Avatar, Brothers Dissolution ~ Book 1: The Avatar [IC]

Maestro · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Maestro** on Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:53 pm

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Brothers Dissolution

Book 1: The Avatar

Water, Earth, Fire, Air

Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony, then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, though when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new avatar, Aang. And although his Airbending skills are great he has a lot to learn before he is ready to save anyone. But I believe, that Aang can save the world.

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"Introducing, Avatar Roshan!" Standing in-between the crowd like any other citizen, Roshan was trying to bring some logic to what just happened. The ceremony had lasted nearly two hours... time spent with Ba Sing Se slowly filling up with people. From Air Nomads to the Water Tribe, and even Fire Nation, joining together for this monumental event. Roshan, Avatar Roshan, would be the one to succeed Avatar Kiew of the Water Tribe. How was this possible?! Roshan, the Avatar, keeper of balance? This had to be a joke. Roshan would be sure to ask his father about this later, but for now, he did sort of enjoy the attention.

"The avatar has been restoring balance since the beginning of time, having protected all nations... having showed that we all can come together, differences aside. Sixteen years ago, Avatar Kiew peacefully passed away, leaving a window for a new Avatar to step through... for another life to begin. Today, destiny takes hold, and that window is now closed. A new journey begins with the new Avatar, my son, Roshan. Tomorrow, he will travel to the Water Tribe to begin mastering the elements, the most hardest of all treks."

"So today, we stand here as not four nations, but one, to open our arms to the new Avatar, keeper of balance, and wish him luck on his upcoming journey." Earth King Minzeh stated, waving his arms in the air as the crowd began to yet again roar from excitement. Roshan was on the stage then, but his father encouraged him to get out there with the people and show them that he cared. In which he didn't. What was so great about having to save the world from its unrelenting terrors? Roshan would rather have a little fun rather than having to slave around for everyone else. The only person Roshan really cared about was himself, and that's how it had always been.

"Yes, yes, no need to scream, the Avatar is here." Roshan flaunted, waving about while making his way through the ocean of people that surrounded him; tipping his hat to cover his eyes, trying to escape this mayhem, his father abruptly appeared in front of him, stopping him. "I could not be any prouder, my son, the Avatar. You bring honor to the Earth Kingdom, and never forget where you are from. You have a long journey ahead of you... so let us return to the palace so you may rest." Roshan looked up to his father with a sigh... why him? It took him long enough to learn Earthbending... but now, he had to master, Waterbending, Airbending, and Firebending too. He didn't deserve this, and even though most people would be ecstatic, why wasn't he?

Roshan knew he was a screwup, he knew that he would be nothing like the prodigy his brother was... he couldn't do it, he couldn't be the Avatar that everyone wanted. "Dad, what if I don't want to be the Avatar... what if I can't do it..." Roshan asked, looking at the ground, disgusted with himself. "You must never say that Roshan! It is your duty, destiny chose you for a reason. You will master the elements Roshan, not because you have to do it, but because you have the power too." Putting a single hand under his sons chin, he lifted Roshan's head up and looked into his eyes. "If your mother was alive... if she could see this." Roshan pushed his fathers hand away and scowled, "Don't bring mom up, please?"

"If that is what you wish my son. Now, we'll go to the palace. You're not the only one suffocating from all these people." Smiling, his father looked around to the people and waved one last time before the rocks under him latched onto his legs and pulled him under. Roshan simply followed his father underground, taking to the secret tunnels.

"Not fair... the Avatar... fate should have chosen someone else. I could never meet the expectations." Roshan mumbled, crossing his arms. "You are wrong Roshan, you have done it many times before. You can do it, and you will." Saw that coming. If Roshan did have past lives, why was he the way he was now? He was nothing like the past Avatars, nothing like Avatar Kiew or any of his others lives. He was a fool.

"I'm going to let everyone down..." He murmured, stopping. "And when did you start caring about what others thought? I'd thought you'd be happy to hear such news. Where is my real flamboyant son?" Glaring at his father, Roshan removed his bamboo hat and grinned, "I'll admit, the attention is nice... but how do you know it's me?"

"We have things in place for that... destiny has an odd way of showing itself. But what does it matter? You are, and it's just that." Sprouting from the ground, appearing in one of the empty alleys close to the palace, Roshan and his father went on with their conversation.

"Naguri is the real prodigy... not me. I'll never be as good as him." It was true, his brother was an Earthbending prodigy, someone that his father could truly be proud of, but Roshan? He was nothing.

"Your brother is great, true enough, but you were meant to be greater. There is no changing your destiny, so just live with it okay?" Nodding once, almost to the palace, both Roshan and Earth King Minzeh were rudely interrupted...

ImmortalSin · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **ImmortalSin** on Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:05 pm

Amongst the crowd a young woman twisted and weaved, making her way out of the mass of bodies. Why anyone would want to attend such a ceremony was still a mystery to her, she couldn't believe how far some had traveled just to attend the revealing of the new Avatar. Sure, they were powerful, and meant to do great things for their people, but society had become too dependent on this so called 'keeper of balance'. Fei Yen was a master of balance, she didn't need some stuck up know it all telling her how to keep the peace.

