Lotus

Chapter One

Sabrina

"Sokka! Have you seen Katara? She needs to finish her chores and she also told me that she needed to show me something!" I yelled to my older brother Sokka. He's not as irritating as Katara says he is, but it's probably because she doesn't like him or close to him as I am.

"You don't need to shout, Katara is by my watch tower! I don't know why, but she's over there." Sokka yelled back. He's very muscular for his age, but that's because all of the men in our tribe including our father went to go help out with the war and he wanted to go with. So, when our father told him that he couldn't go he worked out every day and trained so he could prove to our father that he was a warrior. His brown hair was blowing in the ice cold wind from the South Pole. We live in the Southern Water tribe.

"Ok, thank you!" I need to find that watch tower. Even though Katara irritates me she sounded really excited with this news she wanted to tell me, and that made me curious.

I found the watch tower and saw Katara talking to some bald kid with arrows all over him. He wasn't from our tribe since he was wearing a yellow and orange outfit, gray eyes, and very pale. He was laughing and staring at Katara. Now that was weird, no one stares at Katara unless she has something on her face. I just stood in my spot and stared at them. This is so weird who would want to be with Katara let alone stare at her? Then the bald kid looked away from Katara and saw me staring. I started to turn away until I heard Katara say, "Sabrina, come over here!"

So, I walk over there and now I'm mad. So she can fool around with a guy and get away with not doing chores! "Katara, you have chores to do. Stop talking and get your butt doing those chores! Gran-Gran would kill you if she found out that you didn't do your chores!"

"I finished my chores today!" She yelled back at me.

"No, you didn't there's laundry to do, and that's your chore that Gran-Gran assigned to us as kids after mom died."

"Oh, I'm sorry Aang I have to go. Sabrina, can you hang out with Aang for a second while I do the laundry?"

"Yea I can. I'm sorry I screamed at you."

"It's alright."

She turned around and left. Her brown hair rocking back and forth as she walks. So, I'm left with the bald kid who I'm guessing his name is Aang.

"I'm Aang, Katara's boyfriend." He said with a smile while extending his hand out to me.

Instead of taking his hand I grasp his forearm, the traditional way in my tribe to introduce people, and say, "I'm Sabrina, Katara's baby sister. That's been my nickname for years, but they never use it anymore."

"I've heard a lot about you Sabrina. Katara is really fond of you, and would do anything to keep you safe."

I laugh, "She could have fooled me. One time she pushed me in the lake when I still couldn't swim."

"Really? She never told me that story."

"That's because she doesn't want anyone to know. Sokka was there and he had to save me before I drowned. He is the only one that tries to keep me as safe as possible; he won't let me near the weapons room unless he's there."

"Wow, you must really love your brother. Are you close to him?"

"Yea, I do love my brother very dearly, and yes I am close to him. He's more than a brother, he's my best friend and if something were to happen to him I wouldn't waterbend again."

"You're a waterbender too? Why wouldn't you waterbend again?"

"Yea, I am a waterbender. I was afraid of water because of what Katara did, and when I found out I was a waterbender I was too scared to practice with Katara. We don't have a master to learn from so we suck at the moment. Sokka was the one who told me that Dad would be very proud of me if I learned to face my fear. He was there when we practiced to make sure I was ok through the whole thing."

"I want to meet your brother is he around?"

"I think so; follow me he's probably training."

We walk to the training grounds in silence, I don't know if I can trust Aang so I don't want to tell him something I shouldn't. We see Sokka in the weapons room which is next to the training grounds.

"Sokka, this guy wants to meet you so can you please come over here?" I ask

He turns around and walks towards us with a questioned look on his face. He was always questioning when he thought every guy I wanted him to meet was my boyfriend.

"I'm Aang, Katara's boyfriend."

"I'm Sokka, Katara and Sabrina's older brother."

"Sabrina and Katara have told me a lot about you."

"Oh, they did did they?"

"Yea, but they are very different stories I hear from both of them. Who are you the most closest to?"

"I'm closest to Sabrina because she's the only one that understands me, she's a very good warrior with weapons and waterbending, she's actually a natural at fighting and waterbending, and she was a very cute baby sister. She's the only one who can make me laugh now that Dad's gone." He turned and looked out into the sea. Everyone told me I was a very cute baby, and that I'm very mature for my age. I have long wavy brown hair, which a lot of people say that I should but my hair in a pony tail, but I like it down. Also I have big brown eyes that can tell if someone is lying, and very strong for a girl my age.

"Well, Katara thinks very fondly of you. Sabrina too, I think more than Katara."

"Sabrina, how much did you tell him about me?"

"Not much, I told him about how you saved me from drowning, how your always there for my waterbending practices to make sure I'm ok, and how your more than a brother, but my best friend." I answered.

"You never told him any bad stuff though right?" He asked.

"No because you never did anything bad around me. Oh I also told him how you never let me near the weapons room unless your there."

"AANG, SABRINA WHERE ARE YOU!" Katara yelled. She seemed mad, probably because she hates it when she's left alone, "there you guys are. Where were you guys? I looked all over for you two."

"I wanted to meet Sokka because Sabrina told me some interesting stuff about him. And told me how you pushed her in the lake when she still couldn't swim." Aang answered.

"She told you that? Well that's obviously a lie; I would never do that to my own sister." Katara exclaimed.

"Katara, you're the one who is lying. I can see it in your eyes, and you know that my eyes can tell when people are lying." I answered.

"Oh alright, yes I pushed her in because she saw a fish in the water and wanted to get it. So, I pushed her in so she could get it easier."

"You knew that she couldn't swim Katara, why would you push her in anyway?" Sokka yelled.

"Because she needed to learn how to swim somehow, and that was the first thing that came to mind!" Katara yelled back.

"Anyway, Katara I'm sick of my waterbending being weak. We need to find us a master!" I asked.

"How are we going to get there? We don't have any way to get there I told you this!" She answered.

"Well I could give you guys a ride on Appa to the Northern Water Tribe." Aang answered.

"That sounds great let's go now!" Katara exclaimed.

"I'll go get my stuff." Sokka explained.

"You're not coming with us Sokka." Katara said with a mad look on her face.

"Do you think I'm just going to stay here when Sabrina is going with you?" Sokka asked.

"Sokka, you never were this way with me you said I didn't need protection! Ever since Sabrina was born and she turned out to be a natural warrior you are trying to protect her all the time!" Katara yelled.

"Katara Sokka is coming with us; I don't want him to be abandoned." I answered.

"Fine, but if you are going to be a jerk this whole trip you'll never come with us again." Katara answered.

She stalked off with Aang following her making sure she's alright.

"Come on Sabrina, let's go pack for the trip and tell Gran-Gran that we're going." Sokka told me. Then we walked the opposite direction to prepare for this trip.