Otay! Let's get this story on the road!
May: how?
Me: I'm gonna steal my uncle's party bus and we're gonna move this story to Russia!
Drew: Huh?
Me: You heard me no let's go! The Po Po will be here any minute! (Pushes Drew and May out the door)
…….. Russia………
Me: So……where are we?
Drew: (Slaps forehead)
May: While we try to figure out what part of Russia we're in you can enjoy another chapter of Balance of the Cycle! Rolyn does not own pokemon or anything related to Avatar!
Water: Landings
May, Becky and Max glided along the skies and passed cloud after cloud. Flying down to the actual earth took time from Vayu due to the fact that the air temple was high up in the sky for their safety and seclusion for the greater good. May's mind was full of thoughts. She thought of how she lost her people, how she would have to find a new way of life on earth, how the legend that involved her must be fulfilled to keep the world out of chaos, and how scared she was. She had never been to earth before, ever; the sky was her home and that's how it had been for the only fourteen years of her life. This whole shift would cause problems for her.
"May! Look Down!" Becky said releasing one hand from her glider to point downward. May looked to where Becky was pointing to and gasped.
"That looks like Zuan." Max said squinting to get a better look. Below them was a city, mainly colored with blues whites and other hues of those colors. Around the city was a tall wall that looked to be made of pure ice and snow. Around that border was what looked like a never ending ocean. May had never seen anything like it.
"That must be the water region!" Becky said with a huge grin.
"Well Vayu is located to the northern skies and Zuan is located on the northern part of the earth so it is obvious that we would end up here." Max said in a matter of fact tone. May rolled her eyes then grinned.
"Well what are we waiting for!? A new region means a new talisman and a new talisman means one step closer to balance!" May said as she shifted her glider so that it swooped down in the direction of the city. Becky followed and Max did as well.
After diving down for what seemed like forever they found themselves hovering above the city of Zuan. May looked around in awe and took note of the chill that filled the air. She shivered and noticed the people walking along the ice sidewalks were all wearing warm winter clothing, all in a shade of blue, white, and indigo.
"May! We need to land!" Max instructed.
"Why Max?" She asked as she looked at all the ice sculpted buildings and the river roads that had Dewgong, Milotic, and Magikarp in them.
"Nobody knows that air manipulators exist! They think that we're a myth and what if fire region people are around here? If they notice us then they'll get us for sure." Max explained.
"He's right May. We stick out way to much! We fly and our robes aren't anything like theirs." Becky said. "We should find a safe place to land and see if we can get some new clothes."
May nodded in agreement and began to head downward again, toward the ice land known as Zuan. They landed behind a snow drift in the outskirts of the city and they folded up their gliders.
"What should we do about clothes?" Becky asked.
"Don't worry. I took a few gold pieces before….." She trailed off and lowered her head.
"Before we left..." Max muttered. May took the sack of gold coins from her pocket and in doing so the air talisman fell into the snow. The air character in-graved into the stone, glimmered in the light. May looked at the talisman carefully before snatching it up out of the snow and shoving the talisman in her sack of coins.
"We can buy some clothes for the time we'll be here looking for the talisman and while we're here we should enjoy it cause this is a new experience for us."
"Yea! This is gonna be great!" Becky said with a bright smile while pumping a fist into the air enthusiastically. "Let's go!" She instructed climbing over the snow drift and made a dash towards the city. Max soon followed her. May looked at her sack that held the air talisman then looked up to the sky.
"I promise to return to the temple." She muttered quietly to herself as she smiled in a bittersweet way.
"May!!!! C'mon!" Becky called from a distance. May's smile turned into a grin and she ran to catch up with Becky and her brother. Once she did they made their way to the city. They noticed that the ice wall border only had one entrance so they would have to go through the large ice gate that had guards surrounding it. May took a step forward and looked at the gate with awe.
"Name your region and your name!" A guard ordered from atop the gate. May looked to Max and Becky for something to say but they both shrugged. They couldn't actually say they were from Vayu…..that would cause complications.
"Um…..I am Maya Haruka Maple, this is my brother Maxwell Masato Maple, and our friend Rebecca Meroko Kazawaka and we are from……the region of….wood?" May said uncertain with a slight shrug.
"Prove yourself!" The guard said throwing a plank of wood at her. She couldn't really manipulate wood to her will but with the air she could easily slice through it so she did so, giving the illusion that she had a talent over wood. The guard nodded to the others and then the trio watched as a bunch of them moved their arms up and down. Soon the ice gate began to lower into the water and a walkway made of ice that led into the city emerged in its place.
"Wow…." May breathed looking at the place in awe. Becky nudged her then the three of them headed into the city after saying thank you to the gaurds.
"Its kind of weird that they put such a large gate there that only water manipulators can open." Max commented looking back at the gate that was coming back up from the water. "Usually everything wouldn't seem so heavily guarded in the first place."
"Isn't it obvious?" A voice said from behind the trio. They turned around to see a girl about a year older then May and Becky and a boy who looked to be about the same age as the girl. The girl had bright orange hair that was in a bun while two strand of hair framed her face. She had cerulean eyes and pale-ish skin. She was wearing a thick blue coat that went to her knee, but it wasn't so thick that it looked like a puffy jacket, it looked more like traditional robes. The boy had messy raven hair and chestnut eyes. He was wearing something similar to the girls but less dress-like.
"The gate is to stop the envaders." The boy said.
"Envaders?" May questioned.
"You're rather clueless aren't you?" The girl asked smiling slightly. "By the looks of your clothes, you three aren't exactlt from here. What region do you hail from?"
"Wood." May said instantly without a moments hesitation.
"That's weird. I always thought that wood regioners would wear more brownish robes, not tan and white ones." The boy said. "Don't cha think so Misty?"
"I have to agree Ash." The girl known as Misty said with a nod. "But that's beside the topic. Our city never had this huge ice wall surrounding it until news of a war had broken out. Water manipulators all around our region helped create it to protect us from the fire regions attacks. We know that they want our talisman but it will be pretty hard to find. Its hidden in these channels." Misty said pointing to the river roadways.
"Misty! You can't just tell random people about that!" Ash said.
"Calm down Ashy. No-one will be able to find it. There are at least a billion channels throughout the region." She said in a nonchalant tone. "So you guys look lost. Do you need some help?"
"Yes please! We need some warmer clothing. Something tells me that our clothes wasn't made for being so far up north." May said. Misty laughed.
"No problem. I can hook you up. My sisters own a clothing store. I believe you know my name but I never caught yours."
"My name is May, this is my little brother Max and this is my best friend Becky."
"Cool, this here is my idiot, Ash. I'm a water manipulator, but Ash isn't cause his father wasn't."
"But my dad was still awesome." Ash said.
"Was?" Max questioned.
"Yea," Ash muttered. "He went off to see what he could do to hold off the fire region because we knew they were coming up north…..and, well, he died at sea."
"The same happened to my father..." Misty said "And my mother headed to Pi to see what she could do to get the support of the metal region."
"Our parents died to the fire region too." May said glumly as she clutched onto her sack tighter.
"Well, it seems we are all similar when it comes to this stupid war that is raising up." Misty muttered. "On a brighter note, why don't we see what kind of clothes we can some up with for you guys."
I bet ur sayin, where's Drew?, well u better be patient!!!!!! He will come and you will be surprised!
May: Why!?
Drew: I don't even want to know.
Ch 3 Preview….
"Misty that was amazing! You work so well with your talent!...I wonder why you can't use it publicly."
"There are fire region ships surrounding the entire region….We're done."
"Who are you!!!!! Why are doing this?"
"I have to….there are no choices, Balancer of the cycle."