A monster like entity with the body of an enormous centipede-like creature let out an angry growl,
"Mother the Avatar has returned," he said as the Mother of Faces let out a sigh of her own,
"I sense the light though them as well Koh," she said as his face changed to that of a sad looking old man,
"Mother! You can't possibly be thinking of siding with the Avatar once more," he said as she laughed,
"No Koh. Whoever this new Avatar is. We can't risk it. They'll ruin everything we've worked for. They'll never allow it." she said as Koh allowed his face to smile as his mother spoke,
"Koh call for the House Of Black And White. Tell them to kill the Avatar,"
"Yes, mother,"
As Zakar approached Arya he took a breath. The Avatar's training in Firebending started three weeks ago and she hated nothing more than being talked to while she trained in breath control,
"Arya I need to talk to you," he said as Arya let out a sigh and turn,
"That's fine Zakar. It's almost time for me to stop anyway," she said as Nymeria walked over to her as he nodded, Zakar smiled at her,
"Arya we've spotted our first Island. I was wondering if we could stop. We'd all like to be on land for a bit," Arya jumped up at his words,
"Seven Hells yes," Arya said with a smile as she smiled at the thought of having a large mass of earth at her feet. Four weeks without one was stressing her out. Yes, she had earth stored for combat on the ship. But just being able to bend would be great.
"I wish I could firebend," Arya thought as she walked off readying herself for arrival
Arya smiled as exited the ship and felt the earth below her feet as she kicked her foot down and brought a small chunk of earth to her right hand. As she enjoyed its feelings she looked around taking in the dock they had used. It was nothing like Storms End. Simply a wooden dock for ships and some small shops. That sold things sailors would need. Two guards were coming up to her as Gendry and Erner walked to her side.
"Who are you," one of the men demanded as Arya smiled,
"My name is Lanna, My crew and I are traveling west and would like to stop here for a few days," she said as the man nodded his head,
"Of course, you seem nice so you may enter," he said. What she had said wasn't a fully a lie. Only her name.
Erner turned to Arya, "why don't you and Gendry go find somewhere for us to stay. I'll help the crew get supplies," he said before adding, "and don't try anything little lady," he said with a glare. As Arya nodded with a huff. Not bothering to correct him on the lady term.
"Fine!," she said in anger. She really wanted to try Firebending as she stomped off.
"That went well," Erner
As the two made their way into the town. At the end of the street of shops was a hill. Resting on top was a large mansion. As they walked Gendry spoke up as he looked to Arya,
"So Arya how's your breath control coming along," he asked as she smiled,
"Pretty good. At this point I'm just practicing for when Erner is ready to really teach me about fire," she said as he smiled,
"Good, you had any dreams lately," he asked as she shook her head,
"Nothing. I don't understand any of this," she said before looking at him and smiling,
"Hey, Gendry. I've been watching you at meals," she said as his face grew red and she regretted her words.
"Not like that! I was just wondering," she said looking away and adding, "you want me to teach you how to use a fork," she asked as he stared at her in shock. Angry at his lack of reply she spoke once more,
"Do you wanna learn or not," she asked as he sighed,
"Arya. Sorry, it's just. I grew up not knowing anything. I was just a bastard in Flea Bottom and now I'm helping the Avatar somehow but I'd love to learn. It will be nice to know a skill like that. Easier to learn then to how to read," he said as she turned and stared,
"You can't read!" she said in shock. "How did I not pick up on that!" Arya wondered in shock.
Gendry shook his head, "I thought you knew that Milady," he teased as she glared at him,
"Don't call me that and.. Why don't I teach you," she said looking away,
"What," Gendry asked as she huffed,
"How to read stupid I'll teach you how to read," Arya said as Gendry stared at her. As they walked she caught sight of an odd-looking shop and she wandered away from Gendry into the small shop.
"Arya," Gendry called as he ran after her. As Arya entered the shop she looked around. It was pretty normal. Filled with artifacts and food. Nothing she hadn't seen before. Besides the odd stick on the wall. As she looked around she caught sight of a young woman older then her kissing a man in the back of the shop. She quickly looked away as she made her way over the owner of the shop. Who stood behind a counter. He looked to be older. Probably in his three and tens.
