More Than One Lifetime

Chapter 4: The Maker

Intro: Avatar: The Last Airbender Opening

"Water…"

"Earth…"

"Fire…"

"Air…"

"Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Aang. And although his airbending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But I believe Aang can save the world!"

"Oh, and Sonic's here too."

"Hey!"


Oh boy, well everything has escalated quickly, huh? From Aang getting revealed as the Avatar, bright lights shooting into the sky, the Fire Nation attacking the South Pole, and Katara getting captured, a lot has happened. Because of Katara being captured, it was up to Aang, Sokka, and Sonic to get her back. They were currently flying on Appa, with Aang trying to go as fast as possible.

"I think I see the ship!" Sonic said, pointing to Zuko's ship that was by a lot of other Fire Nation ships. Honestly, they looked so identical that you really couldn't even tell the difference.

"But they all look the same!" Sokka exclaimed, getting frustrated at how all of the ships looked similar to each other. "How do we know if he stopped here?!"

With Sokka and Sonic talking, Aang looked to see what they were flying over. It was an Earth Kingdom village, but the Fire Nation was crawling all over it. They had taken over the village long ago, and that was evident by the amount of soldiers that were currently there. This served as yet another reminder for Aang that this happened while he was gone for 100 years. His face looked saddened by this sight, Sonic soon noticing the look on his friend's face and put a hand on his shoulder.

"You doing okay?" Sonic asked, Aang nodding no.

"No… I mean, just look at what's happened to this village. All of this is possible because of me being gone." Aang replied sadly.

"You can't change the past, Aang. What's done is done, and the important thing now is that you're back to end this war, with some help of course." Sonic told him, smirking as Sokka listened in on the conversation.

"Oh yeah, because I totallyyyy joined you guys to have some fireballs being shot at me." Sokka added, his signature sarcasm showing. He knew that it couldn't be helped at this point, but it is what it is. He tried to see where they could possibly land, his eyes widening once he saw an open area on shore.

"I think we can land there without the Fire Nation seeing us." Sokka pointed to the area he was talking about, Aang now directing Appa to land there. Once they landed, Aang, Sokka, and Sonic peeked over a rock, seeing that there were multiple Fire Nation soldiers on guard.

Trying to figure out when to move, Sokka would devise a plan. "Alright. If we can just sneak past them when they're not looking, we should be good. We have to wait for the right moment, though."

Sonic and Aang gave a nod, the trio now moving as quiet as humanly possible whenever the soldiers turned their backs. Once they made it past the initial security, they were able to enter the village. The people of the village honestly looked lifeless and uninspired, which brought a frown to the trio's faces, especially Aang's.

During their frowning, they noticed an old lady walking towards them. She was most likely the elder of the village, as nobody looked older than her. The elder wasn't coming to talk to the trio, though, she only wanted to take a nice little walk on the beach. "Oh, how I wish things would go back to the good old days…" she said, continuing to go to the beach, not planning to stop.

However, it would be the gaang that would stop her right in her tracks.

"Excuse me," Aang said, getting the attention of the elder. "I don't mean to interrupt your walking, but my friends and I have a question."

"What's your question, young ones?" the elder replied, but then she took a longer look at Aang. "Oh my, those are airbender tattoos, aren't they? I haven't seen an airbender in 100 years."

Aang raised an eybrow. "You haven't seen an airbender in 100 years?" He thought that was blasphemy. The airbenders still exist just like every other bender in this world… At least, he thought they did. Instead of expanding on this, however, Aang knew the main goal was to find Katara. "There was a friend of ours that was captured by the Fire Nation. She's from the Water Tribe. Any chance you've seen her?" Aang asked.

The elder thought about it, rubbing her chin. "I think I have seen your friend." The elder confirmed, with Sokka butting in.

"Really?! Where is she?!"

"She's most likely being held in the Fire Nation prison that's not too far from here." The elder said, now raising an eyebrow. "You don't plan on breaking her out, do you?"

"I mean, we wouldn't be asking if we weren't planning on it." Sonic told her, the elder just now turning her attention to the blue blur. Her eyes widened out of shock, not expecting to see a talking blue hedgehog today.

