Avatar High School
Chapter 2: The Truth
Aang's POV
"MOVE IT AANG"! Ugh, it is way too early for this. A.J and I went to tryouts on Tuesday and it was living hell. I could not even run 10 yards with the ball before someone hit me so hard my balls went into my throat! Try not to think about that too hard. Zuko was a great receiver and so was A.J but since I always dropped passes they put me at running back. But being a running back really sucks. I have to run every other play and constantly be tackled by 4 or 5 guys. On the bright side, the cheer squad was also right next to us. But still, it was hell.
Back in the locker room, it was even worse. "WHOOO'S READY TO SHOWER?" someone screamed. Ooh ooh not me. It was quite the learning experience. Once you go through it once, you will never be the same. "THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING!", Great. After showering we left the locker room to go home. But A.J pointed out the cheer squad so we went over to say hi.
"Hi Aang!" a bubbly Ty Lee greeted us, "You did really well out there!" I didn't have the heart to tell her I never really played before so I just said that I knew I did well. "Ooh let me introduce you to the cheer squad!" "This is Lindsey, Taylor, Sam, Mackenzie, Katara…" She dragged on but I noticed Katara was one of them. She was cheerleader too? This is gonna be great. "Nice to meet you all" I said when she finished. All of them enjoyed my arrow and personality but none of them seemed all that smart ha, except Katara. Anyway, after practice we stopped by a pizza place not too far away and guess who we ran into. Azula and Mai.
They waved us over and told us to take a seat. "Hey guys how was practice." "Eh it was ok" A.J said. I agreed but Zuko actually praised us. "Don't sell yourself short guys you were better than the sock monkeys that call themselves football players." We all laughed at Zuko's "joke". "Hey are you guys coming to Homecoming?" Azula asked. "Oh I didn't even think of it haha, it's our second day!" I laughed. "Uh sure sounds fun oh but do we need a date?" I followed. "Well I won't lie, having one would probably be nice" she answered. Oh great popularity issues. "But don't worry Aang, I'll go with you" She said with a smile. Woahhhhhhh. I pinched myself just to make sure I wasn't dreaming. I mean I may not have seen all that many girls in my life, but I thought she was hot. Now she is saying I can take her to a dance? Hell yes.
"Ok haha do I need to do anything special?" "Oh of course Aang it isn't that simple. You need to make a sign and maybe get me some flowers and some oh I don't know chocolates." "It has to make others jealous you know?" Oh great. "Also you might want to ask before my uh, ex does. He hasn't gotten that we are over yet." "Sounds simple enough" I say. "Good, but we also need to match and make a grand entrance." "Oh great" I say back. "Don't screw her over Aang" Zuko said. "Trust me I won't".
During class I couldn't pay attention at all. I was just thinking of how great Azula and I would look at Homecoming. I hardly even knew anything about it just that it was a dance. But I was excited and hoped it would be fun. I told Katara the next day in class, I wonder if she was going. I told her I was going with Azula and she froze.
"No no no no, Azula?! Are you crazy Aang?" she said in shock.
Ah great. That can't be good.
"She will never tell you this but Aang, she is literally insane" she explained.
She then proceeded to tell me of what happened at last Homecoming. "So she was going with this guy named Haru. They were madly in love like it was creepy. Anyway, Aang, she cheated on him with some other guy named Jet. When Haru saw he told Azula they were done but Azula was on her goddamn knees. She was begging and begging to take her back but it was over. That's when it happened. Throughout the week after she went ballistic she screamed at this girl on her volleyball team and hit her in the head, in the hospital and week. Then she acting out against teachers. But then, she lost it, when she couldn't have Haru back she decided she wanted to never see him again. I know she paid someone to kill him. He was found in the woods days after." "What the Hell!?" I answered loud enough for the teacher to almost hear. Luckily he was like 70 something. "You cannot trust her Aang, call it off!" she said. "But how? I can't just tell her I'm not going. You said it yourself she will kill me!" I said back. "Well just pretend you're sick! Wait, scratch that she will make you go anyway." she answered. "I guess there is no way out, just be careful ok? I know we haven't known each other that long but maybe you're cool or whatever" "I will" I promised.
Great now I'm going to Homecoming with a psycho. How do I even get out of this? A.J said I was screwed and so did Katara. I racked my mind for some sort of solution. I could just hide again, I kinda have been my whole life. Then I did something out of desperation, I meditated. I cleared my mind of all except the peaceful noise of the birds outside. I finally was escaping to my inner thoughts when… he was back.
