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Antonio zipped through the water, the boat behind him working hard to keep up. The water flowed over his skin, as though accepting him as just another wave in the sea. Antonio, his father, and Wendy were currently sailing to the Northern Water Kingdom. Antonio spent most of the daylight in the water. Swimming out in front and below the boat. With the occasional dolphin and other sea life coming to join him.

"Land ho!"

Antonio looked up towards the boat from the sea floor and shot off towards the surface. Antonio shot through the water high up into the air, bending a hurricane of water around his lower body to keep him suspended high up in the air. From there he could see the first makings of building and a port with other docked ships.

"Antonio come down here!" Wendy called from the ship below. "Guards will see you as a threat if you don't enter with the King's ship!"

With a reluctant sigh the young prince slowly lowered himself down onto the ship's deck. The action taking all his willpower not to rocket off towards the Kingdom, towards home.

Tobar quickly bended any extra seawater off his body and back into the ocean before turning to his aunt, "So what are we going to do first once we get on dry land?"

"I for one am going back to my palace!" Antonio's father boomed as he burst from below deck. "I hate being alone from my throne for so long. And especially my own bed!" The king said dreamily.

"The bed you miss or the other things that come with it?" Antonio grumbled.

A sailor suddenly ran up to the group and kneeled, "My highness, docking in approximately 30 minutes. But we've lost the wind, so expect some delay."

"You're water benders." Antonio spat at the sailor in disgust. "So start acting like it." The young prince quickly made his way to the center of the deck and began sweeping his hands back and forth with the waves. Soon, the boat was speeding towards the dock, moving faster and faster. "Sailor, tell your Captain to give all controls over to me. I'll take care of docking for us, since that seems to be too challenging for you."

"Y-yes my prince!" The sailor shouted before sprinting away.

"He has your sister's personality." The king said laughing with Wendy.


"My plan was to just walk around the kingdom with you until you were ready to head to the palace." Wendy said to her nephew as the stepped off the ship and onto the dock.

"No need. I want to explore on my own for a while."

"Oh… Well take this then." Wendy said handing Antonio a large coin with the King and Queen's seal. "This will get you past anything or anyone until they learn your face as the Prince."

Antonio slipped the coin into his pocket before taking off down the dock, "C'ya Aunt Wendy!"

The new aunt chuckled at seeing her normally serious and cold nephew take off as excited as a kid in a candy shop.


Antonio ran through the streets, trying to look everywhere and take everything in at once. His eyes were captured by the beautiful blue and white shops and buildings that seemed to glow in the brilliant sunlight. The people along the roads laughed at continued past Antonio without a second glance, not realize the newcomer was the long lost prince.

Antonio seemed to find himself in some kind of market district. People roamed the streets wandering from fruit and veggie stands that lined the sides of the roads. Antonio wandered from stand to stand in a daze soaking in his people and kingdom with misty eyes. 'I'm finally home.'

"Here sunny." An old women held an apple out over her fruit stand.

"I'm sorry I don't have any money." The teen said taking a step back.

"The old women laughed, her curly white hair jumping around her face. "I figured. You must be new here, I can tell by your outfit." The women said eyeing the new-comer.

Tobar looked himself up and down, he wore simple black pants and shoes with a red shirt. Nothing like the shades of blues and whites the people of the Water Nation wore.

"Farther down the road is the Queen's Fountain. And around it is a festival in her honor. I'm sure you can find something to wear over there."

Antonio looked down the road to where most people seemed to be heading. "Ok thanks!" The prince called back as he took off down the road, apple in hand.

It didn't take long for the young prince to find where the helpful women was pointing him to. All around the fountain stood colorful floats, stands, and stages. Each painted with brilliant blues, reds, and other assortments of colors. Beautiful upbeat music was played by musicians on the stages with crowds cheering them on.

