The Spirit World (Winter Solstice part 1)
Aangie's POV
"Those clouds look so soft don't they? Like you could just jump down and land on a big, soft, cottony heap," Katara said looking dreamily at the clouds they were flying over.
"Maybe you should give it a try?" Sokka proposed.
"You're hilarious," Katara said sarcastically looking back at her brother.
"I'll try it!" I cheered and lunged of Appa towards the clouds. I flew right through them, "Unfortunately these were just normal clouds, made of air and water," I said as I popped up behind them again and landed on Appa soaking wet after gliding up from the clouds. I made an airball around myself growing bigger so it dried of the water.
"Hey, what is that?" Katara asked and climbed to the edge of Appa's saddle. I did so too and the land seemed to have some kind of scar.
"It's like a scar," Sokka said as if reading my mind.
We landed in the burnt nature.
"Listen, it's so quiet, it's like there's no one anywhere," Sokka said sliding of Appa.
"Aangie, are you ok?" Katara asked me. I wasn't, the fire nation had been here and ruined the land, there might have been people here… that they killed! Maybe I could've stopped this, if I didn't disappear.
"Fire nation, those evil savages make me sick! They have no respect for…" Katara cut Sokka off by shushing him. "What, I'm not allowed to be angry?" he asked. I dropped down onto my knees and fell to the dry ground.
"Why would anyone do this? How could I let this happen?" I asked upset feeling the ground with my hands.
"Aangie, you didn't let this happen, it has nothing to do with you," Katara said supportingly, but it wasn't true.
"Yes, it does! It's the avatar's job to protect nature, but I don't know how to do my job…" I said looking up into the sky.
"That's why we're going to the North Pole," Katara assured.
"Yeah, to find me a waterbending teacher and we have to find someone that can teach me the other elements, but there is no one that can teach me how to be the avatar," I said upset, "monk Gyatso said that avatar Roku would help me."
"But he died over a hundred years ago, how was he supposed to help you?" Sokka asked confused.
"I don't know," I answered upset, "Maybe Gyatso knew…"
"Hey Aangie are you ready to be cheered up?" Katara asked me.
"Yeah, if you can manage," I said not even turning towards her. Katara threw something at my head. I quickly spun around,
"Hey, how could that possibly cheer anyone up?" I asked rubbing my head.
"Cheered me up," Sokka laughed at me. Katara turned towards with and hit him in the head too. I snickered as he immediately stopped laughing,
"I take it back," I smiled.
"Yeah, I probably deserved that," Sokka admitted. It's weird, Sokka has the worst jokes ever, but he is actually kinda funny…sometimes…
"These acorns are everywhere, Aangie," Katara said showing me an acorn, "That means the forest will grow back, every single one of these will be a tall oak tree someday and all the birds and animals that lived here, will come back!" Katara assured and gave me the acorn.
"Thanks Katara," I said and folded my hand around it. We heard footsteps.
"Hey, who are you?" Sokka asked the old man that walked towards us.
"When I saw the flying bison I thought it was impossible," he said coming closer, "Those markings…are you the avatar, child?" he asked me. I nodded, "My village desperately needs your help," he said and showed us to his village.
The village was partly destroyed. Some houses were destroyed completely, others only partly.
"This young person is the avatar," the old man introduced me to some people.
"So the rumors of your return are true? It is the greatest honor of a life time to be in your presence," a man told me and bowed.
"Nice to meet you too," I answered with a smile, "So, is there something I can help you with?" I asked referring to what the old man had told me.
"I'm not sure," the man said.
"Our village is in crises, he's our only hope!" the man said.
"For the last few days, at sunset a spirit monster comes and attacks our village," the man said,
"He is Haibi, the black and white spirit," the old man said.
"Why is it attacking you?" Sokka asked.
"We do not know, but each of the last three nights he has abducted one of our own, we are especially fearful because the winter solstice draws near," the man answered and looked outside.
"What happens then?" I asked.
"When solstice approaches our natural and the spirit world moves closer and closer until the line between them blur completely," the man said, "Haibi is already causing devastation and destruction, once the solstice is here, there is no telling what will happen," he said worriedly.
"So, what do you want me to do exactly?" I asked.
"Who better to dissolve a crisis between our world and the spirit world, than the avatar herself? You are the great bridge between man and spirits," the old man told me.
"Right, that's me," I said and looked away.
"Hey great bridge girl, can I talk to you over here for a second?" Katara asked me. I followed after her, "Aangie, you seem a little unsure about all this," she told me.
"Yeah, that might be because I don't know anything at all about the spirit world," I answered as Sokka walked over. The two looked at each other.
"It's not like there's someone to teach me this stuff," I informed.
"So, can you help these people?" Katara asked me.
"I have to try! Maybe what I'll have to do will just come to me," I proposed.
"I think you can do it Aangie!" Katara assured.
"Yeah…we're all gonna get eaten by a spirit monster," Sokka said and I grabbed his hand and flipped him.
"Hey, I saved your village didn't I?" I asked him and he gave in rubbing his head.
"Hello, spirit? Can you hear me?" I asked holding onto my staff, "This is the avatar speaking," I said holding onto my staff. I was alone outside and walked towards the city gate. "I'm here to try to help stuff," I said.
The darkness rolled in and the sun set.
"The sun is set, Where are you Haibi?" I asked, "Well, spirit, I hereby ask you to please leave this village in peace!" I said doing some stuff with my staff to make it look more serious. "Ok, was that a yes?" I asked when nothing happened. I walked some steps backwards and all of a sudden I saw a spirit coming in the gate. "You must be the spirit Haibi," I told it. "I'm the avatar, I want to solve the problems between the village for your world and this world," I told it. I shot out a bright light from its mouth. He walked over me, totally ignoring me, and destroyed a house. I ran after it. With enhanced speed I stopped in front of it.
