The Begining
Chapter 2
The boy in the IceBerg
Much time passed, when Katara and Sokka were unconscious. The Southern Water Tribe grew concerned by the absence of their chief's children. Since only women and children remained in the tribe, several women set out to search for them. Kanna, Sokka and Katara's Grandmother told them what she asked Sokka to do for the day.
So the three women went to the beach where the oyster-crabs were most plentiful. They came upon the scene and nearly wept from what they saw. One of the largest Polar-wolves they had ever seen was laying on top of Sokka and Katara was unconscious on a tall rock a small ways away from Sokka. They approached the prone forms of the three carefully. Afraid that the beast was slumbering and would awaken.
"Look" one of the woman said whose name was Etha," The wolf does not breath. Perhaps it is dead?"
Even though the other two women Galda and Matana agreed with what she saw they approached the scene with their Whale bone clubs with caution.
"Etha go check on Katara. Galda and I will try to free Sokka." Matana requested.
Etha nodded, moving towards tall rock. Quickly climbing up the surface, Etha looked Katara over. "She doesn't look like she is hurt badly! Her palms are bleeding and she is a little cold. How does Sokka look?"
" Some pretty bad brusing and a gash on his brow. There might be a broken rib or two as well. No bites or broken limbs. They got out lucky these two." Matana informed.
Galda frowned and asked," What about the wolf? It looks strong so it couldn't have died from illness. And there are no wounds on the mongrel. Not that poor Sokka could have had a chance of landing a significant blow on this monster."
"I don't know. Its terrible that Sokka got hurt but we should bring back all three of them to the village. If they did somehow manage to bring down this polar wolf it will make the men proud of Sokka especially his father when they return." Matana frowned and sighed," Looks like we have a long haul for us. The hide will make for good armour and if Sokka did bring this down. He deserves recognition for his triumph."
Loading the Polar wolf onto the sled and then laying Sokka on the sled as well Galda and Matana helped get Katara off the rock. Galda and Matanabegan puling the sled back to the village with two thick strong chords of rope. Etha carrying Katara on her back.
Upon arrival Kanna was waiting for them at the entrance into the village. Seeing the large polar wolf would have sent her into a fit if the three women didn't disillusion her of the idea that Sokka was slain.
"Thank the spirits! Come come get them inside!" Kanna pleaded pointing to the communal Igloo used for healing.
Upon bringing the two children in they placed them under the covers of several animal furs, lighting the fire and throwing in some herbs that relieved stress and aches.
Kanna taking a kneeling postion at the heads of her grandchildren. Matana began cleaning Sokka's head wound. She began wiping away bits of sand and rock from the gash. Using some paste from a blue jar she spread a layer across the cut and then wrapping some linen bandages around his head. Repeating the process with katara's hands.
"There. That is all I can do. I think Katara fainted from fright. All we can do now is wait." Matana informed.
Kanna nodded happy that her ganchildren came out so well from an encounter with a polar wolf.
The conscious occupants discussed the scene they had seen in hushed tones. Kanna remained largely silent preferring to listen and not speak. It was a little over an hour before Katara began to stir. She blinked blearily at the woman in the tent. The woman became silent not wanting to frighten the girl so quickly after coming too.
Ugh… what happened? Katara thought. "I had the weirdest dream Gran-gran" Katara said.
Kanna said humorously," I am not surprised. You and Sokka had quite the ordeal. Tui and la" She said the Moon and Ocean spirits with a grateful sigh," How are you feeling? Matana, Etha and Galda found you unconscious. Do you feel sick? Any aches or pains?"
Matana asks," would you like some willow tea Katara?"
"I feel fine Gran-gran but I would like some tea and seal jerky I am really hungry. I feel like I could eat a whole walrus-turtle!" Katara said surprised.
Mumbling from Sokka attracts the attention of the women. "Heey…I want wall-tutle toooo… shaaree with me katatatyra …I shaayved your life…ish only fair."
