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An American Firebender

Chapter 2

May looked at them. "Please tell me that I'm NOT thinking what I hope I'm NOT think!"

"And what would that be?" asked Iroh.

"No!" she groaned. "My luck. Just my luck."

"Well what is it!" demanded Zuko.

"That I got……….sent to….umm……..umm……." she said trying to pick the best way to say it.

"Well spit it out!" yelled Zuko. May took a deep breathe.

"I think I got sent from my world to your world." she said. "Go ahead laugh at me." The firebenders looked at her. May looked down at the sand. Her eyes traveled to the benders. Iroh could tell she wasn't lying.

"She's not lying, Prince Zuko." said Iroh. "She's telling the truth." May looked up at Iroh. "First of all the clothes don't look like they are from any nation here." May couldn't believe that Iroh was siding with her. Zuko couldn't believe what his uncle was saying. There was a silence. "Maybe she can join us?" said Iroh. May looked at Iroh to Zuko.

"She can come, but make yourself useful!" said Zuko.

"Thank you, Prince Zuko." said May. Zuko looked at her then headed back to the boat. May got up carrying her surfboard in one hand while limping a little. Her ankle was sore from being twisted. It was a condition she had. She could twist it a full 90 degree angle. Though it would be very hard to walk on for a couple days.

On the ship, Iroh showed May her room. It was 2 rooms down from Zuko's room.

"Thank you said May." she said. Iroh nodded and left her alone. May closed the door. She put her board over to the side. She took a good look at the room. It had a bed nailed in the middle, a night stand next to it, a candle on the night stand, fire nation curtains hanging on the window, a single pillow on the bed, and red sheets on the bed. It was nice. May flopped down on the bed. It was nice and firm, but yet soft just how she liked her beds. She closed her eyes, laying her head down on the pillow. She was exhausted from the day. This will be a journey to remember for many lives to come. she thought. She fell asleep before long. She was peaceful in her sleep as she took slow deep breathes.

May woke up yawning. She laid on her bed remembering what happened.

"How did I get here?" she asked herself. She looked up at the ceiling. She let out a sigh. She had felt like the loner in the wolf pack at home. Now she felt like she was really a loner. She got up. She didn't care if she had her surfing outfit on. She was just glad she wasn't wearing blue when Zuko had found her. She got up and made her way to deck after about 10 minutes of getting lost. She saw Zuko practicing Firebending. It was WAY cooler than seeing him do it on T.V.

"Awe if isn't miss…." Iroh said not knowing what to call her.

"It's May Baker." she said. "Just May though."

We'll be stopping to get supplies." said Iroh.

"Whatever," said May.

"Are you hungry?" asked Iroh. Zuko was getting annoyed that Iroh was paying more attention to her during his practice time.

"No thank you. I'm not a breakfast eater really." said May. Firebenders started asking her questions about her surf board.

"It's called a surfboard. I use it to ride waves made from the ocean." said May. "I ride the waves and shoot the curls."

"But how do you get on a wave and the board?" asked Hako, a firebender.

"I paddle out while I'm on my board." said May getting tired of explaining this the millionth time. She sigh. "The I wait for a wave. When I see one I want to ride I start to paddle in front of the wave. The once I reach a certain point. I stand up on the board and just surf or ride the wave."

"But when do you know when a wave is forming when you paddle?" asked the helmsman.

"We see it start to form and start to paddle before it becomes to big. You would have to see it." said May.

"Oh," they said starting to get it. May just rolled her eyes. they'll NEVER get it! she thought to herself.

May was in a store getting measurements for an outfit. Iroh had insisted that she get some "proper" clothes. She wasn't one for standing still for long, or being patient at some points in her life. Zuko wasn't too patient either.

It took about 5 hours to get supplies done, repairs till they were ready to set sail once again. May was wearing a red long sleeved shirt with black trim on the ends of the sleeves and a red skirt that fell to her ankles with black trim on the bottom. May had also got her hair brushed out and put up in a ponytail. It was sunset already. May was bored to death. All she did was stay on main deck. She didn't know what to do. She looked out over the railing at the sea. She could hear the ocean speak to her in its sacred langue. She listen to its song. May started humming the song "Breakaway," by Kelly Clarkson. She closed her eyes. The ocean kept the beat as she hummed. The crew could her hum.

