Southern Air Temple

The sun began rising over the lake. Most of the group was awake, apart from Sokka. Appa stood up and grazed on some grass, while Aang was sitting at the reins. Ray was staring towards the sky. Right next to him, Katara and Lucy were doing some work.
"Wait until you guys see the Air Temple. It's one of the most beautiful places in the entire world." Aang expressed how he was feeling.
"Aang I know you're excited, but a hundred years have passed since you left home." Katara informed him.
"That's why I'm so excited." Aang replied happily, grinning at her with a bright smile.
"What Katara is trying to say is that a lot can change after all this time." Lucy pointed out.
"I know, but I wanna see it for myself." He explained, undettered. Aang then jumped off Appa to the ground and walked over to a still sleeping Sokka.
"Come on Sokka! Wake up! Time to go see the Air Temple!" Aang cried excitedly.
"Sleep now...Air Temple later." Sokka groaned before going back to sleep.
Aang was displeased, then a smirk formed on his face. He picked a stick up as Lucy and Katara observe what he was doing from on top of Appa. Aang then approached Sokka again.
"Sokka, wake up! There's a prickle snake in your sleeping bag!" He shouted, poking Sokka with the stick.
"GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" Sokka shouted and jumped around in his sleeping bag. He then tripped and fell over, causing Katara and Lucy to laugh. Sokka growled in annoyance over being tricked.
"You needed to get up anyway, so it was necessary." Ray reminded him.
"Can I sleep while we're flying?" Sokka asked.
"Yeah, Aang only woke you up so we could go to the Air Temple." Lucy explained.
"Come on, let's go!" Aang exclaimed.
"Alright, mister excited we're going." Lucy stated.
Meanwhile Natsu, Happy, Gray and Erza continue searching for Lucy after she mysteriously disappeared. They decided to leave the forest to Natsu's disappointment, and inform the mayor about the mysterious figures. They then took a train back to Fairy Tail. When they walked through the doors of the guild, everyone was relaxing like usual. Mira then spotted them.
"Oh hi, guys. Welcome back. How did your job go?" Mira asked.
"I don't wanna talk about it." Natsu replied.
"What's wrong? And where's Lucy? I thought she went with you." Mira said. Everyone else turned to Team Natsu after hearing Lucy hadn't returned with them.
"Well...we found the mysterious figures that were causing a panic and it turned out they wanted Lucy for some reason." Erza explained.
"Why?" Cana asked.
"We're not sure..." Gray admitted.
"Well, what happened to Lucy? Didn't she leave the guild with you guys?" Wendy asked them.
"Here..." Natsu held out her Gate Keys, shocking a majority of the guild.
"What happened? How did she lose her gate keys?" Romeo asked.
"There was a cloaked figure named Zack and Lucy fought him, but she was eventually overpowered. Just as Zack assumed he was victorious and tried to capture her again, she fell backwards off a cliff edge." Natsu explained, shocking most of them. 
"Did you try to do anything about it?" Levy asked.
"I ran to the cliff when I saw what was happening, but...I was too late and that Zack creep almost had her as well. He took her keys instead and I fought against him, before managing to take the keys back and force him to retreat." Natsu explained.
"No...my love rival is..." Juvia said, tears threatening to fall from her face.
"We didn't want to believe that Lucy was...you know. We actually thought she's still alive somewhere so we kept searching all over for her, but had no luck."
"So that means Lucy is..." Mira stops talking as she's about to cry.
A man with spiky brown hair listened patiently to the story while sitting on the stairs that led to the second floor.
"We're sorry, Master Makarov. We did everything we could to search for her." Erza said and Makarov sighed.
"Lucy made her choice to do something like this. If she's really..." Makarov stops talking. "You kids had a rough day. Take a rest." Makarov said.
"No...Lu-chan can't be..." Levy stops talking and tears start to flow from her face.
"Great. We lost a comrade." Cana said.
"She has to be somewhere! She has to be alive so go out and look!" Romeo cried but Marco puts his hand on his son's shoulder to calm him down.
"No...I don't want to accept this! I refuse to believe that Lucy is gone!" Wendy said as she starts crying.
"Natsu...is she really..." Lisanna stops talking as she sees Natsu's face.
It was then the spiky brown-haired man got to his feet and decided to speak up. 
"Yeah, sure she is..." He scoffed, rolling his eyes.
"What's that supposed to mean, Ryu?" Erza demanded. She wanted to know what he meant.
"I've heard this all before, Erza." He answered. "Most of us believed the same thing two years ago."
Lisanna knew exactly where he was going with this and continued where he left off.
"...When I was assumed to be dead after that disastrous S-Class mission. Yet you encountered me in Edolas not that long ago."
She then faced away from everyone.
"He's right. It's too early for us to assume Lucy's dead. Maybe she ended up in a parallel world just like me."
"So we need to expand our search efforts a lot further then." Erza commented.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?" Gray asked.
Just then, Lucy's gate keys started to glow and surprised everyone.
"What's happening?" Elfman asked.
"How are Lucy's keys glowing like that?" Mira questioned.
"Is this real or am I drunk again?" Cana asked.
"Natsu, how is this happening?" Lisanna asked him.
"I dunno." He admitted. Then it felt like he was being lifted off the ground and realized he's floating in the air, to everyone's confusion.
"Natsu, you're floating!" Happy exclaimed.
"How is this happening?" He asked, before looking up to see the glowing Gate Keys are the ones lifting him off the ground.
"Are Lucy's keys...holding me up?" Natsu asked.
"This isn't funny Natsu! Get down from there!" Gray yelled.
"I'm not doing this, Ice Princess!" Natsu yelled back.
"Hold on Natsu, I'll get you down!" Happy said as he grabbed Natsu, but nothing happened when he tried to pull him down.
