The Book of Water

Chapter 1:

The Boy in the iceberg

Part 1


It was another cold, freezing day in the South Pole. Nothing unusual about that. The South Pole seems peaceful, so far. No Fire Benders, around but there is a small boat, not to far. And two people are on the boat. Probably fishing. Let's take a closer look. A boy, with a spear and a girl; yeah, they are fishing.

''It's not getting away from me this time,'' said the boy. Looking soundly at the water, for any sight of a fish, to stab it with his spear.

''Watch and learn, Katara,'' he referred to the girl, next to him. ''This is how you catch a fish.''

Katara, the girl next to the boy, rolled her eyes and ignored the boy's praise talk. Katara soon, noticed a fish near her and she removed her glove; and tried to bend the water to catcher the fish. And it work. But the boy didn't notice that.

''Sokka look,'' Katara tried to make the boy, known as Sokka to look at the fish she had caught. However, Sokka had his eyes on another fish near his side of the boat and paid no attention, to Katara.

''Sheesh, Katara. You're going to scare it away,'' Sokka whispered. ''Mm… I can already smell it cooking.''

''But Sokka, I caught one,'' Katara stated, while bending the water with the fish inside. Katara bended the water towards Sokka to see, but just was the fish caught in water was just above Sokka; Sokka raised his weapon, ready to attack the fish he had his eyes on and he hit the Water Bended fish. The fish jumped back into the ocean while the water is was in fell upon Sokka and made him, soaking wet.

''Why is it, that everytime you play with magic water, I get soaked?'' Sokka asked Katara.

''It's not magic, its water bending and it's-''

''Yeah, yeah. An ancient art, unique to your culture…blah blah blah,'' Sokka interrupted. ''Look, I'm just saying that if I had your powers. I would keep my weirdness to myself.''

''You're calling my weird?'' Katara folded her arms. ''I'm not the one who makes muscles of myself everytime; I see my reflection in the water.'' Sokka really didn't take that lightly. Suddenly, they were upon some rapids and Sokka did his best to steer the boat to safe while Katara told him to steer left, but his efforts was futile. The boat was crashed by two large icebergs, and Katara and Sokka landed on top of one of the many icebergs that surrounded them.

''You call that left?'' Katara asked.

''You don't like my steering. Well, maybe you should have water bended, us out of the ice.''

''So, it's my fault?''

''I knew I should have left you home,'' Sokka remarked. ''Leave it to a girl, to screw things up.'' Oh no, Sokka shouldn't have said that because Katara has a slightly temper.

''You are the most sexist, immature, nut brained…''Katara shouted but little did she know that her rage was also making the water move at a fast pace. ''I'm embarrassed to be related to you!'' Soon her rage cracked a huge iceberg behind her. Sokka noticed but Katara continued, ''ever since mum died, I'm being doing all the work around camp while you have been off playing solider.''

''Uh…Katara,'' Sokka tried to inform Katara about the iceberg but she just continued,

''I even wash all the clothes. Have you ever smelled your dirty socks; let me tell you… NOT PLEASANT!''

''Katara, settle down!''

''NO! That's it! I'm done helping you. From now on, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN!'' Now, that did it. With her final sentence said the large iceberg and pushed the iceberg they were on far away from any land, I mean any iceland where they could be rescued.

''Okay, you have gone from weird to freakish, Katara,'' Sokka stated.

''You mean, I did that?'' Katara looked shocked.

''Yup. Congratulations.'' Then, a blue light, which bubbled the water beneath them, appeared. It grew bigger, as it ascended. Suddenly, a huge blue shining iceberg popped out from the water. At the center of the floating blue iceberg, there seemed to be some person inside the iceberg; probably trapped? Then, the person had an arrow on their head and both of their hands and it shined white, so did their eyes; Katara noticed it.

''He's alive,'' Katara inquired, she grabbed one of Sokka's weapons. ''We have to help.''

''Katara! Get back here! We don't know what that thing is!'' Katara never stopped, she jumped her way to the iceberg and with Sokka's weapon she started hitting the iceberg. And finally, it cracked into half and the iceberg opened. Soon, the energy that was trapped inside the iceberg sent out a huge blue beam into the air. Little did anyone know that it was just the beginning, of a whole new adventure for both Katara and Sokka.