Growing up with the Avatar
My name is Rae, I'm a Fire bender. I live in the southern water tribe with my family, my gran gram Katara (she helped avatar Aang end the hundred-year war also best water bending master ever), My mom Kya (second best water bender), My father Suun (also a prince in the fire nation ;-)), My younger sister Luten she's eight (she's also a non-bender), And my youngest brother Kuzon three (a fire bender) and sister Kya (a water bender). Oh, and my best and well only friend Korra, she is the AVATAR (that means she can bend all the elements earth water fire air)! We practice fire bending together and well I practice the bending forms from the other elements as self-defense. I'm fifteen.
Well what's going on
Right now, I've got to go practice with Korra.
"RAE!" Master Pok (Just imagine a grumpy old guy with a kind of a red dress on and you have master Pok or as I like to call him 'Fire tongue!') yelled at me. "Sorry." I said waving to Korra as I slipped my training gear over my head (I over slept again my bad). "Well at least you're here now show me what you have learned from the scrolls I gave you to study last week." Master Pok said. Of course I wasn't quite paying attention I was trying to remember what the moves were on the scroll because I only glanced at it and well now he wants to test us on names and moves no fair. Oh well just please ask Korra first. "Hmmm Rae why don't you start us off since you seem to like delaying class." Master Pok asked me oh well you sort of saw the forms (not that I practiced any of them!).
"O-ok I'll do my best Shifu Pok." I said trying to get on his good side.
I preformed kicks and flips until my worst night mare came true when I remembered the last move we were asked to do. Fire flight (Uhg I have never been good at propelling myself with fire even on the ground and now he wants me to jump up and use my bending to fly no way! I've never could do it even with the help of my father I just freeze and tense up.) "Rae we're all waiting." Master Pok said.
"No." I said darkly. "I won't do it! I CAN'T DO IT I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AND I PROBALY NEVER WILL I WON'T DO IT!"
I was terrified at this point I wanted to run away and cry on my mother's lap like my brother and sister but I was so scared I couldn't move. I just stood there and glared at him until Korra cleared her throat and began doing the forms.
My gran gram walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder. I then turned to mush and collapsed on my knees and began crying. (It was so embarrassing!) She stroked my hair like she would do when I was little she helped me up and walked me back to the locker rooms.
I changed back into my robes and slipped my coat and gloves on and walked out to see Korra grooming Naga (her pet polarbeardog and her avatar spirt guide).
"Oh. Hi Rae, what's up?" Korra asked me I just wanted to be left alone. "Hellooooooo, Earth to Rae?! Come on say something?" Korra said waving a hand in front of my face which I brushed to the side and walked away.
Later back at my house I threw my work bag on the floor nearly missing my sister Kya. "Hey watch it Rae! You almost hitted me!" She snapped at me. "Whatever…" I said pretty upset at this point storming off to my room only to be blocked by my little brother. He tugged at my hair and pulled my sash making my pants fall and boy was I glad that I was wearing a long shirt.
I threw a fire ball at him which he dodged with ease (being a fire bender) and ran off to our mother in her healing room, all I did was roll my eyes and run in to my room locking the door.
"Rae!" I heard my mother call (busted!). "Tadle tale." I mumbled not opening the door for what I was worth. Unfortunately, because we live in an igloo she bent a hole in my wall and stepped in to the room and fixed it sitting on the floor next to me and asked what was wrong that's when I could no longer hold back my tears I let out a loud sob out and buried my face into her shoulder and cried for all I was worth, my mother stroked my hair and kissed the top of my head. (She hadn't done anything like that since I was little.)
"So, you want to talk about today sweetie?" She asked me I sat next to her and unburied my face from her clothes and said. "Well you know that test I had today?" I asked she nodded and said. "Yes, wasn't I supposed to remind you and I know I didn't and I will say I'm sorry." "Well any ways I had to study all of those new moves and well I got most of them but then he asked me to do the last move called 'fire flight' and well I chickened and said I no, I mean if I can't do it with dad helping me what makes him think I could do it on my own! Well I totally broke down. Thanks to gran gram he ended the lesson." I said feeling a whole another wave of tears flowing to the surface. "Oh…. Well I hear you got all of the other moves prefect per gran gram." Mom said giving me a sweet smile and drying my eyes with the hem of her shirt.
"Oh, Tenzin also said he would be coming down here soon." Mom said standing up and helping me up. "Wait Uncle Tenzin is coming over?!" I asked my face lighting up.
"Is it safe to come in?" My dad said peeking around the corner with a worried expression. "It's ok daddy I won't hurt you." I said giggling slightly. "Oh, and before I forget Tenzin just landed Ooogie at the compound!" He said fixing my hair. "I just have one question. WHO NAMES SOMETHING OOOGIE IT SOUNDS LIKE OOOGIES!" I asked slightly disgusted which made everyone laugh.
