A start to the story

[Aang]

"Hey.... Aang? It's an honor to meet an airbender, i though they were killed"

"Uhh..." his expression changed to a sad one as he was reminded of his people's murder.

“Sokka’s right Aang..we really should be on our way.”

"Yeah, we should," the airbender nodded at her. It would be best for the group to leave there before Zuko and his men came back. "Appa!" he called for the flying bison to come from wherever he had been resting. Being frozen for a hundred years sure had made his buddy tired.

"What are you guys doing here anyway?"

Aang hesitated before responding. His people were all gone, but he had expected them to be there, regardless of what his water tribe friend's had told him. "I wanted to see..." was all that he said.

A low growl could be heard from a short distance away and they could hear as something started to come towards them. Within a few moments, the large furry bison appeared, flying through the air, and landed behind the Avatar. Aang immediately jumped towards him and began to pat his fur. "Appa, this is our new friend," he said as the lemur made some strange noises and flew through the air, circling the bison.

[Citaniel {Retired for now}]

Sokka jumps up on Appa ”Well this was an odd little journey. I guess we can take one of those little breaks you wanted to take so bad. Keoshi Island?” Sokka looks around at the map holding it upside down. “Yea that looks like the closest.” Sokka points towards there back side and to the left. “Go there Appa Go there. This had better be a good fish we are good to surf Aang. Man I am tired wake me up when we get there.” Sokka begins to fall asleep.

[Ken Zakari]

He sighed as he noticed the other water tribe male try to fall asleep, he guessed he would ned some proper water tribe manners, He paid no attention to him for the time being though, He looked back at Aang,

" I understand what it's like to lose people you liked and loved, Don't worry about it" Ken said, he went by this as he figured fro his interuption of the rest of the sentence, he was looking foward to seeing his people again, he felt kinda sorry for the guy

"Hey, i've already forgot something, do you mind if you could ride with you on your....Uh Fluffy pet?, because a storm a couple of days ago ravaged my boat, and i'm stuck here really", and he bowed

"Excuse me for my next action, i am exceptionally sorry" Ken said before bowing again, but this time he bowed to The woman, he brougt up some water and it formed a slight whip, It was quite long it ended up trailing along the floor, He threw his hand up and it slashed against the boy, or rather on the side of him, although it did not hit him, it made one hell of a sound which would've woken anyone up

"I the tribe i came from, it's extremely rude to do such a thing, sorry"

[Katara]

((OOC: I had a bit of a problem blending..not as good as you Aang lol. I would like to note that Katara was unconscious so she is reacting as I think she would due to the presented situation..if there is a problem and you need me to change something..pm me!"))

For the longest moment, Katara just stood frozen ..staring at the water bender’s bulging pouch. 'How?' she wondered her bright azure eyes flinching from the now dead plants and back to the newcomer. After seeing this frightful bending technique, the brunette quickly realized how little she actually knew of her elemental gift.

The novice was extremely embarrassed at not having the skills to properly defend Aang or her brother. Her throat closed tight and she remained silent as the boys exchanged pleasantries and gave the air bender’s arm a small squeeze in reassurance when she saw his sorrow-filled eyes.

The teenaged girl did not want to appear rude or ungrateful so she gave the stranger a small nod, “Yes…thank you for your help. I don’t know what would have happened ..” she let the words drift off for she didn't want to relive her failure and the thought of Aang being captured tore at her heart. Her voice while sincere held and edge of emotion which she worked hard to keep hidden.

Katara was never more happy to see the large white bison land beside them. Like a whirlwind, her brother mounted the rare animal and began giving Appa directions to Keoshi Island. “Go there Appa Go there. This had better be a good fish we are good to surf Aang. Man I am tired wake me up when we get there.” Sokka begins to fall asleep.

“No Sokka..” The firm statement raced off her tongue. “…we need to head to the Southern tribes where Aang can learn to ..to water bend from one of the masters.” the pretty teen said somewhat snappishly in frustration due her own inability to meet such a task. ‘Because obviously I am simply a dabbler in bending…quite useless.’

When the new arrival asked permission to ride with them, she cut a glance toward Aang, “His water bending skills are quite impressive..and he can help you far more than I..” Katara said softly before bending down to pick up her small coffee colored woven bag and climbing up onto the humongous yet gentle natured beast.

“ Thanks Appa.” she whispered next to his ear while rubbing her fingers gently through his snowy fur. Katara had just begun to move up onto the bison’s haunches when their new companion bowed and asked for her forgiveness.

