I don't own Alta only my OC Raiden.
hi just so you know I decided to have Raiden cut off his hair like his brother Zuko.
So Zuko is in this episode but we never clearly see his hair so i'm keeping the same as the last episode with Raiden's hair.
so enjoy and on with the story.
Ok, Raiden seriously ANY other crazy siblings or family members you forgot to tell us about said Sokka.
For the Millionth time Sokka no and once again i'm sorry I didn't tell you guys about Azula said Raiden,
So why didn't you? asks Katara.
To tell you the truth part of me wanted to and other didn't and I didn't think my dad would send my sister after me, Zuko and my uncle but now she has her sights set on Aang too and once my sister makes up her mind on something she won't give up said Raiden.
So the old guy who been following us is the Fire Lord's brother said Sokka.
Sokka why do you think Zuko called him uncle every time he addressed him said Katara.
A friendly crew member said Sokka.
So your uncle was a General right? said Katara.
Yeah, he led the siege on Ba-sing-se 600 days and he's known the dragon of the west said Raiden.
why do they call him that? said Aang.
I never heard the story behind it said Raiden.
Must one great story said Aang.
Yeah, must be said Raiden.
Scene changes to Zuko and Iroh.
Spare coins for weary travelers? said Iroh.
The man throws a few copper coins into Iroh's hat, joining perhaps a dozen already there.
This is humiliating! We're royalty. These people should be giving us whatever we want said Zuko.
They will - if you ask nicely said Iroh.
Cut briefly to a long shot as several more pedestrians pass. Iroh next solicits a well dressed young woman.
Spare change for a hungry old man? said Iroh.
Aww, here you go said the Young woman.
The coin is appreciated, but not as much as your smile said Iroh.
Zuko slaps his forehead in a Sokka-like gesture of frustration. The girl giggles and walks away. A man carrying a pair of broadswords on his back wanders by the opposite direction as the girl. He stops and addresses the beggars.
How about some entertainment in exchange for... a gold piece said the Broadsword Man
We're not performers said Zuko.
Not professional anyway said Iroh.
Standing up and clasping his hands together, he begins to sing
It's a long, long way to Ba-Sing-Se, but the girls in the city they look soo prett-ay! sung Iroh.
Come on! We're talking a gold piece here! Let's see some action! the Broadsword man.
Dance! said the Broadsword Man
The Broadsword Man begins to swing his swords at Iroh's legs. Iroh hops up and down to avoid the blows while continuing his song.
And they kiss so sweet that you've really got to meet the girls from Ba-Sing-Se! sung Iroh.
Hahaha! Nothing like a fat man dancing for his dinner. Here ya go! said the Broadsword Man.
Such a kind man! said Iroh.
Scene changes back to Aang and the other.
Momo is peeping over the saddle guard and chittering, Katara is reading a scroll and looking vaguely bored. Sokka is sharpening his machete, also looking bored and Raiden is meditating.
Cut again to Aang in the driver's seat. He looks ahead, a vacant almost mesmerized expression on his face. He holds the reins loosely in his hands.
Sokka looks over Appa's side.
Hey, you takin' us down for a reason? asks Sokka.
Aang! Why are we going down? asks Sokka again.
What?I didn't even notice said Aang.
Are you noticing now? asks Sokka.
Is something wrong? asks Katara.
What is with all the noise? asks Raiden.
I know this is gonna sound weird, but... I think the swamp is... calling to me said Aang.
It is telling ya where we can get something to eat? asks Sokka.
No, I... I think it wants us to land there said Aang.
No offense to the swamp, but I don't see any land there to land on said Sokka.
I don't know... Bumi said to learn earthbending I would have to wait and listen, and now I'm actually hearing the earth. Do you want me to ignore it? said Aang.
Appa continues to descend. Katara, Raiden, Sokka, and Momo peer over the saddle to look as they get closer to the swamp.
Yes! said Sokka.
Absolutely said Raiden.
