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Not Avatar: Chapter 60. The End

A firebender, one of the guards of the capital's prison, opened the door to one of the cells, quickly entered, and, placing a tray of food on the floor next to the cage, hurriedly headed towards the exit. Right at the exit, he heard the rustling of the prisoner.

This particular guard was very superstitious. And he loved to collect rumors. These two traits were closely linked.

He became superstitious after a decree from the new Fire Lord brought a new prisoner to the cell he was as...

Not Avatar: Chapter 59

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A stream of fire knocks Aang off the cliff, barely having time to set up an air shield, but I too am propelled upwards as the neighboring cliffs crack and collide with the one I was on.

Lightning bolts tear from my hands in an instant, quickly catching up to the Avatar, but at that moment, I see Aang familiarly redirecting the lightni...

Not Avatar: Chapter 58

Indulging in a piece of iron in my hand, which molded like clay, I observed the landscapes on the horizon. Beneath us were seemingly endless waters, and land on the horizon. And all this under an incredible, stirring sense of boundless power and energy, infinite might and absolute invincibility. These were the feelings I began to experience as soon as the world around began to simply drown in the fiery energy spreading around from Sozin's Comet flying past.

A huge fiery bolide with a ma...

Not Avatar: Chapter 57

"They're close," I whispered into Azula's ear, then, after giving her a cheek kiss, I stepped away behind one of the metal columns.

Meanwhile, the door to the grand hall, which was quite richly decorated, I must say, was blown off its hinges by a powerful gust of air, and they flew a couple of meters away from the entrance through which three figures rushed in.

All of them, upon seeing Azula sitting on a richly decorated throne, froze in place, until the tattooed bald guy finally ...

Not Avatar: Chapter 56

"Will you stay with me?" Azula asked, pressing her entire body against me.

"And how do you imagine that? Just ignore everything and walk out of your room together, pretending everything is fine? I admit, that would be incredibly amusing. Only when the shock wears off followed by bewilderment, they'll try to capture me, and then the number of the living in the vicinity will noticeably decrease. Or are you suggesting I pretend to be a servant? They all know each other there - they've work...

Not Avatar: Chapter 55

Looking at the spot where the ship I had destroyed had been just moments ago, I pondered what to do next. Now, the Fire Lord at least suspects who I really am. Judging by his reaction, he didn't take kindly to that information. This leaves me with a question - what about Azula?

Lifting my gaze beyond the ocean, I spotted a tiny dot moving westward. A messenger hawk?

Instantly generating and accumulating a charge in my hands, I released it as lightning towards the bird. However, it...

Not Avatar: Chapter 54

The opening of the chakras can be likened to the sensation of all the pipes, through which water flowed, being suddenly cleansed! The water, or in this case, mana, became crystal clear, obedient, so simple to control... It felt as though previously I struggled to change the direction of a river by a few degrees, but now, suddenly, I could twist and turn it as I pleased!

I felt not only my mana but all that surrounded me. It flowed through me, through my chakras, becoming mine. Slowly bu...

Not Avatar: Chapter 53

"Are you the one who wrote this message?" I asked the skinny, one might even say emaciated, old man with a huge white beard, mustache, and long eyebrows, though his head was completely bald, not having a single hair.

"Hmm?" The bald old man turned to me. "Yes, I wrote it. But I was not expecting you. What brought you to me?"

"I was curious, how could you possibly teach an Avatar to enter the Avatar State, not being an Avatar yourself?" I asked, sitting down next to him on the grou...

Not Avatar: Interlude #4

Captain Pei Chin of the Fire Nation's heavy vessel reread the scroll bearing a message from the Fire Lord, his brow furrowing further with each reading, causing the crew of one of the largest ships to try their best to stay out of sight of the captain. Not only was he a person of great influence, but he was also known as a very powerful firebender. Although far from the Fire Lord in status, his power was sufficient to make a statement.

"Captain, the Eastern Air Temple is on the horizon,...

Not Avatar: Interlude #3

Azula, a young woman with black hair, stood next to a fountain in the palace courtyard where she lived, entranced by the ripples on the water for the past fifteen minutes.

"Azula, what are you doing here?" asked Ty Lee, the Fire Nation princess's friend.

"Nothing," the princess turned away from the water, looking back at her friend, "just thinking about how father would react if Garo is late."

"Don't worry, Azula, he's strong and won't just disappear!" Ty Lee replied, sha...

Not Avatar: Interlude #2

The Avatar team, consisting of two people, had to endure a lot. Somehow, they always managed to find adventures for themselves, even without seeking them. Sokka's death hit them harder than it might have appeared to an outsider.

Katara was able to come to terms with it after a week, yet she cried every evening, as memories of her brother, memories of that day, would wash over her again and again, whenever she allowed herself to relax.

Then they found themselves in that strange s...

Not Avatar: Interlude #1

Katara's life changed in an instant when she and her older brother Sokka discovered an ice sphere containing a boy and a large six-legged beast with a vast, wide tail. That day, her destiny took a sharp turn in a different direction. Or was her fate always meant to be this way?

Recalling those days, Katara felt a multitude of conflicting emotions. She had found the Avatar... no, Aang and Appa, and she had gained hope that the Fire Nation's tyranny would be overthrown... and, deep down,...

Not Avatar: Chapter 48

"And hello again, Appa, long time no see. Do you recognize me?" I asked the sniffing flying bison as I approached him closer.

Judging by the animal's reaction, he recognized me, and although he showed no aggression, his mood was clearly not the best...

