The last chapter from Book 1! I'm so excited.
As always, I don't own ATLA.
Aang and Kanya looked around cautiously after they entered the Spirit World. A little blue orb floated around there heads and urged them to follow it. Aang quickly chased the orb, but ended up falling into some muddy water. Kanya ran over and helped him up as their reflections morphed into Avatar Roku.
"Roku!" Kanya squealed, excited to see her wise past life.
"We need your help, the Water Tribe is under attack and we need to Moon and Ocean spirits" Aang explained quickly.
"The Moon and Ocean spirits are ancient, there is only one spirit I know who could tell you where they are" Roku answered. "He is Koh, but he is very dangerous. They call him the Face Stealer. When you see him you must show no emotion at all" he continued.
Aang and Kanya looked over at each other to see what the other thought. Aang smiled at Kanya and she nodded her head to except the new challenge of finding Koh.
Roku told them where to find Koh and the Avatars set off to speak to him. They both took deep breaths and relaxed their faces before entering the dark cave where Koh was said to live.
"Hello? We are looking for Koh" Aang said as they continued to walk deeper.
"Welcome" a wavering voice answered from the darkness. The centipede like spirit seemed to slither into view. Its face resembled a clown as stretched close to the Avatar's faces.
Aang and Kanya bowed to the creature after it greeted them.
"How can I help you children" Koh asked as he continued to move around the tunnel, changing its face as it went.
"We need to find the Ocean and Moon spirits" Kanya replied.
"Tui and La are their spirit names. Push and Pull" Koh said.
"Please, we need their help to save the Water Tribe" Aang begged.
Koh grinned, "It is actually they who need your help. Someone is going to kill them" he said. "Tui and La, your Moon and Ocean, have always circled each other in an eternal dance. They balance each other. Push and pull. Life and death. Good and evil. Yin and yang."
"The koi fish in the Oasis" Kanya and Aang cried in unison. "We really should be going now" Aang said to Koh.
"We'll meet again" Koh replied as he sunk back into the darkness.
The Avatars ran out of the tunnel and found their reflections turn into Roku again.
"We need to get back to the physical world now!" Aang said eagerly to Roku.
"I have someone that can help you" Roku responded as a large Panda spirit appeared out of thin air. Aang and Kanya instantly recognized the spirit that was wreaking havoc in the town they visited. They jumped onto his back and he took them back to where they had entered the Spirit World.
Katara, Sokka and Yue flew over the snowy terrain on Appa's back. They searched for their missing friends and Prince Zuko.
"They can't have gotten far. Zuko had to carry Aang and Kanya through the snow" Yue tried to reassure the Southern Water Tribe members.
"And if we know anything about Zuko, we know he doesn't give up easily" Sokka put in.
"Wait, what's that?" Katara exclaimed as two bright blue lights flew through the sky and went into a small cave below them. "Aang and Kanya, that has to be them" she said as she steered Appa downward.
Katara jumped off the bison as Zuko came out from the cave chasing after a tied up Aang. Katara dn Zuko took fighting stances, "ready for a rematch?" Zuko asked as he shot the first strike. The two went back and forth for a while as Sokka helped Kanya out of the cave and untied her and Aang.
Katara overtook Zuko using the strength of the full moon to stop him. But as the Prince flew backward he ran into Kanya and knocked her and himself unconscious.
Aang tied up the Fire Prince and threw him on to Appa's saddle as Sokka carefully lifted his older sister up. They flew back to the Water Tribe silently and as they grew closer both Aang and Yue felt weak.
"The Moon spirit is in trouble" Yue said, "I owe that spirit my life. When I was born I was very sick and the Moon Spirit gave me life" she continued. "That is why my name is Yue, for the moon"
"Kanya is named after the Ocean spirit" Sokka put in, worried about Yue and his sister.
Appa and the gang landed in the Oasis as General Zhao captured the Moon spirit and the full moon turned deep red. Aang, Katara, Sokka and Yue jumped off the bison and ran towards the firebender.
"Zhao don't do it. Killing the Moon spirit will affect everyone. You have no idea the chaos that will ensue if you kill it!" Aang pleaded.
Zhao looked at the bag containing the Moon spirit and slowly released in back into the pond with the Ocean spirit. He looked up at the relieved Avatar and then sent fire into the pond, killing the fish he had just released.
The moon's glow disappeared as it vanished from the sky. Zhao and his men left the Oasis as Yue fell to her knees in tears. Aang grew very angry, his arrows slowly began to glow as he walked towards one of the canals in the tribe. He went into the Avatar State and transformed into a large blue creature. Aang went out to stop the firebenders.
Yue lifted the fish out of the water and Iroh walked forward to take a look at the spirit.
"It gave me life, and now I must give it back" Yue whispered as she put her hands over the wound and it glowed before the fish came back to life and the moon reappeared in the sky. Sokka held tight to the lifeless body before it vanished.
Zuko carried Kanya over his shoulder as he tried to find a way out of the water tribe safely. He set the girl down as he came upon Zhao. They began to fight but before either could win, Aang grabbed the general and pulled him into the canal.
Zuko quickly picked up Kanya again and continued on.
Iroh left the gang in the Oasis to try and find his nephew.
"Where's Kanya?" an already upset Sokka asked.
"She's in the saddle with-" Katara began to answer as she realized her sister had been taken again by Zuko.
"We have to go save her now!" Sokka demanded as he acted on instinct and tried to scramble on to Appa's head.
"No, we need to stay and make sure the Water tribe is okay. I don't think Zuko will take her straight to the Fire Nation. He wants both of you, so he'll keep her safe until we try to get her back" Katara said.
Sokka glared at his little sister.
"I agree, Iroh seems like a nice enough guy, he'll keep her safe if Zuko doesn't" Aang said.
Sokka crossed his arms over his chest and refused to speak to either of them.
"Myself and some other benders are going to travel to the Southern Water Tribe, it's time we help rebuild our sister tribe" Master Pakku announced to the gang the next morning.
"Who will teach Aang waterbending?" Katara asked.
"You will, Master Katara" Pakku answered with a smile.
Aang and Katara embraced, happy for Katara's skills and their victory over the Fire Nation.
"Nephew, what are you going to do with the Avatar?" Iroh asked as he watched the Prince tend to Kanya's wounds.
"I'm… I'm going to keep her with us so that the other Avatar will come to save her and I can capture him too" Zuko blurted out.
Iroh sighed, realizing Zuko's heart was no longer in capturing the Avatar. His nephew was tired of the rage and pain that he had known for the past few years.
After Iroh left the room Zuko studied the unconscious girl. Her eyes fluttered every so often as he took care of the scratches on her arms and legs.
"I wish I could talk to you without you wanting to cringe in fear or run away" Zuko muttered. "No one understands me anymore, the only person that did is gone and I can't find her. But you remind me of her. Every time I look into your eyes I feel…happy. I feel happy and I feel good, like a child again" he continued.
Kanya tried not to smile, she could hear everything the Prince was saying. The corners of her lips curled up as she listened to him speak to himself and to her.
"I miss my mother" Zuko whispered before standing and exiting the room.
I hope you all liked it, and I hope to start Book 2 by Monday!
Please review! :)