"Now we're floating!" Happy called out.
"That's it! I'll get you down myself!" Gray shouted as he grabbed Natsu's leg, but then he floats off the ground.
"What the...?!" Gray exclaimed.
"What's happening?" Romeo asked.
"Why are they floating like that?" Wendy questioned.
"Enough of this! You three need to get down right now!" Erza demanded. She grabbed Gray's leg, but then floated off the ground.
"Whatever is going on here, it isn't funny!" She yelled.
"Carla!" Wendy called out.
"Right." Carla nodded, picking her up as they flew over in a attempt to get them down. Nothing happened though.
"It's not working!" Wendy exclaimed.
"Natsu, what did you do?!" Erza demanded.
"No idea." Natsu replied, then the keys began pulling them out of the guild hall much to everyone's confusion.
"Master, what just happened?" Mira asked.
"I'm not entirely sure. Strange things happen most of the time, I can't even figure it out." Makarov said.
"That's it. No more drinking for me." Cana muttered.
"We should go after them." Levy told the others.
"No. Don't trouble yourselves. Who knows, the keys might bring them back here." Makarov stopped them from going after Natsu and the others.
Meanwhile Natsu, Happy, Gray, Erza, Wendy and Carla were still being pulled through the air by Lucy's gate keys. The townspeople had confused looks on their faces as the keys pulled them. They were trying their hardest to hold on and not fall as they were pulled through the air until they reached the forest and stop at the cliff Lucy fell off.
"What just happened?" Gray asked.
"Lucy's gate keys brought us back to the forest." Erza answered.
"We're at the spot where Lucy fell." Natsu added.
"But why did the keys bring us here? Make us even sadder about Lucy's..." Happy was cut off when the gate keys start glowing again.
"Oh crap. Don't tell me we're going to be pulled through the air again." Gray said. But then the keys create something where the cliff edge is.
"What's going on? What are they doing?" Wendy asked.
The Gate Keys reveal a bright light where the cliff edge is before nearly blinding everyone then showing what looks like a portal.
"What the..." Natsu started to say, but then trailed off as the portal started sucking him in. He tried to hold on to something, but the suction was too strong and he entered the portal.
"Natsu!" Happy cried. Then the portal sucked Happy in next, he tried to escape but was pulled in by the suction.
"What is going ON?!" Gray demanded. He was the next person to be sucked into the portal. Erza, Wendy and Carla followed suit then the Gate Keys enter the portal before it closed.
After it closed Tor, Zack, Luna and Zane arrived at the cliff.
"Did you see that?! Those Fairy freaks got sucked into that weird portal." Zack said, shocked.
"Where did it take them?" Luna asked.
"I'll find out." Zane answered, taking out a purple book and opening it.
"This book sensed the portal and it can take us to wherever those Fairy fools are going." He said as the book revealed a portal before Zane looked at it.
"Yes. This portal leads to a world with four nations. That's probably where Lucy is right now." He stated.
"So we go in, find Lucy, grab her and get out. Sounds easy enough." Luna admitted.
"It'd be best if Luke found out." Tor said.
"Are you suggesting that we go back again? Did ya hear his warning?" Zack asked.
"He won't be so ticked off if we tell him where Lucy ended up, right." Tor informed him.
"I suppose you're right. I'll show him the portal leading to this world." Zack retorted.
"Let's go." Tor said as they walk away from the cliff.
Meanwhile Zuko's ship arrived at a Fire Nation port. It was still damaged after what Aang and Lucy did. They exit the ship and enter the port.
"Uncle, I want the repairs made as quickly as possible. I don't want to risk losing their trail." Zuko said.
"You mean the Avatar and the Celestial Mage?" He asked.
"Don't mention them on the docks! Once word gets out that the Avatar is alive and about the girl being this prophesied Celestial Mage is true, every Firebender will be out looking for them and I don't want anyone to get in the way." Zuko warned his uncle.
"Get in the way of what, Prince Zuko?" A new and older voice asked. They turned and saw a firebender walking towards them, instantly recognizing him.
"Captain Zhao." Zuko greeted him with disdain, crossing his arms.
"It's COMMANDER Zhao now." Zhao corrected him, then turned to his uncle.
"And General Iroh, the great hero of our nation." He added, bowing. He turned his attention to the Winter Soldier standing behind the two and said, "And you must be the Winter Soldier. News has traveled quick from the capital. Our new friend by the name of, um." He took a moment to remember, then said, "Johann Schimdt, has informed the Fire Lord that his army will be joining us to help win the war."
"RETIRED general." Iroh politely corrected him.
"The Fire Lord's brother and son, plus an ally from Hydra are welcomed guests any time. What brings you to my harbor?" Zhao inquired.
"Our ship is being repaired." Iroh stated, pointing to the damage that was done.
"That's quite a bit of damage." Zhao exclaimed.
"Yes. You won't believe what happened." Zuko said, before turning to Iroh.
"Uncle, tell Commander Zhao what happened." He insisted.
"Of course. It was incredible. We crashed into something...correct?" Iroh questioned.
"Right into a Earth Kingdom ship!" Zuko continued.
"Really? You must regale me with all the thrilling details." Zhao commented.
"Care to join me for a drink?" He offered, leaning closer to Zuko.
"Sorry, but we must get going." Zuko insisted, before turning to leave.
"Prince Zuko, show Commander Zhao your respect. We would be honored to join you. Do you have any ginseng tea? It's my favorite." Iroh explained.
Meanwhile Appa was flying through the sky towards the Southern Air Temple. Aang was on his head holding the reins. Lucy, Katara, Ray and Sokkawere sitting on the saddle. As they were flying, Lucy looked down at the sky before remembering she fell off the cliff to escape from Zack and then arriving in this world.
