Book 1: Episode 3- The Southern Air Temple

The group had stopped beside a lake to rest for the night, Ty had been happy to finally be back in a warmer climate. Morning had finally came and Aang was up on Appas' head making sure the reigns were secured tightly to the bison's horns, while Katara was checking their supplies.

"Just wait until you see it Katara. The Air Temple is one of the most beautiful places in the world." Aang said in happiness as he moved to the other horn

"Aang, I know you're excited, but it's been a hundred years since you've been home." Katara said to him trying to get him to calm down given what they might find.

"That's why I'm so excited!" Aang said even more determined

"It's just that a lot can change in all that time." Katara said in a sigh

"I know, but I need to see it for myself" Aang said before jumping off Appas head using air bending to slow his descent to the ground.

Aang walked over to Sokka who was still sleeping warmly in his sleeping bag "Wake up, Sokka! Air Temple here we come!" Aang called him happily

Groaning not happy about being woken up, Sokka rolled over as he replied, "Sleep now temple later" he said before going back to sleep

Aangs eye twitched in annoyance, before he grinned like a mad-man lifting a stick with a wicked idea. He ran the stick up and down Sokkas back in a fluid movement very quickly before yelling, "Sokka! Wake up! There's a prickle snake in your sleeping bag!"

"Aaahhh! Get it off! Get it off! Aaahhh!"

Katara couldn't contain her laughter and laughed as her brother eyes opened wide and he shot up like a man possess trying to run for it while still in his sleeping bag, only to fall flat on his face.

"Great! You're awake." Aang said in a completely innocent voice, before he looked over at the sand igloo that Ty had made for himself the night before given their late landing. Aang walked over and knocked on the shell, "Ty come on time to head home" Aang said getting a muffled response before the sand began to fall.

Revealing a very tired Ty, his hair was a complete mess looking like he had a porcupine on his head, his eyes squinting as he looked at the sun rising before turning to Aang, "baldy, why did you wake me before noon" Ty grumbled not impressed.

"Aw come on Ty we haven't been home in one hundred years, I don't want to wait any more" Aang whined making Ty sigh

"Fine" Ty said grabbing his pole arm as he stood up and his sand flowed back to the gourd on Appa as Ty walked over to the lake side before dunking his head in it and pulling it out moments later his head completely drenched, shaking his head, he turned to Aang and gestured to his hair.

Aang got the message and thrusting his palm at Ty a gust of wind caught Tys hair and in moments it was dry and back to perfection, both Sokka and Katara blinked at the display

Ty just shrugged, "air bender hair drier" he said before looking back at the lake and holding out his bisento as the glass blade extended shooting at the water before coming back out with a fish attached to it, "we leave after breakfast" he said walking over to the fire and started striking flint.

Time skip

The group was flying high in the sky on Appa soaring through the clouds, Aang and Katara were at the reigns, while Ty was lying down with his bisento beside him. Sokka was going through all the bags as his stomach growled.

"Hey, stomach, be quiet, all right? I'm trying to find us some food." Sokka spoke to his stomach

Ty chuckled, "if you had asked I would have just caught you a fish too"

Sokka shook his head, "Na, I brought along a supply of my favourite food it should be right…" Sokka said as he lifted a bag and only crumbs came out, "Hey! Who ate all my blubbered seal jerky?"

Aang blinked hearing that, "Oh that was food? I used it to start the campfire last night. Sorry."

"You WHAT???" Sokka said in shock, "Aww, no wonder the flames smelled so good." He said now completely hungry

Ty blinked, "now that you mention they did have some tasty Smokey tinge to them that smelled heavenly"

Sokka groaned as he lay on the saddle clutching his stomach, "blubbered seal jerky where art thou"

Ty shook his head and closed his eyes as they flew on their way. After another fifteen minutes Ty opened his eyes when he heard Aang call. "The Batola mountain range! We're almost there!"

Opening his eyes TY yawned as he moved up to the front of Appa with his bisento by his side

"I wonder how the old place has changed in a hundred years" Ty mussed sitting to the side of Katara.

"I don't know that's why I'm so excited" Aang said with a grin

"Aang?" Katara said unsure how to speak, "Before we get to the temple I want to talk to you about the air benders."

"What about'em?"Aang asked looking over his shoulder

"Well, I just want you to be prepared for what you might see. The Fire Nation is ruthless. They killed my mother and they could have done the same to your people." Katara said sadly.

