Authors Note: So my roommate ended up liking it and so I'm deciding to continue on. I'm excited and I have a lot of ideas swimming around. My roommate asked some questions like "Will there be a Mike Newton?" my answer, no. I don't see a reason to put one in there. I don't like original characters and I can't see Aang being in the position either. I mean Azula should be enough trouble, don't want to add him in the mix. Believe me, Azula will be enough of a problem. Also think about Mai and Ty Lee. Anyways, on with the story and review review review.
Katara followed Sokka into the school building and headed towards the front office. This school wasn't as big as her last one and there weren't too many kids either. She adjusted the bag on her shoulder and wondered if she would see that boy again. She sped up in the hall to walk next to Sokka.
"Hey Sokka, I have a question." She said while her eyes still wandered the hall.
"Katara, I'm so not in the mood. I really hope the office lady will give me a pass because if I'm late again, I'll have to go to detention and I SO do not want to go." He continued to walk quickly before they finally got into the office. They had to stand in line to speak to the secretary. A lot of kids were late and they claimed that some kid was blocking the way for them to get a parking spot. Sokka cleared his throat and waited patiently.
"No really Sokka, I need to ask you something." She repeated now standing to face him to get his attention. He rolled his eyes and groaned in protest.
"Okay, what is it?" he crossed his arms knowing that this was going to be a long wait.
"Who were those people outside that you parked next to? You know, the one that you held up traffic for and made us late?" Sokka covered her mouth and shushed her. "Don't talk about that in here!" He laughed nervously at the staring people. He looked back at Katara and raised his eyebrows. "What are you talking about? The three psycho girls or the scary kid that was with them?"
"Both. Why did they scare you so much?" She was really curious now. He brother liked to exaggerate but she still wanted to hear his side of the story.
"All you really need to know is that they're bad news. Nothing but trouble and I'm always ALWAYS being sent to detention because of Azula and her followers."
"Who's Azula?" She asked
"Azula was the one sitting in the passenger's seat. She likes to pick on me and my friends and especially me. I don't know what her deal is but she's crazy. One day she got in a huge, yet very short fight with this girl and she ended up being in the hospital for three days." He looked at the clock and sighed.
"Azula was in the hospital?" She was a little surprised by this.
"No. The girl she massacred. I'm not completely sure what the girl did but I heard she was talking crap about Azula sleeping with some guy the girl use to date. That was enough to send her off the edge. Basically, she warned the girl that if she drug her name through the mud like that again, she was going to drag her face through something a lot worse. Well the girl didn't stop there. She continued to spread lies and even put pictures of Azula around campus with a speech bubble saying, "I'm a slut".Well, the next thing she knew she was on the ground bleeding massively from her mouth, she had a broken leg and she was blinded in one of her eyes. She went to the hospital and she had to have her jaw wired shut. The weird thing is, the girl didn't tell her parents or anyone that Azula did it."
"Wait, then how does everyone know she did it?" Now Katara was confused. Is everyone at this school afraid of Azula?
"Simple. After she got back from the hospital, she wouldn't go near Azula and also when Azula would talk to her, she would act like they were best friends. She would offer to do her homework, loan her money and the other day, she bought Azula a 60 jacket at the mall when just the other week she sent her to the hospital. That is what we all call fear my dear sister and if you were smart, you'd stay away from her."
Katara laughed, "You really think that story is going to scare me? I don't think so. I'm not afraid of her and I never will be."
The line started to move as a few kids got their passes and glared at Sokka on their way to class. Sokka cleared his throat, "Well for my sake, please stay away from her. I don't want to be blamed if you get hurt by her and her posse. Don't ask me about the other two because I don't know anything except one is depressing and the other one's annoying. They're just as crazy as Azula is. Hell, her brother could be one of the quiet psychos."
"Was that guy driving her brother?" she asked
"Yeah. He's kind of quiet. His name is Zuko and he's around Azula and her friends all the time. He's only talked to me once." He puffed out his chest a little proud.
"Really? What did he say?" Katara asked curiously.
"He said 'get out of my way you moron' and walked into the class."
Katara sighed and shook her head at her brother's stupidity.
Sokka laughed nervously and went back to the conversation "I've haven't seen him talk to a lot of people but I have seen him get pissed off at a few people. Girls like him but they're always scared to ask him out." A few more students left the office.
"Is it because of Azula?" This was getting more interesting by the minute.
"Probably but I don't really blame them. Unless they want to end up like the last chick, I wouldn't recommend any girls go near him." They finally got to the front of the line.
"Well, well, well. Late again I see Sokka." The secretary bellowed. She took out some paper and started to fill it out.
"Ha ha ha you are so funny Mrs. Kirato. Man I mean you should be in stand up or something because you can make it big. I can see it. I really can and I would buy tickets to all of your shows a-" He was cut off by a loud stamp on the paper
"Cut the crap Sokka. This is the fifth time you've been late this month and I'm tempted not to write you a note." She seemed really mean and stuck up but probably just annoyed with Sokka.
"Well I couldn't let my little sister walk here all by herself because she's new. She'll be alone and lost and I can't do that to her." Sokka gave the secretary a big smile. She glared at him and looked over at Katara with a smile. "Hello dear, welcome to Cadian High School. My name is Mrs. Kirato, I'm the secretary and I'll give you your schedule. You're name is Katara, right?"
