Avatar The Last Airbender Fan Fiction ❯ AVATAR: The Legend of ❯ Book 1: Fire, Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Sahara was laughing in happiness as she played around in the Si Wong Desert, her cat lizard Bastet following her. Suddenly, everything went dark, an iron wall fell in front of Sahara, preventing her from moving forward.
Sahara turned around, but another wall fell there, then another to her left and another to her right. “What’s happening!? Let me out! Please!”
Sahara looked down, and found that Bastet was gone, and she was dressed in a plain red-pink shirt and pants. Some strange chains covered her arms and went inside her clothings. “Noooooo!”
Sahara wake up, covered in a cold sweat, sitting on the hard mattress that was her cell’s bed. She looked down at herself. She was in a cell, dressed in the garbs of a prisoner and the chi-blocking chains that formed the Chi-Blocking chain-suit. She was a prisoner in the Boiling Rock.
“Hey there, desert princess.” Came a voice from the small slot at the door, that opened at eye level to allow the guards to look inside.
Sahara turned her head to look at the guard looking back at her. She couldn’t make up his eyes or face because of the helmet he was wearing. “How was your first night at the Boiling Rock? I hope our facilities were of your approval.”
Sahara looked away from the door, closing her eyes.
“Not the talking type, huh? That’s okay. Get ready, cell doors will be opened in five minutes, then the inmates go to the mess hall for breakfast.” Just like that the small slot at the door closed.
Sahara turned around, and faced the door again. She looked around the cell, there was nothing inside except the metal walls, the door, and the mattress of the bunker bed. A light bulb provided light for the cell, but it was high up in the ceiling, and protected with iron bars. She had to find a way to escape, she didn’t know how, but she had to find a way to escape. It couldn’t end like this… it just couldn’t!
Fire
Air
Water
Earth
Only the Avatar can master the four elements and bring balance to the world.
AVATAR: The Legend of Sahara.
Book 1: Fire
Chapter 3
Sahara held the bowl as the guard behind the counter at the mess hall poured some of the gruel like substance this jail called “breakfast”.
“Next!” said the guard, dismissing Sahara.
The Sandbender girl then looked at the mess hall for a place to sit down, finding an empty table she sat down and started eating with the wooden spoon she had been provided with. She grimaced, the substance, whatever it was, tasted as bad as it looked. But she was in prison, and really had no choice but to eat this or starve.
Sahara continued eating, not noticing the two prisoners sitting at the table behind hers, one of them was the old man that had been cleaning the floor near the interrogation when Ken Genseki had come to the prison to question Sahara. The other one was a young girl, who looked to be the same age as Sahara. She had a fair complexion and dark hair that contrasted with her light skin, her hair was cut short, barely reaching her shoulders. The old man was wearing, besides the prison clothes, the Chi-Blocking chain-suit, which meant that he was a bender. The girl, however, wasn’t wearing one, something that, while uncommon, was not strange since not all prisoners at the Boiling Rock were benders.
“Is that her?” asked the girl to the old man.
“Yes, that’s her.” Replied the old man.
“Why do you think Ken Genseki was so interested in her?” asked the girl.
“I don’t know. But whatever it was, it must be important.” Replied the old man.
“Do you think she is…?” started the girl.
The old man shook his head. “She could be, maybe.”
The girl was about to stand up, “Well, let’s go and ask her.”
The old man reached out and held the girl down, “Wait! Look over your shoulder, but don’t stare.”
The girl looked over her shoulder and then looked back at the old man. “Those guards were talking about her, weren’t they.”
The old man nodded, “Yes, and now they are walking towards the Sandbender girl.”
“What do we do?” asked the girl, “Help her?”
The old man nodded, “Yes, just not right now. Let’s see where this goes first.”
The girl nodded as the two of them continued to eat the gruel like substance they served as breakfast in the Boiling Rock.
Sahara was eating her gruel like breakfast, doing her best to keep down the awful tasting substance, when she noticed three men moving towards her. They were all guards, wearing the mandatory uniform and helmet that all guards wore in the Boiling Rock.
She was starting to get really worried when two of the guard sat next to her on the bench of the table, and the third man, the one that looked like the leader of the three, sat across from her on the table, facing her.
“Hello there.” Said the guard sitting across the table from Sahara.
“Hum… Hi.” Replied Sahara, doing her best to hide her nervousness.
“My name is Lao” said the leader of the group, “This two fellows are my friends, Tsu and Huo.”
