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I remember taking this three years ago, somehow found it today

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We got lost

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i look at the sky the beautiful sky

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MY GRANDPA WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST

BUT HE HAD 7 KIDS AND A WIFE TO FEED SO HE ENDED UP OWNING A GROCERY STORE AFTER SERVING IN WW2

TODAY MY DAD WAS CLEANING THE HOUSE AND FOUND SOME PENCIL DRAWINGS THAT MY GRANDPA DID AND ASKED IF I WANTED TO HAVE THEM AND I

CAN WE JUST LOOK AT THIS

MY BAD WEBCAM PICTURES DON’T EVEN DO THEM JUSTICE LIKE LOOK AT THESE

MY GRANDPA NEVER BECAME A FAMOUS ARTIST

BUT I WANT TO MAKE HIM KNOWN

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Boring old werewolf instincts:

Sexual jealousy

Constant aggression

Rigid hierarchy

Must win sports

Homophobia And Sexism Is Normal™

Eat people

Cool new werewolf instincts:

There is no five second rule

Corvids are friends

Hang out as a pack

Karaoke

Gotta pee

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Shane was clearly not listening.

(i did not put everything because this would be an hour long)

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I recently did this thing 

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MY INTUOS COMES IN 3 DAYS

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Story Update! Chapter 3

Hey! I’m here again with Chapter 3 of my story! “Cultural Lunch”

If you still don’t know, I am writing a Avatar TLA/Legend Of Korra fanfic (???), about the next avatar! You can read it on Wattpad! here

"Mako!" I stumble over the top steps and continue to run. "Mako!"

I have to tell him this. I bumped into the avatar and it can only happen in like 100 years and I was lucky enough to be born in this new "cycle".

I run along the deck until I reach another stair case leading down to the cabins.

"Mako!" I, jumping over a few steps, shout. People are looking at me with their amused faces. Like they never seen a random girl running around and shouting.

"Shay?" Right as I get down I hear Mako's voice. I stop not knowing which way to go to.

"Where are you?" I ask him. An elderly woman with an arrogant look on her face passes me by while muttering something angrily.

"To your right I think," After a brief moment of thinking Mako responds. I immediately turn right and start running through the corridor.

It's just a narrow hallway with doors on each side, leading to the cabins. But when you reach the end of it, two more corridors are there to lead you to the last 10 or so cabins.

"Excuse me," I mumble to passing people that I almost hit. I'm coming to the end of it and Mako is nowhere to be seen. Probably we got the worst cabins at the very end.

"Look left," I hear Mako's voice as soon as I reach the end. It's clear and loud. Here he is, locking the door.

"Finally," Full of relief I clap my hands.

"I was just about to go, when you started shouting like crazy," He grins.

"I don't care, but listen! I was running really fast to get us registered and I suddenly bump into someone. My head hurt blah blah, I stand up, I help the guy, and I was like, where have I seen him, and then he leaves and then I remember!" I manage to put almost everything in one sentence. Mako looks confused, like he understood only half of what I said.

"What?" He raises his eyebrow.

"Oh gosh, stop!" I growl. The thing I hate the most is when I say so much. I give so much information, or when I just finished telling a super awesome story, and the person says something like: what? I don't get it? Can you start again?. It drives me mad and I'm not open for repeats. "So I was like, where have I seen him! And then my memory comes back to life and then I know that he's the Avatar! I bumped into the Avatar, Mako!" I yelled.

*

"You sure it was him?" Mako asks one last time. He has been doing this for the last five minutes.

"I am telling you! I have lied about things many times, but this time, this time it's real!" I cross my arms.

"Okay okay, let's just get this over with and we can go eat." We reach the registration table.

No one seems to be working.

"Let's come back later?" He mumbles while looking around.

"No, look someone's coming," I notice a woman coming towards us. She is wearing a black shirt with Pro Bending logo on it. She smiles at us and sits down.

"You came here to register?" Her voice is very clear and her accent is never before heard to me.