Ty looked up into the sky, "Katara, the air benders may have been pacifists but when push came to shove they could kick some serious ass, they maybe took a beating but for an entire race to be wiped out, that impossible, nature always has a balance"

"Yea, just because no one has seen an air bender doesn't mean the Fire Nation killed them all." Aang said trying to stay positive.

"They probably escaped. They had bison even if things got rough, they could have taken to the sky fire benders can't follow there" Ty reasoned

"Then how do you explain no one seeing any for a hundred years, I know it's hard to accept, but." Katara said in sadness until Aang interrupted her.

"You don't understand, Katara. The only way to get to an air bender temple is on a flying bison and I doubt the Fire Nation has any flying bison. Right, Appa?" Aang said with a grin

"Well my sand is the exception to that but true enough" Ty smirked

Finally coming around another mountain the temple came into sight, the temple was built into the actual mountain, with passageways carved throughout, with several towers scattered throughout, there was a landing area for bison which lead to a long path leading to a junction to each of the areas.

"There it is the Southern Air Temple." Aang said with a smile.

"Aang, it's amazing!" Katara said looking at the temple in astonishment

"The place hasn't changed a bit" Ty said with a smirk

"We're home, guys, we're home." Aang said excitedly

Looking at it Ty smiled seeing the old place again but slowly the smile faded, when he noticed the vegetation had faded a withered, the trees were baron and the paint on the outer walls looked to be weathered away like it hadn't been painted in years, Tys heart hitched and he slowly looked to Aang in the corner of his eye, Aang was happy and now Ty felt like shit. 'Damn it I was hoping they were wrong, this place looks abandoned, this is going to kill Aang. I just hope someone survived'

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The group had landed on the mountain and were making their way up the path to the temple, Aang was running on ahead excited somewhat, Ty was floating on his sand below him hovering in the air off the mountain side lying back with his bisento lying across his gut and his large gourd beside him, he just floated there lost in thought hoping he was wrong about what they were going to find but his gut was telling him he was just being pessimistic and foolish and his gut was always right.

"So where do I get something to eat?" Sokka asked holding his growling stomach

"You're lucky enough to be one of the first outsiders to ever visit an air bender temple, and all you can think about is food?" Katara scolded him

"I'm just a simple guy with simple needs." Sokka shrugged

Ty rolled his eyes inside his eye lids as he floated passed them, "there should be a few trees with fruit around here, you can fill up there" he said as he floated over the path as his sand returned to the gourd he grabbed and slung over his back before walking forward to where Aang had stopped at the top of the cliff looking over the yards Ty frowned, 'no sign of any life what so ever, damn it', then Sokka and Katara finally caught up with them.

"So that's where my friends and I would play air ball!" Aang said as he pointed it out to Katara and Sokka, "And over there would be where the bison would sleep and..." he continued until he sighed and looked on sadly.

"What's wrong?" Katara asked worried

Aang frowned, "This place used to be full of monks and lemurs and bison. Now there's just a bunch of weeds. I can't believe how much things have changed, it's not how I remember it at all"

Ty sighed putting his hand on his friends shoulder, "a lot can happen and change in a hundred years Aang, but we're still the same, and we're still here, whatever the future holds we'll face it together"

Aang smiled to Ty and put his hand on his, "thanks Ty, you always know what to say"

Ty smiled back, "I guy has got to look out for his buds, even if they have arrows on their heads"

Aang chuckled, "hey don't dis the arrow, just because you want one"

Ty burst out laughing, "Sorry air head, but I'm not shaving my hair just for some arrows"

Sokka and Katara smiled seeing the friendly banter between the two friends, like two brothers having a laugh, and Sokka decided to join in, his mistake. "So, Aang, this air ball game? How do you play?"

Both Ty and Aang looked to Sokka and then to each other before Ty spun Aang around and whispered into his ear, "Trounce him"

They both grinned evil before looking back at Sokka making his shiver slightly.

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Sokka stood on one of the long wooden polls in front of the wooden rotational goal that was the aim of the game, he was ready and hoping to try again in his latest attempt at this game, which was pretty much impossible for anyone not an air bender, but he was giving it his all.

Aang stood opposite him with the ball in hand, it was a wooden sphere with slatted curved holes in it with a hollowed out centre, and he was using air bending to spin the ball with an air current and was grinning like mad as he spun the ball effortlessly.

Katara was down at the back of Sokkas side of the field, with Ty besides her sighing.

