Okay, so... somehow our story got deleted. (shrug) It made us sad. So here it is again!
Title: Avatar: Unscripted
Rating: T for totally wicked awesome.
Genre: Humor
Summary: Mike and Bryan have a cool idea for a cartoon series called Avatar. But something goes horribly wrong and all of the characters they created start showing up in the real world with them! They have to contain all the craziness and conduct the TV series without any serious injury or damage. Can they do it?
Notes:
Hi, we're Yung Keylay and Sistah Kels. And we're not Avatards. I mean, geesh, we refuse to call ourselves that. How about Avaturds?
Back on subject, this is our first Avatar story.
It may seem kind of weird, but it's kind of supposed to be like that.
Consider it a behind-the-scenes glance at the series, almost like the characters are actors. All will become much clearer in later chapters.
Enjoy and review.
Introduction
"Okay, here's my idea: There's an air guy along with these water people trapped in a snowy wasteland... and maybe some fire people are pressing down on them..." Bryan Konietzko and Mike Dante DiMartino were sitting around casually tossing about ideas for their new cartoon series… Avatar: the Last Airbender.
Or was it going to be Zuko: the Last Firebender?
They weren't sure of much yet.
"Air guy? Elaborate."
"Well, originally it was going to be a balding middle-aged man, but we're working with a younger demographic… so I think it should be a kid, so children watching it can relate more to the character."
"So… a kid?"
"Yeah, maybe twelve or thirteen years old."
"But I still want him to be bald."
"Um… a bald kid?"
"Whatever. Work with me here, maybe he could grow hair later. But then he's got to shave it off, because I seriously think he should be bald."
"Yeah… that's not weird." Came the sarcastic reply.
"Shut up! He's going to be an air guy, so he's got to be aerodynamic!"
"Wait, maybe you're on to something… aerodynamic… aero…arrow… he should have an ARROW on his head!"
"What?"
"And let's not stop there! He should have funny blue arrow marks all over him! It can be what makes him distinguishable!"
"All over him? That's kind of strange, don't you think?"
"Maybe it's an air guy thing! Isn't he going to be the only air guy…? Like, that's where the last airbender thing comes in, right?"
"Okay, sure. How about his entire people, the airbenders were wiped out by the evil fire guys?"
"Fine. Sounds alright to me."
"Alright, now about the water people…should they be mermaids? And I think there should be a brother and a sister. One can be a comic relief character and the other can end up as the air dude's love interest. Sound good?"
"Sure! But not the mermaids part."
"What else about them?"
"They lost their mother to the fire guys. The sister can be especially vehement about this. And she can be… like the Avatar but she fights with water."
"What about the brother?"
"He should be the funny one. And no water powers for him. Maybe he should carry a gun?"
"A gun? That doesn't feel right. He's a comic relief character, remember? I don't think parents want their kids watching a show with some kid laughing and joking about shooting people."
"Okay, so a sword?"
"Yeah… but what about a boomerang? That would be potentially hilarious, but then again, cool."
"Sword's better!"
"No, a boomerang is way better."
"SWORD!"
"BOOMERANG!"
"SWORD!!"
"BOOMERANG!"
"Ok fine, how about this: he could have a boomerang first, and then get a sword later."
"Alright…"
"Okay, what are these kid's names?"
"I think the air dude should be named… Stanley."
"Um… that's dumb. I think it should start with an A, since he's an air guy. How about Adam?"
"Nahhh…. dang it, I got nothing."
"Wait… dang…but take off the D and it's Ang!"
"Add another A. So it looks cooler."
"Aang?"
"Whatever. I don't really care. They're all going to have weird names anyway."
"What about the water girl?"
"Does she have to start with a W, because she's water?"
"Maybe. It should be an exotic name… like… Watara."
"That sounds like a wristwatch brand. How about Batara?"
"That would be Batman's girlfriend."
"Fiiiine. Um… Katara?"
"Sure. Sounds almost normal, like Katrina or something."
"And the brother?"
"We should name him after something weird and funny. Like a shoe. He can be… Shoekee."
"Or how about a sock? Like… Socky? Or Socko? SOKKA!"
"That's good. His girlfriend can be Shoekee."
"That's just overly dumb. A sock and a shoe? Just make it Suki."
"That sounds like Suzuki."
"Deal with it; I like it!"
"Ok, but wait, a comic relief character gets a girlfriend?"
"She likes corny jokes and stuff."
"Whatever. Okay, weren't we going to make an earth girl?"
"Yeah, we've discussed this. She's blind, she sees things by feeling vibrations in the earth through her feet. We're going to make her kickass… I mean, kickbutt."
