Chapter 6: The Adventure Begins Part 1


Location: Loveland, Colorado

Elsa Rainelle was really bored; her family went to a family reunion for the summer for at least a month now. Ever since she and Ricky were apart during summer vacation and Johnny in summer school, it's been hard to keep her mind of them. Well for her, she's worry about Ricky. They've been together since they were five years old and now she's worry that her ex/douchebag, perverted, and cheating boyfriend, Dexter Paxton is going to hurt him. She keeps staring out at the window where her family's staying at, even though the resort was fun; it still wasn't strong enough to keep her mind out off of Ricky.

"You still can't get your mind off him, huh Elsa?"

Her train of thought snapped and turned around to see Anna just got back from ski resort.

"No Anna", she replied, "I'm just worry that Dexter is going to do something bad to him."

Anna began to sigh in annoyance.

"Sis, you know better than to think like that. Johnny and I help Ricky to become stronger and more athletic to kick that douchebag Paxton's butt."

Elsa giggled at her little sister's tomboy talk. Though, she was right; Johnny and Anna have been helping Ricky to be stronger, by attending him to some martial arts class and attend some sports at school so he can defend himself when Dexter or his goons are around.

"You're right Anna, I'm sorry."

Anna went up to her and gave her a hug.

"Hey, don't be. If anything happens to him, Johnny will be there when he's out of summer school."

Just then, Anna's iPhone began to buzz repeatedly. Anna quickly grabbed her phone from her pocket to see who was calling her. It was Johnny.

"Who is it?" Elsa asked.

"It's Johnny" Anna replied.

Anna then quickly clicked the answer button to see what Johnny wants.

"Hey Johnny Boy, what's up", she said. (Johnny Boy was Johnny's nickname that Anna gave to him.)

"Anna, you're not going to believe this", he yelled through the speakers.

"Whoa Johnny, slow down. You're making my ears bleed!" she retorted.

"Where's Elsa, is she with you?"

Anna turned around to see Elsa is still behind her.

"Yeah she's with me, why?"

"Put your phone on speaker", he said, "Both of you need to here this."

Anna then quickly pressed the speaker mode on and placed it on the coffee table.

"Ok Johnny, what is it? Why does my sister need to hear this?"

Elsa then went up to her sister to see what's the matter.

"I'm here Jonathan" Elsa said, "What's wrong?"

Johnny was quiet for a few seconds, and then he started to choke.

"I-it's Ricky. H-h-he's dead."

The girls suddenly began to gasp in horror and in disbelief.


"Hey, Aang" Sokka said, "Have you seen my blubbered seal jerky?"

Aang turned around with a surprised look on his face.

"Wait that was food. Ricky and I used it to start a fire, sorry about that", he said with a smile on his face.

"You WHAT?!" he yelled, "No wonder why the fire smelled so good."

He hung his head in disbelief to hear that all his all-time favorite (probably his only) food was gone. Aang then turned around to see they're heading towards the mountain range.

"The Patola Mountains, we're almost home", Aang said cheerfully.

Katara, started to worry about Aang; she feels like that Aang is going to be shock to that the airbenders are now extinct. She then turned to see Ricky still sleeping since they left the beach. She started to smile to know that he's willing to help.


Flashback

Aang, Katara, and Sokka explained to him about everything what they're going to do; go to the Southern Air Temple, ask Aang's old mentor Monk Gyasto, and see they could help Ricky to get back home. Ricky thought it was a great plan, but thought it would be impossible since they have no idea about parallel universes and how the monks would help them.

"I just have one question", he said.

"What is it", Aang asked.

"Who hit me in the back of my head?"

The three kids were silent for a moment, until Aang and Katara turned their heads towards Sokka with a grimace look on their face.

"What?"

"Sokka thought that you were a Fire Nation spy, so he threw his boomerang at you and then you knocked out", Katara explained.

Ricky then turned around to see Sokka began to grow unease.

"That was a day ago, could we just forget about and say it was a misunderstanding?" Sokka asked.

