The girls watch the two figures walk toward the village. "Heh," Cadence snorted. "Baldie's gonna get it now."
Some of the kids saw Aang and rushed toward him saying, "Yay! Aang's back!" They hugged him when they got there.
Sokka stepped forward. "I knew it! You were trying to signal the Fire Nation!" he accused.
"No, of course not!" Cadence told them sarcastically. "All wittle Aangy-poo did was make a wittle mistake and accedentawy sent out a giwant wittle fwame!"
She was ignored. "Aang didn't do anything," Katara told her brother firmly. "It was an accident."
"Yeah," Aang added. "We were on this ship and there were booby traps. And… well, we boobied right into them." Cadence snickered loudly.
"Katara," Kanna exclaimed worriedly, "you shouldn't have gone on that ship. Now we're all in danger."
"No," Cadence whispered to the woman. "The Fire Nation is coming to have a tea party with the village."
"Don't blame Katara!" Aang insisted, shaking his head. "It was my fault. It was my idea to go on the ship."
Sokka pointed a finger at the airbender. "Ah ha! The traitor confesses! Warriors, away from the enemy. The foreigner is banished from our village." The children surrounding Aang moved away slowly, sadness on their faces.
"Wait," Cadence whispered to Lila, "why are little girls moving away from Aang? Sokka thinks girls can't fight. Oh, I'll whip his sorry ass in KyoshiIsland."
"Sokka, you're making a mistake," Katara persisted firmly, clenching her fists.
"No," he countered. "I'm keeping my promise to Dad. I'm protecting you from threats like him."
"Yeah," Cadence snickered. "Don't even bother to protect anyone else. Just you're sister."
"Aang is not our enemy," Katara told Sokka, raising her voice. "Don't you see? Aang brought something we haven't had in so many years. Fun."
"Fun? We can't fight firebenders with fun!"
"Sure you can," Cadence explained to Sokka, "All you got to do is play the ever popular—and fun—'Stabbing Game'. Just let the children practice, then invite some firebenders over to play, an there you go, another Hunger Games. Just with toddlers."
"And the result," Lila countered icily, "sadistic five year olds."
"…Uh…" Aang ignored those comments, "Well, you should try it sometime."
Sokka groaned. "Get out."
"Grandmother, please, don't let Sokka do this!" Katara pleaded.
Cadence snickered. "Oooh. When Katara doesn't say 'Gran-Gran' it gets serious."
"That I find funny," Lila added.
"Katara," Kanna emphasized. "you knew going on that ship was forbidden. Sokka is right. I think it is right if the enemy leaves."
"Fine!" Katara yelled, "Then I go too. C'mon, Aang. Let's go."
Sokka looked at his sister. "Where do you think you're going?"
Katara responded angrily. "To find a waterbender. Aang is taking me to the North Pole."
"I am? Great!" Behind them Sokka called out her name. She turned.
"Would you really choose him over your tribe? Your own family?" Katara paused.
"I was going to say something snarky," Cadence told her brunette friend, "but that would really make me the worst girl ever."
Aang walked up to Katara. "Katara, I don't want to make you chose between your family and I." He walked past her to Appa.
"So…" she pondered, not believing the truth. "You're leaving the South Pole? This is… goodbye?"
Aang turned to the waterbender. "Thanks for penguin sledding with me." He smiled.
"Where will you go?" she asked, hoping she could stall his departure.
He put his hand on Appa's fur. "I guess I'll go back home and look for the airbenders." A look of disgust crossed his face. "Wow. I haven't cleaned my room in one hundred years. Not looking forward to that." He airbended himself up Appa, making a clear whoosh sound. "Was nice meeting everyone," he concluded, his head looking one last look at the village.
"Let's see your bison fly now, air boy," Sokka said, his voice lowering.
"C'mon, Appa," he told the sky bison. "You can do it. Yip yip!" Appa rose tiredly.
"Yeah, I thought so," Sokka scoffed.
