
"I come from the Tribe of Light," Lyra began, "From a young age I've been able to bend light.."
"Did you just say that you're a Light Bender?" Katara asked.
"I'll explain that later," Lyra responded, "..Okay...at the age of nine I started to bend another element, something no one in our tribe had ever accomplished before."
"What element was it?" Aang asked.
"Air," Lyra replied and the others' eyes widened, "Once they realized this, the tribe started to treat me different. Adults and children alike started to shun and ignore me."
"Even your parents?" Sokka interjected.
"The thing is, I appeared in the Tribe of Light when I was four with absolutely no idea who I was or where I'm come from. So, naturally, when I started to show unusual powers people suspected me of something," Lyra replied, sadness filling her eyes as she remembered the past.
"So you had no parents?" Sokka said.
"And everyone you'd accepted as your family began to treat you like you had a disease?" Katara added.
"That's so sad, it reminds me of how my friends at the Air Temple treated me once they'd found out I was the Avatar, but your story is much more sad than mine. Did you have any friends?" Aang talked much more that either Sokka or Katara.
"Not to begin with , but when I was thirteen a girl from a faraway tribe visited our village. She was my best friend, and she helped me escape," Lyra poured out the information she'd never told anyone before.
"Escape who?" Aang asked after taking in what she'd said.
"The Fire Nation," Lyra responded with no hesitation at all.
"Why?" Sokka questioned.
"Isn't it obvious? Because she's able to airbend, they assumed she was the Avatar," Katara answered her brother's question with a sigh and shook her head.
"Yes," Lyra said simply.
"Why haven't they stopped chasing you now that they know I'm the Avatar?" Aang wondered.
"I don't know," Lyra sighed heavily.
"Wait...what was your friend's name?" Aang asked yet another question.
"Her name is...," Lyra hesitated because she knew that names have power, "...Keely."
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