I don't know... There's something ominous about that place said Katara.
See Even Appa and Momo don't like it here said Sokka.
Okay, since everyone feels so strongly about this... bye swamp said Aang.
Yip! Yip! said Aang.
Sokka turns around. His eyes bulge as he sees what is pursuing them.
You better throw in an extra "yip"! We gotta move! said Sokka.
They end up falling off Appa into the swamp.
This is one of those times when i'm glad i'm a firebender said Raiden.
Where's Appa and Momo? asks Aang.
Aang airbends himself through the trees and emerges at the top of the tree canopy. He scans around but sees nothing.
Appa! Momo! said Aang.
You've got an elbow leech! said Katara.
Where! Where! said Sokka.
Where do you think? said Katara.
Why do things keep attaching to me!
Aang and Raiden swinging on a vine back towards them.
You couldn't find them? asks Katara.
No... and the tornado... it just disappeared said Aang.
Cut to a shot of some vines and weeds. A machete and a pair of swords cut through them to reveal Sokka and Raiden and the others behind him.
We better speed things up said Sokka.
Maybe... we should be a little nicer to the swamp said Aang.
Aang, these are just plants! Do you want me to say "please" and "thank you" as I swing my machete back and forth? said Sokka.
Maybe you should listen to Aang. Something about this place feels... alive said Katara.
I'm sure there are lots of things that are alive here, and if we don't wanna wind up getting eaten by them, we need to find Appa as fast as we can says Sokka.
Raiden why don't you just burn this stuff it will get us outta here much faster said Sokka.
We don't if there's any flammable gas in this swamp that could cause a forest fire said Raiden.
Sokka and Raiden begin cutting a path once again.
Cut to Appa making footprints in the swamp floor. Momo sits atop his saddle as Appa plods on. A frontal shot of Appa reveals a large fallen tree in their way. Appa groans in frustration then cut to a wider overhead shot. Appa collapses in a heap, refusing to move any farther, then cut to Momo blowing the bison whistle in the saddle. Appa cringes and tries to cover his ears. Appa groans, but Momo bows it again. Cut to a wider shot as Appa swats Momo in the saddle using the flat of his tail like a fly-swatter. Momo chitters and falls backwards, clearly knocked silly.
Scene change to the Kids.
Appa! Momo! said Katara.
There's no way they can hear us and no way we can see them. We'll have to make camp for the night said Sokka.
Sokka is suddenly surrounded by about a dozen swamp flies which he flails at with his arms and machete. They go away just as a huge bubble of swamp gas burps from the muddy water beneath them. The gas rises up to them.
What was that! said Katara.
Nothing. Just swamp gas. Look, there's nothing supernatural going on here said Sokka.
Ugh! said all.
now, are you glad I didn't use my firebending here said Raiden?
Their disgust in interrupted by a terrifying scream. The stop in mid-reach and grab each other with bugged out eyes.
I think we should build a fire...said Sokka.
Sokka runs over to some nearby tree or vine roots and starts hacking them with his machete.
Sokka, the longer we're here the more I think you shouldn't be doing that said Aang.
No, I asked the swamp. It said this was fine. Right, swamp? "No problem, Sokka!" said Sokka.
the kids are on a ledge created by the root system of a large tree. They have built their camp on it and sit around a small fire. It is sometime later that night.
Does anyone else get the feeling that we're being watched? asks Katara.
Please, we're all alone out here said Sokka.
you don't that said Raiden.
...except for them said Aang
Frightened faces and the eyes disappear behind them. They grab each other in a group hug.
Right, except for them said Sokka.
the swamp. It is still night. Appa lying down on the lowest branch of a huge tree Appa, Momo perched atop him. The sounds of the swamp are all around them, and Momo scurries around, listening, and frightened at the cacophony. Cut to a close up of Appa, who opens an eye, lift his head and roars. The swamp falls silent. Momo curls up on Appa and tries to sleep.
the kids' fire. It is dying. The camera zooms back to reveal the four, backs to each other, fast asleep.
the four are each tied up by three or four vines but awake screaming as the vines simultaneously yank them away from each other.
