Avatar Rose: Dawn

Ch.24: Nathan

I'm exhausted, the bending me and the hunter, Evan, had. He's a blood bender. The art has been banned for centuries, Avatar Korra made sure of that. I felt a connection, as Evan was bending, I did. If only I could figure out what that connection is...

The next morning, Rose wakes up first, and takes her turn to make breakfast.

"Nathan," I hear a voice hush into my ear. "Time for breakfast..."

"BRUGGLFTHAPTA!!!" I grunt as my body jets awake, throwing me up. Sunlight peers through the roof of the dense forest above, illuminating our little campsite in a seemingly angelic glow. Right next to me, Rose stares at me a little awkwardly, her golden hair framing those pretty eyes of hers.

"Did I scare you?" Rose asks tentatively. "You look awfully flustered."

"I'm good," I mumble. "I've just been getting strange dreams after we faced Evan. He was a scary one."

"Sure was," Rose muses. "He still is." She turns to me. "Thanks for saving our butts yesterday." She says, but I detect a hint of jealousy in her voice.

"No problem," I reply. "What did you make for breakfast?"

"Ohh, you'll love it," Rose says, pulling me up and out of my sleeping bag. She has earthbended 2 chairs and a table, and set up neatly is some peaches, but they have little black lines on them.

"What is it?" I ask.

Rose smiles mysteriously. "I heat up some of the forks and knives we had, then laid them across the peaches and let it do it's thing. It's got these cooked lines of brownish, and it's heated up and delicious. I already had 2."

"Wow," I say, my teeth already sinking in to the cooked peaches. "You nailed it. It's great. Where did you come up with the fork idea? Your Earth Nation parents?"

Rose shakes her head. "I literally invented this technique today."

I chuckle. "What do you call this new technique then, Chef Rose?"

Rose shrugs. "You name it."

I look hard at the peaches. "Well... It's great, and you nailed it, so how about, grailing?"

Rose laughs. "Grailed peaches." She says. "Sounds perfect."