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Chapter 2
In a Dream
'You're getting the hang of it Liling!' Ai said smiling at her daughter.
'Yeah only cause I have a good teacher!' Liling said
'I just know that you'll be an excellent bender my little jasmine flower.' Lee said to her.
'Lee, the sun is setting.'Ai said
'That's enough fire bending, now it's your mothers turn to teach you.'lee said
'Okay!'Liling said
'Now Liling let's get in the stream.'Ai said instructing her daughter to get closer letting her feet touch the water.
'It's Cold!'Liling exclaimed
End of dream
"It's Cold..." Liling whispered moving to her side feeling the cold course through her body. Voices were heard, one familiar and two others that she didn't know who they were.
She opened her eyes and sunlight was bright she could see the clear blue sky.
"Will you go penguin sledding with me?" A voice said
'Huh...is that Aang?'Liling thought she sat up and shivered a bit feeling the full cold. She wished she dressed a bit more warm. She looked down at her outfit Dark blue pants which stopped at her knees. Over this she wore a green haori with white trimmings, and around her waist a brown sash. She wore light-brown shoes, Her long dark hair is gathered in a white bun holder, while two locks of her hair fell loose framing her face, bound with metal hair cuffs at the ends. She looked up and saw her friend.
"Aang?" The teen girl said loudly
"Liling!" the bald boy yelped and ran towards her, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just peachy."Liling said "That was some weather."
Liling noticed a girl and a boy appear around the mountain of snow just as Appa woke up and opened his mouth, licking Aang right off his feet.
He hugged Appa's face. "Appa, you're okay!"
Appa made a grumbling noise deep in his throat, nuzzling Aang happily while Liling hugged the sky bison, she glanced at the other two teens in blue parkas standing a couple feet away, stunned expressions on their faces.
"What is that thing?!" The boy demanded as he and the girl came closer, looking between Aang, Liling, and Appa.
"This is Appa." Aang said with a happy grin as he let go of Appa's cheek.
"He's a flying bison." Liling said
"Right." The boy drawled disbelievingly and he gestured towards the girl beside him with his thumb, "And this is Katara, my flying sister."
Liling just gave a soft laugh at Katara's look she gave the boy. Suddenly, Appa began to make a growling sound low in his throat and his upper lip began to twitch. Aang and Liling exchanged looks and ducked just as the flying bison sneezed, spraying the other boy with gooey, green snot.
"Eeewww! Aaahhhggg!" The boy screeched, rubbing himself against the snow in an attempt to get rid of the snot covering him.
Liling couldn't hold in her laugh,she was clutching her stomach while Aang just smiled innocently as he petted Appa's nose.
"Don't worry, it'll wash out." Aang said
"At least I think it'll wash out."Liling muttered while scratching her cheek.
The boy touched the snot on his face and pulled his hand away, making disgusted noises as it stretched, but remained stuck to his face.
Liling looked around curiously before focusing on the two siblings.
"So, do you guys live around here?"Aang asked
"Where are we?"Liling asked
Suddenly the boy Appa sneezed on was crouched in front of her and Aang, his spear pointed at their faces threateningly, "Don't answer that!" He snapped at his sister without taking his narrowed eyes off the two benders, "Did you see that crazy bolt of light? They were probably trying to signal the Fire Navy!"
Liling had a confusing look on her face, I mean yeah she did live in the fire nation but only for a while. She looked at Aang from the corner of her eye as he held his hands up in submission. Katara rolled her eyes and stepped around her brother, pushing his spear down.
"Oh yeah," She said sarcastically as she shoved her brother away from the other two, "I'm sure they're spies for the Fire Navy. You can tell by that evil look in their eyes." Aang and Liling looked at the boy with wide innocent eyes and smiles, but he just eyed them suspiciously. Katara rolled her eyes again then smiled at the two as she gestured towards the boy, "The paranoid one is my brother, Sokka. You never told us your names."
"I'm A-ahh-ahh...Achoo!" Aang started to sniffle and Liling took a few steps back just before he sneezed and flew several feet up into the air. She laughed as he came sliding down and skidded to a stop in front of the siblings, pin-wheeling his arms to keep his balance then he smiled at them, "I'm Aang and this is my best friend Liling."
"Hi!" Liling said as she waved. "Nice to meet you guys."
The two siblings stared at them in disbelief and Sokka pointed a finger in the air, "You just sneezed and flew ten feet in the air."
"Huh." Liling said she tilted her head back curiously, "Was that around the ten feet?"
Aang looked up too, "It felt higher than that." Said
"Oh!" Katara suddenly gasped with realization, "You're an Airbender!"
