I got the idea for this one from the movie, and also a bit from Nightmare on Elm Street.
I'm sorry, the opportunity was just golden and begging to be there.
Kailee was excited as she looked out over a field of what she knew must have been flowers and grass, having never seen so many empty places for herbs and wildlife to grow unhindered. She began rolling around excited, and then heard a shout of a woman. She looked up to find the woman from the painting motioning for her to join her on a log, and she beamed and raced up to join her.
It was then that Kailee noticed a man beside her, and they were excitedly motioning for her to join them on the log. She moved up the hill and through the fields of flowers expertly, never once stepping on a single one, and to her delight there was somehow a large vine of what she presumed was ivy for her to use as a rail as she climbed the hill.
She began teetering on the log dangerously, much to her delight once she reached there. For the longest time she simply went on from balancing from log to log as they teetered more and more dangerously. She hopped off of one log and onto the grass below, and she smiled as she looked down at a river that the two were now bathing in.
"Come on in! The water's great!" they called up.
"Join us!" he yelled.
"Come on, you'll be fine!" the woman encouraged.
But something within Kailee was pulling her backwards. Some unseen force was pulling her backwards as though it were human.
"Join us!" the man yelled jumping up as he turned into a giant winged human that reminded Kailee of a flying Lemur with dragon scales and a human body instead.
She let the pulling sensation win as she screamed in horror at what was before her.
LOK
Iroh jerked himself to his feet as the mute from before continued to balance extremely dangerously on the rails of the ship. He forced his way to her, relieved when she jumped down, but was confused only slightly when she started waving to an unseen item in the waters.
He lunged forwards to grab her as he realized that she was sleep-walking. It hadn't happened before that Mako and Bolin had known of, nor that he knew of either, which was extremely puzzling and confirmed his suspicions that she'd been hypnotized first.
She fought for her freedom as he wrapped his arms around her waist and began trying to pull her back away from the rail. He pulled harder and harder, and was at the point where he was tempted to call for his lieutenant for backup when she let out a bloodcurdling scream and let him pull her away. But as they landed and he began trying to pull her towards the stairs, she began trying to fight him again.
"Wake up!" he yelled, and she shook her head. "Wake up!"
He shook her harshly for a few times, and she jerked awake, her eyes snapping open with tears flowing from them. With merely a few seconds' hesitation she buried her face into his shirt and began sobbing uncontrollably.
"I know, they're extremely realistic sometimes," he said leading her to the stairs. "Come with me, I'll keep you safe."
She huddled closer to him, and he turned up the heat in his body with his chi. She seemed to enjoy this somewhat, or rather it calmed her a little more, and he led her quickly to the inside of the ship. The door was closed after him, but right as he turned around to lead her to a side room, it was opened by the spray of water.
Iroh angrily rammed the door shut and locked it, which was not something you normally did on a battleship unless the storm outside was extremely bad. And he didn't just lock it with one lock, he used multiple, which would let his soldiers know that it was a hurricane outside.
He quickly turned around again and led the mute nonbender to the hottest room he could find that wouldn't send her into shock – his own quarters. It was usually hot in there since he liked to keep the temperature up to let him feel less homesick when the urge to go home during a war was extremely bad, and tonight was no different.
She sat down on a towel warily, and he nodded before going to get his kettle full of water and then some herbs to ensure that she wouldn't get sick. He began grinding them skillfully, an art that he learned from his mother, who had learned it from her father, who had learned it from General Iroh the first, the new General's namesake. It didn't take Iroh very long to create the tea, and he created just enough for the two of them to enjoy without having to worry about needing to reheat it much.
Iroh noticed that his guest sniffed it and watched him before doing anything. He realized that she was waiting for permission to drink, and he nodded as he went to take a wary sip of the tea. He'd put in a memory enhancer, and an herb to help ease a headache or for trauma. He had always been a fast learner about which herbs went best together, and was now quite glad that he'd been able to spend the time with his mother, and even with Fire Lord Zuko to make tea together.
The nameless girl seemed to relax a little more as she drank, but was immediately alert as the boat gave a sudden jerk. The tea, luckily for them, was at a low enough level in their cups to remain unaffected by it, even though her nerves clearly were. She looked to him fearfully, and he nodded as he shifted himself back to the upright position.
She seemed to relax a little more as she finished the tea. As she set the mug down on the table, the ship lurched yet again, almost capsizing it. she screamed in alarm, and Iroh knew that the only way to keep her calm was to keep her by his side for the time being, which he did when she went to cling to him in terror.
"Kailee," she rasped, and he looked at her and blinked. "I'm Kailee."
They know who she is, but what will happen now do you think?
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