"Geesh, man, this is going to be TV Y7."
"Gotcha. Sorry, honest mistake."
"Okay, last thing we gotta discuss: the antagonist… Mr. Emo Fire Pants."
"You mean, Prince Zuko?"
"Nah, I mean Mr. Emo Fire Pants."
"I thought we agreed we weren't going to name him that!"
"Yeah… sorry, I forgot. Fire Prince Emo Zuko."
"JUST ZUKO!"
"This kid is going to be messed up, I mean not just emotionally… like, scarred for life."
"Like Harry Potter?"
"Yeah, only not with a lightning bolt on his forehead. That seems… stupid."
"Okay, but can he have a scar?"
"Sure, why?"
"His daddy hit him."
"WAIT! I got it, his father, Fire Lord Ozai, the evil one… he challenged him to a duel for his honor or something and slapped him with a fiery hand!"
"Um… okay, WHY would a father challenge his kid to a duel?"
"Uh… maybe Zuko was being a smart aleck, I don't know. He back-sassed him. Spoke out of turn. Didn't do the dishes, I don't know!"
"That seems a little extreme."
"He's evil."
"Point taken."
"So the scar…?"
"On his eye… like… over one half of the top of his face. That way his face is REALLY recognizable. And I know! Hunting down the Avatar can be what it takes to win his father's affection again. He can be like the outlaw prince, banished from his nation."
"COOL!"
Suddenly, Bryan and Mike heard a loud clang in the kitchen.
"What was that?"
"I don't know…"
The two men went to investigate. They rounded the corner and peered into the kitchen area, looking around for the source of the noise.
They promptly gasped as they saw a young child spinning around the kitchen on a ball of air, knocking precious china onto the floor.
"What the…?"
"Wait, man… check out his head."
"His head?"
Sure enough, the kid had a blue arrow on his head. He smiled brightly. "That's strange… how did I end up here? Appa??"
"Dude…" Mike said to Bryan, freaked out.
"I know, man."
There was a low growling noise and a crash. The house shook and Mike and Bryan quickly grabbed the nearest stationery object and caught their footing. A car alarm blared outside as Appa landed.
"APPA! Be careful, boy." The kid scolded his... giant flying bison.
"Um… Stanley?"
The air guy looked confused. "Um, hi. I'm Aang. I'm an Airbender!!"
Bryan looked at Mike. "Are we being Punk'd?"
Mike peered around suspiciously. "If I see Ashton Kutcher jump out from behind anything, I swear…" He grabbed Aang's staff from his hand.
"Hey…" Aang mumbled. "I need that to practice for when I gotta defeat the Fire Lord and save the town and Mr. Krabs! I mean… the WORLD!"
Bryan's mouth was hanging slack. "What the HECK is going on here?"
After he said this, an object flew past his head very quickly, with a whizzing sound.
"Haha, I told you that you couldn't hit that guy's head, Sokka!" Came a feminine voice, ringing in triumph.
"Well… maybe I didn't want to, alright, Katara? GEEZ!"
"Suuureee."
Another girl's voice floated to their ears as three teens came into vision, the boy catching a boomerang as it came back full circle. "Hey, don't be so hard on the guy, I think he's rather cute."
"Awww… Suki!" The boy blushed.
Aang laughed and pointed to Mike and Bryan. "Sokka, Katara, Suki… meet… um, what were you guys' names?"
"I'm… Mike." Mike croaked. "And he's… Bryan."
"Hi!" The characters of their imagination chorused.
"And this is Toph!" Aang added as the blind bender burst up through the floor.
"Sorry about that." She muttered apologetically.
"I just put in that tile!" Bryan whispered mournfully.
"Wait… these are all the characters we discussed today." Mike suddenly announced. "Where are all the others? Never mind that, why the heck are they even here to begin with?"
"It doesn't matter, dude. Because they are here. Why doesn't matter."
"We're here to do the show!" Sokka told them truthfully. "We're ready!"
"Wait... what about all the other characters we created?" Bryan asked.
"I'm sure they'll turn up sooner or later..." This was punctuated with a groan from Mike as he continued, "And...um… does this normally happen when people get creative and try to make a cartoon show?"
"If so… I feel sorry for poor Walt Disney." Bryan replied.
"No wonder Disney has that giant castle." Mike mused.
"Okay, okay, FOCUS! What are we going to do?" Bryan began frantically.
"AIR SHIP SLICE!" Sokka screamed suddenly. "I mean… uh….?"
