Last of Our Kind
Yes, I'm back. I was eager to get to the next chapter so, here you go. Also, I apologize for any choppiness in the story, but I don't feel as though I need to write every single word. I do not own Avatar the Last Airbender or the following quote.
"One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
I Totally Saw That Coming
"Now, men, it's important that you show no fear when you face a Firebender. In the Water Tribe, we fight to the last man standing. For, without courage, how can we call ourselves men?"
The six little boys all stared at Sokka and Wenona wanted to burst out laughing. Wenona had to admit that, under different circumstances, his speech would probably be pretty empowering, but come on. He was talking to children. Suddenly one of the boys raised his hand.
"I gotta pee." The child declared.
"Listen!" Sokka exclaimed. "Until your fathers return from the war, they're counting on you to be the men of this tribe. And that means no potty-breaks."
"But I really gotta go."
"Go ahead, kid." Wenona said. The child leapt up and made a dash for the toilet.
"Nona!" Sokka exclaimed. "You're usurping my authority!"
"Sokka, I believe you've forgotten who's in charge here." She then turned to the rest of the children. "Anyone else need to take a potty-break?" They all raised their hands. "Go ahead, but come right back when you're done."
As they all rushed off, Sokka turned to glare at his sister.
"What?" She asked with a shrug.
"You just love taking away my status, don't you?" He grumbled.
"Sokka, I trained as a warrior before you did, so I clearly have more authority. You know Dad wanted us both to keep the tribe safe and to make sure that everything runs smoothly, but I'm the eldest so I have seniority. And you're training children, you can't seriously expect them to stay focused for very long."
"Nona, we're in a war-"
"And it hasn't got anything to do with them yet. They're just kids, let them be."
Wenona affectionately placed a hand on her brother's shoulder. Just then, Katara came over to them.
"Hey, Kit-Kat, what's up?" Wenona asked.
"Please stop calling me that." Katara responded.
"The day I do that is the day I stop calling Sokka 'Meat-head'."
"Whatever." Katara sighed. "Have either of you seen Aang? Gran-Gran said he disappeared over an hour ago."
Wenona turned her head to see someone in yellow and orange clothes emerge from the lavatory.
"Wow." Aang said. "Everything freezes in there." The kids all started laughing.
"Ugh!" Sokka let out an annoyed grunt. "Katara, Wenona, get him out of here. This lesson is for warriors only."
"Wow, he must really be cranked." Wenona said to her sister as they walked away from Sokka. "He used my full name."
The air was pierced by the sound of a child exclaiming 'wheeee!' as he slid down Appa's tail that Aang and Keng had propped up to make a slide. A whole bunch of children were laughing in the snow-pile they had landed on. Katara and Wenona began to laugh too.
"Stop!" Sokka yelled as he stumbled towards the bison. "Stop it right now! What's wrong with you? We don't have time for fun and games with a war going on."
"What war?" Aang inquired as he leapt off the bison. "What are you talking about?"
"You're kidding, right?"
Aang's attention was then diverted when he saw something in the distance.
"PENGUIN!" He raced after the adorable creature.
"He's kidding, right?"
Wenona gave Sokka a 'look'.
"Sure he's kidding." She said sarcastically. "Just look at the way he kidded after that penguin."
"Hey, Aang, wait for me!" Keng called after his friend.
"Come on, Kit-Kat." Wenona said as she gently grabbed her sister's arm and began to pull her along. "We'd better make sure those two don't hurt themselves."
They eventually caught up with their brother and the Airbender, who were both attempting to catch penguins to go penguin-sledding. Wenona shook her head and smiled at the attempts of the twelve-year-olds.
"Remember when we used to do that?" Wenona asked her sister.
"Yeah." Katara responded before moving closer to the two boys.
"I have a way with animals." Aang stated and then proceeded to imitate the penguins, making the older girls chuckle.
"Aang," Katara addressed the boy, "I'll help you catch a penguin, if you teach us Waterbending."
"You got a deal. Just one little problem, I'm an Airbender not a Waterbender. Isn't there someone in your tribe who can teach you guys?"
"No." Katara said despondently as Wenona put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Aang," Wenona said, "Katara, Keng, and I are the last Waterbenders of the South Pole. The others are all…gone." She choked out the last word. "We're the last of our kind."
"This isn't right." Aang stated. "Waterbenders need to master water. What about the North Pole? There's another Water Tribe up there, right? Maybe they have Waterbenders who can teach you."
