Aang kept tossing and turning around thinking anxiously about all these things Roku had told him the last night. His mind was a mess of endless thoughts and fears and all this pressure wasn't helping. Iris wasn't anxious at all. She felt more confident and she was glad to finally know what she had to do. But watching her brother pacing around was starting to get annoying.
"Could you stop tossing around?" She asked annoyed.
"Yeah, if we get hit by a bomb you'll go flying off. What's bugging you anyway?" Sokka asked. He'd been sitting on Appa's head taking care of handling the ropes.
"It's what Avatar Roku said, I'm supposed to master all four elements before that comet arrives," Aang said.
"Well, let's see," Sokka started and he turned and looked around "...you've pretty much mastered air-bending and that only took you a hundred and twelve years, I'm sure you can master three more elements by next summer," Sokka said making Aang even more anxious than he already was.
"Sokka you're not helping!" Iris shouted at him.
"I haven't even started water bending and we're still weeks away from the North Pole. What am I gonna do!?" Aang exclaimed panicked.
Katara wrapped Aang's hands and pulled him down forcing him into sitting on the saddle. "Calm down it's gonna be okay..." Katara said wrapping both his hands in hers. "...If you want I can try and teach you some of the stuff I know," Katara said.
A light smiled on Aang's face removed the frown and he asked lightly "You'd do that?!"
She nodded and she said "We need to find a good source of water first," and they both got at the edges of the saddle and looked down.
"Maybe we can find for you a puddle to splash in," Sokka said sarcastically. His sarcasm sometimes was unbearable and Iris shot him a smooth air blast. He turned and gave her a deadly look.
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After some minutes they found themselves face to face with a beautiful waterfall. "Nice puddle, Sokka," Iris said as she elbowed him friendly and he looked at her deadly once again. Appa immediately didn't lose the chance to fall in the water lifting a big wave splashing Momo.
"Yeah! Don't start without me, boy!" Aang shouted at his bison. In a blink of an eye he had taken off his clothes and he managed to walk towards his bison. Iris moved her head... Some things never change... She thought.
"Remember the reason we're here," Katara reminded him.
"Oh, right, time to practice water bending," Aang said placing his pants back up again.
"Great, so, what am I suppose to do?" Sokka asked.
"You could clean mud out of Appa's toes, Smart-Guy," Iris said and she walked beside him.
He crossed his arms and he raised an eyebrow saying "So while you guys are playing in the water, I'm supposed to be hard at work picking mud out of the giant bison's feet?" Sokka asked frowning.
Aang picked a branch of a tree that had fallen down and he handed it over to Sokka saying "Mud and bugs,"
Testing the other options he had he let that frown and he indifferently said "Okay," he wrapped the branch and he walked towards the bison. He started peeking mud and bugs out of the bison's toes as his friends had suggested and Katara with Aang started their first water bending lesson.
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"What is the meaning of this mutiny?" The Prince asked frustrated "No one told you to change our course!"
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When Hatred turned to Love (ATLA Zuko x OC)
Fanfiction***CURRENTLY UNDER EDITING*** Broken, filled with loss, pain, and anger of her people's death... she could only hope she had died with them. An Air Bender from the Western Air Temple never having the chance to find balance within. She never knew...
