COME ON PEOPLE! DON'T YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT TURTLE DUCKS ARE TO OUR DAILY LIVES? THEY BRING JOY AND HAPPINESS WHEREVER THEY GO! SO VOTE FOR THEM SO THEY CAN SPREAD THAT JOY AND HAPPINESS! (Also because Zuko loves turtle duckys).
Umm, or just vote period...by the way, today's the last day to vote! So that means, as soon as I come home from school on friday the poll will be taken off and I'll start the drawing. Anyway enjoy~
((Brianna's P.O.V))
"You okay?" I asked Rebecca after a fellow sister had placed a bandage of her bleeding lip.
"I don't know why you're all making it such a big deal" she said annoyed. "A small wound like this will heal with no problem."
"They just wanted to make sure that it wouldn't leave a scar" I reminded her. She made an annoyed clicking noise with her tongue before glancing over at Katara and Sokka. The two were getting their things into their bags, ready to leave with Bato at a moment's notice. Aang sat on Appa, with Momo on his head, watching them pack in silence. When Sokka and Bato had gotten their things together they started making their way, to leave the village. Katara looked back at us before hesitantly moving forward.
"Good luck," was all she could say.
"Yeah, you too" Aang said, avoiding eye contact with her.
"Stay safe," Rebecca muttered. I was about to say my goodbye too, but stopped when I saw Sokka glare from behind. I still need to beat the crap out of him to avenge Rebecca! Shortly after, Katara ran to catch up with Bato and her brother. The three of us watched silently as they walked away from us. Sokka glanced back at Rebecca and they both exchanged quick eye contact before he turned away. Rebecca let out a small sigh before getting up from the bench. The elder sister came toward us when the three where out of sight.
"Guess we should be moving on," Aang said looking down at her.
"That would be best," she advised him. Aang grabbed Appa's reins and waited for Rebecca and I to get on the saddle. From the sky we could see Katara and Sokka walking up the hill, being led by Bato towards where their father was. Aang took his palm and hit his forehead. muttering "I'm an idiot" to himself. Rebecca and I stayed quiet. We knew nothing we said would make him feel better. Aang steered Appa to the beach where we all sat in silence for what seemed like hours. Aang sat on Appa with his head buried in his fur, trying to get over his depression. I turned toward the water, where Rebecca was sitting. She sat with her hands buried in the sand, the ocean water hitting against them every once in a while. By the way she was staring at the sunset it was obvious she was thinking about something. Did she miss them that much? I doubted it, because she knew as well as I did that they would be coming back to our sides soon.
"You okay?" I asked her after I was by her side. She didn't say anything and just grabbed some wet sand into her hand. She watched it fall from in between her fingers and plop onto the ground.
"Just thinking," she muttered after a long silence.
"About what," I asked, not ready to go back to silence. Again she didn't give me a quick answer and just stared at her hand. A cold breeze blew past us making her hair fly all over the place.
"The dream" she explained as she pulled her hair back. The remaining sand on her hand got into her hair, but she didn't seem to care. I felt my OCD taking over as I started wiping off all the sand from her head. Rebecca stayed quiet and allowed me to clean out her hair. "Hey," she muttered after I was almost done getting out all the grains of sand. "You ever been betrayed by a friend?" Her sudden question made me freeze up, but only for a moment. The sand in her hair was bothering me too much to get me to stop.
"Yeah, I have" I said thinking back to when I was small.
"Really," she said sounding somewhat interested.
"Yeah, I had a friend who was picked on a lot because of her size" I said, picturing the girl perfectly in my mind. "I always defended her, but when I was bullied she didn't come to my rescue. She would just join them," I said really annoyed.
"What happened?"
"I don't know. I lost touch with her after I moved from the state." I finished cleaning Rebecca's hair and took a seat next to her. "But I don't care, I hate her. Even if she's crying because her new classmates are making fun of her weight, I don't care."
"Hmm, I see" I heard Rebecca say. There was another long silence and only the sound of crashing waves could be heard. "What's worse," Rebecca suddenly said, bring back the conversation. "Having been betrayed and then hating that person, forever holding a grudge against them. Or caring for someone, whom you slowly realized had betrayed you. You end the friendship not wanting to get hurt even more but still can't come to hate them." I stared at her, her face was serious and distant. I pulled Rebecca into a hug as a wave hit our legs.
"Being betrayed and still caring would be worse" I said into her shoulder. She slowly pulled me off as she placed a hand over her mouth.
"I see," she muttered and forced a laugh. I could see tears at the rims of her eyes, but she wouldn't let them fall.
"You have a pure soul Becky," I said admiring her. She didn't say anything and just watched the sunset. "She doesn't deserve you Becky. You're better off without her." I tried to convince her. She didn't seem to believe me but said nothing to deny it. It looks like nothing I say would get her to agree with me. The only thing I could hope for is that maybe one day she'd get over it, but even that sounded impossible. The silence was suddenly broken once more by the sound of the elder sister running to us in a panic.
