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Avatar: A New Beginning

"The time has come to end this once and for all." A man with a mask started walking forward with a gate as if he has already won. He walked to a man lying on the ground almost unconscious. The man lying on the ground looked up with terror and defeat in his eyes.

"With you gone nothing can stop me from taking control!" the man in the mask said with an evil grin the grazed his check.

The man on the ground said with tears running down his face "You might have won have won today, but one day you will lose. Maybe not in your lifetime or the next but one day your descendants will pay for what you are doing." With that said the man closed his eyes almost to signal to get it over with it.

The man with the mask after hearing that smiled more. He bent down placing his thumb on the other man's chest and forehead, and said "Say good bye Avatar". A big red light shot out of both of them. Just before the masked man took the Avatars bending a tear fell down slowly on his checks saying one word before going unconscious "Sorry."

400 Years Later

"Hurry up, Katara you have been in there for like 45 minutes. We are going to be late."

Sokka said banging on the door repedivtly. He was leaning on the door hitting it slowly but consistently. The next thing he knew he was on the ground of the bathroom floor.

"Here you go you big baby." Katara said coming out of the bathroom. Sokka shot up and ran into the bathroom slamming the door behind him. Katata turned around and said "And I thought he was the older child."

Coming down the stairs she saw her dad smiling ar her, then resumed to read the newspaper. She smiled back and said "Good Moring dad."

"Good morning Katara" he said in return as his daughter kissed on his check. "You should really be nicer to your brother. He has to get ready in the morning too."

"But guys take like five minutes to get ready anyway. All he does is smell his clothes to make sure they don't stink to bad, puts them on, looks in the mirror after brushing his teeth saying looking good handsome." She said trying to do her best impression of her brother.

Her dad just chuckled and said "Point taken."

"So what is for breakfast." Sokka said coming down the stairs

"Sorry bud, I didn't make any today. Don't want to be late for the first day of my new job." Their dad said looking down at his watch. His eyes opened and shot up, "With that being said I should get going." He grabbed his keys and his stuff then headed towards the door. Just as he grabbed the door knob he heard what sounded like a fake cough to get his attention. He turned around to see his daughter staring at him like he forgot something. He smiled and walked over to his kids and gave them a hug and a kiss on the forehead. As he finally walked out he said, "Have a good day at school. Make some friends, this is a new start for us." Katara and Sokka waved good bye as he got in to his car and left.

A few moments later Katara looked at her brother saying, "We should probably get to school early so we can see where our classes are."

Sokka looked at here and gave a quick laugh, "Only you would want to get to school early." Katara didn't say anything, just looked at him and stuck her tongue out. Sokka scoffed and grabbed the keys to head off the school.

When they got to school, the first thing they noticed was how enormous it was. It was almost like a small college. They wanted to find a parking place closest to the school. When they finally found one they got out. As they where doing so they heard a roaring of an engine coming close to them. The brother and sister looked back to see this gorgeous red 2018 Ford Mustang. A dude was driving it staring down at the new kids like he was going to hurt them. He stopped in front of there 1970s blue Jeep Wrangler, "Who the hell do you think you are?" the guy in the mustang yelled.

"Um…Sokka, what is going on." he replaid with a confused look on his face.

The man looked at Sokka with distaste "Do you not know who I am?"

"No, should I?" Sokka said still confused, looking at his sister with same expression.

"Im Jet!" he said, "and that is my parking spot."

"No it is not. I don't see you name on it." Katara said with a smirk on her face.

"It is my parking spot because I say it is."

"That doesn't count." Katara said getting a little angry, "Either way we are not moving."

"Uh, yeah you are!" Jet said getting out of his car and walking towards them.

"Maybe we should just um… move Katara?" Sokka chimed in not wanting to get into a fight in the first day.

"Yeah, listen to your boyfriend over there little girl before I do something about it." Jet said getting closer to them.

Katara looked outraged at what he just said. "First off he is my brother, second don't call me little girl. We aren't moving, if you want to something about it do it."