"Lucy, are you okay? You look worried." Katara noted.
"It's just that a part of me wants to know if my friends are alright, but another part of me is afraid I'll never see them again." Lucy admitted.
"Don't worry. You'll find them and they're probably looking for you as we speak. You can't just give up." Katara reassured her.
"You're right. Thanks, Katara." Lucy told her, then they hear a noise.
"What was that?" She asked.
"That was my stomach." Sokka answered as his stomach started growling again.
"Be quiet stomach, I'm trying to find some food." He searched through his food bag and dumped it out, but only some crumbs fell out.
"Hey! Who ate all my blubbered seal jerky?!" Sokka demanded.
"That was food? I used it to start the campfire last night. Sorry." Aang apologized.
"You what?!" Sokka exclaimed, before groaning.
"Aw man, no wonder the flames smelled so good." He added.
"I get the feeling he's going to whine about food all day." Lucy sweat dropped.
"Yep." Katara replied.
Appa kept flying through the sky and then the group saw three mountains above the clouds.
"The Batola mountain range! We're almost there!" Aang cried with excitement.
"Aang...before we get to the temple, I want to talk to you about the Airbenders." Katara turned her head to him and said seriously.
"What about them?" Aang asked.
"I just want you to be prepared for what you might see. The Fire Nation is ruthless, they killed my mother. They could have done the same to your people." Katara warned him. She then closed her eyes.
"Just because no one has seen an Airbender doesn't mean the Fire Nation killed them all. They must have escaped." Aang argued.
"I know it's hard to accept." Katara started to say, before she was interrupted.
"You don't understand Katara, the only way to get to an Air Temple is on a flying bison and the Fire Nation doesn't have any flying bison. Right, buddy?" Aang 
asked as he petted the bison on the head. Appa growled in response.
"Yip yip!" Aang exclaimed and Appa took them up higher.
Appa turns tightly around a mountain face as Lucy, Katara, Sokka and Ray strain against the wind sheer while they move faster. Appa then flew up and over a rocky outcropping as well as treetops revealing a temple behind it.
"This is it, guys! The Southern Air Temple!" Aang said.
"Whoa! No way! It looks amazing!" Lucy exclaimed.
"It sure does." Katara nodded in agreement.
"We're home boy, we're home." Aang spoke to Appa, filled with joy.
As they got closer, Sokka noticed something odd in the distance.
"Hey, do you guys see that?" He asked, pointing at two enormous figures standing motionless on the temple's courtyard.
One was a humanoid dragon covered in red and white armor, with a golden helmet that had three horns and red markings on the helmet mask and tips of two horns in the back.
The second was a bipedal knight equipped with white armor. It's helmet had a white spike in the front and two yellow spikes in the back. A bizarre symbol was on his chest. It's left hand ended with a reptilian head while the right hand ended with a wolf head.
Then they seemed to detect their presence. The armored dragon held his hands together and spread his wings then fired gathered light energy.
After that, the knight fires a colossal energy ball at them from the wolf head.
"They're going on the attack!" Lucy yelled.
Aang pulled on the reins and Appa avoided both attacks.
Meanwhile, back at the harbor, Commander Zhao, Iroh and Zuko were inside a tent. He was looking at a map and explaining the conditions of the war to Zuko and Iroh while they were drinking some tea. Actually, Zuko was just sitting down while the old general was looking at some weapons.
"And by years end, the Earth Kingdom capital will be under our rule." Zhao finished explaining to Zuko.
"The Fire Lord will finally claim victory in this war." He stated, sitting in one of the chairs beside Zuko.
"If my father thinks the whole world will follow him willingly, then he's a fool." Zuko told him bitterly.
"Two years at sea has done little to temper your tongue." Zhao replied as he sat next to Zuko.
"So how goes your search for the Avatar?" He asked, just then Iroh tips over the stand of weapons he was looking at, cringing from the mess.
"My fault entirely." Iroh exclaimed.
"We haven't found him yet." Zuko replied.
"Did you expect to? The Avatar died a hundred years ago along with the rest of the Airbenders...unless you have some evidence that the Avatar is in fact alive." Zhao said as he noticed Zuko turn away.
"No. Nothing." Zuko answered again.
"Prince Zuko, the Avatar is the only one capable of stopping the Fire Nation from winning this war. If you have any ounce of loyalty left, you'll tell me what you've found." Zhao urged as he gets closer to Zuko's face.
"I haven't found ANYTHING. It's just like you said, he died a long time ago." Zuko announced as he got up.
"Come on uncle, we're leaving." He started to leave the tent, but are blocked from leaving as a guard enters the tent.
"Sir, we interrogated the crew as you instructed. They confirmed Prince Zuko had the Avatar, but he managed to escape. Not only had he captured the Avatar, but a girl prophesied to be the Celestial Mage. She escaped alongside the Avatar." One of them explained. Zhao then walked over to Zuko.
"Now remind me...how exactly was your ship damaged?" Zhao asked with a smirk. He walked over to the prince and repeated his question.
Meanwhile Appa landed on the temple with a path leading up to it.
"Sorry about attacking you guys." The dragon apologized. "No one visits these temples any more. I'm ShineGreymon and this is Omnimon."
"It's alright." Lucy accepted the apology. She, Katara, Ray and Sokka walk after him. The last of the group grasped his stomach, which was growling again.
"Where can I get something to eat?" Sokka asked.
"You're lucky enough to be one of the first people to visit an Air Temple, and all you can think of is food?" Katara asked in disbelief.
"I'm just a simple guy with simple needs." Sokka replied.
"Well, you are right about the simple guy part." Lucy said with a smirk as Katara giggles a bit.
