A/N In the last chapter, the comment about the flying llamas was by a pirate. Just wanted to clear that up, I got a few questions.

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I LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! (Normal for me, that is) Sorry for the wait, I've been busy. The good news is, I'm on summer break (finally) and now I get to have all the time in the world to write this.

Anyway, this song is Welsh History 101. It was recommended to me by Star Wars Nut. Thanks, Star Wars Nut.

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"Bumi, Sokka, Katara, Iroh, and Zuko too!

I have an idea I want to tell to you.

It's about how we can get away.

Do you want me to whisper or say?"

Aang was responsible for that last verse, sung as soon as they heard the pirate's footsteps retreating. That prevented Sokka from imparting his latest discovery to the world, but since he was bad enough at rhyming to not want to talk as much as usual, he didn't mind letting Aang sing first.

"Say! Say! And tell us today!

We want to hear what you have to say!" sang Bumi. Aang replied by informing them of his plan.

"Well, what if we got the pirate on our side?

Then we would no longer have to hide.

In fact, he could help us escape

Or at least give us an invisibility cape."

"A what?" asked Zuko. The fact that Sokka could hear him only proved his theory. Sokka's theory, that is, not Zuko's.

The theory was thus: They could hear each other without singing. The only reason they couldn't at first was because they had just woken up and were still groggy and hard of hearing. Now, however, they were wide awake and the sole reason they could only communicate through singing was because they primarily had been singing.

However, revealing the escape plan completely drove this theory from Sokka's mind. So, since nobody was doing anything about it, we'll just ignore it.

And now, back to what was going on in the world of the captives. Iroh was currently singing his response to Aang's comment.

This is how the response went:

"So how do we get the pirate to like us?

He seems more likely to scream and cuss.

Anybody have a plan?

I hope there's one better than doing the can-can."

And now Zuko joined the conversation with his own sarcastic retort to his uncle's plan:

"The can-can? Uncle I'm starting to think

That your insanity will drive me to the brink.

How will dancing help us escape?

Without a sword on our neck starting to scrape?"

Sokka saw Iroh shrug before he replied.

"Simple enough, Prince Zuko

Pirates can't dance, as you know.

If we dance well enough today

Than maybe we'll scare them into running away."

His nephew had plenty to say about that.

"That has to be the stupidest plan

I've ever heard in any land.

Let's go with Aang's idea

Before my sanity says 'see ya'!"

Before anyone could reply, Aang began explaining his plan to all of them:

"Here's how it goes, we sing a song

That'll get the pirate to sing along.

It has to be one that's pirate-y.

And he'll view us as friends, just wait and see."

A bit of scuttling, scraping, and arguing finally resulted in a song being prepared for the pirate's arrival. This song was decided on because it was the most pirate-like of any song that they all knew.

They changed a few lines, but here is how it essentially went:

"If ever you wander out by the Water Tribe border

Come stop by and see me and all of my kin," began Katara.

"I'm Morgan ap Daffyd ap Gwion ap Hywell

Ap Ifor ap Madoc ap Rhodri ap Gwyn," continued Sokka, who wasn't really Morgan ap Daffyd ap Gwion ap Hywell Ap Ifor ap Madoc ap Rhodri ap Gwyn. But that wasn't the point.

"We'll feast you on mutton and harp for your pleasure

And give you a place to sleep out of the cold," added Iroh benevolantly.

"Or maybe we'll meet you out on the dark roadway

And rob you of horses and weapons and gold," maybe that wasn't really Zuko's style, but he sang it anyway, in order to escape.

"My neighbor from Fire Nation has come across raiding

Slain six of my kinsmen and burned down my hall," this was Bumi, sounding very melancoly.

"It cannot be borne this offense and injustice

I've only killed four of his, last I recall." Aang was sniggering slightly as he sang this, but still managed to get it across.

"I'll send for my neighbors, Llewellyn and Owain

We'll cut him down as for the border he rides," Katara was sounding as warlike as possible, and very unlike herself.

"But yesterday Owain stole three of my cattle

And first I'll retake them and three more besides." Sokka sang this part, managing to seem as if he was replying to his sister's suggestion.

"We need a strong prince to direct our resistance

Heroic, impartial, of noble degree," suggested Iroh.

"My brother's wife's fourth cousin's foster-son, Gruffydd

Is best for the job as I'm sure you'll agree," Zuko offered.

"What matter that Rhys is the old prince's nephew?

He's exiled to Earth Nation and will not return." Bumi informed them.

"I know this for every time boats he is building,

I send my spies money to see that they burn," explained Aang, sounding completely cheerful.

"Last evening my brother and I were at war

Over two feet of land on a boundary we share," Katara told them, completely convincingly.

"But early this morning, I hear he's been murdered

I'll not rest until I avenge him, I swear." Sokka sounded a little dubious at this, but he sang it anyway.

"Yes, we are just plain folk who mind our own business

Honest and loyal and full of good cheer," Iroh certainly was all this, but the people he sung about definitly weren't.

"So if you should wander out by the Water Tribe border," Bumi began.

"Come stop by and meet all the friendly folk here!" Everyone finished the song together.

"Shat ahp een thar," exclaimed a pirate.

"It didn't work," said Sokka sadly.

"Oh, well," replied Iroh. "At least we had fun singing it!"