Avatar: Mysteries

[Teяa253]

well, I promised it yesterday,m so I guess the only way for me to recompense is to stay up till 12:45 to get this posted.

CHAPTER 7: WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS

Tera grabbed mine and Aang’s hands. Suddenly, we were whisked away in a vortex of who-knows what. We found ourselves in a very dark prison. “They are taking them here for the time,” Tera warned, “stay here and out of sight. I’m going to have a look around.”
“What if they catch you?” I asked,
“They won’t catch me, Sokka,” Tera replied, “for I am too powerful.”
“Are you an earthbender?” Aang asked,
“More like an anything bender,” Tera replied. I can bend anything to my will—literally. I would show you, but now is not the time or place.”
“Okay,” I replied, not fully believing her, but at the moment, I had no choice. We waited, and a few minutes later, we saw Fire Nation soldiers with two crates. I noticed in the darkness that they had dropped the metal one and were rolling it to where they wanted it. I guess they felt like beating up on Sanaki a little more.

I had been so close to getting out of the crate. I waited for the next time they opened up the crate, mustering up all my energy in the meantime. I had tried to attack, but I guess they had been expecting it. They punched me in the chest, knocking the wind out of me, and then jammed me back into the crate as hard as they could. I was surprised that my small, weak frame had survived all of this. I wondered how Toph was doing. Even though we were in the same position, I felt somewhat guilty that I had dragged her into my mess. I didn’t care about the others—Aang and Sokka were alright, and Zuko and Katara were obviously now just mindless benders. The technique that my waterbending friend had learned from the Supernatural worked, but had a price.

I was okay, but I heard a lot of scuffles that I assumed were from Sanaki. I felt sorry for that crazy kid—she didn’t know what kind of trouble she was getting into. I heard them say something about dumping us, and I knew that it couldn’t be good. I felt them pick up my box, and heard the sound of them strapping my crate atop Sanaki’s crate.

“Tera,” I whispered, “they’re going to dump them into the ocean!”
“SHH,” Tera whispered, “they’ll hear you. We don’t want to be heard yet.”
We waited until the soldiers left. I wondered why we couldn’t just grab the crates and vanish back to camp, but Tera had something else in mind.
“There are more coming,” she warned, “These are the ones that will dump Bei Fong and Li Chan into the ocean.”
We followed them on their way out of the prison. This place was huge. I kept hearing scuttling noises above me, as if we were being followed,
“It’s just a beaver-rat or something,” Tera said reassuringly, but I thought otherwise. In the little light, I actually thought there were two of them. I told this to Aang.
“It looked like Zuko and Katara to me,” he told me, and I was shocked. However, if it had been them, they must have heard me, for I heard no more sounds of ceiling movement. We followed the fire nation onto the ship, where Tera used metalbending to get us into the smuggler’s hold.
“How did you do that?” I asked,
“It’s a gift.” she replied, “So is this!” I saw Tera turn to Aang, and I watched as she made Aang dance. She was using bloodbending on him! There was no full moon for another 13 days, and it was mid-day. How did she do that? Tera released Aang and smiled at me. Having done no damage, Aang was not too concerned. “That was fun,” he said, “I can’t believe you can bloodbend whenever you want.”
“Yeah,” I added, how did you do that?”
“I am called a Supernatural,” Tera replied, “They are sort of like Avatars, except they can bend anything, anywhere, and they’re much, much rarer. There can be more than 1 on the planet at a time, but they usually don’t appear for hundreds of years at a time.”
“So,” I asked, “why are you dressed like an earthbender?”
“Why not,” Tera replied, “They have comfortable clothing, they don’t wear shoes, and I love these bracelets.” She showed off bracelets on her wrists and ankles. They were not much different from those that Toph wore normally.
“Sokka,” I heard Aang shout, “They’re dropping Toph and Sanaki!”
Aang had been peering through a porthole, and sure enough, I saw the crates, both attached, plunge to the depths.
“Leave this to me,” said Tera, and Aang and I watched. Tera plunged through the ceiling, and dropped straight into the water. We suddenly vanished and appeared on shore. The ship exploded immediately after. This was Tera’s work I presumed.

I could feel the water surrounding my crate. It was getting very hard to breathe in here. Suddenly, I noticed the wood bend like I would bend metal. The only reason I noticed this was because my hand had just been there. Water poured in, removing all air from my vicinity. I felt an arm grab me around the chest and I was dragged upwards. I fell unconscious when we surfaced. Aang and Sokka meanwhile, were watching me. I didn’t know they were, but Tera did. She suddenly slipped up, froze a platform of ice, and then stomped it. It had the effect of earthbending. I was launched towards the beach, still unconscious.

