Young Love
Chapter 1
A huge Southern Water Tribe ship sailed towards the Earth Kingdom for trading to see if they could stock up on a variety of food, especially with winter knocking on the door.
"Don't worry, Kya." Hadoka, a well-built, brown-haired and blue-eyed man, told his wife.
"I know. It's just that I have a bad feeling that something is going to go wrong. Our baby that is o the way could die, or this ship could get stopped by some fire nation navy ships. Who knows? I just worry…"Kya put her hand on her belly and stroked it gently.
"It'll be all right. Just you wait and see." Hadoka reassured Kya.
"Hey, Mom, can I feel the baby?" asked a boy that had just turned one last moon.
With a laugh, Kya replied, "Sure, Sokka. Just be careful. If you put you hand here, you can feel the baby kicking."
"Mom, what are you going to call the baby?" a curious Sokka asked.
Hadoka looked at Kya, then at Sokka. "If it's a girl, we're going to call her Katara. If it's a boy…hmm…we haven't decided on that yet." Hadoka and Kya shared a loving gaze and both laughed.
"I hope I'll have a little sister." Sokka told his parents, and then ran off leaving his parents smiling.
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Later that night, clouds were brewing over the horizon as Kya stood out on deck, gazing up unto the heavens above. It was a new moon, so the sparkling diamonds in the sky shown bright and they glittered in the velvet sky. Kya's Australian sapphire blue eyes landed upon a shooting star and she whispered, "Please, let my baby be delivered somewhere safe."
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Many hours later, before the sun was going o rise, the dark clouds that had been brewing on the horizon had encircled above the ship, whipping it to and fro with numerous waved. And the sky went black. Winds howled in rage and waters churned violently.
Kya whiskered herself onto the deck, trying to see what had caused her to be thrown out of her bed.
"Kya, you have to get bellow deck! It's not safe out here!" Hadoka yelled above the raging winds.
"I thought I heard something calling my name out here! It felt like I'm supposed to-" Kya was swept off her feet by an enormous wave that carried her to the depths of the ocean. Struggling to breath, the waves pounded her back bellow the water's surface with every delivered blow.
"Kya! Kya!" Hadoka screamed, his eyes probing the whipping waters bellow. But no sign of his wife could be found.