"Yes," I answer. The women takes out a paper and gets a pen.

"You're a dual?"

"Yes,"

"Elements of use?"

"Both fire," Mako answered this time.

"When you reach-if you reach-the finals, you will have to find a new member to your team so there would be three of you," The woman adds. Mako looks at me questioningly. I smile and nod my head.

"Okay, we'll find someone,"

"Great! Names, please?"

"Shay,"

"And Mako,"

"Team name?"

"The Big Egos," Mako starts laughing. The lady at the desk giggles.

"What about Cereal Killers?" I add. Mako starts creaming. I don't know why these kind of jokes make him laugh so much. A very weird taste.

"You're from Fire Nation?" The women asks while smiling.

"Yes," I answer while trying not to laugh.

"Then maybe try thinking of something with Fire? You know? People will immediately know where you originate from!"

"Fire Daggers?" Mako offers.

"Sound great!" The lady writes everything down. "The first round is in two weeks. Friday night at the main Republic Arena. Two days before, you will get reminded, more information will be told then. Visit our store for team uniforms. Get ready and welcome to the Pro-Bending family! My name is Kira and we will meet soon!" She once again disappears to thin air.

"Fire Daggers?" I raise my eyebrow and laugh.

"Don't even ask," Mako orders and rubs his belly "Let's go eat."

The registration table is right next to the entrance of the restaurant. An old man dressed all fancy, is standing right next to the entrance holding a big journal.

"Hello, can I get your names please?" the man directs in a very apathetic voice.

"Mako,"

"Mako Mako... Ah! And Shay?"

"Yes," I agree.

"Okay, table 53,"

With hungry insides and happy outsides we walk in to a very large hall, full of people and even more food. We both walk through long tables full of food. "Fire Nation Traditional", "Earth Kingdom And States", both water tribes and even Air Nomads traditional food. So much to choose from and so much to try.

"Shay!" I find myself gazing at all the food. "I found our tables, come on!" I follow Mako to the middle of the hall. A rich wood table for two. Mako takes of the "waiting" card and changes it to "taken".

"Let's go get the food," He seems very happy, you can tell it from his voice.

We both get out from the circle of people again. We look around for a moment before finally finding the table of kitchen utensils. Both of us take the biggest plate and all the forks, spoons and knifes needed. Our food adventure begins.

"I'll go check out Air Nomad food, it gotta be interesting," Mako chuckles and walks away. First, I want to stick to Fire Nation food.

I reach a burgundy table and start looking at all the different meals. Spicy chicken-pigs, curly potato sticks, regular potato sticks, cave hoppers and more.

I immediately fill my plate with potato sticks and meat, I add spices too. While making my plate heavier I notice someone at the corner of my eye. I turn around to see the good old Avatar that I made fall.

"Oh! Hello!" I loudly greet him. A bit too loud. He turns around really fast, seems like I scared him.

"Hi," He babbles nervously.

"You should try Fire Nation food, because it's great, and no offence, a bit better than what I have tasted in Ba Sing Se," I joke looking at me. He smiles a bit and then gets that confused look on his face.

"How do you know I'm from Earth Kingdom?"

"Well, I mean, you're the Avatar so everyone knows,"

"Oh, yeah," the boy laughs a bit. "I just came here to try something new, already tried North and South Water Tribe's food, delicious, but a bit too watery,"

"Makes sense," I joke and look around in need for Mako's laugh. He always laughs at these kind of jokes. "Your name is Lee, right?"

"Yes, just Lee," Lee smiles awkwardly and looks at the food.

"Chicken pig is great, but hands down you should try potato sticks," I notice someone waving at me from the Air table. Mako.

"Okay, I'll try," Lee states.

"Okay, have a great meal, I gotta go, see you later!" I put down the handle down, holding the plate steadily, start walking towards Mako.

"The ship will start to move in about five minutes, don't miss the amazing view and after, come enjoy the cultural meals! Have a great day and a very happy time!"

