I had on my best clothes that I saved for special occasions (which hasn't been since the Earth Queen's birthday, and it was rumored that she might visit the lower rink. My mother bought all of us nicer clothes "just in case") to look like just maybe I was from the middle rink, or perhaps I was from the university strolling along to visit family or something. Anything to make the fake passport look more real.
"Papers?" The strict man in uniform asked me, as the other one stared at me with prying eyes.
"Got anyone coming with you?" he asked
"no sir" don't get on there bad side, don't get on their bad side…
"Hey kid," the other guard, the one staring at me, interjected. "can you bend?"
"y-yes sir" he kept staring at me, spirits was this awkward. "a-about a third of the city can…"
"Huh, you're tellin' me." he half smiled at me and the first guard handed me my papers saying "you can go". and they bent an opening in the wall big enough for a person to walk by.
I looked at the valley, never knowing something could be this open.
"Republic City here I come."
I've been walking for a good hour and the outside wall still seemed as big as it does.
Okay, so maybe traveling across the earth kingdom seemed easier in my head.
"Why didn't I take the train out of here."
After six days bunking in the steerage of a ship with a large water tribe family, who was always asking, "We're not bothering you are we" while I always responded with "No it's fine,"
almost a week of being in too close quarters with each other, hearing the same stories over and over, can change a man. But seeing the statue of Avatar Aang while steering into the dock, everything seemed hopeful.
Well, until you almost get hit by lightning.
Then you realize that maybe this isn't the place for you.
And you might want to run.
((sorry for a short one, I was busy with end of semester stuff….actually I was watching anime, but that too. Anyway, in recent new there's more canon names for unnamed characters like Asami's mom and mako and bolin's mother, grandfather, aunt okay a good handful of people. Anyway, thanks and review it always makes me feel awkward but happy))