Avatar: The Last Viking
Ch.1: Avatar
Sheng ran through the forest.
How she ended up here she would figure out later.
She ran as fast as an airbender generally could. She leapt over fallen trees and boulders, managing to avoid tripping. She looked up and saw a nice opening in the trees. She snapped her glider open after hearing loud ruckus behind her.
"Come on! We can't let her get away!"
She threw the glider in the air and did a tremendous leap off a fallen trunk. She grabbed her glider and positioned herself in all of a moment and soared through the air. She looked over her shoulder and found the armored soldiers trudging through the forest.
"Up there!"
Fire hurled towards her. She banked to the right, dodging the blasts, only to get a bit of a burn on her barefoot.
"Great." She muttered under her breath.
The fire was never ceasing. She had to keep dodging each blow. One firebender was enough, but ten, it was hard to handle for a sixteen year old girl.
Deciding to dive forward with her glider in order to hide herself long enough for her to recollect herself and run to a better hiding place, she hid behind the trees, landing softly on the ground. She twirled her glider staff until it shut closed. She took off running again, careful enough not to send a great wind behind her.
The voices were getting closer.
As she ran, she looked over her shoulder, able to see her chasers at a great distance. She felt something slam into her body and break apart, sending her flying down humongous boulders.
"Ah!" she screamed, only to slam into the ground with a thud. Her staff landed not far from where she landed. She shook her head which was now throbbing with pain.
She heard the voices again. She scrambled to her feet and hid behind two boulders. She heard the voices grow faint and she let out a huge sigh of relief, but she was still cautious when she walked out from her hiding spot.
Now, she was safe. But no doubt they'll be back again. She'll have to continue on foot to make sure not to be spotted again. Groaning, she plucked her staff from the ground but looked at the debris next to it.
It was shattered wood. Sheng raised a brow as she approached it. She got on one knee and picked up a chunk, studying it. She saw red, blue and white paint on it, in some odd shape. This must've been the hard object she slammed into.
Sheng heard chatter. Immediately, she took a stance. She waited.
"Who's there?"
Two large ears popped out from behind another boulder. White with brown spots. Sheng laughed as she lowered her hands.
"Rai," Sheng called. The animal popped out of the boulder. The ears were considered large for his small body. He took the shape of a lemur, having also wings to fly, it was a common household pet at the Western Air Temple, where Sheng was from.
Wait.
Sheng ignored her flying lemur which perched himself on her shoulder. She stared at the stone walls, naturally built as a nice isolated area.
"Where am I?" she asked. Without thinking, she launched herself into the air, managing to land on top of a tree, an airbending trick she learned from the Elders. She grasped the thinned trunk, staring out. She looked behind her, in front of her, to each side.
All she saw was forest and a body of ocean. Using bending, she gracefully hopped down from the tree. Rai chattered at her in fright and annoyance.
"Sorry bud, I owe you some lechee nuts once we're out of here." Sheng said. She picked up her glider. "How's about we find our way out of this place?"
Rai chortled in agreement. Sheng used a series of boulders to hop her way up to the highest boulder.
Sheng could tell that they had been venturing into the woods for a long time. The sun was setting as she found it extremely difficult to avoid falling onto her knees. The third time she tripped was enough for her to finally open her palm and let a flame ignite in her hand.
The flame lit up the forestry life around her. She clutched her glider while Rai's paws dug into her yellow tunic. She brushed passed a few bushes and ducked a few low branches. She heard a low growling sound, then some shouts. Sheng tightened the grasp of her glider, having her knuckles turn white. She pushed some leafy branches out of the way, only to find herself jumping back as a dark, black object, thumped the ground not too far from her.
"What the-"
"Oi Hiccup! Yer da's lookin' fer ye."
"On my way!" cried the human who jumped off the beast's back. Sheng raised a brow.
"Hiccup?" she questioned herself. She looked at Rai. "That's a strange name."
She watched as the boy limped over to a large man. He had a hammer tied to his hand as if serving as a replacement hand. She looked at the boy and the cause of his limp. Metal replaced his left foot. Sheng raised a brow in confusion.
Clearly, this was foreign to her.
She heard Rai screech as she heard a loud voice.
"Hands in the air!"
Sheng spun around and sent a direct blow of air at her attacker. He flew back, hitting his head against the trunk of a nearby tree. He groaned as he fixed the helmet that was on his head, it must have prevented him from going unconsciousness.
Her attacker, a boy with a wide but muscular build, stared at her. He was holding a weapon she had never seen before. Sheng got into another stance.
"How did you-"
"My name's Sheng." Sheng declared.
"And I'm Snotlout," the boy introduced. "Clearly you are not from here."
Sheng shook her head. Snotlout grabbed her by the shoulder and gave her shove.
"Come on, I know how to deal with this."
To be continued.