Cologne looked at the figure before her. She could see her great grandson-in-law standing on the other end of the room. Behind him was a body of what looked like monk, to one side were the bodies of what looked like soldiers. The monk was wearing an light yellow robe accented by red. A wooden amulet hung on his neck with prayer beads. The soldiers were in black and red armor that was of a fightening appearance. Judging from the skeleton remains of the figures, this had happened a long time ago.
Cologne then looked again at the figures of the young trio. The older boy and the girl were dressed a like in blue, black and white parkas. Making them look like the Native Americans of the most northern reaches. Their skin was a light shade of brown. Their hair was brown with a patch of white on the boy. Each done in an stylized form. They also had blue eyes. The boy spear looked like it was made of a mixture of bone and wood.
The third boy had a resemblance to the dead monk in dress. He was in a yellow outfit that was accented by red. Including a red collar. From the angle that Cologne could see, he had some kind of tattoo on the back of his bald head and hands. His skin was more pale than they other two. He was hugging close to the young woman. All and all, the three looked like they were younger than Ranma and Shampoo.
"Perhaps we could talk about things elsewhere. It might be best to leave the dead to peace, while we discuss the problems to face it." Cologne said. She kept an eye on the three of people that she didn't know.
"I'm not sure that's it a good idea. We don't know you. You could be Fire Nation spies or looters of the Temple." Said the young man. He kept his spear up and in a fighting position.
"Sokka, you should put down your spear. It isn't helping anything. The best thing we can do is talk to these people and figure out what is going on first." The young girl said. "Besides, it might be best if we were to leave this part of the temple for now." Sokka looked at the girl. Reluctantly, he placed his spear back in his backpack. The female sighed softly.
Moments later...
The six of them were sitting inside one of the rooms of the temple. Three on one side and three across from them. The old woman spoke first. "I am Cologne of the Strong Hero Woman tribe. This young woman.." Cologne said pointing to the woman with the purple hair. "Is my great granddaughter, Shampoo. The man beside her is her husband Ranma Saotome."
"I am not her husband." Ranma said as Shampoo looked a little hurt from the words that had been spoken. "It's just some kind of strange laws that doesn't make sense."
"Perhaps we could speak about this at another point." Cologne said, firmly. "We should let our friends continue their end of the introductions." Ranma nodded.
"I am Katara of the Southern Water Tribes, this.." She said point to the older of the two boys. "Is my older brother Sokka. This is our friend Aang of the Air Nomads." Katara said pointing to the younger boy. "We were on our way to the North Pole to.."
"To meet with our sister tribe." Sokka said, interupting his sister. He had a look on his face that was telling Cologne that he was trying to hide something from them. She knew that it would be best to let them reveal it in their own time. "So what are you doing here?"
"We were in conflict with an annoying 'human' known as Happosai. A figure that was not above using dark spirits to inflict pain on those that he feels do not respect him or his power. So it was that we were fighting against an evil spirit, when the spirit casted a powerful spell during it's destruction. A black vortex grew up and sucked us up into what appears to be a dimensional rift. It took us from the world that we came from and sent us to your world." Cologne said, looking for the reaction.
Shock was clear on the face of Katara. It looked like she didn't know what to expect. Aang looked with amazement and was quite interest in the news. But Sokka's reaction was obvious. Total disbelief. "Do you expect us to believe that you come from some other world that we don't know about?"
Katara turned and looked at Sokka. "It would explain why they didn't know about the Fire Nation or the war." She said. Cologne perked up at this news.
"What war? Perhaps you could explain this to us as we are new to this war." Cologne asked.
"A hundred years ago, the Fire Nation started a war against the three other nations. The Air Nomads, the Earth Kingdom and the Water Tribes. It has lasted for a hundred years, with the Fire Nation on the constant attack. Fire Nation attacks had weakened my tribe and a couple of years ago the men in my tribe left to fight the Fire Nation with the Earth Kingdom. The Fire Nation apperantly destroyed this airbender temple and most of the Air Nomads." Katara told them.
"Interesting," Cologne said, adding, "What is this bending you speak of?"
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