Author Note; Enjoy!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~*`~~: Chapter Seven:~~`*~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KA-BOOM! BOOM! KA-BOOOOM! The explosive sounded throughout the mountain and it shook the temple; Ally looked up at the battle field after the sound died out. She cheered; "The Fire Nation is retreating!"
There was a tense few seconds before the cheering started, steadily it grew louder, and louder until the crowd were full out screaming with celebration.
Snow-fire landed gracefully and the Mechanist jumped down off her saddle, jumping around and cheering like everyone else.
The rest of the afternoon was spent in celebration of the return of the air benders and the victory of the battle now called, 'The Battle of the Northern Temple.'
"You know what?" Tane said to Teo, "I'm really glad you guys all live here now. You weren't born here, but you found this place and it your home. And now you protect each other like the Nomads use to back in the old days. That does this place justice." Tane smiled.
"Thanks Tane, that means a lot." Teo said, he turned to Ally, "Are you sure that you have to leave? You can stay here with all of us."
Ally shook her head, "I have to go and find Aang; it's what the Air Spirit wants me to do. And I know that the Air Nomads are safe here. The road were I protect the air children has come to an end; I've kept the promise I made Monk Gyasto. Now I must follow another road; Find Aang and help him master all the Elements."
"That's really brave of you Ally." the Mechanist said after eating everything on his plate. "I only wish I could have been as brave as you, then the battle wouldn't be necessary."
"You are." Ally pointed out. "You made the decision to fight back when the time came to choose. That is something to be proud of; Not many have the courage to make the right decision when your crossroad comes."
"How soon are you planning to leave?" Tom asked Ally.
"Midday tomorrow." Ally replied, "That will give me enough time to pack supplies and say goodbye to everyone."
"Are you taking Snow-fire?" Lyra asked. "And Nyx and Neo too?"
Ally nodded.
"Well at least you won't be alone." Kin said.
"You're all talking as though you might never see each other again." Tom said while rolling his eyes. Jin hit him over the head with a miniature tornado.
"Of course not." Jin said, she turned to Ally, "Just promise you'll be safe."
"I can't promise that I won't be in danger." Ally pointed out. "But I'll be careful. Promise." She said smiling.
"That's all I ask," said Jin, happy about Ally's response, she leaned onto Tane's shoulder. Ally fell asleep the moment she laid down on Snow-fire's furry white head.
Ally looked around the sky landscape, she was standing on clouds? She looked behind her, giving a start as Avatar Roku was walking up to her.
"You have done well in protecting your friends, Ally." His voice had several hundred, thousand voices laced into his own. "And now you are one your final road. You have to find Avatar Aang and protect him, help him and be his friend."
"I know but I have so many questions." Ally said desperately. "How can you contact me? How do I have these visions? How did I know how to do the Air Slice, when I've never learnt it before?"
"I can contact you only when Aang is in the Avatar State or before he goes into the Avatar State. Your great grandmother was the spirit of destiny incarnated into a human, granting her descendents with the power to see things as they happen. And the Wind Spirit lives in you now, he has bounded himself to you; thous granting you with knowledge when you need it, occasionally he will possess you when you are in dire need of help."
Ally shook her head, "Why me?" Ally asked.
"Because you have the strongest connection to the spirit world and the Avatar." Roku said.
"How?" Ally asked.
"Besides being a blood descendent from the spirit of destiny; your directly related on a spiritual level with Avatar Yangchen. Your great, great, great grandfather was her husband."
"Information overload." Ally mumbled. "You said you could only contact me when Aang is in the Avatar State?"
Avatar Roku inclined his head and moved his arm around, the sky landscape disappeared to be replaced by another one;
Ally saw Aang on his knees as he started mourning for Monk Gyatso, whose body was only bones wrapped in yellow robes and a beaded necklace. Ally gasped at the sight, tears eminently falling from her eyes. She saw a boy older then Aang, dressed in Water tribe blue outire, trying to reassure Aang, but his Arrow's light up a bright white. Then a whirlwind begins to forms around Aang.
"Aang! Come on, snap out of it!" Shouted at the water tribe boy.
A light blue sphere of energy surrounded Aang and begins to expand, knocking Sokka back out of the building.
The building crumbles apart, sending smoke and debris high into the air. Suddenly a Water tribe girl joined the boy behind some rubble, both shielding their faces from the wind. Aang begins to hover over the ground.
Ally tried to go over to him but Avatar Roku put a hand on her shoulder. "Just watch." He siad.
The contained storm continued to rage as both of the Water tribe members cling desperately to the rocks that hadn't yet blown away
Suddenly the girl was shouting. "Aang, I know you're 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 air benders may be gone, but you still have a family. Sokka and I, we're your family now!"
Aang began to descend when she is finished. His feet gently touched the ground. The wind dies away. But Aang's eyes and Arrow's were still glowing. The girl and Sokka come up on either side of him.
Sokka put a hand on his shoulder "Katara and I aren't going to let anything happen to you. Promise."
Katara took one of Aang's hands in her own. The glow instantly fades from his eyes and arrow markings. Grief-stricken and exhausted, Aang collapsed into Katara's arms and she holds him around his shoulders as they kneel on the ground.
Aang looked up at Katara, "you were right. And if fire benders found this temple that means they found the other ones, too. I really am the last air bender. I made a promise to Ally... That I'd come back. I've broken my promise..."
The view of Aang and the two water tribe kids vanished to be replaced by the same cloudy sky as before. "I'll find him." Ally whispered.
"Good luck, Ally; my friend." Avatar Roku said smiling slightly. "You'll have a good chance with finding Aang in Omashu."
Ally awoke with tears still falling down her cheeks, but her stormy blue eyes looked at the morning sky with determination.
