The cold glass touches my lip. I slowly raise it and let a small amount of wine gently fall into my mouth. The wine has a lot of flavor and has kept it's fruity taste. This is fine wine and defiantly my favorite one. Some say that the wine on Yavin has more flavor or that Tyrea has more maturity but to me this is the best wine in the universe. It is also very, very expensive. Luckily being a commander had its perks and I can get it at a reduced price. It's amazing what some people will do for 'the man who found the S.T.C.' Yes it definitely has it's benefits.

This will be my final campaign. I have worked long and hard for the imperium and it has finally paid off. After the battle around the warehouse the Mechanicuim arrived along with 3 full chapters of the Blood Ravens. They made sure I was safe and that the S.T.C was recovered. I'm glad they came because even though the battle was won I had little hope of lasting any longer on that planet. And as I said being a commander has many perks. I am now personal friends with Gaberial Angelos and have close ties with the Fabricator General on mars. All of my equipment was upgraded and now my regiment has some of the best technology currently in production. I have only one more planet to discover and occupy and then I can retire. I already have a manor ready for my arrival along with my possessions and servants. It will be strange to leave my old life of fighting behind but not unwelcome. It will be my paradise for me to live along for the rest of my days. I might even invite some of my comrades if they're still alive. If I only miss one thing from this old life it will be them.

I also got to keep the blank I found chained in the basement of the factory. She didn't have a name or a history and she doesn't remember anything. She is now a perfect assassin and warrior. It's amazing what you can teach someone how knows nothing. Now she serves me and only me. I think I'll keep her when I'm living in my villa. The fact she is a blank makes her especially effective against psykers who would normally have an advantage.

*knock knock knock*

'Come in', I said.

'Commander we have reached high orbit.' my loyal bodyguard informed me.

'Very good,' I replied as I took another sip of my fine wine. 'Send the re-con team to the surface to set up the forward base. Also tell them to report back every 16 hours. If we find anything important out tell me but otherwise leave me to my drinks.'

As she leaves I take another sip and wonder what they will find.

'We are not your birth parents', Two water bending parents said. Their word were like daggers.

'What!' The boy of 16 in front of them replied. Everything was he knew was just shattered.

'We are not you birth parents,' the mother repeated. The words were just as painful.

'But why are you telling me now?' he was confused as to why they were telling him.

'Your 16 and you deserve to know. It is tradition to tell an adopted son when they are 16 that they are adopted.' Neither of the parents looked unhappy.

'But then what?' He just didn't know what to say anymore.

'Wait son all will be explained.' The mother interrupted '16 years ago a man approached us and gave you to us. He said it was important for us to take care of you. We were having trouble having a child and he helped us. We don't know anything about him because he disappeared afterwards.'

'So why are you telling me now? Your the ones who took care of me, your the parents I care about! He was starting to raise his voice in anger but he didn't notice.

'In the water tribe adopted people aren't part of the tribe. You have to prove that you can be part of this tribe.' The father explained.

'So what do I have to do to prove myself, hasn't living here for my entire life made a difference?' He was already accepted by everyone so why change, he was the same person he was yesterday.

'To prove yourself you have to find your parents.'

'But why!' He shouted. 'I want to stay with you. I don't want to know them. Those people abandoned me so why should I care?

'You don't understand son. Until you see your birth parents you are a outsider and you are not allowed back.'

'so your exiling me?' He was dumfounded by what hey were saying.

'You are a strong young man and should be able to survive in the wild.' He said this without any kind of emotion.

'SHOULD!' he exploded in rage. 'I'm not even a water bender, how am I even supposed to find them!

'Well neither of us know where your father is but we know your mother lives in the south pole. she used to be a legendary water bender but now she lives alone. After you were born something happened and she gave you away.'

'So I have no choice.' He just accepted it and lowered his head in shame.

'As of now Maitreya you are not a part of this tribe. Leave now until you find her and then you will be a man. Maitreya left on the verge of crying. His family had effectively disowned him and he had to travel to the other side of the world to find them. He didn't even know if he would ever he the two people who raised him. Or if he wanted to.

The air craft is flying down to the forest floor at a steady 328 MPH, just under the speed of sound. As part of a stealth unit it was vital that no suspicion was put upon them. As soon as the sound barrier is broken there is a VERY loud noise. When your are trying to be stealthy the last thing you want is a loud noise attracting attention. Since the plant was in the early technology era no anti-radar or detection was needed but a cloaking field was standard.

On the small ship tensions were high. the survival rates of re-con units were surprisingly low even compared to normal imperial guard. As the small ship landed the 10 soldier got out and one particular soldier in black with golden highlights in his armour took charge.

'Pair off and each take a direction. Report back in 1 hour. As soon as Raul sets up the vox connection keep radio contact.' Each off the soldiers paired up and went there separate ways. Two of them stayed to help Raul set up camp. The ship had everything aboard to set up a base and the re-con team had already started to set up a base.

