Tamaka's POV
I own nothing from the world of avatar,I just really love it.
"Tamaka wake up, you need help me!" my mother said to me, trying her best to wake me up.
I pry my eyes open and look around my barren, yet cozy, room. The wooden floor, the worn quilt on my bed. The sleeping faces on my younger siblings faces.
I sit up and stretch, carful not to make any noise to wake up the little ones. I have four younger siblings, with me being the oldest at age 15.
There's Mala who's 10, Emmy age 8, Lee who's 6, and Kauro who's 4.
My family lives in a small in a small earth village called Betherill. But most people here are none benders, with the occasional water and earth bender, My dad is an Earth-bender, while my mother is a Water-bender. All my siblings take after my father except my brother Kauro and I.
My mother and train him everyday after we do our chores.
I make my way across the room to the old dresser and change into the handy-down clothes my mother gave me, the worn blue fabric so soft against my skin its feels warm breeze that hugs my body. The blue of the clothes has faded a bit, but that makes it look better in my eyes.
I go into the kitchen to see my mothers tired face as she makes breakfast.
She didn't always look so tired.
When I was younger, and the threat of Fire benders taking over our village wasn't as real, she smiled more, and frowned less, the worry lines on her face not yet there.
"Tamaka could you go and trade these egg's for some milk please? we ran out and I really don't want to use the money that we have…." She trails off, and I take the eggs, get a basket and head out.
The sunshine's really bright, making me turn my eye's down to the dirt path that's softened with the rain from last night.
I walk until I see the market and head straight to my friend Aiba's stall, and sure enough he's there with his father, setting out the milk, veggies, and fruits they plan on selling today.
"Hey Aiba, wanna trade some egg's for milk?" I call out to him, he look's over and smiles at me, his dark hair almost covering his blue eye, his green clothes faded like my blue one's.
"Only if you come over to my house and cook 'em for me later," He says, smiling even brighter, making his eyes crinkle.
I pursed my lips, giving him a look as if to say ' I don't know…Maybe?'
"I don't know Aiba, that will cost you extra," I say looking around at all his veggies, and fruits.
"You are such a cheat! No way is that deal worth giving you extra, and your such a bad cook you should give ME something in retribution for eating your crappy eggs," he says, poking fun at me.
"You know you love me, don't even deny it. And you love my crappy cooking." I tell him, grinning. I laugh and hand him the basket of eggs and he gives me the milk, and a couple carrots.
"You better be at my house early to make cook those eggs for me tomorrow!" He tells at me. I nod my head, and turn around heading home.
"I mean it Tamaka! You make me that breakfast and if you don't I'll…I'll- I'll do something!" He shouts at my back, and I crack up laughing, knowing he's not going to do anything.
I walk the dirt path home, trying to waste as much time as possible, but of course that doesn't work.
I walk through the door, seeing all the little kids around the table eating breakfast, I hand mom the milk and carrots.
"Your so pretty Mommy!" Lee exclaims, his green eyes bright, his smile showing off the dimples in his cheeks.
"Tamaka would you help them get dressed today? I want to go get the shop open early today," She ask's me smiling, looking over at me, her wrinkles smoothening out so you can't see them, her tan face smooth.
I tell her I would.
My mother sells hand made carvings, pots, vases, and also the vegetables from our small garden. What happens mostly there is that when someone wants to get a gift for someone they tell my mom what they want, when they want it, and she makes it for them. It doesn't make a lot of money, but my dad makes enough for us to live on.
The little kids finish breakfast and I go to there room and lay out there clothes for them.
The only new pair of clothes that aren't faded are Kauro's , he has brand new blue water bender robes that my mother got for him from a trader who came into town earlier.
Mala, Emmy, and Lee all look so much alike.
straight black hair, bright green eyes, skin smooth and creamy with a hint of a tan.
They all look like dad, but Kauro and I look like my mother.
He and I have skin that looks like we have a deep tan, and dark brown wavy hair, and blue eyes, as blue as the azure sky.
"Tamaka, could you help me? I think this is on backwards," Lee comes over to me and I help him get his shirt on. Then I go over to Kauro and help him with his clothes. When everyone is dressed and ready I lead them to the back yard.
"We all have to do the laundry today, and Mala don't you dare complain 'cause I am sick and tired of it," I say, squinting my eyes at her, trying to give her the 'Mom Look of Doom' but I can see she is trying really hard not to laugh, so I know it didn't work.
"If you get done early you guys can play or practice, I don't really care, just help me with this, ok?" I ask, and they all giggle and swarm the baskets of laundry. We take the baskets and head down to a little river to wash them in, they all walk behind me, Emmy, Mala, and I hold the laundry baskets so the two little boys are horsing around and pushing each other.
When get there I drop the basket and and walk over to the river. I look at the water and focus on it, I make a back-and-forth motion with my hands and a wave appears.
I hear the earth crunching and moving beneath me, and I know that they are practicing earth bending.
"Hey Kauro, come over her I'll show you how to do some stuff," I say. My mother was born in the northern water tribe, she left when she was 15 because they refused to teach her anything but teach her healing. When she left she went to all over the world and learned water bending, and became a master, a very talented one at that. And ever since she discovered I could do the same as she, she trained me, and last year she challenged me to a duel, and when I beat her she told me there was nothing left for me to learn and said I was a master. And ever since then I have been training Kauro when she was to busy and wasn't able to.
"Ok, get into your stance when you just want to have a solid wave." And when he did it was so cute, his little face looked so serious, and his body was as solid, and when I asked him to show me to make a wave go back and forth his moves were very fluid, graceful even.
It made me so proud.
The wave he made was perfect.
"Good job! ok now I want to show you how to do the 'Water Whip' ok?" I get into my stance and I move my arms, making sure the movement isn't jerky, but smooth, and I flick my wrist. I feel calm, in order.
When I let the water drop and looked up at him his face was beaming, and I moved out of his way and watched as he tried. It took him a few minutes but he got it and when he did he smiled so wide I could see his molars.
"Ok everyone, we should probably get this laundry done," I said, and every one gathered around, taking shirts, pants, undergarments, and socks over to the river and dunking them into the water.
It was quite work, and was done fast, soon everything was clean and we headed back to hang up the clothes.
By the time we got back it was early afternoon.
the older kids and I hung up the clothes, while Lee and Kauro watched.
"I'm hungry! can you make us food Tamaka?" Lee asked, and I laughed at the frustrated look on his face, so I shuffled everyone inside to make them lunch.