Phew, finally found time for this. Hope you enjoy it
((Rebecca's P.O.V))
"Hey, we're almost at the Northern Air Temple!" I heard Aang scream. I slowly opened my eyes and forced myself up to check to see where we were. It was clear we were nearing the North Pole because of the mass amount of snow covering the mountains and pine trees in the area. "This is where they had the championships for sky bison polo."
"Do you think we'll really find air benders?" Katara asked us.
"You want me to be like you, or totally honest?" Sokka asked while he was carving something on his lap.
"Are you saying I'm a liar?" she said, crossing her arms.
"I'm saying you're an optimist" he said in an indifferent tone, "same thing basically."
"Why didn't you tell me we were going to the Northern Air Temple?" Brianna whispered to me after noticing I had finally woke up.
"I was training last night," I said, rubbing my eyes. "I'm guessing they made that decision while I was gone. By the time I came back I was completely exhausted and couldn't hear a word Aang said to me."
"That's what you get for overtraining," she told me.
"At least I'll be prepared," I mumbled.
"Hey guys," Aang interrupted before things got ugly. "Look at this!" I leaned against the saddle to see what Aang was making a fuss about. Completely isolated from the rest there stood a massive mountain hidden within a fog. On the peak of the mountain there was a temple with small figures gliding across the distance.
"Huh, they really are air benders!" Katara shouted amazed.
"No, they're not" Aang told her, disappointed, and crossed his arms.
"What do you mean they're not?" Sokka asked confused and pointed to the figures. "Those guys are flying!"
"Gliding maybe, but not flying." he said, observing them "You can tell by the way they move, they're not air bending. Those people have no spirit." Instantly after, one of the gilders swooped over us, his laughter echoing in my ear.
"You were saying?" I asked, watching the kid fly past us.
"Yeah Aang," Katara said, agreeing with me while standing up. "That kid seemed pretty spirited." Aang turned and looked up at the glider as it passed by us once more, but this time close enough so we could see him. I recognized him almost instantly. After all, I would be lying if I didn't say the wheel chair was a pretty dead giveaway. I glanced back at Aang as a smirk crept across his face. Before anyone could say anything else, Aang leaped into the air and spun his staff before he opened his glider to go after Teo. After Aang left the other gilders began surrounded Appa, making the flight more difficult.
"We better find some solid ground before it finds us!" Sokka told us. Taking the reins, Sokka steered Appa down towards the nearest open area. Once we were on solid ground, I jumped off the saddle and began searching for Aang and Teo in the sky. It wasn't too hard to spot them, mostly because their gliders were different from everyone else's.
"Go Teo," one of the children beside us yelled.
"Show that bald kid how it's done!" another boy cried out. Aang and Teo looped around in the sky, both trying to outdo the other. Teo suddenly did a backwards loop which sped him up, but Aang easily caught up. When they came near the temple they began to twirl around each other then dived down the mountain. About half way down the mountain Aang suddenly broke away from the dive and looped himself back into the sky. He went under a bridge to the temple's wall and flew sideways. When his feet were above the concrete, he releases his grip on his glider and began running across the wall with his glider gliding beside him. After taking a couple of steps he formed an air scooter and rode it until he reached the end of the wall. When he came to the edge of the wall he slowly let the air sphere from under him die out before jumping off the wall and grabbing his glider, then flew off to meet Teo. They are almost instantly separated again as Teo got ready to show off a trick of his own. I saw smoke being released from his glider and he began forming a picture in the blue sky. We all waited while Teo continued to form the image. Just as the smoke faded he managed to finish his picture. I heard Brianna laughing while all the other children cheered when the image of big annoyed chibi head of Aang had been completed. After meeting up in the sky once more, the two flew down to meet us with us. Aang gentle landed to our side then twirled his staff with his right hand. Teo came in right after him with a less graceful landing. The wheels from his chair skid across the pavement as he pushed a lever forward on his wheel chair, activating the breaks. The children ran after him and removed the gilder from his chair. Once the children finished, Teo pulled his goggles over his head and made his way to us.