Suddenly a toddler with miniscule pigtails ran away from her friend's reach toward Aang. "Aang, don't go. I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you too, Suyin," he said to the little girl.
"Nice job, Sokka, you made a little girl cry!" Lila hissed.
"Come on boy," he murmured dejectedly.
Suyin whimpered and headed back while Kanna walked to her granddaughter. "Katara, you will feel better after you—" Katara wouldn't have it.
"You happy?" she accused lividly. "There goes my only one chance of being a waterbender!" She walked off. Kanna looked down.
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"I wonder how Aang's doing?" Lila wondered out loud.
"Sitting in ice. What else?" Cadence replied, trying to light up the mood, but only darkened it quickly. Lila sighed.
"The only good news is that Zuko is coming really soon. Heh, maybe I'm an airbender. Then he'll think I'm the Avatar. Oh, yeah," Lila smiled at the thought.
"Maybe you are. Hey, we're from the real world, maybe you can try to mimic his moves," Cadence suggested.
Lila concentrated on her hands, trying to imitate a move Aang did when he spun the marbles on KyoshiIsland. She put her hands in the same place as Aang did in KyoshiIsland and tried to make air come out. None. After ten minutes, though, still none.
"What are you doing?" a voice said behind her. She squealed in surprise, turned around and airbent the person behind her.
"Sweet, I can airbend!" She cheered in triumph. "Oh, hi Kanna."
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When a huge rumbling echoed throughout the winter (or maybe summer, you can't tell really) air, gasps soon followed. Children scooted toward their mothers franticly. Sokka's snow tower fell which made him fall into a position of defeat. A huge Fire Nation ship emerged from the mist.
"Wow, Zuko's a jerk," Lila exclaimed softly. "I still want him."
"Knock yourself out," Cadence murmured, distracted at the ship. Her eyes flitted to a child on the snow. "Katara!" she yelled, making the waterbender rush down and picked up the child. As she put the child in a tent she gasped and commanded worriedly, "Sokka, get out of the way!" The giant ship stopped before it could hit him, and a landslide of snow formed, pushing Sokka down.
"Holy… I really hate Zuko…"
The bridge to the ground fell down like a drawbridge, almost crushing Sokka if he didn't swiftly move out of the way. Out came Zuko and his other faceless soldiers.
"That sexy jerk…" Lila muttered, almost drooling, "I want him. Sexy, sexy, mmm sexy."
As Zuko was halfway down, Sokka ran up and started to attack him with his club. Unfortunately for him, Zuko easily kicked him off the bridge. When Zuko officially took step in the snow, everyone gasped, even Cadence and Lila. He walked around and stopped at Kanna. "Where are you hiding him?" he inquired harshly. Suddenly he grabbed Kanna. "He—" Zuko started but Lila cut him off with a lousy air blast.
"Hands off the grandma, sexy!" she declared, her eyes dreamy.
Zuko looked awkwardly at the brunette then smiled. "Welcome Avatar," he greeted in a harsh tone of fake, then roughly tossed Kanna like a piece of clothing, "you're coming with me."
Lila stepped through the crowd when Cadence grabbed her shoulder. "Good luck," she whispered, even though it was obvious she didn't need it. Cadence let go.
"Glad to come, sexy," she purred then snuggled against his metal armor.
Zuko stared at Lila more then awkwardly told her, "Uh… well don't get too comfy… uh…"
"Oh, Zuzu-kun, that opinion will surely change," she cooed. "once you've been with me for a while. Mmm."
"Lil!" Cadence warned. "Watch out!" Lila shrieked and headed toward her red-haired friend as Aang came on a penguin and knocked Zuko over. Once in safety, she giggled and purred.
"Zuzu-kun, you are even more sexy when you get pwned. Mmm." Aang came to the round of people, and as he got up, the penguin waddled away.
"Hey Katara! Hey Sokka!" Aang greeted.
