Storm and Sunshine

How was this possible? Kaia was this 'Katara's mother? Wait, was Katara my mother? I'm so confused.

He shielded her with his lean body, protecting her maybe?
"Get away from my daughter, before you regret not doing so."
He was persistent, because he only held her tighter than before.
"Ma'am, we were only talking, nothing more.. " He tried to reason with Kaia.
She only got angrier. As she moved toward them, it suddenly got hotter, and her eyes, Kaia's eyes glowed a fiery red. Out of nowhere, a fireball shot in the direction of the man and lady, Jude and Katara, but instead of burning them, it was blocked by thunder and lightning. Then Kaia's eyes slowly moved to my direction.

Oh no.
All the things around me, including time itself, seemed to come to a standstill. Everything, that is, apart from the fireball coming my way. How did she even know I was here? I was invisible. And panicking, I was panicking. I had no idea where I was or what I could possibly do.
But in all my panicked state, I managed to hear a voice, Jude's voice, in my head, telling me to run. I looked to his direction to see if he was indeed talking to me, but there was fire, thunder in the sky and lightning bolts everywhere. I had to run, but my feet were stuck. I couldn't move!
The fireball was coming at a shocking speed, I could feel the heat from where I was so I did the only thing I thought would be rational. I started screaming.

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My name is Nodi. I was so happy because finally, I was going to graduate from college next year, finally I was going to be twenty next year and finally I was going to get the freedom I deserved. Everything was falling in place.

Or so I thought....