Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Reckoning of Roku (Chronicles of the Avatar Book 5)

by Randy Ribay

Then, apropos of nothing, Gyatso said, “I dreamt I was riding Lola above the clouds. I felt happier and freer than I have in a long time.” He paused. Rubbed the back of his neck. Took a deep breath. “When she descended, we were at the Southern Air Temple—but it was burning. Every tower, every structure. All of it—on fire.” “Why?” Roku asked. “I don’t know,” Gyatso said. “But I knew I had to help. I was the only one left who could help. I stood with my staff and channeled my chi, preparing to airbend a huge gust of wind, one that would extinguish all the flames. But when I released my energy—nothing happened. I tried again and again and again. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.” He sighed. “Then Lola suddenly banked away from the temple, and I slid off her saddle and dropped through the sky. And then suddenly, I was in the inner sanctuary, cornered by soldiers.” “Whose?” Gyatso shrugged. “Not sure. Dream logic, I guess. But I knew they wanted to end me—that they would end me—unless I could airbend. And unless I was willing to use my airbending to take their lives.” “Did you?” Gyatso shrugged. “I woke up right as they attacked.”

Gyatso dreaming, having a premonition of his death when the fire nation attacked