"Very funny." Sokka said sarcastically.
The six would eventually stop at the edge of the mountain and look down.
"That's where my friends and I would play Airball." Aang explained, showing a parapet below with packed sticks that are stuck to the ground. Two goals were on different sides and then Aang pointed to something else.
"And that's where the bison would sleep and..." Aang then trailed off and sighed.
"Everything okay?" Steve asked as they noticed how his mood changed from excited to sad.
"What's wrong?" Lucy questioned.
"This place used to be full of monks, lemurs and bison. Now it's just a bunch of weeds. I can't believe how much things have changed." Aang said, looking sad. Lucy, Katara and Sokka looked at each other thinking of a way to change the subject, then Sokka ran up to him.
"So this Airball game, how do you play?" Sokka asked and a smirk formed on Aang's face.
A few minutes later Sokka was standing at one of the goal posts while Aang stood at the other with the air ball in his hand. In between them were several long poles. Lucy, Katara and Ray watched from the sidelines.
Sokka prepared for anything he might do. Aang suddenly tossed the ball into the air, which confused Sokka. Aang just stood there with his eyes closed and smiled as he awaited the ball's descent. He then opened one eye in time to see the ball descending and with a mighty air kick, sent the ball ricocheting off the poles until it hit Sokka in the stomach and pushed him through the goal.
"Aang seven, Sokka zero!" Aang laughed, making numbers with his fingers about their scores.
Sokka picked himself up while Lucy and Katara try to hold in their laughter at Sokka's defeat.
"Making him feel better is leaving me in a world of hurt." Sokka complained as he picked himself up.
"At least he's having fun. Would you rather see him be depressed?" Lucy asked.
"No...not really, but could it be something that doesn't hurt me?" Sokka questioned.
"You're such a baby." Lucy said, helping Sokka to his feet.
Katara walked away, then noticed something that made her stop. She moved forward to get a closer look, it turned out to be a Fire Nation helmet.
"Lucy, Sokka, Steve check this out." They walk over to see what Katara is talking about.
"Fire Nation." Sokka said.
"Should we tell him?" Lucy asked.
"Aang! There's something you need to see!" Katara called out to him.
"Coming!" Aang shouted, running over to them.
While Aang was coming towards them Katara looked back and forth between the helmet and the happy boy coming their way. She had to make a choice and decided to waterbend the snow onto the helmet and Sokka. Afterwards Aang approached them.
"What is it?" Aang asked after reaching them.
"Just a new Waterbending trick I learned." Katara lied.
"Nice one, but enough practicing. We have a whole temple to see!" Aang exclaimed. He then left as Sokka got up and dusted off the snow.
"You know you can't protect him forever." Sokka told his sister.
"He has a point." Steve agreed. The others looked at him as he said, "What if he finds out on his own? What will you do then?"
Lucy, Katara, Sokka, Steve and Ray follow Aang to the entrance of the Air Temple. Aang raced ahead while they stayed behind to talk in private.
"Katara! Firebenders were here. You can't pretend they weren't." Sokka said.
"I can for Aang's sake." She argued as she kept walking.
"I understand where you're coming from Katara." Steve said as they kept moving.
"Katara, I know this will hurt Aang but he has to know the truth." Lucy added.
"He just can't know right now." Katara said as she walked away from the three. They soon walk behind her and followed Aang.
"If he found out the Fire Nation invaded his home, he'll be devastated." She added.
"You're right about that, but I still don't like hiding this from him. He still needs to know what happened." Lucy admitted.
"Hey guys, come here!" Aang called out and the four walk over to him. He was standing in front of a statue of an old man with the same tattoos as Aang and in a meditative position.
"I want you to meet someone." He told them happily.
"Who's he?" Lucy asked.
"Guys, meet Monk Gyatso." Ray answered. "He taught Aang everything he knows about Airbending."
Flashback:
Monk Gyatso is holding a giant spatula with a cake on it after pulling it out of an oven.
"But the true secret is..." Monk Gyatso said as he finished his cake with Airbending and placed it alongside four others. "Is in the gooey center." He then noticed 
Aang wasn't paying attention as he let out a sigh.
"My ancient cake-making technique isn't the only thing on your mind, is it Aang?" Gyatso asked as he addressed Aang.
"This whole Avatar thing...maybe the monks made a mistake." Aang suggested.
"The only mistake they made was telling you before you turned sixteen, but we can't concern ourselves with what WAS. We must act on what is." Gyatso said, showing Aang the temple full of flying bison and other Airbenders living a happy life.
"But Gyatso, how do I know if I'm ready for this?" Aang asked.
"Your questions will be answered when you are old enough to enter the Air Temple Sanctuary. Inside, you will meet someone who will guide you on your journey." Gyatso replied, causing Aang to become excited.
"When you are ready, he will reveal himself to you." Gyatso replied which made Aang groan.
"Now are you going to help me with these cakes or not?" He asked.
"Okay." Aang answered.
He and Gyatso get into the Airbending stances facing the cakes on the wall and both created air spheres.
"One...two...three." Gyatso said as he and Aang threw their air spheres at the cakes, launching them into the air.
The cakes landed on the other four monks, who were meditating at the time. Winged lemurs then came and started eating the cakes off of them.
"Your aim has improved greatly, my young pupil." Gyatso complimented as Aang bowed to him.
End Flashback
Aang bowed to the statue of Gyatso just like he did to the real Gyatso. Lucy walked over and placed her hand on Aang's shoulder.
"You must miss him." She said.
"Yeah." Aang said. He then walked away from them and entered the temple.
"Those were simpler times." Ray stated. "Back then, we didn't have to worry about the war."
"Where are you going?" Katara asked.