"doesn't he know when to give up, I mean the first three times it was funny but as much as this shocks me, seeing your brother get dropped on his ass is getting boring" Ty sighed making Katara sweat dropped when they both heard the Oomph and then the spinning of the goal as they both took a step to the right as Sokka hit the snow for the seventh time.

"Hahaha! Aang seven, Sokka zero!" Aang cheered

Sokka pushed himself out of the snow with a groan, "Making him feel better is putting me in a world of hurt." But then his eye caught something, a rusted helmet that had been worn by time but its origins were clear, crimson stained metal with flame designs, "Katara, Ty, check this out." He called getting the two's attention as they came over

Katara was the first to see what her brother saw, "Fire Nation." She spat in anger before looking to Ty.

Ty clenched his fist and gripped his bisento tighter seeing the helmet, "Damn it", he then looked down. "So they were here"

Katara put her hand on his shoulder, "I'm sorry"

Ty nodded, "I was still hoping, but I guess that was pointless" Ty said before looking back to Aang

"We should tell him." Sokka said regretfully

Katara nodded before looking around to Aang and calling out, "Aang, there's something you need to see."

"Okay." Aang called back before starting to come over

Ty clenched his fists, 'this is going to break his heart, he won't be able to handle it' Ty thought but then heard the sound of snow squelching and looked to see a heap of snow had been pulled down from the ridge above, and he looked to Katara to see the same look in her eyes, 'she did it, trying to protect him, kind girl'

"What is it?" Aang asked running over to them curious as to what they had to show him

"Uh just a new water bending move I learned." Katara said in a cover up hoping he believed her

"Nice one." Aang grinned, "But enough practicing. We have a whole temple to see!" he said as he moved off beckoning them to follow

Ty put his hand on Kataras shoulder, "Thanks Katara, I honestly don't know how he would react to something like this"

Katara smiled sadly to him, "it's the least I can do, he should be happy for a little bit longer"

"You know, you two can't protect him forever." Sokka said as he pulled himself out of the snow brushing it off himself as he walked over to the two of them, "Sooner or later he's going to find out"

Ty sighed, "Yea let's just hope we aren't on the mountain when he does, he could end up blowing us clean of the mountains face with his bending if he takes it as badly as I think he will"

Both siblings gulp hearing that as they watch the blond earth bender walk after the bald air bender.

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The four of them entered into a court yard Aang was standing in front of a statue and Ty was leaning off the wall by the entrance as the two siblings whispered to each other so Aang wouldn't hear, but Ty could hear them pretty well so he listened in.

"Katara, fire benders were here. You can't pretend they weren't." Sokka said with a serious tone

"I can for Aang's sake." Katara voiced sadly, "If he finds out that the Fire Nation invaded his home he'll be devastated."

Ty pushed off the wall and walked over to them, "I agree he'll need to be told eventually, but when the time comes let me do it, he's like a brother to me, in a sense he's the only family I've got, it should be me to tell him"

Both water siblings looked to him sadly before nodding in silent agreement before they heard Aang call them.

"Hey Katara, Sokka, come here! I want you to meet somebody." Aang called to them

The three wandered over and Ty smiled slightly seeing what Aang was gesturing to, it was a stone carved statue of a person Ty and Aang knew very well, he was an aged man with a bald head with air bender tattoos, he wore Air bender robes similar to Aangs with the addition to a Beaded pendant neckless around his neck with the carving for air on its main piece with two tassels on either side, he had a mustache that grew down past his chin, and had a kind expression on his face.

"Who's that?" Katara asked looking at the statue with Sokka.

"Monk Gyatso the greatest air bender in the world. He taught me everything I know." Aang said before bowing to the statue and looking at it while in a slight daze

Ty smiled at the statue slight, before sighing, Katara looked to him. "Did you know him to?"

Ty nodded, "I did, he was a kind man, when I first came to this temple Aang and I became friends fast he was like that, I decided to stay here because it was peaceful, some of the elder air benders didn't like my idea saying I was an outsider and I would distract others from their studies, Gyatso stood up for me saying I should be allowed to stay, that all should be welcome as long as they respect their culture, long story short, he convinced them to let me stay as long as I wanted to and I didn't start any fights or interrupt when they held lessons. He was like a father to Aang and was a good Pai Sho opponent for me, I could never beat that old bastard" Ty said with a fond smile and a laugh before he sighed and bowed to the statue as well, 'I'm going to miss you old timer, but don't worry I'll look after Aang if it's the last thing I do, I make sure he's safe'

After a few moments of bowing Aang and Ty both stood up

Katara walked up to between them, "You both must miss him."

