Hello guys and gals welcome to another exciting chapter. So sadly no one won the contest but it's ok I decided to post the chapter anyway. I will now give you the answer of my contest. The answer was Minecraft. 64 buckets of water. Like in Minecraft anyways on with the story.
A week had passed since the events on Kyoshi Island and we were now headed to Omashu, a city in the Earth Kingdom where Aang visited often before the iceberg. "Are we there yet?" I asked. "We're almost there, Lee." Aang responded. "Wait until see it. The city is big, and amazing!" "Great." I replied. All I could focus on was my aching feet. We'd been walking for half an hour and I don't think I could have walked another half hour. "Tell me again. Why couldn't we have flown Appa?" I asked already knowing the answer. "Do you want the Fire Nation?" Sokka asked? "No, I just don't like walking for long distances." I replied flatly. "It doesn't matter anyway we're here!" Aang exclaimed. "The Earth Kingdom city of Omashu!" Once I saw the city I immediately forgot about my feet. "Wow." Was all I could say. "I'll say." Katara responded. "We don't have cities like this in the south pole." "They have buildings here that don't melt." Agreed her brother. "Well come on slowpokes the real fun is inside of city." Aang said happily as he started to run down the hill. That's when I noticed how much distance was between us and the city gates. 'Great more walking.' I thought to myself. "Aang it could be be dangerous if people find out you're the Avatar." Katara said. "She right." Agreed Sokka. "You need a disguise." "What am I supposed to? Grow a mustache?" Aang asked sarcastically. "Some hair couldn't hurt either." I said as I held some of Appa's fur. Katara and Sokka understood what I was getting at and got to work. Minutes later Aang had a mustache and a full head of hair. "This is so itchy!" Aang complained. "How do you live in this stuff?" He asked Appa, who grunted in reply. "Great, now you look just like my grandfather." Sokka said. "Technically he is 112 years old." Katara responded. Aang spun his staff around, then hunched over and leaned on it. "Now let's get to skipping, young whippersnappers." He said in an old man voice. "The big city awaits." He then started hobbling away using his staff as a walking stick.
After a ways of walking we were approaching the city gates and Aang was telling us how friendly the people of Omashu were. I believed him. Until I saw a guard earthbend a cart of cabbages off the cliff. The cabbage merchant yelled. "My cabbages!" I felt bad for the poor guy. "They seem very friendly, Aang." I said sarcastically. "Just keep smiling." He replied. As we approached the gate the bender from before earthbended a rock over Aang's head and said gruffly. "State your business." Aang ran forward and started poking the guy in the chest and said in his old man voice. "My business, is my business young man, and none of yours. I have half a mind to bend ya over my knee and paddle your backside!" Katara and Sokka looked horrified but i was quiet amused at the situation. But the best part was that the guard actually believed it. "Settle down old timer. Just tell me who you are." He said. "The name's Bonzu Pipenpaddlopsecopulis the third." I almost facepalmed at that. "And these are my grandkids." "Bonzu" Pointed to Katara, Sokka, and I. "Hi." Katara said as she stepped forward. "June Pipenpaddlopsecopulis, nice to meet you." The guard gave her a once over and said. "You seem like a responsible young lady. See that your grandfather stays out of trouble. Enjoy Omashu. Then the gates were opened. Before we stepped through though the guard stopped us. "Wait a minute." He said putting a hand on my shoulder. I was afraid they had discovered I was Fire Nation. "You're a strong young boy." he said. Show some respect for the elderly and carry your grandfather's bag." I let out an inward sigh of relief. "Good idea." Aang said as he threw me his bag. Then we entered the city. We looked around and Aang told us about Omashu's mail delivery system. Then he told us about what his friend Bumi had thought of using the mail delivery system as a super slide. Then Aang asked us to ride it with him. "I'll do it but I think we should stop at a clothing shop on the way." I said. "Why?" Sokka asked. "Hm. I don't maybe it's because I'm wearing Fire Nation clothes in an Earth Kingdom city." I said whispering the last part. "The guard didn't notice." Sokka argued. "If you didn't notice that guy wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer." "Lee's right Sokka. We have to be careful. If that means he needs to get a new outfit then that's what needs to happen." Sokka grumbled and we started walking for the nearest shop. I found a pair of olive pants and a lime green shirt with the Earth Kingdom insignias stitched onto the arms. After I paid we went to the start of one mail chutes and got in a large cart. "One ride then we're off to the north pole. Airbender's honor." Aang said. "This sounded like fun at first." Katara said fear evident in her voice. "But now that I'm here I'm starting to have second thoughts." "Don't be a weenieeeee!" I yelled as we started our descent. Now, I could attempt to give you every single detail of our ride. But A) that would become to confusing and B) it would take to long. So instead I'll give you the highlights. Basically we had to go off the main chute, onto and through houses and shops. We destroyed a lot property during those times, and ride ended with the cart landing on the cabbage merchant's cart. "My cabbages!" The first time I felt bad for the guy the second time was just funny. "You're going to pay for this!" He yelled at us. "Two cabbages, please." Aang said his hair and mustache were now gone.
