A/N: This takes place during Sozin's Comet when Sokka, Toph, and Suki are with Appa. It's Appa's POV, so bear with the strange writing.
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Appa – Singe
He hears boy with long sword and girl with no shoes barking at him. He feels bright painful lights singeing his fur, so he rolls to the side, protecting his underbelly.
The weight of his master's friends shifts, and he corrects because he is afraid to drop them from so high. They are only calves and would be smashed on the stone ground. Appa roars, calling for his little master, but the only response is more hot pain at his tail.
His shiny, light-laugh master is away, so Appa carries the others until he returns. The gray sky is hard to navigate, and he does not see the sharp shooting-spike until it embeds in his neck. His wind is trapped now, both beneath his body and inside of it.
The ground is coming closer and Appa falls as gently as he can. His tiny calves are dazed from the crash, and they cannot defend themselves from the fire monsters. Blood sprays as he bellows, pushing back the predators. His three small ones are trying to fight for him, but he jumps in front to block them from the fire hunters. And finally, the male pulls them away and leaves Appa to ravage his enemies.
And he is a beast.
He bites and claws and crushes. He blasts more and more away even though it hurts his tail, but they surround him in the end. They make a fire cage to stop his attacks.
The neck-stick is making him slow like gliding birds, and the flames start to eat up his flesh. As he is burning, he tries to cry out for his little master. Where is his friend? He needs him to stop the burning. He needs his dear boy with soft hands and sweet fruit.
Appa will die without him.
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