"Hello young lady, are you looking for anything," he said with a smile.
"Not really but I would love to know about that," Arya said as she looked to the stick on the wall.
"Ah yes, that's an Airbender Glider. An airbender who used to live here. Died years ago and I kept it!," he said proudly,
"What a fucker," she thought but Gendry who had reached her side spoke up,
"So airbenders use these to fly!" he asked in wonder as the man nodded,
"What you never have seen an Airbender before," he asked as Arya sighed,
"We are travelers. There aren't many airbenders where I come from," she said as the man nodded.
"Aw well welcome to Amants," he greeted.
As Arya and Gendry spoke a man entered the shop. And stomped over to the owner and spoke his voice cold,
"Have you seen that fool, Alba. Alexandre is on his way to their lunch," he said coldly as the owner nodded his head,
"Bernat, she's in the back," he said as the man Arya now knew as Bernat stumped to the back of the store and scream,
"Alba!," he said as he approached the couple from earlier as she pulled herself away from the man and turned to meet the man's gaze.
"Alba! What the hell are you doing kissing this man? You know you are to marry Alexandre soon," he said as she glared,
"Father I've told you. I won't marry Alexandre. I'm in love with Agustí," she said in a rushed voice as Bernat moved forward and grabbed Agusti by the collar and created a flame dagger and held it to his face,
"I am this town's chief and if you keep getting in the way of Alba's marriage. You're going to get burned," he said Arya glared at him as Agusti pushed him back and reached for his waist and summoning water from a water skin. The owner was now shouting for them to go outside.
"Both of you stop!" Alba cried as Bernat narrowed his eyes,
"No you're coming with me now," he said as he grabbed her arm and yanked her to him.
"Help!," she yelled as he dragged her out the door. When they were gone Arya overcame her shock and looked to Agusti.
The waterbender was pounding his fists into the ground.
"Who does this guy think he is!," Arya thought as she walked up to Agusti and offered her hand to him,
"You ok?" she asked as he nodded and took her hand and looked to the owner,
"I'm sorry," he started before being cut off,
"All you get out,"
Gendry looked at Agusti, "what happened," he asked him lightly as Agusti led them out of the shop.
He looked at them and stared at Arya before sighing,
"Alba and I have been in love for years. She's amazing. Her father is the chief of this little town and wants to marry her off to Alexandre. The son of the richest man in the town, Alba says her father needs the money. Apparently he spent the budget on getting drunk" he said angrily as Arya sighed but stopped herself as he kept going,
"And Alexandre is a cock. He just wants a good fuck. He doesn't care about Alba. He doesn't care about her wishes. She wants to open up a healing center for animals! To take care of them all," he said, his voice so low and filled with love Arya could not fully hear it when she met her eyes with Gendry's and he nodded
"Agusi, My name is Arya I'm the Avatar. I'm going to help you and Alba," Arya said her voice clear as she met his eyes and he took a step back,
"The Avatar is real?" he asked as Arya nodded,
"Real and she's here to help," she said with a grin as Gendry nodded,
"How, How can you help me," he asked as Arya grinned,
"We are going to break her out of her home and then we'll take you guys with us," she said as Gendry turned,
"Arya!," he shouted as she ignored him as Agusti sighed,
"Alba's house is well-protected Avatar," he said as Arya smiled,
"I'd hope so," she said as he could not help but grin. Gendry sighed and spoke,
"Arya we should do this tonight. That man. I didn't like the way he grabbed her," he told her as Agusi's head shot up in fear,
"You don't think he'd hurt her do you," he asked as Arya glared,
"We won't take the time to find out," she told him as Gendry nodded,
"Where is the house," he said as Agusi turned over and pointed to the mansion at the top of the town's hill and Arya glared at it.
"Arya we need to wait until the crew has gather supplies," Gendry as she nodded,
"I don't want to leave Alba alone for long. Gendry," she said as he sighed,
"Fine I'll go ahead and get the crew ready and speed things up. Do you want Nymeria here for a ride," he asked as Arya shook her head,
"No the town is small. We can make it on foot. Besides, I'll have a waterbender with me," she said as Agusi nodded,
"It'd be an honor to fight with you," he said as Gendry looked at him strangely,
"Why is he so easily believing Arya," Gendry thought
As Arya and Agusi approached the mansion Arya glanced at the three men guarding it as she smirked, "been too long" she thought as called earth into hand and sent it flying forward into a man's chest. Knocking him back.
