Ok, i know some people might've known this story from my old account POPCANS101. But I decided to make a new account and just re-post this story. I also added major changes to it. you ppl should kno wat disclaimer means so ima leav it at tht;)
"well, yes, mate. you see, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you need to watch out for, because you never know when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid."
-Jack Sparrow.
When I was a little girl, I was never one to speak out. I was always just 'one of the crowd'. As my mom would say.
"Cortni!" yelled my mother.
"what?" I yelled back.
"go to bed!" she yelled a little louder than needed.
"ok!" I nearly screamed.
I shut my eyes and pretended to sleep 'cas I knew she would come upstairs and see if I was asleep or not. And if I was still awake, I would lose my lap top. And let me tell you my laptop was my only life-line to ATLA.
About an hour after our yelling fest, I heard soft footsteps coming down the hall. I already knew they were my mothers'
because my dad sounds like hes going to stampede the house over when he goes down the hall, up the stairs, and out the door.
I might've forgot to mention that my bedroom is in the attic. Not that I care or anything, it's just that sometimes I feel cut off from the rest of my family. My family conssists of identical twins, and a little baby boy. The twins names are Ashton, and Maria. Baby Boys ,as I call him, name is Shane. My mom named them after my dad. His names Sam. im the eldest out of all four of us. I'm 14. My mothers name is Camilla, so before Shane came along, Maria, Ash, and I used to be CAM for obvious reasons. my mother has poker straight black hair, Blue eyes, and laugh lines around her eyes. She aways, and I mean ALWAYS,has a smile on her face. My father has 'afro' curly hair, and grey eyes. Ash has blue eyes, and dark brown wavy hair,
and it's kinda obvious that Maria would also have Ash's features, I mean after all, they are IDENTICAL twins. Baby Boy still has Dark eyes so it's still kind of uncertain what color they are. I have Black wavy hair, and grey eyes just like my dad. A lot of people say I look like my father when he was growing up. but back to the bedroom situation. An upside is that the old wooden stairs creek when you step on them at certain angles. Same can be said about the floorboards. Eventually the soft thuds of her feet stop at the door. And I hear the almost inaudible creak of the door as she gently pushes it open. I immediately make my body go limp so she won't know that I was still awake. I hear her walk over to me. She pulls the covers up a little more, plants a soft kiss on my forehead, and leaves. after I hear her go back down the stairs, and the hall, I know for sure that i'm in the clear. I act as quickly as I can. I push the covers away gently, and sit up. I crawl over to the end of my bed, where my trunk is located, and grab my lap top that is seated on top of it, and carry it as quietly as possible back to where my pillow is, and put in the ear plugs. I'm obsessed with ATLA, but not to the point where you squeal when you hear Aang, Sokka, or Zuko speak. no, I'm more of the 'I have to watch an episode a day' kind of obsession. I turned it on, and checked Facebook, and then to , to see what the newly posted episodes for the week were. I watched two. The Fortune Teller, and Kyoshi Island. I felt bad for Aang. Especially when Katara was completely cluless. If I could, I would go into the world of avatar, and help Aang out. Ya know? just as I looked out my window, there it was, a shooting star. Now how about that? might as well give it a shot. "Starlight, Starbright, I wish upon a star tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have it shine down with all it's light. Please, to whom ever does this stuff, I wish I could go to the world of Avatar The Last Airbender." after that was over, I crawled back down, and set my lap top back the way it was before I had it. I crawled back up kneeled, and said my prayers. I soon fell fast asleep. I guess it was just one of those nights where you dont dream at all, 'cas I didn't. But soon after, I felt a draft. I got up ,mind you i'm still half asleep, and walked over to where the my little window was, but when I got there, my window suddenly felt a lot bigger, and it had shutters. On the inside! Now I was fully awake. I peered around this new room. "wow I can't believe I slept through reconstruction. I must be worse than Baby Boy!" I muttered to myself. I knew this wasn't the time for jokes, but I can't help it. I'm like the 'Chandler'(friends) of my family. the 'new' room, as I now called it, was very plain. White walls, light blue blankets, a small trunk at the end of the bed, like I have at my old room, a mirror on the wall, and stick-like object leaning against the corner. I then turn my attention towards the trunk. 'I wonder whats in there'. My curiosity got the best of me, and I opened it up. in it I found clothes just like Aang wore through out the series, well except book three. the only difference was instead of those boot thingys, there were flat shoes, kind've like what Ty Lee wears. A small comb, toothbrush, a little bottle that had some symbols on it. I thought that it might be toothpaste, but I was sooo not taking my chances. I suddenly got a very unnerving feeling. what if my wish HAD come true? no thats, you're talking nonsence now Cortni. I hesitantly walked over to the door, and opened it. "Hello?" I tentivelly called. I opened the door a little wider, and stepped out into the hallway. "Hello?" I called a little louder. A couple seconds after the second 'hello', and elderly woman walked out of her room, and looked at me. "whats wrong?" she asked.