Then, the three kids turned around and Ricky began to crack his knuckles. Sokka began to gulp.

End of Flashback


Katara then snapped out of her head when Aang that they have arrived.

"Ricky, wake up! We're here", Aang said excitedly.

Ricky slowly opening his eyes to see Aang's face right in front of him. Ricky then grunted and then turned around.

"Not now mom, it's Saturday. Let me sleep." He murmured.

Aang then made a pouty face, but then he began to have a sinister plan. He quickly went to Sokka and started whispering into his ear.

"Sokka, now's your chance to get even with him."

Sokka then smiled devilishly and quickly grabbed his boomerang and started touching Ricky's face with it.

"Ricky, there's a deadly scorpion spider on your face", he whispered.

Ricky's face began to twitch, he then reach out hoping to make whatever is touching him stop. He then felt Aang's staff and quickly whack Sokka's head with it. Sokka started to drop his boomerang and began screaming his head off. Aang and Katara began to laugh hysterically to see Sokka in great pain.

"Leave me alone Johnny, I'm trying to sleep", he murmured angrily.

Then, Katara started to have an idea. She then went up to Ricky's ear and started to whisper something, that Aang and Sokka didn't hear.

"Ricky, wake up. It's morning", she whispered.

Ricky then turned around and slowly opening his eyes. He tried to adjust his eyes, due to the light, to see who it was.

"E-Elsa" he said, "I-is that you?"

"Morning sleepy head" Katara said cheerfully, "Time to wake up."

Ricky began to get up and then slowly yawn and stretch his legs and arms. When his eye's started to adjust, he started to see that he was still on Appa's saddle and then he began to blush lobster red.

"K-Katara?!" he yelled, "I'm so sorry, I thought you were my girlfriend."

Ricky then covered his mouth when he realized what he just said. The two kids, excluding Aang, stared at him like he's nuts.

"You have a girlfriend", Sokka asked.

Ricky then sighed and started nodding his head.

Katara gasped in excitement, while Sokka looked at him dumbfounded.

"You got to tell us about her", Katara said.

Ricky started to blush even more into a ruby red. It wasn't long till they finally made towards the ground. Ricky then quickly jumped off of the saddle first, trying to forget about what just happened. Aang then went towards Ricky and put his hand on his shoulders.

"Hey, don't worry about it", said Aang, "We'll get you home. This I vow."

Ricky then smiled at his friend and then began to look at the temple. It was similar to the Cambodian Temples in New Guinea, but it still has its' color and no trees were growing out of the buildings. Ricky whistled at the sight.

"Wow, this looks just like the Cambodian Temples at my world, except for there are no trees coming out of the ground."

Sokka and Katara looked at each other and then towards Ricky.

"You're from another world, I don't think that's possible" Sokka said unconvinced.

Ricky then turned around and gave him a "no-really" face.

"Then explained my clothing then Pony Man", he retorted calmly.

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Sokka yelled.

Ricky rolled his eyes and then looked back at the temple. He started to wonder around and saw Aang looking at the distance, feeling depress.

"Hey Aang, you okay?"

Aang didn't turned around, he just stared out into space.

"This place use to be populated with monks, lemurs, and bison. But now…" Aang then let out a sigh, "There's nothing but weeds… I still can't believe everything has changed."

There was silence for a few minutes till Sokka then let out a fake cough to break the awkward moment.

"So, uh this Air Ball game", he said, "How do you play it?"

Aang then turned around with a happy look on his face. Ricky and Katara decided to watch the two playing against each other. Sokka tried to concentrate to stop the ball from entering his goal. Aang then swirled an airball inside a hollow ball and began to kick it with intense force. The ball started to hit some of the poles, then knocked Sokka off of his pole. He then plummet to the ground, covered in snow and dirt. Ricky then began to laugh so hard; he started to draw tears from his eyes. Katara then began to laugh with him. Sokka started to grumble a few words, until something caught his eyes. It was a Fire Nation helmet. Sokka gasped in horror, worried that Aang will see it.

