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The fourth fic I wrote (unpublished) was... an Avatar: the Last Airbender sequel. It is/was such an old fic that I actually started writing it before Legend of Korra came out. It’s about the Avatar after Aang, of course, from the Southern Water Tribe like Korra was. 

This Avatar’s name is Antui, and she has an identical twin sister, a non-bender, named Kala (a play on Tui and La!). Antui isn’t a very good waterbender, always a little too stiff and just plain bad at her forms. Kala, though unable to bend, has a natural gift for the movements and forms in both physical combat and bending. She helps her sister study her forms by performing them with her, mirrored. The girls intentionally let themselves get mixed up with one another, so that Kala can avoid conversations she doesn’t like, and Antui can ditch her lessons or chores.

When she finds out she’s the Avatar, Antui is in denial and runs away much like Aang did when he was told. But instead of being frozen in the ice, Aang himself interferes and convinces her that she’ll be okay, especially since she has her sister to help. Kala, for her part, followed her sister out to sea in a little boat she stole. The girls end up on a little island, and decide to go out and explore the world together like Aang did. Without the crushing pace Aang was forced to, though.

I was always planning on Aang’s children teaching Antui airbending (eventually) but when I saw LoK I loved Tenzin and his siblings enough that I partially rewrote the fic to include them. Tenzin has trouble keeping up with which of the twins he’s talking to.

Other members of the cast were: a firebender girl (still unnamed) who used blue fire like Azula, but with a personality closer to Ty-Lee. An earthbender (also unnamed) who tends to dodge responsibilities, and uses pebbles in fighting instead of great big boulders.

Cameos would include a brief but very fun training session with Toph, Katara teaching Antui how to heal while Sokka taught Kala that there’s nothing wrong with being the non-bender in a group of powerful benders, and Zuko’s children actively trying to continue his legacy of recovering the Fire Nation’s honor. Zuko himself was probably going to be retired from his role as Fire Lord, tending a certain tea shop in Ba Sing Se. And, of course, Kala would train with the latest generation of Kyoshi Warriors.