Hello everyone. I'm actually working on a very vamped up next chapter that goes into Merleawe's past. I actually got the idea from Godspeed, so I thank you very much for all of your ideas. I'm going to be going into a bit better description of her past, like the waterbending masters and such.
And to Godspeed: I really didn't want to have to restart the whole story, but that's due to two things; the fact that school starts TOMORROW, and that I have too many classes to actually get a good part in. But, I thank you so much for all of your polishing ideas.
I do not own Avatar, the Last Airbender. I DO own Merelawe. I made her up.
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I was awoken to a fire in my face, nearly singing the bottom of my bangs. "What the-!?" A hand was clamped over my mouth after my little outburst. It was Ponytail! Now that I could get a good look at him, which I wasn't really pleased with anyways, I looked him over. His skin was pale, kind of like mine, and one of his eyes had a nasty scar on it. "What happened to your face?!" Had I done that? Even if I did, it looked funny. I giggled, but I was soon slapped in the back of the head by the person behind me.
"You think you could escape that easily. You have another thing coming at you, Avatar." He circled the space that I was sitting in. My wrists were tied together along with my ankles. It felt just like I was freshly captured, but I for one, was full of energy. I could probably take these guys if I could just get my wrists free…"Well, you were quite mistaken." And even though I was trying to get untied, Ponytail kept going on and on about how this little ship was inescapable. I didn't believe a word of it.
"Prince Zuko," Purple hues lit up as Iroh walked into the room. He was the nicest person on the whole ship. "Please, stop harassing the young Avatar." He smiled down at me with his cheeky grin. For an old fat guy, he was oddly welcoming. "May I ask your name?" I nodded my head, trying to hide the smile on my face. He was just so happy, it was like a disease.
"Melle." Of course, he probably knew that I was lying. He was the only one on board that knew that I was a female. Iroh only smiled at me once more before turning to Ponyt-Zuko.
"You should respect the Avatar Zuko." He placed his old hands onto the teenager's shoulders. "He's definitely a keeper." Turning back to me, Iroh flashed a secret smile in my direction then left the room.
"Untie his ankles." The scarred teenager looked me straight in the eyes, almost like a threat as the guard untied my ankles, allowing me to move them about.
As soon as the guard walked towards Zuko, I began to spin my forefinger in a circular motion, creating a small wind tunnel. As soon as I could fight the urge to smirk, I got the second tunnel done and the ropes around my wrists snapped off. It took a minute before the guard looked around my back and saw that I was untied. At that point, I couldn't help but smirk as I brought my hands to my sides, like a magician who had just done a card trick.
Then everything happened so fast…the guard tried to grab me by my shoulders, but he was too slow. In one quick motion, I flipped myself to the air, landing a decent kick to the soldier's jaw. The look on Zuko's face was a picture of perfect shock, anger, and a hint of jealousy. Though, he soon became enraged at me and ran for me once more. I could feel the rush of the air hitting my face as I reached the top deck. It was night time, so the smirk grew into a grin. Upon Zuko's arrival to the deck, all I did was point to the sky nonchalantly. It was a full moon already, which made me question how long I'd been unconscious.
A horrific expression was painted onto the eyes of the firebender. Not only were his powers weakened at night, but mine were much stronger. Plus, the moon was full. Bingo. Waterbending would be at its strongest right now.
With the push and pull of my body, along with the raise of my arms, a wall of water rose above the deck of the giant steel battleship. Zuko's horrified expression only grew, along with my smirk. As I swatted my hand down, like I was shooing away a glowing fly, the wave came crashing down onto the ship. All Zuko could do was attempt to jump towards me, but he came down with the water.
Before the water completely dried out, I turned it to ice with a quick breath. By what I could tell, there was a small ice cave relatively close by. I could probably survive there for a while, until I figured out something else. Fishing would be my main food source, and odds were, I could start a relatively large fire.
The ship was a little too eerie for my liking. Nobody was around, and it was practically waterlogged. One…two…three doors down to the left was where I had been staying. I rummaged through the drawers of the dresser before finding a sack, a water tribe winter parka, probably stolen but it would do, and a pair of worn boots. I also found a pair of gloves, though the ring finger was missing in the right one, they'd have to do. I grabbed the clothes that I had worn before and stuffed them into the sack before slipping on a pair of white pants on underneath of the parka. I shoved my feet into the boots before I left the room for what would hopefully be the last time.
Though it was slightly painful to witness, Zuko stood from his melted spot on the deck. Damn those firebenders. Even from a distance, I could see that his eyes showed agony. I almost felt bad for him…but he wouldn't be getting help from me right now. I heard humming before I started my little bridge to the island. It took a minute, but I slowly looked over my shoulder to see Iroh walking with his hands behind his back. All he did was look from me, to the frozen boat, and then he shook his head as he took in a breath. I'm glad I got to running before the fire breath was able to catch up to me. All it really did was melt the path, making it almost impossible for him to follow behind.
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That's the end of chapter 4. I'm working on the next chapter already, and I've already written the rough drafts of the next two and a half chapters after that.
R/R
-Kaye