Awesome, one of my brother's favorite characters are coming up. The unstoppable Earth King, Bumi! ((Rebecca's P.O.V))
"Wake up you silly sleepy head!" I heard Brianna's annoying voice call me while poking my shoulder. I slapped her hand away and turned my body around so my back was not facing her. The sun's rays were hitting against my face causing me to have to squint my eyes. I placed my right arm over my face, to block the light, as I let out a sigh.
"What is it?" I asked her still not fully awake.
"We're here! You told me to wake you up when we get to Omashu, you silly goose" Brianna said in an obvious tone. I let out a groan because I wasn't ready to get up and the fact that she had called me silly twice in a row, which annoyed me.
"Don't call me that," I said as I slowly got up. I let out a small yawn before jumping off of Appa and onto the ground. Brianna ran towards the others in order to get a better view of the Great City with me sluggishly walking behind her.
"The Earth Kingdom city of Omashu," Aang announced just as I made it to their side. We had the perfect view, of what seemed to me was basically just a pointed rock with a wall around it, but I had to admit that it was much bigger in person. "I used to always come here to visit my friend, Bumi." When he mentioned his friend an image of the Great City's King appeared in my mind. It was weird to me that someone like Bumi could live to be a hundred and twelve like Aang, and still be in such amazing shape. My brother often called him the 'Old Man on Steroids'. I knew I couldn't tell Aang Bumi's real identity because it would be a good life lesson for him later on.
"Wow, we don't have cities like this in the South Pole," Katara said amazed as she looked at the pointed rock formation.
"They have buildings here that don't melt!" Sokka said with jealously. Brianna started laughing at Sokka's reaction while I just shook my head, thinking that it should have been obvious.
"Of course not, not all areas are covered in snow all year around like the North and South poles. There are some people in this world that have never even seen snow before," I told Sokka in an emotionless voice. I could see from the corner of my eye that Sokka was upset with the fact that I sounded more intelligent than him, despite the fact that we were about the same age. I ignored him and concentrated on Aang who looked rather excited to go inside, which I knew meant trouble for me.
"Well, let's go slow pokes! The real fun is inside the city!" Aang tried to make a run towards the city but I stopped him with my high speed to block his way. "What's wrong Rebecca?" Aang asked me a bit confused.
"If people find out that you're the Avatar, like the people of Kyoshi, the word could get to Prince Zuko" I told him in a serious voice. "We can't let that happen again."
"She's right Aang, it could be dangerous if people find out you're the Avatar." Katara said agreeing with my logic.
"You need a disguise," Sokka said.
"So what am I supposed to do? Grow a mustache?" Aang asked us.
"Exactly," Brianna shouted in a happy tone. We all looked back to where Appa was laying and saw Brianna pull off his loose fur then waved it around. Everyone looked over at Aang with sly smiles, ready to make a complete transformation with him. I couldn't make any eye contact with any of them, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to hold in my laughter. I walked towards Appa and started petting him, leaving the three of them to give Aang a makeover.
"This is so itchy!" I heard Aang say as he walked over to us with a mustache and spiky hair, made completely out of Appa's fur, which defied gravity. "How do you live in this stuff?" Aang asked his ten ton bison who just snorted at him.
"Great, now you look just like my grandfather," Sokka said in a mellow voice.
"Technically Aang is a hundred and twelve years old," Katara said confident in the disguise. I could hear Brianna laughing in the back while Aang continued to scratch at his scalp. He picked up his staff, which was on the floor, and spun it around before leaning over like he had a hunched back telling us he was in character.
"Now let's get to skippin' young whippersnappers! The big city awaits!" Aang said in his old man voice. Katara and Sokka just looked at one another while Brianna was cracking up in the background, completely amused with the scene. I let out a small chuckle, wondering if he might have been imitating anyone in Air Temple who talked like that. We followed Aang to the city, up a steep hill leading us to the great entrance. "You guys are gonna love Omashu! The people here are the friendliest in the world." Just after we heard him state this we came to the doors where two guards and a man with a cart full of cabbages stood.