I had already passed out from the lack of wind and air, so I never noticed that someone had just jammed their fist through my crate. I was wrenched out of there as I shot for the surface. When I came to, I was drifting in the water. Now, when I get wet, I am completely blind, so as far as I knew, I was in the middle of the ocean.
Tera was standing back on the beach with me, looking out at Sanaki struggling.

“Why didn’t you get her?” I asked,
“I will,” Tera said, “but this is quite amusing. Let’s enjoy the moment.”
“What’s there to enjoy?” I asked, “I don’t like to see people suffer.”
“Fine then, ruin the fun.” Said Tera playfully, and snapped her fingers. Suddenly, right as she snapped, Zuko and Katara appeared. I noticed Tera giving orders, and Zuko and Katara following them. Katara lifted Sanaki’s body out of the water via bending, and Zuko surrounded her with fire to rejuvenate her. I looked down and noticed that the waterbender that Sanaki had been with had appeared, and was nursing Toph back to health. Sanaki was brought back to shore, coughing and gasping for breath, as Zuko spun fire around her to rejuvenate the little firebender.

“Tera,” I said, “why did you delay rescuing Sanaki?” I paused. Sanaki’s waterbender was stroking my neck with some healing water, and it felt really good. I turned to her. “What’s your name?” I asked, but, like Sokka, I got nothing out of her. She did not speak.
“Gosh,” said Tera, “if I knew it would offend you so much to see Sanaki struggle for life like that, then maybe I’ll leave right now. I already told you why I did it: I did it for my own enjoyment.”
I scowled. I would have tried to beat her up if I was in better condition, but I wasn’t so I just succumbed to my weakness.

I never wanted to touch any water ever again. I felt so sick and exhausted. However, ‘Tera’ as she called herself, seemed to find it great fun to pick on me some more once we got back to camp.
“I’ll help heal you,” she said, since my friend was busy with Toph. However, instead of using healing water, she just used regular water—a whole wave of it over me, drenching me again. I was frustrated that she was attacking me for no reason.

I did notice that Tera was unusually cruel to Sanaki, but there was nothing I could do about it. We were still trying to recover from the shocking incident of Toph and Tera getting captured. Zuko and Katara sat lazily in a corner, looking around blackly, occasionally staring at each other. They were quieter than a tree on a day without wind. This Tera figure seemed to know what was going on with them, but wasn’t speaking. There were a lot of things I wondered about that girl, but that would just have to wait until later…

~Mai~

[Orophin]

The mystery of Tera revealed, know I wonder what caused Zuko, Katara and Toph to fight in the first place. (There was that feeling that something was making them fight).

Another wonderful instalment, but poor Sanaki has been let out to dry (Lol)

[Teяa253]

Well, you might have noticed, but Zuko and Katara now seem to have no mind of their own. they seem to be serving a higher authority. As for Toph, I think she's still normal, and is not serving a higher authority.
Poor Sanaki... she doesn't stand a chance against Tera. She's mean.
~Katara~

[zalo]

nephenee02 said:

Well, you might have noticed, but Zuko and Katara now seem to have no mind of their own. they seem to be serving a higher authority. As for Toph, I think she's still normal, and is not serving a higher authority.
Poor Sanaki... she doesn't stand a chance against Tera. She's mean.
~Katara~

They dont normally have a brain anyway.

[Teяa253]

And then there's Tera...
~Katara~

[zalo]

BTW u were my 3rd post, did u write this?

Cus its excelent.

[Teяa253]

I did.
I will probably put up another chapter within the next 2 hours as well.
~Sanaki~

[justafan]

nice, i am gonna guess, tera is the villain and is controlling zuko and katara with the "anything" bending

[Teяa253]

I will say that Tera does control Zuko and Katara, but there was something that happened when they were revived that caused that. (you might have noticed that Sanaki's waterbender learned her skills from a supernatural--it was Tera.)
Tera only really controls Zuko and Katara when she wants to though. They are not constantly under her control.
As for Tera being the antagonist...
keep that thought in mind, but don't dwell on it too hard. it's highly unlikely at this point.

