Hello to everyone! Thanks to our reviewers, lying-with-a-smile and madCello12! Thanks for the constructive criticism, and here is my reply:
1) I'm planning on making them longer, but I've found good stopping places so but I promise I'll make this post longer and try to keep them that way.
2) Toph will be explained later, as will Uncle, he will be apart of the fan fiction don't worry; a fan fic wouldn't be a fan fic without Uncle!
3) Since people keep bringing up that they probably would be caught before they got there I have redone the chapter so please go back and read! Hopefully that might have solved the problems.
4) And last but not least, I just started an Avatar comedy before I went on my vacation. It's in my profile, called 'Sokka, the Play Writer?'
Thank you for the constructive criticism, I always love to hear what I can do to improve. With that said here is the next chapter! (Which hopefully will be longer ;D)
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Disclaimer: OK, EVERYONE knows we DO NOT own ATLA. We don't own, Aang, Katara, Sokka, Zuko, Iroh, Toph……-rambles on and on-
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That night, Avatar Roku visited Aang's dreams.
"Roku!" Aang called, "I think I have found a Firebending teacher!" He had been considering asking Zuko to help him learn Firebending, but not yet, he still needed to master Earthbending before he could fully start learning Firebending.
"Do not be so sure of yourself, Aang, I do not trust this Firebender." Roku said.
"I know he used to be bad but he's turning over a new leaf!" Aang explained. "I don't know if I will be able to find another teacher before the Summer Solstice." Aang said uncertainly.
"I'm sure you can if you find one if you look hard enough…" Roku started to fade and Aang gradually found himself staring at the bright stars that glowed above him. That was one of the shortest dreams I've had with Roku, Aang thought to himself. Aang sat up, suddenly noticing that Zuko was still awake sitting quietly gazing into the abyss fire. Aang slowly and silently walked over to Zuko.
"Hey…what's the matter, Zuko?" Aang asked.
"It's nothing really, only there's so many things that have happened in the last couple of days…it's just so confusing." Zuko replied, "I need to be alone." Zuko stood up and walked over to the corner of the walls surrounding them and laid his hand on the side of it. "Can we get a door we can enter and exit through?" he requested. Aang nodded and walked over to the barrier and pointed his hand toward the wall and pushed down; a gap appeared large enough for them to go through.
"Thanks," he said quietly and left through the door. Aang went back to Appa and fell asleep quickly.
As Aang started to wake and he realized the walls were down. Startled, he quickly Airbended his way down, off of Appa. He had his staff ready, when he realized the green robes of his Earthbending teacher, Toph, who had fixed her self a cup of tea.
"Hey there Twinkle Toes," she said quietly not wanting to wake anyone. She didn't turn around; of course she had felt him hit the ground. "Nice walls you made." Toph commented.
"Thanks," Aang said sitting down next to her. "How long are you here this time?" Aang asked her.
"Not very long I'm afraid," she replied staring ahead of her sipping her tea, "I can only stay for the morning, so I can't teach you anything new for today."
They stayed silent while Aang got his own tea.
"Where'd you pick him up?" Toph asked indicating to Zuko, she could feel his breathing through the ground.
"That's Prince Zuko, well, banished Prince Zuko, from the Fire Nation. We tried a plan out so he could be accepted back, so he wouldn't constantly be chasing us. So he acted as if he caught me and turned me in and then I would just escape later. Well, Fire Lord Ozai still didn't want him back so we just escaped and he just came with us." Aang explained. Toph nodded and finished her tea.
"I must be off, see you later Twinkle Toes." Toph said grabbing her bag and left, putting all the walls up with one single move. Aang sighed as he put away their cups and went to go start breakfast. He used up the last of their food supply; they would need to go to the market today. Aang turned back to the campsite and he found Zuko already up and restarting the fire.
"We'll need to go to the market today, we're out of food and you need to get a sleeping bag." Aang said. Zuko nodded as he sat back down by the fire. Aang started to prepare the breakfast and cook it over the fire just as he had seen Katara do it so many times. The smell of food cooking seemed to have woken Sokka and Katara was soon up after him.
"We'll need to go to the market to get more supplies, this is the last of our food." Aang informed the two. They nodded and grabbed some breakfast and sat down to eat. As soon as they finished Aang decided that he and Zuko should visit the marketplace in the village right outside the Fire Nation. They could hide their faces and avoid people's eyes and not cause any trouble.
"Why should you two go?" Sokka asked.
"Well, Zuko should get his own sleeping bag and he knows the marketplace better than any of us and I should go because I can handle myself if anything should happen." Aang explained.
"But we can't trust any of you with our money! Aang spends it on useless things and Zuko could just run off with it! I still don't think he's very trustworthy!" Sokka exclaimed.
"I'm right here." Zuko said noticing Sokka was talking about him as if he weren't there.
"Besides! That Buffalo Whistle wasn't a waste of money! It saved your sorry life!" Aang retorted. Sokka ignored both of them.
"If anyone should go it's Aang and I, I'm more trustworthy of handling the money and Aang can still handle himself if anything goes wrong; we can just pick up a sleeping bag for Zuko and get more supplies and be on our way, besides it's better to have only one criminal out in public than two."
"We're not criminals!" Aang and Zuko shouted.
"Well, you are to the Fire Nation!" Sokka fought back.
"I think it'll be fine with Zuko and Aang going to the marketplace, do you really think Zuko would run off with our money?" Katara asked.
"They still don't think we're here do they?" Zuko asked Aang, who shook his head.
"Yes! Yes, I do think he would run with our money! He's only befriended us for what? A day?" Sokka pointed out.
"Let me visit the marketplace and prove my loyalty to you!" Zuko replied.
"Alright, I'll give just enough money for you to get the sleeping bag and I'll give the money for supplies to Aang. But make sure he spends it on supplies and supplies only!" Sokka said giving them the money.
"Yes, mother." Aang scoffed at Sokka.
"This isn't the time to be arguing!" Katara yelled at the bickering group. Aang and Zuko put on their straw hats that covered their faces if they kept their heads down. "Just keep your heads down and speak only when you must, be careful." Katara said uneasily.
Stowing the money in their pockets and making sure it was secure, they took off into the forest for the small village of the Fire Nation only a few miles away.
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YAY! Long chapter! Isn't everybody happy now? Lol, make sure you go back and reread the chapter after the prologue. Thanks, and please review!
-Kat