"Yeah." Aang said in a daze

Ty just nodded before looking to Aang as he walked off

"Where are you going?" Katara asked curious at Aang just starting to walk off

"The Air Temple Sanctuary. There's someone I'm ready to meet." Aang said not turning around.

Ty smiled before following, and gesturing to the water siblings to do the same as they walked.

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The group walked through the hallways of the temple before coming to a huge wooded door, with some intricate locking mechanism on the front that looked like horns, pipes and shells Ty smiled seeing it again, they had passed it a few times when they were walking about and Ty had to admit he was curious just as to what was inside or rather who?

"But Aang no one could have survived in there for a hundred years." Katara said walking up behind them

"It's not impossible Ty and I survived in the iceberg for that long." Aang reasoned and the pair of them bro fisted

"Good point." Katara conceded with a shrug

"Whoever's in there might help me figure out this Avatar thing!" Aang said in realization as Ty put his hand on Aangs shoulder

"Let's hope so" Ty said with a smirk

"And whoever's in there might have a medley of delicious, cured meats!" Sokka said with his mouth watering before rushing at the door only to slam into it when he tried to open it and failed, before pushing with all his might, only to fall flat on his ass and give up in defeat, "I don't suppose you have a key?" he asked hoping

"The key, Sokka is air bending." Aang grinned

Ty smirked, "or just one really big Axe, I mean the door is made out of wood" Ty smirked as the head of his bisento turned into an huge axe head, "you sure you don't want me to have a few swings"

"NO!!!" Aang yelled jumping in front of the door limbs spread protecting it making Ty sweat dropped

"Party pooper, I just wanted to have some fun" Ty said in mock sadness

Aang took a breath and relaxed as Tys bisento changed back to its original blade shape, and Aang turned to face the door as the others took a few steps back on Tys gesture.

Taking in a deep breath, Aang inhaled preparing to open the door as the others watched on. With his lungs full Aang took a step forward throwing his hands in the direction of the two horns, as strong wind blasts were funnelled into them both, the door and mechanism shook slightly as the air shot through them before the shell mechanisms shook heavily before the two upper ones spun as air shot out of them moving two pipes down redirecting the extra air to the final shell which shook before spinning round letting off a lower sound than the others as a locking mechanism clicked and the door slowly creaked open wide, showing a dark inside.

Ty just blinked before sighing, "All that just to open some door, apparently who ever build this had never heard of keys"

Both Sokka and Katara sweat dropped at Tys bluntness, Aang just shrugged before walking forward to the darkness, "Hello? Anyone home?" as he walked both Sokka and Katara followed after him.

Ty shrugged, "walking into a pitch black room, in a temple where no one has lived for close to a hundred years, great that's not asking for trouble at all" he muttered as he followed after them.

Following them into the darkness, after a couple of moments their eyes began to adjust to what they were seeing.

The room was tall and had a path starting from the centre of the room expanding out in a spiral until it reached the wall where it began to climb up on a raised stair case which climbed up the wall and kept growing ever higher.

Ty looked up to see it kept climbing up and up, Ty blinked, 'I wonder where it leads to', he thought to himself as he listened to the others talking.

"Statues?" Sokka said disappointed, "That's it? Where's the meat?" he groaned as he stomach growled in agreement

"Who are all these people?" Katara asked looking up at one of the statues.

"I'm not sure but it feels like I know them somehow. Look!" Aang said confused, before looking to one of the statues, "Look, that one's an air bender!"

Katara then looked to the next one, "And this one's a water bender." She said before looking at them for a moment before seeing it, "They're lined up in a pattern. Air, water earth and fire."

"That's the avatar cycle." Aang said in realization.

"Of course! They're Avatars. All these people are your past lives, Aang." Katara said eyes widening slightly at the sheer number of them all.

Aang smiled looking up as he walked, "Wow! There's so many!"

Ty at that moment looked right to the top, 'past lives, I wonder' he thought before bending the sands out from his hip Gourd to below his feet as he lifted himself off the ground.

Aang looked to him, "Ty, where are you going?"

"Just up to the top there's something I want to see, I'll be back in a few minutes" Ty said as he continued to go higher into the temple.

