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AtlA Ty laang
Chapter 6:The Strangers
Aang's Pov
Ty lee fell asleep immediately. She was just laying she would shudder every now and then I figured from a dream or just the cold. I listened to the people in the cave. They were happy as ever. There was music everywhere and laughter. The tent right on the other side of the wall was not filled with laughter or music though. I could hear people talking. "I think that we should keep camp here for a little, at least a month." Said a mans voice. A month! Me and Ty lee would have to get out incognito… or join them. Who knows maybe they would accept me and Ty. "What about food, and the children? You want them to grow up in a cave!" yelled a woman. I do have to say it isn't a very good living condition. "We could make this permanent. Think about how happy everyone is in here. There is a roof over our heads and this is a tunnel which means we can still expand. There are some trees around and I saw a few animals grazing. This could be our final home ground." Said the man in a reassuring tone. He seemed very confident about living here. I wonder who these people are though. "What if the soldiers find us! They would burn this place down." The woman said very fiercely. She must mean fire nation soldiers. I glanced down at Ty Lee. If the fire nation soldiers come here they would capture her. Maybe if we join these people we would have a good chance of not being found. Plus we wouldn't have to keep running. Although I'm not running from anyone. It's more of helping Ty Lee not get caught. If Azula found her… I don't know what I would do without Ty Lee. "Fine. We will stay here for a week and ask what the others think of living here, permanently." Said the woman. I heard some laughter and then the voices were gone. I laid my head back down on Ty's and fell asleep as well.
I was abruptly woken up by Ty Lee with a big smile. I was confused and I think my expression showed it. "Why are you so smiley?" I quickly asked her. She didn't say anything but she grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the little house and into the crowd of people. My eyes went wide and I was surprised that she was brave enough to come in here. "Ummm what are we doing in here?" I said while trying to keep up with her. She came to a stop and turned around with a grin on her face. "When I woke up this morning I went to get some sunlight and forgot about these people, and well they noticed me." she said then grabbed my wrist and pulled me into a tent. "What are we doing in here?" I asked. She rolled her eyes most likely at the fact that I kept asking questions. "Do you like this tent?" She quickly asked. I nodded then shrugged. "It's nice." I said while looking around. She clapped her hands and jumped up and down. "Good!, cause its ours!" She basically screamed. My eyes went wide and I looked at her before pulling her down to the ground. "What do you mean its ours?" I whisper yelled. She slightly smiled and looked at me with her gray eyes. "Well the leader, guy, person was the one who spotted me and demanded to know what I was doing near his campsite, so I told him about you and me, although I used different names, and how we were on a 'trip' just traveling, and after talking to the people in his little group he asked if you and me wanted to stay with them. So I said yes!" She squealed again before rolling around on the ground. I can't believe she did this. I'm mad and happy at the same time. Mad because she didn't ask me about staying with them, and happy cause at least we don't need to keep running. "So you said something about names, what exactly did you call 'us'." I calmly asked. She sat back down and faced me. "I'm now known as Luna and you, Rye." She said giving me her signature smile. I just shook my head with a smile and looked down. She put her hand on my chin and made me look up at her. She was inches from my face and my heart was beating fast. She leaned in and gave me a quick kiss on the lips before jumping out of the tent and leaving me there eyes wide and cheeks red.
Katara's Pov
It was crazy there was fire everywhere and Zuko was still asleep in the little cage. "Zuko! Zuko, Wake up!" I screamed. He jumped up quickly banging his head on the top of the cage. "What!" He screamed back. I just held my head down and knew that he would realize soon. The fire was growing around the cage and there wouldn't be much time until we would be trapped. I lifted my head back up and noticed that Zuko had finally gotten out of the cage. He grabbed my hand quickly and pulled me along with him. He was running toward the fire not even any hesitation in his step. He pulled me in close and jumped high up over the flames that singed the bottom of my shoes. We both fell to the ground abruptly before scrambling to get up. "You okay?" He asked quickly while he grabbed my hand again. I nodded and we started running until a streak of lightning flashed in front of us. Either it was Ozi or Azula and my guess was Azula. I turned and sure enough there was Azula. "Do you think we can take her?" I said while I looked at Zuko. He had a look on his face that seemed to say 'I'm not sure'. "Oh look who it is!" said Azula in a devilish surprised voice. She began to move forward while igniting her fists in blue flames. Both me and Zuko readied to attack. "I won't attack just tell me where she is." She said calmly. I looked at Zuko who just like me was confused. "Who?" He asked emotionlessly. "Ty Lee!" laughed Azula. Isn't that the jumpy girl? Yah. She is one of Azula's so called 'friends'. "We don't know where she is." Said Zuko sternly. "Oh Zuzu come now, don't lie to your sister!" She screamed then shot two blue flames at me and Zuko. I jumped in the air while the blue ball whizzed past and I absorbed what little water was in