Oooh, very interesting first chapter, huh? Well, this one will also make you go "I want more!"
Chapter Two
Yue lowered her head in thought as the spider-like trickster awaited her answer. Yue didn't want to jump in headfirst but had to make her decision quick. She could sense that Koh was a very impatient spirit.
"Well..?" Koh prompted her, becoming very impatient.
Yue shifted her ocean blue eyes and inhaled confidently.
"I will do it. Promise me this: can you transport me to the Northern Water Tribe?" Yue asked for one more favor.
Koh huffed and was silent for a couple seconds before replying,
"Oh sure, my dear. Anything for a goddess. Well...not for long, my dear Yue," he murmered the last part to himself as he began to mix some ingredients and sulfuric liquids. Yue walked closer to Koh but he lightly pushed her aside with one of his long legs.
"No peeking, Yue dear."
Yue tapped her foot and was trying to be patient.
Koh, while pulling things out of the musty, damp ground smirked to himself and lightly sniggered. Yue's request had so many loopholes Koh could twist them to his own advantage. He smiled to himself. Yue was still too human and hadn't been a goddess for a long time in order to get rid of her earthly desires. He finished off the last of the recipe and took a whiff of the steaming concoction.
Yue could see Koh had stopped and waited for him to bring her a small potion. He crawled next to her as he handed her a small black vial with a steaming, bubbling liquid.
"Dear Yue, this potion will transform you into a lovely human girl for exactly a month. You'll know when the potion starts to wear off," Koh brushed against her arm, making Yue feel uncomfortable. His face switched to the young man again.
Yue held the small vial in her hands and looked at Koh.
"No tricks? It won't make my nose grow big or my feet yellow, will it?" she asked.
Koh shook his head innocently.
"Oh no, I would never even think of it. You will be the exact same human you were before. Now, go drink it, dear Yue," he persuaded.
Yue gulped slightly and popped open the vial. She brought it up to her nose. It smelled like the cave and Yue hated the smell but her desire to be human overruled her sense of smell. She tipped the bottle on her lips and started to drink. It tasted bland and a little bitter but she finished it.
Koh took the vial and then by grabbing some ground up spider powder, he threw it on Yue as she closed her eyes.
"See you in a month, dear Yue," he whispered as a magnificent blue light absorbed the white haired girl and in a flash, whisked her away.
Koh smiled devilishly. He meant to not tell her a couple of other important things. He switched faces again and crossed his first two legs.
"Her face will be a wonderful addition to my collection, no?" he muttered as he stood there for a long time even after Yue disappeared.
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Yue felt as if she were floating on soft, puffy white clouds and that the rain tickled her face.
Where...am I..no...who am I? I can't seem to remember my name or why I feel so...light.
She felt a quick poke. She thought it was rain but then she felt another poke.
"Mmm..." she stirred from her long sleep as her eyelids fluttered open.
"Stop poking her!" scolded a female's voice.
Yue stirred again as she became fully awake. She suddenly felt a new danger: cold. Shivers went up her spine. Why did she feel cold?
"Are you okay?" spoke a slightly more masculing voice, eerily familiar to the cold girl.
...Sokka? Sokka! SOKKA! Wait...I'm Yue. That must be my name...oh! I remember! I visited Koh and...
Yue immediately woke up as she looked around her. There was a girl with pale green eyes and black hair, a bald boy, a teenager with his brown hair in a ponytail and a teenage girl with wavy brown hair.
"Sokka?" she spoke.
Sokka looked around.
"How do you know my name? Who are you?" he said in shock.
Yue stopped herself. She felt a sick feeling in her stomach.
"You...don't remember me, Sokka?" she asked sadly.
Sokka shook his head slowly.
Yue looked to her side and saw Sokka's sister, Katara.
"Katara! It's me Y-,"
She couldn't say it. Her name. Yue.
"Huh?" Katara tilted her head to the side in confusion.
Yue tried to say her name again.
"It's me, Y-...Y-..." she could not say it. She felt her blood boil.
KOH! Why that...I should've known! I should've paid more heed and know that Koh would do this! That potion...did it make me not be able to say my name?
"Is your name Yuu?" the blind girl asked.
Yue shook her head. She gave up. Koh won this battle.
"I'm...umm...Yuu...Yu...Yuki! Yes, my name is Yuki," Yue thought of the first name that came to mind. She mentally cursed at Koh.
"Yuki?" Katara repeated.
Yue nodded.
"Yes. Yuki."