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Chapter 1

Rein looked down at the key. It looked old and it had a strange design on it. She felt it and realized it was made not of metal but granite.
“What am I doing?” She thought this was ridiculous and was waiting for the guy from Punk’d to jump out of her bookshelf like the Kool-Aid man and start laughing and pointing at the hidden cameras.
The again, she didn’t put anything in that pocket. In fact, she had kept her small trash bags in it before. She looked down at her frumpy looking scrubs and decided to change cloths.
“If I’m going on a life changing journey, I have to at least look decent, she muttered.” She settled for her favorite jeans, a V-neck t-shirt, and her converse shoes. She plugged her phone into the charger and picked the key up.
Where the hell would the door be?
She decided that since she had the key, the journey had begun. She sorted through her closet, thinking maybe this was going to be like Narnia, but only found old cloths and a blank wall.

The key was in her leg pocket so that it was safe (One of many reasons she loved these jeans) and stomped downstairs to let her dog out. She figured if an adventure was going to happen it wouldn’t happen in that little room.
Besides, adventures don’t just come to you.

She grabbed her bag from the stairwell and made sure she had her necessities (You know, like an art book, a pencil… the important stuff) and she thought for a moment and for some reason decided to put her book in a waterproof bag then replace it into her Jack Skellington bag. Adventures always have water. Always.

So, completely prepared, she looked around the house. It looked… normal. She went to the refrigerator (Half expecting to find it to be the door she needed) and opened it. There was food inside, like it should have. Maybe this WAS a cruel joke on her.

Sadie, her Aunt’s massive German Shepard, started barking and charged the front door. Rein gasped and followed the dog and pulled her away from the door. No one was outside. No one knocked or rang the bell. She shook her head and walked to the bathroom.

THERE it was.

She noticed the door was very old and had a Chinese symbol carved in it.

Usually, the main character would sit and ponder this door, but not Rein. She ripped her pocket button free and jammed the key in the door. No time to waste here!

She opened the door and walked through smiling dumbly… until a spear was shoved at her face.
“Stop! Intruder!”
She blinked. Then, realizing the potential danger, she slowly put her hands up. She heard the door close behind her, Sadie still barking.
The man with the spear was wearing a uniform that symbolized some sort of army, and his mustache looked like a Biker’s.
There was another guy with the same uniform, but he was completely bald with a bushy beard. “Put her into the cell,” he barked. “The captain will be happy to execute a waterbender.”
“WATERBENDER?!” Rein looked down and noticed her entire wardrobe had changed. “I’m a waterbender? I seriously expected to be Earth if I…” She looked at the soldiers… the FIRE Nation Soldiers.
“She babbling,” Biker Mustache said.
Okay, Rein thought. If I get tossed in other worlds, I suppose I’m going to adapt? Awesome… So, that must mean I’ll adapt as what I’d fit in as. Like a waterbender.
She remembered (And she would never repeat this to anyone else) that as a kid she would “Bend” the water in her swimming pool. After watching Avatar: The Last Airbender 46,000 times in a row, she could probably manage some cheap moves.
So, the point was to use your knowledge of the fictional world to your advantage.

Oh, would this be FUN.

She smiled. “Okay. Take me to your place.”
The guards looked at each other, then shrugged. Baldy grabbed her right arm and pulled her along. They went out of the room and down a narrow hall. This lead them to a staircase that went to the outer deck of the ship they were on. She heard a crew member shout, “Land, just ahead!”
Perfect.
She saw a cook carrying hot water for what she assumed was lunch.
Today, she was thinking Boiled Soldier would be nice.
Rein concentrated on the hot water, and thinking Katara’s words “Shift your weight through the stances,” She thrust her left arm upward and a bubble of water rose out of the pot. It wasn’t as neat and formed as she’d have liked, but it’d do the trick.
And boy, did it.
The water splashed down all over Badly and he screamed in agony.
Something, probably her brain, shouted, “RUUUN!!!” She darted across the deck as the soldiers pursued her. She parkoured her way over the railing and plunged into the shockingly cold water. She was a good swimmer, so that wasn’t an issue. The issue was the fireballs hitting the surface.

Breathing would be nice.

The fireballs stopped. After a moment, the ship did as well, and she saw thing plunging into the water.
Her first reaction was, Oh, crap they’re diving after me! But that didn’t seem logical. She kicked her way to the surface and took in a sharp and much needed breath.
Looking up, she saw fire blasting towards the sky now, attacking…
Oh, this was awesome.
Rein had front row seats to see an Avatar verses the Fire Nation battle.

