Hello, My Name is Jin and I am the 2nd prince of the Fire Nation, the first being my older brother Zuko and my twin sister Azula being the first Princess

Lately I’ve been having these strange dreams where I am standing on top of an ocean where there is a strange door infront of me

I’ve asked mother about this and they say that it’s just a dream but I feel as if there’s something more

Something better

And today is the day where I make sure that I uncover what that something is

As I lay down on my bed late at night, I take a deep breath and go to sleep

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“HUHK” I gasp as I lay on top of the water waiting, looking around when I see the door

It was made of a deep brown wood and had a shining copper doorknob, on the door were detailed carvings of roses and Thorns

I gulp some saliva and trek towards the door as I touch the cold doorknob and turn, opening the door with a creak

And what I saw inside was shocking

It was a giant cylinder filled to the brim with books

‘A library?’ I thought as I walked through the door into the room as the door shut behind me with a thud

I look behind me to see the door closed and decide to continue

I walk forward for what seems like forever when I see a lady sitting on top of an alter

I walk closer to the lady, she had plump red lips and a smooth, white jade like skin, with a beautiful face, she was wearing some strange clothing

I continued walking forward when her left eye suddenly glowed a strange hue of blue

“Hello Master, it has been approximately 2196 days since you have last come here, what would you like to do?” The lady asked

“W-who are you? And what are you doing in my dreams?!” I ask

“I am the Babel Artificial Reactive Bibliothec Reincarnators Assistant or BARBRA for short, this place is Babel, I simply reside within Babel to help you” she said “before the last time you came, I was commanded to bring you to your favorite books”

“What?” I said “that doesn’t explain anything! I command you as 2nd Prince of the Fire Nation that you tell what I’m the name of the spirits is this place!”

“This is The Library of Babel, you are the Librarian of Babel, I am your Assistant Barbra, and for your question, Babel is the library where all knowledge to ever exist collects itself” she said “ would you like to see your favourite books?”

“What! When dd I become the librarian? When did I choose for this? When did you get in my head! And also this is the first time I’ve ever even seen you before, what are you even talking about?” I yell

“Whilst this may be the first time you speak to me, this is not the first time I’ve spoken to you“ she said

“That still doesn’t explain anything!” I said

“Would you like to see your favourite books?” She said

“No I do-“ he said before he had a thought

‘Why is she stressing this so much, surely it must be important so maybe I should look at the books’ I thought

“Alright can you show me my favourite books?” I asked now a little calmer

“Affirmative” she said before some books magically appear in her hands, I walk up to her and cautiously take the books, trying to make sure im not going to be sneak attacked when I do

I look at all of the books, 3 books about something called ’Martial Arts’ and 1 about regaining the memories of you past lives

‘Past lives…the avatar? Why would ”I” favourite this? Unless…then it all makes sense if that’s what it is!’ I thought as I picked up the book and read it

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To be able to recall the memories of another life is an ability both very powerful but contradicting this fact, not many people want to gain this ability, this book was created to break that fact

 

Chapter 1

To gain access…

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I was reading it in my head, heavily focused on it, entranced by it

After I finished skimming through the book, I decided to summarise it in his head

 

1. Unlock the Spiritual Pathway
2. Enhance your SP (Spiritual Pathway)
3. Take a Journey through the SP with the provided technique
4. Profit

 

‘Well, that's all I could gather anyway’ I thought

“Barbra, can you get me a book about the Spiritual Pathway mentioned in this book?” I asked

“Affirmative” she said as we travelled somewhere instantly, although  I do not know how I know we travelled

I then asked to bring me to the most comprehensive book about it and picked it up, it’s title was ‘Spiritual Pathway for dummies: a comprehensive guide’

I skimmed through it and found out some information

‘the Spiritual Pathway is a the memories of the soul, which contains the memories of all the bodies That soul has possessed’ I thought to myself ‘then if I’m correct, then the “me” that Barbra talked to was one of my past reincarnations ’

