I'm Still Standing- Book 1: Water

Bato and Baku of the Water Tribe

Kya
"Hey look! A sword made out of a whales tooth!" Aang slides down the hill and picks up the sword in the dirt. That's a Water Tribe sword!

"It's a Water Tribe weapon. See if you can find anything else." Sokka says to me and Aang as he runs into the wooden area to search for anything like the whale tooth sword.

Me and Aang nod and start looking on the ground and through the nearby bushes. I keep my eyes peeled for anything . Something had of happened here.

"Did someone lose something?" I hear Katara ask as she makes her way toward us.

"No, we found something." Aang answers as he looks through the bushes.

"Its burned. There was a battle! Water Tribe warriors ambushed a group of firebenders. The firebenders fought back, but the warriors drove them down this hill." Sokka explains as I turn around .Him and the others start sprinting down the steep hill and I follow.

What can this mean? If Sokka is right about all this our dad could of been here .

Once we're down the hill there's a empty beach . Sokka's ahead near the water ."So, then what happened ?" Aang asks as we all stop behind Sokka. My brother hangs his head.

"I don't know. The trail ends here" he sighs with disappointment.

I frown. What could of happened?

"Wait, look !" Katara yells .

I turn to see her pointing to something in the distance. I glare towards where she's pointing. It's a boat against the rocks. It's a Water Tribe boat! It's one of ours.

"It one of our boats!" Sokka runs towards the boat with me and Katara behind .

"Is this dad's boat?" I question as I look at the familiar peice of home.

"No, but it's from his fleet. Dad was here." Sokka smiles to me and Katara .

Zuko
"Aahh! See Prince Zuko, a moment of quiet is good for your mental well-being." uncle sighs as he picks up the teapot and pours the warm liquid into a small cup as Nabu sits next to him reading a book in peace. Once I sit down he slides the cup over to me and Nabu sips his tea very intreeged in the book he reads.

I wrap my fingers around the now warm cup. Maybe this will actually help me calm down and get my mind off of "other" things.

I bring the cup to my lips but suddenly the ship jerks. The hot liquid spills all over my face and hair. I bring my hand to try and wipe it off. I glare over to see Nabu with an annoyed expression as tea was now spilt all over his chest and book.

I growl as I get up. What is going on?!

Nabu beats me outside as we see a woman on some sort of giant mole creature as she has a whip in her hand.

"Get back! We're after a stow away," the girl told us as the men got back.

"There are no stow aways on my ship," I snear, storming up to her as the creature starts to rip the metal flooring of my ship.

"Dude I'm so getting one..." I hear Nabu and I could tell he had a smirk behind me seeing the mole creature.

"No. Your not," I glare back at him as the mole has its head in the hole of my ship sniffling around the lower part.

Moments later a man crawls out of the hole and the creatures hisses and chases after him, it whips it's tongue at him and he falls to the ground not a moment later as he was petrified.

"Yes I am," Nabu smiles excitedly now.

Nabu
"He's paralyzed," Zuko looks at the man on the ground.