Here we are. The start of my story...
Nope. This isn't the start!
I'm already 12 years old and I'm chained up and in the middle of a stone room, underground.
Now, I know what some of you might be thinking, 'Holy shit! Is this guy is Tai Lung!?'
Nope. My name is Po Xao Long. I go by Po, though.
No, I'm not the panda Po. My name just so happens to be the same as that loveable panda in this world.
I'll admit, my position is the same as Tai Lung and even I feel like a badass in this situation but that's not important right now. Just a few minutes ago, while I was sleeping (in same position) I had a vision.
The Avatar will return!
That's right to whoever is watching my story! I'v been reincarnated into the world of the Avatar. The last Airbender specifically, not the blue people. Aang will return in about 1 year. Which means I should start my escape soon.
I ruffled up my chains to get a feel for how strong they are.
Fireguard 1: "Hey!! Stop moving around or no dinner!" He slammed his staff down.
I looked up at him, only green eyes can be seen from my position. The rest of my body blending into the darkness.
*Grooooowl* I let out a growl similar to a black panther which made him gulp and step back a little.
Fireguard 2: *Chuckle* "You shouldn't rile him up. He may be only a kid but he's named the Jade Dragon for a reason."
Fireguard 1: "We should change it to the green cat." He muttered. "He has that black cat tail so why is he called a dragon?"
Firegaurd 2: "You don't know about him? Well you're in for a story. So..."
I started to tune them out. The girl guard is nice enough but the other guy is annoying. Most of you must be wondering. Yes, I have a black pather tail, it looks like Tai Lungs tail but its all black. I wasn't born with it though, I went through hell getting it but not of my free will.
I'm in some sort of alternate universe of ATLA. Not much different from the original.
I'll explain quickly. Starting with my death from my home world.
I died at the age of 15 pushing a little kid out of the way of an upcoming truck. Yep, fuckin' truck-kun laid me out, what's crazy though is that it happened in the U.S. I thought that shit only happened in Japan but I guess accidents can happen anywhere.
Welp... after that I met a god. Not The God but one of them. The God sent me to this one god saying that for doing a good deed... yata, yata, yata... bla, bla, bla. I have 3 wishes and i get to be reincarnated.
I couldn't choose what world I could go though. It was up to a wheel spin.
I know, right! A wheel spin!? I almost shit my pants when my first spin landed on the SpongeBob world. Fuck that noise.
There may have been some begging but I was able to take only one respin but at the cost of a wish. Leaving me with only 2 and also in this world. I almost lost my shit again because ATLA was next to SpongeBob. I almost screwed myself, again. But I lucked out.
My first wish was well thought out. To have the assimilated knowledge of all the martial arts teachings and fighting styles associated within the world of ATLA. There is quite a few martial arts in the world of ATLA but one of the most important is chi blocking and the bending element martial arts. The bending element styles are based off of real martial arts too so I got that too even though I'm only a firebender. It's good that I know them though, waterbending is based off of Tai chi, firebending from northern Shaolin kung fu, earthbending from Hung gar, and Airbender from... uh (looks online)... Ba gua Zhang.
My second wish was to have a large chi pool but I couldn't have it as large as the Avatars and I didn't want things to get too easy for me, that would be boring. But I am strong. In comparison, I could fight 100 firebender soldiers and lift like 1 ton and that was before the tail.
*Sigh* The tail. It's badass but I went through a lot of pain to get it. I also have canines a bit sharper than a humans and I have dark green eyes that could partially see in night. My hair is now black and I found out that I could growl like a big cat too which is pretty cool.
I have a whole story for the feline traits I gained but put simply...
I'm a science experiment... (pause for dramatic effect) from the Fire Nation.
I caused quite a bit of trouble for them which is why I have the Jade Dragon title but they got lucky and captured me. In this ATLA world the Firedork has a few mad spiritualist that was able to capture small animal spirits and forcefully infuse them with humans. My traits are a result of said experiments but I'm the only successful survivor, at least that I know of. I was able to escape and cause a bit of damage to the Fire Nation army but I was captured again. Hence why I'm here, at the Boiling Rock. Yep, the same from the show.
I've been here for the last 2 years. In a basement... made just for me... I'm so freakin' honored.
I haven't been idle, though. While I may be still that doesn't mean I haven't been training. I've been training my chi and my mind. I've meditated for days at a time and I've had some... interesting visitors. Or should I say, recruiters.
*Pfft* Like I would fight for the Fire Nation. In my past life I would do what's right and in this one I'll do the same. Albeit I'll break a bone or two.
I was visited by a few Fire Nation generals and admirals saying they wanted me in there army and if I complied I would be set free, after the war. I simply remained quite and they got the message. If they took me out I had no doubt I could get away from them but I chose to stay. Call me crazy but I wanted to stay here, it helped with my meditation and idle training.
I even got a visit from Commander Zhao. I replied for the first time to anyone other than the female guard who gets me food and water. I scoffed at him "If I refused generals and admirals what makes you think I would accept an offer from a mere commander."
He was quite butt hurt when I said that and the guards at the time chuckled silently. That was such a fun day. Asshole stepped on my tail before he left, making me growl, but still. It was a fun day.
The most interesting visitor however was from the Fire Princess herself. She wanted to use me for her own gains, she never mentioned what they were but all she got was silence. She got the idea that I wouldn't join her so she started to insult me. I won't lie, she actually managed to riled me up a bit, especially when she mentioned my father. She has a natural gift at pissing people off. I growled at her a lot but I never responded verbally. She actually stayed at the Boiling Rock for 5 days cause she found me "amusing". On the last day she mentioned her brother looking for the Avatar was a futile effort. I tried not to show my sign of amusement from it but she's actually good at reading facial cues because she noticed. She didn't question it though and soon enough she left.
That's some of the events that happened to me. I have a little more to tell but in case you've forgotten, I mentioned earlier I saw a vision. Avatar Aang is going to return soon so I want to get to the Southern Air Temple as soon as I can. So it's time for me to get out of here.
Po: I spoke in a low voice, "OK. Maximum effort!"
Fireguard 1 and 2: "What?"