Etha deadpans," its good to know our Sokka can still think with his stomach even with a head wound."
Matana and Galda laugh.
"I will get that snack for you dear," Etha says.
After Katara had finished her light meal Kanna asked her what happened. Katara tells Kanna what happened up to the point where she fell asleep.
"is that all? Did nothing else happen?" Kanna asks for clarification.
Katara screws her face up in concentration. Until she come across a thought." There is one thing, but I don't know if it was real or a dream though."
"go on dear we are listening,"
"I was in a dark place. I wasn't scared though. I was angry." Katara stops worried that her dream is bad.
"Go on dear we won't judge you we care about you very much."
Katara smiles at that and continues," I was angry… I saw the fire nation marine who killed mommy. Next, I was hurt when daddy said he needed to leave, and then I saw the wolf standing over Sokka. This made me really angry Gran-gran. I reached out to try and pull the wolf away from Sokka but I couldn't he was so big and heavy." Katara begins making grabbing motions and pulling. She sighs." I couldn't move it so I tried squeezing it. Than everything just fell away I couldn't see but I could still feel which made me think i wasn't dreaming. I felt something really big in my hands it was warm and it made thumping sounds. I think it noticed me holding it because it suddenly wanted to get away from me. The thumping got faster and faster. I had to hold on real tight so it couldn't get away. Before I knew it the thumping stopped. I let go" Katara un-fists her hands and her blood rushes back into her small hands." Then I woke up here Gran-gran. It felt like like a heart?"
Kanna seeing who distressing the dream was try to soothe Katara .Kanna brushed the side of Katara's face with her large and gentle hand. Katara smiled and hugged the familiar hand.
"Are you okay child?"
"Yes Gran-gran." Katara confirmed with a smile.
"Get some rest than. Matana can you stay and watch her and Sokka with me?"
With that the rest of the women left the tent to return to their private dwellings.
Why would I dream something so strange? I have dreamed of being happy, sad, and scared but I have never been angry in a dream before.. But I was so furious at the soldier for what he did, at daddy for leaving and at what the wolf was going to do to Sokka. Katara wondered.
Katara's eyes moistened from nearly shed tears and smiled at her sleeping brother's face.
"I am so glad you are safe Sokka. I don't know what I would have done if I lost you too."
"Not…going anywhere." Sokka breathed.
Katara snuggled closer to her brother and fell into a restful sleep.
Katara was up and about the next morning. Her superficial injuries didn't restrict her to the igloo like Sokka. It took a week before Kanna allowed him out of the tent. When he did finally get out he was swarmed by many of the younger children asking about the Polar-wolf. He was reluctant to talk about it because he couldn't recall what happened. Galda saw this approached him.
"I don't know how you survived Sokka but since the monster nearly killed you. The rest of the village think you should do with the beast as you see fit." She said.
"I never got a good look at it Galda. How big was it?" Sokka asks.
"Come take a look. We left the sled we brought it back on behind your family tent."
Sokka, Katara, and most of the village made their way to the tent. Walking around the tent, Sokka came to a complete stop. His mouth gaping and his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets at what he saw. The Polar wolf was more massive than any he had ever seen. Even Bato and his father hadn't killed a bigger Polar-wolf.
It was as long as his fishing canoe not counting the tail. Was several heads taller than himself and at least as wide as his arms span. The teeth, razor sharp and hooked, were as long as his index finger. Its head was so large and powerful it could put the trunk of his body with room to spare and bite clean through.
"H-h-how d-did it die?" He stuttered out, amazed that the apex predator was dead.
"Don't know" Galda informed. Taking a tiger-walrus tooth dagger from her satchel she handed it to Sokka." You get to do the honors Sokka. Remember collect the heart first. It is our way to take that part first and offer it to Tui and La at the next full moon."
