This is just thefirst chapterso expect much more creative and exciting things to come.
The Earthbending Chronicles
"Today's the day!" Keiko yelled excitedly. She pranced around her room in pure joy. "I finally get to start learning Earthbending today!" She ran out into the kitchen to see her mother and father eating breakfast. "This is the most exciting day of my whole life!" she said dreamily. "I've been waiting for this day for years."
"I'm glad you're excited," her mother Michi said while setting the rest of the food on the table. She looked at Keiko and smiled. "I remember my first day of Earthbending lessons like it was yesterday," her father Shu said. He was a short man, but he was anything but weak. He was actually the strongest Earthbender in the whole village. He was good friends with Master Mamoru, the Earthbending teacher. He usually only accepts boys, but he made an exception because of his friendship with Shu. Michi on the other hand was not an Earthbender at all. She didn't even know how to fight. She had beautiful long black hair. It reached down to the middle of her back. She was tall and graceful and always knew how to dress. She was polite to everyone she came in contact with. Everything about her was almost the opposite of Keiko. She was short and not girly in the least bit. She was rough and had short light sandy black hair. She was very persistent and wouldn't let anybody get in her way or push her around. "Keiko, sweetie, you really should eat something," Michi urged. "I'm too excited to eat anything, Mother," she said while dancing around. "Well," Michi said doubting her daughters choice, "you better get going then. It's almost sunrise. You mustn't be late your first day. That would make Master Mamoru upset." she told Keiko."Okay Mother," Keiko said heading for the door."Behave yourself," Michi called to Keiko. "I will. I love you Mother! I love you Father!" she said waving to them. "That girl," Michi said shaking her head and smiling.
Keiko looked around and noticed that she wasn't the only one walking to Earthbending lessons. She looked around and saw her friend Tomo up ahead of her. "Hey Tomo!" she yelled waving to him as she ran to catch up. "Hi Keiko!" he yelled back. Keiko caught up to him and they started walking together. "I'm so excited about today. I couldn't sleep at all last night," Keiko said to Tomo. "I know. Me neither. My mother says if you don't get enough sleep you'll get sick." Keiko breathed in the cool morning air as she closed her eyes.
The village was in a valley right next to a large mountain. They almost never had contact with outsiders because of how far away from the nearest major Earth Kingdom city they were.Ako was the nearest city and it was over fifty miles away. Keiko and Tomo made it to the base of the mountain and started up the trail that leads to "The Learning Grounds" as Master Mamoru calls it. After about twenty minutes of climbing they reached The Learning Grounds. It was near dawn and there were already others there talking excitedly. Keiko and Tomo sat on the ground next to some others.
The sun began to peak above the horizon. As it did the ground started shaking. Everyone quieted down listening to the rumbling and quaking of the ground. Suddenly a man flew up from under the ground and everyone gasped. "Good morning students," the man said. "I am Master Mamoru and you are here to begin on the long and hard road to becoming an Earthbender." people started whispering to each other so Master Mamoru had to stop. "If you are going to talk and disrespect me and what I am saying, then I suggest you leave," he said firmly. Immediately the chatter stopped. "Now then. First off, there are three simple rules to Earthbending that must be followed at all times. Earthbending is to never be used to kill or hurt anyone unless you are fighting in war or in battle. Secondly, you shall never use Earthbending to steal. Thirdly, you shall not," he said this loudly and with great feeling, "and I mean you shall not, teach anyone what I am going to be teaching you. If you do this you have dishonored everything I have taught you. Now, what I am going to show you today is how to move a boulder back and smash it against that wall." he said pointing to the wall of the cliff. "The most important thing to Earthbending is your stance. You have to be solid, unmovable, not easily shaken."
He stood with his feet together. Arms bent in fists at his side. He was a good two feet away from the rock. Everyone watched and waited for what was going to happen next. Then he stepped in sync with his punch and sent the rock flying towards the wall. As it flew towards the wall it sent dust and pieces of rock flying everywhere. It smashed into the wall and crumbled into tiny pieces. "Now," Master Mamoru said standing up straight. He Earthbended another boulder out of the ground. "Are any of you ready to try it?" Almost at once everybody raised their hands shouting "Ooo! Ooo! Pick me! Me first!" Everyone except Keiko. She wasn't too sure she was ready just yet. "Don't you want to try it?" Tomo asked her surprisedly. "I don't know," she said unsurely. "I don't think I'm ready yet."
"Come on! You have to try it." Tomo nagged. "I'll wait until everyone else tries first," she answered.
"Okay. Suit yourself," Tomo said. Everyone stepped up to try, but no one could even budge the large boulder. "Has everyone tried?" Master Mamoru asked everyone. "I haven't!" said Keiko walking up to the boulder. "Now remember. Your stance needs to be perfect for you to even move the rock an inch," Master Mamoru said to her. She nodded and got into her stance. Come on. You can do this. Just concentrate. She then closed her eyes and took a breath. Everyone stared at her with eyes wide open. The air was tense. Everyone was waiting. Waiting for what was going to happen next. She took another deep breath and stepped forward and punched the boulder. It slid back and smashed into the wall exactly as Master Mamoru's boulder had done. When the dust cleared Keiko still stood there mouth wide open, her brown eyes open wide, still in her stance. Everybody else had the same reaction as her. Even Master Mamoru. "Well," he said still surprised by this amazing feat. "Now for the history of Earthbending. It all began when..." He continued talking while Keiko took her seat. "That was amazing!" Tomo whispered to her. "How'd you do it?"
"I'm still trying to figure out myself." An hour passed and finally Master Mamoru said. "Well that is all for today. I expect to see you all here by sunrise tomorrow morning!" he announced as everyone stood up and bowed. As Keiko started walking with Tomo, Master Mamoru asked, "Keiko, may I have a word with you?"
"Yes," she said. She walked over to where Master Mamoru was and waited for him to speak. "I just wanted to say that I am very, very impressedthat you could actually Earthbend. It usually takes beginners about three weeks of practice to get it down as perfectly as you did. I think you are much too advanced for this class. I want to start giving you private lessons. One-on-one. Do you want to have private lessons or do you want to continue learning with all your friends?" Keiko was amazed. She just wanted to say yes right away, but she still wasn't sure if she was ready. "I'll give you some time to think about it," Master Mamoru said. "Yes," Keiko said right after he said this. "Okay," he said. "We start now. Right now you begin to learn what your friends won't learn for years. Are you sure your ready?" he asked again. "Yes," Keiko replied. "I'm ready."
Well there you go. After some reviews I'll post Chapter 2. Thanks for reading!