Katara: I wonder if they even remember this…
Me: Shhhh, let's just surprise the fans of RIEW with the sequel! Don't say anything, got it?
Sokka: But it's been FOREVER!
Me: Exactly. I did have much planning, you know T^T
Aang: Well, if they really want a sequel, even if we have to start bottom-up, let's show them what we're made of :D
Gaang&Me: Yeah!
Hey, old friends! It's AA once more, and I will accept any yellings that might come my way. I know it's been forever since RIEW ended, and I just thought that maybe I could take a shot at making the supposed sequel. There are still many things that need to be discussed, explained…the usual! So, I hereby announce that Staid Earth, Amicable Air is now in the makings! I'm sorry if I made any of you upset with the yearly delay, but I'm back now and I really hope this will be as successful as the first one.
I recommend that any newcomers read RIEW first, but if they want a quick synopsis, message me! Also, I'd like to inform everyone that, since I'm older now, my writing has improved! I promise to actually read over everything so there will be little-to-no mistakes ^-^" I really apologize for THAT inconvenience.
Lastly, all I have to say is…
Please read, review and Enjoy!
"Whoa, whoa, whoa…" Sokka broke through the heavy silence and put both of his hands on his cheeks. "You're telling me that the Fire Nation knows that the Avatar is with us?"
Katara looked at the paper once more and closed her eyes slowly.
"I don't know, Sokka."
"Instead of freaking out, why don't we go ask someone about the supposed war?" Suki stepped from Sokka and held out her hand for the paper.
As she read it over, Sokka was sitting on the ground crying like an idiot, Toph was throwing rocks at him in an attempt to shut him up and Katara sat on the edge on the fountain and buried her face in her hands. One would have thought that the Fire Nation would have given up on finding the Avatar, but Zuko and his soldiers proved her wrong. They had to have known that she and Aang were in the same place.
But how? Why didn't they just come straight to them instead of attacking the heart of all Waterbenders? If Zuko was going to capture Princess Yue, that wasn't enough reason to attack them… It had to be something in the Northern Tribe that compelled the Fire Nation to it. But what was it? What in Roku's name was it?
Gold? No… Katara tried to think harder.
Weaponry? That's not it.
Access to many other cities through the channels that surrounded the beautiful kingdom? Oh, spirits… what is it?
While Katara was beating herself up about the issue, Sokka was slumped against a tree, still bawling. Suki came to his side, the letter now folded in her pocket.
"Will you stop crying?" Suki stood before him, hands on her hips and eyes lidded. "For a mighty prince you sure do cry a lot."
"I do not!" Sokka wiped his runny nose with the back of his sleeve. "If I get a kiss from my Kyoshi Warrior, maybe I could man up…" he waggled his eyebrows.
"I'll pass." Suki turned her back to him, arms folded. "I'm not kissing someone who has boogers caked around his nose."
Sokka began to cry more and Suki covered her ears. Toph on the other hand, was standing next to Aang in front of a closed sushi stand. Aang's eyes were fixed on the ground and he let out an airy sigh.
"What's bothering you, TwinkleToes?" the blind Earthbender asked with much boredom in her voice. "I thought nothing could make you this worried."
The Avatar shook his head and looked at the dull sky. "It takes a lot to get me worried and all, but I'm not worried about the Fire Nation."
Toph raised an eyebrow. "Really? I thought you'd be scared of getting caught and whatnot… but I can see that you don't even care about all of the people that'll die because of…Oooh, that's what it is…"
"Exactly." Aang pinched the bridge of his nose. "I'm the Avatar, yet I'm sitting here cowering behind royals and a worshipper of Kyoshi. I should be the one crying and beating myself up, not Sokka or Katara." He then said lowly, "Especially not Katara…"
"You have a reason to be scared shitless, TwinkleToes." Toph stomped her foot into the ground, and up came a large boulder that she sat upon. "This will be your first fight with a wide-range Fire Nation army, right?"
Aang nodded briefly and rubbed his temples. "But it's not even that, Toph. I don't want to harm any more people than I have to. I lost contact with the spirits of earlier Avatars; I have no guide to help me in this. There's no instruction manual that tells me about the hidden powers that Avatars possess, there's no one that can show me how to access the Avatar State. And with such little time to spare, I can't even meditate for the answers."
Aang looked at Toph and sweatdropped when he saw here snoozing on her earthly bed. Instead of getting angry, he laughed and then looked at the ground.
I need to contact the line of Avatars if I want to do something about the raid on the Northern Tribe… the more I sit here acting like I'm nothing, the more lives will be taken.
"But, Suki…." Sokka was holding on to the warrior's leg as she dragged him around in the dry dirt. "All I want is a kiss!"