Aang thrust himself off of Appa and glided down to the deck, where she caught glimpses of water and air blasts throwing soldiers overboard. She kicked over to the side of the ship and grabbed an anchor chain, not that it would help. She didn’t have the upper body strength to get to the deck this way.
Though, she didn’t need it. The captain decided that fighting the Avatar was suicidal, and all of the anchors started rising. She held on for dear life as it brought her to the deck, but she wasn’t close enough to get onboard.
Aang was already returning to Appa and now her chance to meet one of her heroes was passing.
“Aang! Wait!”
Katara leaned over Appa and cried, “Look!”
For a moment, Rein thought she was talking about the fact that the ship was regrouping for a second round (Morons), but Katara then said, very loudly, “There’s a waterbender there!”
“So? Let’s go!” That was the ever so sympathetic Sokka.
She heard him yelp, so Katara probably slapped him.

Before she could react, Baldy had her by the wrist and dragged her to the deck. He threw her to the ground and charged a mean looking fireball.
“This is for scalding me you little parasite!” He lifted his arms like it was a Spirit Bomb and she threw her arms over her head.
THUMP
SLPASH
“AAAARG!!!”
Rein listened to the silence.
Seconds passed.
Maybe a few minutes.
“Hey,” she heard.
Rein uncovered her head, almost expecting Katara, or even Aang…
“You’re kind of a wuss.”
Toph crossed her arms. She was standing on Baldy, who looked pretty beat.
Rein sat up and smiled. “You’re pretty awesome. Thanks.”
“I know, and don’t mention it.” She flipped her hair a little. “You owe me.”
Rein Smiled and sighed slightly. “How about dinner?”
Toph blinked and stood there speechless for a second. Appa landed on the deck…and the destruction. The gang all piled out and walked up to them.
“Okay,” Toph said. “Deal.”
“Really?”
“Really what,” Sokka asked.
“I’m getting some dinner,” She said proudly.
Katara looked at them skeptically. “You’re going to get dinner?”
“Yep. I’ll see you guys in the Temple.”
Rein blinked. This was way too easy… then again; she just got her ass kicked by a bunch of firebenders. “Are you serious? I mean, you don’t even know my name…”
“Well, I saved your butt, you’re paying me back now. I think it’s fair. And you know what? You should throw in some extra food for me so I can take it back to these whiners,” she gestured to the others, who looked a little jealous and irritated. “So, my name is Toph, the greatest earthbender alive!” She threw a fist in the air.
“I’m Rein, The Dinner Host.” She looked at the others. “I promise to make extra for the Avatar and his awesome friends.”
Sokka puffed his chest a liitle. “Yeah, we’re awesome.”
Katara poked his belly and he buckled a little.
Toph grabbed Reins wrist. “Come on, Host. I’m starvin’”

Man, I know a lot of characters who would either hate or love this girl.

Description
Chapter 1

Rein looked down at the key. It looked old and it had a strange design on it. She felt it and realized it was made not of metal but granite.
“What am I doing?” She thought this was ridiculous and was waiting for the guy from Punk’d to jump out of her bookshelf like the Kool-Aid man and start laughing and pointing at the hidden cameras.
The again, she didn’t put anything in that pocket. In fact, she had kept her small trash bags in it before. She looked down at her frumpy looking scrubs and decided to change cloths.
“If I’m going on a life changing journey, I have to at least look decent, she muttered.” She settled for her favorite jeans, a V-neck t-shirt, and her converse shoes. She plugged her phone into the charger and picked the key up.
Where the hell would the door be?
She decided that since she had the key, the journey had begun. She sorted through her closet, thinking maybe this was going to be like Narnia, but only found old cloths and a blank wall.

The key was in her leg pocket so that it was safe (One of many reasons she loved these jeans) and stomped downstairs to let her dog out. She figured if an adventure was going to happen it wouldn’t happen in that little room.
Besides, adventures don’t just come to you.

She grabbed her bag from the stairwell and made sure she had her necessities (You know, like an art book, a pencil… the important stuff) and she thought for a moment and for some reason decided to put her book in a waterproof bag then replace it into her Jack Skellington bag. Adventures always have water. Always.

So, completely prepared, she looked around the house. It looked… normal. She went to the refrigerator (Half expecting to find it to be the door she needed) and opened it. There was food inside, like it should have. Maybe this WAS a cruel joke on her.

Sadie, her Aunt’s massive German Shepard, started barking and charged the front door. Rein gasped and followed the dog and pulled her away from the door. No one was outside. No one knocked or rang the bell. She shook her head and walked to the bathroom.

THERE it was.

She noticed the door was very old and had a Chinese symbol carved in it.

Usually, the main character would sit and ponder this door, but not Rein. She ripped her pocket button free and jammed the key in the door. No time to waste here!

