Post by Teяa253 on Jul 18, 2008 14:47:14 GMT 1
and now we come to the 31st chapter...
this is the one before the notorious Chapter 32... whose title is still currently pending...
THE SUPERNATURAL LORD'S DOMAIN
After we separated from Sokka, Iroh, Zuki, and Mai, we were again in a deserted area. Everywhere we looked all we could see was emptiness. We continued walking forward, my mother leading the way. Behind her was Toph, and then Sanaki, and then Ty Lee, and I was at the end. We kept walking until we saw something in the distance. It seemed to be some sort of door. It was sort of just in the middle of nowhere. However, when we reached it, we found that whatever was beyond it was out of our reach. It seemed that there were invisible walls around the area, much like the invisible floor we were standing on.
“What do you suppose is with this door?” Ty Lee asked,
“It’s probably to keep something in,” I said, “or something out.”
“Actually,” my mother commented, “it seems to be an invitation to those who have power. There’s an inscription above it.
“What’s it say?” Sanaki asked; her and Toph being blind and thus unable to read anything.
“It says “those with power may enter”.” My mother replied, “and there are four symbols here: a fire one, a water one, an air one and an earth one. And yet there seems to be an order. This seems oddly familiar.”
“What do you mean?” Toph asked,
“Basically,” my mother replied, “if we mess the order up, the consequences might be dire. Luckily I think I know the order.”
“What is the order?” I asked,
“I’ll show you.” My mother replied, “Sanaki, come here.”
Sanaki stepped forward, with the selfsame grace of an elegant Fire Lady. After all, she might have been a swift, rough, fighter, but she retained her nobility and respected her position which had been given her by her good friend Iroh. My mother took Sanaki’s hand and placed it underneath the Fire Symbol. The symbol suddenly glowed red, and the top-left part to the central lock on the door moved away.
“It is simple,” my mother said, “we just need the four most powerful benders, and it looks like we need someone else too—an avatar is I am not mistaken.”
“So,” I said to my mother, “that means you’re the one for water?”
“Aye, Kai Serenes II,” my mother replied, “and so be sure to help Toph find the place for her hand when her turn comes.” My mother put her hand beneath the water symbol, and it glowed blue. The bottom right side of the lock moved away.
“Ty Lee,” my mother said, you are next.”
Ty Lee skipped over and put her hand over the air symbol. It glowed orange, and then the top right part of the central lock moved away.
“I’ll find mine myself, thank you,” said Toph, and she began feeling around. However, this door was not able to be sensed by neither Toph nor Sanaki, so that meant that Sanaki was putting her faith in what my mother said.
“Toph,” I said, “let me help you.”
“No,” Toph snapped, “I can find it myself. I’m not a baby.”
However, she was unable to find it.
“Toph,” I said, “I am not trying to hurt your pride. Sometimes though, there are things that we cannot do for ourselves. For me, it is living without my mother. You are able to do that just fine. Toph, I promise I will not say a word of this. Please though, just let me help you.”
Toph growled.
“Fine,” she snapped, “but don’t you dare tell anyone or I’ll...”
“I understand,” I replied gently, “and I promise I will never tell anyone, not even Sokka.”
“You do know that if this was not absolutely necessary that I wouldn’t do it, right?” Toph said, as I placed her hand on the earth symbol. The symbol glowed green, and the bottom left part of the lock moved away, leaving a 5th opening, where all 4 element symbols were—the icon of the avatar.
“Yes Toph,” I said, placing my hand there, “we know.”
The symbols lit up, and suddenly, we were zapped away. We reappered behind the door. We looked back and saw the very same thing. We looked forward, and saw two very familiar figures.
“Katara,” Sanaki exclaimed,
“Tera,” Ty Lee gasped,
“You’re both alright,” my mother said calmly,
“Aye,” said Tera, “and we’ve been lost in here for ages.”
“What were you two doing here in the first place?” I asked,
“I joined Tera on her journey to go against Clazdian,” Katara replied, “you all here might help our cause a bit.”
“Avatar Kai,” Tera exclaimed, embracing me, “how you have grown... I’m so glad you’re alright. You’re here... and you can fight Clazdian, I... I’m sounding so selfish, aren’t I?”
“Never mind that,” I said, “I’m here for that reason alone. Don’t worry, Tera. We know you’ve changed.”
“So Katara,” said Ty Lee, “this is where you’ve been this whole time; you’ve been helping Tera?”
“It is,” Katara replied; she still had a depressed look on her face. Seldom did Katara smile after Zuko had died. Nonetheless, Katara was not mad at anyone here, she was just worn out.
“Well,” said Tera, “now that you all are here, I think we are able to move on.” Are you all willing to follow me?”
“Sure,” Ty Lee and Toph replied, shrugging, “I mean, I can feel a change in you, and Ty Lee sees it.”
“I trust you,” I replied, “and you know my mother does.”