Eventually she broke free, retreating to one of the quieter streets. The Avatar had yet to be revealed, but she didn't care. She quickly scaled one of the smaller buildings, sitting atop the roof so that she could have a proper view of the city beneath her.

As soon as she was sure she was alone, she emptied her pockets, smirking contentedly at her little hoard so far. It'd been almost too easy this time, her victims were far too engrossed in the ceremony, unable to see nor feel their possessions leave them. And with so many different nations gathered, they'd have no one to point the finger at, or rather, they'd have far too many to point the finger at. It would be almost impossible to track her down.

Once the ceremony had come to an end, it meant even more vulnerable targets. There would be parties, some possibly extremely extravagant, and all she had to do was find a way in. For a woman her age, and with her beauty, that was also a breeze.

Fei Yen exhaled softly and moved into a more comfortable position, hugging her knees to her chest, her chin resting between her kneecaps. She didn't mind this city, in fact, Ba Sing Se had a nice atmosphere about it. A part of her yearned to try and settle in here, but she knew that wasn't possible. She'd already chosen this path and she would follow it to the end.

Her dull amber eyes suddenly lightened as she heard voices. She was struggling to make out what they were conversing about, but when she finally caught sight of them a smile tugged at the corner of her lips. They looked wealthy, and vulnerable... an offer far too good to refuse.

Fei Yen ran a hand through her long, beige hair, trying to calm herself whilst she waited for them to come into close enough range. Her fingertips rested on a small blade, slowly tracing the design on it's hilt. The younger male was the one closest to her, so he was to be her hostage, at least until she got what she wanted from them. She would attack like a coward, from behind, but it did not bother her in the least.

In one fluid movement she launched herself into the air, blade in hand, eyes alight with adrenalin. Both of her feet connected with the boy's back, sending him straight to the ground. Before either of them had any time to react, she'd already seized the back of his clothes, pulling him back to his feet and into her arms. One arm wrapped around his torso, attempting to hold him still, while the other rested along his collarbone, her hand pressing the small weapon to his throat.

Though she lacked the male's strength, she easily made up for it with her speed. On top of that they'd had no idea they were in immediate danger, so they'd been completely unprepared. The whole ordeal had played out over a matter of seconds.

"Hand over anything of value and you'll get your boy back. I'm not bluffing either, so do what you're told." Her cool voice ordered, hoping that the older man obliged. Harming kids was not something she enjoyed. As if to prove her seriousness, she let the blade slip just an inch, a few drops of blood now resting atop the metal.

Maestro · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Maestro** on Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:35 pm

It was unexpected that someone would attack the new Avatar and the Earth King, especially a woman, but it had happened... and Roshan thought he was an idiot. "Now now, no need for violence, just put the blade down... I'm sure we can handle this without that. What good would it do attacking the Earth King and the Avatar? I doubt that path leads anywhere but a prison cell." The Earth King didn't know that she had attacked without knowing who they were, but he had just given her a little insight nonetheless. Seriously, if she would of known, how stupid could one really be? Well no matter, she was no match for two master Earthbenders, no match at all.

Minzeh smirked and looked at his son, nodding once before escaping underground; Roshan on the other hand just smiled and planted his feat, getting ready to break away from her. "You're pretty on the eyes, but you'll be even prettier on the ground." Taking a deep breath, Roshan raised the earth under him, hoisting him into the air where he planted his feet into the girls chest. Unfortunately, she landed smoothly, and launched herself back at him.

"God, that really hurt..." Touching his neck where she barely nicked him, something slammed into his back, knocking him onto the ground face-first. Scowling, Roshan got to his feet and the ground under her immediately softened, turning to quicksand. "Don't look so tough now do you. Now that your on the ground... lets have a little FUN!" Sending a rock column from out under her, flinging her into the air, Roshan quickly began tossing earth blocks at her.

almostinsane · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **almostinsane** on Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:39 pm

Li honestly didn't know what he was doing in Ba Sing Se. Logically, there was no reason for him to be in the city of walls, but he had decided to come anyway, if only to see up close who turned out to be the Avatar. He wasn't impressed. The Avatar turned out to be the Earth King's younger and, in his opinion, spoiled son. The lad didn't appear to have had one day of hard work in his life.

Benders are lucky he thought to himself as he shifted through the crowd, an anonymous face among such a diverse gathering of people throughout the world that came to celebrate the revelation of the Avatar. They are given so much power and some of them don't deserve it. In the past, Li had met many benders and some of them, he did respect but there were some who were given great talent but didn't utilize it or squandered it. The new Avatar appeared to be such a person.

As he wondered through the streets, Li thought about what he would do next. He had been traveling for over a year and he still hadn't found the answers he sought: about who he was and what he was meant to do. For most of his life, he had grown up thinking that he would spend his life honing his skills in combat and eventually run the academy like his father did and his father before him. But now, with the academy gone and his father dead, he didn't know. He just traveled, never staying in one place, doing odd jobs here and there and occasionally acting as a hired vigilante to help enforce the law.

