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We camped out somewhat near the air temple, but it was still too far to walk.

"Wait till' you see it, Katara! The Air Temple is one of the most beautiful places in the world!" Aang said while tying strings around Appa's horns.

"Aang, I know you're excited but, it's been a hundred years since you've been home." Katara said.

"That's why I'm so excited!" he stated.

I was over by the shore, meditating. I was stressed out. I was scared on how Aang would react to the fate of our people.

"It's just that, a lot can change during that time." Katara reasoned.

"I know, but I need to see it for myself." Aang stated as he jumped off Appa and walked over to wake Sokka up.

"Wake up Sokka! Air Temple here we come!" he enthusiastically shouted.

Sokka gave a grunt and turned around. "Sleep now, temple later.." he started to snore.

I got up from my meditation spot, since there was too much noise, and walked over to Katara to help with our things. We watched Aang give a sneaky grin, and grabbed a stick not two far away from him.

"Aang, what are you-" I began

"SOKKA, WAKE UP! THERE'S A PRICKLE SNAKE IN YOUR SLEEPING BAG!" Aang shouted, moving the stick up and down the outside of the sleeping bag.

With a shriek, the now awoken Sokka jumped out of his sleeping bag and jumped around. He fell down face first, and made an angry face. Katara and I bursted out laughing.

"Hey! Stop laughing! Those things are poisonous!" he scolded.

"No they're not!" I said, wiping a tear from my eye.

"Great, you're awake, let's go!" Aang said.

While we walked, Sokka's stomach began to growl.

"Stomach be quiet, I'm trying to find us some food, alright?" he said while pulling a small pouch out and reaching inside. He brought his hands out and nothing was there.

"Who ate all my blubbered seal jerky?" He said angrily.

"That was food? Aki used it to make the campfire last night." he shrugged.

"She, what?" he screamed.

"No wonder the flames smelled so good." he sighed.

Sokka moped all the way there. "I'm hungry." he said every 3 minutes or so.

"It's not my fault the seal jerky looked like fire starters!" I said feeling guilty

Right before an argument broke out, Aang spoke.

"Aki, look! The Batalla Mountain Range. We're almost there!" he said in excitement.

"Aang, before we get to the temple, Aki and I want to talk to you about the airbenders." Katara said.

"Sure, what about them?" he asked.

I got up from my sitting place and sat next to Aang, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Aang, please don't expect to see all our friends there. It's been a hundred years. Things might've changed.." I said slowly.

"The fire nation is ruthless. They killed my mother." she said. "They could've done the same to your people."

I winced at the thought of seeing things I didn't want to see.

"Just because no one has seen an airbender, that doesn't mean the fire nation killed them all." he said, in hopes that he could prove Katara and me wrong. "They probably escaped."

"Just please, Aang, don't get your hopes up." I said.

I knew what really happened to my people. Katara told me while Aang was sleeping. I cried all night until I fell asleep.

"You don't understand, Katara, the only way to get to an airbender temple is on a flying bison. Right Aki? I doubt the fire nation has any flying bison." he asked, hoping I'd change my mind.

"Well I suppose, but you never know." I said.

We escalated upwards, above the mountains, into the clouds. We finally made it.

It was beautiful, just how I remembered it.

"We're home." I said under my breath.

"There it is! The Southern Air Temple."

"Guys, It's amazing!" Katara stared in awe.

We landed near the meditation area at the temple. It was weird seeing my home again, after knowing it was 100 years since I was there. The cracked stone on the walls were covered by moss. It was beautiful in a way. Aang ran up the stairs, wishing to see more of his home.

"So where can I get something to eat?" Sokka asked, holding his empty stomach.

"Well I doubt you'll find anything." I said shrugging.

"You're lucky enough to be one of the first outsiders to ever visit an airbender temple and all you can think about is food?" Katara asked sarcastically.

"I'm just a simple guy, with simple needs." he retorted back.

Aang was looking down at one of the old arenas.

"That's where Aki and I would play airball." he pointed. Those were the good times. I wasn't very good at airball. Aang would always win.

"And over there is where the bison would sleep." he ranted on.

Aang sighed as he looked upon the empty temple.

"What's wrong?" Katara asked.

"It's just that this place used to be full of monks, lemurs and bison. Now there's just a bunch of weeds." he said sadly.

"It's not all that bad. I know what will cheer you up." I said crouching to his level. "Airball." I wickedly smiled.

"Aang that's not even fair. Sokka can't even bend!" I said from the opposite side of the arena.

"Hey!" Sokka commented beside me.

