Just for reference purposes, Avery and Lexi sometimes travel with the Gaang. But whenever they do, they use aliases and disguises.
Disclaimer: Wow, this is getting old. Yeah, yeah, we don't own Aang, Katara, the Avatar World, Avatar; the last airbender, none of that. EXCEPT Avery, Lexi, and Chito. Leave them alone please, they belong to us.
Warnings: I'm running out of cheesy jokes. Wait; I've got one more! Some may find this episode...dreamy.
Lexi was wide awake; so awake that she'd just finished her new book 'How to Foil Daydreams for Dummies'. Avery had given it to her for her half birthday.
It was the middle of the night and Lexi probably should have been asleep. Chito was sleeping at the foot of her sleeping bag and Avery was sleeping lightly in her sleeping bag nearby—close enough that Lexi could easily poke her awake if she had a reason to.
Maybe she'd be able to sleep more soundly had she not been wearing a disguise (and a stupid wig, for pete's sake!) but without the disguise she would have never been able to infiltrate the Avatar Gang's camp. They would have never willingly let her stay with them had they known she was the very girl behind the strange occurrences that had been going on for the past year.
But then again, Avery was sleeping just fine with her wig on.
The entire Avatar crew was asleep in their sleeping bags as well, or they appeared to be asleep.
Lexi was so bored that she began reading the little text in the back of her book that no one really bothers to read when suddenly—out of the corner of her eye—she saw someone stand up and stumble away. Lexi put her book down just in time to determine that it was Aang. Lexi shrugged and turned back to her book. But as she did so, she noticed that something else was amiss. She looked around; and discovered that Katara wasn't in her sleeping bag where she was supposed to be! She was nowhere in sight, in fact.
Lexi gulped and in an instant, she flew out of her sleeping bag and followed the path that Aang had taken, her book in tow.
Dawn was just beginning to break when finally—finally Lexi caught up to him. He was walking up to a grassy cliff side, mumbling something or other. Lexi was so busy concentrating that it nearly startled her out of her mind when someone tapped on her shoulder from behind. She almost shrieked; until she saw it was Avery. "What are you doing here?" she murmured, looking down to see Chito at her friends feet.
"I saw you leave. Why didn't you wake me up? I want to ruin the Kataang fun, too!" Lexi shrugged, but then put a finger to her mouth to hush her friend. She pointed to Aang, who was staring off into space as he stood there like a statue.
"He's having a daydream!" Avery exclaimed, just a key louder than silently.
"How can you tell?" Lexi demanded, trying to keep her voice just as low. Avery gave her a strange look.
"Chapter Two: How to Tell if Someone is Having a Daydream," she said, tapping the cover of Lexi's book. Lexi stared at her, amazed. Avery rolled her eyes. "Did you forget who gave you that book?" she asked.
"So sue me."
"You'll hear from my lawyer first thing tomorrow."
"What's he daydreaming about?"
"Did you even read that book?" Avery asked in a pained voice, "Chapter Three: How to Tell What Someone is Daydreaming About." Lexi began flipping through the chapters.
"You know, when you give someone a gift, you aren't supposed to go through and read it first. That's just tacky." Avery didn't even grace that with a response. Lexi arrived at chapter three; and of course Avery was right. She read the passage aloud.
"To tell what someone is daydreaming about, put the magic Daydreaming Charm around your neck. What Daydreaming Charm?" Lexi felt confused.
"Keep reading."
"You'll find the Daydreaming Charm in the envelope in the back of the book. Warning, this charm is to be kept out of the reach of children three and under. The publishers of this book will not be held responsible for any skin rash, severe fever, or kidney failure that this charm may cause." Lexi, always the rebel, did not care about failing kidneys. She immediately checked the back of the book, only to find a manila envelope taped to the inside of the cover.
She tore it opened quickly and dumped out the contents. A small bright red pendent on a thin chain fell out into the palm of her hand.
"Quick; put it on! Put it on!" Avery urged. Lexi handed the book to her friend and slipped the necklace over her head. The picture of Aang standing alone on the cliff was replaced by an image of him standing next to Katara. Aang's daydream-self was walking zombie like up to Katara's daydream-self.
"Avery; read me the chapter on how to change a daydream!" Avery began flipping like mad through the book.
"Here! Chapter Three Hundred Ninety Four: How to Change Someone Else's Daydream to Anything You Desire.
To change another's day dream; one must appease the daydream gods,"
"They have those?" Lexi asked. Avery ignored her.
"The daydream gods are very, very picky about the offerings that they accept, and only enjoy it when a human does a ceremonial dance."
"You're kidding," Lexi grumped.
"Nope, it says so right here." Avery lifted the book up to show her. There were even diagrams of the dance inscribed on the page below. Lexi hadn't paid them attention when she'd read through the book before—she never thought that knowing how to dance like that would come in handy. But now it was a necessity.
The first pose was standing in a straight line with both hands out in front of her; palms down. Lexi assumed it. "Now flip your first palm over," Avery instructed, "now the other one."
The next step was to fold each arm so her hand was across her chest and resting on her shoulder. Then one at a time, she uncrossed her arms and placed them on either ear. From there, she crossed them across her stomach. Then, she put them on her hips. "Now wiggle! Wiggle like you have a secret!" Avery cried.
Lexi wiggled frantically as she watched Aang make the worst pick up line she'd ever heard in her life; and that was saying a lot. "Baby, you're my forever girl."
"I'm wiggling, you stupid daydream gods! I'm wiggling so help me!"
"Forget it!" Before Lexi even could comprehend what was happening, Avery crouched down and pounced, sort of like Chito did when he spotted a butterfly or banana. The girl went sailing through the air as Aang grabbed day-dream-Katara and swung her in to kiss her. Not that Avery could see what was happening, but it was a good thing she did what she did. Just as Aang and day-dream-Katara's lips were about to meet, Avery struck. Her shoulder dug into the stomach of Aang and as the two of them tumbled to the ground, the day dream vanished.
"Sweet!" Lexi declared.
"Lee—what the?" Aang hollered. Avery and Lexi were both going by the 'undercover name' of Lee. Because someone told them that there were a million Lees out there.
In the mean time, Avery sat on top of him the way a quarterback would sit on top of a football player on the opposing team.
"Lex-Lee and I figured out our own way to help you with your daydreaming problem," Avery said, thinking quickly.
"Daydream? It wasn't a day—" the kid looked around dejectedly, realizing his kiss had all been an illusion. In the mean time, Katara came running.
"You guys what the heck is going on?" She probably hadn't seen anything; except Avery sitting on Aang and Lexi wearing a giant, unfashionable charm.
"We've solved the daydreaming problem," Avery stated, finally releasing Aang. Lexi hid her charm behind her back; and then dropped it to the ground.
"Feel free to pay in cash or write a check."
Authors Note:
Bonus Challenge Round:
You get bonus points if you caught the earlier Avatar episode reference in this chapter.
You get double bonus points if you caught the She's The Man reference in this chapter.
