Our story starts in a small village. A village at the border of the fire nation. It was a hot summer day and the people of Yon Dao were overjoyed. The summer festival would start today and people from the entire region came to see. It was a big event every year, and this year wouldn't by any different. The festival took place at the town's plaza and it was already swarming with people. Yon Dao was a happy, cozy village. People all knew and trusted each other so when they went to the festival, they just kept their houses unlocked. The festival had all kinds of stands, from games to music and from food to circus acts, it had it all. The smells and sounds from the festival were already hanging in the air and around the village. Its these kinds of days where the people of Yon Dao forgot the darker side of the town. And he was living a few miles down the road.

They called him the Blue Dragon. He was infamous in the fire nation, because he burned down the village he lived in before, with legendary power and skill. People called him a monster, an arsonist and a killer. But the thing he was called the least was a boy. Y/n, was only sixteen years old, but most people who heard the legend thought he was an adult. Parents warned their kids not to go near his house. There were even posters hanging in Yu Dao instructing people not to go near. Of course, included with a monstrous drawing if a bloodthirsty blue dragon. There was a story about the dragon that everyone around the world know or at least heard of. 

People called him the Blue Dragon because the village he burned down had an association with the color blue. The village was called Darogi, and had a blue flag with a blue rose on it. Most of the people in that town wore blue as well. It was a sign of harmony and peace there. But when fire nation soldiers came to the village to claim the monthly taxes, the Blue Dragon refused and went insane. He killed those soldiers, burned down the village with its people and fled to Yu Dao. Many people of Yon Dao protested against this to the local fire nation force. But when soldiers or bounty hunters came to remove him, he wasn't there. A lot of men tried and failed, he was never found. Fire nation officers who got reports that the Blue Dragon was still living in the village, didn't take them seriously after a while. They figured the dragon must have travelled on, hiding in the mountains or something.

The Earth Kingdom also didn't really care for Yu Dao, the village was so fragile that it wouldn't even be an honorable win. Many people of the village always said Ozai didn't care if the Earth Kingdom attacked Yon Dao. That's why the village wasn't a patriotic as many other bigger villages in the region, some of the villagers secretly hoped for the return of the Avatar of the Earth Kingdom to defeat Ozai. But today the people of Yu Dao were happy and couldn't be bothered to think about Ozai, the war or the dragon.

A few miles away Y/n was sitting in his chair in his living room. He could hear the sound of the festival, but couldn't be bothered with it. He was reading a book about the history about the avatar. Y/n had a huge admiration for the Avatar and hoped he would one day meet the next Avatar in the cycle, from the water tribe. The last Avatar was an air nomad but everyone knows he disappeared with the rest of them.

The Avatar Y/n admired the most was Avatar Roku. Roku died over a hundred years ago and was born into the fire nation, but he was kind, just and had immense power. When he finished the book, he put it back under the floorboards where his other Avatar books were. He had five different books, he kept hidden, one for each of the elemental nations and one solely regarding about the Avatar. Reading and learning new things about the world were his favorite pastime. Y/n's house was a mess, he was so drawn to books that he didn't even take the time to clean up. Y/n walked from where he hid his books to the window, he opened it so he could hear the sounds of the summer festival even better.

Y/n : 'Well, I have to eat sometimes.'

Y/n then puts on he jacket and backpack and headed out. Y/n puts his hood up and a small cloth on his mouth so no one would recognize him. When Y/n arrived at the market it was as amazing as ever. People really did their best with the decoration this year, the town never looked so colorful. Y/n always had to steal your his food, and he developed quite a talent for it. He did it with such speed and finesse that no one would notice.

When Y/n's backpack was full enough, he started to head back home, until he saw an amazing Lilac Lordi Flower. They were his mom's favorite and they only grew near the region of Darogi, he then saw the salesman trying to convince a woman to buy a whole bouquet, so it was easy for him to snag one. A few minutes later he arrived back home where he dropped off his backpack and headed out again. Y/n took the flower out of his jacket and headed up the mountain near the village.

When he was at the top, he planted the flower and started to sing "Mother, talk to me" and tears started streaming down his face, and when the song was done, he started to talk, he hoped that his mother was able to hear him.

Y/n : "Mom, I can't believe it's been three years since you've been gone. I still try to cope with it every day, but I don't know how to long I can hold on. People still call me The Blue Dragon for what happened, and I don't blame them. I lost control. I don't know if-"

He was then interrupted by someone behind him.

??? : " Well, well, well if it isn't the Blue Dragon. I thought you'd be here."

Y/n turned round to see Dan Bruzi and his gang. Dan was a wealthy boy from Yon Dao, everyone adored him, but he was the biggest bully when the adults weren't around. He and his friends terrorized the schools of the past few months.

Dan : "I knew you'd be here crying again. You know people fear you and all, but I bet you're the biggest wuss that ever lived. I mean how many things of the story are even true? Who says you're really the guy people talk about, and not just some pretender?"

Y/n : "Go away Dan, I don't have time for you and your stupid games." *swipes his tears away*

Dan : "Oh, but we aren't here for games. Are we boys?"

His comrades nodded in agreement.

Dan : "Yeah, were here to take down the thing, people of Yon Dao fear most. I guess I don't have to tell you what that is, do I?"

He then slowly took his fire bending stance.

Y/n : "I know what you mean and me tell you. Don't do this. You'll only get yourself hurt."

Dan : "Don't worry about me little wimp. If I were you, I'd worry more about myself."

He then shot a fireball at Y/n, but he calmly dodge it without any effort, Y/n then took his fighting stance. Dan's friends also took their stances beside him and started shooting fireballs at Y/n. This was getting serious. Y/n had to fight back or get seriously hurt. So, he did. Y/n's mom always told him that firebending was such an integral thing in their family's roots, that not bending would be the same as forgetting who you are. Y/n swore to his mother he'd never stop training and he never did. Y/n did a few acrobatic maneuvers and summoned a few fire whips and started hitting the bullies. The explosive sounds of the whips when they contacted with them was almost deafening. Y/n only tried to hit them where they were most protected by clothing or accessories so they wouldn't get burned too badly. After a while they retreated and ran back to the village as fast as they could.

Dan : "You'll pay for this you freak! You'll see!"

Y/n made the whips disappear and sighed. He looked behind him to see the Lordi flower he planted for his mother, was still safe. He smiled and started to return home. When he arrived, he was very tired, but also very sad. Y/n missed his mother and felt guilty as ever about her untimely demise. He didn't want to think back to that day, but he couldn't help it. It was impossible to erase the screams and burning sounds from his mind, and that humongous beast. After that day, Y/n swore never to lose control again.

Y/n : 'The monster I have inside of me will never come out again. I know things suck right now, but I can't lose hope. I can't lose...'

Y/n's eye lids became heavier and heavier until he was fast asleep. Unknown to him that beacon of hope and his two companions would arrive in Yon Dao just a few hours later, at dawn.

To be continued...