One Month As Each Other:
Chapter One: the Bet and Katara's Magic Bending
The wind from Aang's ball of air was making a small indentation in the lake water. The splashes coming from the water were hitting Sokka (Who was trying to gather wood from the lakes edge) in theface. "Hey Aang, would you mind either
getting on dry land or flying deeper in the lake, cuz you're splashing me in the
face." Sokka said. Aang who didn't realize what he was doing stopped the air
ball and fell into the water (splashing Sokka even more). "Sokka don't surprise
me like that!" Aang yelled. "Well you were splashing me with that air ball of
yours and at least I don't daydream all day!" Sokka yelled. "Hey I was thinking
about how to defeat the fire lord, or did you forget what I have been trying to
do that for the past couple of months!" Aang asked. "What you have been trying
to do for the past couple of months?" I think you mean "we" You, me, Katara and
Toph, we've all been trying to figure out how to defeat the fire lord ever since
Katara found you frozen in that glacier q couple months ago!" Sokka yelled.
"Hey, who's the avatar here? I mean you don't even have any bending abilities, I
don't know why Katara and I brought you with us. You just waste our time!" Aang
yelled. In that moment two things happened, one, Sokka (Who couldn't believe
what he had just heard), was speechless, and two, Katara (who'd shown up seconds
earlier), was outraged that Aang would say something like that to her own
brother.
"Well if I could bend water like Katara or you, I would be grateful, and I know
for a fact that I don't slow you down. Plus, I think I could make a way better
avatar than you, at least I wouldn't go around showing off about it." Sokka
finally said after the silence. "Well sometimes I wish I wasn't the Avatar and
would gladly trade places with you if I got the chance if that were possible."
Aang (Who was starting to calm down) said. "So if it were possible, you really
would trade places with me?" Sokka asked. "Yup, it would be really fun." Aang
said. That's when Katara came in, "It is possible to trade places if you really
want to." She said grabbing her canteen and grabbing some water. Both Aang and
Sokka jumped. "Really?" they both said at the same time. "Yup, I found this
bending move called trade of hearts. If I do it with carefully and with full
concentration, you two should switch bodies. That includes bending abilities. It
last's a minimum of one month, so if you both are completely sure you want to
trade places I can switch you." Katara said. Aang and Sokka though about this
for a little while, yes they wanted to trade places, but did they want to trade
bodies too, and for a month. It was a hard decision. Finally after a few minutes
Aang agreed. "I've always wondered what it would be like to be you Sokka." He
said. Sokka had to agree. "Fine, I'll do it, but only for the month." He said.
"Okay, let me just take time to prepare myself. You two should go get ready to,
this bending move needs to be performed with the direct contact of water." She
said as she pulled a scroll out of her bag and began reading. Aang and Sokka
both went to their respective tents and got ready to switch bodies.
Sokka got into his tent and quickly undressed and got into what he used when he
got into the water. He was a little nervous at becoming Aang, It's true he was
excited about getting the ability to bend all four elements, it was the fact
that he wouldn't be in his own body that made him nervous. None the less he got
ready and headed to the huge lake that Katara had told them to meet at. When he
got there Aang was already there with Katara, they had been waiting for him for
at least five minutes. Sokka looked at his refection in the water one more time
before got in and walked over to Katara and Aang. "Are you both ready?" Katara
asked. "Yes." The answered together. "This bending move requires a lot of time,
energy, and concentration, so it will be a while." Katara said. "That's fine."
Aang said. "Okay then, from this point on until the switch is complete I need
complete silence." Katara said. Both Aang and Sokka nodded their agreement, and
then, Katara began. She moved her hands in rising spherical motions, as she did
this; three bubbles of water came up and surrounded them individually. It was
strange, even though they were all surrounded by water, they all could still
breath. Katara now was moving her hands in a motion that both lifted Aang and
Sokka's bubbles into the air, it conjoined them in to one big bubble of water,
with Aang on the far left, and Sokka on the far right.
Katara was trying really hard not to lose control of the bending and was having
a somewhat hard time of doing it, but it was all working out. She moved her
hands together in swift motion that started a current going that was pulling at
the souls of both Aang and Sokka. Aang felt like he was being pulled out of his
body, it wasn't as much painful as it was a lot of pressure. Sokka was feeling
the same way. Within seconds though, they were both pulled out of their bodies,
just translucent souls floating in the water. Soon the current took them, they
were headed to each other's bodies and were about to collide with each other.
Since they were souls they would pass through each other, but as soon as their
fingers touched, they both blacked out. As they entered each other's bodies,
Katara new that the bending was working and was almost done; all she had to do
know was separate the bubbles, and put them away. She was concentrating really
hard and the strain of the advance move was giving her a headache, but she was
determined to finish the move. She motioned for the bubbles to separate and
lowered all of them back into the water. Then Aang and Sokka fell into the
water. Katara called for Toph to bend them out of the water (because she
definitely wasn't going to) and then she got out of the water and walked back to
the tents, Toph following her, Aang, and Sokka on floating rocks. "The switch is
complete; when they wake up they will be in each other's bodies." Katara said to
Toph. Toph stopped short. "Wait, what!" She asked. Katara looked at her and
smiled. "I'll let them tell you all about it tomorrow." She said and she went in
to her tent and lied down on the cot she had