Lotus: The Waterbender Far Away From Home

Chapter 2

Although I was unconscious, my soul is in severe amounts of stress, a state of unrest. My eyes opened drastically, finding myself surrounded by a spatial ocean speckled with different hues of blue, roaming spirits drifting with the blue speckles. Another unfamiliar place, an environment of chaos and distress, but it seems like the spirit world yet it wasn't at the same time.

"BOO!"

The sudden intervention of my thoughts startled me. It was a spirit, but a spirit with a human form.
"Good Heavens! You scared me! Who are you and where is this?"

The spirit looked had a weird hairstyle, like a spike placed on its head, his skin green as the great trees in the Foggy Swamp.

"Kotao, I'm merely a wandering spirit curious about a person such as yourself. You are of course in the spirit world, although it would be the dark part of it. I am your escort to someone who would like to greet you. You may know this person quite well actually."

I started with my introductions, this spirit-ah no, Katao seems like a nice one. But a question was still juggling in my mind- Why am I actually here? I didn't come intentionally, so something was probably dragging me here.

All thoughts disappeared when a voice presented themselves in my mind, I looked around trying to find the source but all I could see was Kotao.

*Ura, come here*

I turned to Katao asking if he heard it or not, but clearly he didn't from the confusion I could see on his expression.

*Ura, come here*

There it was again, I parted my ways with Katao, deciding to follow the voice. It lead me through a dark forest. Dark spirits peeking out from behind the lifeless trees, disturbing silhoutettes plastered on the bark. The huffs of wind blow from each direction, leaf tornados formed as a spirit floated past. Full of glistening, purple crystals and eerie shirieks. In due course, thunder-like grumbles from the beasts of the dark.

Nothing phased me, I stood her ground against all those that tried to instill fear. I knew. That if you showed fear, fear would compromise you.

There was a light at the end of the dark forest. Instantly, I ran through the forest towards the light. And the view was amazing, light spirits floating, the sun shining on the grass. Over to the left, I saw a picnic table and a brewing tea pot, water steaming into the air. I made my way over to this picnic table.

"Well hello my dear." I turned around to see an old man in Earth Kingdom attire humming the Four Seasons song I heard so much.

And who might this be?