I forgot to put this in chapter one, so I'll say it now; I don't own Avatar and I don't own Dreamworks 'The Road to El Dorado', so for the love of God, don't sue!
Enjoy. Warning: Some characters will be OOC (Out Of Character).
Chapter 2: Loaded Dice
Many, many years later, in a Earth Kingdom port town, people were gathering around to see a Fire Nation admiral named Zhao. The admiral had two long sideburns and was riding an armoured bison named Appa (A/N: Appa will be a lot smaller in this fic unlike the show, and he can't fly). Everyone cheered as he took a goblet of water from a nearby fountain.
"Today, we sail to conquer the New World…for the Four Nations, for glory, for gold!" Zhao announced as he raised his goblet into the air.
The crowd went wild after that and someone yelled; "Viva Zhao!"
Several Firebenders then shot some fireballs into the air like fireworks, startling Appa and causing Zhao to spill his goblet. The admiral just glared at the bison for a moment before saying, "Appa! Eyes forward!"
He then tossed the goblet behind him, where it hit wanted poster showing two young men. One of them (Sokka) had a wolf-tail hair cut and another (Zuko) had scar on the left side of his face.
In an ally way not too far from where Zhao was giving his speech, the two boys were doing what they did best. The firebender with black hair and golden eyes wearing some red clothes (Season 3 ep.13) was Zuko. His partner-in-crime and best friend was a Water Tribe boy named Sokka, who was wearing some blue clothes. Together, these two earned a reputation as the best con-artists around, and were wanted for lying, gambling, cheating and betting. Right now they were betting against a pirate captain and his crew.
"Seven!" Zuko cried happily as his red dice rolled to his lucky number seven and he wins the gold that was betted.
"All right!" happily exclaimed Sokka, seeing his friend win.
"Yes!" Zuko said to Sokka, "Partner! Ha-ha!"
They gave each other a high five and Sokka started to play on his cuatro and they both started to sing.
Sokka: Tons of gold for you,
"Hey!" yelled out the Pirate Captain.
Zuko: Tons of gold for me,
"Hey!"
Sokka & Zuko: Tons of gold for we!
"Hey!" the Pirate Captain called out again, causing the two friends to stop dancing and turn around. "One more roll!" the captain said.
Zuko and Sokka just smiled at each other as Sokka finished a note. "Uh, guys," Zuko said to them, "You're broke! You've got nothing to bet with!"
"Oh, yeah? I've got this!" said the pirate as he showed them an old map. "A map!"
"A map?" Zuko repeats in disinterest.
"A map!" Sokka repeated with excitement.
"A map of the wonders of the New World." The captain explains.
"Wow! Let's take a look at it." Sokka said before he takes the map for a closer look. "Uh, Zuko!" Sokka cried taking Zuko by the sleeve. Zuko falls to Sokka and hits the map with his face. The map shows an imprint of his face as the firebender recovered.
"Excuse us, for one moment please." Zuko said to the pirates as he snapped the map make to normal. The two look at the map.
"Zuko, look!" Sokka said to Zuko as the map hid their faces. "El Dorado, the city of gold! This could be our destiny, our fate!"
Zuko just glared at his friend. "Sokka, if I believed in fate, I wouldn't be playing with loaded dice!" And to prove his point, he opened his hand, and the dice landed on seven.
Sokka's lower lip quivered. Zuko rolled his eyes. "Not with the face…" he begged. Then Sokka, stopped pouting and started showing cute anime eyes. "No!" Zuko protested. Sokka then gives a scowl and then batted his eyelashes. "No!" Zuko repeated, which forced Sokka to pant with his hands out like a dog.
"I said: one more roll!" yelled the Pirate Captain as he took the map from them. "My map, against your cash."
Sokka looked pleadingly at Zuko. Zuko just sighed and said: "All right, captain, you're on."
"NOT with those!" the pirate said as he placed his hand in front of Zuko's face. "This time we use my dice." He added pulling out his pair of dice from his pocket.
Zuko just blinked at the dice for a few short seconds, unsure what to say. "Ummm…"
"Got a problem with that?" the pirate asked.
Zuko shook his head frantically as he shoved his dice into his pocket and snatched the non-loaded dice from the captain. He turned to his friend, and made the motion of the throat slash, while whispering; "I'm going to kill you!"