"Maybe." Katara shrugged. "But we haven't had contact with our sister tribe in a long time. It's not exactly 'turn right at the second glacier'. It's on the other side of the world."
"And I doubt if the Northern Tribe will help us." Wenona said. "Years ago, our dad tried to send a letter to them to request a Waterbending teacher for us. Guess what? No answer." Wenona neglected to mention the fact that, only months after their father had sent the request, the tribe had been raided and their mother was killed.
"But you guys forgot, I have a flying-bison. Appa and I will personally fly you two and Keng to the North Pole. We're gonna find you guys a master."
"That's…" Katara struggled to find the right words to say, "I mean…"
"That's a lot to ask of us, Aang." Wenona finished for her sister. "None of us have ever left our tribe before."
"Well, you guys think about it." Aang concluded. "But in the meantime, can you teach me to catch one of these penguins?"
Keng soon joined their company by being dragged along as he held the tail of a penguin as it waddled past them.
"Alright!" The Water Tribe boy exclaimed. "Time to get our penguin-sledding on!"
"Okay." Wenona said. "Listen up, my young pupils. Penguin-sledding is an ancient and sacred tradition of the Water Tribe that has been passed down through the millennia. If my top student will demonstrate?" Wenona gestured to Katara.
"Gladly, oh great and wise Penguin-sledding Master." The younger girl replied with a mock bow. "Observe." She produced a fish that she handed to Aang, who was subsequently swarmed by penguins.
"Uh, what the heck are you doing?" Wenona asked as Aang began to walk towards the Fire Navy ship.
"I wanna check it out." He replied.
"Aang, we're not allowed to go near it." Katara insisted. "The ship could be booby-trapped."
"If you guys wanna be Benders, you have to let go of fear."
"Come on, you guys." Keng said as he pulled on his sisters' arms. "I've always wanted to see what's inside."
"Uh-uh." Wenona shook her head. "I'm not going in there. And I advise you three to follow my lead on this."
"Come on, Nona." Aang tried to encourage her but she turned her back and let out a huff. "Well, what about you guys?"
"Count me in." Keng went straight over to his friend.
"Katara?"
Katara grimaced slightly but followed after them. Wenona turned around and saw them going in.
"Idiots." She muttered.
About twenty minutes later, a flare went off from the ship. Wenona was startled for a moment, and then got angry and worried, but she was relieved when Aang leapt out of the top of the vessel with her two youngest siblings.
"I told you that was a bad idea." Wenona scolded them.
"Sorry." Aang responded with a sheepish grin.
Wenona rolled her eyes.
"Come on. Let's get back. We are going to be in so much trouble. And when I say 'we', I really mean you three knuckle-heads."
The four made their way back to the village as quickly as they could, only to be met at the entrance by some very irritated older people and naively happy children.
"I knew it!" Sokka proclaimed. "You signaled the Fire Navy with that flare!" He pointed an accusing finger at Aang. "You're leading them straight to us, aren't you?"
"Aang didn't do anything." Katara protested. "It was an accident."
"How many times do I need to say this?" Wenona muttered. "I. Told. You. So."
"Yeah." Aang continued. "We were on the ship and there was this booby-trap, and well…we-we 'boobied' right into it."
"What?" Gran-Gran exclaimed. "You shouldn't have gone there. Now we could all be in danger. Wenona, how could you be so irresponsible as to allow your siblings to go onto that ship?"
"Don't blame Wenona." Aang defended the Waterbender. "She tried to talk us out of it. I was the one who led Katara and Keng onto the ship. It's my fault."
"Ah-ha!" Sokka declared. "The traitor confesses! Warriors, away from the enemy!" He ordered the children, who were saddened as they walked away from Aang. "The foreigner is banished from our village!"
"Sokka, you're making a mistake." Katara protested.
"No. I'm keeping my promise to Dad." He looked at Wenona. "Nona, you're obligated to support me in this. We need to protect this tribe from threats like him." He pointed a finger at Aang again.
"Aang isn't a threat." Wenona snapped. "Stupid and careless perhaps, but certainly not dangerous. You have no right to accuse him of being our enemy."
"Wenona, you of all people should understand the importance of doing what's best for our tribe." Sokka had lowered his voice so that it was quite clear that he was very serious about this.
"Aang is not our enemy!" Katara retorted. "Don't you see? Aang's brought us something we haven't had in a long time. Fun."
"Fun?! We can't fight Firebenders with fun."
"You should try it sometime." Aang suggested.