"Katara, you might want to see this."

Katara began to walk towards Sokka, leaving Aang and Ricky behind.

"So, can I try" Ricky asked.

"Okay Sokka, what is it?" Katara said irritated.

"Look at this."

Katara's eyes widen to see the Fire Nation helmet in the snow.

"We have to tell him."

Katara looked at the two boys playing Airball, so far, Aang's winning (as usual).

"Hey Aang, I want to show you something."

Aang and Ricky went down their poles to see what Katara wanted. Katara then quickly bend the snow to cover the helmet, but some of it also got on Sokka.

"What is it", Aang asked.

Katara had to come with an excuse, so Aang doesn't find out.

"I uh, I wanted to show you my waterbending", she lied.

Aang at her curiosity, but he shrugged it off.

"Ok, but you need to keep practicing more."

Aang started to wonder off, leaving the three teenagers behind. Ricky looked Katara suspiciously.

"Katara, what's going on?"

Katara didn't look at him; she then let out a sigh and told Ricky everything. Ricky was shocked to hear that Katara would do such a thing. But then again, he would do the same. He began rubbing his forehead for a better solution.

"Do you think, that the Fire Nation have some areal support?"

"No, I don't think so", Katara said.

"And besides", Sokka replied, "Where in the world can the Fire Nation get to the top of a mountain, did they started growing wings?"

Ricky rolled his eyes, knowing that Sokka was being sarcastic as usual, so he left the two siblings behind to find Aang.

"Hey guys, you got to come see this", Aang hollered.

The three kids began to see what Aang found, to see a very old statue.

"Hey Aang, who's that?" Ricky asked.

Aang turned around with a smile on his face.

"That's Monk Gyatso, the greatest airbender in the world."

Aang turned around to see his mentor's statue. He closed his eyes' to remember the good old times he had with him.


Flashback

Monk Gyatso starting making some fruit pies, so he can help Aang to get his mind off the Avatar business.

"The true secret Aang is inside the gooey center."

Monk Gyatso placed his cakes outside to be cooled off. He turned around to see Aang was staring out into space.

"Aang, would mind telling me what's wrong", he asked.

Aang snapped out of the train of thought and looked at his old mentor.

"It's about this whole Avatar thing", he said, "What if it's a mistake?"

"Aang, the only thing is a mistake is that they weren't supposed to tell you until you were sixteen", he replied.

"How will I know if I'm ready?" Aang asked worriedly.

Monk Gyatso sighed, knowing that this is getting out of hand, but then he began to remember about the prophecy 400 years ago.

"When the four-hundred year of the comet arrives, the Avatar will have unexpected allies from another world, by the hands of the Alpha-Omega King."

He knew that this has to do with Avatar Kyoshi and her mysterious ally. No one remembers the name of the mysterious ally, but they knew that the two prevented a threat long forgotten in time. He told Aang this story about a couple of times to tell him, that maybe it could happen.

"Why don't you help me with these cakes Aang, ok?" he suggested.

Aang began to smile, knowing what he meant by that. The two airbenders began to form their airball, as Gyatso began counting, they launched the cakes towards the other monks, who were meditating. The cakes hit the monks on top of their heads, making the lemurs to attack them. The two monks began to laugh together, seeing that their prank was a success.

End of Flashback


Aang laughed at the memories with his mentor, but it soon started to fade away. He slowly walked away from the statue, and began heading towards to the temple.

"Aang, where are you going", Katara asked.

Aang then turned around, with a small grin.

"I'm going to see someone."

"But how, no one can survive this place for a hundred years", Katara retorted.

Aang knew that if he survived in an iceberg for a century, then his people could survive.

"Well, if I survived in an iceberg, then they could too."

Katara thought about it for a moment, then she agreed with him. Sokka and Ricky followed the two kids for a few minutes. They finally appeared in front of a large door, with three large swirly circles in front of it. Ricky whistled at the remarkable beauty on the door.

"So, where do we find the key", Sokka asked, seeing that opening the door would be impossible.