"Oh my goodness! Are you a spirit that's come to save us?!" She exclaimed, Sonic groaning in slight annoyance at people being amazed over his appearance again. This would probably last for a long time.

"No, not a spirit. I'm Sonic, Sonic The Hedgehog. And these are my friends, Aang and Sokka." Sonic told her, being cool about the situation. "But thanks for the info, we appreciate it." Sonic said, now beginning to walk away.

"Wait!" The elder called out, making Sonic stop. "If you plan on going to the Fire Nation prison as you are, they would surround you in seconds! It would be best if you all found some uniforms to wear so you wouldn't draw any suspicion."

"Good point." Aang added. "But uh… Where can we get Fire Nation uniforms?"

"My best guess would be the barracks in the southwest. There should be uniforms there for all three you of you." The elder confirmed, Aang showing a smile.

"Got it," Aang replied, bowing in respect. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." The elder said, bowing in return.

After that, Aang, Sokka, and Sonic were now off to get some uniforms.


In the Fire Nation prison, Katara was still being held by two soldiers, as Zuko would lead the way. They would throw Katara into a cell, locking it.

"Hope you enjoy prison." Zuko told Katara, showing a smirk as they walked away. Katara angrily looked at them as their backs were turned, but then slumped, sighing heavily.

"Great. This is exactly how I wanted to spend my day." Katara sarcastically said.

"Tell me about it." A voice from behind replied, agreeing with Katara. This made Katara turn around, not expecting anybody else to be in this cell at all.

"Who's there?" Katara said, being on guard. The voice could only slightly laugh in response.

"Relax, I'm not going to hurt you." The voice replied, Katara now listening to it better and is now able to tell that it was a girl talking to her. She came out of the shadows with her arms folded, the most notable thing about her being a little tattoo under her left eye. She had long black hair that was tied in a ponytail, brown eyes, a darker skin tone that was similar to Katara's, a dark green mixed with brown Earth Kingdom attire, and a brown hat. At most, she may look to be only a year older than Katara was.

Katara did ease up a bit, but that wouldn't stop her questioning. "Who are you?"

"I'm Lian, and you are?"

"Katara." She replied, her tone now becoming more casual. "Sorry. I'm just a little on edge right now, you know?"

"Understandable." Lian said, now leaning against the wall. "So, what are you in here for?"

Katara sighed, before replying, "Some Fire Nation soldiers made a mistake. They were trying to capture the Avatar, but they captured me instead."

That caught Lian's attention. "The Avatar?" she replied, clearly not fully believing Katara's story. "You sure that you're not hallucinating? The Avatar hasn't been seen in a hundred years, and all of the airbenders were wiped out. I'm sure that the cycle has been broken by now."

"Believe me, that's what I thought too. But my brother and I found the Avatar in an iceberg back at home. I'm from the South Pole if you're wondering where the iceberg part comes from," Katara clarified. "Anyway, it turns out that the Avatar has been trapped in an iceberg for a hundred years. He's an airbender named Aang, and he even has a flying bison!" she exclaimed, Lian blinking in response.

She still wasn't sure if she fully believed the story, but as far as she knew, there wasn't any other reason why Katara would be here right now. "Really? So, the Avatar is truly back, huh?"

"He is." Katara said, smiling. "For the first time in a long time, it's like I have hope again. I was the last waterbender in the whole South Pole because of the war. The Fire Nation captured every last waterbender… and my mom sacrificed herself so I could live." Saying her story, it was obvious that those events still hit Katara hard. Lian looked at Katara with sadness and concern.

"I'm so sorry, Katara."

They stayed silent for a moment, the events replaying in Katara's mind for a bit. She took a deep breath, preventing herself from crying. Once she pulled herself together, she looked at Lian.

"Anyway… Uh, what are you in here for?"

Just like Katara, Lian remained silent, looking down at the ground. It wouldn't take long for her to explain her story as well, though.

