Avatar: The Last Airbender

Part 1 (The Waterbending Scroll)

You walked along the edge of the water, the flow of the tide seeming to shift to follow you. You were tired. You had been traveling for a long time, looking for a waterbending scroll that had been taken from the North Pole. The North Pole was where you had grown up. You were training to be a healer, much to your dismay. You wanted to become powerful, but the women were not allowed to train for war.

You knew the thieves were probably watertribe. You assumed this, figuring that they would have taken the scroll to practice. This was why you were sticking close to the water.

You suddenly heard voices and your head shot up in surprise. You crossed the small body of water that was being spit out from a waterfall, and crept around to a tree. One of the voices, a female, by the sound of it, was rising. She was shouting at somebody. You poked your head out from behind a tree, and saw a boy, about your age, you'd guess, leaning on a rock. He wore watertribe clothing. A girl, a year or so younger, was shouting at someone, as you suspected, though the victim was blocked by her body. She also wore watertribe clothing. There was a tree stump a few feet away from them, with the scroll open. The girl suddenly walked over to it.

"I don't know what came over me. But you know what? It won't happen again." She declared as she rolled up the scroll, handing it to the boy she was yelling at. "Here, this is yours. I don't want anything to do with it anymore."

Your eyes stayed trained on the scroll while you worked out a plan in your head.

"It's okay, Katara." The boy spoke.

"What about Momo?" The male your age asked. "He's the real victim here."

You looked down and saw a white lemur, rubbing his behind. Katara got on her knees and pet the creature's large ears.

"I'm sorry, Momo."

"And what about me? There was that time when-"

"No more apologizes!" Katara snapped. Momo flew away at the sudden outburst. You quirked an eyebrow.

It had gotten dark, and they had set up camp. There was a fire going, and Katara and her two companions were laying in sleeping bags around it. The scroll was tucked in a bag. You climbed out of the tree you were perched in and silently made your way towards it. You stopped short upon seeing movement. You quickly ducked into the shadows. Katara had stood, and she was making her way towards the bag. She carefully pulled out the scroll and began walking backwards, watching to see if her comrades would awaken.

She turned around and stopped, upon being met with a face. The face of a small lemur. He made purring noises.

"Shh. Momo. Go back to sleep." She instructed quietly, beginning to move past him. He purred again, earning him another shushing. She walked into the forest, disappearing among the trees. You walked into the camp and observed the sleeping males. The one about your age was of the watertribe. The sides of his head was shaved, while the hair atop his head was pulled back into a tiny ponytail. The other male had yellow and orange-red clothes. He had blue arrows tattooed on his body. Your eyes widened. He was an airbender. The last airbender. More importantly, he was the Avatar. Momo made screech noises as he flew towards you. You pressed your finger to your lips and pulled out a piece of bread, handing it to the small creature. He shut right up, and started pulling the food apart, eating it.

It was then you had a thought. Would the Avatar steal a scroll? Surely the Avatar is supposed to be noble and pure. He only looked to be about thirteen. You crouched down and had begun to stroke the lemur's soft fur, thinking this over. You didn't know how much time had passed, but it was daybreak. You heard stirring behind you. You spun around and saw the elder boy starting to roll over. You quickly ducked behind a tree, hiding yourself from view.