Chapter two of the story
Darkness.All that Zula can see,hear,and feel as she drifted through the dark abyss wondering where she would land.On enemy land or friend,will they hate or like her,and will her evil brother find and desroy her?So many questions drifted in her unconscious head,but so little time to answer them.Because unbekbownst to her,she was reaching an island where a water bender named Katara,her brother Sokka,and the Avatar Aang were setting up camp in the islands forest. "Why do you keep reading that water bending scroll before bed Katara?" Sokka asked "Because," Katara replied, "We need all the practice we can get.Hey,they have a way to purify water!" "Cool," said Aang "but we need salt water.Sokka,use that bucket,get us some salt water so we can drink it." "Why do I have to go?" he whined "Because Appa has been very hungry and he might try some,Sokka steaks!" Aang replied.Sokka thought for a brief moment,then said, "No use arguing witha ten ton flying bison".He then grab a bucket and went off into the dense forest. "Think he'll realize Appa's a herbivore?"Katara asked Aang. "Yeah,"he replied "When a fire bender becomes our friend!"Meanwhile,Sokka gets the bucket full and starts heading back,until he saw a figure staggering in the sand. "Hey!" he said "are you okay?" At the end of his sentence,the figure fell.Sokka,for the first time in his cowardly life,dropped the bucket and ran to the figure and realized it was a girl,but he didn't know it was Zula.She was lying face down,so he turned her over and she gasped for breath saying "Got to get away from him.Fire,too muchFire!" she then fainted.Sokka realized two things.One,that she came from the Firenation,and two,she needed help.He tried to lift her up,but her armor added too much weight,so he decided to take it off.When he took all of it of,it revealed a lovely crimson red dress that was a firebenders form of what Katara wore.Sokka thought it was beatiful..Without the armor on,she was much,much easyer to carry around,and he carried her back to the camp.When he arrived,he said "Guys?We've got a tiny problem" Hethen showed them the young girl slung over her shoulder. "What?" they gasped "It's a firebender!Get her away,get her away,get her away from us!"said the extremely brave Avatar, "She said she wanted to getaway from someone and there was too much fire.Oh,and I realized something very crucial."Sokka said "Yeah?"his sister replied "What was it?" "Appa is not a meat eater,so he will never ever have Sokka steaks." He said with a huge grin on his face "But seriously,she needs help,I mean look at her face.It has a bunch ofsmall burn marks.Sure,they will go away,but it is the fact that she got them that matters.Don't you think?And she was floating in the water,too." Aang and Katara thought for a moment thinking that she might have been sent to search and destroy the Avatar,but then why would she wash up on shore trying to escape from someone and who was this someone?Through the silence,Katara said "We have no choice.Aang get some more leaves,she'll need a bed,and Sokka,go back and get the bucket of salt water you said you were going to get for me." "Fine"he grunted. Katara was leftalone with Zula.It wasn't to bad though,at times she would say "I hate him," and "father help,".at one point,she nearly woke upShe opened her eyes slightly towards Katara and quietly said "Mother?" then went back to sleep.Hours passed and in those hours,they set up samp,found edible food,and started a camp fire.Finally she awoke saying words that would set the course oftheir relations for the rest of their journey "Tell me who you are and where I am or start calling yourselves Crispy,Burnt,and Extra well done!" "Hang on a minute,I just saveyour life."Sokka said "Now tell us the truth,did the firenation send you,and why did you wash up on shore?" Aang asked "Listen,I escaped from the firenation,I never wanted to be a part of this war.I was battling on a firenation ship,as you can tell by my face burns,oh and by the way,they'll be gone by morning.It was so that I can completely escape from the fire bendersI fought.Oh,and I have one small question.WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF MY ARMOR?"She said "Well,"Sokka started "you were heavier to carry withit on,so I took it off." "Thank you so much for saving me,but now that I'm away from home,I need to stay somewhere.Can I join with you guys?"She asked "Okay.But I have my eye on you.No fire buisness,Okay,or start calling yourself drowned!"was Kataras reply. " Okay."Was all that Zula said "By the way,what is your name"Aang asked her "I'm.."She started.But she thought "They might know,and if they did,she would lose her only friends and her only way to stay away from the firenation"She thought of a name,a name of her mother, "I'm Megana,I am not related to firebenders,I just live in the Firenation."She added. on lets go. we'll ride Appa."Aang said "Appa?"Zula said "What in the world is an 'Appa'?"Aang said "Appa is the name ofmy flyingBison." Nobody thought of what was to happen next,she burst out with laughter "Flying bison?Only the Avatar has a flying bison!Unless,you are the Avatar?" "That's him.Aang the Avatar,and I'm Sokka and this is Katara,my waterbending sister."Said Sokka "So come onguys lets go"Aang enthusiastically stated.After walking through the forest,Zula spotted the bison with a huge arrow on his head,and that is the beginingof Zulas amazing adventure with a waterbender,her brother,and the Avatar,to master the four elments and stop the firelord before its to late.She boarded the huge flying bison and never looked back.
