Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar, or the song On The Ride by Aly and Aj; I'll be using a bit from that song at the end.
I now am telling you all that on the first chapter I said that Kabira is a character with my personality. Well, she is no longer that, she is a character all on her own, and has been for a long time.
SeethingxShadows- Great minds think alike. Her dad runs from his past, his memories that haunt him. And finally, last chapter, he'd had enough of the memories that Kabira brought him when he looked into her eyes, and he'd had enough of the responsibility, and so he left her on the Senghore's front porch. Thanks for reviewing for me and giving me constructive critism.
Elf of rohan- Thanks for reviewing for me, and thanks for the compliment. I will keep writing, and One Day will be out by Thanksgiving Break, or the week of the 20th.
Monkaybrains127- Thanks, I'm glad you liked my chapter. Your crush probably doesn't think you're a freak, but why did you scream at him? I once had a crush that thought I was a total freak when I sent him an Instant Message, but I got over it. He was a total jerk anywhos. This prolly didn't help much, though did it? I'm trying to read your story, but I had to go and get this chapter out, then homework's next, but I will find time to read it! Thanks for reviewing.
I am hoping to see all of you reviewing for the next story, One Day, but if you don't want to, then this is good-bye. Thank you for all of your support.
If you have any questions for this story or chapter or anything, tell them to me in your review, and I'll answer them in One Day. And don't forget about the drawings that I'm looking for.
And now for the awards…
Thank you everyone for coming to the Awards ceremony. While all of you have been great at sending me reviews and telling me what to work on, I can only pick two people. The first person has been there with me, letting me try out ideas on her, and she's been reviewing with me since publishing day. Miss Lin13! (She comes up and takes her award with crowd clapping. Then she stands next to the podium.) The next person is someone who has helped me and given me tons of advice on how to improve my writing, although she was a little late in finding One Night, Miss SeethingxShadows! (She comes up and takes her award as well with applause in the background, and stands next to Lin13.) Let's give them a big round of applause!
The next award goes to #1 leading role, Miss Kabira Senghore! (Does same as SeethingxShadows and Lin13.) And the final award goes to the #1 co-actor, Fire Prince Zuko! (Does the same as everyone else).
Let's give them a final round of applause! Thank you to all who has reviewed, you have helped me accomplish the thing that I've only dreamed of…
Chapter 19- A New Beginning
I slowly woke up to a "dinging" sound, and lifted my head slowly from its position. I began moving my sore and stiff muscles and noticed that I was hanging onto a buoy, I was still wearing last night's clothing, my bp was on my back, and I had a terrible headache. I shook my head to try and rid myself of it, but that only made it worse.
"Ahhhhhoooooowwwww." I moaned, looking around. It looked like I was in the middle of a lake, but then I remembered the buoy. Buoys aren't in lakes…I tasted my lips. Argh! That's definitely saltwater. Which means that I'm in the middle of the ocean!
I don't know how long I hung onto the buoy for, but it felt like hours. I don't normally like buoys, but right now I didn't care too much.
Then, I heard a distant motor. Motors aren't in the Avatar world… It got closer and closer, but I still didn't see it. Then the noise started to drift away…
"No!" I cried out, but all that came was a hoarse whisper. I thought quickly about how I could get them to come over here. Then I thought of the buoy. I began shaking it violently.
I heard the motor turn back this way, it growing louder and louder, and then I finally saw it. It was a pontoon boat with a flag on it and with two men on riding on it, one driving and one with binoculars around his neck. They were both wearing life vests with the colors red, white, and blue on them. When the driver saw me, and motioned to his partner, I stopped shaking the thing, my head pounding even more. But I didn't care, I was safe now. The partner of the guy turned away from me once the driver motioned to him, and I saw that on the back of his vest, he had the symbol of two anchors crossed with a circle in the middle with some writing. It was the Coast Guard symbol.
This time, when I got out of the water, I didn't have to climb up a 30-foot wall by myself. Instead, the driver lowered the anchor and he and his partner helped me up the latter at the front of the boat.
About 20 minutes later, I was wrapped up in a towel under the awning, and we were riding the waves on the way back to the mainland.
"Kabira Lee Senghore?" the man with the binoculars asked, drawing out a clipboard and a pen from a compartment in the seat. On the clipboard there were some official-looking documents. The man who said this had a deep voice, but he looked like he shouldn't. I nodded in response, and he wrote something down. Then he looked back up at me. "My name is Eric, and that's Aaron," he motioned to his partner, "and we're part of the US Coast Guard. Do you know why you were about 2 miles off Louisiana in the Atchafalaya Bay?"
I shook my head, and half lied, "I can't remember anything. My head really hurts." He looked concerned at this. I couldn't tell them where I really had been, otherwise I'd end up in a mental asylum.
"Then I'm guessing that you have no idea how long you've been missing for?" I shook my head. "Almost 2 months." The driver, Aaron,piped in. His voice actually sounded like a flute out of tune. He looked like he should have Eric's voice, and Eric should have his. I sat stunned at this news: one, being missing for 2 months, and two, their voices.
"What's the date?" I choked out hoarsely just like before.
"October 31, 2005," Aaron replied. This meant that Avatar time was just the same as real world time was. Then another thought hit me. They were being really patient with me, and I was glad of this.
"How're my family doing?" I sounded like a hurt bullfrog croaking like this.
"Good, good. Cadee's doing well, as like your mother and father are. Your mother was actually the last in the hospital, and she was released about a month ago." He paused, and both got very solemn. "But, I'm sorry to say, that your brother, well…Pavan is dead."
As part of my act, I looked stunned. I turned to face the ocean, staring into its mystic depth, smiling a small smile so that the men couldn't see.
I saw Pavan below me in his billowing robes with light all around him. "Thank you, Pavan." I whispered. He nodded his head as he disappeared with the waves.
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No time to be lazy
The journey is perfect
The pace is so crazy
The race is so worth it
I will be with you
We'll do this together
Always together
Life has moments hard to describe
Feelin' great and feelin' alive
Never comin' down from this mountain we're on
Always knowin' we're gonna be fine
Feelin' great and feelin' alive
I'm never comin' down from this
Never comin' down, never comin' down from this
Always knowin' we're gonna be fine
Feelin' great and feelin' alive
Never comin' down from this mountain we're on
The view is so clear and it's crazy up here
Life is amazing with you on the ride
The pace is so crazy
The race is so worth it
Life is amazing with you on the ride
Congratulations, you've now read 122 pages. I must thank all of you now for helping me along the way, pushing me to keep writing this. And as a reward, this is my first story that I've actually finished, and you all are a part of it. So, I thank you now, and as you leave the auditorium tonight, remember that you were the ones who helped me through this, and that you are all much appreciated. This has been a pleasure writing this for you, so I will say, "Thank you" for letting me write this story. One Day will be published and out by November 27. Goodnight.
A major bloop for the story:
-In my bloopers in chapter 11, I said that Pavan had gotten drunk. Well, he's only 17 and a junior in high school, so how could he have been?
-See if you can find any that are really obvious. If I think of another, I'll post it on One Day.
See you in 2 weeks!
o-dragon