A/N: OH MY FUCKING GOD! Guys, I am so sorry this took so long, but I just started High School (it's a bitch) and I wanted to update like y'all wouldn't believe. Well, y'all have waited long enough for this, so here it is! Also, there's a bit of German in here, down in the last section, so for those of you who read this and know German (if there are any of you) then please tell me whether or not I'm getting this right!

Warnings: supernatural, cussing (when is there not cussing?)

Chapter XX: The Beginning of A New Battle

Recap:

Shaiya has returned from the Spirit World where she saw the future with Avatar Roku. He showed her what would become of them all if the upcoming war was lost. The sight shocked Shaiya to no end, and she returned to the real world to her family and friends, and some doctors surrounding her. She has just told Aang she needed to speak with him. We begin twenty minutes later, after she has finished telling the story. Aang, and everyone else, heard Shaiya's terrifying account for what happened.

Shaiya had just finished retelling the story she had seen. Aang's look of horror told her that he understood the circumstances.

Thank Agni he understands. Roku would've had a really hard time explaining to him without help.

"Aang? Are you okay?" Katara asked, unsure as to whether or not her comrade actually was okay.

Aang simply nodded. It wasn't much of a nod, but it was audible enough that all knew he understood.

"I assume that Avatar Roku will show you some more than he showed me, seeing as he is one of your past lives. Try to hold it together, okay buddy?" Shaiya said.

"Yeah, I'll try. But for now, I'm hungry. "

"Yeah, me, too. Hey, Doc! Can I get outta bed any time soon?" Shaiya yelled across the hospital wing.

"Just long enough for lunch! You have two hours!" the doctor yelled from the other end, where she was examining some of Shaiya's results.

"Gah! Finally! I can get out of this hell trap!" Shaiya commented.

Shaiya sat at her place at the dining table, next to her fiancé and across from her best friend. She could smell soup, garlic breadsticks, and all sorts of mouth-watering delicacies the chefs were preparing. Her mouth began to water at the thought of real food. It dawned on her that she hadn't eaten for almost a day.

"Shaiya? Are you okay?" Onya asked from across the table.

"Fairly. I just realized I haven't eaten in almost a day. Shocker there, eh? 'Specially for someone who usually eats four times a day."

"Yeah, must be really hard." Onya commented.

"Shaiya!" four voices yelled from the doorway. All turned to look at them. They were dressed in black, skin-tight uniforms, leather belts at their hips. Attached to their belts hung huge black sheaths etched with silver dragons. The handles of the swords were dragons, too, but the dragons weren't spread like they were on the sheaths, they were condensed, and the wings folded to form a cup to protect their fingers when fighting.

They had black combat-style boots on, masks that came down from the bridge of their noses and scooped upward in a dragon's tail. The masks stretched across the eyes in dragon's wings, leaving loop holes to see through, and they too were black with etched silver designs.

Finally, they all wore black gloves cut exactly like Sokka's blue ones, and adorned on each forefinger were dragon rings that took up from the knuckle to the first joint in the finger. The dragons curved around the girls' fingers, their claws acting the part of the band. Each dragon had different colored stones for eyes: baby blue, neon orange, lime green, and deep red. All in all, the girls looked as though they were rich warriors.

"AH! Guys! Gah! What're you doing here!?" Shaiya and Onya exclaimed.

"Gee, news of the engagement, and Shaiya being poisoned by Monkey Face and her mother, reached us about a week ago, and we all packed up and came down. Shiroh Nagiyan's gonna have to wait for their BCD's to return for a long time." the brunette on the right-hand side said. Shaiya and Onya jumped out of their chairs and ran to their friends. They skidded to a halt right in front of them.

The four black-clad Dragons bowed in front of their leaders and future Fire Nation Lady. Shaiya and Onya did the same. All at once, the reverence broke and the girls were hug-choking and being hug-choked. The hug fest took all of five minutes to finish up.

"C'mon, guys, there's always room for my best friends at my table." Shaiya exclaimed.

"When is there not?" the other five asked, then proceeded to giggle the entire way back to the half empty table.

Lunch passed quickly, or so it seemed, and soon Shaiya was whisked away back to the drawl hospital wing. She was pleased to hear that Zuko was also bedridden as long as she was. Needless to say, the two laid in the same bed.

Two weeks passed, and finally the teens were deemed healthy enough that they could live like normal people again.

One night, the group sat at the dining table eating dinner, and the topic of the re-upcoming wedding began.

"Okay, so, I've been Fire Lord for two weeks, and I still haven't been married, nor have I actually attended to any business. There's the whole war against the undead coming up, I don't know all the details, we have to gather a Royal Fire Council to be at my disposal whenever I need them, I need to appoint a new admiral to take Zhao's place, and the list just goes on and on." Zuko said miserably over his teriyaki chicken.

