Book 1: Fresh Water [Video]

[savedtheworld]

[Aang is peering into the journal so his face takes up almost the entire screen. He begins shouting into the book as abruptly as his image appears]

Hey! What am I doing here? I'm Aang! I'm an Airbender. Does anyone know what's going on here? I can't find my friends, my clothes or any of my stuff! I thought I was on my sky bison with everyone else going to see the Earth King. Now I'm here. Have anyone of you book people seen anyone I know?

[Aang has pulled away from the journal but continues talking as he sits in a patch of grass.]

This is a really weird place. But kinda peaceful. Definitely not weird enough to be the Spirit World. What is going on here?? And... have I always had these wings?

[Aang lifts up the book with one hand, squinting and examining it like some foreign object. This results in the picture showing his quizzical face from a skewed angle.]

Comments

[risingwinds]

[Wow, this guy sure is giddy! ...much like Ven. Go figure!

Either way, he laughs. It sounds like a lot of people have explained things. At least a little, anyway. However, there's something Ven is curious about.]

Nice to meet you, Aang! It looks like people've already started to fill you in, but if you've got any questions, I'll see what I can do.

[A beat.]

You said you're an Airbender, though. What's that?

[savedtheworld]

I think I've got most of the basics already. What's your name?

An Airbender is someone who... in my world... has the ability to bend air. It's really fun!

[risingwinds]

Oh, right. The name's Ventus, but you can call me Ven.

[But oh, that airbending thing is fascinating.]

Anyway, that does sound really fun! I wonder if it's anything like using aero magic.

[savedtheworld]

Hi Ven! What's aero magic?

[risingwinds]

Well, it's magic using the power of wind! It's a good way to knock enemies around in a fight, plus it can be mixed with magnet magic to create huge tornadoes.

[savedtheworld]

Magnetic magic?! I can't even imagine something like that! [This would be where Toph would slap him upside the head and remind him about metalbending] It sounds really cool.

Aero magic... it doesn't sound that different from airbending. But I'm not really sure how magic works. I can do call kinds of things with my airbending, pretty much anything that can be done with air! It does take a lot more effort to make stormy stuff like that. I can use all three of the other elements too, but air's really my thing!

[risingwinds]

Oh, so you can use other elements too?

[Oh, well that's neat. And Ven can totally relate.]

I know all kinds of elemental spells. Fire, thunder, ice, you name it! I don't know how it compares to bending, but I can basically make 'em outta thin air.

[savedtheworld]

Really? All of that and you're not even an Avatar! Sounds great! The other elements are actually fire, water and earth. It took me a lot of training to learn them all.

[risingwinds]

Man, I bet, but it sounds like that training was all worth it.

[He laughs.]

Earth's not really my strong point, but my friend Terra knows a few earth-based moves.

[savedtheworld]

It definitely was... I can do plenty of cool things!

I know what you mean. Earth was the hardest element for me to learn, since it's the opposite of air. Maybe it's the same for you. Luckily one of my friends is Toph, the best Earthbender in the world, and she forced me to learn.

[risingwinds]

Oh, I remember Toph! She was here a while back and started giving manliness lessons.

[It was... definitely an experience.]

But I can see why she'd be so good at it. Using earth probably takes tons of strength and guts.

[savedtheworld]

That sounds just like something Toph would do!

Yeah, she's a real natural at it. I had to really plant my feet in the ground to learn Earthbending from her.

[risingwinds]

Makes sense to me! I bet with that kinda power, it'd be easy to get knocked around.

[savedtheworld]

That's right! It's like I can still feel the bruises.

[risingwinds]

Man, I know how that goes. Some of my old training sessions knocked the stuffing right outta me.