CHAPTER NINE: HARU AND KEEDA
A tall boy with flouncy brown hair tied up in a funky-bun-pony tail-like-thing came bursting through the trees carrying a small girl with dark, chocolate brown hair in his arms.
"Help!" he shouted
"What's wrong!" Amaya asked trying to remove the arrow out of Sokka's stomach.
"My sister she's hurt" The boy panicked laying the girl gently on the ground, then upon seeing Sokka asked,
"Sokka?"
"You know him?" Amaya questioned suspiciously.
"Well, yeah, he was traveling with the Avatar last I saw. His sister helped free the Earthbenders." The boy replied, and then asked, "What happened to him?"
"He got hit with an arrow that the… fire people were trying to hit Appa with" Braeden replied taking over at attempting to dislodge the arrow.
"Fire nation! There here! No, that can't be! They were just at Kyoshi Island…but…how…uhhh…when…THIS IS TERRIBLE!" The boy stuttered.
"Calm down, calm down, just relax." Amaya soothed.
"CALM DOWN! THE FIRE NATION IS PRACTICLY ON OUR DOORSTEP, SOKKA'S IN NO CONDITION TO FLY ANYWHERE AND MY SISTER'S UNCONSCIOUS! HOW CAN I BE CALM!" The boy screeched waving his arms in the air to emphasize his point.
"DUDE! I GOT NO CLUE WHO YOU ARE, BUT WILL YOU PLEASE JUST CHILL OUT!" screamed Des entering the scene.
"Thank you Des, for that wonderful statement." Amaya calmly answered, then turning to the boy asked, "What happened to you sister, ummm, well, whatshername?"
"Oh, uhhh, I'm Haru, and my sister's name is Keeda. We were, uhhh, well, we were…" Haru started until Braeden cut him off by saying,
"If it has anything to do with blowing fire out of your hands, then we already know about that, we won't think your crazy or anything."
"Oh, well, we were out practicing Earthbending, even though, you know, it's illegal, and some Fire Nation soldiers saw us and started shooting at us. She got hit while we were running away." Haru stated sitting down cross-legged next to his sister.
"Haru there is funky-weird people behind you!" Des shouted pointing behind Haru.
"What!" he yelped standing up so fast that he almost fell over.
"Don't pay any attention to her, Haru, she's psychotic." Said Amaya
"Yeah, she's crazy, confusing, and random beyond all else!" Agreed Braeden.
"Hey! That is soooooooooooo not true! I'm also funny and weird!" shouted Des.
"Rrrriiiiiiggggghhhhhttt, ummmmmmmmmmmm." Said Braeden slowly. "Anyway, so, what nation-thing're you from?" He asked turning to Haru.
"Earth, but the fire nation has taken over most of it."
"Okay, how many other nations are there? We already know Earth and Fire, are there any others?" questioned Amaya.
"Yes, Water and, well, there used to be Air, but the Fire Nation wiped them all out, or, all except Aang that is, he was frozen in an iceberg for a 100 years." Answered Haru casually only to receive confused and amazed expressions from everybody else.
"Huh?"