"Sure am." Aang replied with a grin and he gestured to himself.
"Giant light beams, flying bison, Airbender." Sokka muttered in bemusement as he turned and started walking away, "I think I've got Midnight Sun Madness. I'm going home where everything makes sense."
"You're a weird one." Liling said
Liling climbed up to Appa's back and looked at Sokka staring out at the endless sea of water that was basically trapping them on remains of the glacier.
"Well, if you guys are stuck, Appa, Liling , and I can give you a lift." Aang offered before he executed a spinning jump that carried him sitting ontop of Appa.
"We'd love a ride!" Katara replied excitedly with a bright grin, "Thanks!"
Sokka turned to face them with a stricken expression, "Oh no, I am not getting on that fluffy snot monster."
"Really?" Liling asked and gave him an amused look as aang picked up the reins, "Is some other monster going to give you a ride back to your home?"
"Yeah," Katara agreed with a smirk as she stood beside Aang in teh saddle, "You know, before you freeze to death."
Sokka opened his mouth to retort then sighed in resignation when he realized that the two girls were right.
Liling sat facing the two Water Tribe siblings sitting in the saddle while Aang took up Appa's reins behind her.
"Okay, first time fliers! Hold on tight! Keep your hands and feet inside the flying byson at all times!" Liling said
Aang grinned at her over his shoulder then turned around and snapped the reins lightly, "Appa, yip-yip!"
Appa growled lowly in response and began moving his tail up and down then he leapt high into the air. He seemed to hover in the air for a few moments before belly flopping into the water with a loud splash. Liling got splashed in the process.
Katara crawled across the saddle to the front while Aang urged Appa to fly by flicking the reins again, "Come on, Appa. Yip-yip!"
"Wow..." Sokka drawled sarcastically as he leaned back against the saddle with his arms crossed over his chest and a sullen expression on his face, "That was truly amazing. Really, I'm impressed."
Katara turned to glare at her older brother as Liling sat up and stuck her tongue out at the Sokka.
"Appa's just tired." Aang just smiled good naturedly over his shoulder and patted the sky bison's head then he gestured towards the sky, "A little rest and he'll be soaring through the sky. You'll see." He smiled at Katara, who returned the gesture easily. She turned to move back by her brother, but paused when she realized that Aang was still smiling at her.
'Aang? I never seen that look on your face my friend.'Liling thought
"Um...Why are you smiling at me like that?" Katara asked one brow quirked at the bald boy.
"O-oh," Aang squeaked slightly in embarrassment and he rubbed the back of his head, "I was smiling?"
Katara gave him a surprised and bewildered smile in response, causing Liling to giggle at her friends action. Sokka tilted his head back and stuck his tongue out with an overly exagerated and loud groan of disgust.
'Hehe, oh yeah...Mom and Dad might be worried about me...I might have to go back to them.'Liling thought
Meanwhile with Zuko
Iroh quietly walked towards where his nephew was standing at the helm of his ship, staring into the distance.
"I'm going to bed." Iroh said then he yawned and stretched, patting his belly gently, "Yep, a man needs his rest."
His nephew continued to ignore him.
"Prince Zuko, you need some sleep. Even if you're right, and the Avatar is alive, you won't find him. Your father, your grandfather, and great-grandfather all tried and failed." Iroh said
"Because their honor didn't hinge on the Avatar's capture." Prince Zuko said sharply, "Mine does. This coward's hundred years in hiding are over."
Back with Aang and the others
Katara glanced over at the girl then she looked back at Aang, leaning her arms against the saddle rim, "Hey."
Aang smiled slightly at Katara, "Hey, what'cha thinkin' about?"
"I guess I was wondering," She began quietly with a small shrug, "You being an Airbender an all, if you had any idea what happened to the Avatar?"
"Uhh," Aang stuttered slightly as he moved his arms from behind his head and sat up slightly. "No. I didn't know him. I mean, Liling and I knew people that knew him, but we didn't." He smiled weakly at her, "Sorry."
"Okay. Just curious." Katara sighed and she glanced down at her arms in disappointment then she smiled at Aang, "Good night."
"Sleep tight." Aang replied uncomfortably as Katara moved back to the middle of the saddle. He turned around and sat with his legs crossed, staring guiltily at his hands in his lap.
"Don't worry, Aang. Everything will be fine. I'm sure that when we go back they'll understand."Liling said
"Thanks, Liling but if we do get home. Your dad will definitely kill me."Aang said
"You say that everytime." Liling said
"Yeah but this time I think he will kill me."Aang said "You know how your dad is."