Cut to Sokka. He plants his machete in the ground as he is dragged away, halting his movement. Raiden, Katara, and Aang are dragged off into the mist. Sokka gets up and starts hacking the vines with his machete. He frees himself and runs back down the tree root, pursued by more vines.
Cut to Katara, struggling to free herself from the vines. Using a water whip she cuts through her bonds and runs off into the mist.
cut to Raiden uses a fire kick to burn the vines off at the ends. when he starts walking when more vines attack him, then he creates fire daggers in both hands and starts cutting and burning the vines while running into the mist
Cut to Aang, who frees himself by creating an air bubble around him and expanding it. His bonds loosened, he collapses the bubble and hops into the surrounding trees, closely pursued by more vines. He escapes a vine that pulls him to the ground using his airbending to propel himself far away and soon finds himself alone in the swamp.
Guys? said Aang.
(Fade to a shot of Appa's footprint, filled with swamp water. Cut to two barely clothed figures who are looking down at the footprint.
What'd you reckon make a track like that, Tho? asks Due,
Don't know, Due. Something with six big'uns too said Tho.
The camera pans up to reveal Appa's tracks in the mud.
Leaves a nice, wide trail to folla' said Due.
You know what's at the end of that trail? aks Tho.
Dinner said Tho.
(ut to Appa swimming in the marsh water, then cut to a close up of Momo. His eyes dart from side to side as he chitters. A fly is buzzing around his head. It flies off and Momo flies after it. He lands on a nearby tree root, still trying to trap the fly. He hops from root to root. He catches the fly on the last root but releases it when the root turns out to be the back of a catfish crocodile. Momo jumps into the air as the creature roars and snaps its mighty jaws at Momo. The monster pursues Momo as he flies back to Appa. When they reach Appa, the bison's mouth is open to receive the pursuing crocodile. Appa spits him back out. Momo and the monster hiss at each other for a moment, then the crocodile swims off. Appa shakes his head slightly and groans
Katara is walking through an area where the tree roots are covered in white flowers.
Aang? Sokka? Raiden? said Katara.
Ahead of her is another water tribe woman, back to the camera. She wears the same robe as Katara and has the same hairstyle. Katara begins walking toward the figure.
Hello? Hello? Can you help me? Mom? Mom! said Katara.
Katara as she runs, her eyes streaming tears of joy. She reaches the figure and places a hand on her shoulder.
I can't believe... said Katara.
(The smile drops from her face as the scene begins to lighten. Katara stands in front of a tree stump. The figure was an illusion. Katara gasps at the realization then falls to her knees and begins to cry.
Scene changes to Sokka.
Aang! Stupid swamp! Dumb, ugly vines! Katara! Raiden! You think you're so tough, huh? said Sokka.
He swings, misses, gets caught up in some vines, and falls flat on his face in the mind. He looks up and sees a ghostly figure hovering some distance away from him. Floating in a shaft of light, it is the spirit form of Princess Yue.
Hello? Yue? This is just a trick of the light... swamp gas. I... hit my head running away last night. I'm going crazy said Sokka.
He turns around, still frightened. He walks over to her.
You didn't protect me said, Yue.
Sokka rubs his eyes and suddenly the shaft of light is empty. He turns to walk away and Yue is behind him. He yells and falls backwards into the water. He looks around once more, and she's gone. He stands, draws his machete, and walks off, a frown on his face.
Scene changes to Raiden.
Katara! Aang! Sokka! calls Raiden.
where in Agni are you guys said Raiden?
Raiden said a Female voice.
Raiden turns to a woman dressed in regal clothing in front of him and a child appears beside her.
Mother?! Zuko?! said Raiden.
He runs to towards her.
Mother said Raiden.
Then she and Zuko vanish.
Don't go said Raiden.
scene changes to Aang.
