Benders of Our Lives: The Frozen Airbender
By: Iroh's Tea Shoppe Girls
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Lao hated the endless war. Lao did not like how his wife looked at their child's new tutor. Lao did not like how his only daughter constantly talked back. Lao did not like how his fortune was based off of his father's morally questionable business. Lao did not like a lot of things, but there was one thing Lao did like, and that was li lou (a fermented milk-wine) in his morning tea.
But they were out. Only a few drops came out of the skin it was kept in. the barrel was dry too.
Lao was not very happy. He called for the cook in a loud irate voice, demanding to know why they were out.
The servant began to explain that they had ordered a barrel yesterday, and that they normally didn't go through this much, but Lao would have none of such weak excuses. He stormed out to go to the local tavern, a seedy joint, but at least they bothered to keep their shelves full.
A tall, thick, ugly woman seated him.
"My name is Xu Ren, I'll be your waitress," the woman said in an unnaturally deep voice, her large hand brushing aside some dark hair that had fallen into her face.
"I'll have some tea with li lou," Lao said, winching that the woman's stern expression.
-.-.-.-.-
Kanna had waited until her grandchildren went fishing before she went to the village healer. She had been tired and not feeling well. She didn't think much of it, but wanted to make sure it wasn't anything serious.
The healer looked at the elderly woman with concerned glance. She didn't quite know what to say.
"It's just my age catching up with me isn't it?" Kanna said smiling. "After all, I'm so old my grandkids are almost adults. I've seen many moons."
"I don't know how to tell you think," the healer said slowly. "It's not just your age."
"It's the wasting sickness isn't it?" Gran Gran asked, it was what she had been afraid of.
The healer slowly nodded. "You should've come to me sooner, I could've done something."
"How much time do I have?" the elderly woman asked.
"About six moons."
-.-.-.-.-
"I want to learn more advanced moves Uncle," the young prince said. He was tired of doing the same basic drills over and over.
"You are not ready yet," Iroh said calmly. "Maybe if you wore the clothes I set out for you?"
"I do not want to wear his clothing," Zuko said. Iroh had set out Lu Ten's old training clothes for him. His cousin had been dead for years.
"Then you're not ready to learn advanced moves," the old man said. "Which is really too bad, Lu Ten was such a good firebender."
-.-.-.-.-
Their fishing trip was turning out to be a disaster, their canoe had been destroyed. Sokka had pushed Katara too far causing her to lose her temper. While that ordinarily was merely unpleasant, this time it was scary. The iceberg split, pieces off it falling. Katara and Sokka pulled together, to avoid the larger pieces.
It was over, they were safe. Sokka was not amused though, "Okay, you've gone from weird to freakish, Katara."
"You mean I did that?" Katara asked, amazed at the possibility.
"Yup," Sokka said deadpan. "Congratulations."
The water in front of them began to glow; the siblings began to paddle backwards on their raft. Another iceberg came to the surface, and a boy with a glowing arrow on his head can be seen in it.
"He's alive!" Katara announced, after studying it. "We have to help him."
She grabbed her brother's club and went to the frozen boy.
"Katara!" Sokka called after his sister. "Get back her! We don't know what that thing is!"
Katara began to try to chip away at the iceberg when it erupts into light, Sokka shielded his sister as the boy emerged from the iceberg.