Strong-spirited wild child Jalia, who loves nothing better than to tease her best friend, Macco, is the daughter of Katara, a waterbending legend, and Aang, the current Avatar. That's a lot to live under the shadow of. Not to mention the fact that she didn't give their parents what they wanted: an airbender. Instead, she's just a boring old waterbender who will never be as great as her mum. It seems all is lost for her parents and the nonexistent airbender population until six years after Jalia arrives, they have a baby boy who has a way with the wind. And with him comes a change in the relationship between Jalia and her parents. It’s not long before Jalia decides to set off on her own like her Mum and Uncle Sokka once did, with the company of Macco, of course. As if the spirits hadn’t seen it coming, the two of them cause quite a lot of trouble before discovering an undercover plot has been brewing for years. They’re in deep enough already, but it’s not just their safety that’s on the line now, but the peace of the Four Nations comes to rest in their hands. Nothing like trusting the fate of the world to a of couple teenagers. Jalia’s known for her determination and perseverance, though. And she and her friends, new and old, will stop at nothing to save the world they call home. --- Fanfic of: Avatar: the Last Airbender I do not own the rights to some characters, the setting, or the cartoon. But many characters and the plot are my own.

Haunted. Terrified. Alone. Those three words seem to be the only emotions that seventeen year old Gabriel Adams knows how to feel. At the age of thirteen, when other boys were chasing after pretty girls and playing in the dirt, Gabriel had been kidnapped and molested. Now, several years later, Gabriel still can't return to the normal life he'd lived before the Incident. He's terrified of the dark, and even the daytime gives him anxiety attacks. Gabriel hates being touched. A simple brush against him will set him off into spasms while panic quickly takes over his mind. It seems as if nothing will relieve Gabriel from the constricting, painful claws of the man who'd done him harm, and Gabriel is becoming desperate. That's when Evan Ricci steps in. Evan, a stubborn yet surprisingly selfless teenager, moves to the small, quiet town of Clydesdale Heights. When Evan sees a small, awkward blond haired boy carrying pop boxes across the street while he's bringing moving boxes into the new house, he decides to help him. Things don't go exactly as planned, though, and their relationship begins with a rather rough start. The two eventually learn to bond, and Evan helps Gabriel learn to deal with the psychological consequences of being molested, which eventually blooms into an understanding so deep they can't imagine themselves with anyone but the other. A hint of infatuation sparks up, but not quite yet will the love blossom out like most. Their love will take time. And lots of patience and persistence, too.