Aang is walking through the swamp.
Katara! Appa! said Aang.
Hello? said Aang.
The one on the left is a pig with wings. The one on the right is a girl in a white robe.
Who are you? asks Aang.
The girl covers her mouth with her hands and laughs. The pig flaps its wings and raises itself into the air. The pig flies off and the girl runs down the opposite side of the mound.
Hey, come back! said Aang.
Aang pursues the girl through the swamp She seems to be many places at once, able to move at lightning speed, or both. Aang cannot reach her.
a chicken possum is hanging from a tree branch, Appa is swimming down one of the swamp's many rivers.
In front of Appa, the mist clears to reveal three riverboats. The point boat is manned by Tho and Due. The two parties survey each other. Momo chitters atop Appa. Sitting in the driver's seat, it looks as if Momo is Appa's master.
Look at that, Tho. Is that little hairy fellow ridin' that thing? asks Due.
Naw, that's what they call a "lemoo," saw one at a travelin' show once. Real smart they say said Tho.
Bet he tastes a lot like possum chicken said Due.
You think everything tastes like possum chicken said Tho.
C'mon now, fellas. Just a little closer. Nice and easy. Nothing to worry about. We just fixin' to eat ya said Due.
Appa roars turns and bounds away. Cut back to Due and Tho, the waves from Appa's wake buffeted them.
What'd ya say that fer? asks Tho.
Well, we are! said Due.
But you don't have to tell'em that! said Tho.
Well, how'd I know they'd understand me! said Due.
Come on! said Tho.
Due stands up and begins making paddling motions with his hands. Within a few seconds, the boat speeds off, with Due waterbending to propel the canoe. The other boats follow, a waterbender in each of those as well.
Appa running over the surface of the river, his feet splashing as he goes. The boats follow close behind.
Shift back to Aang still in pursuit of the laughing girl. After a few more shots, he spies her on top of another mound.
Who are you? asks Aang.
He runs up the mound and charges her. She turns, but it is not the girl in white, it is Katara. Aang, who realizes too late that it is Katara. He runs right into her and knocks her off the mound. She cries out as they go down. Sokka and Raiden are walking along, then drawing their swords as they hear something approach. The other two appear rolling and knock them down as well. The land in a pile at the bottom of another tree root. Sokka gets up, angry.
What do you guys think you're doing! I've been looking all over for you! said Sokka.
Well, I've been wandering around looking for you! said Katara.
I was chasing some girl said Aang.
What girl? asks Katara,
I don't know. I heard laughing and I saw some girl in a fancy dress said Aang.
sounds like nobility to me said Raiden.
Well, there must be a tea party here and we just didn't get our invitations! said Sokka.
I thought I saw Mom said Katara.
Look, we were all just scared and hungry and our minds were playing tricks on us. That's why we all saw things out here said Sokka.
You guys saw something too? asks Katara.
I thought I saw My mother too and my brother said Raiden.
I thought I saw Yue. But, that doesn't prove anything. Look, I think about her all the time, and you saw Mom, someone you miss a lot. and Raiden probably saw his mom for the reason
but why I did see my brother? I mean we haven't seen him or my Uncle since the north pole because they're probably on the run from Azula but still said Raiden.
I don't know said Sokka.
What about me? I didn't know the girl I saw. And all our visions led us right here said Aang.
Aang begins scanning around as if looking for something.
Okay... so where's here? The middle of the swamp? said Katara.
Yeh, the center... said Aang.
It's the heart of the swamp, it's been calling us here, I knew it said Aang.
It's just a tree. It can't call anyone! For the last time, there's nothing after us and there's nothing magical happening here said Sokka.
Then a swamp monster appears.
The monster grabs Sokka as he runs away and begins flailing him around. Aang turns and knocks Sokka out of the monster's grip with a blast of air. Sokka falls into the water with a yell. The monster then knocks Aang way back with a sweep of its arm Sokka is cutting vines around him with his machete. To his right, the vines start rising out of the water. the vines attaching are itself to the monster and rebuilding the right arm that Aang had damaged with his blast of air when he released Sokka. The monster swings at Sokka and grabs him again.
