Here's chapter two.
Ozai opened his eyes. He was on the floor, but outside of his prison cell. He tried to get up, but no energy was left in him.
"Uhh… what happened?" he asked himself. Then he stopped.
Completely stopped.
"This isn't my voice." He said. It wasn't his deep, assertive voice. It was someone else's. It was a young boy's.
Ozai sat up.
"How did I get out of my prison cell?" He thought. Then he froze.
Inside his cell, was his own body, laying unconsciously on the floor.
He gasped. The spell had worked. He was the avatar. He couldn't believe it.
With his head spinning, he slowly stood up. He realized he wasn't 6 feet tall, like he was before. He was just 5 foot 2 now. He looked down at his clothes. They were traditional air nomad clothes. He was wearing a wooden necklace with the air nomad symbol on them. He was about to gag. Never ever would he select such horrible clothing.
He looked around and noticed something missing on his head. He quickly put his hands on his head, patting it furiously.
"No no no no NO NO NO! MY HAIR! MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR! IT'S GONE!" he shrieked.
"Would you quit worrying about your hair?" Hama scolded.
Ozai turned to her.
"You did it! You are truly a witch! I am the avatar! Now, no one can defeat me!" Ozai announced, although it sounded weird, coming from Aang's voice.
"Quit babbling, you fool. Now here's the plan. For now, get used to the lifestyle of the Avatar. Learn his ways. Meet his friends. Take advantage of his bending and fighting skills. Then, when the time is right, strike. Then, come and free me." Hama ordered.
"I just have a question- why me? Why didn't you do the spell yourself?" Ozai asked curiously.
"Are you kidding? I'm not that crazy!"
"But-"
"Hello? Mr. Avatar? Are you coming or are you going to make me wait here all day?" Zuko walked in.
Ozai glared at Zuko, a scowl forming. He clenched his fists.
"I'm going to make him pay." He thought. He couldn't help but feel hatred against his son, but he knew better than to attack him – for now.
"Are you okay? You look like you want to kill me or something." Zuko laughed.
Ozai continued glaring.
"Must be an Avatar thing. Come on. We have to go. It's a long ride back to the Earth Kingdom." Zuko said.
"Okay. Just one more minute." Ozai was afraid Zuko might think he wasn't the avatar, but some other soul inside his body.
Zuko looked at him skeptically.
"Are you having a party in here or something?" Zuko asked.
It worked. He doesn't suspect a thing. Ozai thought.
"I said just one more minute." Ozai growled impatiently.
"Okay okay." Zuko put his hands up and walked out of the room.
Ozai looked at Hama.
"Be patient. Do not strike yet and do not do or say anything to make anyone doubt you before the time is right." She informed.
Ozai nodded.
"What about him?" He looked towards his own body, knowing very well who was truly inside him. His body was still unconscious.
"I'll take care of him. You go and try not to be too hard on your son or he'll suspect something." Hama warned.
"Okay." And with that, the avatar – or Ozai's soul in the avatar's body – walked out of the room.
"Hey. I've lost weight." He thought. Maybe it wasn't so horrible being the avatar. He felt like he was twelve years old again.
"There you are. Let's go." Zuko turned and walked towards the exit of the prison.
"This is it! I am finally leaving this horrible place!" Ozai thought, following his son.
When they got outside, Ozai breathed in the fresh air.
"Yes! Freedom!" He glared at Zuko. "And that imbecile doesn't suspect a thing." He thought.
"Come on." Zuko jumped on Appa.
"Gah!" Ozai backed up. He did not see that coming.
"What is that beast? It must be his transportation or something. A giant flying bison! Pah! The komodo dragon is the way to go!"
"Well?" Zuko waited impatiently.
Ozai glared at him once more as he reluctantly climbed up on the beast and sat on the saddle.
"Disgusting."
Appa roared and snarled as he climbed on. Uh-oh.
"Hm… Appa doesn't seem comfortable with you. I wonder why?" Zuko said, but still didn't suspect anything. He turned towards Ozai.
"WELL?"
"Well what?"
"Aren't you going to summon Appa into the air so we can leave already?" Zuko questioned.
"Um…how do I do that?"
Zuko just rolled his eyes.
"Yip yip." Zuko said. Appa rose up into the air and took off.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ozai screamed as he hung on the edges of the saddle for dear life. Zuko smacked him on the head.
"What is the matter with you?" Zuko shouted. "It's like you've hit your head on something!"
Uh-oh. "Yeah. I probably hit my head on the door on the way out," he lied.
"Well that explains it. Looks like you've gotten minor amnesia," Zuko informed.
"Yeah, that's it. Amnesia." Ozai desperately agreed. He worried about what others might think when they saw him. Well, amnesia would be an excuse.
For the rest of the trip back to the Earth Kingdom, he worried about when the right time to strike would be, how he would strike and if he had a chance of being defeated.
"When the time is right." Hama's raspy voice echoed in his mind. "Then, come rescue me."
He narrowed his eyes.
"I will."
"Uh…" Aang opened his eyes. He slowly tried to get up, but felt like he was heavier than before. He looked around the small cell he'd been laying in.
"Where am I?" He thought. Only then did he realize he was in a prison cell, the same prison cell that Ozai had been in. He quickly sat up.
"What happened?" He thought out loud. Then, his voice caught in his throat.
"Wh-what happened to my voice?" Then, he looked down. He was shirtless, but had fire nation pants with the golden insignia on the belt.
"The tradional clothing of the fire nation." He thought. "But- I was just wearing my air nomad clothes-and since when did I have black, long straight hair?" He stared at the long hair falling to his shoulders. He stood up and looked around.
"What happened? How did I get here? Wh-where's Zuko?" The poor boy asked himself, desperately trying to figure out what had happened. Then, he looked across from his cell and found an old woman, staring at him with an evil grin on her face.
"Hello, avatar."
It's going to get a lot interesting in the next chapter.
