Took a days break and now I'm back! I've got a very busy next few days are coming up, so I think this may be the last chapter of this week :( But I will write while I can't post, so I should have a couple of chapters to post on Monday or Tuesday :D

Thanks to my Beta, secret love writer. He's doing an awesome job :)

Sakarya put her hand up, shielding her eyes from the flashes of the cameras that surrounded her as she walked out of the police department the next day. News reporters were all around her, shoving microphones at her and asking loud questions. To her right, Master Rohan seemed unfazed by the media, and gave a nod to one of the police officers that were walking ahead of them. Immediately police surrounded the two, pushing back the cameras and the voices.

"Sorry Sakarya, I didn't know they'd be this anxious to speak to you. They only know about the temple incident," Rohan said, his voice low enough for only the firebender to hear. She nodded, just focusing her gold eyes on her feet. She just wanted out of here, even if that meant accompanying the airbender to his home. And despite her asking, no family or friends would be coming with her. She would see her father tonight, and considering it wasn't even noon yet, she had quite a while to wait.

The girl hadn't seen her friends since the day before, but she was told they were released and were given no information, unlike her father, who had been told his daughter was going to Air Temple Island. It was the only information he had been given, and she was sorely missing the comforting presence of her father.

The next hour was spent deep in thought. These people had to be wrong. There was no way she was the Avatar. Even if it was possible for the next one to be a firebender rather than an earthbender, Sakarya just isn't a born leader. She was mute, she had some anger problems, she was shy. She could go on for days about what was wrong with her. It just felt wrong.

Sakarya was greeted warmly by the monks, the Air Acolytes, at the island. Rohan left her for a few minutes as the monks led her to a plaza that overlooked the bay. The monks left her, telling her to stay put, and she was on her own.

She sat down on the steps, looking out at the water. She was a firebender, that was all. Just a firebender. She shouldn't be the Avatar. It wasn't her role. Her role was growing up and becoming a teacher at a deaf school. She wanted to help others, but not in the way the Avatar could.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" A voice sounded, making Sakarya jolt up. She turned her torso to see a woman in casual clothing looking out at the bay, a forlorn look in her soft golden eyes. Sakarya nodded in response, turning back to the water.

The woman surprised her by taking a seat beside her. "My name is Kalla, I'm Rohan's wife. You're Sakarya, right?" She asked. The girl gave a small smile and nod to the woman. She seemed to be a kind and gentle person, and her presence eased some of Sakarya's frayed nerves.

"Oh, there you are Kalla," Came Rohan's voice from behind them. Both of them looked back, his wife saying hello and standing up while Sakarya just turned back to the view.

The two shared a hushed conversation, ending up with Kalla going back inside and Rohan going down the stairs. "Follow me please."

Sakarya got up, feeling her heartbeat quicken. That was happening a lot nowadays. She was going to give herself a heart attack at the age of fifteen.

The two stopped in the middle of the plaza, Rohan turning around to face the young girl. "So you don't believe you're the Avatar," He said. It wasn't a question, but still, Sakarya nodded an affirmative.

"Show me your firebending then. Fight me," He said, his eyebrows raising a bit in challenge to the teen.

The girl's golden eyes widened, fixated on Rohan's face. People kept doing unexpected things to her. It was starting to get old. Whatever, the old man wanted a fight, he'd get a fight.

With just a moment of thought, Sakarya swiped her leg quickly across Rohan's stomach, bringing a blaze of fire with it. Immediately, a burst of wind pushed her back, knocking her off of the one leg and onto the ground. Even though it was a rough landing and her behind now hurt, she got up and punched fireballs at the man, back and forth with her hands a few times. He easily deflected all of them. Now, she got a whip of fire and Rohan's eyes widened a bit as it lashed towards his face. It barely missed his left cheekbone when he jumped back. He bended a sharp and condensed ball of air into the middle of Sakarya's chest, knocking the air out of her as she was thrown several feet. She landed not so nicely on her back, and this time she stayed down.

That one hurt, she thought to herself.

"Not bad," The airbender said. Not bad? He beat me! She thought indignantly.

The man was now towering over her, more so than he was when she was standing. He offered out a hand and Sakarya gladly took it. The man easily pulled her back onto her feet and gave him a small smile of thanks.

The man sighed. "Really, not bad. There's a reason your school chose you for their team. Just keep in mind that I've been training longer than you've been alive. But what we need to worry about is what your abilities, not your capabilities," Rohan stated. "If you are the Avatar, you should be able to control all four elements versus just fire. You've already connected spiritually with yourself, perhaps you are having the opposite problem that Avatar Korra had..." He trailed off, now talking to himself, putting his hand on his chin.

One of Sakarya's eyebrows went up, and she locked eyes with the airbender. What did he mean by that?

Rohan crossed his arms. "Avatar Korra had problems connecting spiritually with the Avatar spirit, but was able to bend all four elements at a young age. Maybe you're the opposite, starting with spiritual skills instead of bending skills," He explained.

Sakarya wanted to tell him something, but couldn't think of how. "You know, I do understand sign language," Rohan said, making Sakarya blush. Her struggle must've been visible on her face. Of course he knew.