Aang ignored my comment and sent a wild kick with the ball towards me. The ball hit many poles, sending it in many directions. The aim of the game was to hit your opponent's target with the ball. The ball was on Sokka's side, so I looked away when he fell through the target and landed on the ground with a, thud.

Sokka winced in pain as he fell from the unsteady pole.

Aang laughed as he saw that he had won the game.

"Aang 7, Sokka 0." He giggled once more.

"Making him feel better is putting me in a world of hurt." He said sarcastically.

Aang and I continued to play airball, but I ended up losing very quickly.

"Aang 28, Aki 0!" He retorted. I sprinted across the arena and pushed him off. I am a very sore loser.

"You cheated!" I screamed.

"Nuh-uh!"

"Yeah-huh!"

We bickered back and forth until Katara called us.

"Aki, Aang, there's something you need to see." she yelled.

Aang and I raced back to her, only to find out that there was nothing there except Sokka in a pile of snow. She's protecting him. I thought while Sokka was struggling to get out.

"What's wrong?" Aang asked.

"Uh.. nothing. Just a new waterbending move I discovered.

"Nice, but let's stop practicing. We have a whole temple to see." he said.

"Okay, you and Sokka go on ahead. I need to talk to Aki for a second." I shouted.

"Alright. Meet us at the air temple sanctuary." he stated before they walked off.

When they were out of earshot, I spoke.

"I know you want the best for him, but you can't keep protecting him." I said.

"So you saw, huh?" she said, twiddling her thumbs.

"I'm not mad Katara, I understand how you feel. If it was up to me, I'd make sure he'd never have to know the fate of our people. But it's bound to happen. Rather it be sooner or later."

Katara nodded her head slowly.

"Thank you though. I know how much you care about Aang." I smiled. Katara returned the smile and we walked to the air temple sanctuary.

On the way there, I saw a statue of Monk Gyatso. He was like a father to Aang and I.

"Who's that?" Katara asked curiously.

"That is Monk Gyatso. He was basically like a father to Aang and I." I shrugged.

Up ahead Katara and I saw Aang and Sokka. They were in front of the Sanctuary.

"Hey, Aki, help me open this thing." He said.

"Why?" I asked. "I don't think we should go in there. I stated.

"There could be people in there." he said.

"I doubt that anyone could've survived in there for 100 years." Katara stated.

"It's not impossible." Aang said. "We survived in the iceberg for 100 years." he stated.

"Good point." Katara agreed.

"And whoever's in there might have many delicious cured meats." Sokka added, running to the door.

"If it's a Monk, no. We're vegetarians." I said laughing.

Sokka looked unhappy the minute I finished my sentence.

Aang and I turned toward the door. It had special mechanics which only allow airbenders to come it.

We got into our ready positions. We both blew our airbending into two horns, nobs shifted and turned. The door slowly opened to reveal darkness.

"Hello?" my brother called as he walked into the darkness. "Anyone there?"

Katara, Sokka, and I slowly made our ways into the large dark room. Our eyes adjusted to the darkness and the room showed to be filled with statues.

"Who are these people?" Katara asked.

"I don't know. But I feel like I know them somehow." Aang stated.

"They look like they're arranged in a pattern. Air, Water, Earth, and Fire." Katara stated as she pointed to each of the statues.

"Of course! Aang, these are the past Avatars. You past lives!" I stated.

"You guys really believe in that stuff?" Sokka questioned.

"Of course we do. It's a fact actually." I stated. As the two other siblings bickered, Aang and I walked around. We both found the Avatar before Aang. "Avatar Roku." Aang whispered.

Aang stared at him for a while and I looked at the two empty spots next to him. This one must be for Aang. I thought. But there was another one. I crouched down and touched the empty plate. Then I saw quick vision of a young waterbending girl. The Avatar after Aang. Then I heard a faint whisper.

"Korra" It spoke.

I held my hands up to my head. It started to ache out of nowhere. My head pounded and it felt like my head was being hammered in. I screamed and my vision went blurry. I saw more visions, with each I felt myself slipping away from reality. I grunted and cried. Then I was suddenly brought out of that horrible trance.

"Aki? Aki, can you hear me?" I was surrounded by Katara, Sokka, and Aang. I slowly stood up, and the pain wasn't there anymore. "Yeah.. What happened."

"You touched that plate over there then you just started screaming and muttering the words, 'Korra' over, and over, again." Katara told me.

I was going to tell them who Korra was, but something inside me told me to keep it to myself.

"I guess it was nothing. I don't really remember what happened." I said.

