With all the White Lotus Society Activities running in the background I though I'd give my keyboard a whirl.

Enjoy.

Whispers of The Lotus

Prologue:

Not many remember where the Lotus Society started or even why. But to this day, it's quick and secretive movements have time and time again changed the course of history. This is but a mere glance at how.

Chapter One: An Exhalation

The lotus tile fell with a clatter to the Pai Sho board.

Gyatso's eyes darted as he watched the line up carefully, then they widened in shock.

"The lotus hears and knows all friend." He said, wracking his brain for the answers before he was told.

A death...but who's?

The man across from him, sat rigidly in the monk's quarters, and it was Gyatso and this man from the Fire Nation Alone.

Tiles moved quickly in a short talkative dance, and the real game was all but forgotten.

"The Avatar?"

A quick nod in reply, then the almost stranger spoke for the first time.

"The spread of weeds may quickly begin. There are those who will try to uproot the Lotus and its achievements."

The fire nation's colonies...it was starting to make sense...

Gyasto numbly moved the wheel tile across the board.

"Where this happens there will be nature to once again stop it."

The Avatar will incarnate, once again, and this time close to home.

"They will stop at nothing. The protectors of nature will be at the greatest risk. Every bud will be destroyed."

"There's no other choice. The lotus protects all people."

"Then perhaps it is for the best." The stranger answered none too kindly, then glanced briefly at the board.

"You lose." He said, before gathering his things and leaving the room.