This planet is strange. Most planets are strange but this one is by far the weirdest. I have been on hundreds of planets but not one of them have made me so nervous. I am not a coward, I want to make that much clear. I have never let fear get in the way of my duty but right now it is close. With my cloaking shield on I am invisible to all but the ones closest to me. But still something is worrying me. I doubt this planet is tainted but chaos can work in mysterious ways. *Creek* I instantly roll to the floor and look at the source of the noise. My partner does the same and we see a forager. He doesn't look like a problem but looks can be deceiving. We approach slowly making sure not to make any noise. The man starts to walk back and I notice a village up ahead. It is a small community and looks self sufficient. This will be a great place to find information.

The vox comes online after Raul has finished setting up the base. Maxim contacts the rest of the team about finding a settlement. The rest of group go back to the base after they have made sure the area is safe.

'We need to make contact and get some information about this planet' said Trinculo, the man who found the village.

'Are you sure we would be welcome there? we know nothing about that village. They might not welcome strangers' Replied the leader in the gold trimmed armour

'Prospero from the amount of intel we have it seams that these people are gunpowder technology at best. if they do start a fight we can easily take them.' responded Mirander, the only women in the group.

'But then we might give ourselves away.'

'To who?', she asked, 'there is no one on this planet that expects us here.'

'Your right. Everyone okay with proceeding to the village?' There was an anomalous nod between the group. Prospero was an unique leader for an imperial guard squad because he used a system of democracy in his leadership and this helped his group's bond grow.

'So we are agreed. Marander will be with Ariel. You will both go into town with Areil being the translator. Marander will be 'wounded' and have no idea what is going on. Areil will try to get information while they are healing Mirander. You two will keep constant vox contact and we will be ready to support you if anything goes wrong. Raul and Sycorax stay here and try to get the camp to full efficiency.'

They then started the important preparation for a possibly fatal mission.

The wind blows through her long hair as she walks along the path. Ty lee is walking with her adopted daughter Misa to an old friends house. It is less of a walk and more of a dance for Misa who is enjoying life to the full and everything makes her happy. She expresses this joy through her movements and personality. Even though Ty lee is not the birth parent the two women are almost identical and act in much the same way. Misa is very close with nature and she summer-salts and cartwheels along the path. Her mother is simply walking and smiling because she is glad her daughter is so happy. Ty lee wore a simple dress and her daughter wore a loose top and a skirt with tights underneath. She looked a lot like her adopted mother when she was her age.

'Are we nearly there?' She asked her mum.

'You tell me. This isn't the first time we've been to Sokka's house.'

'I know but I forget, I just love seeing him he's the closest thing I've ever had to a father,' her smile faltered but quickly reappeared. 'It doesn't matter I have you.'

'You sure do. And don't forget about Mai and even Iroh when you see him.'

'I don't like him. His jokes are never funny. I've only met him once anyway.'

'Well when you live in the earth kingdom it can be hard to keep in touch. We're here.'

The house was at the top of a flight of steps with exactly 99 steps. Each step is made out of glistering marble and represents one of the senior white lotus members. The house was previously owned by Piando but after his death he left the house to his favorite pupil, Sokka. He now lives there training, teaching and creating all manner of things from weapons to doors that automatically open when you step in front of them. Ty lee knocked on the door and waited. Sokka opened the door in a unnecessarily smart outfit, at least for a friendly get together.

'Ty lee! and Misa oh you've grown.' He said hugging both of them in the process.

'It's great to see you again how have you been?' She replied as they walked through the large house into the living room.

'Amazing! I'm really close to creating a new form of transport, it'll be powered by steam it's brilliant!' Ty lee chuckled about how Sokka could go on about something she didn't understand. 'What so funny? oh Misa I made something for you. Misa's eyes lit up.

'What is it what is it?' she said jumping about.

'When I was doing some training I realized I didn't have the right equipment so I made some then I thought you might be able to use it.' He opened the door to show a large room with tons of gymnastic equipment. There were high bars and beams and even small holes in the walls to climb up.

'Can I really use all this stuff?'

'Go ahead I only-' Misa left instantly to try and reach the highest point in the room, a short cord of string hanging from the roof. As she was running she took in her surroundings instantly to try and find a way up there. It would be tough but she had been training all her life wether she was aware of it or not. As she ran she got ready to start. She had picked up enough speed and began. She jumped on the balance beam and kept at the same speed making sure she didn't trip. She then jumped over a bar, tucking her legs in to make sure she didn't hit it as she went over it. Then she landed on a small spring block which made her bounce even higher. While she was in the air she did a front flip and grabbed onto another high bar. She was only 8 meters away from her goal and she knew how to get there. She ran at one of the walls and kicked off it to get some extra hight, enabling her to reach a set of monkey bars on the celling. She was just off her goal but that would soon change.

'She's amazing I didn't think she was that good. She's even better then you were.' Sokka said amazed.

