Chapter One
I, Haya, woke from my slumber to the sound of my father waking me up. Urnngh. Why must he do this every morning? I sat up and saw my dad doing the same exact daily routine…incredibly horrible sounds coming from his 20 year old tsungi horn.
"I'm awake"
Clearly not hearing me, I picked up the palm-sized sack that I kept by my bed and perfectly Air-bent it into his tsungi horn.
Sputtering noises, delay in music, then a conversation.
"Good, you are awake."
"Only a few minutes before you had to stop playing"
"Good, only a few minutes. I think that that is a new record."
Classic Dad. I knew that I had to hurry and do my chores, or the tsungi horn would be in my ear.
I walked into the main living area of our small Earth Kingdom home. I knew fully well that Dad hadn't even thought of making breakfast for himself. I called to him in the other room, still getting the sack out of his horn, "What do you want me to make?"
"There's some meat hanging outside. Why don't you roast some of that?"
Well, you know that it will be done in a few minutes, considering that you at least asked.
Stepping outside, I took in a breath of clean air. We lived on a small house just outside of our village. I walked to the place where we hung meat to dry. I grabbed a moderately sized piece, walked inside and prepared it with the things that we had.
Standing in our cooking area, I partially bent a horizontal rod from the earthen walls and placed the meat on it. I finished bending the rod so that it touched the other side of the narrow cooking area. I bent new stones and placed some fresh firewood into the cooking pit. I quickly bent a flame into the pit, and it roared to life. I spun the rod that I had made and soon, the meat was well on its way.
While the meat was cooking, I made my way to the nearby stream and raised my hands. Two large bubbles of water rose from the stream, and I let them follow me to the house. I lowered them carefully into the tubs that we had reserved for holding water. The splashed a little, but none sloshed over the side.
Just as I was about to relax from finishing my chores for now, a knock came at the door.