MAYA [Book 1 - Water]

Chapter 29 - High Risk Trading

-Sokka's Point of View-

I can't believe Aang just wasted one copper piece over a bison whistle that doesn't even work! He blew at it for a good  5 seconds or so but no sound was made! This kid is definitely hard to handle. 

"No offense Aang but, I'll hold the money from now on," Katara said as she gestured to Aang to hand over the money. He silently obeyed and handed it over. 

"Is there anything else we need to buy Sokka?" Katara asked. "No, we're mostly good. I've already bought all the supplies we will need. We better head back to where Maya is." I replied. 

We started walking back to the forest and as usual, the market is filled with loud vendors trying to sell whatever they are selling. 

When we got near to the market's pier, we heard someone calling out to potential customers. 

"Earth Nation, Fire Nation, Water Nation! So long as bargains are your inclination, you're welcome here! Don't be shy, come on buy!" the vendor said. He suddenly made eye contact with us and ran towards us. 

"Oh! You there! I can see from your clothing that you're world-traveling types. Perhaps I can interest you in some exotic curios?" He said and then he winked. 

Aang, as the usual curious cat, stopped and agreed with the vendor. "Sure! What are curios?" he asked. The vendor took a while before he can answer but then he said,  "I'm not entirely sure... But we got 'em!" he said and then he placed his arm on top of Aang while dragging him into their ship that was anchored on the edge of the pier. 

We entered the ship and inside we saw a lot of weird and somehow rare items. It was a complete mix of fire nation, water tribes, earth kingdom accessories, weapons, etc. How were they able to get a hold of these things?

I went ahead and looked around and so did Aang and Katara. I was looking at their weapon collection when we suddenly heard someone talk.

"I've never seen such a fine specimen of lemur." 

Aang turned around to look at who it was and so did I and Katara. I saw a quite middle-aged man who seems to be the owner of the shop. He had a reptile bird on top of his left shoulder.

"That beast would fetch me a hefty sum if you would be interested in bargaining." the owner said. It was followed by a loud screech from his pet.

Momo hissed at it and then afterward was stopped by Aang when he wrapped him in his arm and said, "Momo's not for sale."

The owner then scoffs and went to the counter. All three of us then resumed looking around.

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-Katara's Point of View-

I walked around the eerie merchant ship looking at all the collectibles and items that they have, when suddenly inside a small cubbyhole I saw a scroll with the water nation's emblem imprinted on its cap.

I grabbed the scroll and then I opened it. To my surprise, it was a waterbending scroll that teaches 4 waterbending techniques!

"Look at this Aang!" I exclaimed calling out to him. He then stood beside me and we both looked at the magnificent scroll. "It's a waterbending scroll!" Aang said.

"Check out these crazy moves!" I exclaimed. "Where did you get a waterbending scroll?" Aang asked the merchant. He suddenly stood up, rushed towards us, and snatched the scroll from my hands.