The Cursed World

Aquaphobic

"Nya! Where are you?!" 

I called out for my baby sister, who had just recently unlocked her true potential in a battle that nearly cost us the world we live in. The Bounty was a metal bird sailing through the sky. The fight against the Preeminent had rattled us all. Especially Cole. Plus, my sister was also very rattled. You would be, too, if you had to move an entire ocean to save so many innocent lives.

"Leave me alone!" I heard her scream. This startled me. "What's wrong?" I asked my sister, fearing she was hurt, or worse.  I ran to her room. I opened the door. She was crying on her bed. "Nya, are you okay? Are you hurt..?" I asked my sister, my mind a whirlwind of fear. I felt as if my brain was doing Airjitzu.

"I-I'm fine..." My sister responded. I sat on her bed. "Sis..." I said, but she slapped me. "Ow!" I said. My sister stared at her hand. "O-oh my god, I'm sorry..." she said, crying into her hands. "Sis, it's okay...I know how much the battle unnerved you" I told her, putting a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. She was still crying. "Nya..." I said to my sister, trying to make her feel better.

"How would you know how to comfort a water ninja? You have aquaphobia!" she yelled at me. It was true. I am aquaphobic. I was when I was a kid, and I still am. I can't swim, either. Then again, how can someone swim, and be scared of water?

"That may be true, sis, but you're still my sister. I'll help you through this, I promise" I said to her, hugging her close to me. I let her rest her head against my chest. A smile crossed my face as I did so. I was older by three years. I could calm my sister down.

We spent a few minutes together in this embrace. I wondered if she wanted to ever pull away. Probably not. She was smiling too. I noticed she was a little wet. Probably from training. I didn't care. She was the only water I wasn't afraid of. I could never be scared of my own family.