the ground. I looked at Zuko, who's fists as well, were surrounded with fire only his is orange. I turned back towards Azula who was advancing on me instead of Zuko. "Wrong move!" I screamed to her and picked up all the water in all the living things around and pushed it all towards her. It was night time which gave me an advantage. She picked her wet self up and started again except this time scrapping her fingers against the ground making her fingers spark with electricity. My eyes went wide and I knew I wouldn't be able to dodge this one. She thrusted her arm forward and sent a bolt of electricity my way. I was to stunned to move and right before it hit me I was knocked to the ground. Zuko had pushed me away just in time although didn't act like a hero and came down with me. "So much for Mai I take it." Grinned Azula. I was happy it was dark because my face flushed with red. I was able to see Zuko's eyes widen in the dark. I apparently wasn't the only one surprised by this comment. He got up and charged Azula, fists flaming and eyes glowing. I watched her eyes widen but she shook out of it and charged at him as well, fists flaming blue. She is such a hot head. I stood up and pulled up some water that I had dropped before and charged as well. Zuko and Azula were both fighting with long arms of fire. Azula didn't notice me as I crept behind her and attacked. I hit her right in a pressure on her neck and she fell to the ground. "We better get out of here before she can move again." I said to Zuko he nodded and took one more look at his sister. She laid on the floor with an expression of hatred in her eyes. The cage had obviously been ambushed by the fire nation. Azula most likely sent them all after the little pack of earth benders. I gave her a look of disgust and grabbed Zuko's wrist and dragged him away.
Ty Lee's Pov
It was already sunset and I'm sure that I'm still blushing from what I did in the tent. I was sitting on a log around the nearest campfire. I would look up at the stars but I'm in a cave so I'll have to settle for sitting there by myself. I can't help but notice all the boys in this place. Almost everyone single one that appeared to be my age was staring at me with a weird expression. Some of them were cute but I still really like Aang. I looked down at the fire and remembered that day when I ran away.
Flashback…
"She could easily become overwhelmed and fall! I will not!" My coach exclaimed. " You dare disobey me! I am at a much higher rank than you! Now do as I say and light the net on fire!" Azula screamed at him. He looked up at me with sorrow in his eyes and lit the safety net beneath me on fire. I soon began to sweat and started to lose my balance. " Ty Lee if you were really not weak then you could cross this with no problem!" She told me devilishly…
End Flashback…
I shuddered at that thought. She was so hooked on proving me to be weak and she succeeded, kinda.
Two hands went over my eyes and I smiled. I knew that those soft yet hard hands were Aang's. "What are you doing?" I asked jokingly. He moved away and put his arm around my waist while he sat down. I think that in that moment all the boys immediately hated Aang. I looked over at Aang and his gray eyes were staring right back at me. I smiled and I really think my cheeks went red. I leaned in closer to him and laid my head on his shoulder. It seemed like a perfect moment. I remember when I first thought of Aang as the type of person that was my enemy, that's a silly thought. It's been about a week and I've fallen head over heels in love with him. Music started to play and everyone got up and headed to it. Aang grabbed my hand and stood up and I did too and we walked towards the music too.
We entered a huge circle with a huge fire in the middle and the 'band' off to the side. There were lots of seats around the fire and people dancing around the fire. I pulled Aang along to an empty seat and sat down. He wrapped his arm back around my waist and I leaned in again. After the song ended everyone clapped and all the teens stepped into the circle. I didn't move to get up, although I would have if I knew the song, and Aang didn't get up either. We sat there as the music started and we watched until my view was blocked by a person in front of me. A hand appeared near me and I looked up. It was one of the boys that was staring at me. "Would you like to dance, Luna?" Said the boy. I looked over at Aang who's expression was straight, he didn't seem mad but more bothered. He just nodded his head and got up. The boy pulled me out to the dance floor and put his hands on my waist. "I'm Noah." He said with a smile. I gave him a half hearted smile and looked back at Aang. The music started and we began to dance.
Noah first began with a spin then he dipped me and I put my leg up. He pulled me back up and put his hands back on my waist. There were several steps to the side then he picked me up over his head and span me. I think I was blushing cause he smiled at me, he is very strong. He gently put me back on the ground and repeated the dip, spin, and lift several times before changing it up. Instead of a dip he bounced me a little before throwing me in the air. My instincts in the air are to always do flips and that's exactly what I did. When I landed I landed on my left foot making sure I didn't hit my right ankle. There were several more dance moves before the song was ever and we clapped. Noah grabbed my hand and leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. I went into shock and hopped back over to Aang. His face was red with anger and he looked like he was going to kill someone. I just sat down next to him and grabbed his hand and laid my head down on his shoulder and I he relaxed a little. I looked up at him and he looked down at me and I just smiled. He resumed putting his arm around my waist.
