Hey again! So this is Chapter 1 of ANTLA. Hope you enjoy and please feel free to review/pm me for questions/comments.

Spring 0 AG, Somewhere between the Southern Air Temple and the Southern Water Tribe.

Aang's POV

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Yelled Aang as he and Appa plunged into the stormy waters.

Appa and I tried to fight against the currents but the currents were too strong for even us to escape. We were sinking faster than imaginable into the depths and I didn't know what to as my vision was fading.

I've failed before I've even began, thought Aang as the last of his strength slipped away.

Suddenly, my arrows were lighting the whole area and I found myself doing some high leveled waterbending to create a barrier against the cold ocean currents, only I didn't know how I was doing it because it surely wasn't me moving my arms in such a stance. All of a sudden I was swept away from the ocean and was in a different place. The last thing I saw before slipping into unconsciousness was someone in red and black robes approaching me.

Avatar Roku's POV

Aang what have you gotten yourself into? Thought Roku, as he looked down upon the unconscious form of Aang. I hope he has what it takes to defeat Sozin otherwise the Air Nomads may cease to exist.

"Aang"

No response.

"Aang wake up"

Aang's POV

"Aang"

I heard my name but my body refused to move.

"Aang wake up"

"Oh, I forget to mention, stop trying to move your body, try to move your mind."

Aang heard the person chuckle.

"Aang imagined himself opening his eyes and he opened them to see an elderly Fire Nation man.

"Who are you?" Asked Aang with a curious spark in his eyes.

The man smiled. "I am Avatar Roku, your past life."

Aang's face widened in surprise but quickly straightened himself and bowed before Roku.

"Avatar Roku, the monks want to send me away to the Eastern Air Temple away from Gya-

"Aang, I have been watching you your entire life to guide you to the path of becoming a fully realized avatar and keeping the balance. Normally Avatars would not watch over their future lives as much as I have but I had to take into consideration how and why I died." Roku frowned, obviously deeply in thought.

"What do you mean Roku?

Roku looked away from Aang, in emotional pain. Aang thought he say Roku crying but he quickly recovered and faced Aang again.

"From the beginning of my life I was friends with Firelord Sozin, although at that time he was just Sozin, prince of the Fire Nation and heir to the throne. He was a very kind young man, and we were great friends until I learned that I was the Avatar. We thought our friendship was over but we left on good terms. So I spend the next 2 decades traveling the world learning the elements. It might please you to know that Gyatso was in fact, a child at one point, not always the old man you see today."

"Aang flushed with embarrassment until he comprehended what Roku just stated.

"You knew Gyatso!"

"Oh yes, while I was learning Airbending we were great friends." Roku smiled as he remembered flying with his glider and Gyatso cheering him on.

Aang smiled.

"So when I returned to the Fire Nation to see my old friend Sozin, we rekindled our relationship even when he grew to be the Firelord. We even got married on the same day. However, he soon told me of his so called "dream" to spread the Fire Nation across the world. As the Avatar, I refused, and our friendship was broken. I left again to settle down with my wife and have a family, but keeping a careful eye on the rest of the world. 10 years passed and I soon learned that Sozin had Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom. I was so outraged I immediately flew to the Fire Nation palace and confronted Sozin. We got into a fierce battle and I warned him if he did any midoings against the world again, that I would end him. I should have been more decisive, but I got caught up in our previous friendship that my emotions got in the way. "

"So for the next 25 years, we did not speak at all. I was living with my family on an island hundreds of miles from the Fire Nation Palace. There were two volcanoes that erupted, and I tried to save the village, but when I thought all hope was lost, Sozin arrived. We were both old men, but we worked together to try to cool the lava, but we were soon overwhelmed and tried to evacuate."

"We ran side by side and I protected him from the toxic gases before having one geyser erupt in my face. I begged to him for help but he said without me, his plans of conquest were suddenly possible."

Aang yelled," How could he just leave you like that!"

Roku grimaced. He was disappointed that Sozin still chose his expansion over their friendship. How many times did Roku save Sozin that fateful day? From falling to death to toxic gases, and he still betrayed him.

"People change Aang, and his selfish goals overwhelmed his care for me in the end."

"So these past 12 years he has been planning how to take the world by force. He plans to use the Comet that enhances Firebending to attack the Air temples-

"WHAT?! He can't do that! They are innocent and defenseless!"

"It isn't strategic to attack them in his first strike, unless the Avatar was only a 12 year old Air Nomad. He doesn't know where or who you are, so he is going to kill all the airbenders."

"We have to stop him!" Yelled Aang. He was pacing back and forth in distress.

"Aang, You have to master all the elements and confront him before the Comet arrives, or he will plunge the world into a pointless war."

"How long do I have Roku?"

"About 5 months I'm afraid"

"5 months! How am I supposed to master the elements and defend my people from genocide in only 5 months!"

"Well Aang, you just have to-

"Aang, you are losing control of your body, if you don't wake up soon, you will be imprisoned in the Spirit world until someone can set you free from the ice. You need to wake up now!"

Aang's POV

Aang woke up still in the Avatar state, but not in control of his body. I wish I knew waterbending so I could get out of this ice. I don't want to be stuck in here forever! My body suddenly moved and started cracking open the ice. Appa woke up from the noise and tried to help me with his airbending. We quickly broke off some ice and used it to break the iceberg into pieces. My body created a water spout and sprung Appa and I free from the ocean.

This chapter was kind of rushed. I was behind on schoolwork and had to catch up, plus I was having writer's block. It isn't the best chapter but I tried.