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Skya: Can you please get rid of us? Til and Mika ran away.

Me: Hey, you know what? I wouldn't be complaining right now. You were just messing with Katara by spying on her, so you need to--

Skya: It's your fault I was there!

Me: I don't care...you agreed to be there.

Skya: What!

Chapter 7: Agreements

Mika could not wake, but who could blame her? Every night her energy was drained from Fire Bending, and now she wondered what the rest of the world was like, and how great it would be to teach the Avatar. Her body was cold under the frigid morning and the unforgiving shade of the boulder.

"Mika, wake up."

A voice, just as cold as the ground beneth her that sounded like a heart of stone, woke her.

"Wha..."

"Wake up, Mika."

It was Skya, but what was she doing up so early? And why was she speaking to her? Had she forgotten about their fight already?

"Skya? What are you doing?"

Skya was standing tall above Mika's head, her tail twitching and her eyes sly. "I have to talk to you, sister."

Mika's body tensed, her shoulders quivering. Had she found out?

"Look at me," Skya said in her tight voice. "I have to know the truth."

It was Skya's power, the only Shamer in her village. A person's life and lies and secrets could be poured out if she met their gaze. That was how she knew Aang was the Avatar.

"I won't look at you, Skya." Mika's gaze remained on the floor. "You have no right to--"

"You question my authority! All I have to do is tell Auntie that you won't look at me and then we can do this in front of the whole village. You would like that, wouldn't you, Fire Bender?"

Mika's eyes went hot, her face flared in red. How could she have known? How could she have even sensed it? And though her anger was full, Mika could not look at her sister. There was too much at risk. Her gaze still stuck to the ground. "I am not a Fire Bender, Skya. And you do not deserve the title Shamer. The gods have made a mistake by picking you, using your powers to find out horrible secrets instead of solve crime."

"Fire Bending is a crime to Dragons. Have you forgotten that Kya killed Tenkay!" Skya's muscles tensed under her cloak. "He was our creator, and she killed him and ate him, creating you! Your type! It's a waste!" Skya grabbed Mika's face with both hands and stared hard into her face, but Mika closed her eyes and breathed in.

"I don't want to hurt you," Mika said calmly, her wings vibrating. "But if you wish to fool me, you leave me no choice." Her wings desended forward, their pointed tips crashing against the side of Skya's head. Skya fell to the ground and clutched the deep wounds right over her ear.

"How dare you?" Skya whispered, looking at the blood on her hands.

"You tell anyone that I wouldn't look at you, and I will kill you. Just as Kya killed Tenkay. You tell any one that I made that threat, and I will burn the village. Do you understand? You're scum, not even fit enough to be placed in the Zodiac."

Mika knew Skya feared for her life, all cats did as they were selfish. Skya, her pride bursted at her full, nodded and went back into the village.

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