Sorry for the late update, I went on an unexpected holiday to France for almost 2 months and I'm on my way to my next holiday destination, Greece. I have typed this on my phone ( no spelling control so there are mistakes in this ) and the guy seated next to me is so kind to let me use his laptop to upload this ( we have wifi on the plane ). SO I'm going to Greece for 2 or 3 weeks, I'll try to upload at least one chapter in these weeks, but I can't promise. I typed this in a few hours so it is not really good.
Everything in between the '…' are all thoughts.
If you have questions or critic just put it in a review or message and I'll answer as soon as possible.
Keep in mind this is my first story. And I'm like the worst writer ever.
Disclaimer : Glee & Avatar : The Last Airbender aren't mine. Wish they were, would be an epic combination.
Rachel's POV
'This palace is even bigger than the one from the stories our parents told Me and Noah when we were kids. This place is enormous. The ceilings are high really high and there are pillars lined up next to the walls. Every pillar has a flag with the Earth Kingdom emblem on it. And there are servants everywhere and they are all looking at me, okay some girls are looking at Noah, but most of them are looking at me. It's really creepy. The Earth King must be a strong, powerful and wise man to just rule his palace and his staff, is my conclusion.
We were brought here by Captain Mike Chang and his Second in Command Matt Rutherford and a few of Mike's men. They were really nice to Noah and I during our trip. Both Mike and Matt don't talk a lot but they're good men. They told a little about themselves and I learned that Mike has a girlfriend who works at the palace and one day he wants to marry her and Matt is still single but he lives for his family who are poor and still live on a farm far away from Ba Sing Se. I like them. I still have no idea why we are here but it has to be something important.
We were walking for half an hour through the palace when we arrived in the throne room. The room is long and the ceiling is high. And on every pillar is the emblem of the Earth Kingdom but this time in gold. The throne at the end of the room is big and I mean BIG. It's made out of stone, the details are fine and delicate an made out of gold. We stand in front of the throne waiting for the Earth King.
"Earth King Hummel has arrived." I hear a servant calling through the room. Everyone, including myself and Noah bow in the direction of the throne. And then I hear a door to my left open and I hear people enter the room and walking up to the throne. "The King is seated." That is the sign for everyone to stand up straight again.
That is the first time I get to see the Earth King with my own eyes. I knew the former King died last year for some unknown reason. And that his son took his place on the throne but what I see is not something what I expected from our King. On the throne is a boy seated, not a man. The boy looks only a few years older than me. He has brown eyes and brown hair. The look in his eyes is kind and warm, his features feminine. His clothes are a little extravagant but nice. Not something I expected but I'm not disappointed.
The King stands up and looks me right in the eyes with a judging look. "This is The Girl ?" he asks no one in particular. "She's tiny and doesn't have any sense for fashion." he says looking at my clothes. "I'm Earth King Hummel, my home is from now one also your home. And the home of the guy with the dead animal on his head," he said pointing out my brother's mohawk. "From this moment on your life will change." He says to me "You won't live for yourself anymore, you have to live for the entire world." I got confused after he said that. "You, you my girl are our only hope to win this war against the Fire Nation." I looked at the King with wide eyes. 'No, No. This can't be true, calm down. It's not like he's going to say that I'm the avatar or something important like that.' "You, my girl, are the avatar. The master of the four elements." 'Shit, he said it.'
After that everything happened really fast. The Earth King ( who insisted me to call him Kurt ) gave me a speech and gave me over to an older woman with short blond hair, her name was Sue Lancaster or something ( I didn't really catch it ).
I followed the woman through the big palace, I heard Noah's footsteps somewhere behind me. And the boy kept saying things like, this is weird, how can my lil' sis be the avatar, I'm hungry, is there any food in this place. We followed the woman into a big room where it was colder then the rest of the palace. We came to stop in front of a big wooden desk. The woman took a seat behind it.
"Rachel Puckerman, you are my responsibility from now on. I have been given the task to make sure you learn all four elements. You already know Earth, my element, but there are still three more elements and for those elements I got you a team of masters to teach you." Sue told adressing me.
Before Sue could say anything else Noah spoke "General, I don't want to be rude or something but why am I here ? Everyone keeps talking to my lil sis but I'm here to. Those guards told me to come with them to." He had a point, everyone ignored him ( except the young female servants ).
"You, mohawkboy, you're here because your parents wouldn't let your little sister go without you. So you two are a package deal. I only want the avatar but I get her with an Earthbender with a squirl on his head. While your sister gets trained by my team of masters of her age and her gender. You'll be trained by me, mister Puckerman." And while saying that Sue got some evil smirk. 'Good luck Noah. Let the spirits be with you.' "But enough about you. It's time for the avatar to meet her masters."
