Okay people, I apologize for not updating... been busy, but I am writing now, so that counts, right? Okay moving on. The poll… I am disappointed in the lack of people voting, but those that did wanted a bending power. I will be putting another poll up to decide on which element it will be.
Virginia didn't get much sleep that night; first of all, her mind would not shut up. It kept going over different scenarios of what could go wrong. Sokka could end up falling for Suki and leaving her for the warrior… Or when they go to the Northern water tribe when he meets Yue… Okay so maybe she was overreacting, but she really liked him, and maybe… She sighed; she knew that if her friend knew of what was going on, after congratulating her on getting a boyfriend, she would scold her for moving so fast with a boy she just met. Sure, kissing wasn't really moving fast, but they were teenagers, and just met a few days ago… She sighed, sitting up just as Katara peeked into the tent, smiling as she saw Virginia was awake, though she never really got any sleep in the first place, maybe two or so hours...
"Good, your awake, Aang is up and ready to go, was trying to wake Sokka up then we can go, just got to pack up your tent now." She smiled, and then backed out of the tent. As Virginia was stepping out of the tent with her blankets in her hands she caught sight of Aang moving a stick along Sokka's sleeping back and yelling about a snake.
She jumped, dropping all of the blankets as Sokka screamed, jumping up and down in the sleeping back "Ahhh! Get it off get it off! AHH!" Then with a 'thump' he fell to the ground face first.
Virginia giggled as she stooped to pick the blankets back up to pass to Katara, then started dis-assembling the tent as Sokka went about grumbling. He came by to pick up the tent and pack it away after Virginia had folded it; she forced a serious look on her face as she watched him pout throughout the whole thing.
It wasn't that long, thanks to Aang's urging, that they were all seated in the massive saddle once more, and up in the sky. Katara was seated with Aang on Appa's head, while Sokka was peeking over the edge of the saddle. Virginia was sitting with her back against the edge of the saddle nearest Appa's tail, watching him with a soft smile.
She raised an eyebrow as he held his stomach, mumbling under his breath as he started looking through the bags near the front, she blinked, what was he looking for?
"Hey! Who ate all my blubbered seal jerky?!" Oh! She tried not to giggle, shaking her head fondly as Aang sheepishly confessed to using it as a fire starter. "You what?" He sighed, "Awe, no wonder the flames smelled so good." He pouted once more, putting his chin in his hands. Virginia sighed softly, crawling over towards him on all fours, she was –not- going to stand up while flying! She wrapped her arms around him, sighing softly.
"Don't worry; I'm sure we can find something to eat once we get to the Air temple." He sighed, leaning his head against her shoulder. "What is with you and pouting anyway?"
He jumped away, eyes narrowed slightly as his cheeks flushed. "I do not pout!" Virginia just giggled as Katara and Aang smothered their laughter as they realized they were almost there.
"So where do I get something to eat?" I rolled my eyes at Sokka, pointing towards a nearby tree. "That is a tree Virginia... not food… are you feeling okay?"
Katara huffed, "You're lucky enough to be one of the first outsiders to ever visit an Air bending temple, and all you can think about is food?"
Sokka glowered at her as she started walking faster, "I'm just a simple guy, with simple needs." Sokka flushed, looking out of the corner of his eyes at me as we neared Aang.
"So that's where my friends and I would play air ball! And over there is where the bison would sleep! And…"Aang sighed, looking down.
Katara stepped closer, "What's wrong?"
Aang looked over the empty temple, "This place used to be full of Monks and lemurs and bison. Now there's just a bunch of weeds." He sighed again, sounding more and more depressed. "I can't believe how much things have changed…"
Katara and Sokka shared a look while I moved away, moving to inspect a few things, I didn't really want to see Aang loose it and go into the Avatar state, besides… they handled it okay before, right? I wandered towards Appa again; knowing that it would be a while before the others came back, mumbling something about my arm and head hurting. Once I reached Appa I patted his side and curled up next to him, his fur so soft, lulling me into a deep sleep.
"Hey, there you are… c'mon wake up…" I mumbled, shifting to look at Sokka, he was smiling softly and gently moving some hair from my face. "We're going to head out here soon, Aang found out that he was the last of his people… and Katara is trying to get him to come back so we can head to the northern water tribe already… were supposed to get everything packed up and ready to go by time they get here."
I smiled, shifting to sit up, but as I stood up my head started buzzing, I groaned as black spots flooded my vision, causing me to collapse into Sokka's arms.