"True but you know he won't do anything to you."Liling said "Well I'm going to sleep."
"Okay, I'm gonna stay up a bit longer."Aang said
In a dream
"That's my little jasmine flower!" Lee said to his daughter. As she successfully finished her first lesson. "Just remember those lessons and you'll do fine. Always know that if you don't then someone can get hurt by your bending even if it was an accident."
"Okay dad! I'll be sure to remember that."Liling said
"Hey Liling! Let's play!"Aang said
Liling looked at her father for permission to go. He looked at Aang then gave her daughter a nod. She smiled and ran towards Aang.
The next was another memory about a few years later. Liling stood in the middle of the night Leaving a note on the table and tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry mom...dad but you guys told me to follow my heart and do what's right..."Liling whispered "I just hope that you'll understand..." She grabbed her backpack with only the essentials and some money she saved up for emergency.
The next was about her and Aang being in the terrible storm. Screams can be heard not knowing who did that and being dragged underwater.
Liling woke up with a fright. She looked at her surroundings and it was snow outside. She ran her hand through her long dark hair. She saw a hand extended towards the tent.
"Morning Liling!"Katara said "Get dressed the villagers want to meet you."
"Okay."Liling said she pulled her hair using the white bun holder to hold her hair. And picked up her haori to wrapped it around her white shirt, She quickly got outside and saw Aang.
"Hi, Sokka!" Liling called out cheerfully to the Water Tribe boy, who was sitting outside the tent shaping a boomerang, as his sister dragged Aang passed him to the villagers.
"Aang, Liling , this is the entire village." Katara said proudly as she pointed towards the line of villagers, that seemed mostly of woman, children, and the elderly, "Entire village, this is Aang and Liling."
Liling smiled towards the line of villagers and bowed respectfully, Aang doing the same beside her. She and Aang exchanged glances full of discomfort when the villagers flinched and took a collective step away from them.
"Uh..." Aang muttered to Katara in an uncomfortable tone, "Why are they all looking at us like that? Did Appa sneeze on one of us?"
He began to check his clothes self conciously and Liling looked at the villagers curiously.
"Well, no one has seen an Airbender in a hundred years." The old woman said in a matter-of-factly, much to the two confusion, "We thought they were extinct, until my granddaughter and grandson found you."
Aang's jaw dropped in disbelief "Extinct?!"
'Extinct?! Whatcha talking about?'Liling thought
"Aang, Liling, this is my grandmother." Katara said
Katara and Sokka's grandmother stared at the duo impassively, "Call me Gran-Gran."
Sokka when he walked up beside them and abruptly snatched Aang's staff out of his hands.
"What is this, a weapon?" He demanded in an annoyed tone as he examined the staff, "You can't stab anything with this!"
Liling rolled her eyes and Aang used a small current of air to pull his staff back into her waiting hand, "It's not for stabbing, silly!"
"It's for Airbending."Aang said excitedly and he snapped his staff open into a glider, revealing the orange wings and causing Sokka to gasp in fright and cover his head with his hands.
"Magic trick!" One of the little girls cheered with wide eyes, "Do it again!"
"Not magic." Liling chuckled
"Airbending." Aang began moving his glider around him to visually demonstrate. "It lets me control the air currents around my glider and fly."
Sokka scoffed in disbelief and crossed his arms over his chest, "Ya know, last time I check, humans can't fly!"
Aang smiled smugly, "Check again!" He grasped the leading spars of the lift wings then he pushed himself off the ground and hooked his feet over the glider, leaving Sokka, Katara, and Liling behind on the ground to cover their faces against the sudden gust of wind.
The young children of the village cheered, as Aang began first to make seperate loops in the sky then he made several more twists and loops around.
"He's flying!" One little girl called out excitedly while another one squealed as Aang made a few more loops before speeding up to soar past the villagers, "He's amazing!"
Liling watched Aang, she knew he clearly wanted to impress the villagers, twisted around and flew sideways with his eyes closed and a broad grin on his face. She shook her head in amused exasperation when he flew straight into what looked like a watchtower made of snow, causing it to crumble around him.
Aang mananged to free his head from where it had been stuck in the icy watchtower and he tumbled to the snow below.
"Ah!" Sokka squawked in shock and his jaw dropped as his sister and Liling ran towards the young Airbender, "My watchtower!"
Katara and Liling reached towards Aang just as he got to his feet.