"Avatar, you must leave!" she shouted to us.
"Okay, I get it! Everybody wants me gone." Aang said, tightening Appa's reins.
"A group of people came to the abbey looking for you" the woman tried to explain.
"Who," Aang asked alarmed.
"A fierce looking woman with a horrible monster, and a young man with a scar" she described to us.
"Zuko," Aang said a bit irritated.
"The beast was using the scent of a necklace to follow you."
"A necklace," Aang said raising an eyebrow before realizing who it was. "Katara," Aang shouted the turned to us. "Come on guys we gotta help them!"
"Hold on Aang," Rebecca said getting to her feet. "Let's think of a plan before we do anything stupid."
"What do you have in mind?" I asked her. Rebecca gave me a confident smile, her spirits back and her tears forgotten.
((Katara's P.O.V))
Sokka and I were heading back to meet up with Aang and the others. I prayed that they didn't leave yet. It was such a mistake leaving them. We were almost to the village when Sokka suddenly stopped me. I wanted to ask him what happened but the serious look in his eyes kept me quiet. Almost seconds later I heard a growl from behind us. I turned around and was face to face with large eyeless monster. I wanted to scream but nothing came out. The mole smelled the air before looking at me, its nostrils flaring. I could feel my body shaking as I looked up at the creature. It was then I realized people where riding aboard that thing. There was a really pale woman with dark makeup and clothes. She had long black hair that covered her right eye and tattoos visible on her shoulders. The other two riding behind her were Zuko and his uncle.
"So this is your girlfriend," the mysterious rider mumbled to Zuko. "No wonder she left. She's way too pretty for you." I wanted to deny what she had said, but the idea of her pet eating me kept me quiet. Zuko jumped off the mole, ignoring her comment, and scanned the area.
"Where is he? Where's the Avatar?" he shouted.
"We split up! He's long gone" Sokka shouted back. Zuko glared at him, anger shooting from his eyes.
"How stupid do you think I am?"
"Pretty stupid," Sokka said before grabbing my hand. "Run," he screamed before we made a break for it. I felt something whip me from behind and suddenly I couldn't move my body. With a thud we both fell into the dirt, motionless.
"What are we supposed to do now?" Zuko asked, irritated. I heard sniffling from beside me making me look over. I let out a yelp when I saw that it was the mole sniffing Sokka's bag.
"It's seeking a different scent" the girl said, "perhaps something that the Avatar held." It dug into the bag and out rolled out the map, the same map that Aang had been hiding from us. The mole inhaled the scent from it before raising its head and smelling its surroundings. Zuko grabbed the two of us and threw us on the saddle. Once Zuko got on the girl lashed her whip and the creature dashed off toward the village. I hoped that Aang and the others had already left for the North Pole, but at the same time somewhere in my heart I hoped they didn't. The mole crashed through the entrance of the village, breaking the doors from its hinges. The sisters retreated into buildings and behind perfume pots trying to stay out of harm's way. The beast just ignored them and concentrated on only one thing, Aang's scent. It began to slow down and circle around the court yard, still sniffing the air.
"What's it doing? It's just going around in a circle!" Zuko shouted out after the second time it went around. It suddenly stopped in its tracks and lifted its head up to the sky. I heard the whipping sound of its tongue as it rose on its hind legs. The mole suddenly lost its balance, causing us all to fall to the ground. I landed on my stomach and saw something flying high in the air.
"Aang," I shouted out happily seconds after spotting him. The female rider got up from the ground and slashed her whip to get the mole up. She leaped onto it then charged toward Aang. I heard the sound of a crash from behind me, but due to my condition, I couldn't turn around and see what it was. It was only when I heard the familiar sound of a bison's growls did I calm down. It was then I noticed that Zuko had disappeared from my sights which got me worried again. Sokka and I tried moving our bodies so that we could help Aang, but it seemed useless.
"Need a hand?" I heard a familiar voice ask me. I managed to pick my head up enough and smiled when I saw who it was standing before me.
"Rebecca," I said relieved.
"Wow, that's got to be uncomfortable" she said, grabbing my arm and gently pulling me over to a wall. She leaned my motionless body against a building before going back to place Sokka next to me. "You guys should be safe here," she told us as Gin appeared from her charm. Rebecca was about to go off to fight, but Sokka suddenly stopped her.
"H-hey," he stammered. Rebecca stopped and waited for Sokka to speak, looking a little confused. "Sorry about before," he mumbled. I rolled my eyes and wanted desperately to smack him. Why couldn't he give her a proper apology?
"For what, punching me?" she asked dumbly. She let out a chuckle before shaking her head. "I hardly felt that," she teased. "So don't worry your little ponytail off." Sokka rolled his eyes but a small smile crept across his face. I let out a sigh as Rebecca ran off with Gin by her side, ready to fight. He'd never admit it, but he's probably glad they made up.
Sorry if there are a lot of grammer mistakes. I edited this one on my own because Brianna's been under the weather lately.