Cut to Katara who skates across the water in a graceful curve and fires a jet of water through the creatures left shoulder. The creature drops Sokka, a large hole in its left shoulder. Katara squares off against the creature as it fills the hole with more vines. Katara who looks on in alarm. Katara skirts around the monster as it swings a few times and misses. She sprays some water at it and then concentrates, building a large wave and washing the creature backwards. Sokka screams as he is once again in the monster's clutches.
Katara then parts the water between her and the monster. She runs down the dry earth in front of her, but the creature knocks her backward with vines that grow right out from its body.
then Raiden sends a Fire blast at the monster burning some of the vines but repairs itself then Raiden sends a barge of fire blast at it creating multiple holes but the monster repairs itself again.
Aang runs back to the fight. Aang turns back just in time to get smacked backwards by another vine appendage. Sokka in its grip. It places Sokka on its and begins to suck him in. Sokka struggles but is slowly drawn in.
Appa is running through the swamp, pursued by the waterbender boats.
Now, what would a lemoo need a shirt fer? asks Tho.
blinded crewman capsizes. Cut back to Appa running over the swamp surface. Appa bends low and runs under a tree root or fallen tree that blocks his path. Appa makes it but knocks Momo off his back. Cut to Tho, ready to catch Momo with an open sack. Momo flies right into it, Tho closes the sack, ties it and drops it beside him. The chase continues.
scene changes back to the kids.
the monster flailing about, then cut to Sokka still struggling in the monster's chest. Aang approaching rapidly across the water, seated on an air ball. Aang rides the air ball up the monster's torso and back as the monster swings at him and misses. Aang lands atop its head and begins to make a whirlwind around the monster. The whirlwind twists the vines that compose the monster into a huge coil.
Switch to Katara and Raiden who make a few waterbending motions then blow a breath out that freezes the water vapor in front of them. Their breath has frozen the vines around Sokka.
Katara raises a column of water behind her that propels her and Sokka through the chest of the monster and into the water behind. The monster repairs the hole in its chest and begins to advance on the pair.
Aang jumping through the air and landing on the monster's back. Aang jumps back onto the ground and the monster blasts him Aang goes flying through the air and lands back in the water.
Katara turns back to the monster, an expression of determination on her face. she looks at Raiden who nods. they fire loops of water at the monster as it approaches. The loops get larger the farther they get from Katara and Raiden. Katara and Raiden continue to rapid fire and the monster begins to disintegrate
There's someone in there! He's bending the vines! said Sokka.
Katara who twirls around in a bending move and slices the mask and the head of the monster with a mighty lash of the water whip. The head and mask fall into the water as a bunch of vines grab Katara. Sokka watches as Aang flies back in and with a single blast of air blows away the rest of the monster to reveal a fat, leaf-clad man.)
Why did you call me here if you just wanted to kill us? asks Aang.
Wait! I didn't call you here said, Hue.
We were flying over and I heard something calling to me, telling me to land said Aang.
He's the Avatar. Stuff like that happens to us - a lot said Sokka.
The Avatar! Come with me said, Hue.
The kids drop their combat stances and follow
The kids and Hue are climbing the exposed roots of the great tree at the center of the swamp.
So, who are you then? asks Katara.
Cut to a closer view of the group. Hue bends a vine out of their way.
I protect the swamp from folks that want to hurt this fellow with his big knife said, Hue.
See? Completely reasonable. Not a monster just a regular guy defending his home. Nothing mystical about it said Sokka.
Oh, the swamp is a mystical place, all right. It's sacred said Hue.
I reached enlightenment right here under the banion grove tree. I hear it callin' me, just like you did says, Hue.
Sure ya did. It seems real chatty said Sokka.