We were brought to the king for our punishment. One of the guards listed off the charges. "Your majesty, these juveniles are arrested for vandalism, traveling under false pretenses, and malicious destruction of cabbages." 'They have a specific law for cabbages?' I thought. "Off with their heads!" Screamed the Cabbage merchant. "One for every head of cabbage." "Silence!" The guard yelled. "Only the king can pass down judgment. What is you judgment sire?" "Throw them..." He paused for what I thought was dramatic effect. "A feast." He said happily. The cabbage merchant groaned in annoyance, and I'm pretty sure everyone let out a sigh of relief. Minutes later we were sat down to a large table filled with all types of food. "The people in my city have gotten fat from to many feasts." He said to Aang. "So I hope you like your chicken with no skin." "Thanks but I don't eat meat." "How about you?" He asked Sokka. "I bet you like meat." He couldn't have been more right. "Is it just me or is this guys crown a little crooked?" Katara asked sarcastically. The king then sat down in his chair. "Tell me bald one." He said to Aang. "Where are you from?" "Uh, I'm from Kangaroo Island." "Kangaroo Island hm. I here that place is really hopping. I laughed hard. I'm a sucker for a bad joke like that. Everyone looked at me. "What? It was funny." I said. i then turned to the king and said. "I want to apologize for the mail delivery system as a slide. Although you could say we went postal." This time both Sokka and the king laughed. "If there's one thing I love more than a feast it's a good joke." The king said. He then yawned. "All these good jokes are making me tired. Guess it's times time to hit the hay." He then threw a chicken leg at Aang. Aang then used his airbending to catch it. The guards gasped. "There's an airbender in our presence, and not just any airbender, the Avatar." One thought went through my head the moment he said that. 'Crap.' "Now what do you have to say for yourself ?" Asked the king sarcastically. "O.K. you caught me. I'm the Avatar, doing my Avatar thing. Keeping the world safe." Aang said. He then lifted the table cloth to look under the table. "No evil firebender here he said as he looked at me. "So good work everybody." He then put his arms around us and started to walk backwards. "Love each other, respect all life, and don't run with your spears." "Or anything sharp for that matter." We were almost out the door when the guards blocked our only way out. "You can't keep us here." Katara said. "Let us leave!" "Lettuce leaf?" He asked as he picked up a piece of lettuce and ate it. I almost facepalmed. "We're in serious trouble." Sokka whispered to us. "This guy is nuts." "Tomorrow the Avatar will face three deadly challenges." The king said. "But for now the guards will show you to your chamber." "My liege do you mean the good chamber or the bad chamber?" One guard asked. I hoped it wasn't the bad chamber. "The newly refurbished chamber." The king replied. "Wait which one are we talking about?" The guard asked. "The one that used to be the bad chamber." The king replied. "Until the recent refurbishing that is. Of course we've been calling it the new chamber. We should just number them." 'This entire city is nuts.' I thought. "Take them to refurbished chamber that was once bad." He order the guards.