Sokka nodded and shot a hesitant look at his sister. She was not as surprised at the size of the wolf since she saw more of it than Sokka. Gulping loudly he made his way towards the beast. His dagger shook in his grip and it seemed to get worse when he brought the blade below the wolf's ribs. Gripping the blade with both hands to stop the shaking he stabbed and sawed through the think hide, muscle and fat.
"After you get the heart we can collect the hide. When you complete your trial in ice dodging you may have the right to use it to make your tribal armour." Galda noted.
Sokka continued cutting making his way to the heart. When he found it his brow knitted in confusion. He could feel the large vein and arteries connecting to the muscle. But it felt off. Too small and malformed for such a strong wolf. Spirits what is this. Removing anything keeping the tissue in place he cradled the mass and pulled it out. The women gasped.
"That's not right… the heart it it collapsed in on itself!" Matana exclaimed.
Etha approached Sokka and said," Give it to your grandmother she will take care of it until the next full moon."
Sokka nodded.
Unnoticed by the rest of the tribe Katara had a startling realization." I killed it." She whispered quietly," I crushed its heart in my dream the thumping was the heart." Saliva pooled in her mouth and no matter how much she swallowed it would not stay down. She ran away behind one of the snow banks that buffeted the harsh night winds and emptied her stomach. She retched quietly not wanting to draw attention to herself.
Even though Katara was the daughter of the chief she was not unfamiliar with the workings or where her food came from. She had helped her mother clean and collect the meats of the animals the men of the village brought back. Fish, whale, and even the rare sea-gull pig had been butchered by her several times over. Seeing a little blood wouldn't cause this reaction from her.
But it was the first time she killed anything so big. She hadn't even clubbed a fish before.
Taking some snow in her hand she used her poor abilities at water-bending to melt some snow to rinse out her mouth.
With the sour taste gone she wiped her tears and walked back to where the rest of the tribe was. Sokka and several women were already separating the hide from the Wolf and curing it so the cold wouldn't ruin the skin.
She didn't feel like watching anymore so she went inside her tent. Throwing a few twigs into the fire to burn and heat the room. She sat and stared at the flames. The fire was the polar opposite of her culture's element but they relied on it heavily. They couldn't survive without it. The thick hides and shelters wouldn't be enough in normal polar weather.
"I killed the wolf." four simple words seemed more significant than any other idea she had ever had. Because anything would be more possible than the idea that small and weak Katara who can't water bend to save her life could kill anything with her pitiful splashes.
The Fire Nation being the good guys in the war. Sokka not wanting seconds from Gran-gran sea-prune soup. Even Gran-gran proclaiming herself the avatar. Any of these things are more likely! Katara thought harshly.
During her musing a small ice mouse scampered across the floor of the tent to get near the fire.
Upon noticing the mouse Katara stared at it. Thinking back on her dream, she wondered if she could do it again.
"it really freaked me out that I may have been the one to kill the wolf" she half denied." But if I did do it, I saved Sokka. I may need to do it again for him or even myself. I remember holding my arms out like this" kneeling down facing the mouse she reached out a little towards the mouse and pointed her elbows down to the ground. "and my hands were like this" forming her hands into a gnarled grip-like position. She heard a loud squeak from the mouse and also felt an unnatural connection to something in front of her. Looking ahead she saw the mouse frozen in place. Raising her hands the mouse rose a little above her head. She gasped. Making a twisting motion the mouse twirled in mid-air. "I'm doing this? But how? I have never heard of a water-bender being able to do this. Is this even water-bending?"
The flapping of the tent opening went unnoticed by Katara. Sokka repeating a similar face he made at the wolf outside gasped. "What are you doing Katara!" he exclaimed.
Katara gasped, jumped, and spun around very quickly. The mouse fell lightly to the ground and scampered away behind some sack against the wall of the tent.
"Sokka! I I didn't hear you come in. How long have you been there?"
Sokka was looking back and forth from his sister and the place where the mouse ran off too.
