So... Hi. This story is for eef, one of my anonymous reviewers, that wanted to know what is would be like to be an Avatar's kid. Well, I can tell you one thing it would never be boring. So, with that little bit of inspiration I came up with 1,175 words of Akka, Soeri, Ummi and Kya in Upper Ba Sing Se and what it's like to be an Avatar's kid. Of course this is only one sinario...
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The Avatar's Kids
"It all started in Ba Sing Se… dad had to do a big peace/war meeting with all the world leaders. They have these kinds of things at least every 5 years. Well, he brought us all, mom, me, Soeri, Ummi, and Kya, to Ba Sing Se and told us to wait while he went to the meeting. Really, that's what he did. Well, Kya and I got bored so we got really anxious and…annoying so Mom sent us outside to find something to do. We sat in the park for a while until Ummi and Soeri got kicked out of the house too. So, now, all four of the Avatar's children are sitting on a bench in the park bored out of our minds...
"I'm bored," Akka said simply.
"Like I haven't heard that one before," Soeri said his hands on his knees. Ummi sat, lounging, quietly under a tree and Kya lay on her side ripping grass from the ground.
"We could-" she started then stopped.
"We could, what?" Soeri wanted to know.
"Never mind."
"What?"
"Yea, what?" Akka was curious now too.
"I don't know I'm too bored to think of anything to do!" Kya said sitting on her knees and putting her hands on her hips, like their mother always does.
The four kids laughed for a second and then cursed bored-ness set in again.
"I wish Ah-mai was here," Akka whined.
"I wish Qui was here," Kya whined also.
"I wish Layia was here," Soeri joined the whines.
"I wish all you would stop whining," Ummi concluded. They all stared at her.
"Why don't you kids go for a walk," they all looked up surprised at the voice. A man dressed in green, with a rake in his hand, had stopped by the group as they whined.
Akka sprung up at this suggestion and grabbed the glider staff off the grass. "That's a great idea!" She exclaimed and started down the garden path. Her brother and sisters looked strangely at one another before following the airbender's lead. The gardener stared quietly after them before his eyebrows knit as he realized something.
"Were those the Avatar's kids?"
The others ran to catch up with their sister.
"Akka where are we going?"
Akka shrugged and kept walking. Soon they reached the other end of the park. It opened up into a little alley that led to the main market place in the Upper Ring. As soon as they came from the alley, the kids noticed that shops and buyers littered the market. Kya nudged Akka in the side.
"What are we doing here?" she asked her big sister.
"Finding something to do," Akka replied.
"But this place is full of… rich people." Kya said.
Akka giggled and kept moving through the streets. She gripped her staff in both hands. The others followed closely behind her. No one seemed to notice the kids and kept on with their busy day.
The four kids passed by numerous amounts of stores and shops. Soeri stayed close by his sisters, keeping an eye on all who passed them. Ummi interested herself in window shopping and Kya stopped at one shop to see the jewelry there. Akka made her way through the streets smiling at people who passed her. She had gotten far in front of the others and could no longer see them in the crowd of people. She decided to stop at a little shop that sold an assortment of beaded hand bags.
"Good day, Miss, may I help you?" the lady behind the counter asked formally.
"No thank you," Akka said kindly remembering her manners. "I'm just browsing."
The woman nodded and was about to turn away when she addressed Akka again.
"You look… oh my, you are an airbender."
Akka looked up surprised at the lady's realization. Then she noticed a mirror on display in the shop. She had the trademark arrow on her forehead just like her father. She mentally slapped herself. 'Should have seen that one coming.'
"Wow," the lady said capturing Akka's attention again. "One of the Avatar's children in my own shop. Please" she said franticly, "You may have whichever one you would like. Oh, I noticed earlier that you noticed this one." She held up one of the bags. White and light blue beads decorated the front side in a pattern that reminded Akka of waves. Expert stitching also made designs on the bag. It looked very beautiful but Akka was a little freaked out by the woman offering it to her. Her eye was twitching as she held out the bag to Akka. The girl shook her head and slowly stepped away from the shop. She started to walk away but the woman came from behind and ran after her pushing the bag into her hands. Surprised, Akka jumped, dropping the bag on the floor. While the woman picked it up Akka ran in the direction she came.
"Gotta find Soeri," she decided trying to run through people. She used airbending to jump over people's heads. By now the whole market had discovered the Avatar's children were there. They started getting in Akka's way and telling her to take their merchandise. Akka was surrounded by people everywhere. Above all the noise and confusion she heard her name being called.
"AKKA!" Soeri called his sister's name again. He knew someone had recognized her as an airbender. It had almost happened to Ummi as well. "AKKA!" he called again. There were too many people in the market and they were all trying to get close to the airbender. Soeri sighed. "Ummi, see if you can jump onto that building and find her."
With a nod, Ummi jumped using her airbending to carry her up to the top of one of the buildings lining the streets.
"Do you see her?" Soeri called.
Ummi squinted through the crowds. She saw a piece of orange through the crowd. "There!" she pointed to the clothing. She leapt down to Soeri and Kya. "She's this way." Kya and Soeri followed through the crowd of shoppers. They had almost reached the center when they heard a shout.
"Look! It's the Avatar!" Suddenly, all the attention was turned from Akka to the man in a long orange robe. Akka sighed a breath of relief. The crowd started to thin as most of the nobles ran to the Avatar. Akka fell to her knees catching her breath. Soeri got to her first.
"You okay?" he asked. Akka started laughing.
"Yea," she managed to croak and she continued laughing. Akka felt a new had on her shoulder. She looked up at her dad. He smiled.
"So, how does in feel to be the Avatar's children?" he asked warmly. Akka never stopped laughing.
"Well, it's never boring."
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Cute, haha, well thank you everyone for the reviews on the previous chapter and vote in my poll for the next oneshot.
Has anyone else noticed that the divider bar isn't working!?!?!?!