When the music stopped playing I was already falling asleep and I knew I wouldn't make it back to the tent. "Ty are you tired?" Whispered Aang's voice in my ear. I nodded and felt one hand beneath my knees and one on my back. I was lifted up and carried back to the tent. I was laid down and a kiss landed on my cheek and I fell asleep.
Aang's Pov
I woke up slightly earlier due to the fact that I was woken up. I thought that it would be Ty Lee waking me up with a smile but it was someone banging on the tent. "Wake up in there! If you join us, you work!" Yelled a man's voice. There was retreating footsteps and then silence. I turned and looked over at Ty Lee. She was still fast asleep. I gently shook her awake and she looked up at me. "What?" She asked sleepily. I grinned at her. "We have to 'work'." I said to her. She appeared dumbfounded yet still had that hint of sleepy. "Ugh!" She moaned. I got up and pulled on a hat that was in the tent and turned back to Ty Lee who was just sitting on the floor. "Come on 'Luna', get ready to go work." I said partially laughing. She just glared at me, stood up, and walked over to me wrapping her arms around my neck. I don't like where this is going. She leaned in and all I felt were two fingers on my neck and then I fell to the floor. "Don't mock me ever again!" She said with a grin. I just rolled my eyes and sat there motionless. "When will I be able to move?" I asked. She looked back down at me and shrugged. "Maybe 20 minutes." She said and stuck out her tongue then disappeared out of the tent.
After what seemed like hours of waiting I felt my body tingle and I tried to move my hand. To my good fortune I was able to move again. I stood up slowly and made my way out of the tent on weak knees. The cave floor was cold and there wasn't much light but I could still see. I looked around for Ty Lee and finally found her doing some work. She saw me and smiled. She had a huge vase on her head and was going to a even bigger bowl. I trudged on over to her and she dumped the water in the bowl. "You took a long time, are you like a girl or something?" She smirked at me. I just laughed. "They need you over by the wood, Rye." She smiled and pointed over to a few boys that were chopping wood. I nodded and started to walk over to them. One boy sneered at me and the others glared. I just rolled my eyes and kept walking up to the man in charge of wood cutting. "Ah, Rye is it?" He asked. I nodded and he directed me over to a chopping block. "I'm Juno, the leader of this whole little tribe." He said to me. Wow I finally get to meet this guy. "Since you decided to join us your going to have to work to stay." He said with a big smile. He was a tall guy with hazel eyes and tanned skin. Hazel eyes… isn't that fire nation? "Are you descended from the fire nation?" I asked out of curiosity. He smiled. "Yes, I can tell you've noticed my eyes. We are from all over the place. You could say were gypsies but really we were lucky enough to escape the fire nation." He said. "So your all descended from the fire nation?" I asked cautiously. His smile faded a little and he looked directly at me. "No. We are from all over the place. We are all different elements some can bend and others can't." He calmly said. Wait all over the place? "Do you even have air benders?" I asked in a hopeful tone. He looked at me like a crazy person and shook his head. A look of dismay crossed my face and I picked up an axe. Juno just nodded and walked away. I picked up the axe way above my head and slammed It down so hard I cracked part of the cave floor.
Once I finished working for the day I returned to the tent and found Ty Lee laying down with her eyes closed. I could tell she wasn't sleeping cause she was fiddling with her thumbs. "Ty?" I said. She opened her eyes and smiled immediately. She jumped right up and hugged me. I hugged her back although I was very confused. "What's going on?" I asked. She pulled away still smiling and pulled me down to the ground. "Nothing I was just happy to see you." She said while still smiling. "Yah okay what's really up?" I asked sternly. Her smile faded and she looked at me. "I heard about you splitting the cave floor. I only thought that you were angry at me." She said while she hung her head down. I just looked at her. Her brown hair was tied back in a braided pony tail and her clothes a little dirty. Her cast was stained brown from dried blood and she looked tired. "I'm not mad at you. I was just upset cause I found out about all these people." I smiled as I lifted her head up. She moved my hand away from her face and looked at me. "Who are these people then?" She asked suddenly becoming very interested. "They escaped from the fire nation. There a bunch of mixed benders living together. All the elements." I paused. "Except air." I dropped my head. Ty Lee pulled me into a hug and I hugged her back. "So what if it's just me and you against everyone else. That just makes us special." She said with a smile. I looked back over at her and grinned. She's right. I laid down and she laid down next to me. With both looked at each other until we fell asleep. Neither of us knew what was going to happen tomorrow.
I hope that that last sentence really got you interested. I tried to make this a good chapter because I have school tomorrow which really gets in the way of writing. If I don't post for a long long time it's only because of school!
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