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~*~~~*~-Chapter Fifteen-~*~~~*~
"Ally!" Koiki exclaimed in relief, "I thought you had gotten lost!" he said.
Ally smiled serenely, trying not to take offence to that statement. "Sorry, had a little difficulty with a few fire benders."
"Hang on! What?" Damien said, using air bending to land next to Ally, who was ignoring her fellow master air benders in favour of re-bandaging Aireon's wounds.
"Why are you shouting Damien?" Jin asked as she came over with Kin, Tane, Tom and Lyra.
Ally suppressed a groan as Damien said that she had encountered fire benders. "Look they were attacking a village and I leaped in without thinking."
"Does this mean that we should pack up camp?" Kin asked. "What if they try to track us?"
"I don't think flying in this coming storm is a good idea." Ally said as she heard distant rumbling and a crackle of lightning flashed in the distance.
"I don't think that we have to fly in the storm, I mean we've only stayed for a half a day, and the nearest town is a least a mile away. If the fire benders tried to find us they'd have to be a pretty big army to scan this whole forest." Tane said.
Why? Oh why did Tane have to tempt fate? Ally thought as a sudden ring of bright yellow fire surrounded the camp site. Ally gripped her staff and leaped off the bison saddle she was on previously, flipping into the air gracefully to land on the grassy earth.
The Air Nomad children ran towards the bison as fire-streams lashed out from the ring of fire. Ally blocked the flames from clutching the children, who were now safely on the bison and Snow-fire.
Ally and the other masters spread out to make a circle around the Air Nomad children, protecting them from the fire benders that were just behind the wall of fire. Ally held her staff defensively; she drew in a calming breath and grimaced as the heat in the air made her mouth and throat dry.
Lightning flashed its forked tongue across the sky and thunder rumbled almost straight after. Sky water pelted down to the earth from the dark looking clouds, drenching Ally within seconds. Ally smiled slightly, water was good, it'd weaken the fire benders considerably, she could manipulate the air to make the water stop fire attacks...
Lightning flashed brightly again and Ally was reminded of the lightning striking her foot on the day of the first attack... Ally winced as Thunder came seconds after.
Suddenly fire nation soldiers slid through the fire unmarked and in front of Ally Commander Lee suddenly stepped through companied by several guards.
Ally glared at the armour clad soldiers, there are simply too many to take on a fight. Suddenly more soldiers walked through the glaring yellow haze accompanied by catapults. This couldn't be happening...They were closing in, fist drawn ready to punch out fiery blazes. The catapults already armed... They'd be shot down if they tried to fly away... If that didn't the lightning surely would. Lightning crackled again.
"Leave them alone Commander Lee." Ally yelled at him furiously. "They have done nothing to harm the fire-nation! They aren't a threat!" (-"Speak for yourself." Tane and Tom mumbled -) "They just trying to survive after what your people have done to them!" Ally continued over the roar of wind that had started to pick up and the plummeting water and the rumbles of thunder.
Commander Lee flinched at that last sentence, or was that a trick of the fire/lightning light? However his golden eyes narrowed.
Suddenly Snow-fire snarled in defence for her ridder, the large wolfish canines were revealed as the lips curled up, golden eyes furious at the fire around her and her soaking white fur was unable to raise hackles because of the rain.
"Just leave them alone!" Ally urged pleadingly as the fire-benders paused at the sight of the large angry Ermine-wolf. Lighting crackled again, but this time shot at one of the catapults, blasting the catapult sky high, but then it was redirected by a newly born tornado and hit another catapult.
Shouts of pain and scared screams pierced the turbulent air and the roar of rain like a Screeching Dodo. Ally looked around as suddenly Tom and Tane dropped to the ground in a bow, Ally looked up and saw the Great Air Spirit accompanied by seven small Thunderbirds.
The Air Spirit was made of mist and tornado twisting air, its eyes glowing a hypnotic white in the stormy darkness. The Thunder Birds were small with needle thin beaks that sparked with blue lightning, its incredibly long feathers were deep gray and their eyes shimmering white. Ally fell sunk to her hands and knees into a bow.
Suddenly the Air Spirit swooped down on Ally, turning into a ball of silvery light. Suddenly everything in her mind was calm, the shouts, the storm and the thunder; everything seemed to be muted slightly, as though she were underwater. She had never been more calm, yet so aware of her surroundings; the breath of life, the swaying of the branches making the leaves rustle, the faint howl of the wind, the rush of the rain and river... the heat of the soil and grass beneath her... She was one with the world.
Ally looked up in a haze at the slowly retreating fire benders. Her stormy blue eyes glazing over with eerily translucent white; giving her the appearance of a blind person. Her long brown wet hair dancing around in the turbulent wind. She stood up slowly and fire lashed out in long streams, partly doused by the rain still falling.
Her arms moved smoothly by their own accord; bending the fierce wind to cover the air children with a sphere of protective air, the air sphere flexing like another muscle, picking up the sky water, further strengthening the shield. Showing no emotion, everything was just easy, the power of the storm wind was with her, not against her, making her movements easy and graceful.
The catapults fired, sending large stones caught on fire at them, and screams cut into the storm. The sizzling stones slammed into the protection of the spinning air and broke into small pieces, rocketing back to the fire benders.
The bison roared in fear and aggravation as the thunder birds screeched out lightning and thunder once again rumbled overhead.
Ally's feet left the ground, as did the air-masters and the original air-benders. The dome continued to spin in the high vicious winds as furious fire lashed out once again only to be doused by the water that was spinning with the wind.
The remaining catapults fired the remaining boulders but they only smashed into rocks and dust. Finally they reached the clouds, parts of the misty world flashed and rumbled as the Thunder Birds started to circle the spinning ball of air. Lighting struck again, followed by thunderous booms.
Ally's glazed eyes melted back into stormy blue; she blinked and tensed as the feeling of calm and tranquillity slowly drained away, leaving her tiered and exhausted. Then realized that the sphere was still spinning and the pressure was keeping her air-born - She glanced at everyone else, relieved to see them alright, though terrorised out of their wits.
Suddenly lightning struck again and she was blinded by pure white light, she felt a flash of coldness seep into her then... Nothing. Stormy blue eyes won't open until hundred years have passed.
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Ally; *grinning like an idiot* See you in hundred years everyone! Don't forget to review! THIS IS SO COOL! I WAS POSSESSED BY THE ALMIGHTY AIR SPIRITS.
Author; (cautious) what's got you in such a good mood, besides being possessed?
Ally; Ummm... I was kind of hoping the war won't still be going in a hundred years?
Author; *raises eyebrow* Not by a long shot. Anyway what about Aang?
Ally; *rolls eyes* Aang is frozen in an iceberg; I've seen it in my visions. I'm guessing he won't come out until hundred years like us.
Author; *smirks* Maybe...
Ally; *glares dangerously* If I don't see Aang again...
Author; *Swallows' loudly.* you will! You will! Anyway my faithful readers, I have some good news, at least I think its good news... I am pretty sure this is good news. This is the end of this book - *Dodges several fire disks* who threw those! Was that you Zuko? That was you Iroh? (#_#) *cough, cough* Anyway as I was saying the continuation of this story is called;
'The Air-benders Rebellion, the first inferno Saga'
Keep a look out for it! It won't be up straight away, but it will be up in about... I'm not sure... But keep an eye out for it!
This Has Been FUN!
Don't forget to REVIEW! *floats away into the distance*