As soon as I got within a certain distance, he exhaled, and a blast of air knocked me back, slamming me into the wall.

The hit was substantial, and landing on my feet, I felt that my mood was not as good as it was when I first...

Not Avatar: Chapter 47

"You can't imagine how glad I am that you're alive!" Azula said unexpectedly, continuing to lie on my stomach.

"So you're awake. And how long have I been lying here?" I asked her.

"Two days. And before that, your wounds from the lightning took another week and a half to heal."

"And how long have you been here with me?" I asked.

"Almost the whole time. I only left to give orders to the soldiers."

"What about your uncle and brother?" I remembered them.

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Not Avatar: Chapter 46

Everywhere, various colors shimmered, incomprehensible images flitted from side to side, gradually forming clear outlines from a foggy nothingness...

"Damn it..." I said, hearing my own muffled voice. "I really didn't want to end up here again..."

The foggy haze dispersed, and I easily recognized the place where I found myself. The same place I ended up last time as well. The Foggy Swamp, a habitat for several not-too-dangerous types of spirits, as well as one peculiar creature - ...

Not Avatar: Chapter 45

It's delightful to see doors opening before you as massive chunks of walls retreat into the ground, leaving a completely free passage to the middle and upper city. And it's even more delightful to see your troops marching through these passages, opened for us. There's no need to struggle and fight with the problem of overcoming the walls, with diversions and all that stuff.

At precisely four in the morning, the walls fell, and our army, ready for this moment, moved forward. It was early...

Not Avatar: Chapter 44

As the full-scale assault and capture of Ba Sing Se began gradually, Fire Nation soldiers and benders dispersed throughout the city, patrolling the streets to prevent or minimize potential sabotage by earthbenders, as well as to tackle the inevitable rise in crime within these slums. Captured robbers, thieves, murderers, and members of various criminal organizations were sent to mines and factories, providing us with labor units, reducing the number of criminals in the slums, and increasing t...

Not Avatar: Chapter 43

Standing on the shore with Katara, I awaited Aang, tuning into every sensation. It had been a week since Katara's capture, and all this time, she had been confined in one of the drill's cages, designed within to capture and hold important figures we might encounter in Ba Sing Se and who could be useful for something else. As I mentioned before, the engineers tried to account for nearly everything in the drill's design.

However, once the Fire Nation army managed at least to enter the cit...

Not Avatar: Chapter 42

The second wall, smaller than the outer one, still commanded a monumental presence that warranted its depiction on all world maps. Breaching it proved much more challenging for us, with sabotage squads consisting of the Dai Li, a large number of regular earthbenders, as well as ordinary soldiers and even some mercenaries or partisans who had decided to oppose us on a volunteer basis...

The constant emergence of enemy units at different points, the continuous battles with only short brea...

Not Avatar: Chapter 41

Leaping upwards, I assist myself with a jet of fire. I direct it at one of the earthbenders we're facing and stop maintaining the fire in a dense stream, losing the sense of thrust immediately. However, the fire bursts out in a raging firestorm, engulfing the earthbender. I sense he's still alive and not particularly discomforted. Landing on the ground, I release a bit of earthbending through my legs, feeling the vibrations this way. I could have gone without using any bending at all and simp...

Not Avatar: Chapter 40

"You're unharmed!" Ty Lee exclaimed, throwing herself around my neck when I met our rapid response team on the other side of the wall breached by the drill, finding ourselves outside the outer wall. Azula, Ty Lee, Mai, and I had to work hard to prevent the Earth Kingdom benders from creating obstacles in the wall for the passage of tanks and a small number of Fire Nation soldiers who would hold positions until the arrival of the full army ready to land. However, our quartet faced the first wa...

Not Avatar: Chapter 39

"Mai, Ty Lee, Garo, take care of the obstacles," Azula told us, as Earth Kingdom benders emerged as resistance an hour and a half later.

"Yes, Azula," Ty Lee bowed and with a smile, ran out.

Following her, Mai got up and headed out, giving a slight nod to her friend. I followed them.

"Garo, wait a second. I've thought about what you did... you did well, the right thing - our primary task now is to capture Ba Sing Se, and splitting our focus to also deal with the Avatar is un...

Not Avatar: Chapter 38

"Katara, be careful!" a girl shouted, and with a stomp on the ground, she pushed Katara aside with a thrust of earth.

A fireball flew to the spot where Katara had just been, scattering flames across the ground.

Aang, Katara, and the new girl, a master of earthbending, braced themselves for battle.

I emerged from behind another rock where I had been hiding just moments before.

"How did you notice me? I'm certain I didn't make a sound, rid myself of all scents, and didn'...

Not Avatar: Chapter 37

The sheer abundance of readily available and incredibly cheap energy is truly remarkable, even if it is just thermal energy and even though the full conversion of heat into mechanical power is still in its infancy here. Yet, the accessibility of this vast amount of energy has enabled the Fire Nation, even in its colonies, to create this Monster!

Standing at the control room window, I marveled at the pinnacle of engineering thought and production power of the Fire Nation. Hundreds of met...

Not Avatar: Chapter 36

The four of us were in the throne room, kneeling before Fire Lord Ozai. Besides us and the Fire Lord, there was no one else in the room! Just me, Azula, Ty Lee, Mai, and Ozai. We all felt the warmth emanating from the wall of fire and saw the shadow of the firebender standing before us.

"I'm glad that your health has been restored, Azula, and that you can walk again. Garro, is everything alright?" Ozai asked, turning his head toward me, standing to the left of Azula.

"Yes, my Lord...