We were taken to our chamber, and let me just tell you. It was pretty nice for a prison cell. We tried to escape but the only other way out was the air vent. We tried to get Momo to go through the air vent to go get Appa. But even Momo was too big to fit, I blamed the feast. "How would Appa have helped anyway." Sokka said lounging on the bed. "Appa is a 10 ton flying bison." Aang responded. "I'm sure he could have figured something out." "Well no point in arguing about it now." Katara said being the voice of reason again. "Get some rest Aang. Looks like you'll need it for tomorrow." Late into the night guards came and took Katara, Sokka, and I to the king. We were supposed to be the prize if Aang completed his challenges. We were being held behind a secret door. We were able to here the entire conversation. Aang refused to do the challenges then the wall in front of us was bended away. Guards then put a ring on each of our fingers. "Those rings are made of pure jennamite. Also know as creeping crystal." The challenges Aang had to do were ridiculous tasks for the king. For the first challenge he Aang had to get a key for the king, that was in the middle of a waterfall. First Aang tried to climb a ladder to get to the key. When that failed he tried to dive head first into the waterfall. Finally he broke stalagmite and threw it through the chain of the key. The next challenge was that Aang had to find the kings pet, Flopsie. Aang saw a lop-eared rabbit which we all thought was Flopsie. But then just before he grabbed the rabbit, a goat gorilla jumped down and started chasing Aang, who was chasing the rabbit. Eventually the rabbit ran into a hole in the wall. Aang suddenly realized that the goat gorilla was Flopsie. The final challenge was a duel and by this time Sokka, Katara, and I were almost fully encased in the jennamite. Aang's final challenge was a duel and he had a chance to pick who he dueled. He had two obvious choices. A guy with a spear with a curved end wit three claw like scars on his face, and a large muscular guy with a huge axe. "So you're saying, whoever I point to that's the person I get to fight?" Aang asked. "Chose wisely." The king responded. Aang looked from one person to the next saying. "I... choose... you." He pointed at the king. 'Why didn't I think of that?' I thought to myself. The king was a good choice. He looked like he was a hundred years old. The king then chuckled and said. "Wrong choice!" With that I heard the sound of bones cracking. The king was straitening up. He then took off his robe and we found that the king was in fact not a frail old man like we all originally thought. He had bulging muscles and abs. Aang looked horrified. Then the king earthbent Aang into the arena below. Then he jumped in after him. "You thought I was a frail old man." Said the king. "But I'm the most powerful earthbender you'll ever see." "Can I fight the guy guy with the axe instead?" Aang asked as he pointed to the balcony where he was once standing. "There are no take backseies in my kingdom." The king replied. "You might need this." Then a guard threw Aang his staff. Then the king launched several boulders at Aang, all of which he avoided. "Typical airbender tactic," The king said. "Avoid and evade. I'd hope The Avatar would be a little less predictable." He then launched another boulder at Aang. He jumped over it and used his staff to hover in the air. "Don't you have any surprises for me?" Asked the King mockingly. "Sooner or later you'll have to strike back." He than launched a bolder at the ceiling which then fell on Aang. I winced. 'Aang is getting his butt kicked out there.' I thought. 'He better think of something or else he's not gonna make it.' Then Aang started running at the king but he kept putting rocks in Aang's way and eventually he got caught on one of the rocks. Aang jumped off the rock and used his airball move to fly towards the king. When he got close he set a wave of air at the king. He brought up a wall of rock to protect himself and said. "Did someone leave the windows open? It feels a little drafty in here. Are you hoping I'll catch a cold?" I couldn't help but chuckle. Even though he was mocking Aang, it was still kind of funny. The king the pushed the wall down which caused a wave of rock to roll towards Aang. He tried to jump over it, but it was too tall and he ended up getting knocked back. Then the king used a move I believed was called earth line. The rocks raced towards Aang. He jumped back and pushed off the wall to land near his staff. He grabbed his staff and at this point he was about 50 feet away from the king. "How are you going to get me from way over there?" Aang then charged at the king and the king turned the floor that Aang was standing on into quicksand, effectively trapping Aang. Then the king sent two rocks towards Aang to crush. Then just after the rocks crashed together Aang jumped out from behind them and sent a powerful wave of air at the king that knocked him back to the wall. The king sent a boulder at Aang. He jumped over the boulder and it continued to sail towards the king. Just as the rock was about to hit the king he destroyed it. The king then picked up the viewing box next to us with earthbending. Aang scream and started running around in a circle. 'What is he doing?!' I thought to myself. Then a tornado formed and that's when I understood. The king threw the viewing box at Aang and it went around the tornado and back towards the king. The king then split it in two and Aang came from nowhere and pointed his staff at the king. The king raised his hands in what looked like surrender, but really he had brought a rock over his head. He then threw the rock away and literally fell into the ground. He appeared back where Sokka Katara and I were standing. Aang followed soon after. "You have passed all my tests," The king started. "Now you must answer one question." "That's not not fair!" Aang yelled. "You said you'd release my friends if I finished your tests!" "Aw. But whats the point of a test, if you don't learn anything." The king replied. "Oh come on!" Sokka complained. "Answer this one question and I'll set your friends free. What is my name?" The king asked. Aang looked completely confused. "From the looks of your friends you've only got a few minutes." He then walked away. "How am I supposed to know his name." "Think about the challenges." Katara said. "Maybe it's some kind of riddle." "I got it!" Sokka exclaimed. "Yeah?" Aang asked "He's an earthbender right? Rocky." I would facepalmed and then hit Sokka upside the head if my entire body wasn't encased in jennamite. "Really?" I asked. "We're going to keep trying, but that is a good back up." "Ok so back to the challenges. I got a key from the waterfall, I saved his pet and I had a duel." Aang said. "And what did you learn?" Katara asked. "Well every thing than I expected."Aang said. "And..." Katara said anxiously as her crystal grew even more. "Well they weren't straight forward." Aang responded. "To solve each test I had to think different than how I usually did. I know his name."