"Get out of our village. Now."
"Grandmother, please." Katara pleaded. "Don't let Sokka do this."
"Katara, you knew going on that ship was forbidden." The old woman replied. "Sokka is right. I think it best if the Airbender leaves."
"Fine! Then we're banished too!"
"Katara?" Wenona turned a shocked look to her sister.
"Nona, Keng, Aang, come on!" She turned and started to walk away, pulling Aang behind her.
"Where do you think you three are going?" Sokka demanded.
"To find a Waterbender. Aang's taking us to the North Pole!"
"I am? Great!" Aang exclaimed.
Wenona and Keng stood where they were and exchanged uncertain looks.
"Katara!" Sokka exclaimed. "Would you really choose him and force your siblings to choose him over your tribe?! Your own family."
Katara stopped and Aang turned to her.
"Katara, I don't want to come between you and your family." He said and then proceeded to move towards Appa.
"So, you're leaving the South Pole?" Katara asked. "This is goodbye?"
"Thanks for penguin-sledding with me." He then looked over at Keng and Wenona. "It was nice spending time with you guys."
"Same here, Air-head." Wenona said teasingly but with a sad smile.
"Where will you go?" Katara continued.
Wenona looked away, ignoring the rest of their exchange. Something in her was saying that they need to go, but another part was saying that they needed to stay. She only looked up when Aang yelled a goodbye.
"Let's see your bison fly now, air-boy." Sokka said mockingly, causing Wenona to elbow him and glare.
The bison still didn't fly. One of the little girls ran over to the bison and looked up at Aang with tearful eyes and pleaded with him not to leave. Aang still had to leave and turned Appa as the two began their departure. Gran-Gran attempted to talk to Katara, who just yelled angrily in response and stormed off. The old woman then turned to Wenona and Keng who looked away sadly. Sokka began to rally the little boys, saying that the Fire Nation could be there at any moment. Wenona snapped to attention.
"Sokka, don't you think you're overreacting?" She inquired. "How do you even know that there are any Fire Navy ships in the area?"
"I just know, Wenona." He retorted. "Are you gonna help me or not? I need every fighter I can get."
"You're seriously asking me? A girl?" She narrowed her eyes.
"Wenona, we don't have time for arguments. Just get into battle-gear."
The two rushed off to their tents and began to put on their warrior uniforms. Wenona's gear looked a lot like her brother's, only it had a few more embellishments as she was more highly trained as a warrior than her brother, as well as the fact that she was next in line to be the Chief. She moved her hand to her throat and caressed the necklace that she wore there. Years earlier, she had worn the necklace that her mother had worn; it had originally belonged to Gran-Gran who had given it to her son in order for him to propose to Kya with it. After Kya's death, Wenona had given the necklace to Katara and wore a different necklace. The necklace she wore was made of woven, white cords that held an electric-blue pendant that had been engraved with the symbol of a lotus rising out of a crescent moon. She had received the necklace years ago from a mysterious traveler she had met when she got lost in a snowstorm. The person who gave her the gift called herself Setna, the same name as the Great Spirit Mother, and assured her that the pendant was a symbol of protection. She tied her long black hair up into a wolf-tail and fastened it with a ceremonial comb in the shape of a wolf's head with an upward pointing crescent moon on the top. She knew that it would be dangerous to use her Waterbending and instead loaded herself up with her club, her dagger, and her bow and arrows. After applying the special face-paint, she went outside to stand beside her brother on the wall of the village.
"Are you ready?" He asked.
"Assuming something happens? Yes." She replied.
Meanwhile, below them in the village, Katara and Keng were watching nervously.
"Do you think they're gonna be okay?" Keng asked.
"Of course they are." Katara assured him. "And maybe nothing's gonna happen anyway." However, she doubted her own words.
The two warriors crouched in place on the wall, scanning the horizon, all being wary as they peered into the mist and fog. Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling. Wenona felt her heart pounding in her chest.
"Oh man." Sokka whined as his watchtower collapsed.
"Worry about that later, Meat-head." Wenona snapped. "We've got company."
A huge ship had begun to emerge from the fog.
"Oh man." Sokka gasped.
As the ship began to cut into the side of the village, Wenona grabbed her brother who was frozen in fear and slid them both down the wall to fall back into the village as their fellow tribe-members ran back in sheer terror. They stood back as the prow of the ship began to lower with a loud hiss, getting into battle-stances. The other Water Tribe people stood around, staring at the monstrosity that had just landed on their shores.
