Chapter 3: King Bumi is a Grandfather?

After a small adventure, Aang and company finds Omashu where Aang's friend, King Bumi lives in. But is he really a king? Aang and party walk toward the gate entrance of Omashu where three earthbending soldiers stand.

"Halt!" shouted one of them which was preparing to earthbend at Aang.

"What do you think you're doing here?" said another soldier. "Don't even try to spy on us you fire nation..." He paused and saw that Haru was with them. "Oh my gosh!" He bowed down to Aang "My deepest apologies, sir! I had no idea that sir Haru was with you. Please proceed! Men, open the gate!"

Two earthbenders opened the Omashu entrance walls and Aang and his group walked in the town they hadn't been in a while. The earth kingdom, Omashu.

"Wow it's been a while since we've been here!" said Katara with joy.

"Well duh..." pouted Sokka "Why do you think we're here in the first place?"

Aang gave a huge grin, looking at the mail supply in which Bumi and him rode on the rock carts when they were young. "I bet someone wants to go on a ride!"

"Oh no!" said Sokka with a little temper in him. "We are NOT going on that thing again! Before we must have gone about a hundred miles an hour! I practically threw up." Sokka turned his head away from every rock cart he saw seeming he didn't want to remember anything that happened last time they were in Omashu. "Look, we've come here to see that jack-in-the-box man."

"Would you like to see my grandfather?" Haru asked. "I'm sure he would be pleased to see you."

"Sure we wouldn't mind." Katara said. They all approached the center palace in the town.

"Say, Sokka." said Aang "Doesn't this place seem a bit familiar?"

"I'll say." said Sokka. "But where are we? This place or anything here doesn't ring a bell." They all approached to the middle of the palace, the chamber.

Aang, Katara, and Sokka all heard a very familiar, cranky voice. "I wanted three gold pieces not three silver pieces!"

"Uh oh." said Haru "He's definately not in a mood."

"It can't be." said Sokka in shock. "So lemme get this straight. Your grandfather is that nuthead?"

"He is the king here." said Haru.

"Also my friend! Bumi!" interrupted Aang. "Hey Bumi, over here!"

King Bumi glanced at Aang and the couple, but he wasn't proud to see Aang. Instead he threw a quake straight at him! Aang and his gang evaded the treturous quake.

"Whoa!" exclaimed Sokka "He's gone MAD!"

"So you've decided to show up again, Haru." said Bumi. "You are in great debt! So do you have the cash?" Bumi was very angry.

"Well not necessarily..." but before he could finish his sentence, Bumi stomped his foot cracking the ground underneath him.

"What do you mean 'not enough'?" He shouted "I want my 300 Gold Pieces now!" Aang and Katara were very worried on how Bumi was acting.

"King, what do you think you're doing?" Haru said with a little horror. "You're crazy to hurt your own friend!"

"Haru you have ticked me off enough!" said Bumi. "Aang you're coming with me!"

"What?" Aang said confused. "What did I ever do?"

"You are the Avatar!" said Bumi.

"Well we all know that." said Sokka.

"Silence, boy!" shouted Bumi as he threw a stone near Sokka. "Aang I am going to take you to the fire nation whether you like it or not!"

Suddenly the assassin-like came in and shouted "King Bumi! Someone has destroyed sir Aiyu! It must have been somesort of powerful earthbender!"

"Hmmm..." hummed Bumi "Earthbender, eh? Then it must have been one of you two!" he said as he pointed at Aang and Haru.

"So what I did it!" confessed Haru "He shouldn't have battled me in the first place!"

"Hmmm..." hummed Bumi again "Haru, I'll deal with you later! As for you, Aang..." He paused for a bit and then resumed smiling "You're going down!" Aang was scared for his life.