He frowned when he came upon a scene that would force him to become a vigilante once again. He saw that girl, about his age, maybe a year older, was holding a young man hostage, probably to intimidate the man near her. He gripped his sword as he took in the scene. He hated thugs. He spoke calmly, "What are you doing with the boy?"

Saying this, he was preparing to take action when the girl was earthbended to the ground and sunk into it. He smiled. It seemed the girl got what deserved. His eyes widened a bit when he saw who it was: the Avatar and his father, the Earth King.

ImmortalSin · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **ImmortalSin** on Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:00 pm

The Avatar... and the Earth King? Could she have possibly chosen a more powerful duo? Only one word described her at the moment. A complete, and utter fool. She would be locked up for this, there was no doubt about it. Her days of crime were over... unless she somehow managed to escape from them.

And then it really began.

For the first few minutes of battle it'd been almost a game, each of them bettering the other in some way or another. If the stakes weren't so high she might have actually enjoyed herself.

The boy seemed to share a deeper connection with the ground beneath him, this was the second time he'd face planted in the past 5 minutes. Before she had anytime to dwell on her small victory any further, the solid earth beneath her changed, and she was now waist deep in the muck.

As if that wasn't embarrassment enough the next thing she knew she was soaring through the air. A furious growl escaped her, her hatred for this boy growing. "You're the avatar, you're meant to help your people!" Her eyes widened in fear at the oncoming barrage of stone, was he trying to kill her?

Without even thinking, and without even ordering her limbs to do so, both of her hands shot out in front of her. She shut her eyes, feeling a rush of hot air, before hearing the sound of quite a large explosion. As soon as that sound had reached her ears, any of the rage that had been a part of her quickly evaporated. She plummeted towards the ground, too disgusted in herself to even bother breaking her fall.

Fei Yen skidded to a stop in front of the onlooker who'd earlier questioned her intentions. All that remained of the avatar's projectiles was a few smoldering piles of rubble. She made no move to stand, or to speak, instead she simply rested there, her body aching from the impact, her conscience screaming at her for what she'd done.

Maestro · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Maestro** on Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:41 pm

Blocks flying from the ground, launching themselves towards her, the woman immediately snarled at him; she swiftly put her hands out and Firebended, turning the rock into nothing but rubble - leaving Roshan surprised. "Firebender..." Roshan whispered, watching her fall from the the sky and land on the ground, motionless. "Shows her..." Roshan said out loud, thinking he had won - when in truth he had done nothing. "Maybe I am the Avatar after all." Snorting once, Roshan made his way to her, casting a large shadows as he just hovered there, staring with a large smirk across his face. "You're on the ground after all. Told you so... you do a look a little pretty to, that dirt in your eye is a good addition." Winking once, the ground below her feet rose up and took a hold of her, pinning her legs.

"You know what would look even better? A Earth Kingdom cell around you." The ground below her arms also rose up, locking her hands in place and lifting her to her feet - which was hard on her, especially because she was both in pain and upset with herself. Rock forming around Roshan's hands, - a technique used by the Dai Li - he traded the wall of rock that imprisoned her hands into simple rock-made cuffs. Immediately, her feet still pinned to the ground, she fell forward, landing back on the ground.

"Not so tough now." The rock at her feet sinking back down, Roshan lifted her up and looked to the boy that was near him. "I think you should rephrase your question to what are you doing with the girl... and this girl ain't going to be doing anything with me, nor will she be doing anything at all... for a long, long time."

Rooster · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Rooster** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:16 am

Avarust rode through the stone streets of Ba sing se, his horse made clip clop noises as it's hooves hit the ground to move itself along, it was a handsome horse, a brown coat and very tall. Muscles brimming through its skin like distorted shapes poking through a leather bag. Most people gasped, they had never seen a horse before. With all these crazy Mixes of animals he didnt doubt it.
He glanced around, eyes moving like angry animals trying to escape his sockets. No crime here.. Not amusing... Nto amusing at all..

He guessed this too, It was the day that the new avatar would be announced. Crime would stop for that, everyone loved the avatar.. or feared him.. he always got all the credit. Oooh the Avatar! He is Sooooo Mighty! For what? Doing things in a diffrent life?! He could have been a badger mole in another life. No one is commending him for it! Blegh... He had gone to the ceremony... So what?
It was boring, some kid, the king's son. Is the Avatar... Oooh, goodie. Double the fame right off the bat for that squirt. Pffff.

-Clip Clop Clip Clop-

...

-Shink!-

He Turned his head, a man had drawn a dagger and stepped towards him. "J-Just give me a-all your money!"
Avarust Laughed. "Son... do you really want to do that?" He said in a deep commanding voice.
The man gulped, he knew Avarust was well trained, but he needed money. "Y-Yes! Give me all y- your money!"
Avarust took in a deep breath. "So, your plan is to just.. walk up to the heavily armed soldier and take out a dagger, then try and rob him? And ontop of that you are st-st-stuttering. Boy!"
"Give me your m-money!"
"There you go again..."
"Give me it!" He said, thrusting his weapon forward, the worst mistake he had ever made.