Suki stopped near Katara and kicked Sokka off of her leg. "Will you stop making that kissy face? You look like a Sucker Fish!"
When Katara heard that, her head snapped up. With red-tinted eyes, Katara asked, no, commanded Suki to repeat what she just said. Suki looked at her with an awkward glance.
"Uh… I said your brother looks like a Sucker Fish…?"
"That's it!" Katara jumped up and gathered everyone's attention. "That's what the Fire Nation is after!"
Sokka was completely lost as well as everyone else. "They want to get fish to make sushi out of our life-supply, OH NOOOOO! WE'LL BE STARVED!" Again he began crying and claiming that they'll all be dead from the lack of food. Suki and Katara face palmed together.
"No, my dear brother," Katara took a few calming breaths and looked to Suki for help. "Suki, you know what I'm talking about, right?"
Suki cleared her throat and began to recite a section from her textbook when she was training to be a Kyoshi Warrior. "Tui and La, two spirit fish that hold the balance of the universe by swimming in a complete circle in their pond…"
"Well, that's just great!" Sokka yelled and stood up, flailing his arms. "They're gonna steal Yue's pet fish and burn the rest of ours!"
"No, you idiot!" Katara snapped and her palm contacted her face again. "If Tui or La is removed from the Spirit Oasis, don't you know what's going to happen?"
"…the water won't be…spiritish anymore…?"
Before Katara could strangle him, Aang butt in. "The balance of the world will be destroyed, which means the world will be corrupt. Am I right, Princess?" Aang's eyes met Katara's and the Waterbender blushed and turned from him.
"Y-Yeah… I couldn't have said it better myself…"
"And we know that the Northern Tribe has much respect for the spirits, considering the fact that Yue is only alive because of Tui…" Suki trailed off.
"So without Tui, will Yue die or anything?" Aang looked at Katara, and the princess shook her head.
"No, if Tui is eliminated, or even in harm's way, Arnook will give in to anything that Zuko or Ozai has in mind. He respects the spirits for the life that they had given Yue; it's only respectful that he keeps them safe."
"As soon as the Fire Nation shows hostility to the spirits, they know that they'll have the Northern Tribe eating out of their own hands…" Aang sighed and looked at Katara. "This really is not good."
"Well, this is just perfect." Suki plopped down on the ground as well and looked up at Aang and Katara. "We manage to escape the damn Fire Nation, but instead of making peace, we actually start a war! How on earth are we going to make it to the Northern Water Tribe if we're all the way in Omashu? It'll take a few weeks to get there before the war starts!"
"And with Appa needing to rest every once in a while, the trip may take longer than that…" Aang thought aloud and then a wide smile found his lips. "What if we… find the fastest transportation that only a King has?"
"A king?" Sokka chimed in. "The only king that I know here is… Oh, no you don't!" Sokka jumped to his feet and pointed to a large structure in the distance from their standpoint. "We are not going to talk to that wacko, King Bumi. I heard that he cooks residents alive!"
Katara then smacked Sokka in the back of his skull and pulled on his ear. "For one thing, don't be rude to the King! Secondly, Father only told you that because you said that 'you was so hungry you could eat someone' one day!"
Sokka yelped as he and Katara continued to bicker.
"King Bumi, huh?" Suki folded her arms and looked at Aang. "Aren't you only a teenager? How could you possibly know the King of Omashu?"
Aang removed his head covering and pointed to the cyan point of his arrow on his forehead. "I'm the Avatar, surely he knows some of my past lives…"
"Well, I heard that he's a total nutjob. Are you sure you want to risk your identity to him? What if he works with Ozai or something?"
Aang considered that but shrugged. "I guess I'm taking chances."
"Ow, Katara you're becoming too fat! Get off of my back!"
"I'm fat?" Katara reached her hand out to the fountain, and instantly a whip of water was at her command. "I dare you to say it again and see if I don't drown you!"
"You're a very pretty lady and I will ask you to get off of me…please?" Sokka squeaked and covered his head with his hands.
Katara got from on Sokka and let the water drop over his body causing him to shriek, "It's freakin' cold!"
She rejoined Suki and Aang and fixed her shirt. "So, to the palace, is it?"
Suki looked at Aang and the Avatar nodded.
"I'm sure Bumi has something we can use to make our trip faster…"
Katara nodded and had a fake smile on her lips. "Alright, let's get this show on the road!"
But if he doesn't, I'm afraid that we'll have to resort to something less… humane, in order to get to the Northern Tribe.
xXxSEAAxXx
And there you have it, the first chapter of my new story! I hope I get as much feedback as I did in RIEW, so I'll be looking out for reviews! Thanks, guys 3 I hope to update soon! :D