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What a lovely drawing done by an amazing human being @isatwothree (!!)

Going straight on my profile pic (this is Shay from my story/me!)

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Happy 3rd Korrasami Anniversary! 💖💜💙

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I am sobbing so much right now. I just watched the finale of Legend of Korra. I have been rewatching the whole both of the shows for quite some time and the end just made me so sad. Avatar has been with me through out my whole childhood and Korra came into my teenage years. Both of the shows hold a special place in my heart and to see it end all over again just made me burst into tears.

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Story Update!

Hi everyone! I am bringing you chapter 2 of a story I am writing! If you still don’t know, it’s a Legend of Korra/ ATLA fan fic (?????). New avatar, new characters and new story lines! Hope you enjoy this chapter and you can find it on my Wattpad profile here

CHAPTER 2 “UNEXPECTED HITS”

"I knew it Shay! I. Knew. It!" mom kept yelling while she helped me pack my bags. She was frustrated, but so was I. Mako, on the other hand, was already down stairs talking to my brother. Maybe he will bring some sense into Kai's head.

"Dear lord, mom, I am sorry! I stayed up last night!" I opened my closet, grabbed a pile of random clothes and threw it into my backpack. I really did stay up last night and I am truly sorry for it.

"Five minutes, Shay!" I heard Mako's voice coming from downstairs. I grind my teeth. They are not making my packing any easier.

"Anyways, what were you doing last night? I told you to have a good night sleep before leaving," mom put one fully packed bag on the ground. She's done. Her hair is tied in a bun, a sleek one.

"I was practising?" I guess," I'm done to. Two bags ready to go. I'll buy more stuff there.

"Practising? Okay, I won't even ask. You ready?" She raises her perfectly shaped round eyebrows.

"Completely," I grab my bags and jog out of my room to the stairs.

"Don't run, the last thing you want is to fall down," mom mutters.

"Mako!" He turns his head to me. "Catch!" I throw the bag to him and put my backpack on. Somehow, the bag lands perfectly into his arms. I then, jumping over a few steps, reach the first floor. Kai is no longer here, only Mako standing in the doorway and holding my bag. Dad's sitting on the porch.

"Finally," He chuckles and puts my bag on the ground. Mako himself only has one bag, a backpack actually. "The ship is leaving in about ten minutes, are we going to make it?"

"Sure as hell!" I put my shoes on and run through the door. Sunlight blinds me for a second but I don't hesitate and jump off the stairs leading up to my porch.

"Bye to you too!" dad shouts. I forgot. I turn around and run to my dad who is now standing along side mom. I hug him. I hug mom too, but she holds me longer than dad. "You stay safe. You don't get in trouble. You don't fight random people. You don't-"

"You don't do anything stupid. I know mom," I set myself free from her arms. "But I don't promise you that!" I wave them the final goodbye. Mako is standing at the end of the front yard, waiting for me.

"Bye!" He casually shouts and waves at my parents.

"Be smarter than Shi, Mako!" Dad laughs.

We leave the house, the yard, the silly garden with huge flowers. The run to the coast starts now.

"We have about 8 minutes," Just after we are out of sight, Mako says. "And do you want me to help you carry that?" he points his finger at where my bag should be and then glares right back at me. He looks at me with this disappointed but not, by any means, surprised look. Like he knew that I would do something like this.

"Oh no, did I just leave my bag at home?" I immediately turn around to run back home but I see my dad walking at us. He is, in fact, carrying my bag.

"Not a very good first impression," Dad smiles and gives the bag to me. "You've gotta go kiddos!"

I give my dad a short hug and start running. This is it. I am leaving my house I lived for 17 years. At that moment It feels strange, but as I run away from home I feel better and I can't explain why.

When you reach the end of the street, you find yourself steps away from the beach. Through trees you can see the huge ship awaiting it's travelers. Mako starts running faster, but it's not very successful because of the sand. I hold the bag with one hand and put the other one behind me. I take a deep breath and focus on the energy in my hand. In just a moment I'm flying in the air from the fire that came from my hand and pushed me forwards.

