Chapter 1 Tanng
I'M WHAT?
Ty Lee's Pov
Azula showed up at the circus today for a private show. I told her that I could do my tight rope act and ran off to go get changed. As I climbed the ladder up to the rope I started to become nervous for I knew that Azula liked to trick me. I stepped on the rope and was about a quarter of the way in when she started her trick.
"Wow Ty, you really are good at this." She said mischievously at me. I looked down and gave her a smile.
"Yes, she is indeed a very good acrobatic." My coach said. Azula gave me one of her devilish smiles then called my coach over. She whispered something in his ear and his eyes went wide. He backed away.
"She could easily become overwhelmed and fall! I will not!" He exclaimed. " You dare disobey me! I am at a much higher rank than you! Now do as I say and light the net on fire!" She screamed at him.
He looked up at me with sorrow in his eyes and lit the safety net beneath me on fire. I soon began to sweat and started to lose my balance.
" Ty Lee if you were really not weak then you could cross this with no problem!" She told me devilishly. I became very nervous and scared. Azula was right though I was very weak and vulnerable I wouldn't be able to handle this. I tried to show her though. I straightened up and continued across ignoring a blazing death waiting to happen. I was almost at the end when I lost my balance. My right foot slipped and I began to fall. I hooked my left foot onto the rope as I swung down. Now only hanging on by my left foot I tried to get my self up on the rope. To no avail it was useless. I looked down at the fire teasing my face and giving me glimpses of my soon to be death.
"TY LEE!" My coach shouted. "HOLD ON! I'M COMING!" He said to me. It was useless to try to get me though, I was losing strength. I took a deep breath and exhaled. Azula laughed at me.
"WEAK! You shouldn't have run away from your family! At least there you wouldn't be useless!" She said as she continued to laugh.
I ran from my family to get away from being a twin. To get away from not being noticed. I told myself that I was special when I came to find Mai and Azula, but all Azula did was put me down and call me weak and useless. She was right though. I was scared of her.
I was drawn away from my thought as the fire grew up and reached my face just leaving a red mark on my cheek before it became weak again and fell. My foot again started to slip. I began to drop to the fire bellow me. I flipped over with my hands in front of me screaming. I felt my body connect to the net but there was no heat or fire on me. The fire was gone as if blown away. I looked over at Azula who had stopped laughing and was in shock.
"How.. But.. The fire.. And then.. WHAT?" she screamed at last. I was still in shock myself. I looked up at my coach who was looking at me with disbelief. What had I done? Did I put the fire out? If I did how? I looked back at Azula who was becoming angry.
"Airbender? You're a Airbender?" She said between gritted teeth. Airbender? Me? I think I would know if I was an Airbender! I crawled off the net away from Azula and opened the tent and began to run through the forest.
"TY LEE!" I heard Azula scream behind me. I darted away. I flipped over rocks and swung from branches as blue flames passed me by only inches away. I climbed up higher into the trees for cover which did me no justice. She started to light the forest on fire. I saw a river coming up and knew there was no way I could make it across it. It was far to wide and it would be impossible to jump over. I could dive into the water and swim across but there could be ships manned on the river. Unless.. No I don't even know how to control it. After all I only learned a few minutes ago that I am a Airbender. Knowing Azula, she won't stop until she has me tied up and sent to jail.
I was about 25 yards from the river and had no choice but to try to launch myself across the river and if that didn't work then I would have to dive in and swim the rest of the way. I reached the last tree top before the river and jumped. I was in mid air and started to fall. I panicked and almost started to cry before I was steady flying across the river. I landed awkwardly on my right ankle and screamed. Boy my right foot does not like me today.
I looked across the river to see Azula screaming her head off and yelling for guards to get me. I twisted my ankle back into a more comfortable walking position and stood up.
"AHHHHH!" I screamed again. I would have to stay off my foot and swing through the tree's. I took one more look across the river where I saw several guards wading across the river before I jumped onto a tree branch and started my escape.
It was just after sun set when I figured that none of the guards would be still following me. I shimmied up a tree and made a make shift bed. I looked up at the stars in the sky thinking about today's happenings. Airbender.. Wow I never thought that me Ty Lee, the 14 year old circus freak, to be a Airbender. How is that even possible? As far as I know I come from a nonbending family. Besides weren't all the air nomads taken out in the Fire Nation ambush back 100 years ago. I mean except for the young avatar. Hmmm the avatar. I bet he would be able to teach me how to airbend. Wait what am I thinking? He's the enemy! Besides he's seen me before he would never teach me, and with his friends around I wouldn't be able to get close enough.
The blind earth bender could sense me a mile away. Then Mrs. Uptight would water bend me to death and boomerang boy would try to attack me. Then in all I would become a hostage.