"who are you? where am I?" I asked wearily. she looked confused for a second or two, but smiled none the less. "I am Monk Awala, and you are in the Eastern Airtemple child." so I was right! YES! wait. did I already miss Aang? was I about to be killed courtesy of Fire Lord Sozin? "Who is the current Fire Lord?" I asked Awala. She looked at me suspiciously for a second or two, but then she awnsered.
"Fire Lord Sozin. Why do you ask?" crap she could be onto me. Yeah right. Who in their right minds would come up with 'your from a different world!' nobody thats who! well, except mabe Bumi, and Sokka.
"no reason. I just forgot I guess. I'm sorry if I troubled you." I replied as I bowed. she bowed back.
"Ah, I see your a master. you must be a prodigy." she said with a slight smile. what? im no prodigy. Thats for sure!
I looked down anyway. and sure enough, there they were in all their glory. Light blue arrow tatoos. To say I was shocked was an understatement. But I knew that I would have to play along if I didn't want her to get suspicious. "sure am" I quoted Aang. I smiled at that thought. She accidentially misinterperated that smile and smiled back. "Alright, well I think it would be best it you got some rest. you have a big journey ahead of you tomarrow." she said.
"what do you mean?" I asked. she looked at me slightly puzzled.
"well I havent seen your face around here so I presumed that you were from the Western Temple, and that you were going back tomarrow." she deadpanned. I almost argued against it, but I immediately thought better of it. "Oh yeah. thank you for reminding me. I guess I do need my sleep." I joked. she cracked a small smile.
"alright young lady, off to bed." I bowed and she bowed back. I slipped back into the confort of my 'new' room. now for some awnsers. I sat in one of the poses Aang sat in, in the episode ' the Guru.' and meditated for who knows how long before I saw a bright flash of light, and I was in that pond,lake,place. The spirit World was more beautiful than you could have ever imagined. It looked just like the cartoon version, just without all the pencil effects.
"um... hello?" I called out slightly worried. then just like he does with Aang, Avatar Roku rises out of the water like freshly baked bread. I didnt see it coming, so I naturally squealed and jumped. Roku chuckled a bit at the sight. If it hadden't happened to me, I probably would to. "no offence, but a fair warning would be very appriciated next time!" I said while trying to get my breathing under control. he just chuckled some more.
"I'm terribly sorry." he said still chuckling a bit but gradually calming down.
"yeah, uh huh." I said. rolling my eyes in the prosses.
"I'm sure you have questions, so feel free to ask." he said with a slight smile.
"alright then. How'd I get here to begin with?" I asked. "It was what you wished. we all brought you here." he replied with an amused expression on his face.
"whos we?" I had to ask.
"all the past avatars and myself." he replied looking proud. "ok... how am I master Airbender? I haven't been here but mabe five hours." I replied.
"when you leave the spirit world, I will supply you with all the knowledge you will need." he said with a fatherly type smile.
"ok. one more. what about Aang?" I asked with concern.
"You will have two months to get to Aang. you must become his best friend, and go with him when he runs away." Roku said with a grim expression. "ok." I said. I bow, and he bows back.
"your time here is up." he says with a smile. suddenly I'm in my 'new' room. I don't know what time it is, but I decide to get some sleep. I get woke up by the sun blinding me through the shutters. Turns out I forgot to shut them last night.