Jet just smiled and walked over to Katara. Once Katara calmed down and realized what she said, she instantly regretted it. She looked at Sokka who stepped in front of his sister so he was between her and Jet. Jet just kept walking closer the them. As he was about to confront them but a boy stepped in between Sokka and Jet, placing a hand on Jets chest. Katara looked at the boy with awe. He was about her age, taller then her, very fit and very cute, but what caught her attention the most where his eyes. She has never seen anything like them. They where like a grey stormy clouds swirling constantly. He looked at Katara to see her staring at him. She panicked and looked away with a slight blush on her checks.

The boy looked back at Jet with his hand still on his chest to hold him back. "You almost got expelled last year. Do you really want to get into a fight the first day?" People watching started giggle.

Jet looked around with embarrassment and said, "No" but quickly returned with, "but they still took my parking spot!" He jumped forward scarring Sokka but with the kid there he held Jet back so he could do anything like he has done this a time or two.

The kid responded, "Let it go, tomorrow you can get your spot back." He looked back at Sokka like wanted him to agree with his statement.

Sokka realizing what is going on nodded his head and said, "Sure thing, of corse." Giving a fake smile to try and appease Jet.

Jet looked back at the kid still with a firm grip on him. "Fine, but tomorrow you better be gone." pointing at Sokka and Katara. Then we walked away like he made his point.

The kid after letting Jet go turned around to look at Sokka and Katara. "Sorry about that, he can be a little hot headed" He looked of the Katara and suddenly lost his train of thought. She was the prettiest women she has ever seen. Her dark tan skin completion was beautiful and her dark brown hair glincend in the sun, but what really took his breathe away where her eyes. They where a beautiful color blue, like an ocean of sapphires that you could get lost in.

"Well thanks for the help kid but I think I had complete control of the situation." Sokka said snapping the boy out of his transe. Noticing that he was staring looked away quickly hoping she didn't notice. She did, and both of there checks got red looking away from each other.

"Sure you did." Katara smiled at her bother.

Sokka scoffed, "What ever.", looking down at his watch he realized that school was about to start and him and his sister didn't even get there class schedule yet. Thanking the boy before grabbing his sister and saying, "We need to go and get our schedules, now."

Katara nodded and saw how much time they had left before school started. She and her brother started running. As they where running she looked back thanking the boy once more. The kid waved as they were running away. She turned around still running thinking maybe this move wouldn't be so bad after all.

Sokka got his schedule first so he left to go to his class leave Katara in the main office. She was waiting on the women at the front desk to give her papers. She heard the door open, when she looked back to see who walked in her heart started to beat faster. It was the boy from early in the morning. She started to slowly sink in her seat and cover her face so that maybe he wont see her. He walked up to the front desk which was right in front of Katara. The entire time she was thinking to herself, don't turn around, don't turn around, don't turn around. He turned around not a moment later. He smiled at her, knowing who she was. Katara sat up quickly and smiled back.

"I remember you, you're the girl from this morning?" He said trying to make conversation.

"Yep.", Katara said frankly while not making eye contact.

Before anything else could be said that lady at the front desk returned with papers in hand. "Here yall go with yalls class schedule." They both grabbed there papers and said thank you. As they where walking out the lady said something to halt them, "Do you need any help finding your classes young lady?"

The boy said something before giving Katara a chance to talk, "I got it." He smiled and looked at her. She looked back at him and smiled with a hint of pink forming on her checks.

They walked out of the office and made there way to find their lockers. He looked over a Katara and said, "Are you ok?"

"About what?" Katara replaid kinda confused

"This morning at the parking lot, are you ok?" he said laughing a little.

She laughed in return, "Yeah Im fine." She paused for a second before continuing, "Are you friends with him or something cause you don't strike me as a guy who would hang out with people like him."

He just looked at her, "No, we are on the same soccer team. I keep an eye on him cause our parents used to work together. So I kinda have to." He looked up and away from her with a little sadness on his face. She noticed but didn't push the subject. "What kinda of guy do I strike you as?" He said with a smile back on his face.

She smiled back at him, "I don't know, you seem to nice to hang out with jerks like him."

He just laughed, "Thanks, I guess."

She let out a small luagh and looked down at her paper with here classes on it. She realized that this was her hall. They walked in and the boy helped her find her locker. Once they found it the boy looked back down at his sheet. After do so he smiled, "Looks like we are going to see a lot more of each other." Moving over to his locker which was right besides hers.

"I guess we will." She replied liking the fact that there lockers where close.

