For You

Book one chapter seven : Spirit World

"Where am i?" You were alone in the middle of the forest where the moon was your only source of light. You wandered around trying to find your way to the village but ended up in the same place again and again. You let yourself fall on your back and looked at the sky, the stars weren't the same, they were moving around slowly and in a harmonious motion.

The last thing you remember is being taken by the Hei Bai, and Aang calling your name and then... Nothing. Woke up in the middle of this gloomy yet pretty forest alone. One of the things you have been taught by your father is whenever you get lost in an unknown place is to stay right where you are.
'Welp, this place is nothing like i ever seen on earth.' You thought, you heard a rustling behind you and instantly mist rose. You got up and took a step bag, an electric blue light passed by quickly leaving a lighter blue hue behind it. You stood in a defensive stance and locked your eyes on the blue light. You had nothing to defend yourself with as the dagger you used fell somewhere on your way to... here.

"Who's there?" You stiffen when you saw two glowing eyes staring at you, they looked a lot like Aang's when he gets into the Avatar state, but this once's glow was fainter. "I don't intend to hurt anyone, show yourself!"  The mist soon reached your ankles and it was difficult to see the light clearly.

You heard the rustling of leaves again but this time mixed with a melodious voice. It wasn't a song or like anything you ever heard, there wasn't even words in it. It was beautiful, the light became brighter as it was floating towards you. When it was only a feet away from you, you could see it clearly.

It was a glowing manta ray, one like those in your father's book. But last time you checked those were extinct since two centuries and they lived in deep waters! It had lines, dots and shapes all over its back and they were glowing in an electric blue light.  It sang lowly while swirling around you leaving a trail of blue and white dust behind it.
"What the..?"
Then it sang one more time, but this time it was different. You heard a voice in it.
"My, aren't you a beautiful one."
You opened your mouth wide in astonishment. "Did you just..."
"Well, yes. It might seem odd to you, i am sorry." It said, now talking in a normal voice and tone. "I am bliss, and i think my name speaks of itself."
You were still baffled by the talking manta ray thingy and fell on your buttocks. "Oh, are you alright?"
"Y-Yes, my apologies." You said while rubbing your ass. "I am-"
"A human! Yes, i can see that! My, i haven't seen one in years! Are you one of those they call females?"
"Yeah, I am Y/N."
"What a pretty name! A pretty Name for a pretty gal!"
"Gal?"  You raised an eyebrow and tried to hold back your laughter. You haven't been called that since..., well never actually. I guess that's what people in your parent's time called girls.
"I'm sorry. What do you call yourself nowadays? Chicks? Ladies?"
"Y/N should be just fine." You giggled.
"Oh what are these?" It used its tail and touched a strand of your hair.
"Its called hair. We humans have it on our heads, arms, legs and... all over our body."
"Oooh. Amazing! I want to have heur too!"
You chuckled and sat up, yep it sure deserves its name.
"It's hair."
"Haaaaaiiiiiiiiirrrrr." It said and twirled into the air.
It speeded up and soon you could only see its light forming into a big ball. "Woaw, what are you doing?"

No answer, just the song again.
You watched the ball shift slowly into an asymmetrical shape then formed like a fetus. Your eyes widen in amazement as it shape shifted into a woman. She fell on her knees and light covered her body to form a dress. It looked like a dress made of the cosmos itself, it was shimmering and it was purely beautiful. Then hair started growing from bliss' head and soon passed her feet. She sat up and blinked several times.

"Woooaaaw, look, i have hair." She said while running her fingers through it. "Its marvelous! I'm a gal! Wait until he sees it!"

You on the other hand sat with your jaw wide open. "Yep, now i know where i am. I am dead."
"Huh? No silly, you're in the spirit world!" She threw her hair up in the air and swirled around. She was laughing like a toddler, amused by her new body.
"Oh, even better. How will i get out of here?!" Your worries grew and soon anxiety caught up on you. 'Can i even get out of here? What if i die here, and no one comes to get me? Aang maybe? How would he even find me in this biggas world?'

"You should stop worrying. When the time will come, You will go back the same way you came in. Until then he made me promise to keep you safe."
"He? Who is he?" You stared at bliss with furrowed eyebrows.
"Um?" She innocently held her dress tight in her palms. She gazed away while you were insistently staring at her waiting for an answer." Oh! You should come see something totally gorgeous and bewitching!"
"Sure..." you paused thinking about who 'he' could possibly be. But well, she made a promise to keep you safe, from what though? You kept asking yourself these questions while bliss squeaked in excitement.
"You'll adore it! It's purely magnificent!" She rolled on the grass then stood up. "Follow me!"

TIME SKIP
You have been walking behind bliss for approximately an hour now, it was brighter so you figured out that it must be daytime. The fog has fallen long ago while bliss' shining aura illuminated the path on which you two engaged in. She abruptly stopped in front of a tree and smiled.

"We're here!" She threw her hands in the air and started shaking of excitement.
"You wanted to show me... a tree?" You pointed at the really dark tree. It's bark was the darkest that you ever had the occasion to see in your life, and it was so tall you couldn't see it's branches. Something was odd though, you approached it and saw something shimmering inside a broken piece of the tree. "What's that?"
When you reached your hand on the glowing matter but it suddenly expanded and soon covered the entire tree, illuminating the entire forest. It was purely beautiful and from afar one could mistake the blues, grays and golden specs for ice.

"See it's beautiful! It's called lapis lazuli! But that's not the best part! Look!" Bliss said while pointing at the core of the tree that has spread open. In the middle of it you could see this shiny matter forming into a long pointy shape, at first it was fluid and not really consistent, but then it hardened into a sword.
"It's the oldest tree in the spirit world. It is known for giving gifts to good passengers from the other world. It always gives what one deserve, deeply desires or reflects their personality."
You looked at the sword in total admiration and reached for it, it's blade kept the colors of the tree's core and had a half crescent moon crafted on it's hilt.

"It's beautiful," you said while brandishing it. "I haven't held a sword in months. Thank you Mr the tree!"
Bliss giggled and looked at her right. "Oh, not yet!"
You looked at her with round eyes as she frowned, she pointed at the direction she was looking and you saw lots of bamboos rising from the ground. "That's when we say goodbye y/n."

Behind it you could see and hear Aang calling your name.

"Already?"  You glanced at bliss one last time but found her nowhere. She was gone. You stood there with your sword in your hands and walked towards the bamboos.
"Goodbye Gal." Bliss said from behind the old tree, with a faint smile in the corner of her lips.

At the moment you stepped out of the bamboos someone jumped on you and hugged you tightly, you only had three seconds to see the blue and white colors charging at you and you knew who it was.
"Easy now Katara. You're choking me." You said while gasping for air. She broke the hug and looked at you with a totally different expression. It was almost scary.
"Are you an idiot?! Why did you run behind the Spirit like that!? And i thought Sokka was the stupid one of the group!" Katara seemed really upset and you felt bad. You didn't think a second about how they might feel if you, well happened to disappear.
"Yeah!.... Hey!" Sokka looked at you and kneeled at your side, "Anyway, we were worrying about you kiwi brain." He rubbed your back and smiled at you.
"What's that?" Aang pointed at your sword with a confused look. "I feel an aura coming from it."

"It's my new sword."