Author's note: Hello people! It's a beautiful week when you don't have to go to class, ain't it?

Here's one of the chapters I liked to write the most. In fact, it's one of the first ideas I had for this fic, only I couldn't choose the pov. But now I have and it's one of the longest chapters, so I hope you enjoy it ^^

The inspiring song is Black Wave/Bad Vibrations, by Arcade Fire *cries in 2014 Reflektor language* I miss the best concert of my life okay? :(

ANYWAY. Have fun! And l'll be waiting for your review, my beautiful and faithful readers.

11: Black wave and bad vibrations

Kya

When Yakone's trial happened, Kya was twelve. At twelve years old, her father, the Avatar, already had saved the world. At the same age, her mother was the only waterbender of the Southern tribe. And at age twelve, her uncle was the oldest male in their tribe, providing food for the families and starting the training of the little ones.

At age twelve, Kya had done nothing major yet and the fact that her big brother had just joined the army made things even more frustrating for her.

So there was Yakone's trial and suddenly the school was on lock down. No one was allowed to leave the building unless their respective adults would come to get them, and for the street kids the state would take care of them. Kya sat down in the school's cafeteria where all the children had been taken, and she took upon herself the responsibility to keep an eye on Tenzin, Lin and baby Su until someone would come to get them.

It felt like forever, the half hour that Smellerbee and Longshot took to come and show their pass to take them home along with their kid.

"Are we going to your place?" asked Tenzin looking through the window and seeing that their mobile wasn't taking the course to the docks, where they'd take a boat to the island.

"No," Longshot answered. "We're going to the hospital."

"Who got hurt?" Lin asked. Lin never liked small talk, always going right to the matter.

"No one got hurt, sweetie," Bee told them after exchanging a look with Shot. "It's just to make sure."

"Make sure of what?" Kya pressed.

For a moment, no one answered her, and after torturous seconds Longshot tapped his fingers on the steering wheel casually, looked at then through the rear view mirror.

"Some people took the bloodbending harder than others, that's all," he told them. "Everyone will be fine."

Kya's mind went to the night before when she overheard the adults talking, and a shiver went through her spine.

"You have to start taking it easy on your responsibilities, Sokka," Mom had said, taking the plate of dried beef from uncle's hands. "Remember what I said about your heart."

"What about it, Katara, come on!" he had protested.

"You know what about it!" Mom had practically shouted. "After tomorrow's trial you will have to choose between the council or the tribe. You're not 20 anymore to keep accumulating titles."

"Hey, I'm totally fine!" Uncle had protested. "I've never been better. Tell her, Aang."

"I do think you should choose," Father interfered. "Between Republic City, the South Pole and the White Lotus, you might have too much on your plate."

"Especially now with the girls," mother had argued and Kya frowned. What girls?

"What are you doing?" Tenzin had hushed, startling her and ruining all her chances to finding the answer for her question. Those damn light feet. "It's a school night."

Back in the car, the older of the girls blinked.

"Is it Uncle Sokka?" Kya asked and she got no answer, which could only mean one thing: yes.

"Uncle Sokka is hurt?" Tenzin said a little too loud and with a worry that would be too much for someone so young. Suyin started to fuss, which was a first. So far, she'd been really quiet.

"No one is hurt, kid, relax," Longshot said, but the damage had been done already and no one believed him.

It had been Uncle Sokka after all, they discovered when they got to the hospital, and it didn't matter how much Kya protested and pleaded, Father didn't let her go in to help out.

"Your mother is already there," he kept saying, as if it should be enough.

"Uncle needs all the help he can get," she argued to which Father chuckled.

"For the Spirits, Kya, he's not dying. It's just his heart that needs some reinforcements, that's all."

"I know everything about hearts!" she said, her last resort. The whole Yakone thing got her studying anatomy books for the last year.

"Kya, sweetheart," Father said putting a hand on her shoulder. "Can you wait?"

She could. Thing was, she didn't want to. But Father was asking nicely, so she decided to obey – just this time. At the first opportunity, she'd get in that room.

Suyin beat her to it. As soon as things quieted down and people started to be discharged, Kya looked around to see if she was clear to get into that room. Aunt Toph, who had kept guard in front of Uncle's door the whole time, had left to get some coffee and with the other kids at the hospital's library, Kya found her cue. She tiptoed and slid inside the room, but she was surprised to hear a kid's voice.

"Then, the fluffy friend was very, very sad," the toddler was saying and Kya looked up.

"Why was he sad?" Uncle Sokka asked and looked at Kya, offering her a little wink.