Ty went higher and higher into the tall tower, seeing that the spiral was coming to an ends after a few moments.

Reaching the top he saw that the pathway lead to a deeper section higher in the tower, landing on the ground Ty bended the sand back into his gourd and walked forward into the dip as the last statue came into view, unlike the others it was wooden, and was partially warn away by time, it was a man, with long shoulder length hair, a simple shirt and robes on him, but what was different about it to the others was that there was some sort of being swirling around him and was carved along with him, he had somewhat of a goatee and sideburns but no distinguishing featured to indicate he was from any nation in particular.

Ty looked him up and down, 'if each of these represents one of Aangs past lives in the avatar cycle, then it would stand to reason as this is the first statue, then this would be the first avatar', Ty then looked to see that it didn't have a name plate same as all the rest, his eyes then rose up to the statues face as he walked closer to it, "a shame you can't help Aang, with all this crazy shit going on, he could really use the guidance, and I don't know if I can help, I don't suppose you have any advice for me" Ty smirked looking at the statue.

But before Ty could even laugh at his own joke, the statues eyes glowed making Ty gasp, before everything went white.

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When the light died down, Ty looked around to find himself standing in a white plain, with nothing in any direction except a low lying fog all around him, Ty kept turning hoping to see something but he didn't.

"Great, where the fuck am I" Ty said aloud not expecting anyone to answer him, so he jumped when someone did.

"The spirit realm where else" came a voice from right behind Ty, making him leap back, but Ty was caught of guard when his bisento was no longer in his hands.

He looked quickly to the figure who had spoken, he looked like a younger version of the statue he had been talking to back in the temple, his hair was dark brown and his skin was tanned, his robes were that of a dark oak orange with a blue band around his waist and he had a relaxed look on his face, though his very presence held an air of power around him.

On instinct Ty tried to mentally bend his sand out of his gourd to his hands, but his eyes widened when he found that the sand wasn't responding, he looked to the gourd and then to the man again and found that the man was holding his bisento, Ty gulped when he tried to bend the glass, but like the sand it didn't respond.

Ty clenched his fists as his eyes narrowed, though the other man only smiled.

"No doubt your wondering why you can't bend here, that's because in the spirit realm no one can bend, here is where the spirits roam and such bending isn't permitted" the man spoke a smile ever present on his face.

Ty relaxed, everything was alright then, if he can't bend then that means the same goes for him, but there was still the fact that he had his weapon, whoever he was.

"Hey mind giving me my staff back" Ty said outright his body still posed ready to fight

The man smiled before tossing the staff to him, "Sure", he said as Ty caught the bisento and loosened his stance feeling a bit better having a weapon on him again.

"You needn't be afraid, I didn't bring you here to harm you, I just wanted to talk to my latest reincarnation and see how the newest avatar is shaping up" the man said with a smile making Ty blink.

"I think you've got the wrong idea there buddy, I'm not the avatar" Ty started

Now it was the other man's turn to blink before rubbing his head, "well…..this is awkward, normally it's only the avatar who comes near my statue and I felt a familiar aura to you so I just assumed you were"

Ty smirked, "that's likely because I spend a lot of time with the current avatar. His name is Aang he's from the air nation"

The man nodded, "I see, that would explain it, perhaps you could tell me then, why it's been so long since there's been a new avatar reincarnation, normally there's been one every sixty or so years but this ones been going on for a while"

Ty sighed, "sure, but before I do, mind telling me who you are exactly, I know due to your statues positon in the air temple you're the first avatar, but there wasn't a name plate, nor any indication to what nation you were from"

The man nodded, "fair enough, I'll do that, if you do the same, my name is Wan, and you are correct in assuming who I am, or rather was, as for my nation, I wouldn't know as when I was the avatar, there were no nations, though you could probably put me under fire bender as that was the first element I learned to bend" Wan said before giving a slight bow

Ty nodded in response, before leaning his bisento across his shoulders, "I suppose a deal is a deal, my name is Tiberius, Ty for short, I'm an earth bender from the desert regions, though I prefer sand and glass bending to the more solid earth bending. And to answer your question as to the period of time between avatar cycles, it's because for the past hundred years, Aang and myself had been frozen solid in an iceberg only to awaken in a world at war"

Wan frowned at that, "that is quite disturbing news but not quite unexpected, the world would likely fall into unbalance without the avatar there to keep it, but it will be restored, it always is one way or another, fate is funny like that", but then Wans smiled dropped to a neutral expression, "but the one thing that confuses me, is you"

Ty blinked and his gaze hardened, "what about me?"