From a distance you would hear a clash, then a whoosh of wind, a crack, a scream, another swoosh and then a bonk, and a crack.
But closer you would see Avarust draw a metal tonfa from his side, block the incoming attack upwards, then thrust his tonfa forward, wraping it around the man's wrist and pulling in a direction it was not supposed to go in, the wrist cracked, a broken bone inside it, the man, screaming, let the weapon go and hit the street. Avarust withdrew the weapon quickly, which made the second Woosh. he flipped it and caught it on its long end, then swung it at the man's head. BON-CRACK! The man fell like a sack of potatoes.

"Hmmph... Not worth my time..."

-Clip Clop Clip Clop-

A woman now walked from her house, right infront of his horse.
She was attractive enough to get a husband, but it didnt look like she had one.
She smiled at him. "Thats a handsome horse you have there, Mister."
Avarust blinked. "Um, thanks.." He said, in the same deep voice.
She smiled, even wider, which seemed impossible to him.
He just raised an eyebrow.
"I saw what you did to that bandit."
"Ok...."
"I want to thank you."
"For what? Taking out a lowlife robber?"
"Well, we dont get many crimes here... so its rare and ... well you know.. I want to thank you."
"Cash only, lady."
She pouted. "Fine..."
The lady opened her purse and gave him 50 earth kingdom coins.

"Thanks..." He rode on.
"You could have atleast let me give you a kiss!"

He rolled his eyes and put away the cash.

"Just another day..."

-Clip Clop Clip Clop-

He passed a group fighting, was that.. the avatar? He could have hurt that girl! He laughed.

"Hey! Take it easy, Avatar! We dont want you too tired on your first day, Oh better then me always and forever great Avatar."

He smirked.

ImmortalSin · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **ImmortalSin** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:32 am

The air had been knocked from her lungs, and when she finally inhaled some of the dust that still hung around from her landing ended up in her mouth, she coughed violently for a few seconds, forcing herself to cease the action as it was only worsening her injuries.

Fei Yen was struggling to stay conscious, hence her reluctance to try to resist any of the avatar's confinements. Besides, she felt almost like she deserved to rot in a cell for breaking the one promise she'd made herself - never to firebend again. The apologetic look in her eyes was not meant for the boy whom she'd ambushed, it was for her father.

She gathered from the pain in her torso, that she'd broken at least one rib, or at least bruised it. She'd fallen from quite a height, if anything she was lucky to still be alive. Eventually she ended up being restrained by a simple pair of cuffs. Though they were easy to bend, they were still highly efficient. She wouldn't be able to strike out against him, and it was impossible for her to bend... not that she would want too.

For a figure that was usually looked to for wisdom, or maturity, this new avatar was certainly irregular. He had neither of the two feats mentioned, he was even vain enough to believe that he'd defeated her because of his bending skills. The truth was that if Fei had been serious about fighting him, and made use of her own bending, he would have suffered a lot more damage.

By the time the avatar had lifted her back to her feet a small crowd had gathered, all of them applauding their newly crowned hero. One of them was louder then the rest, asking him to save his strength. As if his ego wasn't already inflated enough...

Fei Yen kept her head bowed, her hair falling forward, obscuring her eyes from sight. She didn't want to add any fuel to the fire, so instead she patiently waited for her 'captor' to march her off to the palace. His hands gripped both of her arms, her wrists locked together behind her back - helpless, that's what she was. Completely at this imbecile's mercy.

Each step was hard to bear, though she refused to let it show. Her teeth were buried deep in her bottom lip, helping her to resist the urge to scream. The way he strutted about didn't help her temper at all, so through clenched teeth she spoke bitterly, "Don't flatter yourself, Avatar... you'll soon learn what it's like to live in the real world, without your daddy to help you out. I'm one of the lowest human beings in this city, and even I would not bow to you."

Maestro · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Maestro** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:54 am

Kicking her down, to her knees, Roshan tightened her cuffs and snatched her head; pulling her closer, he began to whisper. "I don't need my father, I don't need anyone but myself. As for this Avatar business, who ever said I was going to venture out in the real world? And by the way, we'll see whether or not you bow to me, just wait." It was true, Roshan didn't really want to go out into the world, and what was stopping him from not doing so? Growling when everyone began to crowd around him, he Earthbended a wall in-between the alley, smirking afterwards. "Stupid, Avatar Roshan... keeper of balance... stupid, stupid." Roshan thought, annoyed - knowing that life would be like this probably until he died.

"Hey! Take it easy, Avatar! We dont want you too tired on your first day, Oh better then me always and forever great Avatar."

Growing wide-eyed, gasping, about to knock the stranger off his horse... his father cut in.