Still, Tera's cruelty to Sanaki might indicate that.
Or maybe she's just like me, who likes to annoy people...
~Katara~

[Orophin]

Perhaps she likes the idea of Karma, and as Sanaki is always rude/slightly mean, Tera wnats to get her back.

Or she's just a jerk ;D

[Teяa253]

Tera obviously has a hige awareness factor of everything, so she is probably aware of Sanaki's rudeness, despite having not met Sanaki. I think that might be it.
Tera does appear to be a jerk though.
Oh, and I'm going to finish chapter 8 in a few minutes.
~Katara~

[Teяa253]

finally! it's chapter 8! Holy crap, it's 4:32 AM. Oh well, here's the chapter. Note that it mainly is a filler, and focuses a lot about sanaki. However, you learn a lot of information about Zuko, Sanaki, and Sanaki's waterbender (well, a little info on that last one)

CHAPTER 8: TORMENTING THE BLIND (I)
We were finally able to regroup, where Sanaki and I were being rejuvenated. Sanaki’s waterbender really knew how to work it. The only thing about her the annoyed me was that she never spoke, and no one knew her name. I never even heard Sanaki speak to her. Instead, she seemed to use weird gestures, according to my senses. I was lying there as the waterbender finishing massaging my shoulders with healing water. She then went back to Sanaki. I was in a state of ignorant bliss at the time, oblivious to everything, including Tera, Sokka, and everyone. Well actually, Sokka was on my mind, and I was reminded of his efforts to save us, despite the failure to do so. I also thought of Sanaki, and how she suffered at the hand of this Tera figure. This annoyed me too, since Sanaki, although rude, vulgar and uninviting, was my good friend.

My waterbender friend returned to me and began massaging my back. It felt really good. I heard Sokka ask if she could do that to him, and to my surprise, I sensed that she actually nodded. I heard Sokka snap his fingers. He had obviously expected her to answer by saying something. I smiled, but that was about it. I was greatly disturbed because of this Tera figure. What did she have against me that inclined her to pick on me like she did? I was glad Sokka was watching on me, because Tera didn’t let up until he had stepped in and said something.

“You all seriously have no sense of fun,” Tera replied at me grumpily,
“Tera,” I said, “you’re nice and all for saving Toph and Sanaki, “but I don’t understand why you think hurting Sanaki is so fun.”
“What don’t you see fun about entertaining yourself at someone else’s expense?” she asked bluntly, “what’s a person have to do in your group to have a little fun around here?”
“Wait,” I said, “You’re not in our group yet. You haven’t passed the ‘initiation’ test.” I of course was just making this up, but Tera took it more seriously than I thought.
“You want some bending tactics?” she said, “I’ve got them all. I can bend stone... earth... water... fire... air... ice... lightning... plants... light... sand... metal... darkness... blood... and even sound.”
I was amazed. Every time Tera had named an element and paused, she had bent that particular element. She could even metalbend from a distance. When she had said bloodbending, she just twitched her head in Katara’s direction and made her do a back flip. Tera’s deeds had even made Toph spring up, and Aang and Zuko looked in our direction. Aang then disappeared again, and Zuko ambled off with Katara.
“So, am I in?” Tera asked, sounding insulted,
“Sure,” I replied, “but could you please lay off hurting Sanaki?”
“I can’t guarantee that,” Tera replied, “she’s fun to pester because she’s so passive and... annoy-able”
“Sanaki,” I exclaimed, gagging on what I was eating, “passive?” I laughed.
“Actually,” said Tera coolly, “she only gets aggressive if you provoke her enough. I know where to draw the line usually. Anyways, I’m not sure about you Sokka, but I’m starved. Let’s go find some food.”

I heard Sokka call out to me if I wanted to go hunting with him. Having nothing else to do, I consented. As we left, I noticed that Tera was following us. “She’s coming with us,” Sokka told me, but suddenly, I felt Tera stop. “You two go ahead,” she said, “I’ll just hang back with Sanaki’s waterbender. I’ll get her name out of her yet.”
“Yeah,” I said, “do that; the fact that she won’t speak really bugs me.” With that, I felt Tera walk back to camp. I thought she was a dodgy character, but with powers like hers, she could be our key to winning the war. I also thought her style of clothing was totally awesome, because it was like mine.