“Hi there.” Said Tsu, the man sitting at Sahara’s left. “How are you doing?” said Huo, the man sitting at Sahara’s right.
“Hum… can I help you?” asked Sahara.
“Of course you can, Sahara.” Said Lao, with a smug smile. “You see. Yesterday, during our daily briefing, the warden made clear to every guard in the prison that you are not of her liking.”
“I don’t think the warden likes any of her prisoners. Does she?” asked Sahara.
The guards laughed, “You got a point there. But in your case, she was very specific.” Replied Lao. “And the way I understood it, we can give you a beating right now, and not only will she not care about it, but she might actually congratulate us on it.”
Sahara frowned, and looked at the three guards, she did everything she could to hide how scared she was at the situation. “So, three of you against me… wow, you must be really brave.”
Lao laughed again, as Tsu and Huo sat up, now standing behind Sahara, “Oh, I love this girl. Tsu, show her how brave we are.” Said Lao.
Tsu lifted his arm ready to punch Sahara, but he was stopped. Someone grabbed his arm.
Tsu turned around, the girl that had been sitting behind them, talking to the old man, was holding Tsu’s arm with just one hand. “Hi there. I kind of have a problem with you beating her up.”
The girl then twised her arm and moved her feet, twirling Tsu across the room, sending him crashing onto an empty table.
“Get her!” yelled Lao at Huo.
Huo tried to hit and kick the girl over and over, but she was able to easily deflect any punch and kick. Then she kicked him herself, right on the face. Huo spat a tooth before falling down, unconscious.
The girl then turned her attention at Lao, “So, why don’t you show ME how brave you are?”
Lao stood up, scared, and started to back away, as the girl approached him.
Whip!
The girl and Lao turned to one side, as a whip made out of Firebending was stuck down between them. The person that did this was the prison Warden herself. There were over 20 guards behind her, all in battle ready positions, ready to firebend at the girl.
“So, Arisa, again you cause trouble in my prison. You never learn, do you?” said the warden.
The girl, Arisa, smiled, “No apparently I don’t.”
The warden made a signal to two guards, who nodded and walked over to Arisa, with ropes. Arisa didn’t resists as they tied up her hands. “Put her in a Cooler.” Ordered the warden, as she walked out, followed by the prison guards that were not taking care of Arisa.
Sahara, who had looked at everything in awe, finally looked at Arisa and talked to the girl that had just saved her. “You helped me… thank you.”
Arisa smiled at Sahara, “Don’t mention it. If the warden doesn’t like you, then you can’t be that bad a person.”
“Quiet! Get moving!” order the guard that was holding Arisa’s right arm. The two then walked out of the mess hall. Arisa turned her head to look at Sahara as she was marched out “Well, I’ll see you around. Don’t be a stranger.” She smiled and winked at Sahara.
Sahara shyly smiled back at her, and could just watch as the guards dragged Arisa away to a “Cooler”.
“Why did she help me?” asked Sahara, out loud, to nobody in particular.
“Because I asked her to.” Came a reply from behind Sahara.
Sahara turned around in surprise, to see who had talked. It was the old man that had been talking with Arisa at the table behind her earlier.
“Who… who are you?” asked Sahara.
The old man smiled, “I am Tinzen. And before I was locked up in here, I used to be a Fire Sage at the New Fire Temple in Crescent Island.”
“You are a Fire Sage?” asked Sahara, “Why are you in here?”
“Because I dared question Ken Genseki in his role as Avatar.” Replied Tinzen.
Sahara looked to a side, “Ken Genseki is not the real Avatar.”
Tinzen laughed a little and smiled, “Yes, that’s exactly what I said to him. Before he had me arrested and thrown in here.”
Sahara turned in surprise to look at Tinzen again, “You know he’s not the Avatar? How?”
“Don’t be surprised, young girl.” Said Tinzen, “While Ken’s abilities as the Avatar has convinced most of the world of his title, there are still some that see that his… personality, does not fit that of The Avatar. The real Avatar is out there, somewhere, just waiting to be revealed to the world.”
Sahara looked down again, “I see…”
“But enough about me, what about you, young girl? Why are you in the Boiling Rock. I know that Ken Genseki personally asked that you be kept here, so what was your… crime.” Asked Tinzen.
“My name is Sahara, a Sandbender from the Hami tribe.” Replied Sahara, “And as for why I’m in here… I’m not sure you’ll believe me.”