"Hey Aang," Sokka responded in monotone. "Thanks for coming."
"Uh… Aang?" Cadence started up, "No 'Hey Cadence'? No 'Hey Lila'?"
"Yeah, I kinda have to agree with her. Do you hate us? But don't worry, I'm always with Zuzu," she slurred blissfully.
Aang turned his head and saw Zuko get up and raise his hands, about to firebend. Aang lifted up his staff in defense as several of the soldiers surrounded him. He then used the air currents to lift up the snow and make it whoosh to the soldiers, knocking them down.
"You'd think highly trained firebenders could withstand snow," Cadence told Lila.
"Maybe snow is one of firebenders weak points. Like nets," Lila added.
Aang sent another blast of snow, this time directed to Zuko.
"But Zuko is better. He can actually face snow and live," Lila commented, louder than she intended.
"Looking for me?"
"You're the airbender?" Zuko stated in doubt. "You're the Avatar?"
"Aang?" Katara wondered in the same disbelief.
"No way."
"Yeahhhh," Cadence admitted. "Probably should've said that earlier."
"You knew?" Katara asked, but Lila hushed her.
With Aang, Zuko continued, "I spent years preparing for this encounter. Training. Meditating. You're just a child!"
"Well, you're just a teenager."
Lila laughed. "Yeah, Zuzu-kun, you've got it bad. Considering you have that vermin of a crush, Mai!" she snarled. "Why do you even like that ugly, monster! She's a bitch!"
"Sorry, Zuko, she gets like this."
"Azula told me!" Lila blurt out suddenly.
Zuko facepalmed, and pretended that never happened. He sent a spiral of fire at the Avatar, and Aang quickly spun his staff around, barely avoiding it. This repeated for a while until a stray blast of fire almost hit the village, high shrieks piercing the cold air. Aang finally looked at the firebender and inquired, "If I go with you, will you leave the village alone?" Zuko put down his tight stance and nodded. Soldiers came behind him and grabbed him, starting toward the ship. Katara rushed forward with a heavy breath.
"No, Aang, don't do this!" she pleaded.
Aang looked back. "Don't worry Katara," he assured. "You'll be okay." He suddenly grunted as the soldiers suddenly jerked him forward. "Take care off Appa for me until I get back!" he requested.
"Head a course to the Fire Nation," Zuko suddenly said. "I'm going home."
"Zuko, can I come?" Lila pleaded gleefully.
"No," he said before he disappeared into the darkness.
Lila was sad.
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"We have to go after that ship, Sokka," Katara demanded.
"Hey, hey, hey! What about us? Do you hate us?" Cadence exclaimed.
"No just…"
"Katara—" Sokka said but was interrupted by the talking waterbender.
"Why can't you realize he's on our side! He saved our tribe, we must save him! I know you don't like Aang but we—"
"Katara!" he interrupted more fiercely. She stopped talking. "Are you going to talk all day, or are you coming with me?"
Cadence sniggered. "Okay. Zuko's ship is equal to 90 million of those tiny boats. Just sayin'. Oooh, I have a good idea.. Giant sky bison!"
Before anyone could respond Kanna came in the area. "What do you think you're doing?" Lila laughed at their guilty faces. "You'll need these. You have a long journey ahead of you." Kanna handed them what looked like blankets. "It's been a long time since I've had hope. But you've brought it back to life my little waterbender." They hugged. "And you my brave warrior, be nice to your sister."
"Yeah, yeah, okay, Gran," Sokka responded awkwardly.
"Aang is the Avatar," Kanna explained. "You both found him for a reason. Now his destiny is intertwined with yours."
Katara looked at the boat. "Cadence is right, this boat is a tiger-shrimp. It won't ever catch up with a warship."
"Exactly!" Cadence cheered. "Now, cue the sky bison!"
When she said that, Appa came into view, then Lila murmured. "Psychic sisters…" Katara ran toward the bison.
"You just love taking me out of my comfort zone, don'tcha."
