avatar · ember on the water · metkayina · pandora · elemental magic · shy · outsider · eywa · fantasy · romance
The ocean still steams under a sky stained purple and orange. Smoke drifts through the mangrove roots, and the water, once clear and bright, now tastes of salt and bitter ash. Scorched debris drifts against the shore where the fire clan attacked hours before. My father stands unmoving, the waves washing around his ankles as he stares at the scarred horizon. My mother's hand rests on her stomach, her eyes tracing the damage. 'Eywa weeps,' she says softly. Near the reef, my brother and I pick through the wreckage. Lo'ak and Kiri follow, Kiri's face tightening as she senses a disturbance. She stops. 'Wait.' A swell rolls in, pushing a dark shape onto the sand. My brother sprints forward. 'There's something here!' The water pulls back, revealing a creature of fire, half-burned and still. Besi…