Sokka looked around nervously, before pointing to himself and mouthing the word Me?
Zuko then began shaking his dice frantically; while Sokka had already started playing his instrument. "Come on baby, daddy needs that crappy map!" Zuko muttered. Sokka keeps playing and comes close to a girl named Ty Lee, who just blushed and giggled at the young man's attention. Zuko then noticed a female bounty hunter named Jun and showed her his dice. Jun just raised her nose and walked off, in which Zuko then angrily blew a kiss to his dice. "Stop that!" the firebender shouted to Sokka. Sokka stopped and put on a nervous grin.
Then Zuko threw his dice as he yelled; "Show me seven!" As soon as the dice landed, one of them ended up on four, while the remaining dice kept spinning. Zuko covered his eyes in case of humiliation and loss, while everyone else in the alley just watched intently. The spinning dice finally stops and lands on a three, showing seven all together.
Zuko peeked out of his hand to see his dice. "Seven!" he said happily.
"All right!" added Sokka, glade to see that their luck still held.
"Seven!" Zuko said again as the Pirate Captain slumped in defeat and Sokka happily took the map from the rather large pile of gold. "There it is!" Zuko added while gathering the gold. "Well, it was nice doing business with you." Suddenly, Zuko's dice fell out of his pockets and landed on seven. The pirate slammed his fist down and saw the dice move but landed on seven again.
"I knew it!" the pirate shouted. Zuko takes back the dice as Sokka played suspenseful music on his custro. "Your dice are loaded!" the captain added. The rest of his crew then began to turn nasty, and readied their weapons.
Sokka plays suspenseful music again before Zuko grabbed his custro and stopped him. "You gave me loaded dice?" he hissed to Sokka. He backed away from Sokka angrily. He then bumped into a Fire Nation guard, who was glaring at him. "He gave me loaded dice," Zuko said pointing to Sokka, "Guard, arrest him!"
"You dare to impugn my honour? He was the one cheating!" Sokka said as he pushed Zuko aside. "Arrest him! He tricked all of these sailors and took their money!"
"Oh, now I'm the thief?" Zuko asked.
"Yes!" replied Sokka.
"Take a look in the mirror, pal!" Zuko says as he shoved Sokka's face into the guard's armour, showing his reflection.
"You better give that money back, or I'll-" Sokka said as he turned to an Earth Kingdom guard. "En garde!" He shouted as he took the guard's sword and pointed it a Zuko. Everyone gasped!
"En garde yourself," Zuko said as he backed to another Earth Kingdom guard, "I will give you the honour of a quick a painless death." He pulled out a dagger from the guard's belt. No one seemed impressed with Zuko's small weapon. "But not with that," Zuko added as he placed the dagger back and brought out a sword instead, "we'll fight fairly!"
The two boys began to fight, pushing their sabers against each other.
"Any last words?" Zuko asked.
"I will cut you to ribbons," Sokka replied.
"Such mediocrity," Zuko said as he and Sokka backed away from each other, while still pointing their swords at each other. "Let your sword do the talking!"
"I will." Sokka said as they continued fighting. "It will be loquacious to a fault."
"Ha! Take that!" Zuko cried taking swipes at Sokka, but he dodged out of the way, knocking over a nearby table. "You…mincing, prancing twit!"
He then lures Sokka to a nearby house. Sokka walks on some piled cargo and lands on the roof.
"You fight like my sister!" Sokka mocked.
"I fought you're sister!" Zuko corrected, coming on to the roof. "That's a compliment! Braggart!"
"Heathen!" Sokka countered.
Zuko then lost his footing and slipped on the roof, landing on his back. But they continued on fighting.
"Not the face, not the face!" Zuko whispered.
Sokka then flips Zuko's sword out of his hand and catches it. He then points his sword at Zuko's throat. The crowd began cheering, until…
"Ladies and gentlemen, we've decided it's a draw!" announced Zuko as he got up.
Sokka then threw the swords down to the ground, before adding; "Thank you for having us, you were a great audience. See you soon."
The two guards tried get their swords, but Zuko used his firebending to create a ring of fire around the two weapons.
"Adios!" Zuko said to them. Then he and Sokka go down the roof and landed on the ground with everyone knowing it was a trick to escape.
End of chapter…
Well, here's my second chapter, I'll get to the rest later, because this fanfic stuff is harder then it looks. Anyway , read and review!