At that moment three girls appear from behind one of the pillars. One latina and two blondes. Sue points at the latina, she wears red fancy clothes, a Firebender. "This is Santana Lopez, she walked away from home and the Fire Nation and came to Ba Sing Se. She will be your Firebending master for the next three months." Sue moves on to the next girl . A tall bouncing blonde with bright blue eyes, the clothes the girl wears are clothes I have never seen before. "This is Brittany Pierce. One of the last Airbenders on the surface of Earth. Hence the weird clothes. She will be your master during Autumn." 'I didn't know there were still Airbenders alive, good for them.' Sue now moved on to the last girl in line. She was also blonde but she was shorter than Brittany and this girl had the most beautiful eyes, they are hazel with some green spots. The girl wears blue clothes with fur. Obviously a Waterbender. "This is Quinn Fabray. She was sent by her father. And now she will be your Waterbender when the Winter comes. The three of them are the same age as you Rachel. Now you know who your masters are. You can get to know each other over the next 9 months. But for now go to your room the servants made ready for you and your brother and take some rest. You had a long day. We'll see each other tomorrow morning again and then your training starts from there. Mister Puckerman, I expect you here at 5am to start your training, I've been told it needs some work." And then Sue dismissed us with a wave of her hand. Noah and I started to leave for our rooms but not before Brittany the Airbender girl developed me in a tight hug, a hug that will make my ribs hurt for days. But I appreciate it.
The last thing I hear before I'm falling asleep is Noah mumbling "Why don't I have some hot chick to teach me while you have three of them.
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The next morning, after I had some nice breakfast with just my masters(because Noah was already out training with the General) and some shy looks between me and Quinn (gosh that girl is beauiful), I'm standing opposite Santana Lopez.
We're in a room where it's even warmer than outside. There is a big fire separating us. But the floor is made out of stone and earth. So I don't feel uncomfortable. I look in her almost black eyes and I'm getting scared. I don"t know what it is about the girl but she scares me a little today. Yesterday and this morning she looked really nice being close next to Brittany the bubbly and hugging Airbender. But today.. I'm scared for my life..
"Hello Hobbit, this is your first training but I'm not going easy on you. Being your master in Firebending isn't my only task, I also have to teach about my culture because it's a part of the bending. And you have to fight mostly Fire Nation soldiers, so it is good to know some stuff about them." The girl says not even trying to sound interested.
"Okay, fight position. Now dwarf I don't have all day. Or are your brains also hobbit sized." She yelled at me. I bend my knees, ball my fists and I turn my body 45°. But the latina kept insulting me. "If you're going to fight the Fire Lord like he will laugh in your face and turn around. He'll make ash out of you." I was getting angry with this girl, who does she think she is. This is my first day of professional training. What does she expect from me. I'm the avatar not a god.
"Hey Puckerman are you listening. Or do you think your avatar ass is to good for this training. Do some basic moves so I know how you move when you bend." I did some basic moves like I always do and some little rocks move through the air. "Let the spirits be with us if you have to rescue us from the Fire Nation. You're small, ugly and not even powerful and your technic sucks. How are you gonna safe us ? Tickle them to dead." The latina keeps insulting me.
That is the moment I had enough of her. I dig my feet into the floor and make the ground move. And with one angry move of my fists there fly a few big rocks towards the latina who is supposed to teach me.
The latina kicks her leg into the air and the rocks ,I had sent her way, are destroyed by a sea of fire.
But I don't give up and I put my hands on the ground and all little rocks in the room fly in the direction of the latina.
The girl in the red clothes moves her hands and with a swift move she creates a shield of fire around her. Then she moves her hand forward and the shield goes my way. Prefenting me from attacking.
I look at Santana and her look is a little kinder. "Firebenders aren't nice people, Puckerman. We don't just fight our opponent physically with our element but we also fight them emotionally with words. We are calm people and we don't let words come to us. Other benders do. When we stay calm we try to make our opponent angry by pointing out there biggest insecurities so they lose control over there bending. That is what happend to you. When you're angry you lose control over your bending and it looses its power. When that happens it will be useless against a calm Firebender." The latina explains. And she drops the shield of fire. She puts her fist against the palm of her hand and makes a small bow. "This was your lesson for today, tomorrow here again. And we will start with real bending." And with those words the girl leaves the room. 'Okay, that was weird. But I actual learned something.'
I went back to the room they got me and Noah. And just when I came back from my shower Noah stumbled in.
"Hey big brother. How was your day ? Had a good training." I asked him with a smirk. He looked so tired and I could see a few bruises already forming.
He looked me right in the eyes. "Don't smirk at me Rach. That woman is a monster. She made me run laps until I collapsed to the ground. And the Puckasaurus doesn't run he rides. And after the running she let me do 50 push-ups and every time I didn't went low enough to the ground she would start all over again with counting." The boy is almost crying telling me that. I can believe it was a horrible training for him because Noah always tried to avoid workouts or just running a few laps back at the farm. "Rach, I don't want to go back. That woman almost killed me." He says with a desperate voice. And he hugs me tight. "Rach, hold me I feel pain everywhere in my body."
I hold my big big baby brother and that is how we fall asleep for the night. Together. Just like old times.
TBC.