“Jin?” I heard a female voice say as I looked around for the source, the voice sounded different from Barbra

“Jin!” I heard again

“Barbra, can you bring me back to the real world? Quick!” I asked as I was transported to the front door, quickly going through the door, and my vision went blurry and I passed out

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I woke up in my room with my mother sobbing tears at the side of my bed

“Mother?” I asked as her head bolted upwards and hugged me tightly

“Jin…*sob* I… I thought I lost you! Don’t ever do that again… please” she said with small tears in her eyes

After my mothers tears stopped, she told me that I have been asleep for 3 days straight

‘What? I was sure I was only in there for a few moments…’ I thought, looking at my mothers face with grief for what I did

She had almond brown hair and yellowish gold eyes, smooth skin and a comforting face of a mother, her hair was scraggly from the days of crying but mother should stop crying

Father says that tears are for the weak

And being weak is a sin worse than death

“Stop crying, I’m better now, right?” I said, talking pragmatically 

“Okay…” she said giving me another hug when a realization dawned on me

’Father is going to be mad’ I thought as a chill ran down my spine

‘It’s already bad that I can’t fire bend, me making mother worry… I don’t even want to think about it’ I thought

I tried to get up, but mother stopped me

“Just rest, I’ll get a doctor to check on you” she said as I just sat there trying to absorb the information in my head and to keep me from going insane by my newfound knowledge I started recounting my life

“My name is Jin, I am 6 years old, and have 2 siblings, and am a prince of the Fire Nation, I also am the Librarian of Babel, whatever that is, due to my innate lack of Firebending abilities I have been disregarded by my father as weak and useless, but I was able to survive as a possible heir to the throne simply due to my talent in learning, I am to be sent at the age of 10 to school and my, what assume, past reincarnation, has given me the unique ability to enter the Library of Babel” I recounted as I clenched and unclenched my fists still trying to wrap my head around this

“I need to find a way to enter Babel without going to sleep” I concluded, assuming that as the only way to survive this deadly battle for the throne

‘Now how do I enter Babel?’ I thought, before recollecting memories of something I read about before, where the old airbenders would meditate to try and enter the spirit world or something

So I sat in a meditative position and concentrated on the feeling of being in Babel

It didn’t work

so I tried focusing on the feeling of being in the sea

And when I opened my eyes I was once again inside the sea, with the door right infront of me

I ran towards the door and went through it

“Barbra! Can you tell me how to stop time from going so fast?” I asked as Barbra suddenly materialized infront of me

“Affirmative, Meditate” she said and I did so

“Focus on your heart beat, focus on it and try and recollect a feeling of calmness” she continued

“Now focus on the numbers 1-10” she said and I did so

My mind mad calm and after focusing on my heart beat I felt it beat at incredible speeds, I then focused on the numbers as the heartbeat slowed and everything felt better

“Can you bring me my favourited books“ I said as she left and appeared again with a pile of 4 books, before an idea struck my mind

“Can you bring me to a book about learning the art of parallel processing?” I asked as we teleported to a room filled with books about it

“Filter for the most effective” I said as the books rearranged themselves in an orderly manor where I then looked for the strongest one

The title being ‘How to: Parallel Process’

I started to read it with much difficulty

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I was struggling with this book for hours, unable to comprehend it

“Would you like some help?” Barbra asked

“Huh? Ah, Yes Please!” I asked and her clothes magically morphed into a strange grey trousers and shirt (a suit) with a dark blue line that wrapped around her neck (Tie) and a pair of glasses and a strange stick in her hand

She then clicked her fingers and a strange green board appeared to her side (chalk board)

“Teacher Form Activated”

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I finally finished the book, without Barbra’s help it would’ve taken months but I was able to read and comprehend the entire thing now

It had only been… how long has it been?

”10 hours, 1 hour outside Babel” she said

“Bring me to the exit” I said as we were moved to the bottom floor in an instant infront of the door and I left again to the real world

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I opened my eyes to see that my room was still empty and it was turning late afternoon, deciding to go to bed and sleep normally today