I splash water around in the dirty pond. I create a small wave, but it's almost unnoticeable in the thick smog. I make a larger wave. As I push and pull, it becomes larger, and larger, until it turns into steam. Wait, I didn't do that! I look behind my shoulder. Uh oh. It's a firebender soldier.
"What do you think you're doing?" he yells in a rough voice. I try to pretend nothing happened.
"I was just skipping rocks," I reply firmly. He narrows his eyes.
"Kids," he mutters. As soon as he turns I go back to bending. He whips around, me midstance, freezing the pond. "Aha!" he shouts, the grabs my roughly by the shoulder. "You're coming with me. The Fire Lord will have a nice dinner."
"Gross," I say, sticking my tounge out.
"Silence!" he roars, gagging me. I cough and sputter, but then calm down. I need to bend to get out of this situation. Luckily, he hasn't tied my hands. Since he's dragging me, we've made slow progress, and the pond is still in sight. I quietly bend a large stream of water over to me, so the guard doesn't notice. Then I slice my gag off. I jerk free of his grip, then whip him with the water. He recoils, then shoots a blast of fire at me. I block it with a sheet of water, creating steam, a good cover. I shoot ice pellets at him, and he blindly shoots fire at me. I bend some of the steam away, and see he's right next to me. I jab his stomach with the palm of my hand, then slash at him with water. I leave him with a few cuts, but nothing serious. I know he's just following the fire lord's commands. But he leaves me alone from then on, only sometimes does he threaten me with a flame in his hand.