"The key Sokka", Aang said, "Is airbending."

Aang took a deep breath, and blew the wind into a pipe that was in the center of the three circles. The door quickly unlocked itself and it slowly opened. The kids watch to see nothing but complete darkness inside the large room.

"Hello, is anyone there?"

No answer, they began to enter inside the empty room.


Zuko is extremely ticked off for three main reasons: One is that son of a b*tch, Admiral Zhao is taking away his opportunity to hunt down the Avatar. Two is that he is afraid that he will no longer get back his honor from his father for two years. And three is that now that there is that weird looking boy can bend blue fire and is now helping the Avatar. He still wanted to know how that boy can bend that fire and WHERE did he come from. Iroh was just sipping his tea, calmly thinking about the young boy. It's been a few weeks since he seen him, if only he could know more about him.

"I still can't believe that this is happening! Commander Zhao should not take this away from me!" Zuko said angrily.

Iroh still didn't say anything; he began to sip his tea, trying to forget everything that happened today. All he's worry about is that young boy, Ricky.

"Now General Iroh", Zhao said entering in their door, "Now I've heard that there is a boy that can bend blue fire. Is that correct?"

Iroh knew that he can't lie to the admiral, but he can't allow Zhao to hurt him. Better safe than sorry.

"Yes Commander", he said plainly.

"Well", he said grinning viscously, "And I thought that only Azula can bend blue fire."

"Well, if there is a kid that can bend blue fire and is also helping the Avatar, then this means that the Avatar will be now be able to bend fire."

Zuko already knew this before Commander Zhao mentioned it. He can't stand this guy any longer; he marched out of the office leaving Commander Zhao and General Iroh behind.


"Where's the meat? All I'm seeing is just statues" Sokka complained.

Ricky ignored Sokka's complaints, looking at what like a memorial of different types of people. Some of them wear long robe with some spiked armor; others wore what looked like samurai uniforms. He saw some monk statues and some wear Eskimo jackets. He was amazed by the details on the statues.

"Wow, these statues are amazing", Ricky whistled.

Aang turned around and smiled at him.

"Thanks Ricky."

Katara nodded her head in agreement; she has to admit the statues do look real.

"Hey Aang, do you know who these guys are?"

Aang shook his head, "Nope."

"Those people are the previous Avatar's before you."

Aang, Ricky, and Sokka looked at her with surprise and dumbfounded.

"Really", Aang asked, "That's so awesome."

"Do you really believe this stuff Ricky?" Sokka asked in disbelief.

Ricky shrugged his shoulder, still looking at the statues. To him, it's kind of reminds him of the regenerating of the Doctor from Doctor Who.

"This is amazing", Aang replied.

Aang explained that the Avatar is reborn to different nations: water, earth, fire, and air. Ricky started to see Aang staring at last statue that is a firebender for at least 30 seconds. This starting to creep him out, so he tapped Aang's shoulders for at least three times, then he starting yelling into his ear.

"AANG, WAKE UP!"

Aang was finally snapped out of his trains of thought and start to rub his right ear.

"Ow, sorry Ricky. Guess I spaced out a bit." Aang answered while he's rubbing his ear.

"Sorry", Ricky said rubbing the back of his head, "You started to creep me out by staring into that statue."

Aang slightly chuckled, he didn't know what happened, but he feels like he knows the old guy. He turned around back at the statue for a few seconds.

"That's Avatar Roku, the Avatar before me." Aang said.

Ricky raised his eyebrow, and began to stare at the statue.

"How'd you know who he is?"

Aang shrugged, "I don't know."

Then out of nowhere, they heard a sound. They turned around to see a shadow coming towards them. They started hiding behind the statues; Sokka got his boomerang ready in a battle stance.

"Everybody, be quiet. Don't make a sound", Sokka whisper to them.

"YOU'RE making a sound", Katara retorted.

The three boys shushed her as the shadow grows bigger and bigger. Ricky hoping that who was here, they will get out of here alive.

To be continued…