“Try me.” Replied Tinzen.
Sahara looked up at him, “I am the real Avatar.”
Tinzen smiled, “I knew it!”
To be continued…
Sahara turned around, but another wall fell there, then another to her left and another to her right. “What’s happening!? Let me out! Please!”
Sahara looked down, and found that Bastet was gone, and she was dressed in a plain red-pink shirt and pants. Some strange chains covered her arms and went inside her clothings. “Noooooo!”
Sahara wake up, covered in a cold sweat, sitting on the hard mattress that was her cell’s bed. She looked down at herself. She was in a cell, dressed in the garbs of a prisoner and the chi-blocking chains that formed the Chi-Blocking chain-suit. She was a prisoner in the Boiling Rock.
“Hey there, desert princess.” Came a voice from the small slot at the door, that opened at eye level to allow the guards to look inside.
Sahara turned her head to look at the guard looking back at her. She couldn’t make up his eyes or face because of the helmet he was wearing. “How was your first night at the Boiling Rock? I hope our facilities were of your approval.”
Sahara looked away from the door, closing her eyes.
“Not the talking type, huh? That’s okay. Get ready, cell doors will be opened in five minutes, then the inmates go to the mess hall for breakfast.” Just like that the small slot at the door closed.
Sahara turned around, and faced the door again. She looked around the cell, there was nothing inside except the metal walls, the door, and the mattress of the bunker bed. A light bulb provided light for the cell, but it was high up in the ceiling, and protected with iron bars. She had to find a way to escape, she didn’t know how, but she had to find a way to escape. It couldn’t end like this… it just couldn’t!
Fire
Air
Water
Earth
Only the Avatar can master the four elements and bring balance to the world.
AVATAR: The Legend of Sahara.
Book 1: Fire
Chapter 3
Sahara held the bowl as the guard behind the counter at the mess hall poured some of the gruel like substance this jail called “breakfast”.
“Next!” said the guard, dismissing Sahara.
The Sandbender girl then looked at the mess hall for a place to sit down, finding an empty table she sat down and started eating with the wooden spoon she had been provided with. She grimaced, the substance, whatever it was, tasted as bad as it looked. But she was in prison, and really had no choice but to eat this or starve.
Sahara continued eating, not noticing the two prisoners sitting at the table behind hers, one of them was the old man that had been cleaning the floor near the interrogation when Ken Genseki had come to the prison to question Sahara. The other one was a young girl, who looked to be the same age as Sahara. She had a fair complexion and dark hair that contrasted with her light skin, her hair was cut short, barely reaching her shoulders. The old man was wearing, besides the prison clothes, the Chi-Blocking chain-suit, which meant that he was a bender. The girl, however, wasn’t wearing one, something that, while uncommon, was not strange since not all prisoners at the Boiling Rock were benders.
“Is that her?” asked the girl to the old man.
“Yes, that’s her.” Replied the old man.
“Why do you think Ken Genseki was so interested in her?” asked the girl.
“I don’t know. But whatever it was, it must be important.” Replied the old man.
“Do you think she is…?” started the girl.
The old man shook his head. “She could be, maybe.”
The girl was about to stand up, “Well, let’s go and ask her.”
The old man reached out and held the girl down, “Wait! Look over your shoulder, but don’t stare.”
The girl looked over her shoulder and then looked back at the old man. “Those guards were talking about her, weren’t they.”
The old man nodded, “Yes, and now they are walking towards the Sandbender girl.”
“What do we do?” asked the girl, “Help her?”
The old man nodded, “Yes, just not right now. Let’s see where this goes first.”
The girl nodded as the two of them continued to eat the gruel like substance they served as breakfast in the Boiling Rock.
Sahara was eating her gruel like breakfast, doing her best to keep down the awful tasting substance, when she noticed three men moving towards her. They were all guards, wearing the mandatory uniform and helmet that all guards wore in the Boiling Rock.
She was starting to get really worried when two of the guard sat next to her on the bench of the table, and the third man, the one that looked like the leader of the three, sat across from her on the table, facing her.
“Hello there.” Said the guard sitting across the table from Sahara.
“Hum… Hi.” Replied Sahara, doing her best to hide her nervousness.
“My name is Lao” said the leader of the group, “This two fellows are my friends, Tsu and Huo.”
“Hi there.” Said Tsu, the man sitting at Sahara’s left. “How are you doing?” said Huo, the man sitting at Sahara’s right.
