Destruction (open...) ^^

[avalon626]

OOC: Okay I read this again and realized how much she sounded like Toph >< However awesome that would be no... she isn't like Toph. I don't know how to explain it really but it's diffrent.... she's more.... I don't know.... tame I guess. Inside she's terrified of the world and she's afraid someone will find out so she hides it by being destructive.

Valterra
I sighed and simply said, “Yes Mother.” I stared down at my pillow while my mother continued.
“You cannot go running around every time you feel like it. You must act like a proper general’s daughter and stop acting like such a wimp!”
I tightened my hands into fists but continued to look down at the pillow my hair making a curtain over my face. “Yes Mother.” I whispered this time in a tighter voice.
I felt her hand grab my chin and jerk my head up. My hair fell away and I was looking into her dark brown eyes. I didn’t blink as she coldly said, “You’ll do as your told or trust me you’ll find that this recent punishment is nothing.”
I couldn’t stop my mouth. My stupid filter less mouth. “Like being in this hell hole isn’t punishment enough.” I mumbled.
I felt the sting on my cheek before my brain had registered what had happened. Have you ever watched tar trying to go down a hill? Even if it’s a really steep hill it takes awhile. That’s how my brain was. It took a minute to register the slap. I had been slapped before of course. Usually once or twice a month ever since I started roaming the streets at night. Something about this slap was different though. It felt as if there was some finality about it.
I closed my eyes deeply and felt my fists begin to shake. The pots in my ever so beautifully disgusting room started to quiver and I took a deep breath.
I opened my eyes to look into my smug mother’s face. She quickly humped and left through my door.
I felt a tear escaping from one of my eyes and quickly wiped it away. I went to the bathroom and changed out of the elaborate dress I had been wearing into loose pants and a matching loose shirt. I grabbed a cord from one of my drawers and put up my hair out of my face.
I moved my stuff out of my way then stood in the middle of my bedroom. I got into my earth bending stance and started breathing in and out very slowly. Suddenly I made all the pots in my room come flying toward me. I closed my eyes and shatered them all together while I ducked. The shards flew everywhere in my room and I made the pieces avoid hitting me. Next I looked at the wall in front of me and yelling in anger pulled it out. A servant outside stared at me wide eyed and scurried away down the hall. I slammed the wall into the next wall. Now my room had shards all over the floor and two of my walls were condensed to ruble.
I pulled the cord out of my hair and let it fall around me. I grabbed a bag and stuck a few pairs of cloths in there. I walked out of my non-existent wall into a new room down the hall.
My room would be cleaned in a day or two. New walls pots and cloths included. Sadly I did this frequently. I flopped on the bed of the new room, and stared up at the ceiling. Suddenly I had the urge to runaway again. So what if my mother said I can’t. I-I just want to leave. Go someplace. Maybe even to the Lower Ring this time. I quickly packed my cloths and some money into a backpack and changed into some used cloths that didn’t look as expensive. I left my room through the window and landed in the rose bush that sat under it. I winced as my face and arms got cut but moved around the bush.
I avoided the guards around the house and climbed over the high wall that surrounded my family’s house. I landed barefoot on the pavement. There were people all around me and some looked at me oddly as I jumped over the wall but then ignored me. I walked quickly not even noticing where I was going.
Hopefully Mother didn’t realize I was gone or at least I hope she won’t find out any time soon.

[Coocoo]

Kane Reichek walked through the Upper Ring of Ba Sing Se, his hometown, constantly glancing over his shoulder to make sure no one was following him. They weren't. Thank the Spirits. To be fair, it was a late hour in a very respectable town, but still. He had some crazy stalkers. Honestly, he didn't know what people found so exciting about a fellow earthbender. Perhaps they looked to him as a role model?

The streets would have normally been dark, but the city was lit up by lights that went down the entire length of the road. Kane hoped he didn't stand out in his long dark blue cloak. It was somewhat suspicious, but people also got a little scared when they saw his mass of hulk for daily bending training. They thought there was a murderer or something, unless they recognized him. Most do, he thought. I am pretty famous.

Not many other people were out, and the ones that were mostly cast furtive glances in his direction. At least they don't know who I am, Kane thought. Screaming fangirls who thought he was incredible honestly sort of freaked him out. But he hadn't encountered any recently. His parents detested them and for once Kane couldn't say he disagreed with them. What was there to like?

Kane's gaze fell upon a girl carrying a backpack. It was hard to tell too much, considering she was quite far away, but Kane found it curious that she seemed to be coming out of a house. Most of the few people he had seen were either slowly enjoying a nighttime stroll and heading back into their homes. She was walking in the exact opposite direction. He couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't right.