"Faster Mako!" I laugh when I land on my butt. It hurt a bit.

"You want me to go faster?" He asks and jumps in the air. Fire starts coming from his feet and there he goes. In a few moments he lands just feets away from the ship. I stand up and do the same.

We are here, right next to the ship. There are a lot of people around it, some talking to their friends and family, others alone.

"Okay, now where do we get tickets?" Mako asks me. "Last time I traveled there was a man selling them right here.

"You buy them inside!" A girl appears out of nowhere and answers the question. "Get in line, tickets are not limitless you know?" She sounds a bit mean but we listen to her and get in to the line just behind her. She is carrying two bags and she has a backpack on her back. Her long hair is everywhere and her huge eyes are completely black. No, not grey, but real black, the one that captures everything inside her.

"Thanks, we usually travel with air-machines," Mako thanks. She doesn't say anything just looks at us for a moment, until a small butterfly spirit lands on top of her head. She shakes it off and turns away.

"Okay," I look at Mako, he's feeling awkward too. Everyone around us is talking, shouting or just running around, but the silence between us is just so strong.

The girl doesn't turn back. We just stand there in silence. Mako doesn't want to speak to me because then she would feel awkward, but just standing there isn't the best option.

"So, um, what's your name?" I finally break the silence. Mako turns away and pretends to be looking around. He doesn't want to be apart of an awkward conversation.

"Sun," The girl, now known as Sun, smiles. The line starts moving forward, people are now being let in to the ship. Sun means light, but her eyes are dark. Irony?

"This is gonna be fantastic!" I look up to see how big the ship is. It even makes me dizzy. "Fun fact," I look down to find Mako staring at me. "This is my second time traveling with a ship,"

"Fun fact, this is my first time," he laughs and steps forward, we will soon reach the entrance. "Where's that girl? Sun, right?" Mako looks around.

"She was in front of us a moment ago," I look around too, Sun is nowhere to be seen. First she appears out of nowhere and now she disappears into nowhere. "Maybe she just went inside already?"

"Next!" We hear a loud mans voice. We both step forward inside. It gets dark really fast. Both of us reach for our wallets. "Do you have any animals?" Waiting for us the man asks and a woman checks our bags.

"I wish!" I laugh but it seems like they don't get the joke. "No, we don't," I stop laughing and take the money out.

"All good!" The woman tells the man, he nods and takes the money, he then goes behind the counter and hands us two tickets. "Lunch is at 3 o'clock, dinner's at 6 o'clock and breakfast at 9 in the morning. If you have any trouble ask workers with blue uniforms like ours," He gestures at their blue uniforms. "If you have any trouble finding your cabins you can, again, ask workers with blue uniforms. Thank you for traveling and have a nice trip!" The man smiles, so forced, and the woman opens big doors that lead to the deck. As soon as she opens them, sunlight blinds us.

"Whoah!" Mako immediately runs to the deck. People everywhere, workers walking around, amazing view and a bar on top of it, plus the amazing tunes coming from a radio. "This is way better than I expected!"

"Fire Nation at it's finest!" I laugh and look around. The view is amazing: a sky blue sea, a clear blue sky, small islands seen from here. People at the beach, kids waving and running around, laughing and taking pictures with their own mover camera's.

"Hey, look at all of these posters," I turn around to find Mako standing next to a huge poster wall. I come closer. "All of the events happening tomorrow in Republic City," he looks up and inspects other posters and invitations. I look at them too. Concerts, movers, openings and more, but one poster catches my eye.

"No. Way!" I cry out. Soon to realize that I was way too loud. "A Dual Pro-Bending tournament starts next week! I always wanted to play in one, oh my gosh Mako, we have to register!" I start jumping around.

A pro-bending match was my dream from probably childhood. The urge to play in a match got even stronger when my sister won a tournament right before starting to work. I loved hearing stories about the tournaments and I still do.