"Don't charge until you see the evil in their eyes." Wenona whispered.
Soon, a young man and a few guards came out of the ship. Wenona and Sokka crouched in a threatening manner. Then, without warning, Sokka ran screaming at the man, only to get knocked into the snow-pile. Wenona slapped her forehead.
"Idiot." She muttered.
Wenona straightened herself as the man drew nearer. She squared her shoulders and stood tall, brandishing her club threateningly.
"You're not welcome here!" She yelled. "Get out, Fire Nation scum!"
"Silence, you peasant!" The man yelled back at her.
That made her get annoyed. Who was he calling a peasant? Wenona was the firstborn child of the Chief; therefore she was as good as a princess.
"How dare you?!" She roared back. "Get out of our tribe!"
The man sent a wave of fire at her, but she ducked and rolled.
"Nona!" Keng shouted as he tried to rush over, but Katara held him back.
Wenona quickly withdrew her bow and an arrow and, faster than lightning, fired it at the man. The man saw it coming and incinerated it. She glared and pulled out her knife, and charged. She ducked under the fire-blasts that were sent her way. She slashed at the man with her weapon, but he swerved at each jab. Noticing that her opponent was standing on the snow, Wenona discreetly waved her hand, making some snow form around his foot to throw him off-balance. He toppled to the ground.
"Are you going to cooperate?" Wenona demanded as the man got to his feet with a furious look on his face.
The man suddenly grabbed her arm and twisted it, making her cry out.
"Nona!" Keng exclaimed again. He forced himself out of Katara's hold and ran right over to the fight. The boy lunged at the man, forcing him to release the girl.
"Leave my big sister alone!" Keng shouted.
The man wrestled the boy off of him and pushed him away. He stood in front of the people and looked them over for a moment.
"You know why I'm here." The man declared.
Wenona's heart skipped a beat. He couldn't know, right? How would he know that there are more Waterbenders here?
"Where are you hiding him?" He continued.
Him? Oh, no. Wenona thought. Aang.
The man suddenly snatched Gran-Gran from the crowd.
"He'd be about this age. Master of all elements."
When no one responded, the man shoved Gran-Gran back to them. The man shot a stream of fire in the direction of the villagers.
"I know you're hiding him."
Now, Wenona was mad.
"You just made a big mistake, pal." She snapped. "No one threatens my people like that and gets away with it."
She charged at him again, skillfully slashing her knife, aiming to kill. Sokka, who had finally pulled himself out of the snow, ran at the man from the other side, brandishing his club. The man ducked Sokka's attack and the boy went flying overhead, he managed to barely duck out of the way of a fire-blast and throw his boomerang. Wenona threw her knife at the man's back, but he dodged just in time to avoid being struck. One of the little boys threw Sokka a spear.
"Show no fear!" The child declared.
Sokka charged again, but the man smashed the spear as it came towards him and snatched what was left of it, jabbing Sokka in the head with it before snapping the rest of it to pieces. Sokka sat on the ground, rubbing his head, as the man glared down at him, when Wenona noticed a glint in the distance and smirked. Sokka's boomerang zoomed back and knocked into the man's head, disorienting him for a brief moment, only to make him very angry. The man produced flames from his fists and began to advance. Wenona was about to charge again, when a figure on a penguin rushed in and knocked the man over.
"Aang!" Wenona exclaimed.
"Hey, Wenona." Aang greeted and turned to the other three. "Hey, Katara. Hey, Sokka. Hey, Keng."
"Hi, Aang. Thanks for coming." Sokka said glumly.
The man stood up and got into a battle-stance and his guards surrounded Aang. Aang suddenly blasted air at the ground, whipping up snow at his attackers.
"Looking for me?" The boy asked.
"You're the Airbender?" The man asked. "You're the Avatar?"
"Aang?" Katara gasped.
"No way." Sokka added.
"Cool." Keng murmured.
"Ha!" Wenona exclaimed. "I so called it!" Her siblings looked at her as if to say 'this is not the time'.
Aang and the man circled each other.
"I've spent years preparing for this encounter." The man said. "Training. Meditating. You're just a child!"
"Well, you're just a teenager." Aang retorted simply.
It then dawned on Wenona that Aang was right. This man was actually just a kid like the rest of them. He was probably about the same age as Wenona herself, maybe even a little younger. The Fire Nation teen did not seem to take kindly to Aang's words and shot fire at him which he deflected with his glider. When Aang heard the sounds of the villagers screaming as the fire came dangerously close, he stopped.