It was going to bother him. Using his superior muscles, Kane was able to catch up easily despite the girl's quick, determined steps. "This is going to sound really weird, but shouldn't you be, you know...home? It's getting late and you look pretty young. I could take you back to your house if you want."

ooc: Sorry my response isn't very good. I'm not very good at writing today.

[avalon626]

Valterra

Lots of people started glancing at a person behind me. I tried not to look back hoping whoever it was wasn’t one of the big body guard people my mom regularly sent to find me when I ran off. I heard a voice behind me and turned around.

This is going to sound really weird, but shouldn't you be, you know...home? It's getting late and you look pretty young. I could take you back to your house if you want.”

I flinched at the sound and I recognized the face. Famous earth bender kid. Hot attractive, had fan girls running after him frantically all the time.

Oh look I DON’T CARE!!!!!

Now I was really irritated. Apparently I still looked to rich or what ever it was that had made this boy(I couldn’t remember his name) offer to walk me home. I crouched down before I answered him and got as much dirt on my hands as possible then rubbed it roughly onto my face.

I now looked like I had rolled in mud.

Now, turning to the boy I glared fiercely at him. “First off, I don’t want to go home.” I held up one finger. “Second, I can take care of my self.” I ticked off another finger. “Third and last, buzz off.” I now held up three of my fingers and smirked at the boy in irritation. “Got it macho?”

[Coocoo]

The girl flinched. She crouched down and was up before Kane could see what she was doing. When she stood back up, she turned to face him. She had dirt smeared over her face, which was etched with annoyance. Maybe it's not a good time? Kane thought. She wasn't exactly excited to see him. It was almost a first among girls he met. He had met a few stand-offish ones, but people usually respected the hard work and effort he put into his earthbending.

Looking past her face, she had shoulder-length auburn hair that would have seemed darker if not for the streetlights. Kane couldn't really see her eyes, but he guessed that they were a shade of green or maybe hazel. No one ever really had different colored eyes in the Earth Kingdom.

While he couldn't tell what color her eyes were, he could tell she was glaring at him.

“First off, I don’t want to go home. Second, I can take care of my self. Third and last, buzz off.” She ticked off each number with a finger. She smirked, and Kane thought it made her relatively young face seem older than it should look. Kane didn't like it.

“Got it macho?” I hate it when people think I'm an imbecile, Kane thought. Everyone thought that he was an athlete because he didn't have the brains to become something else. They couldn't understand the love he felt for the earth.

"I'm not actually deaf, and despite the fact that you seem to think I'm an idiot, I can understand what you're saying." Kane glared back at the girl fiercely, not willing to back down to any opponent, no matter that he wasn't in an arena surrounded by thousands of fans.

Besides, this girl didn't look like much. He could take her down, no problem.

[avalon626]

Valterra

I sighed and said, "I never said that I thought you were stupid. You wouldn't be so good at bending if you were." I took a deep breath trying to calm myself down. I tended to have some problems with filters. My mother had gotten mad at me allot. I hope she didn't get mad at me when I got home.....

I was shocked. I realized then that I wasn't going to go home. I wouldn't. I hadn't realized until now that that was what I was planing. I had just been trying to get away from them. Away from everything that my family imposed on me. A small smile lit my face up.

I started saying softly, "I'm not going back. I'm never going back." I was in complete and utter awe. The fact that I would make such a choice. I looked back up at the boy, I had completely forgotten about him.

"I-I..." I smiled at him and said, "Today is the happiest day of my life! Thank you so much! I'm never going home! Never again!" I started laughing hysterically and when water started coming out of the sky I tilted my head back to feel it on my face.

I had never been allowed to stand in th rain before, my mother had said 'It was bad for my hair.' Or something like that. I laughed again and started spinning in circles splashing through the small puddles that were all ready accumulating.

"I'm not going back. I'm not going back." I stated singing happily. I think this is how kids were supposed to feel.

Officially the BEST moment of my life!

[Coocoo]

She sighed. "I never said that I thought you were stupid. You wouldn't be so good at bending if you were." I'll take that as a compliment, Kane thought. Kane didn't really understand this, but his grandfather had once explained to him that some people without bending powers didn't comprehend the level of skill, precision, and calculated thinking bending took. They didn't realize how much concentration you needed, or how you needed to become one with the element. Kane felt that naturally. He wasn't exactly sure how his grandfather understood how non-benders felt, but he trusted the wisdom of older, more experienced people.