Slowly Wan started walking towards Ty, "not you specifically, more like your reason for being in this time, Fate doesn't just pluck someone from their time line and drop them a hundred or so years in the future without a reason, for this avatar perhaps this war needed to happen, there is always a reason behind everything, just like why you are here now, nothing is pointless, but that begs the question, what is your reason for being, everything serves a purpose, and I suppose you will find yours as Aang will find his" then Wan stopped in front of Ty and a smile came back on his face, "but whatever it is I'm sure you'll be fine, perhaps it's as simple as helping Aang restore the balance, though I think you will need more than just some glass and sand to do so"

Ty smirked, "I'll be fine. I've survived with just these up till now. I'll help Aang just fine"

Wan smirked back at him, "even so, I think a little booster would help" and before Ty could ask what he meant, Ty was jabbed in the forehead and chest and there was another bright flash of light and Ty dropped to the ground gasping for air.

"W-what did you do to me?" Ty asked getting his breath back, he felt like he had just been hit by a rampaging Komodo rhinos, as he shakily got back to his feet.

"I just gave you something to help with your journey, though it will be a while before it has fully taken hold, but it will be ready for when you need it" Wan said before turning, "good luck with yours and Aangs journey, I think you're going to need it. And don't bother telling Aang to come visit, I'm sure Roku will take care of him"

Before Ty could say another word he was engulfed in a bright light again before finding himself standing in front of the statue like nothing had ever happened, Ty blinked, 'Aang you were one weird ass hippy'

Ty turned and started bending the sand again to his feet as he stepped off the ledge and started floating to the ground, but as he did, he noticed something, all three of the other were all hiding behind statues and there was a small creature coming in the door, looking closer Ty could make out the long rabbit like ears and monkey like tail.

He could hear the others whispering from behind the statues until he decided to speak up, "Um guys, why are you hiding from a Lemur?"

Katara looked up to him as he floated down while, both Sokka and Aang look around the statues to see it was a lemur and both had very different reactions.

Aangs eyes lit up, and a big grin came on his face while he yelled, "LEMUR!!!!!!!"

While Sokkas mouth began to water as he looked at the little guy like he was a 20 oz. sirloin steak, and he hadn't eaten in weeks, instead of a few hours, before drooling out, "Dinner"

Ty chuckled as he landed on the ground as both Sokka and Aang took off running after the lemur, Sokka yelling for it to come back so he can eat it.

Katara just sighed at her brother's stupidity, while Ty just chuckled at the scene, "good luck catching it before it reaches an open area, those little guys have wings and he'll have more chance it landing on his head than catching it"

Katara looked to the blond Sand bender who was now looking to the statue Aang and she had been a few minutes earlier of Avatar Roku.

"So this was Aang in his previous life, guess he wasn't always a baldy" Ty smirked

"You and he do seem very close, but you're always teasing him, Why is that?" Katara asked coming over.

Ty shrugged, "guess it's just my way of lightening the mood, you realize that what all this temple stuff means right, if the fire nation found this one, they'll have found the others, that means Aang really is the last air bender, when he finds out the truth, it won't be pleasant, though I think on some level I think he already knows, he just doesn't want to admit it to himself yet"

Katara frowned, "I know, I went through kind of the same think when I lost my mother during the fire nation attacks, they took all the water benders and imprisoned them before carting them all off, I hadn't developed my bending yet, and it wasn't till a few years later that I did, the fire nation heard and when they came to investigate, she was killed"

Ty frowned, "your mother must have loved you very much you were lucky to have her, cherish your memories of her, for as long as you do she will never truly die"

Katara smiled slightly, "thank you" she said thinking of her mother before looking to Ty, "but this must be hard on you too, being away from your home and parents for a hundred years"

Ty shrugged, "wouldn't know. Never had any parents" Ty said before turning and heading to the door not wanting to say any more but Katara confused by his words and mistook their meaning.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to bring memories you might not want to remember"

Ty waved his hand over his shoulder, "kind of hard to remember memories you don't even have to begin with"

"What do you mean, did they die before you could remember them?" Katara asked now more confused.

