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I have started writing Prequels, here is a list of them:
A Second First Date; One month after Aang defeated Fire Lord Ozai
Nightmares; A One-Shot Prequel to Together Again. Aang saved the world, he faced Ozai on his own. Everyone kept saying that he was a great hero, that he was so brave. He wore a brave face and acted all the hero they thought he was. But at night in his sleep he was a scared boy, scared for his life as he tried to get away from a psycho Firebender. The Battle came back at night.
Anila's Story; This is another Prequel to Together Again. It's about a Young Female Airbender just starting out in life. She was ready to travel the world as soon as she turns 16. Little does she know, Destiny has a grand purpose for her first child.
I Want to thank my beta readers for their help, advice, and contributions: 116788 (pen name not user ID) and ReverieNishio
*116788 (pen name not user ID) is available to beta read for others, she has 3 slots open right now.
Chapter 11
On the morning of their departure, everyone ate breakfast together, including Zuko who served tea to everyone. This tickled Lee because a homeless boy was being served tea by 'The Fire Lord.'
"Being here with all my heroes is awesome! I could never even dream of this!" Lee told them.
After breakfast, they all started loading things up on Appa. This was even more awesome for Lee, for he had never seen a sky bison let alone ride one.
Aang gave Lee some of his clothes that didn't fit the airbender anymore. "They're Air Nomad clothes but they will fit you." Aang told him. Lee was very grateful.
They flew west on Appa with Zuko and the Kyoshi warriors close behind in the war balloon, to the area where 'The Azula Loyalists' were last reported terrorizing villages.
Lee was so excited and asked questions almost nonstop as they flew. He asked about the Fire Nation, the Water Tribe, and the Air Nomads. He asked about bending, he asked about how they defeated each foe. It took them a week to get there, so by the time they arrived at their destination Lee knew almost everything about them.
When they landed, they saw the devastation left by the Azula Loyalists. The burned homes, the hurt villagers, the fields still burning. They were heart-broken.
Together they came up with a plan to help these people. Katara healed the people who were hurt, Aang put out the burning fields, Toph used her earth and metalbending skills to create shelter for the people, and Sokka and Suki and the rest of the Kyoshi warriors helped everyone in any way they could.
Aang and Katara where looking at a map of the Earth Kingdom talking and pointing to different landmarks. "Excuse me." Two young girls approached them.
"Yes, can I help you?" Aang asked.
The two girls blushed. "We wanted to thank you for all the help you have given us." One of the girls said.
"I want to thank you for healing my mother's burned arms." The other said.
"You're very welcome, girls... Your names are?" Katara asked
"I'm Jasmine." The first girl said.
"And I'm Lilly." The second girl said
"Nice to meet you Jasmine and Lilly." Aang and Katara said together.
The two girls bowed politely then hurried away.
While waiting for the troops to arrive, they were planning their attack on the Azula Loyalists.
"Their two generals are Long Feng, leading the ex-Dai Le, and ex-admiral Zhao, leading the rogue firebenders." Aang said.
"I'll handle Long Feng myself." Toph told them. "He should be a piece of cake to deal with."
"Aang and I will take Zhao." Zuko said.
Sokka came back from talking to the villagers "The villagers reported that The Azula Loyalists were headed to a village that's a 2-day walk from here."
"Good thing we all can fly there, it should only take us a few hours to get there." Aang said.
"I'll send a hawk informing my troops where to land." Zuko said.
"And I'll send one to General Hao." Sokka said.
"I'm going to go with Zuko so we can plan our attack on Zhao." Aang informed them, "You fly Appa, my love." He kissed Katara and then boarded the balloon.
"Everyone ready?" Katara asked.
"Yeppers, we are all ready." Toph said.
"Yip yip!" Katara commanded and off they flew, following behind Aang and Zuko in the balloon.
When they got to the next village, it was a horrible sight. The Azula Loyalists had already been there. Farms were razed, houses destroyed and people were wailing for the dead. How could they have gotten here so fast? Katara wondered. They helped this village like they helped the last. After messenger hawks were sent, they made sure everyone who was hurt got healed, people whose homes got destroyed were temporarily given shelter, and all fires were put out.
Aang decided to take his glider and tried to see from the sky where the enemy's camp was. After a little while, the airbender returned. "I saw smoke from several campfires. I think it's their main headquarters. It turns out that they were sending out armies of 100-150 people in different directions at the same time. That's how both villages had been attacked so quickly."
The group had another meeting and made the decision to split up. Toph and Sokka were going to take the Terra Team, the elite Earthbender squad, to fight the earthbenders. Aang, Zuko, Katara and the Kyoshi warriors were to fight the firebenders and Zhao.
(A/N I have no clue how to write a battle so please bear with me.)
About two weeks later, all the troops had arrived. The troops were assigned to their respectful leaders.
Today also was Aang's 18th birthday. He had told all his friends, "We will celebrate after the battle."
It was time to start the battle. Katara acted as a field medic. "Aang please be careful... I have a bad feeling, as well as a stomach bug that has me throwing up." Katara told him then kissed him on his cheek, not wanting to give him the stomach bug too. "I love you."
"I'm sorry your stomach is bothering you, my love. I'll nurse you back to health as soon as I get back from dealing with the Azula loyalists, I promise. Please stay close to the base; I don't want you to get hurt because you are not feeling good." Aang said as he put his hand on her cheek then kissed her lips. "I'll come back and take care of you, I promise. I love you too."
Toph was metalbending while fighting Long Feng. "I am the greatest earthbender in the world!" She told Long Feng. She was leading the Terra Team in an attack. She had Long Feng cornered and he had nowhere to go. She imprisoned him into a metal casket, thus ending the battle between them.
Zuko and Aang were fighting Zhao. There were jumps and kicks and fire flying everywhere, wind and water, shards of ice.
Zuko got knocked out. That left only Aang to fight. He punched flames at Zhao, and the admiral punched back. Everything Aang did, Zhao returned it. So the Avatar shot out a steady blast. Zhao shot one back. Their fires hit each other's fires in the middle, where the streams met was going larger and closer to Zhao. Then they started getting closer and closer to Aang.
Aang concentrated and made his fire bigger and stronger, as did Zhao. Where the flames met kept getting bigger. Aang's flames changed colors and became more intense. Without warning Aang sent out a blast of air.
Katara's head whipped up, she had a bad feeling. "AANG! WATCH OUT! AANG!" Katara screamed, she could feel that something VERY BAD was going to happen. It played out in slow motion. The air only fed the flames and...
BA-BOOM!
"AANG! AANG! AANG! NO! OH MY SPIRITS! OH MY SPIRITS!" She screamed over and over as she ran to where he had last been.
When the smoke cleared Zhou was lying unconscious, barely alive. But Aang was gone, like gone gone. She collapsed in the spot she had last seen her true love. She was screaming and crying hysterically. Sokka ran to her and collapsed next to his sister. They sat there holding each other for almost an hour. Everyone let them be; the most tragic thing had just happened. Everyone felt the loss, the loss of The Avatar, and more importantly the loss of a loved one. They started searching for him.
The battle was over. With the earthbenders, Toph took out Long Feng and the Dai Li. Zuko's troops dealt with the firebenders, while he and Aang had battled Zhao.
They searched for Aang everyday for almost 2 months. Katara wouldn't let them stop.
