"Ke'leha?" Ke'leha's breath hitched. For a moment, the rage between them seemed to vanish, replaced by the ghosts of two children. She looked up at him, her gaze finally focusing past her rage. She saw the way his eyes, those glowing embers, searched hers with a desperate, familiar kindness. She tilted her head to the side. "Neteyam?" she whispered, the name sounding foreign and heavy on her tongue. His grip loosened completely, his weight standing from her body. "You're... You're alive?" Ke'leha stood right after, her hand clutching her side. "Why do you have to ruin everything?" she hissed, leaning back against a rock to catch her breath. Neteyam looked at her, to the burn marks that were now visible beneath the smudged paint, to the way her shoulder bled from his arrow, to her face that he couldn't recognise. "You're alive." he stated again, grabbing his broken bow and sitting down on his heels on another rock. The silence that followed was heavier than the humid air of the ravine. ~~~ Ashes and Absence' takes place in the world of Avatar, but diverges from the canon storyline. While it borrows elements from the original setting, it follows its own path and focuses primarily on the journey of the Original Character (Ke'leha). Notes: This story explores an enemies-to-lovers dynamic between the two characters presented. Canon characters are portrayed with minor to major deviations. Content Warning: This fic is intended for mature audiences and may contain gore, smut, depictions of war, and other sensitive themes. Specific trigger warnings (TW) will be provided at the beginning of each relevant chapter, or scene. ⏾ Art Credit: The artwork used for this story's cover belongs entirely to its original artist. All rights are reserved by them. Please do not use, repost, or edit the artwork without the artist's explicit permission. Artist: @anna4uxa on Tiktok.

Azara never wanted to be a princess of the Fire Nation. So, when the opportunity to help the Avatar and defeat her father arises, she takes it. And ultimately changes the course of history. Join Azara on her journey of self-discovery, struggle, reconciliation, and maybe a little romance with a certain Water Tribe boy. Book 1 - Book 2 - Book 3 Sokka Love Story (Slow Burn) Complete 2/6/2022

• Book 1 out of 4 of "The Way To Save You" series. Scrapped the old summary. Here's the new one: We have a purple Na'vi heroine, age 15. Her clan's dead. She survived 7 years of RDA experimentation. Mutated to have rapid regeneration. Her healing can be shared via blood-contact and tsaheylu. She escaped. Got caught by Mangkwan, turned into a slave healer. She escaped. Ultimately meets Neteyam and saves him when he gets shot. Story begins at the part where girly has already escaped the Mangkwan, and Neteyam and Lo'ak are just about to be promoted as scouts for the train raiding scene in ATWOW. This is an immersive longfic with World Building x 100 because I included references from the comics and from so many avatar wiki pages which I also explain in detail at bottom notes for those of you who only watched the movies. This Avatar - Neteyam AU fanfic: • is currently undergoing rewrites to "make it make sense." • has long chapters in the revised ones. (Avg. 7k words) • is canon-compliant (save for my own interpretation of incomplete souls and Spirit World rules). • is written in switching 3rd person POVs. • has lots of photos and terminology lists for your convenience (though I recommend reading this on AO3 where the terms are html embedded to tumblr redirects for quick definition) A SAMPLE OF MY WRITING (from an unrevised chap): "Listen to me," Neteyam said, his focus narrowing entirely on her, his brows furrowed with genuine concern. He shifted, his hand moving to cover hers where it rested, white-knuckled and trembling against her thigh. Her skin felt fever-hot against his palm, a sharp contrast to the cooling spray of the sea. "Focus on this," he told her, keeping his voice low and steady to cut through the sound of the surf. He needed her to stop staring at the horizon with those dead eyes. "Feel the weight of my hand. The salt on your skin. You are here, Hiraya. Right now. You're with me, and we're above the surface. Stay in the light."

