((Rebecca's P.O.V))
"Those clouds look so soft, don't they? Like you could just jump down and you'd land in a big, soft cottony heap" Katara said while looking down at the clouds below us. I let out a groan and buried my head into Appa's fur, hoping to drown out all of the noise around me so I could get more sleep.
"Maybe you should give it a try," Sokka told his sister smugly.
"You're hilarious," Katara said while probably shooting him a glare.
"I'll try it!" Aang suddenly shouted out before jumping off of Appa.
"Can't I have one morning where I can just sleep in," I muttered as I forced myself up. I saw Brianna, Sokka, and Katara at the edge of the saddle looking down to where Aang most likely had jumped off from. They didn't see Aang return from behind them, with his glider. They only realized it when they heard the thud he made when he landed on Appa.
"Turns out clouds are made of water!" Aang told us completely soaked. He used his air bending by sending a gust of wind out to dry himself off and also hitting the rest of us on the saddle.
"Of course clouds are made of water. You guys didn't know that?" I asked them as I crossed my legs. All of them shook their heads making me slap my forehead. "I didn't know our world was that advanced." I let out a small sigh as I began to make a short summary of the water cycle. "Basically to sum it all up water is one of the few things you can't destroy. It can become a solid, liquid, and gas. When it reaches a freezing or boiling point it will became ice or water vapor. Clouds are made of water vapor which in time will pile up creating rain."
"Where did you learn that?" Sokka asked with disbelief.
"Science class in school we learned it in eighth grade," Brianna said answering his question for me. "I always hated that class, but not as much as Spanish."
"What's Spanish?" Aang asked us.
"It's a certain language in our world," I told him.
"Wait a minute you have different languages in your world?" Sokka asked with disbelief.
"Come to think of it, we never did ask Rebecca what their world was like," Katara said making me wonder when it was that they talked about this.
"What do you mean me? Why couldn't Brianna tell you?" I asked them with a raised eyebrow. Brianna slowly hid behind Sokka trying to hide herself from me.
"Well Brianna tried explaining it to us, but you know that she can't compare to you when it comes to explaining." Aang replied.
"Why is it always me," I said as I let out a sigh. "Well I guess I should start with what it looks like. Both our world's landmark and oceans are pretty much the same, except that the world we come from is much more divided. The only similarity is probably that both our worlds have a North and South Pole. Each continent, or as you call it Nation, has their own languages and dialects, their own cultures. There are many types of languages such as: English, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, French, Latin, Japanese, German, and many more. As you can imagine our world is vastly separated because of these differences and more. This is why Brianna and I can't read your language since we can only read English. Although it can be said that language has isolated our nations from one another but technology is a way that we have connected to each other. In our world technology is much more advanced than here. While you guys have animals to ride on, we have nonliving vehicles such as cars and airplanes that provide us with transportation on the earth and sky. Communication in our world is also more advanced. We can not only send letters, but use something called a phone which is a machine that allows you to talk almost directly to someone with them having to be next to you. There's other stuff too but I don't really want to get into that."
"Wow your world sounds great!" Sokka said in awe.
"No it's not. Our world is always at war, there is no such thing as a time of peace. With our technology we manage to kill millions a day. Each nation's leaders crave more power creating more war around the world. Everything around us is polluted: the water, air, even the earth. The people there are becoming more and more inhumane. It's embarrassing just thinking about it. It's sickening! Of course there aren't all bad people, but it's nothing compared to the vast population who have let evil in their hearts take control of them."
"So why didn't you try to stop it?" Katara asked.
"It's not that simple," I said leaning against the saddle. "Brianna and I were just two helpless girlsin a world of billions of people. In there eyes we can't do much of anything. We weren't seen as a threat or worthy allies because we didn't have these powers there. Even if we did I don't think it would have mattered. The adult world looks at us and just sees two children. Our opinion doesn't matter to most of them. If we had discovered our powers before hand I'm positive that they would have used us for their advantage." I looked up towards the sky and watched a flock of birds fly by. No one said anything and just remained silent, not sure what to say after hearing such news. I turned around and looked out towards where we were heading.
"But now things are different. We've discovered our inner power and things are different here. Since I can't undo the damage of my world I can at least save yours." Before anyone said anything I spotted something ahead of us. "Hey Brianna, come over here." She walked over to me and quickly noticed what I had spotted. In the middle of a valley was where a black barren waste land lay. Around the outskirts had been lush green trees but centered in it was the burnt ashy remains of the heart of the forest.
"Hey what is that?" Katara asked after noticing what we were looking at.
"It's like a scar," Sokka said as he looked down at the valley. We all flew silently down toward the black waste land. Brianna and I silently got off of Appa and watched Aang looked around the once green forest, obviously blaming himself. "Listen, it's so quiet. There's no life anywhere," Sokka said as he searched around.
"Aang, are you okay?" Katara asked him but didn't get a response.
"Fire Nation!" Sokka suddenly screamed out. "Those evil savages make me sick! They have no respect for…" Katara shushed him, stopping him from completing his sentence. "What? I'm not allowed to be angry?" Sokka asked not understanding that Aang was in pain at the moment.
"Why would anyone do this? How could I let this happen?" Aang asked allowing the guilty feeling to sink in.
"Aang, you didn't let this happen. It has nothing to do with you," Katara said trying to cheer him up but didn't understand how he felt.
