Chapter 4: Air Temple Island

"Dinner!" Pema called down the hall. With a "whoosh" her youngest child sat at the table waiting for his other siblings. She sat down beside her husband. Her short 17 year old son dragged himself to the table where he grabbed a plat, loaded food onto it and left for his bedroom.

"Meelo, its dinner time, family time." Tenzin called down to him. He went to get up but his wife stopped him, "Alright."Ikki arrived not long after Meelo's disappearance and sat down, "We are thankful for this meal and the friends and family we have." Her mother had cooked water tribe dishes such as seaweed noodles or stewed sea prunes which were her grandmother's favourite.

"I thought Jinora was joining us." Pema asked looking at Ikki who knew nothing of her sister's plans.

"No, she has a council meeting in the morning and is preparing it." Tenzin replied.

"Are you going in?" Ikki stared at her plate. She hated when the council was brought up. It reminded her that she would have to talk to her father about not wanting to be a part of it.

"No. She is taking this one by herself. That's why she is preparing for it." Ikki jabbed her chopstick into her noodles feeling jealous that her parents would never be as proud of her as they were with Jinora.

"Father, I think I'm ready to move onto the next step." Rohan said changing the subject. Tenzin raised bushy eyebrows looking at his son.

"Already? Excellent! I shall show you tomorrow. Did you meditate today?" Rohan nodded swallowing a mouthful of noodles.

"I got Ikki to join me as well." Ikki rested her head on her left hand. She could feel her father's eyes stare at her stare at her as he muttered, "Impressive..."

After dinner Ikki helped her mother tidy up the retired to bed already fed up of Air Temple Island. It wasn't that she hated her family, it was the training. All she could think about was how her grandfather, father and sister were all masters at her age and she wasn't even close. Even if she completed the 37 tiers or steps she would never be receive her airbending tattoos. To become a true master you must complete the 37 tiers and create a new airbending move. And every time Ikki would try and think of a new move her mind would go fuzzy and stop working.