A moment from the girl caught his eyes. The corners of her mouth were slowly lifting upwards, creating a U shape. She was smiling. (Really, it looked more like a parenthesis, but that didn't matter.) "I'm not going back. I'm never going back." She seemed completely and utterly shocked about this. Happy, but shocked.

Kane furrowed his eyebrows. Where wasn't she going back to?

"I-I..." She seemed to be at a loss for words. "Today is the happiest day of my life! Thank you so much! I'm never going home! Never again!"

Kane didn't understand what he had done. He didn't understand why she was thanking him. But he did understand what she was doing. Running away. Leaving home. Abandoning her family and friends. She had to only be fifteen at the most!!!

Kane could see how happy this made her. She started spinning, laughing, and singing in the rain. He was sure there must be some tears in the mix as well. He wondered what was so awful about her home that would make her so excited to leave it. This was the Upper Ring. Was anything truly as bad as she seemed to think.

He wasn't as sure of himself as he was before, and he felt a bit guilty for doing it, but he interrupted her song. "Are you really sure? Home can be really important..." Kane thought of his own family. Could he tell her...? Well, she doesn't seem particularly sane anyways, so the chances of her remembering are relatively low...

"I don't get along with my parents. I haven't in a long time, really. They want me to stop being an earthbender. They want me to go to university. I don't want to do that. I love the earth. They expect me to be something I'm not. My parents really expect me to be the perfect son. I'm not the perfect son, not for them. They can't love me for who I am. But I still love them. Somehow, someway, they've managed to stay in my heart. You shouldn't just...leave your family..."

Kane fell silent. What else could he do? He just poured his heart out to a random stranger in the street.

[avalon626]

Valterra

I heard what the boy said even through my blur of happiness. And what I heard left me shocked. Not leave my parents!?!? Why would I do that? I was finally free of everything they made me do. Of all the clots, customs, formalities and everything else in my life I had hated. I was free to do what I wanted, when I wanted, but mos of all I could be me.

When I listened to his story I understood kind of what he was going through. My parents were allot like that. I had loved earth bending, it had been when I was most free and felt, somehow, connected with everything. I could have been like him, famous, wonderful, out there. But I had chosen to listen to my parents, become the good little girl they wanted me to be. I fell in line with the rest of the girls in the Upper Ring. I had worn the dresses, gone to the parties, listened, bowed, thank you'd. It was sickening. I never stopped dreaming about leaving the rules, the parties, just everything. That was why I had left sometimes, wandered through the Rings. I wanted to see how others lived, without the parties and everything. I had seen that they were happy. There were children running through the streets giggling, happy. I had longed for that freedom because I had never been allowed to be like that. I had started wandering out more and more, joyous that no one wanted me to bow or smile perfectly or pretend. I could just be there. And I ha payed for that, with my mother's smacks or anything else she would do.

As for leaving my friends, they didn't care about me. All they did was talk about the newest fashions, the newest make-up, and the newest boys. They all hated me, they were only friends with me because I was the daughter of one of the Generals. Sadly, I was only friends with them because they were the daughters of other important people. But I didn't want any of that, I would smash all their faces into the walls before I talked to them if I had the choice. But my mother wanted me to be friends with those girls, so I had.

While I understood his predicament, I thought he chose right. However I didn't know what to say. All the kids my age I had talked to were all into unimportant things. I had never had anyone actually talk to me about how they felt or anything else that were actually kind of personal.

I turned around with my hair now dripping with the rain to face the boy. I had seen his face so many times in papers or other things. But now he looked different somehow. Open. That's when I remembered his name. Kane. I didn't know his last name but his first name wasn't that hard. I hesitated then said kindly, "It's different for me. You've chosen to stay with your dream, earth bending." I said the last word longingly. I would be able to Earthbend all I want now, I reminded myself sternly, forcing myself back to talking. "I on the other hand didn't. I love Earth bending but I decided to confirm to my mother's wishes." I grimaced at the mention of my mother. I slightly touched my arm, where I knew a bruise was. It was from a couple of days ago, when I had done.... I can't even remember now, it doesn't even seem important anymore. "My family never loved me. I'm not sure I loved them either, I might have at one point, but not any more." I looked up at him sadly. "My mother isn't-wasn't the nicest. You're different though. You still love your parents, they love you. They think that what they want for you is best. If you love them, stay with them." I shuddered, "But never become what they want you to be, just because they want you to be it. Okay? It won't make your life any better. A-and... well it's your life.... isn't it? You should do what you want...... not what everyone else wants."

I looked up at him hopefully. I was half trying to reassure him and half hoping for reassurance myself. I needed it. I needed to be told that what I had done was right, if not for everyone,if not for him, at least for me.