“I don’t understand..” she replied with a frown.

The stranger’s next action took her totally by surprise. His hands moved to form a whip of water which he sent flying upward toward her brother to snap mere inches from his head. Eyes wide in shock, the young girl took a leap forward and with a fluttering hand movement grabbed the other end of the spiraling liquid. “What are you doing?" She screamed her body now ridged in defense. "Sokka wake up!!”

"I the tribe I came from, it's extremely rude to do such a thing, sorry" he said.

Totally baffled by his actions which conflicted with his words, Katara looked from Aang and then to Sokka for enlightenment.

[Zuko]

((He Cracked the Water Whip to wake Sokka up. It didn't touch him at all.))

Zuko had made it back to the ship. He immediately went to seek his Uncles advice. He walked into his Uncle's Cabin to see that he was asleep. He sighed and sat down on a chair. He closed his eyes a bit. He was tired. He knew that he probably could of taken out the Waterbender but with the Avatar there to it wouldn't have been pretty.

"Wake Up Uncle..." Zuko murmured impatiently. He didn't want to be rude but he really needed his uncles advice on what to do next.

((If anyone wants to RP as Iroh please feel free))

[Aang]

{ooc: Just so you know, I'm NOT going to allow anyone to roleplay characters that aren't theirs... so I'm deleting the Iroh posts. If you don't like it...... tough?}

"Hey, i've already forgot something, do you mind if you could ride with you on your....Uh Fluffy pet?, because a storm a couple of days ago ravaged my boat, and i'm stuck here really"

"Sure," he answered the waterbender happily. "Where are you heading?" he asked because, they were supposed to be heading north to the Northern Water tribe, however, detours could be fun if they had to take them. Like.... Kyoshi island for example. And he really wanted to head that way.

"Woah!" he was surprised when Ken snapped a whip of water right next to Sokka's face. He reacted by jumping backwards a little, still a bit confused. Once he had realized that the whip had only been to scare his water tribe friend, he shifted the air beneath himself and hopped onto Appa. The boy took hold of the bison's reins and looked down at Ken.

“His water bending skills are quite impressive..and he can help you far more than I..”

"Well.... maybe," he said unsure of his own words. The kid was good but Aang wasn't sure if he'd be a good teacher, he just wanted a ride and... Sokka probably wouldn't like him after that stunt that he pulled. "Let's just get out of here before Zuko comes back," he called down to the waterbender.

[Ken Zakari]

He watched as the other woman grabbed the other half

"Ah, waterbender, i haven't seen one in years, and if i wanted to hurt any of you, i would have used a more complex move, Since the water whip is probably only capable of cuts and marks, not much else...", he siled at his un-spoken comment,

*But the icewhip is a completely different story* he thought to himself

"And i never meant to hurt anyone" he siad letting the watr slide to the floor, he pushed on arm upwards, a scar ran along his arm

"I Got this scar because i fell asleep in front of guests, I guess the might not have the same standards from the other water tribe, Sorry." he said he let the water push himself up onto appa, he dried himself off before makig the water go back into his container, he sat down next to aang

"Thank you sincerely for letting me ride with you, but to be honest i don't have any specific location to go, becausei travel alone" ken said before taking off the water bottle and let it slide onto the back of appa's saddle, he ruffled the hair lightly on the animals fur

"And i wouldn'-" and his mind clicked, He was the avatar, h e chuckled to himself, why didn't h realise this earlyer? "i wouldn't mind teaching you, Aang"

[Katara]

The thin rope of water within her hands quickly snapped back toward the other water bender while he explained that his intentions had not been meant to harm anyone. He then elaborated further on minimal damage that a water whip could actually inflict.

Katara winced as he lifted his arm up so that they could see the puckered skin that ran the length of his arm.

"I Got this scar because i fell asleep in front of guests, I guess the might not have the same standards from the other water tribe, Sorry." Ken said he let the water push himself up onto appa,

Her eyes widened in disbelief. “They …did THAT to you for falling asleep? Our people would never do such a thing…” Katara moved back as the newcomer used his bendiing skills to lift himself onto the bison’s back.

“I..I’m sorry ..Guess I’m just jumpy after Zuko and his men…attacked us.” ‘And I ..failed to protect Aang..’ her conscious nagged.

“Your right Aang...we should get moving. Maybe he can show you the way.“ Katara said petulantly as the little green monster known as jelousy reared its ugly head. She hastily climbed toward Appa’s haunches, sank down on the shaggy fur and made herself comfortable for the long journey that lay before them.