We heard something head toward us. It sounded like footsteps. We panicked and hid behind one of the statues.

"It's a firebender, no one make a sound." Sokka whispered.

"You're making a sound!" Katara whispered back, which earned her a 'shush' from the three of us.

It kept coming closer, it's shadow growing larger.

"That firebender won't know what hit em'" Sokka said, readying his club.

The owner of the shadow made a noise. A strange noise. "It's a lemur!" I shouted getting up. And sure enough, it was.

"It's so cute!" I stared and cooed.

"Dinner!" Sokka stated, his mouth dripping with Saliva.

The lemur seemed to understand what Sokka was saying so he backed up a bit.

"No, no! It's okay. He's just kidding! C'mere.." I said, trying not to scare the lemur.

Sokka bounced out of his hiding spot and ran toward the lemur. I ran after him, leaving Katara and Aang behind. Sokka and I raced to retrieve the lemur. I gave myself a boost, tripping Sokka to slow him down, and ran after the fuzzy lemur. Good thing I kept my staff with me because the lemur flew off the balcony of the temple.

"Hey, no fair!" Sokka called.

The lemur and I glided through the rocks and landed on the ground. He led me towards a cave, and I followed him.

"Hey, please wait! I just want to be your friend." I laughed.

I almost threw up, right then and there.

Fire nation helmets covered the floor. And under a bright light, showed a skeleton of a Monk. Not just any Monk. Monk Gyatso.

"No." I said. "NO!"

My body was shaking. I didn't even hear Sokka and Aang come in behind me.

"Hey Aki, I was just kidding. I wasn't going to eat the lemur." he said. "Oh no."

Violent tears struck down my face. Aang walked up behind me. And had a similar reaction, but more extreme.

"No, no, no, no, no, no." I repeated. "Th-this can't be real. No." I denied. Sokka put a hand on Aang and my shoulder. But I swatted it away. I looked at Aang, his face in his hands. His tattoos appeared to be glowing, his eyes turned white.

The room around us darkened, everything was being thrown out of place. I struggled to keep my stance. Sokka was flown back and the roof above us exploded. I stayed in my place. I was too scared to move. I felt someone take my hand, and I was being pulled towards Aang.

Just as we were arms length away, he rose into the sky.

"Aang, I know you and Aki are upset. And I know how hard it is to lose the people you love. I went through the same thing when I lost my mom. Monk Gyatso and the other airbenders may be gone, but you still have a family. Sokka and I, we may not be in the same bloodline, but we can be your family. And Aki's here too. She is a real part of your family. You have us. We're your family now." Katara finished.

Aang slowly descended from the sky, his arrows turning back to it's original color.

We all ran to him as his body was giving out. I hugged Aang, my tears stinging my cheeks and swelling my eyes.

"Katara's right. And besides, we still have Mom in spirit too." I smiled.

"I'm sorry." he whispered.

"It's not your fault." I replied.

"But Katara, you were right. If firebenders found this temple, that means they found the other ones too. And I wasn't there to stop them. Aki, we really are the last airbenders." he hugged me tighter.

A while after we calmed down, we returned back to the Sanctuary. I was sitting by Sokka, who still complained about being hungry. We heard some mumbling sounds and saw the lemur from earlier. He brought food for Sokka and sat on my lap.

"Looks like you and Aki made a new friend, Sokka." Aang gliggled.

"Can't talk, must eat." Sokka said and continued to stuff his face with fruit.

"Hi there. I'm Aki." I smiled at the little lemur below me.

We walked out of the Sanctuary, making sure to close it behind us, and walked to Appa.

"Well, looks like it's just us. We're all that's left of this place." Aang sighed as he look onto the clift. "We have to stick together." he said, holding my hand.

"So what's his name, Aki?" Aang asked.

"Oh, well, I thought we could name him Gyatso, but that would bring up too many memories. So how about Momo?"

"Momo? Sound good." Sokka said holding a piece of fruit in his hand. Before Sokka could take a bite out the juicy fruit, Momo quickly snatched the fruit and ate it himself.

Katara, Aang, and I chuckled as Sokka argued with the small animal.

Woohoo! Two chapters in two days! I hope you guys are proud of me! I decided to make Momo Aki's pet since Aang has Appa. So I hope you guys won't get mad. Keep in mind that this is my first story I ever written on this site. So feel free to help me with my writing. I need suggestions for ending what the characters say instead of, "said - so and so." Also, I tried to make a cover for this story but I failed horribly! I'm not very good at digital drawing. So If anybody would like to help me out, feel free to DM me and I'll give you the information. Thank you guys for reading!

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