"Wouldn't know" Ty said stopping at the door, "My parents abandoned me at birth, they tossed me in the desert and left me to die, had it not been for the sand tribes laws about looking after the young until manhood at seven, I would have died. They took me in, but I wouldn't have called any of them a family, keepers or care givers sure, but parents no" he said in a cold tone.

Katara visibly flinched at his words, she just realized her mistake, "I'm sorry, I never meant…"

"There's no need to be sorry Katara, I grew up never knowing what a mother or fathers love was like, I never knew what ether was so how could I have missed it. I'm grateful to the ones who gave me life, and that's it, not once did I look for them, not once did I try to find them. They didn't want me and I didn't want them, simple as that." Ty said as he sat down at the door way using the side as a back to sit against.

Katara frowned hearing his word, she couldn't imagine growing up without her mother or even knowing who she had been and having her memories of her, at least she still had her dad and Sokka, but Ty had no one, he never even knew who they were, and his feeling towards it all shocked her, had she been in his positon she would have done everything possible to find out who her parents were and here he was doing absolutely nothing, why?

She was about to speak again but then something flashed behind her before it grew out from there as she looked around, it was the statues, all their eyes were glowing a bright blue. Ty looked over to them as well and both their eyes widened before they looked at each other and they both said the same thing.

""Aang!!!""

Ty shot to his feet his sand pouring out of his gourd to his feet as he jumped off the ground and starting to speed off on his sand cloud with Katara right behind him. As they got out side they were hit by the hard winds Ty had to put his sand back in the gourd as the winds were too strong as they both pushed through them heading to where the massive winds were coming from.

Both of them fought against the hard winds, Ty using his earth bending to raise up a wind breaking wall to give them shelter from the harsh wind as he and Katara kept walking on.

Final reaching the not destroyed area, Ty raised another wall in front of Sokka to block his wind as they met up together

"What happened?" Katara asked as she moved to beside Sokka who was getting his breath back,

"He, he found out fire benders killed Gyatso." Sokka said panting.

Ty's eyes widened as he put his fist through the wall he made punching a viewing hole to see what was beyond them.

Aang was hovering ten feet in the air, a sphere of violent wind whipping around him endlessly in rage, both his eyes and his arrows were glowing in a bright light, but then Ty looked down, lying in a mound of rubble was a skeleton, in yellow robes, but what Ty saw was the pendant around its neck, Ty knew that pendant, it was the one Aang had carved for Gyatso a few days before the elders told him he was the avatar.

Ty clenched his teeth and he looked away, "it's true, it's him, Bastards. What did they do to him?"

Katara put her hand on his shoulder, "I'm sorry, I know he meant something to you both"

Ty clenched his fists but shook his head as he closed the hole up, "I can morn later, right now, we've got to calm Aang down before he really dose blow us off the mountain"

"I'll try to calm him down" Katara said moving forward but ty stopped her.

"Hold up, let me give you a hand" Ty said before pressing his back into the stone wall he had put up and then pushed himself through it crating a door as the stones wrapped around him creating an armour like second skin, Ty held out his hand and Katara took it, "Hold on tight and I'll keep you planted to the mountain before looking at Sokka before Ty tapped his heel on the ground and a stone wall came up behind him, "that will catch you if you can't keep your grip"

Sokka saw the wall and nodded in thanks at the help extra help he was given.

Ty nodded back as he moved forward with Katara in hand, as they both pushed against the wind. Finally getting as close as they could Katara called out

"Aang, I know you're upset and I know how hard it is to lose the people you love. I went through the same thing when I lost my mom. Monk Gyatso and the other air benders may be gone but you still have a family. Sokka, Ty and I we're your family now." She called out as Ty listened to her words.

Aang started to calm down and Ty called out. "I'm still here buddy, I'm not going anywhere, we've been like brothers for two years, I'll be damned if I'm going to leave you now"

Slowly Aang came down to ground level as the winds died down, slowly Katara, Sokka and Ty moved closer to him as the winds dissipated, slowly they came to a stop and the three of them were standing behind Aang, his arrow and eyes still glowing. Ty blinked and slowly the rock armour Ty had wrapped around himself fell to the ground as Sokka spoke.

"Katara, Ty and I aren't going to let anything happen to you. Promise." Sokka said reassuringly

Katara slowly wrapped her gloved hand around Aangs in a reassuring gesture, and it was then that the glow Aangs arrows and eyes were giving off slowly faded, and with it Aangs exhaustion kicked in causing him to fall, only to be caught by Katara.

"I'm sorry." Aang said excused and saddened by the experience he had just went through.