"I don't even know your name." He said closing his locker. "Im Aang." He held out his hand. She reached out to shake it, his hand is so soft she thought to her self. She just kept shaking his hand not realizing that she hasn't said anything back. "And you are?" he said trying to get an answer out of her.

"Katara." She finally said blushing little bit with embarrassment.

"Well that is a very pretty name." He said letting go of her hand. "My homeroom is that way and yours is at the end of the hall. The room number is 223." He pointed to show her. "Do you need me to show you?"

"No I got it, thanks." She replied.

"Oh…" Aang said kinda hoping she would say yes. "Well I will see you later. Maybe we have a couple classes together."

"Yeah maybe?" She said smiling at the thought of seeing him more. She really hope they did.

Half of the day has gone by and Katara didn't have any class with Aang. It was lunch time and Katara was starving. She missed breakfast because her dad had to go to work earlier, and apparently the food here is pretty good, which knowing her brother he was happy about.

Katara walked through the line to get here food. Who ever told her that the food here is good lied. It was you standard mystery meat Mondays. The first thing you notice is the smell. After taking one whiff of it you where done for. Regaining her composure, Katara walked out in the sitting area of the cafeteria. It was your standard set up, the jocks and the poplars on one side, while the nerds on the other, with other groups scattered all over.

Katara was scanning the room trying to find somewhere to sit hoping to see someone she knew. She eventually locked one to someone whose eyes you could not miss from a mile away. It was Aang, and Katara waved her hand in the air to try and get his attention. He looked back to see her waving at him, he waved back and then motioned her to come over and sit with them. As she got closer to the table Katara heard a scoff from someone already sitting down. "What is she doing here." One the girls said. "Yeah just look at what she is wearing. Looks like she bought it from Goodwill." Another girl said to continue. Katara looked down at what she was wearing, it was a regular white t-shirt that was tight around the arms with a blue mini skirt that stopped half way up the leg, she had black leggings on underneath and brown boots with fur showing on the top. Katara though that she looked good, she picked her clothes out the night before.

Looking back up, she saw everyone at the table laughing at her. Exept for Aang. She didn't notice, all she noticed where the girls and Jet laughing at her. With a tear forming and tray still in hand, Katara walked away before anything else could be said. Seeing how dissrought Katara was, Aang got up from the table to follow her. As Aang was getting up he looked at the table to all the kids still laughing.

"Yall are just a bunch of dicks." Aang said walking away from the table. He saw Katara was under a tree outside. He walked to go to her but not before he heard someone say something behind him, "Come on Aang it was it was just a joke." Aang turned around to see that Jet was the one who said that. Walking backwards and staring at Jet, he simlpy held up one hand and gave Jet and the whole table the bird. He turned back around and made his way to the door outside to go to Katara. He could he her sniff through her nose like she was trying not to cry.

Walking up to Katara, Aang stopped a couple of feet behind her not knowing what to say to try and make her feel better. Knowing, however, he needed to do something, he sat beside her. Not knowing who it was, Katara jumped. After realizing it was Aang, Katara looked away so that he didn't see her like this. Aang knowing what she was doing smiled and placed a hand on her back to try and comfort her. Kataras heart skipped a beat when she felt something touch her back knowing that Aang was the only one near her. Even though Katara had been crying and tears and makeup running down her face, Aang couldn't help himself from thinking how beautiful she still was. With the thought still on his mind and it being a couple minutes of silence, he finally spoke. "I'm sorry."

"I think you are beautiful and those girls are just jealous that you don't even try and you have them beat." Aang continued try and get a glimpse of here mysitic blue eyes. It worked, Katara smiled a bit at what he said. Turning all the way around to meet her eyes with his stormy grey eyes staring back at her. She was mesmerized by them wanting to never look away. After a brief moment of looking at each other, Aang saw that Kataras makeup was still running. He grabbed a napkin form Kataras trey and wiped away the tears and makeup from her face. Her checks got even redder even after she had been crying. Putting the napkin away, Aang looked over at Katara who looked better, gave him a little smile. He looked at her hand which was placed on her knee, he grabbed it without hesitation. He held her hand so that his fingers where in between her pointer finger and thumb. Katara shot up looking at him, then a smile creeped on her face. She liked the way his hand felt and fitted in hers.