Well now I feel stupid. They were the whole reason I got up. anyway I get up, and I dress in one of the outfits that was in the trunk. I pull out the comb, and run it through my hair a couple times, then I put it in a bag that just happened to be at the bottom of the trunk. I then started to pack. I put the other two pairs of clothes in, along with the toothbrush, and toothpaste. (I discovered that it was toothpaste by tasting it, and it didnt taste like soap, so I figured it was just toothpaste) I slipped on the flats, and grabbed the staff off the wall.(Roku didn't lie when he told me that he'd give me the knowledge. im in a good mood 'cas now I don't have to call it a stick thingy.) I had no clue where to go, so I wondered down the hallway. It was just about as plain as the room. I ended up at a random staircase, so I leaped over it. I used airbending to slow my fall. Airbending is actually a lot of fun. I walk out into a courtyard. as I keep going, I spot a group of girls goofing off, so I decided to have a little fun before I had to leave. I walk over towards them. they all look over, and they turn back around and start whispering, pointing, and giggling. well all but one.
she has a smile on her face as she walks over to me. "hi. I'm Mady" she says.
"hi, I'm Cortni" I reply. "I don't think I've seen your face around here before. Western Temple?" she asks. "yeah. just came by for a visit." I say smiling. "cool" she says. then she gets a thoughtful look on her face. then shes smiling again.
"hey do you wanna play air ball?" she asks. what? sounds like soccar or foot ball. "uh... I don't know how to play." I say looking down sheepishly. I quickly sneak a glance at her face, and shes still smiling. "Thats ok, I can teach you!" she says energetically. grin growing by the second. kind'a reminds me of Ty Lee. "well what are you waiting for?" she yells. she grabs my arm and we start running towards these huge wooden poles.
oh. now I get it! so thats what they call this game! "ok, heres how you play. you have to bend the air through the ball, you can't touch it, remember bending only! the point of the game is to bend the ball to hit as many poles as possible then to get it through the goal post. first to get it through wins. got it?" she asks. I just nod my head. so it's not like soccar or football. its more like volleyball. sorta...
we both climb up to our own posts. I get into a netral stance, while she just stands straight. then when the ball comes down, she kicks it like theres no tomarrow. I didn't even have a chance before both me and the ball fly through the goal post. I hit the ground with a grunt. I look up to see Mady giggling. "are you ok?" she askes after she calmed down a bit. "yeah. what was that a sneak attack?" I asked in a joking manner. "yup. the point is to sike the opponent out." she said. smiling. then we heard a bell. Mady frowned.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go. classes are starting." she said. still frowning.
"its ok. I hope I see you again someday." I say. I know I wont see her again. "well, ok. come back real soon!" she yells as she starts to run away.
"I promise!" I call back. I wave. and she waves back. the bell rings again, and I look around. all those other girls are gone. class just started. I wonder around a little longer still having no clue where I'm going. "where do you think you're going young lady?" I hear someone say. I slowly turn around. there Is a nun that looked about twenty six. "uh, well I'm from the Western Temple, so I guess i'm kinda lost." I reply. "Oh I see. we found a stray Bison last night, she might be yours. would you like to check?" she asked in a warm voice.
"sure." I replied. I had always wanted to fly a Bison. now might be my only chance. she led me to where there were dozens of Bison sleeping. she walked over to one, and when I looked at it, and it looked at me, it immediately flew over to me and started licking me. head to toe. I started to giggle a little. "yupp. this is her." I said to the nun who led me here.
I shot a glance over to her, only to find her her smiling at our exchange. I quickly got up, and airbended up onto her head,
grabbed the reins, and threw my bag and staff in the sattle. I look over at her again. "thank you so much!" I said to her. she only smiled. "alright now you better get going." she said. I smiled.
"yip yip" I said and she flew up into the air. flying was the greatest feeling in the world. I decided that she needed a name. "so if your gonna be my mount, what should I name you?" I asked her. of course all I got in responce was a grunt, but that didn't deter my mood. I was as Jason Derulo would say, on cloud nine.
"hmmm what about Maggie?" I asked. I didn' get a responce, so I took it as no. "what about Briar?" still no responce. "well what about Ava?" I finally got a responce. "ok then 'Ava' on to the Southern Airtemple we go!" I shouted to no one in peticular. Ava just grunted.
