In the beginning the world was alive only in the mind of the spirits

Solis & Luna

Or

The Cold Sun

Thank you for all of the favorites and the alerts! I didn't expect this to become so popular. This chapter is the puppet show that Zuko watched. As a note the Fire Nation has different words for the moon- not for the water spirit- and the sun. Actually, I don't know what they call the spirit of the Sun. I'll change it if someone tells me. Enjoy!

Oh, BTW- no rights.

Chapter Three: Of Spirits and Love

In the beginning the world was alive only in the mind of the spirits. There was only shadow and energy, push and pull. The push and pull in the endless stream of time pushed itself apart in an unfathomable happenstance of fate so that the shadows and energies separated. In that moment, the world was borne and thus so was the spirit world.

The spirits were as spirits are, but here we were not as we are.

Kind spirits Luna and Tui gave the first people water and the waves. They watched the people as if they were their own children. Tui loved Luna but Luna loved her people.

There was another who loved Luna.

Solis watched the people behind Tui and Luna. Sol had given the people fire, and he did not care for these mortal people who used the fire as if it was good only for petty things. Their control over fire was shameful, and hurt by their display he placed his spirit world creations into their world in hopes they could learn. The dragons displayed their control of fire and its wonders but the people were too afraid of the apparitions to learn from them. The dragons were angered and offended by this and being bored and angry- never a good combination in a spirit creation- took to playing cruel jokes on the people.

Luna was naturally upset at this. She thought it was all Sol's fault, that he was unkind to the people, and unreasonably angry.

When Solis tried to get close to her she moved away from him pulling and pushing Tui along with her as a deterrent.

Tui didn't mind.

Luna one day stopped moving away from Solis, and Solis over come with joy so much so that he was powerless, covered La in his affection and embraced her.

Luna said to Solis "Give the people something that does not hurt them and then I will consider you my friend. Until then we shall not speak.

Sol thought and thought and thought. Peering into the world on his own, leaving Tui and Luna to themselves.

One fine day in the middle of the night Solis finally decided on a gift for the people. He would give them warm light, and show then how the fire could be used for the greater good.

He had told the wind spirit of his gift in his efforts of deliberation. He had decided that as long as he had Lunas love he could do- and would do- anything, and if he understood the people he felt inexplicable responsibility for all the better.

The wind was a terrible gossip.

The wind spirit told Luna before Solis had a chance to tell her.

Luna and Tui thought it was a wonderful idea for a gift. Tui admitted this grudgingly. They decided that they too would teach the people.

Solis was watching the people this time, weighing the proper time he should appear before them, whilst Luna hung behind Sol. Full of pride she faced him.

Solis was beyond happiness and he went into the people's world with Luna's promise that they would speak to each other there.

After he left the spirit world Luna found Tui, sulking over the fact that Luna had been with Solis the entire time. She asked Tui if they could leave, but Tui was jealous and envious of Solis' time with his other half.

Tui said after some time of her pleading with him "Only if you promise never to leave me."

Luna vowed that there could never be one with out the other. That she would push and he would pull and that they would be together for eternity and ever after.

It was too late for all of them to be together in the same sky. Solis appeared and stood in the eastern sky for a long time, but he wanted to see if Luna was on the other side of the world. Impatient for her arrival he moved steadily to the West. Luna appeared in the North. She immediately started looking for Solis and traveled everywhere as Tui was. Tui covered the entire world and knew where Solis was but Tui did not necessarily want Solis and Luna to find one another. Giving Luna wise advice- that was a tad bit accidentally on purpose a rather difficult way of getting to Solis- to move from East to West he told Solis the same. During this time Luna had been looking for Solis, the sky- when Solis was not present was dark. Her face was not turned towards her beloved children. Tui had asked her if she was truly being fair and kind to the people by looking for Solis. Gradually she turned towards them, ever trying to keep an eye out for Solis. There was one night every 30 days that she smiled at the progress her people were making in the art of bending the water. She was full and happy these nights, giving Tui all the attention he desired.

As time went by Ventus- the wind spirit- and Gaia came to the mortal world.

Ventus went everywhere delighted, but Gaia settled as Tui did. Everywhere and no particular place at all. Ventus thought that Tuis cleverness was very funny, but Gaia did not. She told Luna that one day she perhaps should just stay where she was and stop traveling. Tui could do nothing about this, and guiltily he said nothing.

Luna stayed and as Solis came in the East again he was brighter than anything- but Luna could see he was not teaching the people very well- or even at all. So, she allowed him to pass but she said that he must spend more time teaching them. It would be many more days before they touched again in the sky.

After the people learned the ways of the fire and lived in harmony with the dragons, and after the people learned the way of the water, Luna stayed in the sky to find Solis- for she watched the peoples display of their fire and was filled with pride and joy. She came to Solis and embraced him- Solis was powerless in her affection and gave himself to her gladly. Soon they had to part ways again.

Some days she would be cold to him, some days she would love him as if he was her people. She never stopped looking for his path, and he never stopped traveling to see that his children could control fire.

In this way the Sun and the Moon are in harmony. In this way they are lovers and friends.

Be thankful for the moon, for without her we wouldn't have fire-bending, and be thankful for the wind, and the earth for they too are responsible for us.

And when Luna covers Solis in her affection- be not ashamed at your loss of fire but be free in elation and in your simplicity.