"That was amazing!"Katara said
Liling couldn't help but smile as several of the young village girls hovered behind Katara with identical awed expressions on their young faces. She glanced over at Sokka as he ran up to them and began patting his watchtower as if trying to fix it. Aang beamed at Katara happily as he twirled his glider around to retract the wings while behind him, a large pile of snow fell onto Sokka and knocked him down. Liling just lightly giggled at that,
"Great." Sokka grumbled in annoyance as he struggled to get out of the snow pile, "You're an Airbender, Katara's a Waterbender I don't know what you do but I know it won't be good. Together you can just waste time all day long." He finally managed to free himself from underneath the snow then he stalked off.
"You're a Waterbender?" Aang asked
"Well," Katara stuttered nervously with a small smile, "Sort of. Not yet."
"That's Cool! You know I'm a—" Liling started but Gran-Gran suddenly appeared behind Katara, grasping the girl's arm gently.
"Alright, no more playing. Come on, Katara, you have chores."
Liling noticed a few of the young children surrounded Aang, she decided to leave Aang alone while she just Explored the area a bit until they decide to go home.
Meanwhile With Zuko
On the Fire Navy ship, Iroh watched Zuko as he stood facing two soldiers in the uniform of a firebending Fire Nation soldier, "Again."
He observed with a critical eye as Prince Zuko began the spar by spreading his arms in the direction of the two Firebenders, shooting a jet of flame from each fist at them. The two soldiers easily blocked Zuko's attack and he quickly shifted his weight forward to duck under a blast from the Firebender on his left. The Firebender on the right leapt forward and aimed a blast at Zuko's feet, but He propelled himself out of the way.
Zuko twisted lithely in mid-air and directed another fire blast with his hand at the Firebender that retaliated first then using his foot, he fired another blast at the second firebending soldier. Both soliders jumped out of the way just as Zuko landed on his feet a few feet away from his adversaries, his fists outstretched towards them in preparation for another attack.
Iroh let out a sigh and stood up, "No!" He look towards him before he continued speaking, "Power in firebending comes from breath," Iroh moved both his hands up from his lower abdomen to his chest to emphasize the breathing motion, "Not the muscle.
The older Firebender stretched his arm out as if he was firing a blast, "The breath becomes energy in the body. The energy extends past your limbs and becomes, fire!" He thrust his fist out, directing a weak fire blast at his nephew that evaporated just before it could scorch him, "Get it right this time."
"Enough!" Zuko said impatiently as he stalked towards his uncle with barely suppressed anger, "I've been drilling this sequence all day. Teach me the next set. I'm more than ready!"
"No, you are impatient." Iroh barked as he sat down in his chair again, "You have yet to master your basics." He raised his voice to a stern yell, "Drill it again!"
Zuko clenched his teeth in anger and whirled around, abruptly kicking his foot out and directing a powerful blast at one of the soldiers. Unable to stop the blast, the soldier went flying back several feet while the second one watched in surprise.
"The sages tell us that the Avatar is the last Airbender." Zuko snapped as he stalked back over his uncle, who glared up at him with a displeased expression, "He must be over a hundred years old by now. He's had a century to master the four elements! I'll need more than basic firebending to defeat him." Zuko's voice raised to a furious shout as he leaned closer to his uncle, "You will teach me the advanced set!"
"Very well." Iroh concededly reluctantly in a dire tone that changed abruptly to one of delight as he picked up a bowl from the ground, "But first, I must finish my roast duck."
A muscle in Zuko's cheek twitched and he stepped away from his uncle as he began shoveling pieces of roast duck into his mouth.
Back with Liling
Liling looked over the pile of snow and ice. She thought back on her parents she wondered if they were doing okay. She knows that leaving them without a proper goodbye might've been the wrong thing to do but she felt that she had to help Aang, she didn't know what to do she just didn't want her friend to do something dangerous. She tried to get her mind off by practicing her waterbending alone she made supple movements moving the water back and forth.
'I can't act like this! I gotta be brave! When I get back home I'm sure they will understand and hopefully I won't be grounded.'Liling thought
Liling was distracted from her thoughts when a flare suddenly exploded in the sky to come from several miles away from the village.
" I have a feeling that's not suppose to happen...please don't let it be that Aang did something." Liling said
Back with Zuko
Zuko smirked slightly as he peered through his telescope, following the Avatar's every movement as he, still holding the person he was with, jumped down the side of the ship.
"The last Airbender. Quite agile for his old age..." He murmured as the Airbender sat the girl he was holding on her feet and the two raced away. He turned away from the telescope to yell at the soldier waiting behind him, "Wake my uncle! Tell him I found the Avatar." He peered through his telescope again, turning it follow the direction the Avatar and his little friend were running in. His gaze landed on the small village, "As well as his hiding place..."
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