Anya the earth avatar chapters 2-7

O.K. I'm Just Gonna post this even if people aren't reading.


Chapter two  School (Zuko's* POV)

“well look who we have here”I said”Miss I'm so perfect because I'm the avatar.” “leave me alone,please”The Avatar said”or will I have to tell the PRINCIPAL about you four.”

(1 fire,1 earth,2 water)”Ooo,I'm so scared,but your going to have to bend to stop me and my friends.” I snickered.

(Anya's POV) “okay then your on.”I shouted well staring to make a fire ball in my hand. Just as I

was about to shoot at Zuko the Principal stepped in and asked what was going on. When the Principal asked that question Zuko of course started acting really humble and scared then pointed a finger at me and said that he had just been standing here talking to his friends when I started attacking him and his friends For no reason at all the principal looked at me and asked me “is this true young lady?”at that question I shouted in his face “Of course it's not true just ask her!” as I pointed to BFF Shantell. Well Shantell is it that statement true? Shantell of course ansered no and tolled him what really happened for that the principal gave Zuko and his friends a week of detention,as Zuko walked away ha shouted over his shoulder your going to pay for this.

Home (Anya's POV)

“How was your day sweetie?”My mom asked “fine mom.” I called back”though I almost got detention again.” “ let me guess,Zuko again.” mom said as I sat down on the couch next to her “yep” I replied "well I've got a ton of home work to do."

Chapter 3 Yay,yay,yay!!!

As I whipped fire around me in my fire bending test I looked over my shoulder and saw Master Bolin,My earth bending teacher,pretending to stroke a beard even though he dosn't have one which is why it was funny,and for a second I started to giggle.when I had my foucus back I saw the guy I was suppost to defeat run at me with a fire ball in his hands. Soon I had defeated him,as soon as he fell to the ground I looked at my fire bending instructor,Sifu Geatso,with expectant eyes"please leave Anya."Sifu(as he tells me to call him)said in his steady tone"We need time to deside if you passed.Come back tomaro and we'll tell you if you passed or not.""RRRRRRRRR"I said to my self as I slouched out of the ring."What did you say Anya?"Sifu asked."Nothing"I lied

The Next Day

When I shut my locker with metal bending of to my next class over the loud speaker the Secretary said"Will miss Anya Beifong come to the office please."

When I walked in to the office I saw Bolin standing there there with a grin on his face"Please tell me you have good news!"I shouted as soon as I saw him."I'm sorry."he said in a pitiful tone."Wait why do you have a grin on your face if your telling me terrible news?"I asked him"I wasn't finished whet Anya.As I was saying,I'm sorry but... you passed!!!"Bolin said."YAY!!!" I shouted at the top of my lungs."You shall be training air bending with Rohan." He said.

Chapter 4 Good-bye  (Shantell's POV)

As I hugged My BFF Good-bye I knew she was very exited to go to the Eastern Air temple to train with Rohan,yet at the same time she was sad that I couldn't come with.

(Anya's POV)

After my last Good-bye hug with Shantell I felt tears starting to run down my face. When Shantell saw me crying she said"well I guess I can cry know if the Great-Granddaughter of Toph Beifong can."At that remark I started hiccuping,really badly. After I was over my hiccuping fit the first thing I said to Shantell was"you could always cry,silly."I said,before slugging her in the arm.

(Zuko's POV)

I don't know why I was sad to see Anya leave maybe it was because I felt like she was the reason that Grandma Korra died even though I Know she isn't. I guess that I feel like am with Grandma when I'm with Anya,and know that I think about it she is kind of cute. Uhg why can't I get Anya out of my head the guys would kill me if they found out that I liked her,but the thought of not seeing Anya for however long it take's for Anya to master air bending is killing me!