"Hey, you're a real air bender" Teo said after looking Aang over more carefully. His eyes widen and shined with excitement. "You must be the Avatar. That's amazing! I've heard stories about you!"
"Thanks," Aang said a bit embarrassed. Teo searched the rest of us, his gaze stopping at Brianna and me.
"You two must be the Girls of One Nation" he said pointing to us. He turned his head to me while scanning me up and down. "The dark mysterious beauty who defends the Avatar within the shadows with the elements water and air." He then turned to Brianna and continued, "And the glorious high spirited defender that uses the earth and fire to help protect her master."
"Dark mysterious beauty," I repeated in a confused voice. "Don't tell me you're talking about me…" I said pointed to myself. I felt Brianna slap me on the back of my head.
"Oh course he's talking about you," Brianna yelled into my ear. "Who else would he be talking about?"
"Forgive me oh glorious one, I did not mean to offend you," I sarcastically, making her growl at me.
"Tempted to strangle," she mumbled under her breath while pretending to grab my neck. I slapped her hands away before walking toward Sokka.
"Wow, this glider chair is incredible" Sokka said in awe. He walked over toward the two girls holding the detachable wings of the glider chair.
"You think this is good, wait until you see the other stuff my dad designed" Teo said proudly. He led us to the giant entrance of the temple to give us a tour. As we walked inside I could already hear the sound of air being pumped up with the smell of chemicals filling the air. We came into the main entrance hall as I looked around at the once beautiful home of the Air Nomads. Pipes filled the room and there was no wall left untouched. The wall's artworks had been broken into and most the statues and paintings had been tampered with. I could hear the sound of gears squeaking above us and saw smoke leaking from metal pipes.
"Wow," Sokka shouted completely amazed and broke away from the group to explore the room.
"Yeah, my dad is the mastermind behind this whole place" Teo told us before explaining his father's creations. "Everything's powered by hot air. It even pumps hot air currents outside to give us a lift when we're gliding." We watched as a woman with a young enter a primitive elevator that was pushed up by steam from bottom of the carriage sending them to the a higher level.
"This place in unbelievable," Aang said, looking completely shocked.
"Yeah, it's great isn't it?" Teo said, not understanding what kind of shock Aang was feeling. Aang's eyes sadden before he turned away.
"No, just unbelievable" Aang corrected him. I watched him concerned while he tried to grasp the fact that so much had changed since he had last entered this temple. Teo raised an eyebrow wondering if he had said something that could have upset him.
"Aang used to come here a long time ago. I think he's a little shocked it's so… different" Katara explained while struggled to find the right word.
"So better," Sokka said still admiring the changes. Ignoring her brother, Katara walked over toward Aang most likely being concerned about him. Knowing Katara, she would be able to handle I began to relax and started to distance myself from the others. I went over to lean against the wall behind me. I watched Sokka gaze in awe at all the machines around him while Brianna watched Sokka, finding him his expressions more interesting than anything else in the room. While the two of them continued their strange session noticed Teo was being oddly quiet. I had never known Teo as being the quiet type. I always thought he would be energetic like Aang, or at least almost as energetic. He was staring at something and looked like he was in a daze. I looked to what he was staring at and saw his sights lead to Brianna. I raised an eyebrow and just watched Teo's expression while he gazed at Brianna. His eyes flowed her ever movement and seemed to take in every detail of her being. It was really weird but it didn't feel threatening.
"What's wrong with Teo?" I asked my wolf companion inside the enchanted choker. I heard a loud sigh as I waited patiently for his response.
"I think it would be better if you figured it out yourself," Gin said after a long silence. I raised an eyebrow but didn't respond. Whether it was to teach me a lesson or because he was just too lazy to tell me I'll never know, but decided to take his advice and try and figure it out myself. Whatever it was I was trying to figure out…
It's short I know, but my mom kind of rushed me.