He was sitting on the bed, baby Su by his side flipping a colorful book that Kya had read when she was little. Uncle was braiding her hair and he looked fine. A little tired, but fine. It made her sigh with relief.

"Because the trees are gone," Suyin answered frowning at the book.

"All the trees?" uncle Sokka asked and Suyin turned the page.

"I think so," she said.

"How are you feeling, Uncle?" Kya asked while Su searched for her answer in the book.

"I told your mother that I'm fine," he said bothered. "It was just my arm that was a little numb."

Kya frowned. She might not always agree with her mother, but from all the reading she'd been doing, she could tell for sure that the numbness couldn't be a good sign.

"It's nothing, kid. It just feels like I slept wrong, you know?" he assured and Kya stepped closer.

"But what about your heart?" she wondered. "There must be something blocking your chi. Maybe I can locate where the disturbance is and help."

"It's here," Suyin said pointing at uncle's left arm. "The hurt."

Kya frowned and Uncle nodded.

"I know about chis, Kya," he said. "I'm taking care of it."

"Well, you're not doing a very good job!" Kya protested and felt her eyes sting. When did she get on the verge of tears?

"Kya," Uncle said ever so sweet, reaching for her and she closed the space, hid her face on his chest. "There, there. I'm fine, kiddo, see?"

"Mom keeps saying you're overworking," she said, her voice muffled. "And we know you won't quit the White Lotus, so you'll have to choose and the tribe is more important. You'll leave and you're sick and I won't be able to take care of you."

"Wow, I must be really old," he joked and Kya pouted.

"Aren't you like, 44?"

"Uh, excuse me? 43 and still oozing youth."

Kya leaned back and starred at him. 43 was 31 years more than her and that felt so old. Uncle Sokka touched the bridge between Kya's eyebrows to make her stop frowning.

"I've been studying, Uncle, I wanna help," she said and he nodded.

"Okay," he said.

"Okay?" Kya echoed wide eyed. Before she could say anything else, the door opened loudly and Toph got in.

"They are here!" she shouted, even thought it was a hospital. Kya noticed that there was a bit of a commotion going on in the hallway.

"Momma," Suyin called and aunt Toph caught the little girl in her arms.

"What are you doing here, badgermole?"

"Reading a story," Su answered.

"She was reading a story," Uncle said too, and in return aunt punched his arm. And then she kissed him. Kya was so confused.

"Don't you dare do that again!" Aunt said firmly as uncle rubbed the spot she had hit him. "And you, little brat, can't read yet."

Suyin opened her mouth to protest, but Kya's mom chose that exact moment to get in the room.

"Kya! Didn't your father tell you to wait outside?"

"Yeah," the girl mumbled avoiding eye contact. "But it was quiet now and I want to help."

"You can help by staying out of the way. You're not ready yet."

"You were not that much older than me when you brought Dad back from the dead!" Kya protested and mom crossed her arms.

"Aang needs to stop telling you all these stories," she said annoyed.

"Father didn't tell me anything. He told Tenzin, who told us," Kya replied bitterly. "Besides, I've got to start sometime!"

"Kya!"

"Katara," Uncle Sokka interrupted. "It's okay. Kya, come here, show her what you were telling me. About the chis?"

Kya stuttered for just a second before she caught up with what uncle was doing – letting her have a voice and a chance - and then she went back to business.

"Modern studies show different ways to unlock the chi in order to increase the strength of involuntary organs, like the heart, lungs, and so," she said bending her spirit water and applying some pressure on uncle's left arm looking for the place of distress. She found it near his shoulder. "Oh, she was right."

"Who?" her mother asked. Kya looked at the women and then at the toddler in Aunt's arms.

"Suyin," she said. "She pointed where the distress was. Is there a chance she's a waterbender, Aunt Toph? She didn't show any sign of bending yet."

There was a moment of silence where Aunt just stood frozen there with her mouth ajar, and Mom and Uncle exchanged a look Kya didn't understand. And then -

"It must have been the metal in the blood," Aunt answered. Kya had read that there was, indeed, metal in the blood; that was why it was red. She wondered if metalbenders would be able to bloodbend too.

"Makes sense," the girl said, and then turned to Uncle again. He smiled, encouraging her. "Okay, from what I've learned," Kya proceeded grateful that Uncle trusted her enough for it. She wasn't sure she would do it right, but at least mom was there and at least she was being useful. If she wanted her uncle to stick around, and she did, he would need all the help he could get. And Kya was first in line.

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