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"Go. Fly. Soar," Sokka commanded dryly.
"Please, Appa, we need your help. Aang needs your help," Katara pleaded.
"Katara," Cadence explained, exasperated. "it's a ten-ton flying bison."
"Up. Ascend. Elevate."
"Sokka, it's a ten-ton flying bison."
"Sokka doesn't believe you can fly. But I do!" Katara told Appa, reaching down to its head. "C'mon, don't you want to save Aang?" Appa just groaned.
"What was it that kid said?" Sokka started guessing. "Yee-Haw? Up-up? Wah-hoo? Uh… Yip yip?" Suddenly, the saddle started shaking and both girls grinned at the sibling's faces of astonish.
When Appa started flying Katara exclaimed, "You did it Sokka!"
She was ignored by her egotistic brother. "Katara! He's flying! He's flying! Katara!" He turned and saw her ha-ha-I-was-right-you-were-wrong face and tried, "I mean, big deal, he's flying."
"Caddy won't let you hear the end of that!" Lila laughed hysterically.
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They saw the tiny figures of the boat. "Zuzu-kun!" Lila giggled.
"Why do you even like that boy? He's crazy!" Sokka argued to the giggle. On the ship, many bursts of flame came from the scarred boy, then Aang fell.
"Aang, no!" Katara shrieked. "Aang! Aang! AANG!"
At the spot where Aang fell, a torrent of water shot up. It sped up towards Zuko's ship, and Aang was on top, his eyes and tattoos snowy white. It landed on the ship and Aang bended a whip of water to everyone.
"Did you see what he just did?" Katara asked no one, astonished.
"Now that was waterbending," Sokka responded.
"Nooo," Cadence laughed. "It was earthbending." Aang fell to the metal floor. The bison soared to the ship.
"Aang!" Katara exclaimed, getting off. "Are you okay?"
"Hey Katara," he greeted tiredly. "Hey Sokka. Hey—"
"Oh," Cadence remarked. "That taught you to say 'hello'? Wooow."
"Thanks for coming, guys."
"Well," he told him narcissistically, "I couldn't let you have all the glory."
"I dropped my staff," Aang stated plainly.
"Hey Lil, distract the angsty prince, 'kay?" Cadence requested to the happy brunette.
"My pleasure," Lila grinned.
"Got it," Sokka confirmed. He ran to get it, but as he picked it up, Zuko grabbed it too. Luckily for Sokka, Lila was behind them.
"Oooh, I missed you, my sexy Zuzu-kun," she giggled. Zuko let go. He didn't fall into the arctic water, but grabbed a chain. Sokka laughed.
"From the Water Tribe!"
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"How did you do that?" Katara inquired with glee. "With the water? It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen!"
"Pfffft," Lila huffed. "I've seen more amazing."
"Let me guess: Zuko," Sokka answered dryly.
"Wow, Sokka, you must be a mindbender. You're right!" She chirped.
To Katara, Aang answered, "I don't know. I just… did it."
Katara stared gravely at Aang. "Why didn't you tell us you were the Avatar?"
"The same reason he doesn't tell you he likes you," Cadence murmured.
Aang didn't hear her. "I never wanted to be."
"What's with the doom and gloom guys? Ha, ha, Korra reference. You just pwned the Fire Nation. Even Lila is happy and she 'like, totes lurves Zuzu-kun!'" Cadence laughed.
"Who's Korra?"
"Oh no one in particular," Cadence replied.
Lila grinned. "Katara, I'm going to explain to you the concept of 'Zutara' now."
A/N: Yes! Finished at 10:38 PM. Well, most of the time today, my brother was playing Minecraft. Whatever.
Sigh. If you think my writing style is childish my brother is ten. I'm one year older. So yeahh…
Mmmm… boots mmm…
Oh yeah, I just realized. The nets joke comes from 'What SHOULD have Happened in AtLA' by daveshan.
Yeah.