"Rotten cabbages, what kind of slum do you think this is?" one of the guards yelled at the man. He crushed the cabbage in his hand as he sent the rest of the cart down the cliff. Sokka and Katara looked at one another both a bit scared.
"War changes people," I told the both of them without taking my eyes off the two guards. They seemed to understand what I was implying but kept silent.
"Just keep smiling." Aang instructed us.
"I wasn't smiling in the first place," I muttered to myself. When we came closer to them, one of the guards earth bended a large rock and lifted it above Aang.
"State your business!" He ordered us. Before any of us could respond, Aang sprinted forward, and started pointing at the guard as he began ranting.
"My business is my business, young man, and none of yours! I've got half a mind to bend you over my knee and paddle your backside!" He shouted in his elderly voice at the confused guard. Katara and Sokka just stared at Aang, completely horrified, while Brianna and I struggled to keep our laughter to ourselves.
"Settle down, old timer" the guard said trying to calm our young actor. "Just tell me who you are."
"Name's Bonzu Pipinpadaloxicopolis, the third and these are my grandkids!" Aang said, lying through his teeth. I looked at the four of us wondering how it was that his lie worked. Katara and Sokka looked nothing like Aang, because of their darker skin tone. While Brianna and I looked like we could possibly be related to Aang, but just barely. Katara walked over beside Aang gave the guard a friendly smile.
"Hi, June Pipinpadaloxicopolis. Nice to meet you," she said, also easily lying to the guard.
"You seem like a responsible young lady. See that your grandfather stays out of trouble," the guard said completely fooled by their trick. She nodded as the guards opened the gate with their earth bending. "Enjoy Omashu!" the man shouted as we went through the gates.
"We will," Katara told the guards happily, until the guards stopped us when they saw Sokka walked by.
"Wait a minute!" he shouted as he grabbed Sokka by the shoulder. "You're a strong young boy. Show some respect for the elderly and carry your grandpa's bag."
"Good idea," Aang said as he flung his bag over at Sokka who just stared at it, not knowing what to say. We continued on our way all relieved that we made it inside. Just as the walls were closing in, Momo's ears suddenly decided to pop up from Aang's fake hair causing the guard to look back at us. Brianna and I noticed this right away and turned our heads towards him. I gave him a death glare while Brianna gave him an evil smile making his body freeze up from fear. When the walls closed we both gave each other a high five, without the others noticing our little victory.
We followed Aang around the area as he explained to us about how the mail shoots worked, whereby Gravity would bring the mail down and Earth bending would bring it up, and more about his old friend, Bumi. Brianna and I stayed in the back and had our own little conversation, since we found no reason to listen to Aang when we already knew everything he had said.
"So what are going to do about King Bumi?" Brianna asked me just above a whisper.
"We should leave the tests all to Aang. What Bumi is trying to make Aang understand is important so we shouldn't interfere with his plans" I said in a low voice as I looked at the back of Aang's head.
"Oh okay then, but what if Bumi goes too far?" She asked me somewhat worried.
"I highly doubt it will come to that, but if it does then we will have no choice but to interfere. I hope he can take a beating though," I said jokingly knowing that it wasn't possible to take down one of the most powerful earth benders in this time. Brianna looked at me amused and chuckled to herself. "But first things first, are we going to do what Aang had come here for or not?" Brianna looked slightly confused, as if I was speaking a different language. I sighed as I pointed at one of the mail shoots with my eyes. She turned to the direction where I was staring at and immediately knew what I was talking about.
"Yes! And there's nothing you can do to stop me!" she shouted out with a huge smile spread across her face. I shook my head, knowing that I wasn't able stop her from riding the death train, then remembered something.
