He clenched his fist and fire sprung out.
"You're a fire bender," the little girl gasped as she approached him with eyes full of wonder. Taking his hand, she inspected it. Daryl tried not to think about the sensations that her touch was bringing forth to him, and just watched the girl – Beth- who so far was the only one of his classmates who bothered to speak to him.
Beth was pretty, Daryl observed. Her eyes were too big for her face but she reminded him of an angel anyways. She was wearing a sky blue dress, with white ribbons on her hair, and she, for some reason unbeknownst to him, fascinated him.
It is probably because she bothered to talk to you.
He did not understand why she was fascinated about his fire bending; it was not like he was the only fire bender in the world.
You are the only fire bender in this town though.
"Wow," Beth exclaimed as she continued to inspect his hand as if she was trying to see just from where the flames ignited from. "Can you make another flame?" She then asked him taking a step back from him, and turned her head to see if any teacher was watching them.
After making sure that they were really out of their teacher's view, since bending in school was prohibited, Daryl then went on to produce another flame. This time he allowed to flame to be a little bigger than the first flame he lit. He held the succulent orange fire in his palm for about a minute longer too, and he was glad he did. His fire was lighting Beth just perfectly. Her blue eyes looked surreal as she watched the flame, and he was left in awe.
"That was beautiful," Beth whispered as he let the flame go, the heat becoming too much.
"I don't know if it's beautiful," Daryl responded as he turned to look at his worn shoes, and bringing his left thumb to his mouth and biting at the skin there.
"Fire is really dangerous," Daryl said. His father sure taught him that. Fire was dangerous especially in the wrong hands, and in his hands Daryl felt fire was no good. He has never used it for anything wrong, but he is certain that the inevitable time when he will, will come along. It is not that he wants it to come along either, but he is a Dixon, and Dixons have never used their bending for good, that's why when he discovered he could bend too, he ran into the woods and cried.
"Yes," Beth agreed looking at him straight on with those eyes that were blue as the sea. "My daddy said fire is dangerous, but I still think it is beautiful."
Moving to take a seat on the ground and effectively staining her pretty blue dress, Beth added, as she patted the spot next to her with her little hand and beckoned Daryl to sit down next to her, "I mean fire is life. I read a book written by a fire bender and he described the fire he bent as a pulse, like a heartbeat. He admitted that fire was dangerous, but it was also essential to life. I mean without fire we would freeze in the winter, and eat food raw. Fire is beautiful, Daryl."
Thinking over her words, clearly mesmerized by the wisdom that Beth held Daryl then asked, "If… if you could be a bender, would you want to be a fire bender?"
"Yes," Beth answered quickly springing to her feet and practicing bending forms. "I would also like to be an earth bender, and an air bender."
"You would not want to be a water bender?" Daryl curiously asked. Why not be a water bender. Water bending is cool. He would much rather be a water bender than a fire bender.
"I'm already a water bender," was Beth's response, and as she lifted the water from the puddle not far from them. Daryl could not help but reciprocate the amazement she showed him and the wide grin she was giving him as she gently moved the water around them.
"Wow," Daryl exclaimed. "That is so cool."
"Thank you," Beth proudly said letting the water go, and returning to her seat next to him.
There's supposed to be more to this, I want there to be more to this, but I am drawing a blank. Here is where I am going to leave it then. I know it is an awkward finish but I don't know where to proceed from here, so if you have any ideas let me know because I love Avatar: The Last Airbender and I always wanted to make a Walking Dead/ Bethyl crossover with them, but I am drawing blanks. Thank you for reading and please review:)