Betraying Firebenders

Book 1: Chapter 2: Return of the Avatar, Return of the fire nation's fear

"Ok, prepare the defenses!" Sokka was shouting at the little kids.

Aang's eye's widened as he realized Sokka and the little kids were the water tribe's only defenses.

Many miles away on a ship thrown out to sea by the avatar… "Prepare to attack!" Zuko yelled.

"Don't be hasty Zuko, we need to make repairs!" Iroh said.

"If we wait to make repairs then they will have time to mount defenses and make their repairs as well! We don't have time!" He said fire bursting from his mouth in rage.

"And besides uncle, this is MY ship!" He added furiously.

Back at the water tribe Katara and her Gran-Gran were talking. "So he's… the avatar." Katara said un-believingly.

"I guess so, and if that's right it is your and Sokka's responsibilities to help the avatar on his journey. Your destinies are now intertwined with his." She replied solemnly.

"But…" Katara was interrupted as Sokka came in and said, "The avatar is disorganizing all of our troops!"

Katara and Gran-Gran looked at each other and burst into laughing. After the laughing ceased Gran-Gran said, "Well Sokka these troops are just children! There amazed to see the avatar, as we should all be. This tribe has been blessed."

"Come on Katara, with your magic…I mean bending, you can help too, I guess…" He stepped outside the tent carefully avoiding sleeping bags and food rations.

As they stepped outside they found kids sliding down the bison's tail into a lump of snow. The avatar and kids were all laughing. Sokka slapped his hand against his head and muttered something under his breath. "Ok guys we're ready for a fire nation attack, get into your positions!" Sokka said. A few of the kids saluted him and climbed up to the scout towers, the others kept playing. "Close enough he muttered." The ground began to shake and Sokka took that as a clue, "They're here everyone! Hide, get to cover!"

Everyone dashed and hid in the snow, tents, and anything else concealing. Sokka hid behind the bison and ended up being sneezed on. But before he started screaming at it, the ground trembled again and a ship burst through the wall, he stifled a gasp as a smaller vessel plunged through the other side. They could attack from either side now!

Two armored firebenders jumped off the main craft and Prince Zuko (A/N Sokka and Aang and Katara have no idea who he is at the moment) and four other firebenders jumped off the smaller craft, some slipping on the snow, but they quickly faded back into position behind Zuko.

"Where did they all go!" Zuko said enraged. "Where is the avatar!"

"Sir there's someone!" The man next to him said while pointing at Sokka's legs.

Oh crap Sokka thought and jumped on top of the flying bison, Appa. He could of sworn he heard the words "yip-yip" but then the bison flew into the air. "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" He screamed (A/N lol) as he flew into the air.

Just my luck he thought. Then Aang the avatar revealed himself from underneath a sleeping bag. "Hi, umm… Sokka!" He said carefully rearranging himself onto the bison's head and grabbing what looked like reins. He was steering back towards the village. Then, to Sokka's growing fear the bison flew strait down.

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" Sokka screamed again as he held on tight to the huge leather saddle. The avatar jumped off and pulled out his glider staff, smoothly hitting a wave of air current that pulled him down calmly towards the ground. Appa, the flying bison (A/N no duh, again), landed lopsidedly and sent Sokka flying into the two fire nation officers from the main ship, knocking them out. He screamed, "That's from the water tribe!" When it happened.

As Aang laughed at Sokka's feat he was snatched from behind and hit over the head with a block of flaming wood, knocking him out. Zuko picked him up and lunged into the ship shouting, "You hold them off!" To his fire nation troops as he flew down a hill of snow and ice conveniently placed for his ship. "Finally I've got you avatar! Now…" He was cut short as he and Aang were flung violently from the ship and into the wood of another ship… That ship was the fire nations first attack on the south water tribe.

Zuko burnt a hole through it and jumped in with the avatar. This could be a good spot for a trap. He thought happily. So he threw Aang into the fuel hold and placed a trip wire that would set off a flare, signaling the main ship, and capturing some of the benders from that tribe. It was brilliant…

Back at the southern water tribe… Sokka threw his boomerang and rolled to the side, hitting a fire bender square in the chest and coming back to hit another in the back of the head. He then watch as Katara used her feeble bending skills to melt the ice below the other two firebending soldiers making them fall strait into the ice cold water. She smiled at Sokka and said, "Sure, water bending is useless!" She stuck out her tongue and he scowled.

Gran-Gran came over and said, "You have got to find the avatar."

"Uh-huh, we're on it Gran-Gran," Sokka said while hopping onto the bison, "Come on Katara." Katara jumped onto Appa and the Sokka thought out loud. "What did he say, Go, Yee-ha, now, fly, be free, reach for the sky, up-up-and away, yip-yip…" The bison jumped into the sky and started to fly, "It's flying!" He yelped in joy. Katara looked un-easy as they went straight up into the sky.

"Look! There's the ship!" Katara shouted. Sokka glanced over in the direction and saw two ships, he raised one eye-brow before changing course to converge about 200 yards away from the closest one.

….to be cont.