"Looks like I'll have to go with you." Brianna looked at me completely bewildered, but happy. "The max they can fit is three people and looking at your chest there's no way you can ride with them." She stuck her tongue at me, angry that I mentioned her large chest.
"Well you shouldn't be one to talk either. According to our friends you have big breasts too, which is why they sexually harass you!" Brianna said then burst out laughing, probably having a flash back of the incident. Her laughter was so loud it caused the other three to look back at us.
"It's nothing, just an inside joke" I told them as I looked over at the brunette, struggling to stop her laughter. They all shrugged their shoulders and decided to not bother to ask any questions. We all followed Aang to the highest shoot and the three of them got into one of the transport bins, ready for the ride. Brianna took one of the other transport bins and held it, preparing to go down right after them.
"One ride, then we're off to the North Pole. Air bender's honor," Aang told the two Water Nation passengers when they were all sitting inside the bin.
"This sounded like fun at first, but now that I'm here, I'm starting to have second thoughts..." Just as Katara was about to complete her sentence Aang had already started the ride with his air bending, shooting them down the slide. Brianna automatically set our transport bin down before the shoot and got herself settled. I lifted my feet from the ground and jumped into the bin after I pushed us down, sending us after the others.
We were about a good twelve feet away from Aang's transport bin. This gave us enough room so that we wouldn't have to feel nervous about hitting into one another. Brianna was enjoying the ride from the front while I was sitting behind her, our backs pressed against each other, watching everything around us. After a couple of seconds going down the hill, Brianna nudged me in order to get my attention. I turned my head to the front then spotted a different transport bin ahead of us, supplied with weapons, almost piercing Sokka and Katara who were in the back.
"Looks like fun time is over," I told Brianna as I stood up on the moving bin. I placed a hand over the charm and summoned Gin and quickly jumped off of the bin onto Gin's back. We flew towards the runaway bin, that Aang had now put off course. I saw Brianna summoned Nyoko and chased after us, just as we dived down closer to the bin. The three of them made their way down onto leveled ground, where they interrupted a meeting that where talking about going into combat. Brianna and I flew past the men and both apologized to them, but continued to follow the bin.
Aang managed set them back on course by jumping down to a differrent shoot. All of a sudden Aang used his air bending to make the bin pick up speed, making the distance between us greater. I let out a groan as I made Gin fly faster, hoping to catch up with them. As they made their way down the slide, I could see a different bin on the bottom of the slide blocking their way. I heard the three of them scream, as they too spotted the obstacle they were about to collide into. They stopped screaming for a second after we saw an earth bender push the bin away, but then replaced it with another causing the three of them to scream again. I watched as their bin slammed into the package, sending them flying into the air. In order to get back into the bin, Aang used his air bending and they bounced off a roof, through a man's house, breaking his pottery in the process. When Brianna and I passed by the man, I fished out some silver coins and I tossed them to him.
"This should cover the damage," I said to him as Gin exited through his broken windows. We watched as Aang and the rest of them trespassed through yet another house and then exit back out of it. The chase was finally over as a loud crash was heard coming from them having landed on top of a cart of cabbages. Gin and Nyoko flew us down to the ground and reentered their charms after we had landed. We ran towards the three that were covered in cabbage and helped them all us.
"Whoa, are you guys okay?" Brianna asked as she helped Sokka and Katara up to their feet while I helped Aang.
"Yeah, never better. I always start my day by risking my life on a slide and then landing on a bunch of rotten cabbages" Sokka said sarcastically, but was ignored.
"You okay?" I asked Aang as I brushed Appa's fur from his head and shoulders.
"Yeah I'm fine," Aang said as he allowed me to remove the remaining fur. Just as I got the last piece off several guards surrounded us all armed.
"Just perfect," I muttered under my breath. One of the guards went behind me, grabbed my wrists, and pulled them behind my back. He held me by my wrists and the back of my neck and started dragging me up the path, with the others behind me under the same conditions, towards King Bumi's castle.