"I've always been skilled in making machines. I guess you could say that I was seen as a prodigy of some sorts. The Fire Nation soon got word of my supposed talents and captured me. They took me away from my home, my family, my friends… I haven't seen them in so long." She replied sadly, Katara now being the one that looked concerned.

"Ever since they captured me, I've been forced into making machines for them. This has been my reality for so long that I gave up hope a long time ago." Lian explained, closing her eyes. "So, when you say the Avatar has returned, I'm going to have to see it to believe it."

"Trust me, I'm sure you're gonna see him." Katara said, coming closer to Lian and placing a hand on her shoulder.


We come back to Aang, Sokka, and Sonic who were near the barracks, sneaking their way inside due to Sokka leading them in the right direction. Once they were inside, Sonic and Aang were about to rush in. Before that happened, though, Sokka extended his arm out, telling them to wait without actually saying it.

They saw a group of Fire Nation soldiers getting lectured by their boss, waiting to see how this would turn out.

"Fire Nation soldiers must be in top physical condition!" The leader of the soldiers said, walking slowly as he looked at all of his soldiers that were in line. There were three shorter soldiers who were coincidentally Aang's, Sokka's, and Sonic's height. One of these soldiers was picking his nose, which disgusted the leader.

"This INCLUDES personal hygiene! Fire Nation soldiers do not tire, they do not fail," The leader paused, his eyes now widening at the sudden stench he smelled. He instantly realized that this was coming from the trio of soldiers he just yelled at.

"And they do not SMELL!"

His frustration was growing.

"Rectify this…"

The leader would then turn to the smelly trio, getting right in their faces.

"IMMEDIATELY!"

That's when all of the soldiers scrambled around, especially the trio that was yelled at. Sokka looked at the trio that was about their height go into a separate room. Once the coast was clear, he told Aang and Sonic in a whisper, "Go! Go!"

That's when they would make their move, running up the stairs as they saw the smelly trio go into their room to change.

"Do you think he meant we smell?"

"It was you he meant!"

"He was talking about both of you!"

As the soldiers were arguing, they heard the door close behind them. When they looked to see why the door would magically close on them, they saw that Aang, Sokka, and Sonic were now inside their room, all having intense looks on their faces. You could hear a pencil drop by how silent it became, the smelly soldiers now gulping.

"Uh oh."

That's when a lot of ruckus would be caused, a bunch of yelling and screaming happening as the three soldiers were getting jacked by Aang, Sokka, and Sonic. A lot of banging could be heard, and after a while, the soldiers got knocked out, being stripped of their uniforms.

All of the uniforms fit perfectly. Aang put a helmet on his head to cover his arrow, just in case if anybody saw it suspicious that a soldier had airbending tattoos. Sonic tried to put on a helmet due to his hedgehog appearance. He somehow got the helmet on, but it was giving him so much pain to keep it on, and it was clear that he hated this by his face. When they put the uniforms on, Sokka smelled himself, his eyes becoming wide as he covered his nose. "BLAH! These uniforms stink! Do these guys ever take a shower?!"

Aang smelled himself too, and once he did, he fell back in classical anime fashion, the stench almost knocking him out. When Sonic smelled himself, his face became green, feeling like he was about to throw up.

"Never doing this again…" Sonic said.

"Agreed." Aang replied, slowly getting back up.

With the gaang trying to get themselves together, now it was time for the next step. "At least we can walk around freely without sneaking around all the time. Now, we gotta get to the prison." Sokka told them, Sonic and Aang saying, "Right!" in unison.


Back at the prison, Katara's and Lian's cell would open up, a Fire Nation soldier now looking at Lian. "Come on, Lian. It's time to work."

Lian groaned, but knowing she couldn't do anything about it, she reluctantly walked out of her cell.

"Wait, Lian!" Katara yelled.

"Don't worry about me, Katara. I'll be fine." Lian said, the soldier locking the cell and was now taking her away. Katara became frustrated, sitting down as she felt completely helpless right now.


Aang, Sokka, and Sonic were walking back into the Earth Kingdom village, hearing the complaints of the villagers.

