Avatar The Last Airbender: The Sins of the Past [Katara x OC]

Chapter 1-1: The Boy and Girl in the Iceberg

After what felt like forever of silence and darkness, I saw a beam of light overtaking my vision. I finally take a breath that I felt had been trapped in my lungs for so long. I open my eyes, seeing a blue sky above me. I'm laying on a flat surface and sit up to see that I'm on Appa's saddle.

I scratch my head in confusion and feel the palm of my hand get covered in something cold. I look at my hand to see ice crystals. I wipe my hand off on my shirt, then hear Aang's voice. I look around me to see that we're surrounded by ice walls. Are we near one of the water tribes? How did we get here? I guess I passed out, since that storm is the last thing I remember.

Aang was sliding down one of the walls and hear him call, "Ryuza! Appa! There you are!"

He enthusiastically waves at me, and I wave back. I slide down Appa's tail, and try to get up once I stop sliding.

I fall on my butt from the lack of grip, and Aang helps me back up, asking, "Are you alright?"

As I get back up on my feet, I respond, "Yeah, I just wasn't expecting the ice to be that slippery. I've never been near ice before."

Aang giggles, moving to Appa. Appa was still asleep, so Aang was pulling on his upper lip to wake him up.

He exclaims, "Wake up, buddy!"

I hear someone gasp loudly. I look to my right, the direction the noise came from, and see a teenage boy around my age and a younger girl. Their clothes look like they're from the Southern Water Tribe, though the outfits look more advanced than the ones I've seen in books. Were the books that outdated? They both look just as shocked to see me as I am to see them. Appa finally wakes up, giving Aang a big, slobbery lick, coating Aang's entire side in saliva. Gross.

Aang laughs, saying, "You're okay!"

Aang gives Appa a big hug as Appa finally stands on all six legs, stretching.

The Southern Water Tribe boy exclaims, "What is that thing?!"

Aang replies, "This is Appa, my flying bison."

The boy gives him a deadpanned expression, gesturing to the girl beside him.

He sarcastically says, "Right, and this is Katara, my flying sister."

The girl, Katara, shoots the boy an annoyed look. Aang and I look confused at the siblings, then at each other. Our attention is drawn back toward Appa as we hear him inhale deeply and lean his head backward. Uh oh. I know what that means. Aang ducks, and I'm far enough from Appa's face to just walk to the side to avoid the snot-shot of a sneeze. The green snot lands on the boy, almost completely covering him. He squeals in disgust, trying to wipe it off and failing, much to the amusement of Katara and I.

Aang giggles a little, saying, "Don't worry, it'll wash out."

The boy tries to wipe the snot off of his face, only getting his glove covered in snot and covering more of his face in snot, almost reaching his mouth. Katara covers her mouth in disgust, and I grimace at the sight.

As the boy rolls in the snow, finally getting the snot off, I say to Aang, "We must be in the Southern Water Tribe, considering their clothes."

Aang asks the siblings, "So, do you guys live around here?"

The boy points his spear at us and tells his sister, "Don't answer that. Did you see that crazy bolt of light?! They were probably trying to signal the Fire Navy!"

My eyes widen, hearing their hatred of the Fire Nation. I've never heard of anyone being against the Fire Nation as a whole, but I have heard of people being against Fire Lord Sozin. Especially my family, since he killed my father. If they hate the Fire Nation so much, I probably shouldn't reveal my firebending. At least, not yet.