I was exhausted. It may have been because Tera tortured me every moment she got, and I didn’t know why. Suddenly, I was interrupted. Someone had come into my tent. My senses told me it was Zuko. I wondered what he could possibly be doing here. He and Katara usually only appeared when it was time to eat or sleep. Other than that they were gone off somewhere.
“S-S-Sanaki,” he stammered, as if he was just learning to speak,
“Yeah, that’s me,” I replied bluntly, “what do you want?”
“I-I’m sorry about Tera,” he said, “and... I’m sorry for what you got dragged into because of us.”
“Hey,” I said, “don’t blame your self for that. I dragged myself into your guys’ group. Beating people up in Agni Kai battles at my village got old, especially after a 38-0 streak. I wanted something new. Even if Tera is a jerk, I’m still fine with being with you all.”
“Do you want to play with fire?” he asked me, and I was startled. He wanted to practice firebending with me.
“Are you aware of what you’re saying?” I asked him, for I had thought that he had lost his entire mind,
“Of course I am,” Zuko replied, “I haven’t remembered everything, but I know a lot about recent events. I killed Katara, and then Toph killed me. When I was dying, I saw you in a vision. I’m not sure what it meant, but I also saw Tera. You two were fighting.”
“Wow,” I said, not really too concerned. From what Toph told me, Zuko always had some sort of sob story, so I figured this was no different. Zuko took me by the hand to an open field, where he threw fire all over the place. I might have been tired, but the fire made me feel lively. I could sense things vividly now because of the heat. Zuko came at me in a playful attack form that he called “The Dancing Dragon”. I seemed to know the dance, despite being blind, and so I joined him in the dance. Zuko may not have returned to normal, but this Zuko was pretty cool in my opinion. He was really nice to me. We danced for what seemed forever, and I was having the time of my life. However, that was short-lived. When he returned me to camp, he left, and not long afterwards, Tera appeared. I sighed.
“What do you want with me?” I asked as kindly as I could. I didn’t want to give her any reason to hurt me, but using self-control was difficult.
“Well,” said Tera, “considering how c0cky you are, I just thought I’d put it to the test. Let’s see if you can swim...”
My heart stopped. Not only had I just had an issue with water this morning, but I was also terrified of it on a regular basis anyways. Water is Fire’s bane, and I was fire.
“Come on, Sanaki,” said Tera, “what’s wrong with a little fun? Besides, it will make you stronger if you overcome your weaknesses.”
“Tera,” I pleaded, desperate to defend myself, “it’s like trying to change an element. It’s like trying to get fire to burn inside of an ocean. Things like that just shouldn’t be!”
Tera didn’t seem to care. I suddenly found my senses completely blocked off, and I was struggling in the water again.
“Tera,” I screamed, “stop it please!”
Tera just stood there, smiling. The water I was in was only about 6 feet deep, but when you’re struggling just to keep your head above the water, you can’t tell. Additionally, Tera used waterbending to push my head under periodically. I knew that she was going to kill me eventually. Suddenly, I heard something I have never heard before. I heard a mysterious voice. I knew I had never heard it before, but it had a familiar nature to it.
“Tera,” it said softly, but commandingly, “let Sanaki go.”
“Fine,” Tera shrugged, and pulled me back in, where I landed at the feet of whoever was talking. Being out of the water, my senses returned, and I noticed that the owner of the voice had been the waterbender. Being in better condition than I was last time, I was able to stand up. I embraced her, and was crying into her chest. One thing I remembered about this waterbender was that she was unnaturally tall—around 6 feet or so.
“It’s going to be al right, Sanaki,” I heard her say. I did not respond. I was still crying. Interestingly enough, I could sense that Tera felt guilty about something too, but that was a different story. I was more grateful for my waterbender friend than ever. She was someone to lean on, and right now, for some reason, I needed her more than ever, because I was sobbing uncontrollably into her clothes. It was only a matter of time before the others returned...

~Mai~

[Orophin]

That was sad, and made me want to hurt Tera in some way...

I probably couldn't, but she was being horrible, torturing Sanaki like that.

Well, perhaps Sanaki could get her back, without actually confronting her.

The name of this chapter gave me chills, and I don't get chills very often.

All in all, one of the best non-fighting thing I have seen you write.

Multiple thumbs up!!!

Poor Sanaki...

[Teяa253]

Yeah. right now, I'm kinda trying to get people to hate Tera.
However, that's what makes her such an awesome character.
actually, Tera's about to go on a guilt trip--or is she?
~Katara~

[justafan]

really mean of tera, are zuko and katara gonna go back to normal or are they gonna remain like that always?