My first written fanfic!! Please review and give helpful criticizm!!
Disclaimer: I made up Sapphire and Izzy. Everyone else is owned by Mike and Bryan and Nickelodeon
"Grr! Why cant I get this right?!"
A young girl with brown hair and blueish-grey eyes was standing on a beach, completely soaked. The boy, who was making sure to stay out of the water's way, was laughing.
"Shut up, Izzy! This isnt easy, you know!"
The boy finally stopped laughing enough to talk and wiped the tears away from his eyes, "Sapphire, why dont you go back to class? The teacher sent me back here to fetch you. He says you still need to learn the basics if you want to become a master."
"What does that old fart know?! It's so boring learning the basics, and I can waterbend just fine without them!"
"Well, so far all you've been doing is splashing around and getting yourself soaked."
"I'm making a wave! That's what waves are supposed to do! I just gotta figure out how to control it better!"
The boy sighed. He knew it was no use arguing with her, since she was stubborn to the core. " Whatever. Listen, it's getting dark. Why dont we call it a night?"
"Right after I try one more time."
Sapphire stood on the edge of the beach and concentrated on the ocean for a while. After the firenation's defeat in the great war, some of the water tribe people migrated to tropical islands abandoned by the firenation. The warmer weather was a welcome invitation compared to the constant freezing winter that comes with living in the north and south poles. Sapphire and Izzy were decendents of the waterbenders who chose to move to warmer climates. The island their tribe lived on was small with a dormant volcano in its center.
Sapphire raised her hands slowly, trying to raise the water enough to create a wave, but not so fast this time or she'll just get soaked again. The water started to rise and rise and finally there was a large wave. Izzy's eyes widened and his jaw dropped.
"I did it!!" She shouted while jumping in excitement.
The excitement was short lived. When she stopped concentrating, the wave began to twist and turn, and then focused itself on the kids. Izzy shouted "RUN!!" and the two tried to get away, but it was too late. The wave crashed down on both of them. Leaving them soaked and coughing on the beach.
"What on earth are you two doing?!"
The kids froze. The Elder was the oldest woman in the tribe. She had been around since the great war with the firenation, and had even fought in the war. The tribe's respect for her weren't just because of her age and wisdom, but also because she has the same fierceness and energy she had in her prime, despite the fact she was well over 100. No one questioned her judgement. That's not to say she wasn't fun to hang around with. The children would visit her for stories and everyone on the island loved coming over to her house for parties and chatting. She would even sparr with the men from time to time. Most of the time, she'd win.
"It's well past sundown! You should be home in bed instead of standing around here splashing around! Sapphire, your parents have been looking for you everywhere. I heard you skipped class again."
Sapphire pouted and looked away. "I dont like that class. The teacher keeps making us learn the basics over and over and over again, and I'm tired of it. I want to learn harder techniques!"
The Elder gave a little chuckle. "Is that so? You really are just like your great-grandmother... too stubborn and impatient." She sat down next to the girl and set her gaze out to the horizon. Sapphire looked at the elder's face. "Water is also a stubborn element. If you dont know how to work with it, it wont show any mercy. It's been known to sink the strongest ships and destroy the most powerful men. And here you are trying to control it. Water doesn't like to be controlled, so it's pushing back at you. That's why the basics are important. They teach you how to move with the water and letting it be used the way you want it, instead of trying to use it however you want it and getting a bunch of water in your face."
The Elder stood up and shook the sand from her clothes. "Well, it's time for you two to head home. Sapphire, tell your parents I said hi, okay?"
Izzy and Sapphire followed after her. Sapphire turned to look at the ocean one last time, when she saw what appeared to me a man lying on the beach. Sapphire rubbed her eyes and looked again, but he was gone. Izzy called out to her, and she ran to catch up with him, assuming that what she saw was her imagination.