Post by Teяa253 on Apr 19, 2008 8:15:46 GMT 1
whoo! back from hiatus I hope...
anyways, just like last time, I can't think of a good title for this one.
oh well, that's part of life, I guess.
anyways, here's the next installment in my epic tale of Avatar Kai...
CONFESSIONS OF THE PRANKSTER
My training with Sokka took a while. I personally did not find it as interesting as bending, but I knew it was useful and that Sokka was teaching me everything he knew. I liked it in reality, but if I were given a choice, I would choose bending. I liked my blades, and knew that my father Zihark was proud of me, wherever he was. It took me a few weeks to master his art. He said I was a fast learner. He also was surprised that I, like my mother, was always barefoot. That aside, after I completed his training, I decided to linger in the Water Tribe for a little longer. My mother consented of course. She always did. Besides, she was getting old, and I didn’t want to overwork her. I knew it may not have seemed like much, but I could tell that my mother was tired. I also wanted to talk to Katara about various things. I occasionally saw her and Sokka together.
Sokka had grown much taller—he was now a couple inches taller than my mother. In contrast, Katara was much shorter. She was several inches shorter than Ty Lee, and her head was a few inches shy of her brother’s shoulders. She didn’t seem to care though. She didn’t even care about Ty Lee wandering the place. Ty Lee would pop in and out, occasionally even dropping a word or two to Sokka. I never knew exactly what she did around this place, but she never went far.
One day though, things changed after Katara disappeared. All there was where she had last been was a note saying she had left for the Earth Kingdom. It seemed abrupt, but we took the note’s word for it.
“Perhaps we should go there,” my mother suggested,
“I’m game,” Ty Lee replied. She never argued with us. I looked at her. Her hair was long and in an elaborate braid in the back, but in front her bangs nearly covered her eyes. Judging from the way she dressed, it was as if she had become a nun. She was clothed in a loose pink robe, with a shirt and pants underneath. After all, she did a lot of cart-wheeling around. I put that thought aside and nodded to her.
We left towards the Earth Kingdom later that afternoon.
“Sokka,” I said on the way out, “would you like to come see your wife and sister?” Sokka’s wife was Toph, and she was in the Earth Kingdom as well. I later learned that Toph’s position was rather incredible.
“I’ll...” he stammered, “I’ll come for a while. However, there’s a place in between that I’ll have to stop at, so you’ll have to go without me unless you want to be delayed half a day or so.
“Come on,” said Ty Lee, “you should just come. I’m not going to pull any pranks on you this time.”
Sokka paused and grunted.
“You promise,” he asked, and Ty Lee nodded.
“So that’s what it’s about?” Kai exclaimed, chuckling slightly,
“Yeah,” Sokka replied, slightly embarrassed; “but... never mind. Let’s just go already. I wanna make sure my sister is alright...”
A week later, we were in the Earth Kingdom. We passed a nearby village, and this was where Sokka departed.
“What sort of business are you up to?” Ty Lee asked,
“It’s none of your business, circus freak.” He replied sharply. Ty Lee gasped, and lowered her head sadly.
“I’m...” she said, “I’m sorry for what I’ve done to you,” she said solemnly, “can you please just forgive me already?”
Sokka paused. He thought long and hard.
“If you don’t want to tell us what your business is, then don’t. I’ll respect it just like the Serenes Family does.
“Okay,” Sokka sighed, “I’m sorry I called you a circus freak. It’s just... I’m kind of worried about my sister. Something about that note was fishy to me. There’s someone here that might help me calm down, and a few other things. So yeah, you all go on. I’m sorry again, Ty Lee.”
“It’s okay,” said Ty Lee, her face brightening, “just be sure to visit us once you’re done. We’ll be there a while.”
It was shortly after Sokka left that we came upon a very unusual site. There was a large white animal up ahead, drinking from a desert oasis. I had heard of them, but I did not know what one was actually like. Ty Lee seemed familiar with them.
“It’s a sky bison!” she exclaimed, and there’s a lemur with him. I wonder if it’s who I think it is.”
“Who do you think it is?” my mother asked,
“it might be the bison and lemur that belonged to Avatar Aang,” Ty Lee replied, turning to me, “try calling out to him, Kai. If he responds to ‘Appa’, then you know it’s him.”
I called out. Surprisingly, the beast slouched over to me. He sniffed me and the lemur stared at me with its huge eyes, its even bigger ears twitching.
“The lemur’s name should be Momo.” Ty Lee continued, “But yeah, he seems to like you. I can sense its aura. Appa accepts you as its master now.”
“But why,” I asked, as the beast licked the right side of my face, “I mean, I just barely met it, and ‘poof’ he’s mine?”