But that's not what caught the young man's attention. The magnificent marble statue of Queen Tami standing tall in the center of the plaza pulled her son closer. "Mom?" Tobar breathed out as he made his way closer to his mother in a daze.

"That's Queen Tami." A voice said shaking Antonio from his thoughts. The prince spun around to see a blond boy smiling back.

The boy stood at Antonio's height and had short blond hair that he swept to the left. The bright sun shined in his light blue eyes as he stared at Tobar with a big smile. He wore bright baby blue clothes and had blue swirls painted on his cheeks for the celebration.

Tobar blushed, "Oh, yes I see. It's quite a beautiful monument to her."

"You must be not be from around here looking at your outfit."

Tobar once again looked down at his clothes, "You're right. I just got here a few minutes ago. A woman told me I might be able to get some better clothes somewhere around here."

"Yeah sure! I happen to work in a clothing tent, c'mon!" The energinic stranger waved a hand and quickly made his way through the lively crowd. Leaving Tobar to fight to keep up. Soon the prince was brought to a big white tent with racks and racks of clothes. Each ranging in blues, whites, blacks, and purples.

"I appreciate your help. But I don't have any money to pay with."

"Nonsense! This is the festival in honor of Queen Tami! Queen Tami was the Water Nation's greatest ruler! She preached kindness and compassion, so people rarely pay during the festival. They just give donations. Here let's try these on." The blonde headed boy said pulling a dark blue and black outfit off the rack. "I think you would look good in these colors. The changing rooms are in that corner over there." He said pointing.

Tobar said nothing as he quickly made his way over to the changing rooms, his face red once again.

The prince took a deep breath before exiting the changing room. The other boy's eyes instantly upon him. "Yup, those are your colors! Now you look like a real water bender!"

The boy suddenly stopped talking and peered at Tobar's face. "Sorry, but you look oddly familiar…"

Tobar put a hand on his arm in embarrassment, "Right, well, thanks for your help… person."

"Oh!" The boy exclaimed in realization. "My names Cody!"

"Well thank you Cody. I won't forget your kindness."

"Hey don't mention it! Why don't I show you around the Kingdom? I'll be your own personal tour guide!"

Antonio laughed for the first time since meeting Cody, "I would like that very much."

The rest of the day consisted of Cody dragging Tobar around the Northern Water Kingdom. From huge busy shopping districts, to petting zoos, to seeing beautiful monuments and fountains. The boys stopped for dinner at a pub where Tobar learned of Cody's past. How he left home when he was only 12 due to his abusive father. How he traveled with a traveling carnival for some time before returning to the Water Nation where he roamed the streets while taking odd jobs here and there.

Tobar listened to Cody's story in silence as the normally upbeat and enthusiastic Cody told his past in a quiet, soft voice.

"So where will you stay tonight?" Tobar asked sipping on his coffee.

Cody shrugged, "Don't know. But don't worry, I'll be alright."

Tobar remained silent as he looked down at his now empty mug in thought, "Well why don't you come stay with me for the night?"

"Yeah? You sure your folks will be ok with that?"

"You'll understand when we get there. C'mon let's get going."

The pair quickly made their way out of the pub and up the road towards the palace.


"These houses are getting pretty expensive." Cody said nervously as they drew closer and closer to the King's Palace. Each house along the road growing bigger and fancier as they continued walking.

Soon the teens came to the palace gates where two guards stood at attention, each armed with a vicious looking ice spear.

"Halt, what business do you have before the King?" A guard barked raising his spear.

"My name is Antonio Tobar. Son of Tami Tobar." The prince said holding up the gold coin with the Royal Pair's seal.

Instantly the guards were on hands and knees apologizing, "My prince. We were not told you would be returning to us today."

"Our deepest apologies."

Antonio chuckled, "No worries. I think we're kind of keeping it on the down low. Come on Cody, let's go." The prince turned to find Cody down on the ground on his hands and knees, even his forehead touching the ground.