"What does it say?"

"New era of pro-bending... blah blah blah..." I start reading it out loud. "To be eligible to play you have to have a team consisting of a duet of benders. The bending element does not matter, but it would be better to have different element benders in one team. Yeah right, like we're gonna listen to it. You have to be 16 years old or older. Okay, here, registration. To register, find the pro-bending registration table near the restaurant and register there. Our workers will give you any needed information and answer your questions... This is it!" I turn to Mako. He looks interested.

"We have to register! Now!"

"Wait, we need to find our room first. We still have plenty of time." He turns around to look for a layout of the ship.

"You can take my bag to the room while I register our team!" I hand Mako my bag. "I will see you there,"

"So what? I should find it by myself?"

"Who else will?" I frown.

"This is my first time on a ship this big,"

"You will be okay," I punch him in the arm. He shows zero emotions from the punch. "Rate it from 0 to 10,"

"0 for you, you can do much better!" He laughs and walks away with my bag in his arms.

I don't hesitate and run alongside the deck. I pass the bar full of people and reach the stairs leading to the main floor of the ship. There I will find the restaurant and the registration table. The stairs are covered with a red rug, lessens the chance of falling down or slipping, Mako once said.I jump down the stairs and turn right immediately. Right as I turn I feel my chest collide into someone else's. In a moment I lose my balance and fall down. We both do.

Everything spins while I helplessly lie on the ground. I was not expecting the hit. No people walk by and we lie there in silence.

"I am so sorry!" After, what seemed like an eternity, a boy my age starts getting up and apologizing in this ear wrecking apologetic voice while rubbing his head.

"It's my fault, don't worry," I mutter and stand up while avoiding eye contact.

"I wasn't looking," He reaches out to help me stand up. Finally I look at him. The boy looks so familiar, so so familiar. Hazel eyes, chestnut brown hair and a shy, almost sad look on his face.

"Here you are! Lee, we were looking for you!" What looks like an earthbender man appears behind me. He looks nice, probably the boys, now know as Lee, dad. "Why are you on the ground? Excuse me," The man smiles at me, I let him through. He helps Lee stand up.

"Sorry, again," The boy grins and goes with the man.

I just stand there. At that moment I didn't think about the registration at all or Mako carrying my bags. All I wanted to know is where I had seen him.

People pass me. Talking, laughing, even crying and I just stand there.

And there I remember. The Tv, the news, my dad, Mako cheering.

The Avatar.

I bumped into the Avatar.

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In this world eye color represents the type of elemental power people have, but you were born with heterochromia iridum.

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Story Update!

Hey everyone ! I am bringing you the 2 Chapter of a story I’m currently writing on Wattpad

"I knew it Shay! I. Knew. It!" mom kept yelling while she helped me pack my bags. She was frustrated, but so was I. Mako, on the other hand, was already down stairs talking to my brother. Maybe he will bring some sense into Kai's head.

"Dear lord, mom, I am sorry! I stayed up last night!" I opened my closet, grabbed a pile of random clothes and threw it into my backpack. I really did stay up last night and I am truly sorry for it.

"Five minutes, Shay!" I heard Mako's voice coming from downstairs. I grind my teeth. They are not making my packing any easier.

"Anyways, what were you doing last night? I told you to have a good night sleep before leaving," mom put one fully packed bag on the ground. She's done. Her hair is tied in a bun, a sleek one.

"I was practising?" I guess," I'm done to. Two bags ready to go. I'll buy more stuff there.

"Practising? Okay, I won't even ask. You ready?" She raises her perfectly shaped round eyebrows.

"Completely," I grab my bags and jog out of my room to the stairs.

"Don't run, the last thing you want is to fall down," mom mutters.

"Mako!" He turns his head to me. "Catch!" I throw the bag to him and put my backpack on. Somehow, the bag lands perfectly into his arms. I then, jumping over a few steps, reach the first floor. Kai is no longer here, only Mako standing in the doorway and holding my bag. Dad's sitting on the porch.