Chapter 5 Are we there yet? (Anya's POV)

"Are we there yet,are we there yet,oooo I know this place seems very familiar,are we there yet?"I said quoting Ikki form when she was younger"Ugh I don't think I can wait much longer to see Monk Rohan."Relax honey,and yes we are almost there shouldn't be longer than two days unless we get caught in a storm. For know just enjoy the scenery."she said well gesturing to the pink and orange sunset."No can do I'm going to go and try to connect with Avatar Korra."I replied while running of to my room.(I interrupt. They're on a ship,now back to the story)

5 minutes later

I opened my eyes and thought to myself"This isn't working."just then I happened to see my arms as I threw them up in the air with frustration,they were blue and transparent. I turned around and saw a blue woman there dressed in a blue water tribe dress with her hands on her hips"Avatar Korra?"I asked."yep."The blue woman A.K.A Korra said"So why'd you come to the spirit world?"she asked"I just wanted to see if I could do it and I did!"I pronounced happily."Bye Anya,my Grandson's trying to connect with me."Korra said."wait who's your Grandson ?"I asked her"Zuko."she said and dissipered

(Zuko's POV)

"Why isn't this working?"I kept saying to myself"Hello Zuko."I looked up and saw a blue woman that looked exatily like Gran-Gran"Gran-Gran?"I asked the blue woman."Yes Zuko."Gran-Gran reaplied"oh it's so good to see you.wait does this mean i'm d-d-dead?"I asked."No Zuko."Gran-Gran said laughing"This is the spirit world.You can come here any time you want to talk to me-""what about mom and dad.Can I talk to themin the spirit world?""yes Zuko you can.I was about to tell you that when you interupted."When she said that I grined sheapeshly "You reamind me of myself when I was your age.Bye Zuko I have to go."Gran-Gran said and with that she dissipered.

I opened my eye's and wisperd to myself "Bye Gran-Gran"and smiled for the first time in years exept for bullying Anya.

Chapter 7 Air slump(Anya's POV)

"Man,These cloths are tight."I said as I pulled on my yellow pants,yellow shirt,dark orange armings,a dark orange shawl that was connected only at the top,and finally my dark orange cotton boots that came up half way in between my ankles and knees.(In air nomad cloths Anya looks like a cross between Toph and Jinora with longer hair and no bun)
"I know but when you were these cloths for thirteen years and nothing else except for special occasions you get used to them."Yangchen said
"What do they look like?"
"What do what look like?"
"Sorry I meant your cloths what do they look like?"
"Oh,here's what they look like."Yangchen said pulling out a dress,a pair of shoes,and a bun net. The dress came down to what looked like in between Yangchen's ankles and knees and was a bit darker than sherbert orange with royal blue edging on the bottom,the ¾ sleeves,and the neck line,also the dress had a royal blue sash that was royal blue like the edging. The shoes were ballet flats in the same color as the dress and had a small blue flower with a orange gem stone in the center of the flower. The bun net was the same color as the dress and shoes with blue flowers scattered every so often.
"Wow,that's pretty."I thought to myself.
"Come on Anya,were going to be late for your air bending practice if we don't don't hurry. Um,Earth to Anya."Yangchen said waving her hand in front of my my face.
"Sorry,I zoned out. What were you saying?"
"I was saying that we have to hurry or were going to be late for your air bending practice. Lets go!"
"Okay,okay I'm coming."I said laughing

At Air bending Practice

"Why can't I do it!"I yelled frustrated.
"Don'tgetfrustratedAnya,ittookKorraawhiletoairbend."Anika said in one breath except to take a breath.
"I know Ik, Anika,but I know that when I air bend I'll be one step closer to mastering air bending and one step closer to being a full avatar not a half beet avatar in training."
"Oh Anya don't think of your self that way your a great avatar."Yangchen said.
"No I'm not,I'm not a great avatar! Aang was a master air bender,a master water bender,almost a master earth bender,and a fire bender by the time he was twelve! Korra was a master in all the elements by the time she was twenty! And here I am sixteen and I've just started learning air bending my third element!"I shouted angerly while trying to keep myself from going in to the avatar state.In a little while the erge was just to strong and I felt myself lose feelings,I didn't feel any more pain,anger,or sadness just power. Soon every thing was near destruction ,I started to make an ENORMUS bolder to soot at a building and at that moment I saw avatar Korra sitting on Naga."Get on,it's time I tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"The truth."
After I had gotten on Naga Korra started to talk"Anya,there's something VERY important I have to tell you. If you were to be killed in the avatar state you avatar cycle would be broken,you would be the last avatar. Be careful Anya."Just then I saw myself shoot a ball of fire at Yangchen"NO!"I shouted running towards Yangchen.
"Don't worry Anya,Yangchen will be okay. And your a spirit the fire would just go right through you."
(Yangchen's POV)
When Anya shot the ball of fire towards me I screamed but for some odd reason instead of running out of the way I stood there rooted to the ground in one stance. The ball of fire kept coming closer and closer until it was five feet away from me...Dun,dun,dun  Cliffhanger!!!Fun for the writer TERRIBLE for the reader :)

