I gasped joyfully. He had always been nice like an uncle to me. Ever since I was an infant and dad had to go help the fire lord for at least three weeks at a time, Iroh would bring Azula and Zuko and help my mom. He would tell Azula and me stories, sing songs to Katara, and take Zuko and Sokka fishing. He never yelled, and he always made us happy. He was the uncle every child wanted, and now he was mine too. Nothing could make this day better.
"Yes Gener…. I mean, Uncle. Good to see you again." I smiled.
"Lovely seeing you too," he said.
Azula and I stood and bowed to him before he left the room. For the next few days, we drew pictures and scribed letters to our parents. Finally, we felt the boat stop. We ran out of the room and to the front of the ship. We were at Omashu's docks.
Azula and I did a victory dance. We were finally at Omashu! Everyone else looked at us like we were insane, but we were just happy to get off the ship. We jumped off the ship on to the dock and ran to the end, where we stood and waited for the older kids and uncle. When they got there, Zuko had to go tell the dock keeper that he had parked the ship at the dock and was planning to keep it there for a while. Then we went to a restaurant and had lunch. After that, Katara took Azula and me shopping, and Uncle took the boys to the parade; they were just in time too. There was a parade because the Bei Fong family is in town, and they were looking for new body guards for their eldest daughter, Toph Bei Fong. She was accompanied by her little sister Rebecca.
Azula and I ran through the crowd looking for our brothers. After ten minutes, we finally found them. We were so distracted by all the sounds and lights; it was like Katara was speaking a different language.
"Teresa, it's about time we found you an earth bending teacher. Teresa, are you listening to me?" Katara asked.
"Huh? What? I mean, ya. Katara, do I really have to start now? Can't I just wait till after the parade?"
"I guess so. Maybe we'll find someone in the fair to teach you."
We watched the parade for about an hour. Some of the world's greatest earth benders were there, like the Dai Li. They are a group of earth benders working together to protect the Bei Fong family on their visit to Omashu.
When the parade was over, we went searching for an earth bending teacher. We decided to start at the palace where the Bei Fong family was staying as guests. We figured that the best earthbenders would be there protecting the family. So we started off towards the palace.
It turns out that Uncle and King Bumi go way back, so we were let into the palace without a hassle and got to meet King Bumi. I found out he's crazy and likes rock candy. We left him and Uncle alone, so they could catch up, and went to explore the palace. We decided to split up. Sokka was hungry, so he went in search of the kitchen. Zuko and Katara went off to do who-knows-what, and Azula and I went in search of an earthbending teacher.
We walked up and down the streets until we came to an alley opening. We kept walking past when we saw a wanted poster just inside of the alley. Without a sound, we entered the alley. But right as we entered, we heard a noise from the end of the narrow, dim passage. We saw a boy, and he looked familiar. We waited for a while only to see the boy air bend.
I knew it. He was the boy on the poster. He was the wanted prince of the air nation, he was a refuge, and he was right in front of me. We decided to leave, because we didn't want to cause any trouble. Besides, Katara and Zuko were probably looking for us, so we headed back. When we got back to the palace, we ran into Toph and Rebecca.
"Hi. My name is Teresa, and this is my friend Azula." I said.
"Hey, I'm Toph and this is my sister Rebecca," said Toph.
"Why do you have that headband around your eyes?" I asked Rebecca.
"Teresa, that's rude," whispered Azula while elbowing me in the side.
"It's okay. I wear this to help me with my training, as the doctors say I might go blind. And I want to keep up with my earth bending if I do," Rebecca answered.
"That's so cool. Wait, did you say you are an earth bender?"
"Yes, why what's the matter?"
"Would you mind teaching someone earth bending and possibly traveling around with us."
"It depends on who it is and if my sister can come."
"Me. Will you and your sister train me?"
"I thought you were a water bender. What will we tell are parents?" Toph asked.
"Toph she's more than just a single nation bender. Her presence is way too high to not be anything else. I can feel her chakra in her body. It's so high. You know what this means, right Toph?"
"You don't think…." Toph stopped mid-speech. Rebecca just nodded.
…
They took us to their parents. At first they looked uneasy at the thought of them going with me. But then Rebecca told them what she had discovered from my chakra, they seemed more at ease. They made me promise that Toph wouldn't get hurt, but they didn't seem so worried about Bex. After all that was over, they said good-bye to Toph and Bex, and we were off to find the others.
We ran into Sokka. Where else? Still in the kitchen, stuffing his face. He'd been in there for thirty minutes, and he was still sad when we said he had to leave. It didn't matter; we had to go find Katara and Zuko because we knew where Uncle was.
"I think I heard some boy talking about going to the garden to this girl." Toph explained
"That's just like Zuzu. He loves gardens, and Uncle probably told him about it," Azula said
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" I yelled
"I'll show you the way," Bex said
Then we were off to the garden. There was something about Rebecca I liked. She was adventurous and brave, which was one of the reasons I asked her to be my earthbending teacher along with Toph.