"not long" he says distractedly his attention currently on the mouse's hiding place. "Saw you floating the mouse. Was it wet or something? I didn't know you could lift stuff besides just water with your magic water."
"For the last time Sokka it not magic water; its waterbending! And and I don't think what I was doing was even… waterbending" she said the last part very quietly.
"What was that?"
"I don't think what I was doing was water bending." she repeats confused and near tears.
"What else could it be?"
"I don't know! The mouse wasn't wet, covered in frost or anything! But I was still able to make it float! It shouldn't be possible!"
Sokka taking in his sisters distraught face tacticfully holds back a snarky response."Let's look at this calmly and logically Katara." He kneels down in front of her bringing her down with him."take a deep breath and think slowly."
Katara breathed in deeply and exhaled.
"Relaxed?" Sokka asks.
She nods.
"Okay you can play with your mag-… water-bending stuff right?"
"Yes" Katara says happy that he isn't making fun of her.
"Okay, and you are certain that the mouse was neither frozen or wet when you were… bending it?"
Katara confirmed again.
Sokka pauses for a long while deep in thought. He nodded slightly at a thought and got up. Getting a small clay jar with a cork, he fills it with water.
"You know there is water in here right?" he asks rhetorically.
She however still nods at a loss of her brother's actions.
"Can you bend the water in the jar and make it float?"
"I don't know, I can try."
Reaching out Katara repeated the motion she did earlier. She immediately felt the connection with the water but it felt natural like always. Raising her arms the jar floated unsteadily up. Katara began straining against the weight of the urn and it fell and cracked leaking water on the floor.
"Oops"
"It's fine Katara. The jar was a lot heavier than an ice mouse. Okay so you can bend water you can't see. Maybe there was water in the mouse too?"
"Maybe?"
"We need another test, but we don't have any animals that you can work with…" Sokka again looked thoughtful screwing up his face in concentration. With a look of resolution he look at his sister and said," try doing what you did to the mouse with me."
Katara was gobsmacked. Her brother had just asked to use something he didn't understand that may have been the thing that saved him and KILLED the biggest polar wolf the tribe has seen in a long time. So naturally she was against it," NO! What if I hurt you?"
"You won't hurt me calm down." Sokka placated, trying to make her concerns inconsequential" Tell you what just try lifting my hand" he requested lifting his left hand up." You don't have to float me into the spirit world just make my hand rise a bit."
This didn't seem to dangerous to Katara but she was still reluctant to try.
"Are you sure? What if it hurts you? Or worse?"
"Please, I am a strong future warrior of the southern water tribe!" he exclaimed with pride. "Just do it Katara. I promise I will be fine."
"You can't know that!"
"Maybe, but I will still keep my promise."
"Okay I will do it." Katara said reluctantly. Kneeling in front of Sokka she repeated the gesture for a third time that day. Again Katara felt a connection but it felt the same as her dream and her attempt with the mouse. Sokka's face remained impassive but Katara could see he felt something too. Slowly his rand rose. Katara was putting a lot of effort into her movements. More effort was put in than the attempt with the mouse. She began perspiring heavily. Her brow glistened from the effort. Until finally she let go of the connection and her brother's hand fell.
"Did I do it?" Katara asked concerned more out of fear she injured her brother than the possibility she failed at doing what she wanted.
Sokka nodded
"What what did it feel like? Did it hurt?" she asked.
"It felt weird. Unnatural, but I wasn't afraid. I couldn't ever be afraid because you are my little sister. I can't hurt you and you can't hurt me, right?"
"Right" she confirmed," We can't hurt each other we are family and for now we only have each other and Gran-gran."
"I think you should practice this Katara. It could be very useful."
"I thought so too."
"When did you learn about this? This power didn't just appear out of the blue did it?"
"I-I only learned about it recently…today in fact."
"Really, what caused the inspiration?
"When you cut out the polar wolfs heart."
"I don't understand." He said confused remembering the strange organ's appearance.