<3's  Grace 

story

I've started a story and was wondering if I should post it it here. I've added the first chapter so you can preview the story.




Chapter 1  The avatar  (Anya's POV*)

my name is Anya and this is my story.

When I was six I ran into our house in the earth kingdom to show my mom and dad a new bending skill I had just learned. When I came inside I found the white lotus talking to my parents. Everyone was silent as i demonstrated how I could earth,water,and fire bend. When i tried to air bend that was a different story I couldn’t even make a small breeze. After i showed the White lotus how I could bend the 4 elements they said that it's okay that I couldn’t air bend for the element most unlike the avatar's personalty is usually the hardest for them to master. When they left My parents told me congratulations you're the new avatar. To bad that's over.
Morning
 Beep,Beep,Beep is what I woke-up to. Morning already I shouted ,Time to get ready for school My mom called back.

Sushi is coming to Town!

Last week we had one of our favorites for dinner...SUSHI! We have homemade sushi and don't use fish. I like mine with veggies, and my brothers like theirs with beef. Blech...on the beef because I don't like beef. Not because it is an animal. It doesn't taste good to me.

How to make homemade sushi

Items you need:

• Cut up veggies, cubbed or slivers (like thing slices with cucumbers)
• Mom buys the bag broccoli coleslaw and uses that too
• Cooked beef or chicken
• 3 cups cooked rice
• Sushi bamboo mat: Dyson and mom found it at Ralphs
• Nori sheets
• Rice Wine Vinegar
• Furikake see the picture below it seasons the rice

How to make Sushi

1. With the rice, put in some rice wine vinegar and the seasoning for rice. You have to taste it to see if you have the flavor right for you.
2. Put water mixed with about a tablespoon of rice wine vinegar. You will use this rice water so that the rice won't stick to your hands.
3. Get our your mat and lay a piece of nori on it.
4. Dip your hands in the rice wine vinegar water. Do not dry off!
5. Spread the rice around on the nori leaving an inch at the top. You will have to dip your hands more than once in the water to keep the rice from sticking to your hands. You need a thin layer of rice.
6. Make 2 lines where you want to put the veggies and/or meat. You want them to be about in the middle.
7. Put the veggies and/or meat of the 2 lines that you have made. My mom always makes my brothers put veggies in theirs.
8. Now the tricky part...rolling. It takes practice. Mom says to bring the mat over the filling and tuck it in and start to roll. You don't meet the to edges together. You want to bring the top just under the rice line, tuck and then begin rolling and keep tuck in. You mess up the first one, but soon you get the hang of it.
9. Cut into about 6-8 pieces. Enjoy!

You need these 2 things for Step 1.

Step #6, putting lines on the rice

Step #7, the VEGGIES :)

Step #8, rolling, I didn't really roll this part. She made me hold it and took a picture of me.

Now the best part...Eating the Sushi!

May the roll be with you,

Grace

Yummy! Cherry Pie!

Do you like or LOVE Cherry Pies? If you do, you need to get Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert RIGHT NOW!

This book is about a cherry tree and how to make cherry pies. There is a recipe in the book as you read the story. The s

tory is a little funny because the boy in the story looks

forward to having cherries to eat,

and the animals keep coming and eating all the cherries. At the end of the story, he wonders if the birds would like the pie he makes with his dad.

So, today, my dad was thinking of making a cherry pie. He went on the internet and found a recipe that would take 2 hours and 55 mins plus time to cool. Then he remembered how much we loved reading this book and how the recipe was right there.

My dad couldn't find the book, but I quickly did. I looked right at it and found

the rainbow design on the side on the bottom shelf right where my mom said it was.