Aha'ri had a sheltered childhood. Her parents were scarred from the war with the sky people, and intended to protect their children from the world. When the sky people returned, her parents were killed trying to flee, leaving Aha'ri and her little sister Lurei orphaned by the war. Due to her being sheltered, she had no survival skills to her name and no one would help her, until an unlikely ally came along. Aha'ri is best friends with Kiri, and considers her to be the closest thing she has to family after her parents died. Aha'ri had envied the Sully family, they had everything she wanted, a big happy family. She envied Neteyam most of all, the mighty warrior who was good at everything. Will she resist his advances? Or will she slowly fall for him? Enemy-to-lovers/ slow burn Mature scenes and mild smut

Born to fire and raised in smoke, T'sara is the daughter of Varang, fierce leader of the Mangkwan - a clan that does not bow to Eywa. But T'sara does. She feels Eywa in every breath of wind, in every drifting atokirina, even if her people mock what they cannot see. When a battle in the skies leaves her stranded in the forest, she crosses paths with Neteyam - the golden son of Jake Sully and Neytiri. He is everything she was raised to distrust. He is everything her heart refuses to fear. As tensions rise between clans and old wounds threaten to reopen, T'sara must decide: remain the warrior her mother shaped her to be, or follow the quiet, dangerous pull of love. Because believing in Eywa may cost her everything. AFAA remake All rights to James Cameron

(Do not read my work if you support Israel, it's not for you.) Ti'eylora has always lived on the edges of the forest clan- too quiet, too fragile, too easy to forget. Born with a weak heart and raised by sisters who never truly claimed her, she learned early how to survive by staying small. Ti'eylora has never been strong enough for Iknimaya. Never been chosen by an ikran. Never quite been claimed by a family. The one constant in her life coincidentally remains to be the eldest son of Toruk Makto. And when he asks her to leave everything behind and follow him to the sea, she must decide. Is she brave enough to be carried into a future she was never meant to survive? (Neteyam x OC Character) Ti'eylora is pronounced Eylora

Between fire and forest, nothing should burn yet something does. Zahira was born in the Fire Clan, heir to a world where loyalty is paid in blood and freedom is dangerous. Neteyam comes from another people, another destiny. When their paths cross, Zahira discovers what she was never allowed to imagine : choice, doubt, freedom. But loving the enemy, dreaming of another world, is to betray everything she has ever known. Between traditions, wars, and secrets, their forbidden bond could change the balance of Pandora or reduce it to ashes. When duty clashes with the desire for freedom, some flames cannot be put out.

Running from a past that's scorched her heart and left her with nothing but ashes, Vireya sets out to find something she can hold on to. Lo'ak has never been understood, never been enough to fill the space his brother left behind. They were both outcasts in their own way, two flames that shouldn't meet- Together, they will either burn brighter than the ashes of their pasts or collapse in the blaze. • Timeline : Avatar fire and ash. • (Do not read if you haven't watched the movie! Spoilers ahead!) • Lo'ak x fem!oc • All credits go to James Cameron. I only own my oc. • Do not plagiarise my work, thank you. #1 Lo'ak : 2025 / 12 / 27 #1 Avatar fire and ash : 2025 / 12 / 26 #1 Avatar the way of water : 2026 / 01 / 02 #1 Spider : 2026 / 01 / 08 #1 Jake Sully : 2026 / 01 / 10 #1 Avatar 2026 / 01 / 13 #1 Tuk 2026 / 01 / 27

Tsa'eyra is a warrior born into legacy and war. As Jake Sully's daughter, she carries strength in her blood and silence in her scars. When the Sully family seeks refuge among the ocean clans, Tsa'eyra must learn to fight in a world that does not move like the forest, where patience matters as much as power. As old enemies return and the sea turns restless, she is forced to decide whether she will live as her father's shadow or rise as a warrior of her own making. Tarsem x FemOc ATWOW | Avatar The Way of Water ✅ AFAA | Avatar Fire And Ash✅