She opened the door and walked through smiling dumbly… until a spear was shoved at her face.
“Stop! Intruder!”
She blinked. Then, realizing the potential danger, she slowly put her hands up. She heard the door close behind her, Sadie still barking.
The man with the spear was wearing a uniform that symbolized some sort of army, and his mustache looked like a Biker’s.
There was another guy with the same uniform, but he was completely bald with a bushy beard. “Put her into the cell,” he barked. “The captain will be happy to execute a waterbender.”
“WATERBENDER?!” Rein looked down and noticed her entire wardrobe had changed. “I’m a waterbender? I seriously expected to be Earth if I…” She looked at the soldiers… the FIRE Nation Soldiers.
“She babbling,” Biker Mustache said.
Okay, Rein thought. If I get tossed in other worlds, I suppose I’m going to adapt? Awesome… So, that must mean I’ll adapt as what I’d fit in as. Like a waterbender.
She remembered (And she would never repeat this to anyone else) that as a kid she would “Bend” the water in her swimming pool. After watching Avatar: The Last Airbender 46,000 times in a row, she could probably manage some cheap moves.
So, the point was to use your knowledge of the fictional world to your advantage.

Oh, would this be FUN.

She smiled. “Okay. Take me to your place.”
The guards looked at each other, then shrugged. Baldy grabbed her right arm and pulled her along. They went out of the room and down a narrow hall. This lead them to a staircase that went to the outer deck of the ship they were on. She heard a crew member shout, “Land, just ahead!”
Perfect.
She saw a cook carrying hot water for what she assumed was lunch.
Today, she was thinking Boiled Soldier would be nice.
Rein concentrated on the hot water, and thinking Katara’s words “Shift your weight through the stances,” She thrust her left arm upward and a bubble of water rose out of the pot. It wasn’t as neat and formed as she’d have liked, but it’d do the trick.
And boy, did it.
The water splashed down all over Badly and he screamed in agony.
Something, probably her brain, shouted, “RUUUN!!!” She darted across the deck as the soldiers pursued her. She parkoured her way over the railing and plunged into the shockingly cold water. She was a good swimmer, so that wasn’t an issue. The issue was the fireballs hitting the surface.

Breathing would be nice.

The fireballs stopped. After a moment, the ship did as well, and she saw thing plunging into the water.
Her first reaction was, Oh, crap they’re diving after me! But that didn’t seem logical. She kicked her way to the surface and took in a sharp and much needed breath.
Looking up, she saw fire blasting towards the sky now, attacking…
Oh, this was awesome.
Rein had front row seats to see an Avatar verses the Fire Nation battle.

Aang thrust himself off of Appa and glided down to the deck, where she caught glimpses of water and air blasts throwing soldiers overboard. She kicked over to the side of the ship and grabbed an anchor chain, not that it would help. She didn’t have the upper body strength to get to the deck this way.
Though, she didn’t need it. The captain decided that fighting the Avatar was suicidal, and all of the anchors started rising. She held on for dear life as it brought her to the deck, but she wasn’t close enough to get onboard.
Aang was already returning to Appa and now her chance to meet one of her heroes was passing.
“Aang! Wait!”
Katara leaned over Appa and cried, “Look!”
For a moment, Rein thought she was talking about the fact that the ship was regrouping for a second round (Morons), but Katara then said, very loudly, “There’s a waterbender there!”
“So? Let’s go!” That was the ever so sympathetic Sokka.
She heard him yelp, so Katara probably slapped him.

Before she could react, Baldy had her by the wrist and dragged her to the deck. He threw her to the ground and charged a mean looking fireball.
“This is for scalding me you little parasite!” He lifted his arms like it was a Spirit Bomb and she threw her arms over her head.
THUMP
SLPASH
“AAAARG!!!”
Rein listened to the silence.
Seconds passed.
Maybe a few minutes.
“Hey,” she heard.
Rein uncovered her head, almost expecting Katara, or even Aang…
“You’re kind of a wuss.”
Toph crossed her arms. She was standing on Baldy, who looked pretty beat.
Rein sat up and smiled. “You’re pretty awesome. Thanks.”
“I know, and don’t mention it.” She flipped her hair a little. “You owe me.”
Rein Smiled and sighed slightly. “How about dinner?”
Toph blinked and stood there speechless for a second. Appa landed on the deck…and the destruction. The gang all piled out and walked up to them.
“Okay,” Toph said. “Deal.”
“Really?”
“Really what,” Sokka asked.
“I’m getting some dinner,” She said proudly.
Katara looked at them skeptically. “You’re going to get dinner?”
“Yep. I’ll see you guys in the Temple.”
Rein blinked. This was way too easy… then again; she just got her ass kicked by a bunch of firebenders. “Are you serious? I mean, you don’t even know my name…”
“Well, I saved your butt, you’re paying me back now. I think it’s fair. And you know what? You should throw in some extra food for me so I can take it back to these whiners,” she gestured to the others, who looked a little jealous and irritated. “So, my name is Toph, the greatest earthbender alive!” She threw a fist in the air.
“I’m Rein, The Dinner Host.” She looked at the others. “I promise to make extra for the Avatar and his awesome friends.”
Sokka puffed his chest a liitle. “Yeah, we’re awesome.”
Katara poked his belly and he buckled a little.
Toph grabbed Reins wrist. “Come on, Host. I’m starvin’”

Man, I know a lot of characters who would either hate or love this girl.