It only took about three hours to get to the Southern Temple. It should be a little after noon right now. when I landed, I unloaded my things from Ava's saddle, and started up the walkway. The Southern Airtemple is built just like the Eastern Temple. I reached the stairwell, and airbended a small blast so that I could get up there faster. once I reached the top, I looked at every door. every door had a personal touch. if a door didn't have a personal touch, than it was vancant. I finally found a door without a touch. It was the last door to. I walked in, and started to unpack. I put my clothes in the trunk at the end of the mat. personally I don't think thats very fair. the girl temples have beds, but the boy temples have mats. we should all have either beds or mats. I layed my staff on top of the trunk while I layed down on the mat. as I layed there, I figured all the other kids must be in class. then I heard the soft pitter patter of feet running up the hall.
what surprized me the most, was that they were even softer than my mothers footsteps. just thinking of my mother made me a little homesick. then they stopped outside my door. then a soft 'tap-tap' on the door. I got up and opened it and there in all his glory stood Aang. he looked at me for a minute in confusion.
"hi. I'm Cortni." I said smiling. after seeing me smile, he started smiling.
"I'm Aang." he said. I opened up the door a little wider, and asked him if he wanted to come in. he accepted.
"soo what were you running from?" I asked curiosity yet again getting the better of me. "oh, well all of my other friends were in class, so I usually come up here to this room and hang out untill they get done."
"ahh I see." I said. "well we could hang out for a while if you want." I offered. he smiled at this and sure enough he accepted. "so what are you doing at a boys temple?" he asked. the question completely caught me off guard. but I quickly recovered. thats one of my talents. I can weasel out of ALMOST every problem life throws at me. "I ran away." I say. looking down as if i'm ashamed. I sneak a glance at Aang, and hes looking at me, but thankfully doesn't see me glance at him. if he did, the get-up would be busted. "why?" was all he said. that one really caught me off guard. "because... none of my other friends wanted to play with me because I mastered my studies." I said looking down again. "oh. i'm sorry. i'll always be your friend if you want." he said. I looked up and smiled. he was being so nice to me and he barely knew me. I was truly touched. I hugged him.
"thank you. you have no idea how much that means to me." I whispered in he ear as I hugged him. after about two seconds, he got over his initial shock, and hugged me back. I pulled away from him, and smiled. as I looked at his face, it was slightly flushed from our closeness. he was also smiling. then he got this thoughtful look on his face. then he stood up abruptly. "wait! if you finished your lessons, then that means your a master!" he exclaimed. he then began looking at my forehead for any signs of the all to familiar light blue. but because I had bangs, you couln't see the arrow on my head. when he couldn't find any there, he looked at my hands which I just realized were covered by the pillow. I giggled slightly, and lifted a hand so that he could see the the tatoo. his eyes widened as he took it in. he sat back down but this time with a smile on his face. "wow! and here I thought I was the only master my age!" he said. smile growing.
I couldn't help but smile at his ever growing grin. "well actually, i'm fourteen." I said. but that didn't deter his mood.
"so, do you wanna do something?" I asked. his smile faltered a little.
"yes, but everyone else is at class and we would distract them." he said morosely. "oh. I see." I said. "well we could just stay in here and talk?" I asked. he chuckled a little. "sure." "hey, i'll make you a deal, If you help me open these windows, I'll play whatever game you want later." she said with a smirk. Aang laughed a bit. when he calmed he held out his hand. "your on!" he said as we shook hands. then we opened the shudders. "whoo hhoooo! finally! I was getting a little worried I was gonna sufficate." I joked. Aang started to laugh.
"now what?" Aang asked.
"well..." then I stopped because I heard footsteps coming our way. they were a little slower than my mothers' meaning whoever it was, was older than mom, or are trying to sneak attack. Mother was forty one. I put my finger to my lips as if to signal for him to be quiet. he then got this concentrated look on his face, then a look of surprize when he finally heard the footsteps. they stopped at the door, and there was a light 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the door. "Aang?" said an elderly mans voice. so I was right on option number one. "Gyatso?" said Aang. clearly confused. the door was then pushed open a little ways. "Aang, I came to ask if you wanted to pl... who are you?" Gyatso asked me mid sentence. "hi.. i'm Cortni." I said. bowing. Gyatso cracked a grin. "hello, I'm Monk Gyatso, Aangs mentor, and guardian." he said bowing back. "whats a girl doing at an all boys temple?" Gyatso asked me. "oh, uh I'm just uh, ya know," I fumbled for words to say. over in the corner where Aang was now standing, he started snickering at my loss for words. I sent him a glare. which only made him laugh harder. Gyatso looked at the two's exchange thoughtfully. he eventually came to the conclusion that the two were to be best friends. and if so, then he would have to convince the other monks to let her stay here at the temple. "why don't you two come with me, and we can all play Pi Sho." he said with a smile. he would be getting another child to look after soon. we both followed him to the Pi Sho room. "here, why don't you two play a game or two, while I go talk to the other monks." Gyatso suggested. the two obviously agreed. after we got settled in, I got the first move. I picked up the White lotus tile, and placed in the middle of the board. Gyatso glanced over towards the game before he left for the meeting room. and he was actually surprized to see that someone my age would favor the Lotus gambit. he got over his shock and composed himself. 'this must mean shes a member of the order. he'd have to talk to her about it later. I have buissness to attend to'. He left the two to play. after Gyatso left, I decided to up the anty a bit, and pull the same thing Gyatso has or will pull. Aang moved his turtle duck gambit, sighing bordly. "ahhh interesting move Aang." I said cryptically. "what do you mean?" he asked suddenly getting interested. I airbended a small eddy and tossed the back of his shirt over his head. while he couldn't see what was going on, I switched our pieces. as Aang finally got his shirt back down, he looked at his piece, and noticed that I had switched them. "hey!" he said. we both started laughing. Before either one of us could move another tile, Gyatso came in. hearing the two children laughing, caused him to smile.