“Well,” said Ty Lee, lowering her voice to a whisper, “you are the avatar—a reincarnation of Avatar Aang. So, in essence, you have met him before, just in a past life.”
“I see,” I muttered, “well perhaps we should take advantage of our situation and let him take us to Ba Sing Se. of course, we’d feed him and water him and such, so he doesn’t get tired. After all, he would be doing all the work...”
“Always so caring,” said Ty Lee mystically, “I admire that about you, Kai Serenes II—Avatar.”
I did not tell my daughter, but she was blushing really hard.
A few minutes later we were on the back of the noble beast, and it carried us to the Earth Kingdom central hub known as Ba Sing Se. Of course, it took another day to reach, but walking it took 4, so we were now 3 days ahead of Sokka. I told my daughter that we would stay here until Sokka’s return. She consented as well. Ty Lee of course, was game for anything, so I knew she was content.
We landed outside the city. I decided to manage Appa and Momo while Ty Lee and my daughter explored the city. However, Appa nudged me forward towards the gates as well.
“I’ll watch over you,” I assured him, but the beast nudged me again.
“You...” I exclaimed, “You want me to go with them?”
From what I understood, he did.
“You’re going to take care of yourself then?” I asked, and again, I got a similar answer. I shrugged, and decided to please Appa and Momo by leaving them alone and going with Ty Lee and Kai into the city.
We went in, and the first thing we did was board the monorail. The first thing I did was watch my mother fall asleep. Ty Lee was sitting on my other side, and I was in the middle. I felt my mother’s old face rub up against mine. I let her sleep—she needed it.
“So,” said Ty Lee, “what happened to Appa and Momo?”
“I suppose they’re around,” I replied, “my mother, Kai Serenes I, said that they wanted her to follow us, so she did.”
“Oh.” Ty Lee replied, “Okay. I was just wondering.”
The city was large enough that the ride took a while. We were still on it in the evening, considering all the stops. However, since (as a result of Ty Lee) we had gotten on without charge, we did not complain. (Of course, Ty Lee said that we, the Serenes family, never complained. I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but I guess it is.
My mother slept peacefully on the train, and nothing happened until near the end of the trip. In the meantime though, I was worried about Katara. I wondered if Sokka was right about her not being alright. I guess I would have to just find out once we got there. Right now though, all three of us relaxed and some of us (my mother to be exact) fell asleep on the way…
~Kai~
anyways, just like last time, I can't think of a good title for this one.
oh well, that's part of life, I guess.
anyways, here's the next installment in my epic tale of Avatar Kai...
CONFESSIONS OF THE PRANKSTER
My training with Sokka took a while. I personally did not find it as interesting as bending, but I knew it was useful and that Sokka was teaching me everything he knew. I liked it in reality, but if I were given a choice, I would choose bending. I liked my blades, and knew that my father Zihark was proud of me, wherever he was. It took me a few weeks to master his art. He said I was a fast learner. He also was surprised that I, like my mother, was always barefoot. That aside, after I completed his training, I decided to linger in the Water Tribe for a little longer. My mother consented of course. She always did. Besides, she was getting old, and I didn’t want to overwork her. I knew it may not have seemed like much, but I could tell that my mother was tired. I also wanted to talk to Katara about various things. I occasionally saw her and Sokka together.
Sokka had grown much taller—he was now a couple inches taller than my mother. In contrast, Katara was much shorter. She was several inches shorter than Ty Lee, and her head was a few inches shy of her brother’s shoulders. She didn’t seem to care though. She didn’t even care about Ty Lee wandering the place. Ty Lee would pop in and out, occasionally even dropping a word or two to Sokka. I never knew exactly what she did around this place, but she never went far.
One day though, things changed after Katara disappeared. All there was where she had last been was a note saying she had left for the Earth Kingdom. It seemed abrupt, but we took the note’s word for it.
“Perhaps we should go there,” my mother suggested,
“I’m game,” Ty Lee replied. She never argued with us. I looked at her. Her hair was long and in an elaborate braid in the back, but in front her bangs nearly covered her eyes. Judging from the way she dressed, it was as if she had become a nun. She was clothed in a loose pink robe, with a shirt and pants underneath. After all, she did a lot of cart-wheeling around. I put that thought aside and nodded to her.
We left towards the Earth Kingdom later that afternoon.
“Sokka,” I said on the way out, “would you like to come see your wife and sister?” Sokka’s wife was Toph, and she was in the Earth Kingdom as well. I later learned that Toph’s position was rather incredible.
“I’ll...” he stammered, “I’ll come for a while. However, there’s a place in between that I’ll have to stop at, so you’ll have to go without me unless you want to be delayed half a day or so.