"Now, for someone to openly attack both the Earth King, and the Avatar, I think she deserves her fate." Earth King Minzeh commented, randomly reappearing behind the man on horseback. "Tell me something young Firebender, why are you so far from home? If for the Avatar, you must be more interested in him than most... especially to rob him." Walking in front of her, eye-to-eye, Minzeh softly sighed. "A shame to see something so beautiful, and so young, have to go to prison. You didn't rob just anyone... but you best wish you had. I love the Earth Kingdom, but it's your sort that brings shame to this beautiful city. No judicial mercy will be shown to you." Bringing his palm to his chest, smoothing out a few seams in his robe, Minzeh turned around. "Roshan... lets treat our new guest to our home shall we?" Minzeh said sarcastically, referring to the cells in the palace.

Realizing that the woman had passed out, Roshan threw his arms in the air and scowled, "Oh come on! You gotta be kidding me!" Forming fists, he just gasped and tossed her over his shoulder, mumbling the entire time he made his way up the palace steps.

Phantom Rom · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Phantom Rom** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:55 am

The slim air nomad Xiang frowned when she heard and saw what the new avatar was doing, robbing was bad, but it happened all the time. People get caught and they go to prison, not for a long time, because robbing is common place, and what the people steal, isn't worth much anyway. Xiang shook her head quietly, 'he struts like a peacock, acts like a player, and will punish that girl much more strongly than another criminal because she happened to jump on he avatar and his father, instead of another middle class family who could spare a few coins.' The small air bender thought to her self knowing his type.

Xiang had been traveling the earth kingdom for a few months, trying to find out what to do with the rest of her life. She had meditated on it for a long time, but nothing had came to her, so she went out on a limb and flew over from the southern air temple, and took a easy ride north to the earth kingdom capital.

'I wonder what will befall this cocky earth bender in the near future.' she wondered silently to her self, long ago she had learned how to tune out other distractions and sound around her, so she could speak in the confines of her head and understand her self.

'First mpressions are very important, and this man, nay, this boy has not impressed me, at least i won't have to worry about this guy leading the earth kingdom.' Xiang thought quietly. Remembering what she had heard about the earth kingdom's eldest son, a great earth bender, he could be a great leader.

eNzeru · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **eNzeru** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:26 am

"Oh no! I'm late for the ceremony!" Yanzi tugged on the rope and Mie started running. She squinted her eyes, trying to find where the new Avatar and Earth King Minzeh might be. But with part of four nations gathered together in one place, it would be an extremely difficult task to do. She sighed and said, "Mie, if you see the Earth King or his son, tell me, okay?" Mie nodded in approval.

The sound of a large explosion alerted Yanzi and the shirshu, making them turn around. "We were going the wrong way?!" She sighed again, before Mie sniffed the air. "You found the Avatar?" Yanzi looked forward and sure enough, two distinctive figures stood in a lonely street along with a few others she couldn't recognise. Probably people from the other nations wanting to meet the Avatar.

"Yay! There they are! Now, we'll just get over ..." The packs of people kept on getting in the way, despite her efforts to reach them. "Now how am I supposed to tell them?" She pondered for a moment, her eyes looking up in the general direction of her brain. "I got it!" Yanzi cloudbended the clouds in the sky to create a message in the sky, since clouds are made of air. An Airbender from the Southern Air Temple would like to aid the new Avatar in his journey. We shall meet on the borders of the Royal Palace.

"There." Yanzi grinned to herself and cried, "Run, Mie!" The Shirshu started slowly, moving forward faster. "A new adventure .. excited Mie?" Mie's lips tugged into a twisted smile and Yanzi giggled. "I hope the new Avatar is fun!" Mie stopped right in front of the walls, jumping down from Mie's back and stroking her. "I wonder how long it'll be til they get here?"

Maestro · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Maestro** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:50 am

The rock in front of him opened, forming a door to the small cell - if you could call it that. There were beautiful, dark-green sheeted beds and curtains out fitting the room, which really brought color to all the stone walls... air vents making sure it didn't get too stuffy... was this really a prison cell? There were no guards or anything, although the real problem was the only way in and out was Earthbending - so there truly was no need for guards anyway. It was perfectly secure, a cell that contain even the strongest of Firebenders.

Removing the stone cuffs from her hands, Roshan tossed her to the ground, narrowing his eyes. "Now lets see if you bow or not." Using his Earthbending to yet again manipulate her arms and legs, he brought her to the ground, forcing her to bow to him. "All you had to do was be smarter, and not rob my father nor me, the Avatar!" Roshan was starting to sort of like the idea of being the Avatar, cause quite frankly, he could do whatever he wanted and no one would stop him. He was a God among all nations.

Freeing her, leaving her on the ground to rot, - uncaring if she was hurt - he closed the cell and began to return to his room before everything grew dark... and he found himself literally standing on water, with a colorful, lively forest surrounding him. Beautiful orange and yellows mixing in with the setting sun. Roshan had no idea where he was, or how he got here, which caused him to tense cautiously and ready himself for anything that may protrude from the forest.

In a matter of seconds, a woman began to appear in front of him... or was it below him? His reflection began to fade, and turn into something else entirely.

Startled, Roshan attempted to hurtle a rock into the water, but failed... for some reason, he could not bend.