I doubt I'm the Avatar. It just doesn't feel right, she signed.

Rohan nodded. "I agree, it does feel odd. Perhaps it has to do with the cycle. The Avatar should be an earthbender, not you. I don't know. But you're showing definite signs of being the Avatar, so that might be what you're stuck with being."

Sakarya didn't like the sound of that.

Dinner was quiet, with only three of them at the table. Today had been a long process of trial and error. Quite frankly, Sakarya was sore all over. They had tried to see if she could bend the other elements, and if she didn't succeed, they tried more dramatic measures. Which was constantly and all the time. She could still only bend fire.

She definitely knew that. Drop a bunch of rocks on her? She got a bunch of bruises. Try and drown her? Rohan had to save her. Drop her off a cliff? Again, Rohan had to save her. Of course, those were the very last things they'd tried. At first, it was small, like trying to stop falling water, or lift a pebble without her body, or take a small ball of air from the bending master.

They had also tried sparring. Trying to use earthbending, waterbending, and airbending techniques while fighting did not come naturally to Sakarya. And instead of summoning one of the other three elements, what came out was always fire. Some of the moves were pretty cool, not what they wanted, but intriguing all the same. Like stomping on the ground, trying to move rocks? That ended up in a wave of fire originating near Sakarya's feet to blast towards Rohan.

But some others ended up with her on the ground. Trying to send a blast of air at her opponent ended with her practically flying backwards onto her head from the repercussion of the fire. That had felt like someone stabbed her in the brain, to say the least.

Kalla had given her an ice pack and when they sat down for dinner, got her a new one that she wrapped with gauze to her head so she could eat. A simple meal of rice and chicken, but plenty of it. Sakarya was starving. Kalla gave a small chuckle when the teen immediately dug into her food.

A thought came into her head. Rohan and Kalla seemed like they would make great parents, and yet Sakarya saw no kids around. She might them about it later. She didn't want to be rude.

It wasn't until the ferry boat ride an hour later that she would get a chance to ask. They were looking out at the water together again once more, with Sakarya leaning on the rail.

She stood up, facing the airbender. Hey, how come you and Kalla don't have any children? Sakarya asked, attempting to come across as polite as she could.

Rohan continued to look out at the water, though he had looked at her when she was speaking to him to read her hands. A few silent moments passed and Sakarya started to feel embarrassed.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked, she signed.

"No, it's alright. I was just trying to find a way to put it into words," He said. His voice had a tilt of sadness that made Sakarya's throat want close up. "We had two children, a little while ago. Two boys, three years apart. Kalla's a firebender, like you, and so was our younger son. Our older son was an airbender like me. When they were in their late teens, they... they went to Republic City for Rememberance Day, to celebrate it for the first time not at the island. They went with my nieces and nephews, and my older brother Bumi.

"It was later at night when it happened. My sons separated themselves from the group, to talk about something. But a few gang members thought it'd be fun to pick a fight with them. It got very serious, very quickly, and my younger son was shot. In retaliation, my older son killed all five of them by bending them against the stone walls of the alley. But my younger son died, and my older son felt so much guilt for not saving him and for killing all those people that he killed himself a few days later," He finished, a tear sliding down his left cheek.

Sakarya felt her heart burn in sadness for the two boys. She remembered hearing about that when she was twelve, but the public hadn't received much in the terms of names. She rested a hand on the man's shoulder, and he gave a small smile. He stood straighter, and the girl took her hand back.

"That was a few years ago. Time goes on, as weird as it feels to not have my children move on with it. Kalla and I have fallen on hard times since then, but we make it work," He finished.

The rest of the boat ride was in silence. The water slowly going by was mesmerizing to watch, and that's what Sakarya spent her time doing. It felt like a long time before they reached the city port. The two separated with a hug and a short goodbye as she was led by the captain off of the boat and onto the wooden dock. Her father was there, as was her mother and her two brothers. Her mother rushed towards Sakarya, enveloping her in a tight hug.

The firebender just hugged her back. She couldn't imagine being a parent that had lost their children, but her parents had gotten a glimpse of it yesterday with the temple. She would never forget that.

When her parents asked her why she had to spend the day at Air Temple Island, she told them she would say when they got home. Rohan had discussed this with her during dinner, and they both knew they shouldn't keep the truth from Sakarya's parents.

She awaited anxiously on the short car ride home. Her brothers gave her a hug before heading upstairs once they arrived at the house, under the direction of their parents. They sat the teen down on the couch and remained standing. Her father looked relaxed in all but his eyes, which were narrowed and every once in awhile his left eye would twitch. Her mother was the opposite, standing rigidly with her arms crossed, but her face was a blank slate.

"Tell us why they kept you at the island today, Sakarya," Her mother said, her voice soft.

A moment of silence, in which Sakarya said goodbye to her old life.

Finally, she brought her hands up to sign to her parents. I might be the Avatar.

So I decided to give Rohan some back story. I tried to make it a little less conventional, and a bit different from the typical dead-kid-sad-story (not to sound insensitive, but still). I hope it wasn't too rushed or anything like that.

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