"The Air Temple Sanctuary. There's someone I'm ready to meet." Aang replied as he climbed up the steps to the temple.
Lucy, Katara and Sokka shrugged before following Aang inside the temple.
Soon everyone found themselves in front of a large wooden door with the Air Nation symbol on it.
"But Aang, no one could've survived in there for a hundred years." Katara said.
"I survived in that iceberg for that long. It's not impossible." Aang replied.
"He has a valid point." Lucy noted.
"Whoever is in there might help me with this Avatar stuff." Aang said, changing the subject.
"And whoever is in there might have a medley of delicious meats!" Sokka said hungrily as he ran to the door, expecting it to open only to hit his head.
"Wow. I was right. He IS simpleminded." Lucy said.
"Shut up, Lucy!" Sokka shouted as he attempted to push the door open, but it still wouldn't open causing him to give up.
"Nimrod." Lucy mumbled.
"I don't suppose you have a key for this thing." Sokka said as he looked at his friends.
"The key Sokka...is Airbending." Aang replied as he got into his Airbending stance, took a deep breath and then Airbends two jets from each arm into the tubes. 
One by one the air symbols turn from blue to red and each turn flips another mechanism on the outside of the door unlocking it and the door opened to reveal a darkened area leading to the Air Temple Sanctuary.
"Hello, anyone home?" Aang asked as he started to walk inside.
"Come on." Lucy said as she, Katara, Ray, Steve and Sokka follow him into the Sanctuary, disappearing into the darkness.
Meanwhile at the harbor...
"So a twelve year old boy and some girl who's believed to be the prophesied Celestial Mage defeated both you and your Firebenders? You're more pathetic than I thought." Zhao exclaimed, after Zuko told him what happened.
"I underestimated them once, but that won't happen again." Zuko defended himself.
"No it won't, because you won't have a second chance." Zhao announced firmly.
"Zhao, I've been hunting the Avatar for two years and..." Zuko was quickly cut off by Zhao, flames erupting from his hand.
"And you failed! Capturing the Avatar is too important to leave in a teenager's hands and if this girl is actually the prophesied Celestial Mage, then I'm sure she would prove to be an excellent challenge for me...unlike you." Zhao explained.
Zuko growled angrily and tried to charge him, but the guards quickly held him back.
"Keep him here." Zhao ordered the soldiers. Zuko angrily kicked a table.
"More tea please." Iroh inquired.
Back at the Southern Air Temple...
Aang, Lucy, Katara, Ray and Sokka enter the sanctuary. Inside there were numerous statues all lined together leading from the bottom of the sanctuary to the top.
"That's it? Statues? Where's the meat?" Sokka asked, moaning.
"Shut up about food already! It's killing my brain cells." Lucy demanded.
"But I'm sooo hungry." Sokka replied.
"Hungry and stupid." Lucy muttered, causing Sokka to glare at her. She then walked over to a statue.
"Who are all these people?" She asked.
"I'm not sure, but I feel like I know them somehow." Aang replied looking down as he stopped in front of one of the statues.
"Hey look! That one's an Airbender." Aang said, pointing to one.
"And the one next to it is a Waterbender!" Katara said as she observed the statues.
"They're all lined up in a pattern. Air, Water, Earth and Fire." She added.
"It must be the Avatar Cycle!" Aang realized.
"Yeah, these are your past lives." Katara stated, looking around the chamber.
"Exactly." Ray confirmed his assumption. "These are all the previous Avatars."
"That's a lot of past lives you have Aang." Lucy said.
"You actually believe in that stuff, Katara?" Sokka asked.
"It's true. When the Avatar dies, he's reincarnated into the next nation in the cycle." Katara explained.
"So if Aang dies, someone from the Water Tribe would be the next Avatar?" Lucy asked.
"Pretty much." Ray answered.
Aang then stopped in front of a statue of a Fire Nation Avatar and while staring at it fell into a trance. Lucy went over and started shaking him.
"Aang. Aang, snap out of it!" Lucy yelled and Aang finally got her attention.
"Huh?" Aang asked, snapping out of the trance.
"Who's he?" Lucy asked.
"That's Avatar Roku, he was the previous Avatar before Aang." Ray explained.
"You were a Firebender? No wonder I didn't trust you when we met." Sokka said.
"There's no writing. How do you know his name?" Katara asked Aang.
"I'm not sure. I guess I just know." Aang answered.
"You couldn't get any weirder!" Sokka groaned.
"For your information, Sokka. I've dealt with weird things as well so don't you even judge." Lucy said.
"Then you BOTH couldn't get any weirder." Sokka said. Lucy then kicked him in the face.
"And you couldn't get any stupider!" Lucy snapped.
The five suddenly heard a noise behind them. They turn around and see a long-eared shadow as they hide behind three statues. Aang and Katara hide behind the left statue, Sokka hides behind the middle one and Lucy and Ray hide behind the third statue. The shadow advances between the statues.
"Firebender, no one make a sound!" Sokka ordered, but the others silenced him.
The shadow eventually stopped in front of the statues they were hiding behind. It was a shadow of something small. Sokka jumped out from behind the statue and prepares to attack. Aang, Lucy, Katara and Ray also come out of hiding as well. They see the shadow is a winged lemur looking at them with wide eyes causing them to blink at the lemur as his long ears flow down while the five keep staring at it.
"That's not a Firebender." Lucy said.
"Lemur!" Aang shouted when he saw the animal.
"Dinner!" Sokka said drooling.
"Don't listen to him; you're gonna be my new pet." Aang said, trying to reassure him.
"Not if I get him first!" Sokka challenged as he lunged at the lemur, but Aang also lunged making the lemur scream and dash out of the room.
"Come back!" Aang cried as he ran after the lemur.
