ATLA Little Bender

Winter Solstice

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Aang had been impressing on Elaria the sense to feel the air's currents. The slightest change in how they swept around her, the way they chilled her skin or the benevolent stroke upon it; it gave her mind a distraction from everything that had happened throughout the last weeks of her life. 

She was certain that... along with the dreams when she woke up, she has to begin configuring the consequences to her choices. Elaria had naively hoped that even as she traveled with the Avatar there was a way to be around them without involving herself in their quests against her people, but the more damage she had witnessed... the more willing she became in wanting to clean up the injustices. 

To bring honor back to their home. 

The Fire Nation's corruption had spread too much even reaching the region where Haru lived, but if it really spread outside thier lands than who was at the epicenter? 

"You're not concentrating Lari," Aang lightly chided. She lamented, "I'm sorry Aang you know that I'm always stuck in my-" Elaria was interrupted by the familiar cry of a messenger hawk, the shriek sending chills in her bones. 

"Is that-" She asked out loud but her words were interrupted by the loud bellow of Appa; the group were sitting on the flying bison's saddle, continuing their journey to wherever they were going, she wasn't quite sure since there was hardly ever a moment to talk.

That and Sokka would always hush the others whenever she tried to ask.

Her eyes landed on the red plumes of Azula's fire nation hawk, it had caught her already? The hawk circled around them, he seemed to dive towards her until Appa scared it off. She felt relieved that the others hadn't noticed the seconds altercation. Katara had her eyes stuck on the clouds around them, Sokka seemed to be carving something and Aang was staring at her?

"What are you looking at?" Elaria peeked at her green clothes. Once again she changed out of her dress; at the behest of Haru and Tyro before they left the barges. 

Aang snapped out of his trance. His face turned crimson and he stuttered as he tried to respond, "Uh-I w-was-"

Katara gave him mercy unknowingly by hindering the conversation. Not that it was going anywhere with the way Aang froze. The waterbender sighed; dreamily staring at the clouds, "Those clouds look so soft, don't they?" She shifted on her elbows, leaning over the saddle more to get a better view. Elaria watched her warily hoping that the waterbender didn't fall off. Thankfully Katara was fine lying on her stomach. " Like you just jump down and land on a big, soft cottony heap?"

Sokka mockingly teased her, a smirk resting on his face when he glanced at her, "Maybe you should give it a try."

Katara looked at her brother briefly in annoyance, "You're hilarious," She bit back at him.

Aang lit up at Sokka's suggestion and Elaria opened her mouth to stop him, "Aang wait don't-"
He yelled wildly, " I'll try it!" Aang snatched his staff before Elaria could grab it, he leaps over Appa's saddle, diving straight into the clouds. Elaria, Sokka, and Katara rushed to look over the rim of the saddle. Spotting Aang's figure turning on his axis before fading into the fluffy heaps that surrounded them. 

"I'm going to kill him," Elaria muttered fiercely; Masking her worry with rage. Next to her, Katara starred into the clouds worriedly while Sokka gaped at where Aang vanished. Hidden from their view Aang opens his glider, using his airbending on the staff to propel him into the sky at Appa's level. He found himself at the other side of the saddle and landed behind the trio that continued to stare over the rim.