See, this whole swamp is actually just one tree spread out over miles... said, Hue.
Branches spread and sink and take root and then spread some more - one big living organism, just like the entire world said, Hue.
I get how the tree is one big thing, but, the whole world? said Aang.
Sure. You think you're any different from me? Or your friends? Or this tree? If you listen hard enough you can hear every living thing breathing together, you can feel everything growing. We're all livin' together, even if most folks don't act like it. We all have the same roots, and we are all branches of the same tree explained Hue.
But what did our visions mean? asks Raiden.
In the swamp, we see visions of people we've lost, people we loved... said Hue.
...folks we think are gone. But the swamp tells us they're not said, Hue.
We're still connected to'em. Time is an illusion, and so is death said, Hue.
But what about my vision It was someone I had never met said Aang.
and my Brother who isn't even dead said Raiden.
You're the Avatar. You tell me said, Hue.
Time is an illusion... so, it's... someone I will meet? said Aang.
and I will see my brother again said Raiden.
Sorry to interrupt the lesson, but we still need to Appa and Momo said Sokka.
I think I know how to find is connected said Aang.
Come on! We've got to hurry! said Aang.
Set my lines by the river bed! Caught ten fish and I killed'em dead! Cut'em and gut'em and I tossed the heads in the water to keep them cat gators dead sung Tho.
Suddenly a jet of water erupts beyond the boats and destroys the one farther one that does not contain Due and Tho.
Appa! said Aang.
Aang unleashes a blast of air that knocks Tho off the boat. He drops the bag with Momo as he flies off and Momo gets out and flies away.
We're under attack! said Due.
Due waterbends a wall of water up at Aang, Raiden, and Katara, who have joined Aang on the tree branch, which they bend away from them. Katara, who bends back and forth as she manipulates the water.)
Hey, you guys are waterbenders! said Katara.
You too? That means we're kin! said Due.
Hey, Hue! How you been? asks Due.
You know, scared some folks, swung some vines, the usual said Hue.
Hue? said Sokka.
How do you like that possum chicken? asks Due.
Tastes just like an arctic hen. So why were you guys so interested in eating Appa? You've got plenty of those big things wandering around said Sokka.
You want me to eat old Slim? He's like a member of the family! said Due.
Due take a fish off his kabob and tosses it at Slim, who eats it in one bite.
Nice Slim! said Sokka.
Sokka throws a piece of roasted insect at Slim, but it bounces off his mouth. Slim turns and growls at Sokka, who recoils in terror.
Oh, he eats no bugs! That's people food said Duw.
Where d'you say you're from? asks Tho
The South Pole said Katara.
Didn't know there were waterbenders anywhere but here. They got a nice swamp there, do they? said Tho.
No, it' all ice and snow said Katara.
Tho and Due look surprised.
Hmm. No wonder you left said Tho/
Well, I hope you realize now that nothing strange was going on here. Just a bunch of greasy people living in a swamp said Sokka.
What about the visions? asks Raiden.
I told you, we were hungry. I'm eating a giant bug! said Sokka.
But what about when the tree showed me where Appa and Momo were? asks Aang.
That's Avatar stuff, that doesn't count. (To Hue) The only thing I can't figure out is how you made that tornado that sucked us down said Sokka.
I can't do anything like that. I just bender the water in the plants said, Hue.
Well, no accounting for weather. Still, there's absolutely nothing mysterious about the swamp said Sokka.
One of the screaming white bird's lands on the branch and screams. A nearby vine rises up and bats the bird
Scene changes to a full moon back in an Earth Kingdom village the Broadsword Man walking down a street alone. He hears something behind him, turns and draws his blades. Cut to a frontal shot of him, there was nothing behind him.
Who's there? said, Broadsword Man.
his hands are grabbed each in turn by another man's hands. He is disarmed and thrown against some nearby boxes, his swords useless on the ground. His assailant's feet are seen to approach the sword. He picks them up the assailant is no less than the Blue Spirit himself.