"I am Avatar Kiew young Earthbender." Gasping, Roshan fell back, landing on the water, still not submerging - not a single drop of water even splashing up at him. "Wh-Why can't I bend?!" Roshan stuttered, picking himself up and looking around cautiously. "The Avatar is the bridge between both worlds, the Natural World, and the Spirit World." She didn't really give him an answer, but more she beat around the bush... so Roshan took a small guess. "So, I'm in the Spirit World?"

"Yes young Avatar." Avatar Kiew replied, still standing there motionless.... or floating, Roshan had yet to access what exactly she was doing. "So I take it I cannot bend here... well why am I here? And why are you in the water like that... ?" Roshan asked curiously, kneeling down to get a better look.

"I am merely a reflection of yourself Avatar, one of many past lives that you share. You have much to learn Avatar. Life is sacred, even a spider-fly caught in it's own web deserves to live. The Avatar must put their spiritual needs aside, one must not be selfish. The Avatar has a duty to the world young Earthbender, one cannot simply run away. If the Avatar does not accept his destiny, I fear the world may be doomed. All that you know will come to an end. Many tough decisions are ahead Avatar, and you must know that your place is to the world, not yourself. Your journey begins when you take the first steps towards it... embrace your destiny young Avatar... and remember that friends will only make the path clearer. Not everything has to be done alone..."

Sitting up, finding himself still sitting in the empty halls, Roshan stood up and tried to collect himself, to try and explain what had just happened. Was that really Avatar Kiew, or did he just pass out... did he just have a dream? Roshan had heard many stories of the Avatar, about the Spirit World, and his/her past lives... maybe it really was all true. But how could Roshan simply give up on his needs and worry about others? He had a live to, and he wanted to live it, not spend it slaving away to others. The only cool part was having the ability to master all elements, that was it.

"Avatar Kiew... what's she know? Just some dead Waterbender Avatar... I'm the Avatar now, not her. I'll do this my way..." Did he really mean that? Was he really going to push away his destiny and the world? If yes, then why did he frown afterwards... ? In truth, Roshan was lost, the destiny of the Avatar was just thrown at him... it wasn't fair, it wasn't fair at all.

Making his way up a few floors, to the main corridors of the palace, a guard stopped him.

"Prince... Avatar, it would seem an Airbender would like to meet you." Pulling Roshan towards the window, he pointed to the sky. At first Roshan rolled his eyes, then he remembered what Kiew had said before he had waken up.

"And remember that friends will only make the path clearer. Not everything has to be done alone..."

Nodding once, Roshan looked to the guard, "Okay... I suppose I will meet her too. Do me a favor... the prisoner I just brought in, make sure that she is okay. And if she is hurt... well, just make her better."

"But she is a thief sir, trying to rob the Earth King and your..."

"I DID NOT ASK FOR YOUR OPINION! Just do it." Roshan commanded, growling afterwards and jumping freely from the window, landing on the ground as it fiercely cracked under him. What could he say, he had a slight change of heart.

Sighing, Roshan fixed his hat and began to make his way towards the Airbender...

By the time he got there, he had found that it was a girl and her... Shirshu. Wide-eyed, Roshan turned to face the Airbender... speechless and unsure of what to say.

FoxyRoxy · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **FoxyRoxy** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:54 am

Feng Hua had been traveling for days, not really knowing her exact location, she knew that she was in the earth nation, just by dress and the bending she had seen in the last village. She had heard the rumors that a new Avatar would be announced today in Ba Sing Se. She knew that she would never make it to the city to see it, it would still be a few days until she reached the city. She sat down on the side of the road on a rock, ankles crossed and sighed. She never complained about the traveling and truthfully she loved to walk everywhere she went.

The day was nice, the sun was shining and the birds were chirping, yet she looked like she was sitting there with a gray cloud over her head. She had traveled so far from home, and had helped so many, yet it didn't seem to fill the pain inside. Her father was still in prison, because of something that she did. It wasn't fair for him, and it still made her mad deep inside.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of children laughing and she noticed the cart coming down the dusty road. In the front was a man and a woman, and she was sure the laughter was coming from the back. She stood because she didn't want to be rude by sitting as they went by. She straighten her kimono, and started on the road but off to the side so they could past. Her staff acting as a walking stick, yet she paused she heard the cart stop.

She turned and looked curious as to why, and then she heard the crying. She turned and walked back to see what happened. It seemed as if the two older children were playing in the back of the cart and one of them fell out, she approached cautiously. "Excuse me honorable sir, I am a wandering healer, may I be of some service." The man nodded and she kneeled looking at the young girl. "She will be fine, it was just her ankle," she gave the young one a look of assurance as she wrapped the ankle in some cloth. "You won't be able to run on this, but I am sure there are plenty of other's things you can think of to do."

She looked at the young girl, who smiled at her, yet she didn't return it as she finished her job. It was hard for her to smile back because even though she wanted to, she had so little to truly be happy about.

