Chapter 3! Time Is Life
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It's now or never. The group of three are on the ocean in search of Zuko's ship. Sokka's choice of using a ship could cost Katara her life. Aang and Katara are feeling deprived of one another. AxK we love that pairing don't we:D And no, Zuko is not getting paired with Magnolia or Katara folks! They don't even talk about each other xD
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I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender ;;; If I did, I'd actually let the fans toss ideas at me!
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I own my character/s and idea/s. Lana owns her character/s and idea/s that may appear in this luffly story!
Characters that are in this chapter..
Aang
Katara
Sokka
Magnolia (My OC)
Prince Zuko
Iroh
Fire Nation Soldiers
Aang then flopped down and sat close to Appa and then leaned upon him. He remembered how throughout the years he's known Katara, she was the one who laughed at his animal impersonations. He smiled slightly as the memories he loved and adored so much flowed within his mind. Though after a while of sweet remembrance, his heart skipped a beat as soon as he remembered the gravity of the situation. Katara was in danger and Sokka was steering.
Magnolia frowned and glanced to Aang, she knew something was bothering him but she knew what was best, if anyone is going to sulk they better sulk alone, that was a small rule she made for herself since the death of her parents. She knew her parents didn't care for her, no matter how much she cared for them. She shook it off as she just glanced blankly at the ocean as she muttered softly to herself, "It feels like something's just out there waiting for me.." Magnolia slightly frowned as she just continued to stare blankly and she muttered softly to herself once again, "But...what? Probably nothing." Sokka rolled his eyes as he said in a confused tone, "Ok..what's with the quiet! Really now, Aang I know you're normally yapping away about something so what's the deal?"
Aang glanced over and frowned to Sokka. Aang had that look that triggered Katara to do her best to cheer him up and make him smile again. After a moment of silence Aang then said and a concerned tone, "I'm just worried about Katara..that's all.." After Aang spoke Momo hopped up onto Aangs shoulder and Appa nuzzled Aang once. Aang let out a soft chuckle as he pet Momo and said, "Thanks Appa, thanks Momo.." Sokka then blinked then said quite loud in an annoyed tone, "Hey what about me!" Aang blinked a few times then smiled, "Oh yeah! Thanks Sokka, uhhh you might wanna keep your eyes on the ocean."
Sokka then quickly began to focus on steering once again. While that went on Magnolia ran her fingers through her long bangs for a moment as she then slowly snapped out of her realization of the past. What happened happend, she can't change that and she knew it. She then quickly glanced over to Sokka then walked over toward the steering wheel of the boat. Magnolia quirked that exposed eyebrow of hers then blinked before she said, "Have a seat for a while I'm taking over...you wouldn't be able to steer us through a bath tub."
Sokka grunted as he muttered, "Stupid pesky girl." After he said those words he flopped down near Aang but not directly next to him of course. Magnolia cautiously took the wheel realizing that she had to take this time to concentrate on helping her newly found helpers. It was now her job to get them there before Katara's fate was decided by Prince Zuko. From the current situation..she felt as if this was some sick and twisted form of a cat and inferior animal chasing game.
Upon Zuko's Fire Nation Ship once again...
Within the cabin of the ship Iroh was sitting down across one of the Fire Nation soldiers as he had then announced, "I win again, thanks to the lotus tile and my tea." The soldier sitting across Iroh then scowled and said, "It's not fair, you always win no matter who it is." Iroh looked to him and blinked as he then made motions with his hands relevant to the situation as he said, "Well, you see it takes years and years of practice to master the game of pai sho. The point is you are improving." The soldier got up and as he left to check on how things were around the rest of the ship he couldn't help but wonder why the war was occurring. Now as for with Prince Zuko, things weren't going as well.
He narrowed those lovely golden hued eyes of his as he then spoke calmly, "I'm going to ask you one more time...and this time you better know..." The waterbender we all know as Katara then snapped out, "I don't know and asking me isn't going to change that so...STOP ASKING ME!" Zuko then put his hands behind his back as he looked off as if something within him was missing, "I suppose I'll never know what happened then...too bad that answering my question was the only thing you were good for. You couldn't even do that. Pathetic walrus." Katara then yelled out, "I'm not a walrus you heartless jerk!" After Zuko heard Katara's words he then scowled as he looked to her, "Fine, it's hard to believe you know nothing about her.." As Zuko left that holding room being fed up with what he considered as the most annoying and disturbing female in China.
Back with Aang and his group...
Magnolia glanced over her shoulder as Sokka announced, "That's Prince Zuko's ship! Now we need to think of a plan and then we'll get Katara." Aang just looked to Sokka and frowned as he said with sadness coated in his voice, "Sokka, what if there isn't enough time to get Katara after we make a plan?" Sokka was about to respond but before he could work his instamatic Magnolia then said sharply, "I'm taking over this since you two seem like the newest sob stories, Avatar, get the bison ready and annoying waterbender...follow the Avatar's lead." Sokka smacked his own forehead with his left hand and muttered softly, "Getting told to what to by a girl, this isn't right.." As Aang used airbending to get onto Appa he grabbed onto the reins. While Sokka was climbing up looking as if he was in a climbing race with Momo, Magnolia walked over to Appa and made a slight motion with her hands.
The slight motion of her hands then caused a shadow to flow from beneath Appa's saddle to create a rope with the shadow. After the shadow rope was formed she quickly climbed up toward Appa's saddle. That shadow rope of hers vanished after her as soon as she got upon Appa's saddle..to her this was not a big surprise. Once Sokka got onto Appa's saddle along with Momo he snickered then said, "Wow, you must be a weak girl if you can't keep a measly shadow magic rope around." He then chuckled and continued to speak, "I mean really, that's just weak..well then again I should've known, you're just a weak girl." Magnolia looked at her hands for just a moment and decided not to answer Sokka, she quickly glanced toward Aang.
It seemed as if she was on the verge of telling him to get Appa to Zuko's ship when Aang had then said, "Appa, yip yip!" He moved the reins with a swift lift and drop motion. As soon as the reins motion ended, Appa went up into the air and toward Zuko's ship. Now they were getting closer and closer to Zuko's ship. In nothing but mere minutes they'd be set and on their way to getting Katara out of there...if they were in time.
Aang blinked and a thought began crossing his mind...what was happening to Katara and is she safe? He told himself within his mind that he'd have to find out once he got there. The moments in the village with the pirates could've been his last moments with Katara. Only time would answer him and time is something that they were running out of. Since as they were getting there...they didn't know they were getting ready to kill off Katara.
Again...at Zuko's Fire Nation Ship..
Katara looked off to the side as she muttered to herself, "Aang...where are you?" Katara then grit her teeth and tried to get free from the chains which kept her securely to the wall. Within her she had the spirit to get free, she even had the will...the problem was she didn't have the strength. She wanted to get back to Aang's side once again and be the one who tells him that everything is going to be alright in the end. Somehow she felt that she just had to escape to prove that everything would be alright. There was a problem...how could she free herself from chains that bound her to a wall and a fate that would lead to her death?
Meow meow...I might continue, it's amazing that this chapter didn't leave off on a happy note like the other two :B well anyway! If you fellas want me to continue on just let me know! Yeah I do leave these note things...HI! xD There, random happy note not related to the fic! YAAAAY!