Aang- So then he said-
/sighs/ Aang is telling me about his life at the Air Temple before he was trapped in the iceberg. He talks a lot. At least he isn't planning ways to escape. Well, he's busy, so I'll say it: I don't own Avatar the Last Airbender.
Aang- Are you listening?
Yes, yes, go on... and the rest of you, enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 7- Helping Things Along
They slept in what was left of a building that night. They woke up the next morning to the sun in their eyes, already warming the cool morning. Aang sat up, rubbing his eyes and looking around. "Where's Kosho?" he asked, noticing the absence of the Airbender.
"Right here!' Kosho chirped from behind him. Mick and Aika were with her. Aika shifted shyly, looking over at Sokka.
"You guys hungry?" Mick asked the kids, "We've got plenty to eat, trust me"
"You do?" Katara asked, surprised, "That's weird, the Fire Nation destroyed everything, but left you food?"
"Well…" Mick wasn't sure what to say, "We got lucky, I guess"
"Well, I'm hungry", Sokka said at once, "So lets eat!"
Katara shook her head. She couldn't help but be a little suspicious of Mick though. She felt like there was something Mick wasn't telling them. She brushed it off as unimportant though. He was helping them, wasn't he? She shook off the weird feeling and followed her friends out of the building.
General Shayai listened to his spies recount of everything that had happened in the day. "The Avatar and his friends are still in the village", one of them, a boy said, "They helped us out a lot, but you said you wanted a report if we saw him…"
"You've down well", Shayai said silkily, "Continue to please me, and perhaps I shall leave what remains of your village alone"
The boys eyes flashed, "You said if we helped you wouldn't destroy our home!" he cried, "You can't just go back on your deal now!"
Shayai laughed, "You're playing with fire dear boy", he scoffed, "If you are not careful, you will be burned"
The boys shoulder's sagged, a look of pure disappointment on his face. "And besides", Shayai continued, "You wouldn't want anything to happen to your dear sister, now would you?"
"Leave Aika alone!" the boy yelled, moving in front of the young girl, "Don't you dare hurt her!"
"Continue to follow my orders", Shayai said icily, "and I won't"
"Good job boy!" Aang yelled to Appa, "Okay, a little more to the left Kosho, a little more…no, okay, to the right…no, my right…no your right…wait a minute…"
"Aang!" Kosho yelled from her seat on Appa, "Make up your mind would you!"
"Hang on a sec!" he gave a stupendous jump and hopped lightly onto Appa, grabbed the reigns from Kosho, and steered to the right, finally getting the board positioned in the right spot. Kosho glared at him for a second, then took Appa's reigns back.
"Okay", Aang said as he landed back down on the ground, next to Katara, "Looks pretty good, wouldn't you say?"
"For only one day of work", Katara said, "We sure did get far"
"We can't stay here to long", Sokka reminded them, "We should probably leave in the morning"
"You're leaving already", asked a voice from behind them. Mick had been listening to their conversation.
"We're still spending one more night here", Kosho assured him, "It doesn't make sense to leave now, we'll go maybe a couple miles and then have to just set up camp, true?"
"True", Sokka said, "Okay, one more night, but we leave in the morning!"
Okay, okay, I had something else planned for this chapter, but I'm cutting it short, sorry. Anyway, I'll update as soon as I get the chance. Oh, and a Merry Christmas to you all if I don't update this or Book 2 next Sunday