“Come on,” said Ty Lee, “you should just come. I’m not going to pull any pranks on you this time.”
Sokka paused and grunted.
“You promise,” he asked, and Ty Lee nodded.
“So that’s what it’s about?” Kai exclaimed, chuckling slightly,
“Yeah,” Sokka replied, slightly embarrassed; “but... never mind. Let’s just go already. I wanna make sure my sister is alright...”
A week later, we were in the Earth Kingdom. We passed a nearby village, and this was where Sokka departed.
“What sort of business are you up to?” Ty Lee asked,
“It’s none of your business, circus freak.” He replied sharply. Ty Lee gasped, and lowered her head sadly.
“I’m...” she said, “I’m sorry for what I’ve done to you,” she said solemnly, “can you please just forgive me already?”
Sokka paused. He thought long and hard.
“If you don’t want to tell us what your business is, then don’t. I’ll respect it just like the Serenes Family does.
“Okay,” Sokka sighed, “I’m sorry I called you a circus freak. It’s just... I’m kind of worried about my sister. Something about that note was fishy to me. There’s someone here that might help me calm down, and a few other things. So yeah, you all go on. I’m sorry again, Ty Lee.”
“It’s okay,” said Ty Lee, her face brightening, “just be sure to visit us once you’re done. We’ll be there a while.”
It was shortly after Sokka left that we came upon a very unusual site. There was a large white animal up ahead, drinking from a desert oasis. I had heard of them, but I did not know what one was actually like. Ty Lee seemed familiar with them.
“It’s a sky bison!” she exclaimed, and there’s a lemur with him. I wonder if it’s who I think it is.”
“Who do you think it is?” my mother asked,
“it might be the bison and lemur that belonged to Avatar Aang,” Ty Lee replied, turning to me, “try calling out to him, Kai. If he responds to ‘Appa’, then you know it’s him.”
I called out. Surprisingly, the beast slouched over to me. He sniffed me and the lemur stared at me with its huge eyes, its even bigger ears twitching.
“The lemur’s name should be Momo.” Ty Lee continued, “But yeah, he seems to like you. I can sense its aura. Appa accepts you as its master now.”
“But why,” I asked, as the beast licked the right side of my face, “I mean, I just barely met it, and ‘poof’ he’s mine?”
“Well,” said Ty Lee, lowering her voice to a whisper, “you are the avatar—a reincarnation of Avatar Aang. So, in essence, you have met him before, just in a past life.”
“I see,” I muttered, “well perhaps we should take advantage of our situation and let him take us to Ba Sing Se. of course, we’d feed him and water him and such, so he doesn’t get tired. After all, he would be doing all the work...”
“Always so caring,” said Ty Lee mystically, “I admire that about you, Kai Serenes II—Avatar.”
I did not tell my daughter, but she was blushing really hard.
A few minutes later we were on the back of the noble beast, and it carried us to the Earth Kingdom central hub known as Ba Sing Se. Of course, it took another day to reach, but walking it took 4, so we were now 3 days ahead of Sokka. I told my daughter that we would stay here until Sokka’s return. She consented as well. Ty Lee of course, was game for anything, so I knew she was content.
We landed outside the city. I decided to manage Appa and Momo while Ty Lee and my daughter explored the city. However, Appa nudged me forward towards the gates as well.
“I’ll watch over you,” I assured him, but the beast nudged me again.
“You...” I exclaimed, “You want me to go with them?”
From what I understood, he did.
“You’re going to take care of yourself then?” I asked, and again, I got a similar answer. I shrugged, and decided to please Appa and Momo by leaving them alone and going with Ty Lee and Kai into the city.
We went in, and the first thing we did was board the monorail. The first thing I did was watch my mother fall asleep. Ty Lee was sitting on my other side, and I was in the middle. I felt my mother’s old face rub up against mine. I let her sleep—she needed it.
“So,” said Ty Lee, “what happened to Appa and Momo?”
“I suppose they’re around,” I replied, “my mother, Kai Serenes I, said that they wanted her to follow us, so she did.”
“Oh.” Ty Lee replied, “Okay. I was just wondering.”
The city was large enough that the ride took a while. We were still on it in the evening, considering all the stops. However, since (as a result of Ty Lee) we had gotten on without charge, we did not complain. (Of course, Ty Lee said that we, the Serenes family, never complained. I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but I guess it is.
My mother slept peacefully on the train, and nothing happened until near the end of the trip. In the meantime though, I was worried about Katara. I wondered if Sokka was right about her not being alright. I guess I would have to just find out once we got there. Right now though, all three of us relaxed and some of us (my mother to be exact) fell asleep on the way…
~Kai~