“Sanaki,” Tera said, “how about you? I mean, you’re the one most affected by my evil deeds. You’re the one I’ve tried to kill several times before. Sanaki, I’m so sorry for everything. If there is anything I can do, please tell me now.”
I could tell that Sanaki was sensing Tera. I could see tears forming in her eyes. Sanaki was aware of this. She ran up and embraced Tera.
“Tera,” she said, “I’m sorry too. I forgive you for everything. Let’s go now and rid you of Clazdian’s menace once and for all!”
“Okay,” said Tera, and she led the way. We kept walking until Tera stopped us. Around us were hundreds of statues.
“What’s with all the statues?” Ty Lee asked, “Are these people you know? Are these the supernaturals?
“These,” I exclaimed, “These are the avatars.”
“Kai is right,” said Tera, “she probably recognizes some of them, these being her lives, past present and future.”
“So,” said Sanaki, “do these have to do with finding Clazdian in any way?”
“Aye,” said Katara, “they do. We need to find the statue of today’s avatar—that’s Kai—and that will lead us to Clazdian.”
“Okie,” said Sanaki, and all 7 of us raced off. We ran down the ranks and ranks of avatars until Kai saw some very familiar faces.
“That’s Yangchen” I said, pointing to one, “and this is Kuruk. So this is Kyoshi, then Roku then Aang, and this one,” I paused, looking up at the statue; it really was me, and was very accurately sculpted. I do not know what the material was, but it was hard and well-made.
“This one’s me,” I said, and then I looked to my right. (Aang was on my statue’s left) I saw some avatars that would come after me. Ty Lee was laughing at an earth avatar that was 5 avatars down (meaning the earth avatar of the next cycle)
“This woman looks like a man,” she giggled.
I glanced at it, and it sort of did. It was a very muscular woman with very large feet. She was not as tall as Kyoshi, but she certainly looked to be as strong.
“Anyways,” said Toph, “Tera, show us how to open Kai’s statue so we can get to Clazdian and kick his butt.”
“Okay,” said Tera, “what you do, Kai, is you put your fingertips on its eyes.”
I did as I was told. Suddenly the Kai statue came alive. It took a few steps back, and revealed another portal.
“This is the way to Clazdian,” it said with my voice. “You may enter.”
As we entered through it, the statue resumed its normal poison and remained lifeless just like all the others.
We had gone in and passed the final portal. The next thing that would lie in front of us would be our final confrontation with Clazdian, the Lord of the supernaturals and farther of malice, cruelty, hatred, and evil. This would be the most intense battle in avatar history—the avatar spirit was telling me that as I descended.
~Kai~
this is the one before the notorious Chapter 32... whose title is still currently pending...
THE SUPERNATURAL LORD'S DOMAIN
After we separated from Sokka, Iroh, Zuki, and Mai, we were again in a deserted area. Everywhere we looked all we could see was emptiness. We continued walking forward, my mother leading the way. Behind her was Toph, and then Sanaki, and then Ty Lee, and I was at the end. We kept walking until we saw something in the distance. It seemed to be some sort of door. It was sort of just in the middle of nowhere. However, when we reached it, we found that whatever was beyond it was out of our reach. It seemed that there were invisible walls around the area, much like the invisible floor we were standing on.
“What do you suppose is with this door?” Ty Lee asked,
“It’s probably to keep something in,” I said, “or something out.”
“Actually,” my mother commented, “it seems to be an invitation to those who have power. There’s an inscription above it.
“What’s it say?” Sanaki asked; her and Toph being blind and thus unable to read anything.
“It says “those with power may enter”.” My mother replied, “and there are four symbols here: a fire one, a water one, an air one and an earth one. And yet there seems to be an order. This seems oddly familiar.”
“What do you mean?” Toph asked,
“Basically,” my mother replied, “if we mess the order up, the consequences might be dire. Luckily I think I know the order.”
“What is the order?” I asked,
“I’ll show you.” My mother replied, “Sanaki, come here.”
Sanaki stepped forward, with the selfsame grace of an elegant Fire Lady. After all, she might have been a swift, rough, fighter, but she retained her nobility and respected her position which had been given her by her good friend Iroh. My mother took Sanaki’s hand and placed it underneath the Fire Symbol. The symbol suddenly glowed red, and the top-left part to the central lock on the door moved away.
“It is simple,” my mother said, “we just need the four most powerful benders, and it looks like we need someone else too—an avatar is I am not mistaken.”
“So,” I said to my mother, “that means you’re the one for water?”
“Aye, Kai Serenes II,” my mother replied, “and so be sure to help Toph find the place for her hand when her turn comes.” My mother put her hand beneath the water symbol, and it glowed blue. The bottom right side of the lock moved away.
“Ty Lee,” my mother said, you are next.”
Ty Lee skipped over and put her hand over the air symbol. It glowed orange, and then the top right part of the central lock moved away.
“I’ll find mine myself, thank you,” said Toph, and she began feeling around. However, this door was not able to be sensed by neither Toph nor Sanaki, so that meant that Sanaki was putting her faith in what my mother said.