"I did it. I crushed the wolf's heart." Katara said revealing her theory on the heart's strange circumstance.
Sokka looked thoughtful again considering this new information with what he had seen. Nodding in agreement that two events were not separate events as coincidence but one causing the other.
"I can see that. So I guess you saved my life?"
"You saved mine first." She says happily.
"All I did was give you a boost. You killed a Polar Wolf with with… the heart… Katara I think you can control the blood; in the mouse, in the wolf, and in me."
"Blood is water?" Katara asks with uncertainty.
"Maybe not all of it made of water. It is wet so maybe there is blood and water in our bodies?"
"Sokka should I really be doing this? It seems wrong."
"How does it feel wrong?"
"Like you said it feels unnatural."
"Does it feel like you did something wrong the last few times you did it? Like you should be punished?"
Katara like all children abhorred the idea of being punished," No." she said meekly.
"Than practice this power it saved my life. The world is dangerous and you being able to protect yourself from any living thing seems like a pretty good defence."
"Okay." She accented since he pretty much repeated her idea of why she should practice in the first place.
"Do you know how you killed the wolf?"
"Yeah, but I won't test it on you! All I have to do is connect with I guess the blood in the heart and squeeze my hands." She said pointedly not performing the action as a demonstration.
Sokka nodded. "Tomorrow, I think you should come fishing with me. I will catch a few fish and you can practice controlling them and I think you should get a handle on you using it to kill. But only as a last resort if you ever have to use this power! Killing with a power like yours seems like something that would be unacceptable; if it wasn't a last resort for your survival or someone else's."
Katara nodded at this seeing the possibility of using the power in several circumstances, often involving the fire nation, but hoped it would never come to that. Katara would be happy never using this power at all.
Linebreak
Over the next several years Katara and Sokka frequently left to go on fishing trips to practice. With Katara's ability to adeptly control the blood of living things she and Sokka were able to procure large amounts of fish with minimal effort. She would float the fishes out of a barrel they set up away from the tribe. Controlling the fish became easier and easier.
Katara adamantly refused using her power to kill the fish at first even though she knew it would be useful. Finally Sokka handed her a club and asked her to do it the normal way first than. It took her a while to do this but when she did she felt normal. After the first one, she was able to kill a fish with her blood-bending just as normally as Sokka could with a club.
Since fishing became such an easy thing to do with Katara just pulling the fish from the ocean. Sokka began practicing with his machete and boomerang during their 'fishing trips'. He was quickly becoming more toned over the years since food became a non-issue and his exercises were quite effective. He was still quite clumsy but he was stronger and faster and that just might mean the difference between life and death.
The village was completely unaware of the two children's activities. Although Kanna sometimes appeared to look at them a little longer and differently whenever they left and came back from a fishing trip. Only Sokka noticed the change. Katara though he was being paranoid.
"Why are we out here Sokka?" Katara asked bored out of her mind in the canoe.
"I want to practice normal fishing. Just me, the fish, and my spear." Sokka said.
"Okay why am I here than?" she asked as Sokka began pointing his spear into the water tracking a fish.
"because we have been going on these trips so much that it is practically expected by the rest of the tribe." Katara was looking into the water annoyed at her time being wasted. She was under strict order not to blood bend today. She sighed looking at the water. Katara's blood bending became so good that she could bend almost any time she wanted; as long as the moon was in the sky. However her abilities as a conventional water-bender didn't progress that much no matter how hard she tried. Sokka said no blood-bending. he didn't say I can't waterbend.
Katara began moving her arms through the motions of a self-taught kata. It only served as a way to move the water. And it felt extremely forced when she did it no matter how much she practiced. It was like she was missing a whole step in her bending to make the movement effective.
"you are not getting away now my scaled friend." Sokka said ready to strike.
Katara began moving the water around and above her. Unfortunately Sokka and for Sokka, he hit the globe of water she was manipulating and it popped soaking him.
