Book 1 Chapter 2: In Search of Sokka

Book 1 Chapter 2: In Search of Sokka

Character: Ryan Gaia (Orion)

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-Fire Nation Zeppelin­­-

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"So Zuko, who do you know well enough to teach me Kyoshi style fighting?" "Well Orion I was the Firelord to bring unity back to the land so technically I know everyone" he smiled and continued, "But if you must know you are going to train with some old buddies of mine, Sokka and Sukki. Sukki is very conservative if she doesn't know you so your best bet is to try to find Sokka." "But fath-, I mean Zuko, can't you help me find them, you know what they look like and-" "NO! Didn't you hear Uncle? He said you are to embark on the same journey through your soul that everyone must take someday. You must do this alone. When you arrive at the port go around looking for a guy about 38-39ish with a ponytail, who is very wise, noble, and skilled." A forceful nudge indicated that the ship has landed. I grabbed my messenger bag and threw it over my shoulder and walked out onto the pier. "Only you can bring their closure Orion" he was serious now "Please do not steer off the road of true greatness as I did for a point in my life. Continue on your journey with our love in your heart Ryan, now go!" he smiled once more as the ships hatch began to slowly close. I looked around, it was a medium size town but dwarfed before Ba Sing Se so it should be easy to find Master Sokka.

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-Kyoshi Island-

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I stared around, it was not bright outside for it was almost nightfall yet I squinted my eyes in hope to see a guy carrying a sign around his neck that said my name on it. No such person existed. So I began to walk into town when I passed this weapon and armory shop, a hotel, a hospital, and a few homes before reaching the center, and witnessing the beautiful sight of Avatar Kyoshi, apparently she had been repainted. I asked door to door if they knew where the Kyoshi warriors stayed. I asked all the citizens, then went to the motel, unfortunately they stay at the same palace. Then I went to the hospital but they could not release patient information. Every regular citizen I questioned did not know or did not want to disclose the location of the palace. Finally I thought it would be wise to go into the armory, seeing how they are warriors, they must need weapons. I stepped in and a bell rang as the door opened. Generic classic, the bell, I thought. "Hello!" "Hi." I replied, my voice cracked from where I was dehydrated and coughed a pathetic sounding cough. "Would you like some water with that cough? Huh, huh? Get it? Wine with that cheese, water with that cough?" "Yeah sure, real gut buster." He stopped laughing immediately, squinted at me and began talking once more, "We just got a new shipment from the great sword master Sokka today if you ar-" "You know Sokka? Where can I find him? It's urgent I need to speak to him!" "Seeing how it is urgent I suppose that I could lead you to the temple. This way sir." He was only in his young 30's by my guess yet he moved as slow as any old person would. I began to get agitated as his speed seemed to be getting slower. I always kept him in front of me, I didn't know if he was a crook or not. Then he just stopped all together. "Sir am I walking to slow for you?" he questioned, "No" I lied. I must be patient. Since the moment he squinted at me through the earth he gave a very slight notation that he knew why I had come before I had even stated my case. This man for certain was the Sokka I was looking for. He kept walking until we reached the top of a short stone stairway, glanced back, and disappeared. I ran up to the top which looked like a square sparring ring. "SO THIS IS IT? SOKKA? I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND YOU KNOW WHY I'VE COME. I NEED YOU AND SUKKI'S TUTORIALAGE ON THE WAY OF KYOSHI!" Then a body rushed from the air and immediately I jumped back, but he was incredibly quick and was behind me with chains before I could dodge. He cuffed all of my limbs and drove the steaks into the ground. I am a decent Earthbender but I could not free myself of these chains. I couldn't get into the stance to do any Earthbending. He landed in front of me and stated "I know who you are Orion and this is a test. You have 1 day to free yourself from these chains or I will not have you trained by any Kyoshi." I struggled trying to get loose from the chains and then the biggest cliché occurred to me. "Can you please free me from the chains?" Sokka looked so pleased he smiled big and said "No. Like a warrior who cannot bend, you must look deep within yourself to draw out power. Instead of letting you power flow through you become peace at mind and control which area your chi is released from." "Got it, no problem!" After a few hours at work with it another cliché appeared- easier said than done. Time was running out, it was almost night fall, I didn't have access to any of my limbs to bend so what else moved that I could use to bend with? I knew what I had to do. I breathed in slowly then out in then out. Sokka awoke from his zen state of meditation and stood up. He looked in awe and I could feel his hope about to unravel and explode. Finally I lifted my head and looked him dead in the eye and took the deepest breath that I had ever taken and widened my eyelids as far as they would go. The ground began to shake and I created sink holes in order to loosen the steaks. "Very good, very good Orion now just come this-" "I don't think so. Where are you going Master Sokka?" and I preformed the same method of widening my eyes again and sunk him into the ground exposing the nothing but his head and closed it around his throat. "You try now" and I smiled at him as he had at me in the store. He looked down took a deep breath and jumped right out of the ground. He seemed to be spinning incredibly fast. "What was that??" I asked and my astounding wonderment could not be contained. "That my apprentice is you new ultimate technique, the 360 Degree Whirlwind move. But seeing how you're an Earthbender, we'll add a little zazz to it. Enclose yourself in rock. Now make spikes all around your rock sphere. Uh huh uh huh. Now spin the rock as fast as you can around you." I took a deep breath and it felt like the rock should have been going at blinding speeds around me as pushed as hard as I could but it was barely rotating. I could tell this was going to be a long day as I crumbled the sphere and saw the light of dawn once again.