I closed my eyes and continued thinking about it. I soon opened them again after hearing a big wooshing sound. I opened my eyes just in time to see a bird like thing that almost looked like a Earth Kingdom glider. I lifted myself up atop the tree's and saw it again. It was a glider thingy. But the earth kingdom is no where close to here. I looked the opposite direction it was going in and saw a light then a muffled noise that sounded like someone was saying a name. Wang? Ong? Pang? No. Hmmm… then It came again almost like a whisper.
"Aang!" It was a distant echo. It sounded like a desperate cry from a girl. I looked back and saw the glider stop in the distance and saw the glider thingy close up and a bald headed boy was standing atop the cliff side. That couldn't be the Avatar. Could it?
"Um Hello?" I called out into the night. The boy opened the glider thing again and toke off toward me. Oh No! Not good. I sank back beneath the tree's hiding in the darkness. There was ruffling at the top of the tree and then the boy landed on the ground. "I know you're here!" He said his voice slightly shaking. I stayed still though lowering my breathing as much as possible.
"Show yourself! Fool!" He yelled into the darkness. I still stayed concealed in behind the tree in the darkness. There was a switch in the sound and it seemed as if he dug his foot into the ground. The ground beneath me moved and I fell to the ground landing on my ankle and giving a hard scream into the night. The boy quickly put down his staff thing and ran over to me. He looked at my ankle then at my face and quickly backed up. He stood into a fighting position and I just laid there not caring if he fought me or not. I was in to much pain to fight. Very quickly the pain over came me and I began to cry.
"Please help me!" I pleaded with him. He only slightly let his guard down as he inched his way toward me.
"Now don't try anything!" He warned me with a grin. He looked back at my ankle and touched it. Yet again another ear piercing scream exploded from my throat.
"Aang!" Came a girls voice through the forest. He quickly picked me up bridal style and launched us up on top of the tree's.
"Shhh" He said as he put his finger to his lips.
"Aang?" The voice came again from right bellow us.
"I'm not crazy right? Both of you heard that scream right?" She asked the apparently other people with her.
"Yah" They both said in sequence. " If you just kept your mouth shut then twinkle toes never would have left camp!" Another girl's voice came. Twinkle toes? Was that this boys name? I gave out a little giggle but he put his hand over my mouth.
"Come on lets go back to camp he'll be back in the morning" said the girl again. I heard footsteps growing softer until there were none left. He toke his hand off my mouth and opened his staff. When did he pick that up? All well. He helped me up making sure I didn't stand on my bad foot.
"Your going to need to hold onto me." He told me. I looked at him with a crazy face. "Um I would prefer not." I said. He grinned and closed his glider. "Then I guess you can stay in this tree tonight with your bad ankle." He said with a different kind of tone. I looked at him more closely. He had an arrow on his head and down his arms up to his hands. This kid couldn't be the avatar. Could he? I looked at him weirdly.
"What?" He asked genuinely confused. I giggled. "Fine but don't try anything!" I told him mockingly. He grinned at me.
"Ha ha very funny now grab on." He said as he opened up the red glider. I wrapped my arms around his torso and he pushed off the tree and we were soaring through the sky. Before I knew it I was dozing off and fell asleep. It had been a long day for me.
Aang's Pov
Great just what I needed a girl to fall asleep in mid flight. I would have to land soon or else we would fall from the weight that she wasn't supporting. I looked down at the girl. She was one of the Fire Princess's friends. The bubbly pokey girl that made your body go dead. What was she doing out in the forest? The princess probably sent her on some sort of weird mission. I looked up at the mountain rage and spotted a cave just under a cliff side. I turned and swooped down right at the entrance. I tapped on the walls to make sure there weren't any animals. There was no sound. I carried the girl into the cave and leaned her up against the wall.
"Airbender?" She mumbled. I looked over at her she wasn't awake so she must have been sleep talking. Wonder why she's questioning Airbenders. I leaned up against the wall opposite her and looked out of the cave. This would not be a quick encounter. The crescent moon shined into the cave. I was mesmerized by the way it shined so beautifully. I dozed off soon as I thought about what tomorrow would bring. "Not good" I mumbled just as my head hit the floor and I was out.
"Ahhhh.." I yawned from a hard nights sleep. I looked back to the girl and she wasn't there. "Oh no!" I got up and looked out the cave. At least I know she didn't make my body go dead so she could get an escape.
"Hello?" I yelled out of the cave. "Are you out there?" I yelled again. No response. Great! Now I would have to go looking for her. This should be fun. I cautiously walked out of the cave in case of any sneak attacks and got in a fighting position.
"He he.." came a giggle from above me. I looked up and there sat the girl with both her legs swung over the side of the top of the cave. I grinned up at her. "How'd you get up there?" I asked still grinning. She smiled at me before answering.
