Part: Two- Ice
Chapter: Two- Rumors
Author: Fritters-4-Psi
Disclaimer: I do not own the show Avatar: The Last Air Bender or the related characters. Nor do I profit from this fanfiction. The only things of my creation in this fanfiction are the other merchant, and the Ice Phantom.
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Half an hour later, the trio arrived at the village. At the far end, there was an inn with a medium sized stable. Thankfully, two and a half weeks ago, when they had left the Fauna Bender's house, Risha had given them some money. With that money, they were able to pay for two rooms for themselves, and stabling for Appa. Aang and Sokka agreed to share a room and let Katara have her own, in order to let their money last a while longer.
As soon as they settled into the rooms, it began to rain. Laughing at the rain, all of them headed down into the common room together. "I'm so thankful for this rain," a merchant, possibly a cabbage merchant, said to another, "This short drought was horrible for my cabbage crop. Half of my fields have wilted."
The other merchant took a long drink from his mug. "I know what you mean," he replied, "This rain should help smolder the Fire Nation."
"Don't speak against the Fire Nation so loudly. How are we supposed to know if they have spies," the cabbage merchant whispered cautiously, "And after what they did to out sister village."
Aang couldn't help but over hear the conversation. They way the two merchants were talking, it made it seem like the Fire Nation had spent some time here. This couldn't be good. Slowly, the Avatar walked over to the merchants. "What did the Fire Nation do?" he asked.
"You don't know?" the other merchant was slight shocked.
After taking a sip from his mug, the cabbage merchant replied, "You must be a traveler. That's the only explanation for your not knowing. Our sister village was attacked by the Fire Nation. The village was suspected to be housing the Avatar. The people said that they weren't. The Fire Nation took it as lies. They killed everyone in the village. Actually, rumor has it that one survived the attack. There have been sightings of a girl at the ruins. They call her the Ice Phantom."
"Heh. That's the polite name for her. Most people call her the Ice Bi . . . " the other merchant joked.
The other merchant never finished that last word. He was cut off by Katara, "Why is she known as the Ice Phantom?"
"The phantom part comes from the fact that no one has ever gotten a good look at her. She always runs away before she can be fully seen. People have tried to catch her, but no one can," the cabbage merchant explained, "Some say she's a Water Bender. But she doesn't Bend water. Actually, in a sense, yes, she does. She only Bends water in its solid form; as ice."
"Well, thank you for your time," Sokka said, "But we have to go now."
The Water Tribe warrior pulled his friends from the two merchants. He looked around cautiously, before speaking. "It looks as if we have found out who tried to drown Aang."
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Wierd dream on the 13th. The Fire Nation came and attacked my town, which, some how, was near France. They catapulted giant, flaming pieces of Minas Tirith (for those who don't know, Minas Tirith is a massive stone fortification from the book The Lord of the Rings). Then somehow, I escaped to France by going across a river, even though France is an ocean away. Then I got a plan to intercept the Red Ribbon Hawk's messages so the Fire Nation would get all kinds of wierd orders.
I was planning on updating sooner, but I got caught up in anger and sadness. I'd go into detail, but I already explained it in the author's note on my other fanfic 'Sibling Rivalry'. I'm kinda lazy that way.
Reviews
1, Half-elf: Really? There's mystery? I hadn't been going for mystery, but that's cool anyway. Thanks.
1, SovereignxXxBrunette: You have to wait no longer! (for this chapter anyway...)