The Second Avatar: Part 6 - The Storm and a Firebender
The late afternoon was calm and quiet. Appa seemed to be very pleased flying over the open, blue water. The salty air was in his nose and in every huff of breath he too, but he still seemed to like it.
Aang shifted his weight a little and he turned to face everyone in the bison's saddle. He scanned everyone who were all sleeping except for Sakura. She sat quietly on the far edge of the saddle with a worried look on her face. He gave her the same look and she looked up at him. She smiled and turned away staring up at the sky.
Aang sighed and he got up. They were only a few days away from the North Pole now, which was a good thing. He and Katara could finally learn Waterbending then it was off to the Earth Kingdom.
He sat next to Sakura sighing and putting his elbows on his knees. He looked over at Sakura who hadn't moved a bit.
She was biting her lower lip and gazing into the gleaming ocean. She decided to turn and face Aang, but she also looked down.
"What's wrong?" Aang knew she had a secret, but that she did but didn't want to tell.
She looked up at him and sighed. "I need to tell you something…"
"What is it?" he turned so that he was facing her right on.
"Well… I'm not supposed to tell anyone. According to the chief of my tribe it could endanger me and anyone around," she paused. "You saw my eyes glowing when yours did, didn't you?"
"Well no, I didn't, but Katara told me all about it."
Sakura nodded and continued. "Well a few days or maybe even weeks ago my eyes did the same thing and a few days before that they did it again! It was really weird. The chief told me that I was the Avatar. But then what happened to the Air Avatar? There was no way I could be the new Avatar. It just wasn't possible, but I know how to Waterbend and I can Firebend a little…" she snapped her fingers and a small spark bounced of them.
Aang started at her in amazement. "You can Firebend?"
She nodded slowly. "Just a little. I can't create fire on my own, but I can sort of bend fire that's already there."
Appa jerked and grunted. Aang quickly looked up into the sky. "What is it boy?"
The sky was black and the waters ahead where thrashing about. Aang's eyes got smaller and he dashed and ran over to Appa's head. He grabbed the reins and braced himself.
Katara and Sokka crawled to the front of the saddle staring at the blackness. A crack of thunder could be heard. Then several flashes of lightening lit the sky, but no rain.
"Aang what do we do?" Katara asked, frieghtened.
"I have no idea! We can't go around it, we'll have to fly through it! Appa yip-yip!" Aang pulled on Appa's reins and he flew above the clouds. It seemed a lot calmer until they reached the storm. No sign of any storn could be seen below them, but it was there.
A stream of lightning shot up through one of the clouds below and hit Appa. The group was shocked. Appa plumetted to the sea. Everyone grabbed tight to the saddle.
Aang shot up and gasped. Appa tried to free himself of the waves, but it was no use. The waves took him over and he and the group were forced under the sea. (Under The Sea, lol! -)
Aang and Sakura's eyes began to glow blue. The Water Avatar floated among Katara and Sokka, but the Air Avatar bended the water around the group. He incased them in ice...
"Aang, Aang. Wake up, Aang." Aang moaned and slowly opened his eyes. The light from the sun was very bright and it made his eyes hurt. He slowly sat up and shielded the light using his hand. Katara was in front of him smiling. "We were worried about you. You were tossing and turning and shouting, "No!" Are you okay?"
Aang scratched the back of his neck. "I guess i was just having a bad dream."
"Well the spark that came from Sakura's hand scared Momo and he lepted right into yuor head and for some odd reason he knocked you out. But how could a small lemur like Momo do that? It was kinda funny yo watch really." Sokka smiled and picked up Momo. "See you big airhead gave his shoulder a bruse. Anyway we're at Bacing Cei, so get ready for a landing."