"I'm an acrobatic!" Oh yah right.. Forgot about that. Wait she's also the enemy. I quickly reassumed my fighting position. She giggled again at me. "How do I know you won't attack me?" I questioned her. She, this time, grinned at me. I then enclosed myself in a rock armor.
"Well, I'm in no condition to fight." She said while swinging her right foot. "…and I was being chased by my supposive friend." she answered. Hmmm she was being chased. Before I got the chance to ask she jumped on my shoulders. I tried to look up at her but because of the suite I couldn't move my head. She pushed and flipped of my back landing on her hands. I grinned again.
"Well if I'm going to be the one lugging you around I think it would be nice to know your name." I asked her while I let the armor fall to the ground and fly away with the wind as dust. She bit her lip a little bit in hesitation before answering. "Ty Lee." "Aang." I answered back.
" Don't worry I'll be off your back as soon as my ankle is better." She said with a smile before turning around. I grinned again. Why do I keep grinning? I must look like a retard!
-SMACK-
"Ow.." I said plainly. Ty Lee turned around and giggled. "Why'd you smack yourself in the face?" "Uh I don't know, muscle spasm?" I said.
Ty Lee's Pov
Did he really just smack himself in the face! Oh my gosh that is so funny he actually did. I giggled a little before turning around and blushing. Oh come on Ty Lee he's the enemy still I guess. Well I am kinda an outsider now considering if I toke one step in the fire nation I would easily be thrown in jail. I turned around again thinking of the spring just down a little.
"Um I'm gonna go wash up.." I told Aang. Hmm Aang that's a different name. "There's water around here!" He yelled. I nodded and pointed in the direction the spring was. Before I got the chance to tell him not to go near it he was already half way there. "Ha ha he ha ha offff" Was what I heard as I neared the spring. There sat the boy on the ground. Wow he really actually missed the water.
"ow.." he mumbled out of his mouth. I giggled again before jumping down towards him. I grinned at him. "I can't believe you missed the water. It's only 2 feet away!" I said while pointing down at the water. He just smiled while his face got red.
"I know you would think me being an air monk I would have better accuracy." He blushed.
"Wait.. You.. Are.. And.. OH MY GOSH!" I screamed. I immediately got up and started jumping around and flipping and landing in splits.
"Hey! Stop showing off!" He yelled with a grin. I blushed and came back over to him. " Why are you so happy?" He asked. Oh no. What was I gonna tell him? 'Hey I'm a air bender too!' no that would be a stupid way of coming into it.
"Well, you're a Airbender, right?" he nodded. "Well um this isn't a easy way of saying it but uh…" I said while I bent down and whispered in his ear what I was. I stepped back sheepishly. His eyes went wide before a huge smile covered his face.
"YOU'RE AN AIRBENDER?" He screamed. I nodded with a slight smile. He got up and did basically exactly what I had done before coming to a stop and assuming a fighting position again.
"How do I know this isn't a trick?" He questioned. Uhhhh what now? "Airbend for me! Show me that you are an Airbender." He told me. I stepped back biting my lip. How in the world am I gonna show him? I don't even now how to control it.
"See that's the thing I don't know how to let it out." I said. He looked confused and then showed me a very simple blast of air out of his hand.
"Try that." He said. I studied his position and amount of force he was using before trying. "Okay" I said before squaring my feet and sliding one foot back and pushing one hand forward. Nothing.
"Uh…he he he" I said with a blush. "I knew it this is all just a trap!" He bended some water out of the spring ready to fight me. Crap! He had long water arms.
"Oh is that something your girlfriend taught you?" I asked with a smile. I used that to distract him while I flipped over his arms and hit all his pressure points.
"What girlfriend?" Was all he managed to say while I poked him. "Great…" he mumbled. The water he was bending fell but more precisely on me. I moved the hair away from my eyes and mumbled to myself. "Great…"
"Wait how long will I be like this!" He yelled after me while I walked away. "About an hour!" I yelled back. "Try not to get to tan!" I said while I giggled to myself. After all it was very bright out. I toke the time I had to look at my surrounding. It was mostly a dry land with some green here and there. One of the tree's I passed had a nice long stick.
"OOooO" I said as I ran towards it. It looked as if It was made for me! It had a nice smooth top and it was just short enough for me to lean on it. "A WALKING STICK" I exclaimed with a huge smile.
Okay then! Well this is my first avatar story! I was really striving to put Ty Lee in a story with Aang after reading another story about them. This is only my first chapter but I hope that your liked it! I'm looking to get at least 3 comments to write another one! So Comment Rate And Favorite! (Not subscribe that's only for loser's that like to watch rather than read) ~XBluesAngel
