Team: Earth Kingdom
Story: Drabble
Round 4: Completion
Propmt: Penguin
Word Count: 490
Sokka zoomed over the ice and snow faster than a leopard seal. The cold air rushed passed him and stung his face, but he hardly noticed. He only cared about the exhilaration he felt as he flew down the snowy mountainside on his trusty penguin, Mushi.
Suddenly Katara, riding her own penguin, appeared out of nowhere and slid right passed him, spraying fresh powder into his face.
"Keep up, slow poke!" she yelled over the rushing wind.
"Oh, you are not getting away that easily!" Sokka grumbled to himself. Leaning all of his weight forward, he began to speed up to the point where the landscape was barely visible. Everything blurred together into one white mass, but one thing remained in sight: Katara. There was no way Sokka was losing this time! This was it!
He veered off the course after a minute, heading instead for a large outcropping of ice that had protruded from a great glacier. The ice was extremely slick here, and he almost lost control a few times, but he kept it together long enough to launch himself off of the icy ramp and into the frosty air. He literally flew over the mountain, heart racing, and landed right on top of Katara!
They collided with a THUD! and then they began to role down the hill in a massive heap of arms, legs, penguins, and an ever growing ball of snow. Before they knew it, they had reached the bottom of the mountain and hit the ground hard, breaking them up a bit.
"I wiiiin..." said Sokka shakily from beneath the pile.
"What was that?!" Katara shrieked, dusting snow off of her robes.
"I took a shortcut!" Sokka explained, crawling out into the sunshine and removing ice from his boots.
"If that's a shortcut, then I'm a hippo-cow," said Katara sarcastically. "You've really gotta get your game together if you're going to have any chance in the sledding competition."
"Well not all of us can use magic powers to make us go faster!" cried Sokka.
"You think I cheated?!" Katara retorted.
"No, all I'm saying is—"
Meanwhile, a few feet away...
"Oh boy, they're at it again," said Zuko, as he watched on from a safe vantage point.
"What, crashing, or arguing?" Toph asked as she sat by a nice, warm fire and munched on leopard meat.
"Mmm, both actually," Zuko replied, walking over and sitting down.
"Bet you five gold pieces they keep it up for a solid minute," said Toph.
"You're on."
"Look out below!" Aang suddenly appeared out of nowhere on his own penguin and crashed into the massive snow bank, sending an avalanche of white ice showering over everyone.
"Oh, that's just great!" Katara yelled.
"Oh please, you wouldn't know great if it bit you on the—"
"They still at it?" Toph asked, wiping snow out of her face.
"Yup," Zuko replied.
"Heh, he... better get your wallet ready, Zuko!"