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They flew through the next day towards the Fire Nation. They had to get there before the sunset.
"What's that?" Katara pointed to something speeding through the ocean below them.
Kanya and Sokka looked down to where she pointed. Kanya scanned the deck of the familiar Fire Nation ship. She caught sight of the Prince as he made his way on deck. Their eyes met and held like they had at Kyoshi Island.
Clouds floated around the bison and Zuko fired the first fireball towards the gang.
"We've got to speed up!" Sokka yelled as they watched the fireball fly overhead.
"We can't, there's a blockade" Aang replied as the clouds parted and numerous Fire Navy ships floated in front of them. "We have to move now." Kanya commanded, "Yip! Yip!" she yelled to Appa.
The bison sped up as the Fire Navy ships began to shoot at them. Appa swerved around as many as he could as everyone clung to the saddle. With a final swerve Sokka was shaken out of the saddle and began to fall to the ocean below.
"Help!" he screamed as he flew through the clouds. Aang maneuvered Appa down swiftly towards the ocean to catch Sokka. Sokka landed on the saddle and Katara grabbed onto him as another fireball was aimed directly for them.
Aang leaped off of Appa's head and deflected the fireball with airbending as they sailed over the blockade and into the Fire Nation waters.
Once they were in Fire Nation territory they still had a far way to travel to get to the crescent island and see Avatar Roku.
"We're not gonna make it" Kanya whispered in worry. She wanted to talk to Roku more than Aang did. She had so many questions about why she was also an Avatar and what she was supposed to do now. Kanya picked at the hemming of her skirt to calm her nerves.
"Wait, there it is!" Aang exclaimed, "There's the island that the dragon showed me"
Appa landed below the temple, out of sight, and put his head on the ground in exhaustion. The gang quickly dismounted and made their way up to the temple.
"It looks deserted" Sokka said as they walked inside.
"The sages must have abandoned it after Avatar Roku died" Katara replied.
They walked silently through the halls until they met a group of five older Fire Nation Men.
"We are the Fire Sages, guardians of the Temple of the Avatar." The man in the front announced.
"Well, I am the Avatar" Aang complied with a smile.
"We know" he responded before the front three sent fire blasts at the group.
"Run!" Aang yelled as he sent air flying at the sages to knock them off their feet. "Now follow me" he said as the water tribe siblings ran behind him through the corridors.
They came to a dead end and were cornered by one of the sages, "I want to help you" he said as he bowed before Aang. "I will take you to Roku" he continued as he stood and opened up a secret doorway.
The group traveled down a long passageway to get to where they could speak to Roku. The sage that helped them explained why the sages attacked and how to talk to Roku once inside the chamber.
As they arrived at the room they realized the door was shut and they needed five firebenders to open it. But Sokka had an idea to use land oil to make "fake firebending."
The plan didn't work, but Katara came up with a better one to trick the other sages into opening the door for them. As the sages did so Aang grabbed Kanya's hand and ran through the closing door. As soon as the door fully closed a blue light flashed through the room.
Kanya fell to her knees in front of Roku's statue as Aang pleaded with it to talk to him. Finally as the light from the solstice lit the whole statue they both entered the spirit world and faced the real Avatar Roku.
Kanya quickly stood and bowed to the man as Aang did the same.
"It's good to see you Aang, Kanya. What took you so long?" he asked them. "I have something very important to tell each of you" he continued.
Roku began to explain the meaning of the vision they had of a comet. Sozin's comet was used to start the war and Fire Lord Ozai plans to use it again to end it.
"You must defeat the Fire Lord before the comet arrives at the end of the summer," Roku said.
"But I haven't learned waterbending yet, let alone earth or fire" Aang replied.
"Kanya and Aang, you must work together to defeat the Fire Lord. Learn from each other and teach each other" Roku instructed.
Outside the room Zuko stood with the sages while Katara and Sokka were chained to a column.
"As soon as the doors open, focus all your fire power on whatever come out" Zuko told them.
"What about Kanya and Aang? Why did she even go in there with him?" Katara wondered.
Sokka looked worried, but didn't take his eyes off that door.
"Now Kanya, I know you have many things you want to ask, but we only have a short time" Roku said.
Kanya nodded, she was still in awe of the wise Avatar.
"This situation is even hard for me to understand, but I will explain it the best way I can. When Aang froze himself in ice 100 years ago there was a brief moment when he stopped living. And because he wasn't living the next Avatar was immediately called upon. But Aang then entered the Avatar State and the mistake was realized, but it was already set in motion. Everything that could have been done to stop you from becoming an Avatar was tried. But all that did was draw out your birth until eighty years after Aang had been frozen." Roku explained.
Kanya became a bit emotional, but listened to every word he had to say.
"You are an Avatar, don't let anyone tell you differently. And this incident could be just what we need to end this war and restore balance. As long as you both work together this will not be a problem" he finished.
"I have great faith in the both of you and I am a part of each of you, when either of you need me again you will find a way" he said.
Kanya bowed again to the Avatar as he shut his eyes. "Danger is waiting back at the temple. But I can help you both face it if you're ready."
Aang nodded slowly and his arrows began to glow blue.
Kanya took a deep breath to compose herself, she knew deep down she could do this. She then nodded as well and her fingers began to tingle as her eyes shown blue.
The Avatars retuned to the physical world in the Avatar State. The door slowly opened as the firebenders prepared to attack.
"Kanya, Aang no!" Katara yelled out to them as the bender shot fire at the two figures.
As the fire cleared a vision of Roku stood in the place of Aang and Kanya. He deflected the fire and sent it back, releasing Katara and Sokka's bonds.
Zuko and the sages ran at the sight of Avatar Roku.
The sage that had helped them ran over, "he will destroy the temple, we must go!"
Roku pulled the lava up from below the temple as the last bit of light from the solstice disappeared from his statue.
The smoke in the room encompassed Roku and as it cleared Aang and Kanya stood where he had once stood.
Katara and Sokka ran forward to catch the two before they fell to the ground. "We have to get out of here" Kanya said weakly.
Her brother and sister looked afraid to even be near her. Though they all stood and ran to the edge of the temple as it began to sink into the lava.
Appa and Momo came flying to the rescue as the gang thought they had to chance.
As the sun set they flew on slowly. No one had spoken since they were saved by Appa.
Katara broke the silence, "are you an Avatar?" she asked simply.
Kanya looked into the eyes of her little sister. She saw so much of their mother in Katara. Then she looked at Sokka, remembering when their father had left and how much she had had to console the little boy.
"Yes, I am an Avatar" she replied.