"No you don't!" Sokka yelled as he runs after them.
The lemur ran down a hallway. Sokka got ahead of Aang until the Airbender started running faster. Sokka attempted to trip Aang with his club, but he avoided it by running on the walls while laughing. He then launched an air ball at Sokka which knocked him down. After Sokka fell Aang continued running through the hallway and spots the lemur reaching the end of it showing a balcony.
The lemur turned back to see Aang running after it. It then jumped off the balcony and started flying away. Aang used his Airbending to follow the lemur down the cliff.
"Hey, no fair!" Sokka yelled from the balcony.
"Wow. This is just...I don't even know what to say about this." Lucy said.
"At least Aang is having fun." Katara said.
"Too much fun." Lucy added as they start giggling.
"I'm going after them." Ray told the two women before running out of the sanctuary.
At the harbor, Zhao and his lieutenant are walking back towards the tent where their guests were waiting.
"My search party is ready. Once I'm out to sea, my guards will escort you back to your ship and you'll be free to go." Zhao stepped inside and informed his guests.
"Why? Are you worried I'll try to stop you?" Zuko asked as he looked at the commander. Zhao laughed at his question.
"YOU? Stop ME? Impossible." Zhao scoffed.
"Do not underestimate me, Zhao! I will capture the Avatar and the Celestial Mage before YOU!" Zuko argued as he stood up.
"Prince Zuko, that's enough." Iroh insisted rising to his feet.
"You can't compete with me. I have hundreds of warships under my command and you...you're just a banished prince. No home and no allies. Your own father doesn't even want you." Zhao told him.
"You're wrong. Once I deliver the Avatar and Celestial Mage to my father, he'll welcome me home with honor and restore my rightful place on the throne!" Zuko stated.
"If your father really wanted you home, he'd have let you return by now. Avatar, Celestial Mage, both or none. In his eyes, you're a failure and a disgrace to the Fire Nation." Zhao exclaimed.
"That's not true!" Zuko angrily yelled.
"You have the scar to prove it." Zhao smirked.
"Maybe you'd like one to match!" Zuko announced, stepping forward.
"Is that a challenge?" Zhao asked.
"An Agni Kai...at sunset." Zuko told him.
"Very well. It's a shame your father won't be here to watch me humiliate you. I guess your uncle will do." Zhao smirked, leaving the tent.
"Prince Zuko, have you forgotten what happened last time you dueled a master?" Iroh questioned.
"I will NEVER forget." Zuko replied as he placed his hand on his burn scar, remembering the day he received it.
Back at the temple, the lemur landed at the bottom and so did Aang. He jumped at the animal, but it dodged him and ran behind a few curtains.
"Hey come back!" Aang called out to the lemur as he followed it through the curtain.
"Come on out little guy, that hungry guy won't bother you anymore." Aang said as he looked for the lemur. He continued to wander until he walked through more curtains and saw something disturbing; lying on the ground and snow were dozens of worn out Fire Nation armors and the skeleton of an air nomad.
"Firebenders? They were here?" Aang asked in horror. He then looked at the corpse of the monk; after seeing the old necklace around it's neck, he recognized the skeleton.
"Hey Aang. Did you find my dinner yet?" Sokka asked then looked through the curtain to see his friend crying.
"Aang, I wasn't really going to eat the lemur okay." Sokka said as he tried to cheer Aang up. He then saw Gyatso's skeleton.
"Oh man, come on Aang. It'll be alright. Let's get out of here." Sokka said taking a step back. He then placed his hand on Aang's shoulder.
Ray then ran past the curtain.
"Now where did those two-" He trailed off after seeing Gyatso's skeleton against the wall.
'No.' He thought, forcing himself to look away from the horrifying sight.
Suddenly Aang's tattoos and eyes as a angry expression formed on his face, before floating up in the air shocking Sokka.
In the temple's courtyard, ShineGreymon and Omnimon were looking out at the horizon when both started to feel something unsettling.
"What's happening inside the temple?" ShineGreymon asked. Omnimon shrugged.
Meanwhile Lucy and Katara were looking at the statues in the sanctuary. When she stopped in front of Roku's statue it's eyes started to glow shocking her. The same thing happened to every other statue.
"What's going on?" Lucy asked.
"Aang!" They ran out to find the others.
While this was taking place different temples from around the world start glowing responding to Aang's Avatar Spirit and in the Fire Temple an old sage looks at the glowing going on then he runs to another old sage.
"Send word to the Fire Lord immediately. The Avatar has returned!" The sage said to another sage.
Back inside the tent Aang surrounds himself in a sphere of air. He was still angry about Gyatso's death.
"Aang! Come on, snap out of it!" Sokka shouted. A blue energy sphere surrounds Aang and expands throwing out of the tent. Ray crossed both arms in front of him to act as a shield against the wind.
The energy keeps expanding until it blows up the tent leaving smoke and debris. Sokka lands outside the building then hides behind some rubble. Lucy and 
Katara then arrive and join Sokka, also hiding behind the rubble to shield themselves from the terrible wind.
"What's happening?" Lucy asked.
"He knows the Fire Nation killed Monk Gyatso." Ray explained, struggling against the wind.
"Oh no! He's in his Avatar Spirit! He must've triggered it!" Katara exclaimed.
"Someone has to calm him down! I'll do it!" Lucy shouted.
"I'll help!" Katara yelled.
"Well, get it done quickly before we're blown off the temple." Ray ordered.
Lucy and Katara slowly approach Aang while struggling against the wind. They see he's still in the air with the energy surrounding him.
At the harbor Zuko and Zhao faced away from each other.
"Remember your Firebending basics, Prince Zuko. They are your greatest weapons!" Iroh instructed.