"The show must go on, man. We gotta figure this out." Mike answered, ignoring Sokka.
"We can't have them just wander around shooting air, water, dirt… and fire around… WAIT!" Bryan stopped mid-thought.
"What?" Mike asked.
"FIRE!" Bryan shouted loudly.
"Where? Call 911!" Mike yelled.
"No, I mean… where are the fire guys? Zuko and Fire Lord O-…OH MY GOSH!" Bryan fell to the floor with a thud.
A crash. Outside air poured in as a small hole was blasted through the ceiling. Debris fell everywhere.
"I thought we agreed his name was OZAI!" Mike screamed, annoyed, over the sound.
"I AM THE PHOENIX KING!" They heard as the roof caved in and Ozai appeared, spewing fire from just about every surface on his body. "I WILL RULE THE WORLD!!"
"Holy crap." Bryan mouthed.
"IT'S THE FIRE LORD!" Sokka yelled. "GO AANG! AIRBENDING SLICE!"
"Wait…" Aang said, panicking. "I only know airbending, what about the other elements?"
There was a moment of pure silence... then, chaos erupted.
Mike and Bryan were flabbergasted, staring at the spectacle.
Aang was running around in circles.
Everyone else was screaming, "GO AANG! GET HIM! WHOOP HIS FIREBENDING BUTT!"
Ozai was… lighting everything in Bryan's house on fire.
"Mike…" Bryan mumbled sadly. "You can call 911 now."
"NO!" Mike said. "Are you crazy? Firefighters will come rushing in here, see all these characters and run away, pooping their pants! This is a nightmare!"
Katara began to put out the flames with waterbending. "Here, I'll help… we're really sorry about this… we're only here to do the show and stuff… we didn't mean any harm… and we certainly don't want to cause any public servants to poop in their pants."
"It's okay…" Bryan rubbed his forehead, almost laughing dryly. "It's not weird, strange or frightening at all." He added sarcastically.
"Hey… what about…?" Mike started to say, but was cut off by the doorbell ringing.
"I'LL GET IT!" Aang shrieked, rushing toward the door.
"No, wait!" And Bryan started for the door, wrenching it open.
There stood a tall, astonishingly emo-looking teenager, rubbing his neck awkwardly and clearing his throat. "Um… hey. Zuko here."
"… Zuko?" Mike finished halfheartedly. "Neeeever mind."
Zuko looked at Bryan and then at Aang. "Wait… the Avatar?!" He lunged toward Aang, laughing evilly.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Aang screamed, and he skirted away from Zuko deftly.
Zuko pouted, taking a step forward. "I'll get you! HEY DADDDDDYYY!" He whined to Ozai, who was currently chasing Bryan's cat Fluffernutter, fists blazing.
"WHAT YOU STUPID INSIGNIFICANT SON I NEVER WANTED?"
"I'm about to make you love me!!" Zuko started to firebend the crap out of Aang, running after him up and down the staircase. The carpeting on the steps caught on fire, adding to the inferno.
"Oops. My bad." Zuko told them quickly. The emo fire kid attempting to grin in an apologetic manner and failed miserably.
"Oooh. You're hot!" Katara exclaimed to the Fire Prince, earning a jealous look from Aang as Zuko dove to try and catch him.
"Did I say you could speak to me, you filthy waterbending peasant? I ought to singe every hair on your head for even looking at me!" Zuko growled menacingly.
Katara jumped, but still swooned at him. "Oh wow..." She muttered dreamily.
"But you're right you know. " He added nonchalantly. "I am pretty hot." He adjusted his emo bangs and made another jump toward Aang, swiping out with his arms as fire burst from his palms.
"There you are you cute fuzzy little creature!" Ozai screamed happily, picking up Fluffernutter. "NOW...! I just wanted to pet you." He said calmly, stroking his fur lovingly.
Woosh! The cat burst into flames.
"MEEEEEEEEOW!" But before any real damage could be done, Katara ran over and waterbended the cat to safety.
"Oh man... did I hurt the kitty?" Ozai asked innocently. "Here, let me try to pet him again... I'll be gentle this time..."
"NO!" Katara screamed protectively, lacing her arms around Fluffernutter.
Mike and Bryan looked each other and sighed.
Crazy enough for you?
Oh and about the cat. We love kitties, okay? That's why Katara saved Fluffernutter. :) We'd never firebend a cat and let it be burned like that... that's awful. :(
ANYWAY.
Thanks for reading. We hope you liked it. Let us know if you did.
Please don't flame us. You can't even pretend to be a firebender, sorry. So put the flames away.
(Chapter 1 is coming soon... )