Story [Avatar:TLAB] Avatar: The Legend of Wei Sheng (Aang, OCs)

Title: Avatar: The Legend of Wei Sheng
Author: R_Zion
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama, Comedy, Historical
Summary: On the eve of the Fire Lord's defeat, Aang begins to have doubts about his ability to unite the nations in peace. In his sleep, he is visited by Avatar Wei Sheng and told of a time much like his own, five thousand years ago, when the four nations were first being formed...


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Prologue: A Moment Of Doubt

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The cool touch of the night-fed ocean breeze and the iron deck-plating was a much welcomed relief after spending most of the afternoon exposed to the flames of a master Firebender. Here he was, though: Aang, the Avatar, the last of the Airbenders and the savior of the four nations, victorious. Without compromising his principles, without giving into the pressure of well-meaning advice, he had defeated Fire Lord Ozai and, in the process, had finally made it possible for peace to return to the world. He should be happy; he was happy. However, after several hours left to himself, doubts were beginning to weigh heavily on his mind. In one sense, his journey was finally over, and in another it was yet just beginning.

Though he hadn't kept a close watch on the time, it had been at least five hours since the Fire Nation flotilla had arrived on the shores of the Earth Kingdom. On the orders of Prince Zuko, they were to round up the crews of his father's airships and return the Avatar to their nation's capital city. According to the lead Captain of the flotilla, some major changes were beginning to happen there since the Prince had managed to defeat his sister and for what was coming it was imperative that the Avatar was present.

So here they were. Sokka had been taken to the infirmary to have his ankle cared for by the medics with Suki following close behind while Toph had gone to the galley to get something to eat. Aang, meanwhile, had decided to stay on the upper deck and watched as Zuko's soldiers led Ozai and his men aboard and to the brig before taking a comfortable spot beside a cargo crate to rest. It felt odd, after a year of fighting the Fire Nation, to be on one of their fully operational and fully manned naval ships. Though under orders from Prince Zuko to escort them safely, he could feel the stares of the soldiers and naval officers as they passed him. Their disgust and contempt was all too apparent in their amber eyes. He had defeated the Fire Lord, that was true, but one-hundred years of strife were not so easily wiped away. One battle would never resolve anything.

That's when the doubts began to creep into his mind.

Staring up at the night sky, Aang's mind began to wander... about the past and about the future. As far as he knew, unless some had escaped into hiding, the Air Nomads were gone. The Earth Kingdom and the Water Tribes had both been brutalized by the Fire Nation invasion through recent days to the siege of the Northern Water Tribe's fortress and the fall of Ba Sing Se. As well, there was the Fire Nation themselves. For nearly a century the Fire Lords had indoctrinated their people on a skewed view of the world; lead to believe that their leaders were on a noble campaign of global education and enlightenment against a world of savages. Even with Zuko as Fire Lord, even with friends like the Earth King and King Bumi, and even with the support of Chiefs Hakoda and Arnook, would the people themselves so easily welcome their neighbors once more with this new peace after everything they all had been through? Though it had seemed an impossible task, the defeat of Fire Lord Ozai was finally accomplished, but now, looking at the task that lied ahead, diplomacy seemed like an even greater feat. He was the Avatar, but he was also just a kid! It was his job to mediate the peace between the nations, but what if the nations wouldn't listen?

His mind still racing, he let out a yawn and looked up at the st

 

Oooh, Nice start! Can't wait to see where this one goes.