I'm Still Standing- Book 1: Water

The Avatar Returns

Zuko
Suddenly a large flare goes off in the sky just like the one before. It has to be the Avatar.

I walk over to the telescope and look through to where the light came from.

It comes from a old Fire Navy ship stuck in ice. I can see a small figure pick up another in its arms as it begins jumping off the ship and on to small mountains of snow.

The figure is airbending. It's the last Airbender! I've found the Avatar.

I look through the telescope again .The Avatar and the other figure are on the ground and their walking away... Now running...

"Wake my uncle! Go get Nabu! Tell them I found the Avatar. As well as his hiding place..." I order one of the crew members.

A boy walks out as he had on half a soldiers uniform on, the pants and belt that held his swords, he had a black long sleeve and fingerless gloves on.

"It's cold, but is it really him?" the boy asks ruffling his fluffy light brown hair that was also a mess.

"Yes." I nod turning back to look through my telescope.

Kya
"It must be the Fire Nation." Sokka says as we reach the edge of the dock.

"Yay! Aangs back!" One of the children yells pointing in the distance to two figures.

Its Aang and Katara. Thank the spirits their back.

As they come closer toward the village Sokka and I walk towards the both of them.

"I knew it! You signaled the Fire Navy with that flare! You're leading them straight to us, aren't you?" Sokka yells pointing a finger at Aang.

"Aang didn't do anything! It was a accident." Katara defends Aang.

"Yeah. We were on the ship and there was this booby trap." Aang try's to explain as he rubs the back of his neck.

Katara what have you done now?

"Katara do you know what you have done! Since you went on the ship everyone can be in trouble!" I scream.

"Don't blame Katara, I brought her there. Its my fault." Aang confesses banging his staff against the sheet of ice under his feet.

"Aha! The traitor confesses!" Sokka yells backing away from Aang like the rest of the village.

"The foreigner is banished from our village!" Sokka decrees walking up to Katara, grabbing her arm and pulling her away.

"Sokka it was probably a accident .He is not a traitor." I take Katara's arm out of Sokka's grasp.

"Kya, he's a traitor. He is working with the Fire Nation, I'm trying to keep my promise to Dad unlike you." Sokka shoves me back .

"Aang is not our enemy! Don't you see? Aangs brought us something we have not had in a long time. Fun." Katara try's and explains walking back to Aang and standing next to him .

"Fun?! We can't fight firebenders with fun!" Sokka screams swinging his long skinny arms in the air.

"You should try it sometime." Aang grins.

I giggle, but Sokka's making sense, we can't fight firebender a with fun. We can't even fight them at all.

"Get out of our village! Now!" Sokka orders as he points toward the dock.

"Grandmother, please, don't let Sokka do this." Katara begs to our grandmother .

"Katara, you knew going on that ship was forbidden, Sokka is right, I think it best for the Airbender to leave." my grandmother answers looking down at her feet.