'Oh please I could do that I just don't want to. But your right she is talented. You didn't actually make this stuff for yourself now did you?' She asked inquisitively.

'Well I just wanted to see how she had grown, I mean she's like a daughter to me.'

'It's okay to talk about them you know, it's bad to keep feelings like that inside.'

'Don't mention their names ever!' Sokka burst out. He had kept all those felling inside.

Taken back Ty lee replied 'Sorry I didn't mean it, she is nearly at the top lets look.'

She was nearly at the top but there was a problem. The gap between the monkey bars and her goal was too big for her to reach. That didn't stop her from trying. As she swung off the bars she knew she had made a mistake. The terror gripped her because in seconds she would hit the hard cold floor. The only thing she could think to do was to flap her arms like a bird and pray. And it worked. There was a extra torrent of air and she was propelled forward onto the short strand of rope.

'Misa! are you alright?' Ty lee shouted, terrified for her daughter.

'I think so', she shouted as she held the rope tightly.

She couldn't of made that jump. Sokka thought. Wait she propelled herself with air-bending! She's an air bender! Suddenly a hundred bad memories of his sister and Anng came into his head which he had tried so hard to forget. He left without saying another word.

Just as rehearsed. The two soldiers left the forest and quickly ran into town. They both wore simple rags and the only thing that stood out about them was the large blood stain on Mirander's left thigh. completely real of course. There were no corners to be cut when on a infiltration mission. A villager ran towards them. 'What's wrong?' he asked. Perfect thought Areil. He could speak any language in the known universe that was humanly possible to pronounce but first he had to hear the language. Now that he had heard them speak he could replicate the language fluently. It was a useful ability and helped a lot in infiltration.

'I was in the forest with my companion but she got attacked and she's really hurt.' Only the last bit was true.

'Come with me to the doctor, I can't help but he can.' They both helped support her on the way to the house and knocked frantically on the door of the town's doctor.

'Not another one.' Was all he doctor said before letting them in. He lived in a small sod house but it was an effective dwelling and for earth benders it was especially easy to erect. It wasn't very clean though. The mud and earth was very dirty in some places and wounds could easily get infected. But they had herbal remedies and didn't know about germs or micro organisms.

'Is she going to be alright?' Areil asked the doctor.

'Varek put some pressure on the wound. How did this happen?' he replied keeping all the focus on Mirander.

'We were running away and she tripped onto a rock. It cut into her leg and I had to rush her over here.' He answered this while the doctor got some bandages.

'She'll be fine in a couple hours, I gave her some herbal remedies and bandaged the wound. Her wound probably got infected in the forest. Where are you from? Why were you in the forest in the first place?'

We got lost while we were exploring the place outside, we wanted to find out more about the area around where we lived but like I said we then got lost.'

You should of known the forest is a dangerous place, I have treated many people who were too naive to see the problems', he said with a hint of disgust.

'When I get back to my village I will tell them the dangers of the dark forest. Can you tell me what things have been going on in the other places in the world?' He was in.

'You really don't know anything? Well the more I tell you the less you'll have to explore. There are three main nations. The fire nation has been ruled by fire lord Zuko for the last 15 years. He is struggling and apparently he has rages and is mentally unsound. The earth kingdom is ruled by the king and he is guarded by his squad of flying boars. They are the best and some of the smartest earth benders in the world. The water kingdom live in the north and south. They are nomadic and can move from location to location easily. There was a great conflict which nearly destroyed everything we know. It was started by the fire nation and there is still hatred for them.' In his head Areil was memorizing everything he was hearing for later. He also noticed a lack of any words in gothic, high or low. It was common for languages to deviate over the long periods of time but they normally kept some roots in gothic. That might be useful to remember.

In the dark halls of fire king's palace one man is hard at work. He is completely entranced by his work and nothing can get his attention. Almost nothing.

'Who is it!' Zuko shouts turning in a battle position.

'Someone who can help you', a voice replies in the distance but because it is too dark it is impossible to tell where it is coming from.

'Where is Adril?' Zuko replies still in battle stance.

The voice slowly gets closer. 'I can help you, don't you want to help bring this world into a new age?'

'But how can I? the world won't let me', replied Zuko wavering in his stance.

The blank left the darkness 'you have dedicated 18 years of hard work trying to save this world. The only mistake you made was trying to do it alone. Nothing you have done has changed but now you can make a difference.' And with that Zuko gave in to the mysterious blank.

Author's note:

Sorry it's taken me so long to do this chapter but I'm a slow writer and I've got a lot of stuff to do. I have to learn the full script for the green mile and revise all my GCSE exams. However I will still keep to my one a month and after I do my exams I'll have more time to this thing. I spent several hours reading through this and proof reading to make sure it is as good as I can make it. The one thing i will not do is upload anything which I'm not happy with :)

One last thing in your reviews can you mention something specific that you like and should continue or something I should change. Saying you enjoy my work is good but not that helpful but thanks for the couple of fans I do have and your couple of reviews.