"Finally," He chuckles and puts my bag on the ground. Mako himself only has one bag, a backpack actually. "The ship is leaving in about ten minutes, are we going to make it?"

"Sure as hell!" I put my shoes on and run through the door. Sunlight blinds me for a second but I don't hesitate and jump off the stairs leading up to my porch.

"Bye to you too!" dad shouts. I forgot. I turn around and run to my dad who is now standing along side mom. I hug him. I hug mom too, but she holds me longer than dad. "You stay safe. You don't get in trouble. You don't fight random people. You don't-"

"You don't do anything stupid. I know mom," I set myself free from her arms. "But I don't promise you that!" I wave them the final goodbye. Mako is standing at the end of the front yard, waiting for me.

"Bye!" He casually shouts and waves at my parents.

"Be smarter than Shi, Mako!" Dad laughs.

We leave the house, the yard, the silly garden with huge flowers. The run to the coast starts now.

"We have about 8 minutes," Just after we are out of sight, Mako says. "And do you want me to help you carry that?" he points his finger at where my bag should be and then glares right back at me. He looks at me with this disappointed but not, by any means, surprised look. Like he knew that I would do something like this.

"Oh no, did I just leave my bag at home?" I immediately turn around to run back home but I see my dad walking at us. He is, in fact, carrying my bag.

"Not a very good first impression," Dad smiles and gives the bag to me. "You've gotta go kiddos!"

I give my dad a short hug and start running. This is it. I am leaving my house I lived for 17 years. At that moment It feels strange, but as I run away from home I feel better and I can't explain why.

When you reach the end of the street, you reach the beach, through trees you can see the huge ship awaiting it's travelers. Mako starts running faster, but it's not very successful because of the sand. I hold the bag with one hand and put the other one behind me. I take a deep breath and focus on the energy in my hand. In just a moment I'm flying in the air from the fire that came from my hand and pushed me forwards.

"Faster Mako!" I laugh when I land on my butt. It hurt a bit.

"You want me to go faster?" He asks and jumps in the air. Fire starts coming from his feet and there he goes. In a few moments he lands just feets away from the ship. I stand up and do the same.

We are here, right next to the ship. There are a lot of people around it, some talking to their friends and family, others alone.

"Okay, now where do we get tickets?" Mako asks me. "Last time I traveled there was a man selling them right here.

"You buy them inside!" A girl appears out of nowhere and answers the question. "Get in line, tickets are not limitless you know?" She sounds a bit mean but we listen to her and get in to the line just behind her. She is carrying two bags and she has a backpack on her back. Her long hair is everywhere and her huge eyes are completely black. No, not grey, but real black, the one that captures everything inside her.

"Thanks, we usually travel with air-machines," Mako thanks. She doesn't say anything just looks at us for a moment, until a small butterfly spirit lands on top of her head. She shakes it off and turns away.

"Okay," I look at Mako, he's feeling awkward too. Everyone around us is talking, shouting or just running around, but the silence between us is just so strong.

The girl doesn't turn back. We just stand there in silence. Mako doesn't want to speak to me because then she would feel awkward, but just standing there isn't the best option.

"So, um, what's your name?" I finally break the silence. Mako turns away and pretends to be looking around. He doesn't want to be apart of an awkward conversation.

"Sun," The girl, now known as Sun, smiles. The line starts moving forward, people are now being let in to the ship. Sun means light, but her eyes are dark. Irony?

"This is gonna be fantastic!" I look up to see how big the ship is. It even makes me dizzy. "Fun fact," I look down to find Mako staring at me. "This is my second time traveling with a ship,"

"Fun fact, this is my first time," he laughs and steps forward, we will soon reach the entrance. "Where's that girl? Sun, right?" Mako looks around.

"She was in front of us a moment ago," I look around too, Sun is nowhere to be seen. First she appears out of nowhere and now she disappears into nowhere. "Maybe she just went inside already?"