"If I go with you, will you promise to leave everyone alone?" Aang asked.
His opponent nodded and the guards came over to take the boy. Keng couldn't let this happen now that he knew the truth about his friend.
"No!" He yelled as he shot a stream of water at the guards. When he realized what he had done, his eyes widened. "Oops."
"A Waterbender?" The Fire Nation teen stated. "I thought the raids wiped them all out down here. Seize him!"
Sokka and Wenona darted forward.
"No!" They both declared as they pulled the boy behind them.
"Stay away from our little brother!" Wenona said menacingly. "You monsters have done enough!"
"Don't you dare come any closer!" Sokka growled.
"Leave them alone!" Aang pleaded. "You're only here for me!"
The Fire Nation teen disregarded them and motioned for his men to advance. Wenona and Sokka wouldn't move aside and raised their weapons. Katara was clutching onto Keng, refusing to ever let him go; determined that the only way those Firebenders would get him was to pry him from her cold, dead hands. Keng hung his head, he knew that it was his own recklessness that brought this on; so, grudgingly, he squirmed his way out of Katara's arms and moved forward.
"Keng, what are you doing?!" Katara yelled.
"Squirt!" Wenona shouted. "Get back here!"
"Keng!" Sokka added desperately.
The boy turned to his older siblings with a sad face.
"Guys." He said to them. "They won't leave unless they get what they want. I'll be fine." He went to stand beside Aang and the two were led into the ship.
"Aang! Keng! No! Don't do this!" Wenona cried out.
"It's okay, Nona." Keng replied. "We'll be alright. I promise." He gave a sad smile. "I love you guys."
"It's going to be okay!" Aang called back in agreement as the two boys were being shoved up to the ship. "Take care of Appa for me until we get back!"
"Head a course to the Fire Nation!" The Fire Nation teen yelled to his men. "I'm going home."
The two boys looked back at the Water Tribe villagers as the entrance to the ship closed with another loud hiss. Keng was absolutely terrified, he knew what the Fire Nation was capable of, but he promised himself that he would make sure his friend would be alright.
As the rest of the tribe set about repairing the damage done by the Fire Nation ship, two sisters stared out at the horizon. Wenona and Katara didn't turn around when they heard Sokka approach behind them.
"We have to go after that ship, Sokka." Katara insisted. "Keng's our little brother and Aang saved our tribe. Now we have to save them."
"Katara, I-"
"Why can't you realize that he's on our side?!"
"And we can't just let the Fire Nation take away our brother!" Wenona snapped. "If we don't help them, no one will!
"We know you don't like Aang, but we owe him-"
"Katara! Nona!" The two finally turned to face him. "Are you two gonna talk all day or are you coming with me?!"
The two girls gasped and ran to hug their brother.
"Sokka, you really do care." Wenona stated.
"Get in." He instructed. "We're going to save our brother and your boyfriend."
"He's not my-"
"Whatever."
"What do you three think you're doing?" Gran-Gran asked as she interrupted them. The three tried to act innocent, but were panicking inside. The old woman smiled and handed them some more supplies. "You'll need these. You have a long journey ahead of you."
"Gran-Gran," Wenona stated, "you're serious?"
"Yes. It's been so long since I've had hope. But you brought it back to life my little Waterbenders, you and Keng." The two girls hugged their grandmother. Gran-Gran then turned to Sokka. "And you, my brave warrior, be nice to your sisters." She then hugged him.
"Yeah, okay, Gran." He responded unenthusiastically, but with a smile.
"Aang is the Avatar. He's the world's only chance. You three and Keng found him for a reason. Now your destinies are intertwined with his."
The three siblings exchanged looks for a moment.
"There's no way we're going to catch a warship with a canoe." Katara pointed out.
They then heard a loud grumbling sound and saw a certain flying-bison just up ahead.
"Appa." Katara and Wenona exclaimed excitedly.
"You two just love taking me out of my comfort zone, don't'cha?" Sokka inquired rhetorically.
Meanwhile, on a Fire Nation warship.
The two boys had heard the teenage boy referred to as Prince Zuko. Zuko had taken Aang's glider and was inspecting it.
"This staff will make an excellent gift for my father." He stated and then looked at Aang. "I suppose you wouldn't know of fathers, being raised by monks."
"He might not, but I know about fathers." Keng spoke up. "I haven't seen mine in two years though. He's off fighting in the war that your people started."