"I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky" she sang, nailing every note. The crew took notice of when she had sang this. The weird thing about May was that she was calm, but had eyes color and hair color of a firebender. May stopped humming, watching the sun set in the west. She let out a sigh. Not of missing her home. She was used to that since she let her home for most of the year to go to school. It was if her parents never found her again. She went to her room. She flopped down on her bed. She was trying to get used to their time. They were ahead in months, but in daylight they were behind. In her time it would be about midnight. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. She was peaceful, but peace doesn't last forever.

May woke up to a cloudy day. She pulled the covers over her head, trying to drown out the yelling from Zuko.

"Why does he have to yell so early?" she groaned. She tried to go back to sleep, but no use. Zuko's yelling had won the fight against sleeping. May got up, redid her hair, and left the room.

On deck things were only yelling. Zuko was yelling at the helmsman, Lt. Ji and the other firebenders were having an argument over something, and Iroh was just sipping his tea. It sorta of reminded her of her house during the summer when her cousin would come to stay. He was 17 years old and a PAIN to May. May couldn't take it anymore.

"WILL EVERY ONE JUST SHUT THE CRAP UP! IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING TO BE YELLING AND SCREAMING!" she yelled. They went silent as the turned to face the teenage girl who had just yelled at them; even Zuko. Every one just looked at her. "Thank you!" she said.

"Yes thank you," said someone they all knew too well, Zhao. May turned around to see Admiral Monkey face. "And who might this be, Prince Zuko? Your knew girlfriend?" May stared at him with hatred on her face. "If you ask me you don't deserve such a beautiful young woman on your ship." Zuko and them couldn't believe what Zhao had just said. And what May did next was unbelievable. She jumped up in the air and did a kick that she had learn in Karate. May was a black belt in karate. Zhao was knocked to the ground hard.

"NOW YOU JUST SHUT THE HELL UP YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" she yelled. Zhao couldn't believe what she had just said or did and neither could both crews. Zhao got up.

"You need to learn respect for you superiors, girl!" he said angrily.

"You want me to knock you to the ground a second time? Cus I'll be happy to, Monkey face!" she yelled at him. She wasn't in the mood. Zhao's patience had just run out with May. Hit her hard in the stomach. She fell to the ground, but to his surprise she wasn't crying. She was bent over, but still glaring at him. May fought the pain and hit Zhao hard in the left eye. She didn't notice after she had hit him in the left eye that she had fire curling around her fist. Zhao got up and looked at the fire on her fist.

"You're a traitor firebender!" he yelled at her.

"what?" she asked. Then she got the clue when they motioned to her fist. "Oh," she said surprised to see fire on her fist.

"You can keep that filthy little snake on you ship!" said Zhao. May stuck out her tongue as his ship left sight.

"Why didn't you tell us that you were a firebender?" asked Iroh.

"I didn't know that I was one till today!" she said. The fire died out of her fist.

"How could you NOT KNOW IF YOU WERE ONE!" yelled Zuko irritated.

"I DON'T KNOW!" she said.

"Have you ever had strange encounters with fire?" asked Iroh trying to get to the bottom of this.

"Not unless you called getting part of your thumb burned." she said. They looked at her. "I don't have a finger print on my right thumb, cus I burned it."

"Do you have a scar?" asked Lt. Ji.

"No," she said. "I only lightly burned myself."

"And how did you do that?" said Zuko. "Didn't anyone tell you NOT to play with fire?"

"Very funny, Prince Zuko" she said using sarcasm.

"Let's go discuss this." said Iroh motioning to Zuko and May. May and Zuko followed.

A/n: Sorry took so long to update, but it took a long time to get to the good stuff. New avatar episiode on 11/4/05! YAY! Anyway, hope you all like the chapter! IT waws fun writing the end! More suprises coming soon!