RIIINNNNNGGGGG

The lunch bell rang braking up their gaze. They both looked away laughing with a hint of pink on their checks. Still holding Kataras hand, Aang stood up and helped Katara up. He kept his eyes on her as they walked back inside together.

"What classes do you have next." He said

Katara stopped to think for a second, "Umm… I think Mrs. Ursa for English. Mr. Pako for science, and Mr. Boulder for P.E."

Aang nodded and smiled, " Me too." He said glad to know that towards the end of the day he would be with her, which quickly became his favorite part of the day. Katara glanced over at Aang and smile to show she liked the idea of have he end of the day together.

Aang snapped out of his trance, looked around to see that they where the only people left in the cafeteria. "Oh crap… we are going to be late." He said loudly. Grabbing Kataras hand pulling her behind him. It caught her off guard. It took her a while to catch her footing as Aang was still holding her hand and running. Once she finally caught up they started to slow down once they get near their lockers.

"Sorry" he said is they both where panting. "I was already late once today, don't want to be late again."

Katara started to catch her breath, "Same, it is my first day and it would look bad if I am late twice."

Not saying anything else they both got their books from their lockers and headed to class. Stopping a few feet short of the class, they looked at each other and smiled. Katara smile faded and she looked down at her feet still thinking about what happened at lunch. Aang frowned a little know what she was probably thinking about. Nugging her with his shoulder, Katara looked at him. He gave a sympathetic smile showing he understood. She blushed a little bit liking the way he was looking at her. Katara took a big breath and nodded to signal that she was ready. Aang nodded back and they walked into class together.

The rest of the day was great. They sat next to each other in the final two classes just talking even when the teacher was. Aang found out that she moved her from Florida with her brother Sokka and her father. Aang noticed she never mentioned her mother, but he didn't push the subject. All he said was that his family used to live all over the world because of his parnts job. A little smirk came across his face reminiscing over old memories, but quickly faded just a quick as it came. Then he continued by saying that he moved here with his Uncle Gyatso last year. Katara new something was off, she could tell by looking at his face. Just like Aang though she didn't push the subject.

A silence fell on the two as they walked to gym class. Trying to get rid of the silence Aang said, "So, you got any hobbies. Like play any sports."

"No not really, I used to swim and take dancing when I was a kid but I stopped." Katara replied.

" I like to dance to." Aang said with a smile on his face. "Watch this." He did a little dance move that made Katara laugh. He loved that laugh and would do anything to hear it all the time. When Aang was doing his impersonation of Jagger, Katar gave a playful shove on Aangs shoulder with her own.

"Show me what you got."

"No No No, I don't dance in public like you did or what ever you call that." They both laughed

One the first day of gym class they did you typical physical fitness test. Your standard pull-ups, sit ups, and a one mile run. Aang exelled in all 3 and Katara did really well herself.

When school was over they both changed out of their p. e. clothes and into old clothes from earlier this day. They meet up afterward and started to head back to the cars. Sokka was already there waiting on her. Aang walked Katara to the car before stopping and asking her something, "There is a party Friday, and I was wondering if you wanted to go."

Katara hesitated with her answer not knowing what to say. All she could think about are those girls going to be there. She then looked at Aang who was smiling. She nodded smiling back at the boy. Aang was so happy he could jump in the air, but he didn't cause he wanted to look cool in front of her.

"Cool, I'll text you the address." Aang said handing his phone to Katara so they could swap each other their phones. Aang began to walk away. He turned away to say good bye, see you tomorrow, and wave. She waved back and blushed a little when she saw Aangs number on her phone.

"Who is that?" Sokka said abruptly as Katara got into the car.

"Just a friend."

"Is he the boy form this morining?"

"Maybe"

"You are not allowed to date. You are to young." Sokka said in an older brother tone.

"Who said I was dating him?" Katara said with a slight blush at the the thought.

"Ok fine, just know I am watching you to."

Katara just rolled her eyes, "Just drive." The ride home was silent. All katara could do is look down at her phone to see the boys number in her phone.

Author's Note: this is a story I do in my free time. Since I have a very demanding job I really only have the weekends and about an hour a day to write and type the story. So if you like the story and want more uploads sooner just be patient with me. I will not forget about the story and leave you guys hanging.