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

Chapter 1-4: The Warriors of Kyoshi

After a few hours of wandering aimlessly through the sky on Appa, Sokka takes a look at our map, asking Aang, "You have no idea where you're going, do you?"

Aang says, "Well, I know it's near water."

Sokka sarcastically says, "I guess we're getting close, then."

Katara sits next to me, sewing a huge hole in Sokka's pants. I don't know how he got it, but it was probably either sometime during the chase after Momo, or when he crouched down for his fruit. I was reading one of my books that are probably considered ancient by now. My favorite stories are of people exploring the spirit world.

I get so engrossed in my book that I barely heard Sokka say, "You need to give girls space when they do their sewing or reading."

That got my attention.

I say, "I'm sorry, say that again? I don't think I heard your sexism correctly."

Katara annoyedly asks, "What does me and Ryuza being girls have to do with sewing or reading?"

I glare at him as he responds, "Simple. Girls are better at fixing pants than guys, girls read stupid lovey-dovey stories, and guys are better at hunting and fighting and stuff like that. It's just the natural order of things."

I say, "This isn't a 'stupid lovey-dovey story', it's a book about a person's journey through the spirit world. Plus, have you seen yourself fight? I could beat you easily with my eyes closed. I would say 'and an arm tied behind my back', but we can all see that's not possible."

Sokka says, "But you're a fire bender and I'm a non-bender! That's not fair."

I smugly smile as I say, "So you admit you'd lose."

Katara joins me in mocking Sokka, smiling as she sarcastically says, "All done with your pants! And look what a great job I did!"

She tosses Sokka's still torn pants at him, hitting him in the face with them.

He protests, "Wait! I was just kidding." He sticks an arm through the hole in his pants, than pleads, "I can't wear these! Katara, please!"

Aang enthusiastically says, "Relax, Sokka. Where we're going, you won't need any pants!"

He yanks Appa's reins to the left, his tongue sticking out of his mouth. We land on the beach of an island covered with mountains.

After we've dismounted, Sokka says, "We just made a pit stop yesterday. Shouldn't we get a little more flying done before we camp out?"

I say, "Aang and I haven't seen any of the world outside of the air temple and the South Pole in a hundred years. We just want to explore and see how the world's changed without us."

Katara says, "Sokka's right. At this rate, we won't get to the North Pole until spring."

Aang says, "But Appa's tired. Aren't you, boy?"

Appa doesn't react aside from a mild grunt, which is less than convincing.

Aang nudges Appa with his elbow, saying, "I said, aren't you boy?"

Appa grunts louder and yawns, making Aang smile.

Sokka sarcastically says, "Yeah, that was real convincing. Still, hard to argue with a ten-ton magical monster."

I say, "It's not magic, he airbends to fly."

Sokka rolls his eyes, sarcastically saying, "Right. Because animals can bend, too."

I refute, "But they can! Animals were the first benders, and people learned from them."

Sokka scoffs, "Whatever."