Chapter Two: Goodbye, Tierra

It was the day after Ceres' father had told her about the coming trip. After she's finished milking the Zikros (they don't look much like cows, but they can be milked) she had rushed off to tell her best friend, Tierra. It took a while to find her out in the village, since she could be anywhere. She had most of her days to herself, since she wasn't in a farm family. Finally she found her at the market.

"Tierra!" Ceres yelled out to Tierra. She ran up next to her.

"Hey, Ceres. Where's the fire?" Tierra asked with a laugh.

"Guess what?" Ceres said.

"What?"

"I'm going to Omashu tomorrow!" Ceres cried happily.

Tierra stood there in amazement. "How in the world did you get to go there?"

"We're going to sell our cabbages. We get to stay there for a few days!"

"Lucky. I wish I could go." Tierra said.

"Don't worry; I'm sure you'll get a chance." Ceres said, giving Tierra a pat on the shoulder. "Need help with that market basket?"

"Sure. You take this one; I'll take this one." Tierra said, putting a basket full of vegetables and fruit in it into Ceres arms. She filled up the one she had now and started to go back to her house. Ceres followed behind her, making sure not to drop it. They stopped at her house and set the baskets on the porch.

"I need to go." Ceres said, and ran off. She waved back at Tierra, knowing she wouldn't see her for a few weeks. When she returned to her home she saw Adamina watering the fields with her water bending. Secretly, Ceres admired her for being a bender. She'd tried to bend before, but no matter what she did nothing happened. She'd spent a whole year trying earth bending, but she didn't get so much as a pebble to move. She was sure that she was destined to be a non-bender, no matter what.

She went into the barn to feed the animals. She got some hay and put it in the troughs of the Zikros, and gave her Armisho an apple. She then gave him a pat on the head and ran into the house. Leslie jumped onto her shoulder again and rode her through the house as she went up to her room.

Ceres flopped onto her small bed. It was on the floor, and it wasn't that soft, but she'd gotten used to it. Leslie curled up next to her, her large ears twitching every now and then. Ceres fell asleep quickly.

"Ceres! Hurry up already! Wake up!" Ceres' father yelled at her from behind her door. She woke up instantly and jumped up. Leslie jumped on her shoulder and had to wrap her paws around her arms to keep from falling off. Ceres ran out the door to the farm, preparing the wagon. Her father was already out there, making sure that the Armishos were reined right.

"What took you so long?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, Father. I slept in." she said, reluctance in her voice. She said as she mounted her Armisho. "So, can we get going?" she asked him.

He mounted his Armisho and cracked the reins. It started to run off, towing the wagon with cabbages in it. Ceres followed him, the Armisho's legs lifting up highly with each plod it took. Leslie sat on Ceres' head and enjoyed the ride.

Second chapter is done! Yay. I don't have much to say, I guess.