"I refuse to let him win." Zuko said.
"This will be over quick." Zhao smirked.
The gong rings and the two firebenders took their stances. After a few minutes, Zuko started the fight by launching a fireball at Zhao who easily dodged it. He fired another one, which Zhao dodged. The prince continued to throw fire blasts at the commander; Zhao crossed his arms and deflected the fire blasts as he smirked. Zuko started breathing hard before he kicked a fireball at his opponent, but Zhao deflected that as well.
"Basics, Zuko. Break his roots!" Iroh shouted.
Zhao stomped forward and sent a fire blast at Zuko which he managed to block but it still pushed him back a bit. He released one last volley of flames that knocked Zuko over onto his back. As Zuko struggled to get up Zhao then jumped in the air and landed in front of him. Reacting quickly, he moved his legs in a spiral motion allowing him to dodge the fire attack and knock Zhao off his feet while getting back to his own.
Zuko smirked as he now knew the Commander's weakness and was ready to exploit it. He sent a wave of flames from his feet to Zhao's which made the commander stumble backward. Zuko repeated the same action, making Zhao stumble again. On the sidelines Iroh smiled. Zuko continued to launch strong flames at his opponent, making him stumble backward until Zhao eventually fell on his back.
Zuko approached Zhao, intending to end the duel but he hesitated. Zuko just stared at him instead of attacking.
"Do it!" Zhao ordered. Zuko shot a fire blast at his fallen foe, which left a scorch mark on the ground inches away from Zhao's face.
"Next time you get in my way, I won't hold back." Zuko told him, turning his back.
Suddenly Zhao got up and released a large fireball that would have hit Zuko, if Iroh had not stopped the attack. He then threw Zhao back with little effort. Zuko ran over angrily as a hand was placed on his shoulder. He turned to see a woman with yellow eyes, black hair in a ponytail and a suit of armor on her body, shocking Zuko.
"Aiko?" Zuko asked.
"Don't do it Zuko. Don't taint your victory." The woman named Aiko said, before looking down at Zhao.
"So this is how the great Commander Zhao acts in defeat? Disgraceful." She addressed him.
"Indeed. Even in exile, my nephew is more honorable than you." Iroh added, shocking Zuko.
"What are you doing here?" Zhao asked Aiko.
"My presence here is none of your business." Aiko answered before walking away. She followed Zuko and Iroh out of the arena.
"Did you really mean that, Uncle?" Zuko asked as they walked away.
"Of course, I told you. Ginseng tea is my favorite." Iroh smirked and then they turn to see Aiko running up to them.
"I'm very glad to see you, my daughter." He greeted her.
"You too, father." Aiko said back.
"What are you doing here?" Zuko asked.
"I heard about what happened after you captured the Avatar and the prophesied Celestial Mage. Are you still gonna find and capture them again?" Aiko asked.
"Yes. I want my honor restored." Zuko answered.
"In that case, I'll help you." Aiko said.
"Besides, I like helping my favorite cousin." She added.
"Thank you Aiko." Iroh said.
"Yeah, thanks." Zuko added.
"Let's go. Your ship should be repaired by this point." Aiko said as the three walk towards the ship.
Back at the temple...
Aang was still in mid-air and the ball of energy was still around him. The storm continued to rage as Lucy, Katara and Sokka continue hiding behind rubble. Ray stood out in the open super heating the air around him.
"Aang...I know you're upset! I know how hard it is to lose the people you love. I lost my mother when I was young and I was devastated, but I have a new family...Fairy Tail. They're my new family. Monk Gyatso and the other Airbenders might be gone, but you still have a family too. Katara, Sokka, Ray and myself. We're your new family now." Lucy said as she tries to touch Aang's wrist. He starts to calm down before descending onto the ground. The wind dies down but his eyes and arrows were still glowing as Lucy hugged him. Katara and Sokka run up to him. Ray stood back, uncovering his face.
"I won't let anything bad happen to you, I promise." Lucy said. As she hugged Aang, his eyes and tattoos stop glowing as he becomes exhausted.
"It's over." He said to himself.
"I'm sorry...Lucy." Aang weakly apologized.
"You don't have to apologize for anything. It's not your fault." Lucy said.
"If anyone should apologize, it's me." Ray told him. "I wish you didn't see what happened to the Air Nomads."
"But Katara was right. If the Firebenders found this temple, then that means they found the other ones too. I really am the LAST Airbender." Aang said as he closed his eyes. Lucy held him tighter while Katara also hugged him.
They return to the sanctuary and Aang stands in front of Avatar Roku. Lucy then walks up to him.
"We're getting ready to leave." Lucy told him.
"How's Roku supposed to help me if I can't talk to him?" Aang asked.
"You'll find a way." Lucy encouraged him.
Suddenly the five hear a noise and look behind them. They see the same lemur enter the room. It hopped over to Sokka and put some fruit down at his feet. Sokka began to eat as Lucy, Katara and Aang smile and the lemur quickly ran away.
"Looks like you made a new friend, Sokka." Aang said.
"Can't talk. Must eat." Sokka said, still stuffing his face.
"He's hopeless, but at least he'll shut up about food now." Lucy sighed. The lemur climbed up onto Aang's head.
"Hey, little guy." Aang greeted the lemur.
Everyone headed outside and Aang, Appa and the lemur look at the temple.
"You, me and Appa. We're all that's left of this place. We have to stick together. Guys..." Aang walked over to the three.
"...Say hello to the newest member of the family." He said.
"He's so cute." Lucy said.
"What are you gonna name him?" She asked. The lemur jumped off Aang's shoulder and grabbed a peach from Sokka before it returned to Aang.
"Momo." Aang answered before he, Lucy and Katara laughed while Sokka was shocked to see the fruit was gone.