"Why is it when you water bend, I always end up soaked?" Sokka asked extremely peeved.
"You have an unnaturally high aquatic magnetism?" Katara offered feebly.
Sokka looks at her skeptical," Somehow I doubt that."
Unfortunately for the two, their conversation was interrupted when they suddenly found themselves moving through a quickly moving current with large chunks of ice surrounding them. Sokka began fervently paddling with the current to avoid the collision of ice that happened just behind them. Katara was hanging tightly feeling helpless in the situation. Sokka continued to avoid several more close collisions but avoiding one ended up putting them in another.
There canoe was destroyed and they became stranded on a chunk of ice.
"Great just great." Sokka muttered," you know this is your fault. If you had just not played with your magic water we wouldn't be in his mess."
Katara was astonished at her brother's accusation." My fault, how is this my fault! I didn't want to be out here! We could have stayed on the ice and just let me pull the fish out of the water like normal and we wouldn't even be here!"
"Well if you didn't play with your water, I could have paid proper attention to my surrounding and completely avoided this mess. Girls can't follow the simplest of instructions."
Katara brow twitched at the last comment and began ranting and expressing her words with arm movements. Unknown to her and to Sokka's growing dread, she began doing accidental bending. the water sloshed violently around the small iceberg they were stranded on. A large pillar of ice began getting long vertical cracks across its surface. With each slash of her arms more and more cracks formed. Until finally large chunks of ice fell around them sending the much smaller ice floe careening away from the large wave.
"Did I do that?" Katara asked in awe. That was the strongest water bending she had ever done and had no clue on how she did it.
"Yeah you did. I think I prefer your blood bending over that." He gestured to the bobbing chunks of ice. Katara frowned at him and then smirked innocently at him.
"Hey Sokka quit hitting yourself." With a quick motion Sokka's hand bopped him in the side of the face.
"Ouch! Quit it! I am sorry! Please stop!" Sokka hit himself several more times before Katara stopped.
She didn't stop because of Sokka's pleading. A strange glow appeared beneath the surface of the water. The glow brightened, until finally an iceberg floated up violently moving the piece Sokka and Katara were stranded away. The iceberg glowed brightly but there was also a strange shadow inside.
What is that? It almost looks human. And with that thought the figure suddenly changed. Something like eyes suddenly began to glow as well as several arrow shapes. Sokka and Katara gasped in surprise.
"It's alive! We have to help him." Katara exclaimed. She quickly grabbed her brothers club from his back and hopped across several ice floes to reach the iceberg. Sokka was yelling at her to stop but she didn't so he was forced to follow her. Just as he reached the iceberg Katara was already striking the ice berg. After several strikes the thick ice cracked slightly releasing a thick pressured fog from the inside the iceberg. A massive vertical crack formed around the sphere of ice and erupted open shooting a brilliant light into the sky.
Katara and Sokka huddled together surprised at the reaction. A tense moment passed with nothing happening. Until the figure still glowing in the strange light ascended the rim of the ice and stood looking out into the ocean.
"Stop! Don't move Stranger!" Sokka commanded.
Just as the words finished leaving his mouth, the glow subsided and a bald headed boy with blue arrow tattoos could be seen. He was wearing a strange yellow-orange outfit they had never seen before. The boys eyes began to droop and his knee buckled and he fell forward. Katara rushed forward past Sokka to catch the boy. He fell incredibly slowly almost as if he floated down. Sokka wondered if Katara had used blood-bending to slow his descent.
Sokka began poking the boy with the blunt end of his staff on the head.
"Stop it!"
Looking at the boy Katara realized he was incredibly young. Probably just a few year younger than her. When he opened eyes he gasped at seeing her. He had gray eyes.
He murmured quietly," I need to ask you something."
"What?" she asked.
"Come closer." He requested.
"What is it?" she asked again fascinated by the strange boy's question.
The boy smiled broadly and asked excitedly," Will you go penguin sledding with me?"