For my family in the midwest, you might think it strange to make a cherry pie now, but cherries are in season in California. We have eaten a lot of cherries already. I think I have eaten almost 2 pounds by myself! I'm going CRAZY for cherries :)

The pie was fun to make because I got the first taste of the cherry goo right from the oven. I stuck my pinkie in and dug, and it got hot. I was meaning to let my pinkie cool off, but it was too hot with the cherry goo. It was so YUMMY. My tongue still hurts from that.

Recipe time from the book:

Ingredients:

• 4 cups red sour cherries
• 5 TBSP. flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• pie crust (we cheat and buy ours)
• 9 inch pan

Directions:

1. Wash the cherries
2. squeeze out all the pits and save the juice. The book says 1/2 cup of juice, but we had 1/3 cup.
3. Put cherries in bowl after squeezing them; juice is in another bowl
4. add the cherry juice, flour, sugar, and Cinnamon and stir it with a spoon.
5. Prepare your pie crust in the pie pan.
6. Pre-heat oven to 450° F
7. add filling to pie crust
8. add top crust
9. press around crust edge to seal with a fork
10. make vent holes in whatever design you like. Make the lines or holes small. You'll see why later
11. Bake 10 mins
12. Reduce heat to 350°F and continue to bake for 35-40 mins or until brown
13. Let cool or you'll have burned tongue!
14. Enjoy!

Suggestions to serve it: You can add whipped cream and/or ice cream with you

r pie.

Raw Pie (slits TOO BIG) Baked Pie (See slits got TOO BIG!)

So, buy the book, and read it. Have a good laugh, and then make the pie!

My the PIE be with you,

Grace

directions for yarn ball

I got this pattern for the knitted ball from A First Book of Knitting for Children.




You will need

1. 1 pair of knitting needles (what ever you feel comfortable with)
   
2. cotton yarn, stripped or plain. I used stripped yarn and the brand was cookies 'n cream. You can use chunky weight in various colors. You'll just need to change the colors when you want.
   
3. fleece for stuffing
4. sewing up needle

Cast on 16 stitches and knit 48 rows. I just realized I only knitted 40! Oh well :)

If you are changing the yarn colors, remember to make the changes so the strings face the wrong side.

Sewing up:

The directions are little confusing; just so you know. First, put the casting off and casting on edges together. You need to have the right sides facing each other, so the wrong side is facing you. Sew up the casting off and casting on edges by doing oversewing. Make a locking stitch at the other end.

Do not cut the yarn. Now, with the same yarn, weave through the very top stitches. You are making a circle. Once you are done weaving, pull the string so that it is tight and no hole showing. Make a locking stitch. Cut yarn off.

Flip it inside out. The wrong side is now facing in, and the right side is facing you. Stuff with fleece so it is firm and round. Push it down and keep stuffing. You will need to make it fuller than you think it should be.

Now, with a new piece of yarn do the same thing you did on the other end. Do not forget to pull it tight enough. Make a locking stitch.

You have now made a neat little toy! If you make this, send me your photo of your creation, and I'll add it to the website!

Tomorrow: I'll tell you about, our new PET!

May the Force be with You,
Grace

Celebrate Red, White, and Blue

I'm getting ready to celebrate the 4th of July. The first thing I made was this knitted ball in red, white, and blue cotton yarn.

It was cool to see the ends come all together after you pulled on the string. It was an easy project because all you have to do is use knit stitch.

I'll post the directions tomorrow. Get over here later, maybe tomorrow *giggle*!

I have to add. I hope it gets warmer soon. SSSSOOOOO cold swimming; especially getting out of the pool. I hate getting out of the pool.

May the FORCE be with you,

Grace

Starting out

Grace loves to share her ideas and things she does.  So, I (her mom) thought she could have a blog to show her friends and family things she is creating to sell, her ice skating competitions, or her random thoughts.  I hope you all enjoy her writing and pictures and crafts.  I thought too our distant friends and family could see her grow a little bit more since we don't get to go back home much.


I'll help her along the way, but I want her to do this for herself.  I know she can, and I think she will love it!


Love,
Mom