1I decided to do this chapter just in the normal third person. It takes place the day before Jake "wakes up on a hard, cold surface." I added a little Kataang in this chapter to make it interesting. The interactions between Avatar and the four kids isn't in this chapter but will increase in the next and future chapters. Thanks to livvie333, I plan to add a lot more insight into the personality and stuff for the four kids, until then I hope this will suffice. Hope you like it!
Aang's eyes fluttered open as the morning light hit him. He grunted softly, he knew he would have a lot of work to do that day. First, he would have to do a little Waterbending training after breakfast with Katara, but he didn't mind that. Her silky brown hair that rested gracefully against her sea-blue eyes was eye candy to him.
Next he would have to train with Toph until dinner time and then Firebend with Zuko until he dropped of exaustion.
He was very apprehensive about training with Zuko. Although he knew inside that it was the right choice to make him his teacher, he feared that Zuko's bad side would get a hold of him.
By looking at the sun he estimated it to be about 7 o'clock. He got up out of his sleeping bag and tip toed over to the waterfall pool. He saw his groggy-early-morning reflection in the glassy water. He decided to wake himself up a little, so he bent his knees a little bit and slowly lifted up his hands, his palms facing up. A steady stream of water rose out of the pool. Then he retracted his arms back and the water followed, forming into an orb of glistening liquid. He dipped his face in the water orb and then slashed his hands through it. Water droplets cascaded over the stone floor.
Just then, he heard a stirring, and hoped it was Katara getting up. He turned around to find it was Toph, the best Earthbender in the world.
"Hey Twinkle Toes, did you have a good sleep?" she asked smirking.
Aang was confused, this wasn't like Toph. But then he sensed what was coming, "It was okay" he said.
"Good" Toph said. Then she punched forward and a wave of rocks and gravel was sent towards Aang.
Aang anticipated this. He flattened out his palms towards the ground and flipped them over to thrust them upwards. Aang began to rise on a pillar of earth just as Toph's gravel wave hit the solid column of rock, neutralizing the attack.
"Good job" she said as Aang lowered the column to ground level.
"Yeah...no problem" Aang said a little annoyed.
Apparently the shaking earth woke everyone up, because Aang and Toph both heard those "waking-up" grunts.
Sokka, Katara, and Zuko emerged from their dorms as Katara was glaring menacingly at Zuko from behind. But then she saw Aang, and she softened her look and smiled warmly at him. Aang blushed.
"Every time...EVERY TIME I want to sleep in, Toph has to shake the earth and ruin my morning" Sokka yelled.
Toph laughed, "That's what you get for being a lazy bum Antsy Pants!"
Everyone laughed, even Zuko chuckled discreetly in the back.
"So...uh...breakfast, anyone?" Zuko said sheepishly.
Katara took this oppurtunity to verbally torture Zuko, "Why, that sounds great," she said through gritted teeth, "And, YOU can go ahead and make it, but I doubt anyone will want what you make!" she said heatedly.
Zuko knew what she was trying to do, "Rice and rolls sound good to anyone?"
Everyone nodded. Aang hesitated, but he knew he needed to eat, even though Katara would be a little hurt by this.
"Good, I'll start a fire" Zuko retalliated as he gave Katara a victorious glare.
Katara looked away, and as everyone begin walking towards the fire pit, she grabbed Aang silently from the back of the group. Aang was taken by suprise, but then eased into bliss as he felt two soft lips pressing against his own. He pulled away to stare into Katara's beautiful eyes.
"I didn't give you a proper "good morning" greeting" she said. Aang whispered, "Likewise" as he gave her one of his big, warm grins.
Everyone ate their breakfast quickly, except Aang who wanted to delay training as much as possible. But eventually everyone finished.
"Alright Aang, ready to train?" Katara asked.
Aang's heart fluttered, "Yes!"
As they walked over to the waterfall pool, they heard Toph say "Now, about that payback I was telling you about" and knew Zuko was in trouble. Katara couldn't help but snicker.
Aang and Katara began training, and even though Aang couldn't keep his eyes off Katara, Aang managed to learn how to bend water into ice then from ice to steam and back to water. It was more complex than it sounds.
"That was great Aang" Katara said. "But, before I let you go, let me see your wave and water whip."
"Sure thing" Aang said. He had been able to do those ever since he first bent water. He got into his waterbending stance, and then breathed in slowly. Then he circled his arms back twice, and could feel all the water in the pool flowing over his feet and behind him. With a simple raise of his palms and forward flick of his wrists, the towering wave was sent over him and crashed into the pool floor.
"Excellent, now your whip" Katara said.
Aang shifted back into his waterbending stance. He lifted both hands up, brought both behind him, and then quickly but fluidly lashed his right arm out into the air. The whip cracked as it stretched forward but couldn't go any farther. Aang let the water just fall in the pool.
"Time for lunch!" Sokka called as he stampeded ahead of everyone. Toph, of cource, tripped him with her Earthbending. Everyone laughed, even Zuko.
Aang had eaten his luch of spicy rice less hurredly, for he knew he needed all his energy for Earthbending.
Aang basically learned how to cause localized earthquakes and turn pebbles into an enormous stalagmite. He did other things too, but at this point he was working robotically, just doing stuff and not remembering what he did.
After dinner, he felt like he could collapse at any moment. After his dinner of steamed vegetables and fruit, Zuko went up to him and said, "Your in luck, for some reason I can't Firebend, so there's not going to be any training tonight."
"I'm sure it's the night air or the altitude" Aand said. "I'm sure it'll be better in the morning."
Zuko nodded, "You should get a good nights rest" he said quietly. Aang couldn't have agreed more.
Aang went to his dorm and crawled into his sleeping bag. Within minutes, he fell asleep.
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"Aang. AANG." he heard in the distance. He recognized the old but friendly voice.
"Roku, is that you?" he asked credulously.
Aang stood up. He found himself in the sky, surrounded by swirling, silvery clouds. Then, Roku materialized in front of him.
"It's good to see you Aang." Roku said smiling. Aang noticied he had a look of intent about him.
"Is everything alright Roku, is someone in trouble?" Aang asked concerned.
"Not at all, I actually came here to forewarn you about something though."
"What is it?" Aang asked.
""As you've seen, your attempt to thwart the Fire Lord failed..."
Aang remembered all those people he had left for imprisonment, "I know" he said solemnly.
"So I've decided to bring you help" Roku said.
Aang's eyes lit up, "Your going to give us a spirit to help us!"
Roku looked down at him, "No, I'm going to give you four more benders for your group."
Aang looked up at him, perplexed. "Why are you giving us more benders, that's not why we lost last time..."
"I am well aware, but these are different." Roku said calmly.
"How so?" Aang asked curiously.
"These people will be unknown to any of you, and they cannot well explain their past."
"Cannot explain their past?" Aang thought. "What do you mean, how can someone not know their own past?"
Roku continued, "They will however, know about your past, your present, and maybe something about your future."
"What do you mean, like psycic benders...?"
"They will be near your bison when they awaken" Roku continued as if he hadn't heard Aang.
"What are you talking about, Roku?" Aang asked confusedly and anxiously.
"That's all I can say right now" Roku said as he begin to fade away.
"Wait Roku. ROKU!"
"Good-bye, Aang"
"NO, ROKU!"
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Aang woke up, sweat was pouring over his body. He didn't know what to think.
"Was it even real?" Aang thought.
He wasn't sure but, he knew he had to look for Appa to make sure these new people were friendly. Aang hoped they were.
