Avatar the Last Airbender: Forbidden Love

Chapter Three: Information

~Chapter Three: Information~

Natsumi woke up with a scream.

Sitting up quickly, Natsumi looked around her room with wide eyes. She panted heavily and she could feel sweat making her clothes stick to her body. At her scream and waking up suddenly, a burst of cold air had blown around her room, causing her to shiver and hug her arms around herself tightly. Looking around her room again, she finally calmed down and she realised that she wasn't outside and that she wasn't in the field anymore.

Her eyes widened and she quickly looked down at her body, checking it over for any burn marks. Finding none, Natsumi sighed in relief before she looked at her hands and her eyes widened. Small burns scattered her hands, looking as though a flame the shape of a snake had circled itself around her hands, fingers and thumbs, leaving behind a long red and angry looking burn. Swallowing heavily, she did her best to keep herself calm still but the door to her home opening suddenly made her jump up and send another burst of air towards the door.

"Easy, Natsumi! It's just me!" she heard Tyro's voice come from the door and she let the air attack disappear, allowing Tyro to walk inside.

He carried in his arms what looked like a rather large pile of wood and on his back was a large ceramic pot. Frowning, Natsumi climbed off of her bed and walked over to him, her body shaking and she held out her arms for the fire wood.

"Elder Tyro? What are you doing here?" she asked him as he handed over the fire wood before walking in further.

"I've come to check on you, Natsumi. You've been asleep for several days now," he replied and her eyes widened.

"What? I can't have been!" she exclaimed before she groaned suddenly and she held her head with one hand.

"You have and I suggest that you sit down before you pass out again. You haven't eaten in all the time you've been asleep so your body won't have its normal strength, Natsumi," Tyro said as he helped her over to one of the chairs she had in her home.

She went with him willingly, not wanting to argue with him as she fought off the dizziness. Shaking her head, Natsumi looked up at Tyro as he took the firewood from her arms and walked over to the fireplace. Placing the firewood down, he then placed some of the larger blocks into the flames and then turned to look at her.

"What have you got in that ceramic pot, Elder Tyro?" she asked as she pointed towards the pot on his back.

"I figured you would be hungry so I had Yuri make her famous vegetable stew that you love so much," Tyro replied and Natsumi's eyes widened before she nodded her head.

"Thank you!" she exclaimed and Tyro chuckled.

"It's just got to be heated up a bit. I didn't think the walk to your home would be so long," Tyro said to her and Natsumi rubbed the back of her neck nervously.

"Yeah...Sorry about that but you know I don't like being around a lot of people," she said to him and he nodded his head.

"I know, Natsumi. Now you stay there. I'll get everything ready and then we can share a meal and I can tell you what has happened these last few days," Tyro said and Natsumi nodded her head, staying where she was sitting as she watched Tyro move around her home.

Not long after that, two steaming bowls of the vegetable stew were sitting on the table Tyro had made. Smiling from ear to ear now that she had some food, Natsumi dug into the stew happily. She ate in silence as she listened to Tyro tell her everything that she had missed out on.

"We've also had several travellers come and go through the town. They were completely astonished to find that the town wasn't destroyed in the storm. When we told them what happened, they were even more surprised and asked if you were the Avatar," Tyro said and Natsumi nearly choked on her current mouthful.