We made our way to the compound via our dog sled, Me and Luten held Kya and Kuzon as our mom and dad guided the dog sled.
"Are we going to see Jinora!?" Luten asked beaming despite the wind whipping our cheeks and making them redder than my training gear (which was REALLY, red!).
We made it there in a few minutes and saw Korra's parents pulling up to the compound the same time as we did.
"Hi Uncle Tenzin!" I shouted as I ran towards the sky bison, only to have a little something grabbed my leg and squeezed it tightly and then spoke quickly. "Hi wae! How do you live in the cold like this all the time? Can I wide in your dog sled? Can we go penguin sledding? Can show me your fire bending moves? Ooooo can I try on your training stuff? Pweaze?!" Ikki said all in one breath. "Hi Ikki. I use my bending and skins to keep me warm. Maybe. I'd have to ask my mom and dad and so would you. Yes. And it's probably going to be really big on you." I said smiling at how much energy she had it was amazing that someone so little could have all that energy.
I walked over to my aunt Pema and gave her a gentle hug and then I walked over to my Uncle Tenzin Who hugged me and exclaimed in pain as a little boy gnawed on his head.
"Mother help me please?" He said as Gran gram pulled the little boy off his father. "unhawnd me stwange woman!" He said. (He was so cute how he said stuff.) "Meelo that is you grandmother." My uncle Tenzin said. "Hi Meelo" I said Waving at the little boy who was bundled up in warm skins. "Hi I Meewo!" He said in his cute little way.
"Out of my wroad!" Kuzon said he sounded funny because he had lost some of his teeth. "Be nice Kuzon. Hiya I'm Kya!" Kya said putting out her hand for him to shake, but instead he kissed her hand and asked. "Your pwetty, can I have you gwoves?!" Kya just giggled and ran off Meelo trailed her fallowed by Kuzon and Ikki.
"Well he's just a little charmer." I said crossing my arms in of front of my chest and then Jinora and Luten walk up. "He told an alcotite she was pretty and asked for her scarf right after he could talk." Jinora said.
Time past and we ate dinner at the compound but I ran back to the house and got a bag and filled it with our good robes Water tribe, (for mom and Kya and Luten if she wanted), Fire nation, (for me Kuzon and dad also for Luten if she wants), and a combo, (for Luten if she wants). We then changed into our good robes but Luten asked for her nomad robe that uncle Tenzin gave her (which I totally forgot about!).
I had to go all the way back into the village and get them!
"So how is Korras training going?" Asked my uncle looking to Hinn her earth bending teacher and a member of the white lotus (a group of people who protect the avatar and represent all four nations.). "Korra has progressed very well soon she will be ready for her earth bending test! And well although you can't bend Rae you are almost better than Korra in form." She said. (I love her she is so much fun and nice) "That's great how about her fire bending?" Tenzin asked. "That is not so possible. Korra has no restraint and is rather cocky. The same for Rae." Master Pok said but was cut off by Korras father. "How dare you talk about my daughter that way!" (and per my dad Buma (Korras mom) had quite the tongue when she was younger. (how he knows this I have no idea…...))
"Korra is not cocky you just don't like her!" I snapped at him he knew I was right and I stuck my lip out just crossed my arms just to prove my point. "Um err well I..." He stammered on I slammed my hands on the table rage bubbling inside me and yelled "Just admit it you don't like her because she just maybe likes to celebrate if she does something good!Or is just better than what you expect her to be!" I was so mad I ended up burning a hole in the table.
I stormed off. How could he talk about my best friend and the AVATAR that way and haw dare he think he can call her a delinquent! (I know he didn't say that but he thought it!) I thought standing outside rather mad about the whole thing. Korra came out later and thanked me for defending her. "I'm serious Rae Thank you." Korra said again.
"It was nothing." I said to her then Korra burst out laughing. "You know right after your blow up Kuzon stood up said 'yea what my siter said!' it was so funny he stormed off too it was so funny everyone burst out laughing, ya know you both burned huge holes in the table!" Korra giggled as she talked I even laughed at my brother's actions.
My uncle and his family soon left after the dinner I was almost sad to see Meelo and Ikki leave they were so funny and cute and adorable! "Hang on!" Kya yelled running out of our mother's grasp and trying to climb up Ooogies tail. "Here Meelo my gloves just wike you asked!" She said out of breath and Meelo quietly took them and held them close to his chest. Kya a slid down his tail and ran back to dad jumping up and down waving as the sky bison flew off into the distance.
So yeah, any who things were rather boring we started official training as fire benders but Master Pok just glared at either of us and my little brother got lucky and didn't get enrolled to train under him! (No fair!)