Katara was taken aback by this but responded," Uhh, sure. I guess?"
The boy suddenly floated up without assistance of his arms. Sokka jumped back in surprise.
"What's going on here?" the boy asked looking in all directions.
"You tell us! How did you get in the ice! And why aren't you frozen?" Sokka asked poking him with his spear. The boy swatted away the weapon.
"I'm not sure." The boy said and suddenly gasped and began scrambling up the ice back into the iceberg. "Appa! Are you alright? Wake up buddy."
Sokka and Katara began making their way around the ice instead of climbing. What they saw astounded them. A giant monster was licking the small boy who looked even smaller in comparison to the massive creature.
"What is that thing?" Sokka asked.
"This is Appa, my flying bison."
"Right and this is Katara my flying sister." Katara looked displeased at her brother who ignored her; keeping his focus keenly on the massive animal. Who just happened to begin to sneeze?
Yup. The giant animal sneezed. Sokka was now covered in a thick layer of snot. It was not a good day to be Sokka.
"ewe w ew get it off!" Sokka began trying anything he could to get it off.
"Don't worry. It'll wash out." Sokka brought his hand away from his face pulling a large amount of snot with him. Making Katara gag.
"So do you guys live around here?"
"Don't answer that!" Sokka said ignoring his state of disgust to point his spear at the boy." Did you see that crazy boly of light? He was probably trying to signal the fire navy!"
Katara pusher her brother aside and said skeptically," oh, yeah I am sure he is a spy for the fire navy. You can tell by that evil look in his eye."
The boy looked at Sokka on cue with an innocent childish grin.
"The paranoid one is my brother, Sokka." She introduced "you never told us your name."
"I am uh uh uh ack ack ugh CHOOOOOO!" the boy sneezed and flew high up into the air. Coming back down he slid against the and quickly righted himself to stop from falling over and continued," I am Aang."
"you just sneezed and flew ten feet into the air." Sokka stated.
"really? It felt higher than that."
Katara gasped. "you're an air bender." She said amazed.
"sure am."
"giant light beams, flying bison, airbender, I think I've got midnight sun madness. I am going home where stuff makes sense." Riiiight. Were stranded.
"well if you guys are stuck Appa and I can give you a life." Aang offered and jumped on the head of the bison and took up a pair or reins attached to it's horns.
"we'd love a ride. Thanks!" Katara said and climbed on.
"oh no I am not going to get on that fluffy snot monster." Sokka huffed.
"are you hoping some other monster wil come along and give you a ride home? You know before you freeze to death?"
Sokka opened his mouth to speak but nothing came to mind and sighed.
Sokka found himself seated next to Katara in the large saddle.
"Okay first time fliers hold on tight. Appa! Yip-yip!"
The bison crouched low and jumped into the only to fall into the water and begin swimming along.
"C'mon Appa yip yip!."
"Wooooow" Sokka drawled," That was truly amazing."
"Appa just tired. A little rest and he will be soaring through the sky you''ll see." Aang said smiling happily at Katara. She noticed.
"Why are you smiling at me like that?"
"Oh? I was smiling?" Sokka groaned from the back.
The trio plus Appa continued along in quiet for some time before Katara got up to ask Aang a question she had been thinking about since learning he was an airbender. "hey"
"hey, what'cha thinking about?"
"I was just wondering if you knew what happened to the avatar?"
Aang looked strained at the question.
"no, I din;t know him. I knew people who knew him but I didn't. sorry."
"okay just curious, good night."
"Yeah good night."
An: So what are you guy's thoughts? was the chapter good bad or meh?
an important note i have to make now that needs to be addressed in my opinion is a characteristic of bloodbending. it looks extremely violent so i want it to be clear that Katara CANNOT kill someone unless she does do with the intent to do it.
so yeah hope you guys enjoyed this chapter so review or wahtevs
also i dont own the avatarverse.