"good news, Cortni is allowed to stay at the Southern Airtemple" he said cheerfully. me and Aang looked at eachother bright smiles lit up each of our faces. I got up, and bowed to Gyatso. "thank you Gyatso." I said looking up and smiling. Gyatso smiled back. "well, I do believe classes are almost over. why dont you two go down to the courtyard, and play. then you can introduce Cortni to the other children." Gyatso told them. we each smiled and bowed to him before racing down the hall way to the stairwell. Gyatso couldn't help but chuckle as he watched them race.
"no 'cas i'm gonna beat you!" I yelled. as I ran towards the stairwell. but in a small burst of air, and luck, Aang tied with me. "I won!" Aang said as they raced to the courtyard. "no, it was a tie!" I retorted. then I suddenly stopped. making me fall flat on my face from all of the momentum. Aang stopped and ran back, almost in tears from laughing so hard. "ha-ha laugh it up buddy. your next." I warned him. but he just kept on laughing.
"hey, do you know where they keep the bison here?" I asked him when I deemed him able to awnser without doubling over again. "yeah, why?" he replied. "I flew here on my bison Ava. I just wanna make sure shes ok." I replied. looking at him.
"sure follow me." he said as he led the way to the stables. when we got there, I found Ava right away. she was much tamer than some of the other little guys flying around. "hey girl. you doin' ok?" I asked. all I got was a grunt in return. I just smiled and petted Avas head. Ava grunted in approval. Aang smiled as he watched the exchange from the background. "I'll be back later girl." Ava grunted again saying that she heard.
"all right. so what do you wanna do now?" I asked Aang. "here lets go to the archway underneath the bridge. thats usually where every one goes after classes. then you can meet everybody!" he said excitedly. I had laughed at his enthusiasm. "race you there!" said Aang. "I don't even know where it is!" I retorted. Aang shot me a mischivous smirk.
"well then I guess i'm gonna win then huh." he said as he took off. "cheater!" I called off after him. I faintly heard his laughter.
I arrived under the bridge two seconds after Aang. I heard Aang say 'tsk-tsk' I turned around to see him leaning against the side of the bridge. a grin on his lips.
"you were two seconds late. if your gonna be a master, you'll have to be better than that." he said grin growing.
"I already AM a master. master arrowhead." I said as I bowed mockingly. as I looked up, I snickered a bit. Aangs facial expression was hilarious. "M-Master arrow h-head? your kidding right? you've got to be kidding!" my snickering became chuckling to giggling to full on laughter.
"yup" I said with amusment. I was obviously enjoying this. just you wait till you hear what Toph's gonna call you. twinkle toes. "ok, I take it back i'll take it all back, just please, please don't call master arrowhead." he said as he looked at her his eyes pleading. I tried resisting, but it became to much, and I gave in. "alright, alright I wont call you Master arrowhead anymore." as I said this, two things happened. one thing was the relief the shone brightly in his eyes. and the second thing was the bell. classes were over. next thing I knew, I saw a bunch of kids running at up top speed. my eyes widened at the site. and I quickly got out of the way.
"you ready?" Aang asked me. all I could do was nod. he gave me an apologetic smile before looking in his friends direction.
and yes, I do like to add suspence.
sincerely RockhopperMcMuffin