The sounds of the old rickety cart were almost welcoming. The father had wanted to pay her, but Feng wouldn't take his money, so he offered her a seat in the back of the cart. It was a little faster then walking and they were going in the same direction. She looked down the dusty road that she had been traveling on, it seemed strange the miles that she had gone, seemed to vanish with every step closer to a new goal.

Yet what was her new goal, she had not quite figured that out just yet.

Rooster · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Rooster** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:08 am

Avarust had left Ba sing se wehn the Avatar had left with his prisoner, meh, he was glad, he messed with his head a little bit and made him angry, the crowd wouldnt forget that, the new Avatar angry at some smart remark? Not a very good trait for the savior of all people. Avarust grunted and coughed, pulling back the black mask covering his face and pressing a canteen to his lip, he tilts it upwards, warm water rushed into his mouth, he turned and spit it out immediatly. "Blegh! Tastes like hors- No offence" he said down to his horse, the big brown eyes blinked in recognition as if to say Watch it! , "Yeah, yeah...."

He patted the horse's neck and ran his hands through her hair, "We need to find a stream." He said to the horse as if it was supposed to know english, but it did look around after he said that, its big ears moving in every which way, then th ears stopped, and the horse snuffed out and began a trot towards the river. "What would I do without you, girl?" Once again, the horse's big brown eyes looked up at him and seemed to say. Freeze, starve, dehydration, jailtime and many more fun activities. .
He rolled his eyes and put his mask back up as they reached the river, it was cooler here, the river flowed at a fast pace downstream.
It was safe to drink, he was sure of it. Avarust wasnt too bad at being an outdoorsman either. He took out his canteen, dumped it into the river and submerged it into the almost ice-cold water, his horse also came over for a drink.

When they were both content and hydrated Avarust took... well a restroom.... restwoods? I dunno.. But anyways.
He finished up on that and mounted his horse again, giving her one last drink, then turning both of them around.
"Ya know, this is really a perfect camp spot... higher then most of the river bank, thick brush, only small animals would come through here and if they dont.. we can take care of that.." For a moment it seemed like the horse rolled its eyes, Avarust really did roll his at her rolling hers and hopped off the saddle. He let down his huge pack next to him, rolled a log by the pack and set the pack against it, then placed a few rocks infront of it and behind it so it wouldnt roll away. Using remaining wood from around the Camp site Avarust pilled a little stack of wood ready to be a roaring fire. He added some dry bark and put stones around it.

"There... perfect..."

His horse just stopped for a moment and then leaned over, into a laying position, the sun shining on her.
Avarust layed back against the log, hands behind his head, this wasnt a very safe position but he had gotten out of much worse then a few bandits. "You and your sun baths, girl.." In response the Brown horse snorted and whinnied, Wiggling her legs to hit insects away.

almostinsane · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **almostinsane** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:12 am

"Show off," Li muttered to himself as he looked up to see the message the airbender wrote in the clouds. First, there was the Avatar turning out to be a spoiled prince and now this. He had a feeling that this day wouldn't be fun but since when did that discourage him. He made his way after the prince and his prisoner, careful not to be seen. The large building that they were heading towards was obviously the palace. He waited until the king and his brat of a son disappeared into the palace and the crowd had dispersed before approaching the guards at the main gate of the palace.

"Who goes there?" one of the guards asked. He looked to be middle-aged but still in good shape from how he maintained his over-sized muscles. Idly, Li thought of a battle plan where he'd disable the guard through three quick cuts on each of his limbs.

"I am Li of the Lian Hua (Fire Lotus) Academy. I am here to seek an audience with the Avatar and offer him the training any normal person would give his right hand for," the warrior told the guard calmly in a confident tone without the arrogance he would have had before the academy was destroyed.

The guard laughed mockingly, "Sure. Ever since that training academy was destroyed, countless people have been passing themselves off as students of that academy. Go home swindler and don't bother us with your nonsense."

Li frowned, tempted to exercise his plan to disable to guard because of his mockery. He closed his eyes and took a calm breath before holding up a seal of white lotus surrounded by fire with calligraphy written in the center of it. He spoke again, "I am the last and best student of the academy. This seal has been passed through the head of the academy's family for generations and it stands as proof of both my heritage and my skill. Now let me pass."

As the guards led him into the palace, Li allowed himself a small smirk. He had always been proud of Lian Hua Academy and was glad that its reputation was still remembered.

FoxyRoxy · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **FoxyRoxy** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:13 pm

It had been a few hours down the road and the old horse pulling the cart needed water. The man noticed one up ahead, but it had already been occupied by another man and his horse. Feng peeked over and looked at the two just a little curious, and it was a curious sight. The horse seemed to have just fallen over on its side. She assured the man that he should just stop, because he did not know how long it would be till the next spring.

The cart stopped with a creak and the kids were climbing out of the back. She helped the little girl down and carried her underneath a tree for some shade. She figured that it would be rude not to be a little friendly, and she felt a little awkward with the family. Her steps were slow as she looked at the surrounding area. The man had talked about arriving at Full Moon Circle to cross the lake to Ba Sing Se, yet the questions about the Earth Kingdom city that she wanted to ask she didn't.