We walked to the throne room to give the king the answer the crystal growing all the while. When we got there the king was dress back in his usual attire. "I answered the question the same way I solved the challenges." Aang said to the king. "As you said a long time ago, I had to open my brain to the possibilities." Then the king Bumi as we now knew him as cackled. "Bumi, your a mad genius." Aang continued. He then ran and hugged his old friend. "It's good to see you." Bumi said. "You haven't changed a bit, literally." "Over here." "A little help?" "No rush or anything." We all said worried, as we were now almost completely encased in the crystal. With one motion Bumi broke the crystal. I stood there for a second and started scratching my arm. "Thank you." I started. "I've had an itch on my arm all day." Bumi grabbed a piece of the jennamite and took a bite out of it. "Jennamite is made of rock candy, delicious." "Sweet." I said. I grabbed my bag where my sizzle-crisps used to reside and filled it up. "So this crazy king, is your old friend Bumi?" Katara asked. "Who are you calling old." Bumi asked. For a moment we were silent then he said. "Ok I'm old." "Why did you do all this, instead of telling Aang who you were?" "First of all it's pretty fun messing with people." Bumi replied snorting with laughter. "But I do have a reason." He turned to Aang. "Aang you have a difficult task ahead. The world has changed in the hundred years you've been gone. It's the duty of the Avatar to restore balance to the world by defeating Fire Lord Ozai. You have much to learn. You must master the four elements, and confront the Fire Lord, and when you do, I hope you'll think like a mad genius." Aang smiled and bowed. "And it looks like you're in good hands." Bumi continued. "You'll need your friends to help you defeat the Fire Nation." Then Momo jumped on Aang's shoulder. "And you'll need Momo too." "Than you for your wisdom." Aang replied. "But before we leave I have a challenge for you." Then Aang explained how he wanted Bumi to ride the mail chute with him the next day. After Bumi agree I said. "Count me in! That last time was fun as heck!" "Well it's getting late we should probably get to bed." Katara said. "Just a moment." Bumi said. "I would like to speak with your friend Lee for a moment." Everyone stood there. "In private, please." Bumi continued. "I'll be there in a minute." They all nodded and left. After they left the king sat in his throne and asked me. "So Lee, tell me. How is the weather in the Fire Nation this time of year?" I stood there completely frozen. "Y-you know?" Was all I could get out. "I am old boy, not blind." He responded. "I have seen many firebenders in my time, and I'll probably see many more." I gulped. "You're uh not going to turn me in are you?" I asked nervously. "Aang seems to trust you, and if he trusts you I trust you." Was his response. I sighed in relief. But Bumi wasn't finished yet. "Not only do I know that you're a firebender. I know exactly who you are." "You mean..." I replied. "Yes. But like I said before you seem trustworthy." "You aren't going to tell them, are you?" I asked nervously. "No." I let out another sigh of relief. "But I suggest that you tell them. This is something they need to know." "I know." I replied. "I will tell them eventually. When I'm ready." The king nodded in response. "Well it's getting late. You should probably go hit the hay." I nodded and left. When I got back to the room everyone was still up waiting for me. "Hey guy." I said as I entered. "Hey Lee. What did Bumi want." I decided to go with a half lie instead of the whole truth. "He just wanted me to know, that he knew I was a firebender." "He knew?" Katara asked somewhat shocked. "Yeah, but h e said that since Aang trusted me then he trusted me. We should probably get to bed guys." I said trying to change the subject. "That's all I need to hear." Sokka said before turning in his bed and started snoring loudly. "Well goodnight guys." Katara said. We all replied with our own goodnights and went to bed. But I didn't sleep I tried to think of when to tell everybody my secret. After awhile I sighed rolled over and went to sleep.
Well I think that was a good ending to this chapter. So now Lee has a secret. What is it, when it be revealed, why am I asking you questions I already know the answers to? So anywho please review follow or favorite this story. And I'll see you when I write the next chapter. PEACE OFF.