"Who the hell are you!," a man yelled as he shot a stream of water out of a water skin. Arya smirked as she swayed to the left avoiding the water. Arya levitated a mass of earth and kicked it forward knocking the man back as more guards flew out as Agusi created a whip of water from his own water skin and smirked,
"I've got this Avatar. Her bedroom is above," he said, pointing to her window as Arya nodded. Arya ran in the direction of the guards. She dug her feet into the ground as she flew from the dirt with a push. Flying to the second floor and burst through the wall. As she rolled down catching herself Arya smirked,
"Too easy, she said as turned to face Alba but was taken back. The room was filled with scrolls and paintings of animals. A large bed and a vanity table like the ones herself and Sansa had in Winterfell. Regardless of her dislike of the thing taking up space. Her mother had heard none of it. As Arya turned her head to the bed she saw Alba. Sitting there in fear,
"Alba I'm with Agusi," she said and before she could finish she screamed,
"It's a trap!" Arya's realized what she meant within seconds. As she jumped out of the way of a fire blast from the door. As she landed she glared. Alba's father. Bernat was standing there,
"You dare attack my home," he said as rushed at her sending a kick at her as she rolled to the side.
"You have no earth here little girl," he said as Arya smirked and clenched her fist. Compressing the Pebbles that remained from her launch up to the floor into a small rock. She moved her right hand to the side as the earth flew forming a tiny gauntlet around her wrist as she reached for Needle with her left hand. And moved forward. She moved to the side as Bernat created two fire whips and swung at her. She smirked as she popped her right hand's fingers apart and turned the gauntlet into a hand that she sent flying at his left arm.
Bernat moved to the side and avoid the blow as smirked. "It not enough! " Arya thought in panic as she avoided another blast of fire,
"I can't evade forever. I gotta think…" she thought as an idea hit her and she took a breath as she avoided another blast of fire.
"Firebending comes from the breath, not the muscle," she said to herself as she punched her hand forward and smoke streamed out her fist. Filling the room.
"I did it!.... Kinda" she said softly to herself as she rushed forward and readied needle with her left hand as she rammed it into Bernat's shoulder. As he screamed in pain and fell to the ground. She sheathed needle as she glared at the man. This monster had started a battle using Firebending in his daughter's room. Her bed was made of wood! She could have been killed. Arya glared,
"I'm sparing you because I don't wish for your child to watch you died," she said as she walked over to Abla and spoke,
"We need to go," she said as Alba nodded before turning to glare at her father as they exited the room.
Agusti avoided a blast of earth from a man as he allowed himself to spin around as he created a spike of ice and rammed it through a man's chest as Arya and Alba reached.
"Alba!," he shouted as he ran to her as if to give her as Arya grabbed his collar,
"Later lovers," she said as they nodded and they started running to the docks. Arya turned and created a large wall of earth before following after them,
"There is only a few left that'll slow them down," she said as the two nodded and they made their way to the Mula.
When they arrived at the Mula. The ship was ready to leave as they boarded the ship. Erner ready and starting to shoot fire at the few men chasing them as Arya whipped around and allowed her fist to fly forward creating a cloud of smoke. As they got up the ship. By the time the smoke cleared they had set out to sea.
Alba and Agusti were immediately taken into the crew. Happy at finally being free to enjoy their love. As Arya led Alba to her personal chembers to be meet Nymeria Alba looked at her smiling,
"Arya… Thank you so much for all this. For taking us west," she said as Arya smiled,
"You don't have to thank me. We were going anyway and if that doesn't work travel back with the crew," Arya said as she smiled. As they entered the room and Alba saw Nymeria let out a squeal so loud it hurt Arya's ears,
"YOU DIDN'T SAY IT WAS A DIREWOLF," she yelled as she rushed Nymeria. Ending her clearly wonderful, peaceful nap as her head shot up and her eyes met Arya's,
"Oh yeah she's mad," Arya thought as she knew her direwolf was anything but happy as the woman kept her from her nap.