"Silence, peasant!"
"I'm not a peasant! And when my big brother and sisters get here, you're gonna regret the day you messed with the Water Tribe!"
"I said 'silence'!" Zuko turned to his men. "Take the Avatar and his friend to the prison-hold." He then handed the staff to an old man. "And take this to my quarters."
The two boys were being shoved along by the soldiers. Keng really hated being shoved; it was the one thing he just really couldn't stand. Normally, Keng was a quiet, shy kid who never really gave anyone trouble; but, in situations like this, he had a personality change and a feeling of anger would surface in him.
"Quit your shoving, Fire Nation scum!" He yelled. "I hope you face the torments of the Dark Spirit Realm! May Setna curse you for all time!"
"Silence, you little whelp!" The guard restraining him snapped.
Aang threw his friend a cautioning look. Soon, the two were split up. Keng looked back as Aang was led along a different corridor. Keng knew that he had to do some quick-thinking if he was ever going to get out of this. He just needed the right distraction. Luck was on his side, as it turned out, when the loud sound of rushing air was heard. The guard who had been leading Keng to his cell went to see what had just happened, and Keng took the opportunity to swing his foot behind that of the guard restraining him and tripped him. Keng wriggled his hands out of the ropes that they had been bound with and made a mad dash to evade his captors. Keng saw Aang making his own escape and tried to follow after him, but it's difficult to keep up with an Airbender. Keng got out on deck, most of the guards were focused on capturing Aang but a few noticed him. Keng spotted some puddles of water on the ground and focused as hard as he could to move them and freeze his adversaries in place, he only managed to freeze their feet though, but it was good enough for him. Soon, he saw Aang leaping through the sky on his glider, only to be pursued by Prince Zuko, who had jumped after him and grabbed hold of his ankle, dragging the boy down to the deck. Zuko was about to advance on Aang, when Keng Bended water onto the teen's feet and froze it. Just then, there was the sound of a loud groan and they all looked up to see something flying through the air.
"What is that?" Zuko thought aloud.
"Appa!" The twelve-year-old boys exclaimed cheerfully.
As the four Water Tribe siblings and the Airbender Avatar flew away on Appa, it was only natural that questions would be asked.
"How did you do that?!" Katara exclaimed. "With the water!"
"It was unbelievable!" Keng added. "The most amazing thing ever!"
"I don't know." Aang replied. "I just sort of…did it."
"Aang, I think we are in need of some explanations." Wenona stated. "Why didn't you just tell us you're the Avatar?"
"Because…I never wanted to be."
They sat in silence for a little while, until Wenona went over and put a hand on Aang's shoulder.
"Aang, the world's been waiting a hundred years for you to come and end the war."
"And how am I going to do that?"
"Duh, you're the Avatar. You just have to master all four elements. No biggie." She replied with a shrug.
"Yeah, that's what the monks told me."
"Well, obviously now since we're going to the North Pole, we can find you a teacher so you can master Waterbending."
"The four of us can learn it together!"
"And, Sokka," Katara added, "I'm sure you'll get to knock some Firebender heads along the way."
"I'd like that." The older boy replied. "I'd really like that."
"Then we're all in this together."
"Alright." Aang spoke up. "But before I learn Waterbending, we have some serious business to attend to." Aang produced a map and pointed out a few locations. Upon being asked, he explained his completely hair-brained reasons for wanting to go to each place.
Wenona leaned back as she sat down next to Sokka.
"Things are gonna be really different now, aren't they?" Sokka asked.
"Sometimes, change is good."
"Yeah, but it's not easy."
"Nope. But it's even harder to try and fight it. I think this is just the start of something bigger."
Ahh, finally got this chapter taken care of. See you all soon. Oh, one last thing, the mention of the person named 'Setna' is part of my headcanon for the Southern Water Tribe. In my headcanon, Avatar Setna founded the Southern Water Tribe thousands of years earlier; she was the first Water Tribe Avatar and the first person to be born to the title as the first Avatar was an androgynous being of raw power formed to combat the rise of a group of dark-energy beings. Avatar Setna founded the Southern Tribe because of the discriminations against women in the Northern Tribe, her love for the people who helped her pioneer the South Pole earned her the status of Great Spirit Mother after her death, and it is believed she is the protectress of the Southern Tribe. You can find mentions of her in some of my other works on my profile page, especially in 'Kanna's Story: The Journey'. Well, stay tuned, I'll be updating again in the near future.