Katara nodded and placed her bag on the office counter. "Yes, how did you know my name?"
The lady smiled, "Oh, Hakoda has told me about you coming down here. He's been so excited." She pulled out some papers and printed some from the computer.
Katara grumbled something under her breath and looked back up at the lady. The woman stacked the papers and stood up from her chair to show her what the papers are.
"Alright honey well here's your schedule to your classes and their times is on the top of this pile and after that is a list of activities we have at this school and a calendar along with your school hand book." The woman then ripped off a piece of paper from a notebook and handed it to her. "And here's your pass so you don't get in trouble for being late." Sokka groaned and started to whine loudly. "Oh come on! Please! I can't go to detention with Azula again. I just can't! My life will be over!!" Sokka grabbed the woman's arm and started crying. Everyone in the office looked over and Katara just pretended like she didn't know him.
"Okay, okay! Let go! I'll give you your stupid pass." The secretary angrily opened her desk and wrote Sokka a pass. She ripped it off and handed to him. "Go to class Sokka! I better not see you in here again."
"Thank you so much! Oh thank you!" Sokka kissed the pass and grabbed his stuff. "I'll see you at lunch Katara!" Katara laughed nervously and waved goodbye before heading to class completely embarrassed.
Katara wandered down the halls for about five minutes before she finally found the room. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. She could hear the teacher pardon the class as she headed for the door and opened it smiling at Katara. "Yes?"
Katara cleared her throat and smiled up at the lady, "Yes, I'm Katara and I'm new. This schedule says I'm in this class." At first the woman looked a little puzzled before finally remembering. "Oh yes! Now I remember, please, come in. My name is Mrs. Rawling" Katara bowed to the teacher and entered the
room. She was really nervous and hoped the teacher wouldn't introduce her and embarrass her in front of everyone.
"Class, may I have your attention please?" called the teacher.
Oh no.
"This is Katara. She's new here and I want you all to give her a nice warm welcome." The teacher smiled big and patted Katara on the back. Some of the students whispered and others laughed which made her feel really bad. When she looked up she saw Azula and she was smiling and staring at her. Next to her was the perky girl who was still trying to stifle back laughter. Katara looked away quickly after giving the girls a quick glare. The teacher asked her to sit in the only open seat and that seat was the one that reunited her with the dark boy, Zuko. 'I guess the entertainment is coming sooner than I though. Uhg, why is this happening to me?' she asked herself. He stared at her intensely and looked down at his desk.
"Perfect! Katara, take a seat next to Zuko. I'm sure he won't mind." She had no idea what she was doing to Katara's nerves. Katara took a deep breath and walked slowly to the desk and sat next to Zuko, trying hard not to look at him and kept her eyes forward. She could see at the corner of her eye that his leg was shaking under the table and his face was turned away from her like she smelled bad or something. Katara felt a little insulted that he wouldn't even look at her. She didn't want to talk to him but she still wanted to know. She thought that if she did, he would rip her head off or yell at her or something. The teacher continued to teach as though Katara's entrance into the class was nothing. She decided to take notes just so she won't be behind.
She went through her bag and found a notebook and started writing down notes. At the corner of her eye she could still see Zuko's head was down but she could tell that he was staring at her in disgust. This was annoying and distracting her. She sighed and looked at him and decided to confront the problem.
"What? Why are you staring at me?" she whispered. He looked away and grumbled under his breath. "I'm not looking at you, so shut up." Katara frowned and looked back down at her notes. "You were too staring me. You were looking at me like I'm some kind of space alien." His leg started to shake more violently and he started to play with his pencil. "Don't flatter yourself. I wouldn't look at you if I was paid to." Katara's eyes widened as she gasped in anger and disgust, "What did you say?" Suddenly, there was a loud sound of someone clearing their throat. The girl looked up and saw the teacher raising her brow in her direction. "Do you two have something to share with the class?"
"Yeah, Zu-Zu. Let us in on the conversation. I'm sure it's interesting and we all would love to hear it." Azula laughed and this lead the class to follow her example. Zuko growled balling up his fist and slightly scooted his chair away from Katara.
"Quiet, Azula. I will not have my class turned into a circus sideshow. Now Katara, I know you're new but I won't let you become a distraction."
Katara looked down at her paper, trying not to make eye contact. "Please forgive me, I'm sorry to interrupt." Mrs. Rawlings nodded and went back to lecturing.
"Great, what else can go wrong? I hope you're happy about this." She mumbled scribbling something out on her paper.
He ignored her and looked out the window taking a few deep breaths here and there and lowering his head every once in a while. 'This kid is weird.' Katara thought to herself. 'He acts like I've got the plague or something. ' Behind them, she could hear whispering from Azula and her friend. This was not going very well at all.
Finally, after a long class the bell rang and the students gathered there things and headed quickly towards the door. The teacher shouted a homework assignment out loud and wished the students had a great day. Katara thought it was funny Zuko was the first person to leave the class. Katara sighed with relief and was glad that that was over. She grabbed her notebook and put it in her bag and quickly left the classroom. This was going to be a really long day.