"Well, time to..." Lucy was then cut off by a bright light appearing in the sky. Six figures then fell from the sky and landed on the ground.
"What just happened?" Katara asked.
"Nice goin, Flamebrain! Now we're in the middle of nowhere!" A voice yelled. Lucy recognized the source.
"Shut up, Ice Princess! Lucy's keys summoned that portal and sucked us all up!" Another voice yelled.
"No way!" Lucy exclaimed as she ran up to the six figures.
"Guys! It's you!" She cheered and the six figures look up at her. One of them was both shocked and happy to see her.
"LUCE!" The pink-haired boy hollered as he started hugging Lucy.
"You ARE alive! I thought we lost you!" He yelled.
"Calm down, Natsu. You're squeezing me." Lucy said.
"Oh sorry." Natsu apologized before letting go of her.
"What happened to you, Lucy? Natsu told us you fell off that cliff to escape from Zack." Gray said.
"I thought I was gonna in the water below, but a bright light appeared and transported me to this world." Lucy explained.
"I see. Well, we're glad that you're safe and alive." Erza replied.
"How'd you guys end up here?" Lucy asked.
"Your keys did something. They lifted us out of the guild, then brought us back to the forest and spot where you fell. Then they opened a portal and it sucked us all up." Happy explained.
"Speaking of them, here you go." Natsu gave Lucy her Gate Keys.
"My keys!" Lucy exclaimed, before taking them.
"Thank you." She added.
"So these guys are your friends?" Aang asked as he walked up to them.
"Who's he?" Gray asked.
"I'm Aang, I'm Lucy's friend too. Let me guess who you guys are." Aang looks at them.
"You must be Natsu, Happy, Gray and Erza." Aang said, pointing at the four.
"Yes, but how do you know who we are?" Erza asked.
"Lucy told me about you guys." Aang explained. He then noticed Wendy and Carla.
"Who are you guys? Would you be Lucy's friends as well." Aang asked.
"Yes. I'm Wendy and this is Carla." Wendy introduced them.
"It's a honor to meet you." Carla said, shocking Aang.
"That cat just talked." Aang said.
"Yeah. She and Happy can speak." Lucy informed him.
"Aye." Happy nodded.
"I'm guessing you were the ones that looked after Lucy for us? Well, thanks." Natsu stated.
"No problem." Aang said. Katara and Sokka walked over to them.
"Hi. You guys must be Lucy's friends. I'm Katara and this is my brother Sokka." Katara introduced them.
Then a young man with dark brown hair approached Natsu, Gray, Erza and Happy. Two swords were strapped to his back.
"My name's Ray." He introduced himself before pulling out both swords and holding them in his hands.
"So Luce, whatcha' doin around here?" Natsu asked.
"Well..." Lucy filled them in about how she encountered Aang, Katara and Sokka. She also mentioned the four nations fighting a century-long war. It turned out Aang was the only one who could stop this war and she was involved with a prophecy that says she'll help Aang end the war. The five were on a journey so Aang could learn the other three elements to defeat the Fire Nation. She also added that Zuko was pursuing them. When she was done explaining, the other six were surprised.
"Wow. Sounds intense." Gray commented.
"Aye." Happy nodded.
"You're really involved with a prophecy?" Wendy asked.
"Yeah, apparently." Lucy answered.
"So you're supposed to help Aang defeat the Fire Nation and end this hundred year war?" Erza asked. Lucy nodded yes.
"That's sweet! Hey, can we help out?" Natsu asked.
"You really want to help us end this war?" Lucy asked.
"Of course. I mean we're your friends, and we're a team. We stick together." Natsu answered.
"Aye! So can we please help?" Happy asked.
"Okay. I'll let you guys help me and Aang." Lucy accepted the request.
"Excellent." Erza said.
"Great. The more, the merrier. We're officially a team now." Katara said.
"Yep. Guess so." Gray remarked.
"So where should we start?" Wendy asked.
"We're supposed to go to the North Pole so Aang can learn Waterbending." Lucy answered.
"In that case, let's get a move on." Erza declared.
"Okay." Aang nodded.
Everyone gets on Appa as he began flying away from the Southern Air Temple. Aang watches the temple disappear from view and he sadly looks back as the clouds obscure his childhood home. Ray looked down at the saddle while Lucy placed her hand on his shoulder and he flashes a sad smile before the two share a hug.
"Don't worry Aang. Nothing bad will happen to you, I swear." Lucy promised.
"Thanks, Lucy." Aang said as they continue to hug.
Natsu, Happy, Gray, Erza, Wendy and Carla watch them silently.
"Poor kid." Gray said.
"Why's he asked?" Wendy asked.
"I can answer that." Ray informed them about the Fire Nation's invasion and Aang being the last Airbender. Recalling this caused him to become angry.
"Wow. That's just plain cruel." Gray said.
"Indeed. How could they do something this ruthless?" Erza asked.
"Easy. Sozin wanted to prevent the next Avatar from stopping his plans for expansion." Ray answered angrily.
"Well, they're gonna be in a world for hurt for making this kid suffer." Natsu commented.
"Calm down, Natsu. He has a new family." Katara said.
"Right." Gray added.
"I hope he feels better." Wendy said.
"He will." Katara replied her reassuringly, before making her way over to Lucy and Aang.
"Lucy, I don't know how you pulled it off but thanks for calming Aang down." Katara told her.
"Of course." Lucy replied as she looked at Aang.
"You gonna be okay?" She asked.
"Yeah. Don't worry." Aang told her smiling as Momo climbs on his head. Katara, Sokka, Natsu, Happy, Gray, Erza, Wendy and Carla smile at him while Appa, ShineGreymon and Omnimon continue flying through the sky.