Can you take me, without breaking me? Part 4

As I was sleeping I heard people shuffling around outside of the tent. I sat up and peeked out of the tent. I saw a few men with a red tattoo going across their faces. One of the men turned around, pointing to the tent and raised his bow and arrow to me.

''Why are you in our territory, answer us now or we will shoot you down!'' He exclaimed.

I carefully stepped out of the tent, trying not to make any sudden movements.

''I am Rai, I ran away from home, and I had no where else to stay, so I.. I decided to camp out here. I am sorry.'' I said bowing.

One of the men snorted. ''How old are you?''

'' 16'' I quickly lied, afraid that if I was any younger I would be killed.

''Come with us.'' The man said. I got my bag and set out with them.

''Your not going to hurt me... Are you?'' I asked one of the men.

''No, we have another thing in mind for you... Are you a bender?'' He said. ''No.'' I replied quickly. He didnt give an answer back.

''Do you want to know why we told you to follow us?'' One of the younger men whispered to me.

I nodded. ''They are taking you to train, to be a Yu Yan archer. They are always trying to get new-'' He was cut off because one of the men turned around suspiciously.

''I'm Ryon by the way, and I am 14.'' He said. I was surprised to hear that.

''I am Rai, and I will be 13 in a couple of days.'' I said. He looked confused. ''You could have told them your real age, they wouldn't have cared.'' He whispered.

We stopped walking when we came to this like quarters. There were a couple of people aiming at targets and shooting the directly in the middle, followed by other arrows going straight through them. I mouthed the word 'wow' And I was instantly exited to become a Yu Yan archer. I began to feel sad about how I would never see Zuko again, and my father. I instantly shook the thought out of my head as one of the men shoved the uniform into my hand.

''Change, over there is good. We will begin your training as soon as your ready.'' He snapped.

I nodded and walked into the forest, I made sure I was well hidden behind the tree before slowly getting on the uniform and out of my old clothes. It fitted perfectly, I tied the head band around my head and made my way back to the base.

''Alright, now show us your aim!'' The man shouted throwing me a bow and arrow. I looked straight ahead, looking for a target. When the man noticed I locked the target on he shouted to me. ''What is your target!''

''The leaf sir.'' I said focusing on the leaf about 6 feet away blowing in the breeze. He studied me closely before I pulled the arrow back and let it loose. It hit the leaf, and pinned it to another tree. I stepped back a little to see how close I was to it. 'Not very close' I thought.

''OK, so we will practice and train a bit more, soon you will a full fledged Yu Yan archer.'' The man said lighting up a little. I let out a sigh of relief.

-Zuko-

I stepped up on the dock where the ship would be coming. I was banished and I couldn't belive it. I should have kept my mouth shut. I mentally slapped myself, and then a thought came to me. ''Uncle, have you seen Rai.'' His normally cheerful face sunk down into a frown.

''I dont know, every one is saying that she is dead.''

My jaw dropped. I decided not to ask anything else. Fearing the details. We both quietly waited for the ships to arrive, taking us on our journey to search for the avatar.

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