I'm not giving up on this story! It has taken me months, but I've finally gotten enough time to get back to this. I will start uploading chapters regularly! (This will mostly follow only Aang's pov) (MOST of the events of Korra alone and the coronation will not be included) (Basically the others know Korra is missing but nobody knows about Aang) (if you don't remember this means Korra is at Toph's)
The Calling
As the airbender kids search for Korra, Aang finds himself in chains.
The door opened. A man dressed in uniform walked in. Aang glared at him. He glared back.
"You really have made a mistake Avatar Aang," He said. "Kuvira isn't very happy."
"She made the mistake when she twisted this cause into a dictatorship." Aang retorted. "I'll never back her cause again."
"So you will abandon the world again?"
"I never abandoned the world!"
"Yes you did." He said. "And the Earth Kingdom is going to survive because we have strength."
"Strength? Built upon the backs of people your treating like slaves?!"
"Loyal Earth Kingdom citizens will have to do their part if they want the armies protection. Of course, like I said I wouldn't expect and airbender to understand. The Earth Kingdom will not risk anihilation like the air nomads."
"This isn't the way."
"This is the only way." He said firmly. "And you will help us to this goal. Especialy with all the crimes you've already committed against the Earth kingdom."
"Crimes against the Earth kingdom?"
"When you decided to steal our land. You and Fire Lord Zuko."
"You don't understand. The people there weren't fire nation citizens or earth kingdom citizens byt the time the war ended. Would you have had us pull apart families?"
"You'll come around. We know you're not a metal bender, couldn't even figure that out could you?
He walked out, and closed the door behind him.
Hopelessness weighed down on him like the ocean. He'd been such a fool!
He felt like giving up. But no! He couldn't give up like this.
There had to be another way.
Instead of seeing what they want you to see, you've got to open your mind to the possibilities.
No, no he wasn't a metal bender. So they hadn't bothered to make his chains platinum. He might not indeed be a metal bender but...
Aang breathed in, and blew out onto the chain just where it met the shackle. Water condensed, forming ice. He smiled.
"Bumi, your mad genius."
A few minutes later and he was free.
The door was another problem. All he could think of was to try to blow it down, so he started to hit it with a barrage of airbending attacks. It bent, and then flew off its hinges, hitting the wall on the other side. The two guards on the other side jumped in surprise, moving to attack. Aang dodged several sheets of metal and kicked out with airbending, sending one of them down.
The other moved to attack him but Aang was quicker and the man suddenly found himself no longer standing.
"Well, that went better than I thought it would." Aang remarked to himself. He spun the air around him and nimbly jumped onto the air ball. Racing forward, he head for the armory.
He was pretty sure it was that way at least. The building felt familiar.
Luckily, he was right. He'd found the armory where they kept confiscated weapons, and there was his staff.
Minutes later he was running with several guards on his tail when he burst through a double door, to find himself outside in the late afternoon sun. He was in some sort of prison yard.
"STOP HIM!" Came a yell from somewhere far off.
Aang dodged several metal benders and then threw his glider into the air, catching it and flying into the air. More attacks followed, but he was an experienced flier and easily dodged them.
He made a mistake trusting Kuvira. That was true. But there was no undoing the past. All he could do was try to change the future.
He pulled a small whistle from a pocket in his robes. A whistle shaped like a bison. He blew it.
From behind him came the sounds of planes. They weren't going to let him get away that easily.
"Monkey feathers." He remarked to himself darkly.
He dodged several of their attacks, not wanting to inadvertently hurt anyone. Plus it would be difficult to attack, flying his glider.
Then in the distance, he heard the sound of Appa.
Aang dodged more attacks from the air craft before landing deftly on Appa's saddle. There were a total of five planes coming after him.
It wouldn't be that hard really. He just hoped they all made it out okay.
He punched, a three lances of fire extending from his palm and taking down three planes through their engines. They all started losing altitude. Another move and the next to two planes fell similarly.
Aang stood there for a moment, before he let go the breath he hadn't realized he was holding. He sat down, he muscles relaxing, adrenaline abating.
Where the heck was he? He'd managed to find the armory because he'd recognized the layout of the place, but a lot of their buildings were laid out similarly.
Well, this direction was as good as any he supposed.
And then about three hours later he stood up in surprise. They were over a swamp. But not just any swamp. THE swamp. And it was calling to him.
Aang landed with Appa at the central tree of the swamp, just as the sun was beginning to set. He kneeled on the vine and closed his eyes, placing one hand on the root.
His tattoos began to glow. And they showed him exactly what he needed to see.
Not much later Aang and Appa landed in another place in the swamp. He landed deftly on the ground.
In front of him, Korra's eyes began to glow, and so did his. They both entered the Avatar state, for the first time in years.
The glow faded.
"Aang!" His grandchildren and Korra all said at once.
"I knew you could do it Korra."
She smiled. "Well, I had help."
"…Twinkle toes?"
Am I mean for leaving off there? I feel kind of mean.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed that. If you are taking the time to read this story than you are awesome.
Expect chapters (hopefully) once or maybe (if I really surprise myself) two times a week.
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