"Yes it does. It's the Avatar's job to protect nature," Aang explained as he sat down on the ground that was covered in ash. "But, I don't know how to do my job."
"That's why we're going to the North Pole to find you a teacher," Katara said still not understanding what Aang was talking about.
"Yeah, a water bending teacher, but there's no one who can teach me how to be the Avatar. Monk Gyatso said that Avatar Roku would help me," Aang said as he thought of one of his many long lost friends.
"The Avatar before you? He died over a hundred years ago, how are you supposed to talk to him?" Sokka asked Aang, who clearly didn't have an answer.
"I don't know," Aang said as Momo walked over to his lap, hoping to cheer his master up. Aang looked sadly down at the lemur and slowly pay its fur trying to find some sort of comfort. Brianna tapped my shoulder as she motioned me to come closer to her so she could whisper something into my ear.
"Shouldn't we say something?" I shook my head.
"I know how you feel, but we should wait a while, and besides we should let Katara handle it. I really don't feel like throwing an acorn at him. That and you know that Aang will forgive her faster because of his feelings for her." Brianna began gagging, probably not happy with the couple in mind. "Look, I know you're a Zuko and Katara fan but can you try and accept the couple for Aang's happiness?"
"I'm trying, but it's hard getting over any couple," Brianna said pouting.
"Yeah whatever you say," I said not really caring, since it was only the beginning of the series meaning we had time before Aang's feelings for Katara would reach a maximum. I watched as Katara grabbed a couple of acorns from the ground.
"Hey Aang, are you ready to be cheered up?" Katara asked as she got up from the ground.
"No," Aang replied back and got hit in the head with an acorn. "Ow hey, how was that cheering me up?" he asked, rubbing his head where Katara had hit him. I heard Sokka start laughing at the fact that Aang was in pain.
"Cheered me up," he told Aang as he continued to laugh. Katara threw a different acorn at his head to make him shut up. "Ow yeah, I probably deserved that." Brianna looked over at me and smiled, ready to torture Sokka a bit. Brianna stomped her foot to the ground making a rock formation pop up from under Sokka, sending him flying and crashed into the ground. "Okay," Sokka said as he got up "I didn't deserve that!" Brianna looked away trying to avoid eye contact with him while holding in her laughter. I heard Katara and Aang laugh in the background before Katara got back on topic.
"These acorns are everywhere Aang. That means the forest will grow back." She placed one of the acorns into his hand as she continued her little speech. "Every one of these will be a tall oak tree someday, and all the birds and animals that lived here will come back." Aang looked down at the acorn and smiled.
"Thanks, Katara" Aang said as he held onto the acorn.
"Yeah well the forest might not grow back if Momo, here, consumes all the seeds," I told them as I pointed towards the flying lemur. Momo looked up at us, his cheeks completely overstuffed with acorns and other nuts. They all started laughing as I walked towards Momo and took some of the acorns from his hands. "Hey Brianna, help me plant these seeds so that this black hole doesn't consume them all."
She cracked her knuckles then punched the ground with her fist creating a crack in the earth. The crack spread to the far the barren waste land, splitting it in two. When the ground stopped shaking I got ready for my part of the job. I quickly ran in high speed around the forest and grabbed up all the seeds I could carry and dropped them down the gap. I gave Brianna a signal once I saw that I had tossed most of the acorns so that she could close the gap. When she saw me wave, she slide her foot along the dirt and pushed her arms forward which sent a pile of dirt that buried the seeds.
"Good job," I praised her, as I made my way to her, and patted her shoulder. She gave me a grin, happy that I complimented her. I heard footsteps from behind me that were walking to us. I turned around, expecting something threatening, but all I saw was an old man. He continued to walk towards us with hopeful eyes.
"Hey, who are you?" Sokka asked noticing the man, seconds after I had. The elderly man ignored Sokka as he slowly walked to Aang, completely in awe.
"When I saw the flying bison I thought it was impossible, but those markings, are you the Avatar child?" he asked, not even questioning the fact that the Avatar was just a mere child. Aang looked towards Katara, Brianna, and I to get their opinion on whether or not it was safe to tell. Katara and Brianna nodded their heads without hesitation both being the kind hearted girls they were. Aang then glanced back at me making sure it was really alright. I found no reason as to why we couldn't trust the man and waved my hand at him, telling him to go on ahead. Aang turned back to the man then nodded his head, admitting that he was indeed the Avatar. The man sighed a bit relieved but then became distressed.
"My village desperately needs your help," the old man said. The others looked at each other, all wondering what could have happened that was so terrible besides the forest being burned down. Although Brianna and I were well aware what happened to his village, we didn't clearly understand just how much destruction it had gone though. The man led us towards the main entrance of a small walled town. Inside there were a group of buildings that were being reconstructed, for reasons unknown to most strangers. We were then led towards what looked like the main house and were greeted by a young man who looked to be the leader of the small village. "This young person is the Avatar," the elderly man introduced Aang to the townspeople.
"So the rumors of your return are true," the chief said to himself as he bowed to us. "It is the greatest honor of a lifetime to be in your presence." Aang bowed to the man, showing him the same respect he did for him.
"Nice to meet you too, so is there something I can help you with?" Aang asked getting into business.
"I'm not sure," the chief told us honestly.
"Our village is in crisis, he's our only hope." The elderly man told the young chief before turning to us to explain. "For the last few days at sunset a spirit monster comes and attacks our village. He is Hei-Bai, the black and white spirit."