"My prince! Please forgive me. I-I had no idea!" Cody groveled from the ground.

"Cody stop it!" Antonio said pulling the other boy to his feet by his hand. "I'm still me. You don't need to treat me any differently. If I felt you needed to know who I was I would have told you when we first met."

"Yes sir." Cody mumbled, keeping his eyes cast to the ground.

"And don't call me sir."

Antonio led Cody through the now open gates and up the patio in through the palace's doors. Both boys looked around the palace in awe. The entrance consisted of a large open entry way with hallways on the right and left. While the center opened up to a large marble staircase in the center. Everything seemed to be made out of pure white and blue ice, yet the inside remained warm and toasty. Compared to outside, where the wind howled and bit at any exposed flesh.

"You live here?" Cody whispered in awe.

"I think so." Antonio whispered back.

"There you are Antonio!" Wendy exclaimed as she descended the staircase wearing a blue silk robe. "Who is your friend?" Wendy asked looking the outsider up and down.

Antonio quickly dropped Cody's hand, not realizing he was still holding it from when he pulled him to his feet. "Aunt Wendy, this is Cody. He's been showing me around the Kingdom all day. And he needs a place to stay."

Wendy smiled warmly upon hearing the news about her nephew's new friend. "A friend of yours is a friend of the palace. I will have a nurse set up the room across from yours. I advise you to get some sleep. It's been a long day for all of us." Wendy advised the boys before ascending the stairs back to her room.

"Yes ma'am!" Both boys said in unison while bowing.

"Let's get a snack while they get your room ready." Antonio said to Cody once his aunt was out of sight.

Cody quickly agreed and set off with the prince to find the kitchen. It took the boys almost twenty minutes just to find the kitchen. The palace's winding hallways and corridors made finding the kitchen quite difficult to the newcomers. But the boys had fun running through the hallways and continued their mischief once they found and raided the kitchen's massive fridge and pantry.

"Your rooms are ready sir." An elderly woman said from the doorway causing the boys to jump. "If you would follow me." The women said as she left down a hallway. Leaving the boys to quickly scramble after her.

Once at their rooms Antonio bid goodnight to Cody and turned to enter his own room. But as he turned to enter his own room, he felt a small hand on his shoulder. The prince turned back to see the old women watching Cody, waiting for him to enter his own room. Once he had entered she turned back to Antonio.

"I am sorry my highness, I know you must be tired. But I felt I needed to say something." The women whispered in a small voice, her body seeming to shrink even more than what it already was.

Antonio placed a hand on the woman's shoulder. "Please feel free to speak your mind."

The woman looked up into the young prince's eyes, tears streaming out of her own. " I just wanted to say how happy we are that you're finally home. Watching you be taken away mere minutes after being born was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do."

Antonio's eyes widened, "You knew my mother?"

The women nodded, "Yes sir, I, along with a handful of other women were there to help with the child birth. You're aunt Wendy was so strong. She kept healing water over your mother for over 5 hours to try and ease your mother's pain. That women never shed a tear in front of us." The elderly women said remembering.

Antonio waited a moment before responding, not wanting to interrupt the woman's memories. "Thank you, your words mean more to me than you'll ever know. I know I can speak for my mother and I when I say we are both grateful to you for your all the care you have provided to our family. And it is I who should bow to you." Antonio said bowing deeply to the elder.

The elder sniffled and wiped her tears away, "Your mother would be proud."

Antonio's body went stiff, "T-thank you. I hope I can live up to her name."

"I know you will. Goodnight my prince." She called over her shoulder as she exited down the hallway. Antonio stood looking after her for a moment, letting her words sink in before finally entering his own room. It was dark in the room as the sun had set long ago. The prince stumbled over to the bed he could just make out and quickly slipped inside not realizing how tired he was. The silk sheets allowed him to slip inside as though he was back in the ocean. And allowed him to drift off to sleep with a smile on his face, and pleasant dreams.


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