"Haibi, I demand you to stop!" I said, but it kept destroying the buildings. The spirit knocked me into the roof of a building and I saw the blurred image if Sokka storming out. I shook off the dissyness as he came over to me.
"Sokka, you have to go back inside! I need to figure this out for myself," I told him.
"We'll fight him together Aangie," he told me.
"No, we can't fight him!" I said, but it was too late, the Haibi grabbed Sokka and ran out from the village. I opened my glider and flew after him. I flew through the woods trying to catch up with Sokka.
"Aangie, over here, help!" Sokka yelled.
"Hang on Sokka!" I said and I catched up the Haibi. I reached out my hand for Sokka, but as soon as he managed to take my hand, he disappeared together with the Haibi. The shock caused me to crash into the ground.
I woke up next to a bear statue.
"Sokka!" I yelled. He was nowhere to be seen, "I failed," I told myself, I promised Gyatso to become a worthy avatar, maybe I won't manage to keep that promise… I walked back to the city. I saw the old man talking to Katara.
"I would be shocked if the avatar returned without him," he said, well, I'm a failure.
"Katara, Katara I lost him," I said. They didn't answer me.
"The sun is rising, perhaps he will return soon," the old man said.
"What, no, I'm here guys," I said, but they didn't see me, or hear me. I waved my hand in front of him, that's when I realized my hand was a blue-like, transparent color.
"I'm in the spiritworld," I realized. Appa came and Katara told him I probably would return with both Sokka and some moon peaches.
"Avatar Roku, how can I talk to you!?" I yelled in frustration. I heard a growl,
"Sokka?" I asked. It wasn't Sokka though.
"That's definitely not Sokka I decided and glided off. Or I attempted to, but my air bending didn't work. The thing came towards me, it was a dragon.
"You don't know where Sokka is do you?" I asked. Don't judge me, it was worth a try! The dragon used one of its feelers to touch my forehead. All of a sudden I got a vision.
I saw the same dragon, only in red, its original color. Roku was flying on him.
"You're avatar Roku's animal guide, like Appa is to me!" I told it, "I need to save my friend and I don't know how," I told the dragon, "Is there some way for me to talk to Roku?" I asked and it bent down so I could sit ing its long neck. I got on and the dragon flew me to Roku. The dragon flew me to a fire nation island, straight through a ceiling into a room. There was a statue of Roku there. Once again the dragon touched my forehead. I saw an image of a comet.
"Is that what Roku want to talk to me about?" I asked, "A comet? When can I talk to him?" I asked. The dragon bent down and a light shone through the wall and landed next to the statue of Roku. The dragon showed me a vision, after some days, the light would reach Roku on the solstice and I would be able to talk to him.
"…So that when I'll be able to speak to Roku?" I asked the dragon, "But I can't wait that long, I need to save Sokka now," I said. The dragon flew me back to the bear statue. I saw my body sitting on top, so this was just my spirit and I leave my body where I enter the spirit world.
I glided back to the village.
"You're back!" Katara exclaimed and hugged me, "Where's Sokka?" she asked.
"I'm not sure," I said.
The night fell again and I was waiting for the spirits return. And there it was. It crushed a house next to me, immediately I created a big ball of air around me to block the flying wood.
"Aangie, what are you doing? Run!" Katara yelled from inside. Instead I followed after the spirit and flew in front of it. Gently I touched its forehead like Roku's dragon had done with me. I could see a panda bear…
"You are the spirit of this forest," I realized, "Now I understand, you're upset and angry because your home was burnt down. When I saw the forest I was sad and upset, but my friend gave me hope that the forest would grow back," I said and put the acorn Katara gave me at the ground in front of the spirit. The spirit picked up the acorn and turned into a panda again. Once it left the through the gate a bush of bamboo grew up and all the abducted people came out.
"Sokka!" Katara exclaimed and ran towards him.
"What happened?" Sokka asked confused.
"You were trapped in the spiritworld for twentyfour hours, how are you feeling?" Katara asked.
"Like I seriously need to use the bathroom," Sokka said, that's the Sokka we all know and love! I snickered as he ran inside
"Thank you avatar, if only there was a way to repay you for what you've done," the man, who was the leader of the village said.
"You could give us some supplies and some money," Sokka said. I facepalmed and Katara nudged him
"Sokka," she said giving him a look.
"What? We need stuff," he excused matter of factly.
"It would be an honor to help you prepare for your journey," the man said.
"I'm really proud of you Aangie, you figured out everything alone," Katara said with a small smile.
"Actually, I had some help, oh, and there's something else," I said and thinking about the comet.
"Yeah Aangie, what is it?" Sokka asked curious.
"I need to talk to Roku, and I think I found a way to contact his spirit," I said.
"That's great," Katara exclaimed happily.
"Creepy…but great," Sokka admitted. He was right, though.
"There's a temple on a crescent shaped island, if I go there on the solstice I'll be able to speak with him," I explained.
"But the solstice is tomorrow," Katara said.
"Yeah, and there's one more problem," I admitted, "the island is in the fire nation," I said. Both Sokka and Katara looked scared, so we'll have to wait and see where this is going…
Ok, that was The Spirit World. Hope you liked the chapter and will join me in the next one! Oh and also, the chapter isn't yet, but when it comes, would you like it to Aangie/Jet? I thought it could be interesting in book 2 when Jet and Zuko meet and stuff like that...but I wanna hear your opinions! :) foxchick1:
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