"Hello Aang, good to see you" he smiled. "Uh hi Mr. Roku. I really need your help, see I am kinda stuck going to a dance with a psycho Fire Nation Princess. She has literally killed someone!" I screamed. "She got away with it didn't she?" he said. I nodded, "Not surprising. Aang, the Fire Nation are the ruling nation over the three nations. My best guess on why nobody caught her is because she is in a position of considerable power that no one dares to investigate. It was like that during my time as well. I worked night and day trying to stop them from pushing the nations to the limits. But I failed Aang. Now you must finish what I started" he finally finished. "That's why everyone looks to them, and maybe why she automatically came to me." "She knows Aang, I am certain she knows that not only are you the last airbender but you are the Avatar Aang" he said. "Wow that's tough to swallow" I said. "I don't blame you Aang, I was hardly ready as well. But as for your situation, use your bending if need be but there are bigger problems. The nations are dividing and on the brink of war. The world needs to know the Avatar has returned one way or another, but you need to learn the three other elements first. If you can't save the world Aang, I promise you, the world will perish in flames." He faded into the distance and just like that he was gone…
School could not have been worse. Azula had her arm around me the whole time walking through the halls almost announcing us as a couple. Oh man, just think of how that would end up. She gave me a kiss on the cheek before my math class and I couldn't get the eyeballs of me no matter how hard I tried to distract the class by throwing airplanes at the teacher. Some kids actually came up to me and prayed with me. Some even gave me gifts! Literal gifts! What have I gotten into?
Finally I got a sigh of relief when I was with Katara. "Listen I have this brother named Sokka, he is a senior here and he wants to help you since you are my friend. He says he can accompany you and look after you the whole time. We all want to crush those Fire Fairies just as much as you do now" she said. Just then some girl with white hair came over. "You know Yue right?" "Yeah" I answered. "Nice to see you "Aang" we need to crush you and Azula tomorrow because I know she isn't going to kill someone else." I shuddered. "Me and my friends Suki and Toph can look like we are completely into you so the attention shifts on us and you. It's a win-win for both of us" she said. "Sounds like a plan I think" I smiled. "Good, and I will help too" Katara said. "What? But what about…" Yue started. "It's over Yue, I don't care anymore" she said quickly. What was that all about? "We should meet up at my house, here's the address" Yue said. Great, time to evade my death.
Some days later it was finally the day. Azula would NOT leave me alone during school. I "proposed" or whatever with whatever she asked for. All of the Fire Nation's kids were talking to me and saying how I was the best but the other nations completely ignored me thinking I was some freak to be with a psycho. I wished I could tell them I was with them! When I said I didn't want to be alone, THIS IS NOT WHAT I MEANT! Whatever anyway when we got to Yue's house for the final hours or so before it was hectic to say the least.
"THIS SUIT IS KILLING ME" Sokka screamed. He was like that when I met him, we had a heated discussion over who was better at video games. After I kicked his ass he finally showed me some respect. His suit literally looked like it was cutting off his circulation. How would he be able to hit anyone with his arms not working? Anyway the girls were taking an hour and a half EACH just to get ready. But I already expected that would happened so I was prepared for the worst. Every girl looked great but when Katara came up it made me double take. "Wow Katara you look beautiful ah I mean uh great great yeah" I stuttered. Damn it Aang. "Aw Aang thanks" she blushed giving me a hug. Well eh, I guess it ended up alright. "Well this is it guys, are we ready or not?" Katara said. "Wait we need a group name guys" Sokka said. "I say we call ourselves the Gaang!" "Are you kidding me Sokka? That sucks donkey balls" I said back. "Do you have any other ideas?" "Well no." "GAANG ON THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE." "GAANG."
I was lucky enough to convince Azula I couldn't pick her up because my "parents" were using my car. She actually was convinced even if she knew I was the Avatar. Me and Sokka are rocking matching white tuxedos with the lovely ladies in the back while I was kicking it in the shotgun. Luckily, A.J let us use the Camaro since he was rolling with us. His fashion sense is not quite as great as ours is and I will just leave it at that. We roll up to the entrance and it is packed. "Ready to go nerds?" A.J asked. "Oh yeah" Sokka said. We come out with shades with girls holding our hands and the others staring at us with complete respect. Even Azula was at a lost for words at the top of the stairs entering the hall they rented out.
Let's do this.
End of Chapter 2
Sorry for the wait guys :)