"Next!" We hear a loud mans voice. We both step forward inside. It gets dark really fast. Both of us reach for our wallets. "Do you have any animals?" Waiting for us the man asks and a woman checks our bags.

"I wish!" I laugh but it seems like they don't get the joke. "No, we don't," I stop laughing and take the money out.

"All good!" The woman tells the man, he nods and takes the money, he then goes behind the counter and hands us two tickets. "Lunch is at 3 o'clock, dinner's at 6 o'clock and breakfast at 9 in the morning, if you have any trouble ask workers with blue uniforms like ours," He gestures at their blue uniforms. "If you have any trouble finding your cabins you can, again, ask workers with blue uniforms. Thank you for traveling and have a nice trip!" The man smiles, so forced, and the woman opens big doors that lead to the deck. As soon as she opens them, sunlight blinds us.

"Whoah!" Mako immediately runs to the deck. People everywhere, workers walking around, amazing view and a bar on top of it, plus the amazing tunes coming from a radio. "This is way better than I expected!"

"Fire Nation at it's finest!" I laugh and look around. The view is amazing, a sky blue sea, a clear blue sky, small islands seen from here, people at the beach, kids waving and running around, people laughing and taking pictures with their own mover camera's.

"Hey, look at all of these posters," I turn around to find Mako standing next to a huge poster wall. I come closer. "All of the events happening tomorrow in Republic City," he looks up and inspects other posters and invitations. I look at them too. Concerts, movers, openings and more, but one poster catches my eye.

"No. Way!" I cry out. Soon to realize that I was way too loud. "A Dual Pro-Bending tournament starts next week! I always wanted to play in one, oh my gosh Mako, we have to register!" I start jumping around.

A pro-bending match was my dream from probably childhood, the urge to play in a match got even stronger when my sister won a tournament right before starting to work. I loved hearing stories about the tournaments and I still do.

"What does it say?"

"New era of pro-bending... blah blah blah..." I start reading it out loud. "To be eligible to play you have to have a team consisting of a duet of benders. The bending element does not matter, but it would be better to have different element benders in one team. Yeah right, like we're gonna listen to it. You have to be 16 years old or older. Okay, here, registration. To register, find the pro-bending registration table near the restaurant and register there. Our workers will give you any needed information and answer your questions... This is it!" I turn to Mako. He looks interested. "We have to register! Now!"

"Wait, we need to find our room first. We still have plenty of time." He turns around to look for a layout of the ship.

"You can take my bag to the room while I register our team!" I hand Mako my bag. "I will see you there,"

"So what? I should find it by myself?"

"Who else will?" I frown.

"This is my first time on a ship this big,"

"You will be okay," I punch him in the arm. He shows zero emotions from the punch. "Rate it from 0 to 10,"

"0 for you, you can do much better!" He laughs and walks away with my bag in his arms.

I don't hesitate and run alongside the deck. I pass the bar full of people and reach the stairs  leading to the main floor of the ship. There I will find the restaurant and the registration table. I go down the stairs and right as I turn left I run into someone. We both hit each other and fall down. Everything spins while I helplessly lie on the ground. I was not expecting the hit.

"I am so sorry!" A boy my age starts apologizing while rubbing his head, it hurt too. I slowly stand up, head is spinning.

"It's my fault, don't worry," I mutter and look at him. He looks so familiar, so so familiar. Hazel eyes, chestnut brown hair and a sad, shy look on his face.

"Here you are! Lee, we were looking for you!" An earthbender man appears behind me. He looks nice, probably his dad. "Why are you on the ground? Excuse me," He smiles at me, I let him through. He helps him stand up.

"Sorry, again," The boy says and goes with the man. I just stand there. At that moment I didn't think about the registration at all. All I wanted to know is where I had seen him.

People pass me. Talking, laughing, even crying and I just stand there.

And there I remember. The tv, my dad, Mako cheering.

The Avatar.

I bumped into the Avatar.

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