I must be Dreaming
Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar: the Last Airbender yet, but as soon as I achieve world domination, you'll be the first to know.
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Jade
It was one of those days when life couldn't seem to get any better. Summer had just arrived in Maryland, but the weather wasn't turning out to be as swelteringly hot as the meteorologist promised. My cat, Milton was snoozing on his bed, and I was listening to music. At 11:00PM, the rest of the house was asleep. I dozed off to the lilting reggae music of Bob Marley.
When I woke up, I realized that I wasn't in Maryland anymore. My first clue was the hard metal underneath me. The second was the slight rocking underneath me.
I had been on boats before, and while the movement was always disconcerting at best I knew how to keep my footing. However, in the pitch blackness, I couldn't see where I was going. My foot hit something, and the metal floor of the ship came up to meet me. I picked up a quite large piece of coal. Great. Although I wasn't exactly known for being graceful, it was still pathetic. As I picked myself up after that embarrassing fall, something moved out of the corner of my eye. Since it was still dark out, it was difficult to tell who it was
It was then that I felt something hard slam into me and a familiar voice that I could not quite place demanded "Who the heck are you? Where am I?"
"As soon as I figure that out, I'll let you know." I groaned, rubbing my ribs where the stranger had kicked me.
We moved towards the stern of the ship. From there, I could dimly see the shape of a huge smokestack and column. There was a little slit at almost the top of the column that was giving off light. I figured that place was a good place to get information. The wheel creaked as the door opened and the stranger and I stepped into the ship. As we got further into the ship, the walls were increasingly lit with candles. The light coming off of them threw the stranger's face into relief and we both stared in disbelief as we each realized who the other was.
"Sancia, oh my god, it's so good to see you!" I exclaimed as I rushed over to hug my long-time friend.
"It has been awhile, hasn't it?" she replied.
It had been a few years since we had last seen each other face to face, but we chatted often. We walked in silence for a while after, looking at stuff. One of the doors was open, revealing a room filled with spears and other weapons. The others, cabins I assumed, were closed. As we walked, I began to feel paranoid, like someone was watching me, but I dismissed this as what comes from being in a strange place at night. Suddenly, Sancia broke the silence.
"Are you getting the feeling that we're being watched?" she asked.
I opened my mouth to reply when suddenly something dropped to the ground and I felt swords at my throat.
A quiet, velvety voice whispered in my ear "you have 3 seconds to explain yourselves before I skewer you."
A/N: So there you have it. My first (very pathetic) attempt at a cliff note.