MAYA [Book 1 - Water]

Chapter 31 - Lightning Generation Origin

-Maya's Point of View-

It only took us a matter of minutes to pack up camp, and then resume our travel. We're now up in the air once more, heading towards the north. Appa flew above a sea of clouds so that we could get some cover and refrain from being noticed, since I'm sure that, that crazy prince would still be down there trying to catch us. 

The flight was kind of quiet as everyone tries to get a breather from the recent happening. That was until Katara broke the ice and said, "Aang... I still owe you an apology. You were just so good at waterbending without really trying. I got so competitive that I put us all in danger. I'm sorry." 

We all looked at her and then I scooched in and placed a hand on her shoulder. "That's okay Katara." Aang replied. "Besides, who needs that stupid scroll anyway?" she continued. 

Speaking of the scroll, I wonder if Momo was able to catch it.

"Is that really how you feel?" Sokka suddenly said while waving the scroll he was holding in front of Katara's face. "The scroll!" Katara exclaimed as she tries to reach out for it. Sokka then backed away and blocked Katara from coming near. "First! What did you learn?" he asked. "Stealing is wrong," Katara answered. 

He smiled at her sister as he handed over the scroll. "Unless it's from pirates," Katara said mischievously. Aang and I giggled at Katara's statement. "Good one Katara," Aang said.

Sokka looked at her sister angrily and then Katara said, "Relax! I'm kidding! I won't do this ever again, I promise." Sokka leaned back and replied, "You better not."

"But how did you get this Sokka?" I asked. "I didn't. Momo handed it to me when he landed on top of my head," he answered. "Great job buddy." Aang praised the lemur that was on top of his arm. 

Great job indeed! Now we all get to be happy!

"Where do we go now?" Katara suddenly asked. "That commotion back in the river already consumed a lot of our time. We better keep heading north for now and camp out when Appa's tired." Sokka answered. "You okay with that buddy?" Aang asked Appa. The bison then roared an answer. 

And just like that, we're on our way to the north pole once again. Geez it's only morning and I'm feeling so tired already. 

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-Iroh's Point of View-

We're out here on the waters once again, heading north, trying to catch the Avatar. It's been hours since that commotion back in the river occurred and since then Zuko hasn't talked to me yet. 

I tried starting a conversation with him but I guess it's best to just let him cool off. He's definitely mad at me for some reason. 

It's already past noon and we've just had lunch. I went straight to my quarters and sat on the bed. I still can't forget the face of Maya. Seeing it up close, she really does resemble Anika, as well as her father...

I paused for a moment from my thoughts and then I suddenly stood up. 

From the looks of it, Maya doesn't know how to firebend, which is quite understandable since she grew up in the southern water tribes, and it's also for the best that she doesn't know how. It seems as well that she doesn't know who I was. 

I went to my small dresser and grabbed five papers.  In each paper, I wrote the same letter that reads,