The Last Thunder

Jai’s head was pounding like crazy, and he should’ve took care about that instead of running to a random scream from someone. He saw the moon sliced into two! Wait, that sounded wrong. Whatever! He heard the snowball mewled and hugged the dearie tight to his chest before hurrying his pace. Passing by the dead trees on his sides, he arrived at a path stretched to the side. The ground was different, as it was grey and looked more solid than the red dirt he had been running onto. Jai pursed his lips a bit. ‘Where to now?’ He thought. Then he heard a faint laughter from his right. It sounded distant. He ran to his right. It wasn’t long for him to arrive at the scene. He could see some men with weapons surrounding an older man on the ground with no weapon, and to the left of them was an upside-down wooden cart with some fruits and other things scattered around it. Connecting

Barun navigated Jai through the gate. They passed small houses and a few barns, and then a small yard with a stone well in the middle. Jai noticed a girl was sitting by the well, her face looking downward. He couldn’t help but notice that she was frowning as they walked closer. Then the old man behind him called, “Miria!” The girl looked up and was instantly overjoyed. “Grandpa!” Miria exclaimed, running to the two of them happily. “What are you doing here, you child? And with that outfit!” Barun asked, a hint of concern slipped into his voice. “I-I was waiting for you, grandpa… I was worried…” Miria defended. She smiled apologetically to the old man. Now that the girl was only two feet from him, he could see her much better. The girl has long amber hair and she was wearing some kind of white

Jai and Miria walked side by side to the market. The little Usha was between them, walking in grace like it owns the street. A few times, it brushed past Miria’s ankle as if it intended to do that. That action took Miria by surprise every time, but it did catch her attention and she took it as adorable action and was not troubled by it. Jai was grateful though; it helped save him from Miria’s attention and let him spend his time to think about his dream last night. If he remembered it right, he dreamt about blue and white fire, with the white fire dominating the blue. There were also shadows of people. One side was from what he supposed was the military, and the other side was the lower ranked people, possibly the citizen. The setting seemed like a battlefield of sorts, but it wasn’t that big to call it a war. But it did seem like one side was oppressing the other with unknown reason. He wasn’t sure what the reason wa

Jai gulped the iced tea in the cup, and then exhaled satisfyingly. “This tea is very sweet and refreshing.” Jai smiled. “You should try it, Usha, it might cure your anger, you know?” The little kitten on his lap yawned in response. Jai sighed. Who was he kidding, Usha probably wouldn’t let that go. The cat showed an unusual intelligence compared to normal cats. The fight with the earthbenders thugs at the market showed it all, though all the furball did was trying to wreck their clothes. Jai was worried the cat will pluck their eyeballs out, but thankfully Miria pulled Usha in time. Jai wasn’t worried about the thugs, he was worried about Miria watching the gruesome possibility of a kitten harvesting someone’s eye right from the skull. A frown app

When Jai reached downstairs, he thanked the gods that it was Barun. He wasted no time telling the old man what happened on his absence. “Miria passed out, she’s in her room.” Barun’s eyes widened and he immediately sprung to the stairs, Jai followed after him. The old man went inside the room, ignoring the kitten beside his granddaughter, and checked her conditions. He sighed. “What do I do...” he whispered. “What is it? What’s wrong with her?” Jai was standing beside Barun, by Miria’s feet. Barun pulled the blanket over Miria’s body before looking at him. “Let’s talk downstairs.” Jai nodded and followed him. They went to the kitchen and sat by the dining table, across from each other. Barun sat still with his for a few minutes. His fi