“Toph,” I said, “let me help you.”
“No,” Toph snapped, “I can find it myself. I’m not a baby.”
However, she was unable to find it.
“Toph,” I said, “I am not trying to hurt your pride. Sometimes though, there are things that we cannot do for ourselves. For me, it is living without my mother. You are able to do that just fine. Toph, I promise I will not say a word of this. Please though, just let me help you.”
Toph growled.
“Fine,” she snapped, “but don’t you dare tell anyone or I’ll...”
“I understand,” I replied gently, “and I promise I will never tell anyone, not even Sokka.”
“You do know that if this was not absolutely necessary that I wouldn’t do it, right?” Toph said, as I placed her hand on the earth symbol. The symbol glowed green, and the bottom left part of the lock moved away, leaving a 5th opening, where all 4 element symbols were—the icon of the avatar.
“Yes Toph,” I said, placing my hand there, “we know.”
The symbols lit up, and suddenly, we were zapped away. We reappered behind the door. We looked back and saw the very same thing. We looked forward, and saw two very familiar figures.
“Katara,” Sanaki exclaimed,
“Tera,” Ty Lee gasped,
“You’re both alright,” my mother said calmly,
“Aye,” said Tera, “and we’ve been lost in here for ages.”
“What were you two doing here in the first place?” I asked,
“I joined Tera on her journey to go against Clazdian,” Katara replied, “you all here might help our cause a bit.”
“Avatar Kai,” Tera exclaimed, embracing me, “how you have grown... I’m so glad you’re alright. You’re here... and you can fight Clazdian, I... I’m sounding so selfish, aren’t I?”
“Never mind that,” I said, “I’m here for that reason alone. Don’t worry, Tera. We know you’ve changed.”
“So Katara,” said Ty Lee, “this is where you’ve been this whole time; you’ve been helping Tera?”
“It is,” Katara replied; she still had a depressed look on her face. Seldom did Katara smile after Zuko had died. Nonetheless, Katara was not mad at anyone here, she was just worn out.
“Well,” said Tera, “now that you all are here, I think we are able to move on.” Are you all willing to follow me?”
“Sure,” Ty Lee and Toph replied, shrugging, “I mean, I can feel a change in you, and Ty Lee sees it.”
“I trust you,” I replied, “and you know my mother does.”
“Sanaki,” Tera said, “how about you? I mean, you’re the one most affected by my evil deeds. You’re the one I’ve tried to kill several times before. Sanaki, I’m so sorry for everything. If there is anything I can do, please tell me now.”
I could tell that Sanaki was sensing Tera. I could see tears forming in her eyes. Sanaki was aware of this. She ran up and embraced Tera.
“Tera,” she said, “I’m sorry too. I forgive you for everything. Let’s go now and rid you of Clazdian’s menace once and for all!”
“Okay,” said Tera, and she led the way. We kept walking until Tera stopped us. Around us were hundreds of statues.
“What’s with all the statues?” Ty Lee asked, “Are these people you know? Are these the supernaturals?
“These,” I exclaimed, “These are the avatars.”
“Kai is right,” said Tera, “she probably recognizes some of them, these being her lives, past present and future.”
“So,” said Sanaki, “do these have to do with finding Clazdian in any way?”
“Aye,” said Katara, “they do. We need to find the statue of today’s avatar—that’s Kai—and that will lead us to Clazdian.”
“Okie,” said Sanaki, and all 7 of us raced off. We ran down the ranks and ranks of avatars until Kai saw some very familiar faces.
“That’s Yangchen” I said, pointing to one, “and this is Kuruk. So this is Kyoshi, then Roku then Aang, and this one,” I paused, looking up at the statue; it really was me, and was very accurately sculpted. I do not know what the material was, but it was hard and well-made.
“This one’s me,” I said, and then I looked to my right. (Aang was on my statue’s left) I saw some avatars that would come after me. Ty Lee was laughing at an earth avatar that was 5 avatars down (meaning the earth avatar of the next cycle)
“This woman looks like a man,” she giggled.
I glanced at it, and it sort of did. It was a very muscular woman with very large feet. She was not as tall as Kyoshi, but she certainly looked to be as strong.
“Anyways,” said Toph, “Tera, show us how to open Kai’s statue so we can get to Clazdian and kick his butt.”
“Okay,” said Tera, “what you do, Kai, is you put your fingertips on its eyes.”
I did as I was told. Suddenly the Kai statue came alive. It took a few steps back, and revealed another portal.
“This is the way to Clazdian,” it said with my voice. “You may enter.”
As we entered through it, the statue resumed its normal poison and remained lifeless just like all the others.
We had gone in and passed the final portal. The next thing that would lie in front of us would be our final confrontation with Clazdian, the Lord of the supernaturals and farther of malice, cruelty, hatred, and evil. This would be the most intense battle in avatar history—the avatar spirit was telling me that as I descended.
~Kai~