The children laughing behind her made her look back and think about how happy they looked. She approached the man on the ground watching for any movements that might be threatening. "Sorry for the noise, we will be moving on in a short while."

A piece of hair got loose from her bun and she moved it from her brown eyes.

Rooster · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Rooster** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:02 pm

Avarust opened one of his eyes lazily, he was, like his horse, resting in the sun, he had heard the noise but thought nothing of it.
He moved his over towards her direction and stretched his arms out upward, yawning and moving his back muscles, he sits up.
Moving his neck from one angle to the next he cracks it, coughing once and lifting himself off the ground, he sat on the log.
"Umm, No problem.. I barely noticed the noise really... I guess I should be more alert from now on." He looked down and then fixed the postition of his helmet so that the shadow once again covered his eyes.

He yawned, again, rolling his arms. "Nice out today, huh?" He looked up into the blue sky, a few clouds around.
It hit him that this girl was probably going to the Avatar ceremony...

"Perfect day for an Avatar to be announced huh?" He secured the chin strap on his helmet and looked past her.

"You going? I went.. It was over in moments... Some girl tried to attack the avatar, right there. He took care of her quick enough, but went back to his palace, oh yeah... the avatar... hes the earth king's son.. whats his name? Rishin? Roshin? Roshon?" He shrugged. "He seems like an arrogant punk to me." he took in a deep breath, which Avarust tends to do, take a deep breath and talk with it for a while until he is about to pass out, then let in another gust of air.

"Oh, where are my manners? Im Avarust." He stood and took a deep and dramatic bow. "Traveling Law-Bringer." Avarust said.
His horse winnied and stood up, shaking her head. "And that is my Horse, Allayna." The horse went down on one knee and bowed her head. Avarust chuckled. "She catches on fast."

FoxyRoxy · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **FoxyRoxy** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:17 pm

Taken aback a little by his manner, and about how he spoke about the Avatar she was silent for a second, "I am on my way to Ba Sing Se, yet the ceremony hadn't crossed my mind, I was just looking for...," she wondered off not really sure how to finish that sentence. "A new path," why did that sound absolutely ridiculous to her. "I am Feng Hua, wandering healer, one of the girls fell and broke her ankle, and they offered me a ride for my help. It beat walking for awhile." She almost smiled at the horse as it bowed though, yes this was an odd character

So the new Avatar was the earth king's son, she pondered that for a second, even with peace between the four kingdoms it was hard to imagine the world without an Avatar, yet this man in front of her seemed to mock the idea.

"I am sure the new Avatar isn't as you say an arrogant punk, he is probably just overwhelmed by the role that has been trusted to him. Wouldn't you feel the same way." Yet she highly doubted that he would, if anyone was arrogant around her it was him.

"What does a traveling Law-Bringer do actually," she asked him comtemplating the thought. She had never heard of such a job.

Rooster · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **Rooster** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:49 pm

Avarust sat back down, motioning for her to sit down by patting the log.
His horse stood back up, winning, he nodded and pulled out his canteen of cold water, he unscrewed the cap and held it out to her.
"Go ahead, take a drink. You seem thirsty." He set the canteen in her hands, looking up into the blue sky.

"A healer, eh? And that isnt your family, huh?" He tapped his chin, thinking, then stretched his arms again, still looking up at the sky. It was very nice today.. like a hypnotism even.. Then, snapping out of it he looked down at her. "Thats a very nice set of skills to have, I just wander around the kingdoms bringing criminals to justice. It bores me sometimes at the lack of training in these bandits. Hmmph.." He paused again.

"Would you like a ride to Ba sing se? My horse is a war-stallion, she can carry five men." His horse made a satisfied laughing noise.
Avarust also laughed. "Now, I know what you are thinking, its not a problem at all." Avarust smiles, but it is unseen by her because of his mask.

"Just tell me when you are ready to leave." He chuckled.

FoxyRoxy · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **FoxyRoxy** on Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:32 pm

She sat down next to him on the log and gladly accepted the canteen after taking a long sip from it she put the cap back on and handed it back to him. The mask was a little alarming, yet other then that it did not bother her, "A ride, well maybe, but why return to the city that you just left from," she supposed he was right healing was a good skill to have, yet the cost sometimes it hurt to much to think about it.

"And I assure your horse that I dont weigh as much as five men."

"You bring criminals to justice that is an important job, since even in peace times there are rogues about." She knew it was important to able to protect yourself especially traveling alone. In the time of war you couldn't even safetly travel between nations, let alone be trusted in other villages, yet even after 600 years of peace, those from the fire nation still had to be careful. Even if she had been running away from those of her own nation she still didn't mention where she came from, unless directly asked.

"What makes you different from anyone else trying to keep peace, you just do it in your own way." Was she missing something about this strange man in front of her. Other then the fact that she could not read his face, or the emotions he conveyed. She turned away to watch the children playing a game, they were happy and smiles like that were worth fighting for however you could.

"Can you tell me what the Earth city is like," she finally asked him

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