"Sweetie, we just got out of the hospital wing this morning. How's about you introduce me to a few important people first, huh? Then, I can help you with all this. How's about it?" Shaiya asked, concerned.

Zuko sighed.

"Fine. I'll call together my father's Royal Fire Council and introduce you to some of the people there. At least, the four I want to keep."

"And who would they be Prince- uh, Lord Zuko?" Iroh asked, still unaccustomed to his nephew's new title.

"General Shi, Admiral Sao, Lord Yave of the Li Suan Peninsula, and Senisu. Everybody else, I'm getting rid of."

"Why Senisu? She is only a scribe. What good could she possibly be for?"

"Senisu knows everything that has ever happened in the Palace, Council meetings, and her brother is General Susaky. Everything he's ever done for the Fire Nation has been successful. Senisu is a very useful person when a message needs to be carried. Uncle, do you remember when I was ten? There was a band of Earth bender rebels who decided to try and overthrow him. Remember who brought him the information? Senisu. She may be almost forty, but she is an excellent spy and is in great shape."

"Yes, nephew, I forgot about her spy career. Beg pardon."

"Uncle, you're my family. No need to ask pardon. And I'm going to change that rule."

"Okay boys, enough war talk. The dessert is coming, and I don't want images of bloodbaths in my mind while I enjoy it." Katara stated as the chefs came out with trays full of cakes, cookies, puddings, and all sorts of other delicacies. All the BCDs agreed with her, and when the desserts were laid out, the girls dug in.

A small, gray flying squirrel zoomed passed the window as fast as his little wings could carry him. Had anyone seen him, they would think he had a lady he was running home to.

Night had fallen, and the moon was at her peak. Deep in the hills of the southern tip of the Earth Kingdom, a small, gray flying squirrel flew into a cave that dug hundreds of miles down. He swerved and swooped down, down, until he came to a huge sarcophagus lying on an island in the middle of a pool of spurting, white-hot magma.

He folded his wings into his body and landed smoothly on the lid. A gong sat at the sarcophagus's foot, accompanied by a stick with a cloth tip. The squirrel picked up the stick with his little claws and slammed it into the gong once, twice, three times.

Three bubbles appeared in the magma, revealing a Siamese cat, a black, yellow, and red serpent, and a grulla sujio. Four symbols appeared around the sarcophagus, one to represent each animal. All four took their places atop their symbols, and they began to chant.

Rise Again
Fight the Mortals
Conquer All Souls
Kill All Souls

Aufsteigen Wieder

Käpten das Menschs

Besiegen Allerseelen

Töten Allerseelen

All of a sudden, the ground began to shake, magma began to pool, then shoot up in pillars in four places, forming a square. The island cracked into five pieces, the animals' pieces floated away while the sarcophagus stayed. A great light shone from a symbol on the sarcophagus, and then all stopped. The magma fell back down into it's pool, the earth stopped shaking, and the pieces of island stopped where the magma pillars stood.

A huge roar thundered throughout the cavern. The sarcophagus lid shattered into millions of pieces. The beast hidden within the sarcophagus rose on a rock pillar. As the light died, the creature was easily made out.

It had a dragon's body, with huge, spiked wings coming off its back, spikes all down its tail, and a crown of small horns coming off its head.

"Ah, my servants. You are early. That pleases me. Is the earth ready to be conquered? Are they ready to die?" it asked.

"Yes, master." the four answered in unison.

"Tell me, what is the identity of the most powerful of their kind?"

The squirrel answered.

"He has a very distinctive mark on his body. A fluorescent blue arrow. The humans call him the Avatar. His name is Aang. He is in his twelfth year. He is able to control air, water, fire and earth. He has strong allies: a young man with a scar, an old man, and six women who control fire, a young girl who controls water, and a young man who controls nothing, but is a strong warrior with a boomerang and sword. They will not be as easy as your last conquering last millennia."

"No matter," the creature drawled, "we will still defeat them. Now, do me a favor and bring me something to eat, Senzu."

The sujio took to the air to fetch a likely sacrifice. She returned moments later with three dead charred humans on her back.

"Mistress, this is what the new enemies look like. They are disgusting pigs. I saw these three control the earth. They threw rocks at me, they made rock walls appear when I tried to attack, and they just wouldn't give up without a fight. Pathetic fools they were. They were easy targets, but they are fat, and you deserve a filling meal.

"Thank you, Senzu. Now leave me in peace while I eat." she commanded. The four creatures moved to their little islands, sat, and became marble statues, patiently waiting for their mistress to call for their aid.

So, what did y'all think? Good? Bad? Beyond Bad? Tell me, and I am so very sorry it took so long!

Did I get any of my German right? I used a dictionary for it, BTW.

Luv all y'all!

Raaon Teisha