“Hum… can I help you?” asked Sahara.
“Of course you can, Sahara.” Said Lao, with a smug smile. “You see. Yesterday, during our daily briefing, the warden made clear to every guard in the prison that you are not of her liking.”
“I don’t think the warden likes any of her prisoners. Does she?” asked Sahara.
The guards laughed, “You got a point there. But in your case, she was very specific.” Replied Lao. “And the way I understood it, we can give you a beating right now, and not only will she not care about it, but she might actually congratulate us on it.”
Sahara frowned, and looked at the three guards, she did everything she could to hide how scared she was at the situation. “So, three of you against me… wow, you must be really brave.”
Lao laughed again, as Tsu and Huo sat up, now standing behind Sahara, “Oh, I love this girl. Tsu, show her how brave we are.” Said Lao.
Tsu lifted his arm ready to punch Sahara, but he was stopped. Someone grabbed his arm.
Tsu turned around, the girl that had been sitting behind them, talking to the old man, was holding Tsu’s arm with just one hand. “Hi there. I kind of have a problem with you beating her up.”
The girl then twised her arm and moved her feet, twirling Tsu across the room, sending him crashing onto an empty table.
“Get her!” yelled Lao at Huo.
Huo tried to hit and kick the girl over and over, but she was able to easily deflect any punch and kick. Then she kicked him herself, right on the face. Huo spat a tooth before falling down, unconscious.
The girl then turned her attention at Lao, “So, why don’t you show ME how brave you are?”
Lao stood up, scared, and started to back away, as the girl approached him.
Whip!
The girl and Lao turned to one side, as a whip made out of Firebending was stuck down between them. The person that did this was the prison Warden herself. There were over 20 guards behind her, all in battle ready positions, ready to firebend at the girl.
“So, Arisa, again you cause trouble in my prison. You never learn, do you?” said the warden.
The girl, Arisa, smiled, “No apparently I don’t.”
The warden made a signal to two guards, who nodded and walked over to Arisa, with ropes. Arisa didn’t resists as they tied up her hands. “Put her in a Cooler.” Ordered the warden, as she walked out, followed by the prison guards that were not taking care of Arisa.
Sahara, who had looked at everything in awe, finally looked at Arisa and talked to the girl that had just saved her. “You helped me… thank you.”
Arisa smiled at Sahara, “Don’t mention it. If the warden doesn’t like you, then you can’t be that bad a person.”
“Quiet! Get moving!” order the guard that was holding Arisa’s right arm. The two then walked out of the mess hall. Arisa turned her head to look at Sahara as she was marched out “Well, I’ll see you around. Don’t be a stranger.” She smiled and winked at Sahara.
Sahara shyly smiled back at her, and could just watch as the guards dragged Arisa away to a “Cooler”.
“Why did she help me?” asked Sahara, out loud, to nobody in particular.
“Because I asked her to.” Came a reply from behind Sahara.
Sahara turned around in surprise, to see who had talked. It was the old man that had been talking with Arisa at the table behind her earlier.
“Who… who are you?” asked Sahara.
The old man smiled, “I am Tinzen. And before I was locked up in here, I used to be a Fire Sage at the New Fire Temple in Crescent Island.”
“You are a Fire Sage?” asked Sahara, “Why are you in here?”
“Because I dared question Ken Genseki in his role as Avatar.” Replied Tinzen.
Sahara looked to a side, “Ken Genseki is not the real Avatar.”
Tinzen laughed a little and smiled, “Yes, that’s exactly what I said to him. Before he had me arrested and thrown in here.”
Sahara turned in surprise to look at Tinzen again, “You know he’s not the Avatar? How?”
“Don’t be surprised, young girl.” Said Tinzen, “While Ken’s abilities as the Avatar has convinced most of the world of his title, there are still some that see that his… personality, does not fit that of The Avatar. The real Avatar is out there, somewhere, just waiting to be revealed to the world.”
Sahara looked down again, “I see…”
“But enough about me, what about you, young girl? Why are you in the Boiling Rock. I know that Ken Genseki personally asked that you be kept here, so what was your… crime.” Asked Tinzen.
“My name is Sahara, a Sandbender from the Hami tribe.” Replied Sahara, “And as for why I’m in here… I’m not sure you’ll believe me.”
“Try me.” Replied Tinzen.
Sahara looked up at him, “I am the real Avatar.”
Tinzen smiled, “I knew it!”
To be continued…