"It's okay. It wasn't your fault." Katara said as she let him rest against her

"But you were right." Aang said with hurt in his eyes, "And if fire benders found this temple that means they found the other ones, too. I really am the last air bender."

Katara tried to comfort him by huddling him into her shoulder to give him some relief, what she could, as Sokka put his hand on Aangs shoulder, not sure how to comfort the younger male in this situation.

Ty frowned before leaning on his bisento, "that you might be Aang, but you will never be alone, you'll always have family"

Aang gave a sad smile back to Ty as Katara helped him up slowly and the two boys bro-fisted with sad smiles present on their faces, both unsure of what the future held for them now, they weren't in their own time, and the only home ether of them had known was gone, they were all each other really had.

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It had been a few hours since the incident, Aang was inside the temple looking up at the statue of avatar Roku, while Ty landed on the door frame watching him, with his bisento leaned across his shoulders.

Katara came in the door way and looked to Ty their conversation from earlier still fresh on her mind, but she just wasn't sure how to talk to the blond about subjects like that, it was the type of thing that was hard for everyone, though he seemed cold and unfeeling towards it, like he didn't even care, it honestly concerned her. She would make a note to try and talk to him more about it even if it was to get him to open up a little in the future.

She then continued on into the room, "Everything's packed." She said as she came up to Aang, "You ready to go?"

Aang just continued to stare at the statue, "How is Roku supposed to help me if I can't talk to him?"

"Maybe you'll find a way." Katara said trying to sound reassuring though it was clear she didn't have a clue ether.

Ty pushed himself off the wall, "the avatar is meant to be the bridge between the spirit world and the physical world, something tells me when Roku wants to help you, he'll make his intentions known, spirits are strange like that"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Katara asked raising an eyebrow

Ty shrugged, "just speaking from personal history" he said before looking down when something caught his eye, it was the lemur from before, only it was standing on its back legs and holding arms full of fruit, before it looked up to Ty and blinked, Ty responded the same, before the small creature hopped over to Sokka and dropping the fruit at his feet. Sokka quickly dropped and started eating.

"Looks like you made a new friend, Sokka." Aang said with a partial smile

"Can't talk. Must eat." Sokka said in between mouthfuls

The lemur races over to Aang and climbed up and wrapped himself around Aangs head. Where everyone got a good look at him.

He has majority white fur, with brown features, his ears were white with light and dark brown insides, his long tail was brown with white two white stripes at the end of it, and his eyes were wide and light emerald green with white pupils.

"Hey little guy." Aang said happily looking at the small creature not perched on his head.

Ty looked at the little lemur and rolled his eyes, 'this guy is just an animal magnet, can he at least attract ones that are the slightest bit cool, and not cute and cuddly, at least Appa has horns'

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It was another fifteen minutes until all of them were outside packing up the last of their supplies onto Appas saddle. Ty was up on Appa with his gourd and was checking it over for cracks. Aang was on the ground talking with the yet to be named Lemur and Appa,

"You, me, Ty, and Appa. We're all that's left of this place. We have to stick together." Aang said with and a slight frown.

"We will Aang" Ty called down, "we'll be just fine, you, me fuzz butt here, and even big ears there" Ty said with a smirk

"We are not calling him big ears" Aang said in a deadpan tone, making Ty shrug with a smirk as Aang went over to Katara and Sokka, "Katara, Sokka say hello to the newest member of our family." Aang said as he held the small lemur on his arm.

"What are you going to name him?" Katara asked looking at the small creature, only for the next second it just jump off Aangs arm and grab the piece of fruit Sokka was about to eat, and then zip back to Aangs arm before taking a bite, leaving a gaping Sokka still holding his hand up where the fruit had once been.

"Momo." Aang said before both he and Katara started chuckling at Sokkas expression.

Ty was smirking looking down at it as well, "hey Sokka, close your mouth, I know you're hungry but trying to catch flies isn't the answer"

Sokka immediately closed his mouth making all three of the others start laughing louder at Sokkas reaction more.

Ty then just lay back on the saddle with his pole arm by his side as he moved his finders as a small disk glass disk flipped in-between them. Ty then gripped the disk in his hands and looked up to the sky. 'if here has changed so much, I wonder, just how has the rest of the world has changed' Ty looked up as the clouds rolled by as he pondered the answer before sighing, 'guess we'll just have to find out, this trip should be interesting'