"Did you hear that they raised the taxes again?"

"This place just doesn't feel like home anymore…"

"It hasn't felt like home in a long time."

These were only a few of the complaints that they heard, but no one took it harder than Aang, for obvious reasons of course. It took a minute, but they finally made it to the Fire Nation prison. At first glance, their jaws literally dropped to the ground, being shell shocked by how big it was.

"How the heck are we supposed to find Katara in this stupidly sized stupid prison?!" Sokka yelled out in irritation, his eyes starting to twitch.

"There's only one way to find her, and that's to keep on moving." Aang replied, the three now rushing inside. Once they made it, they saw how many people were locked up in cells. Villagers, Earth Kingdom soldiers, people of all kinds were here. Sonic and Sokka continued to run, until Aang stopped them.

"Wait, guys." Aang told them, the two now turning back to him. "I know we came here to find Katara, but I wouldn't feel right if all of these people remained as prisoners after we found her. We would be leaving them behind."

"There's no time for that, Aang!" Sokka exclaimed. "This place is crawling with Fire Nation, and we've been here long enough as it is!"

Aang wouldn't agree. "But we can't just leave them to die like this!"

Sokka sighed. He knew that this mission was gonna bring some trouble. "Look, Aang. I know you feel bad over what's happened in the past 100 years since you've been gone, but you gotta realize that you can't save everybody!"

All of a sudden, that's when Sonic would speed off, grabbing the key of the warden and unlocked every cell in the freaking prison. The warden didn't even realize his key was gone until he noticed that all the cells were now unlocked.

"WHAT THE?!"

Now it's turned into a full on prison riot, the Earth Kingdom soldiers now fighting against the Fire Nation soldiers. As soon as it happened, Sonic sped back to the same spot he was at with Aang and Sokka, spinning the key around with the largest smirk on his face.

"Fact check: You can't save everybody unless you have an otherworldly fast blue hedgehog on your side to help you." Sonic stated, looking at Aang's and Sokka's faces, as he couldn't help but to laugh out loud. Aang already knew about Sonic's speed, but Sokka had no clue that he was that fast.

"Could you always do that?!"

"Oh yeah, I was born with it." Sonic said casually. "Now come on! I'm sure Katara was in one of these cells!" he said, suddenly grabbing Aang's and Sokka's hands, speeding off. Both of them were yelling due to how fast Sonic was going, but Sokka had the loudest and most ridiculous yell. Speeding by all the chaos in the riot, they finally made it to Katara's cell.

"Katara!" the three called out. Katara looked up and ran out of her cell, hugging all three of them at once.

"I knew you guys would come!" Katara said, smiling during the hug. When they stopped the hug, Sokka wanted to check on his sister.

"Everything good?! Are you hurt?!" Sokka exclaimed.

"I'm fine." Katara told her brother.

"Good! Well, that's all in a day's work, so I guess we can finally leave now!" Sokka said, pointing to the top but Katara would stop him.

"Wait! We can't leave yet!" Katara said, making Sokka slump.

"Why not?"

"I was in the cell with a girl called Lian. Apparently, the Fire Nation has been forcing her to make machines for them to help them win the war! We gotta get her back!" Katara declared, making Sonic's, Aang's, and Sokka's eyes widen.

"Oh man, that's no good!" Sonic replied.

"Definitely no good!" Aang agreed. "Where'd she go?"

"A soldier took her down this passage," Katara replied, pointing down to a passage that would lead to a separate room from all the cells.

"Oh great, a random passage that apparently leads to another random room where random fireballs are gonna be shot at me!" Sokka yelled, his palm being slammed on his forehead.

Katara then noticed something was off. She started to smell a stench, and covered her nose. "Ew! What's that smell?!"

Sonic, Sokka, and Aang all looked at the Fire Nation uniforms they stole, knowing exactly what the stench was. They immediately took off the uniforms, Aang now blasting them away with his airbending.

"Let's get Lian, and then we can get outta here!" Aang said, as he, Sonic, and Katara went down the passage. Sokka could only groan in annoyance.

"Oh yeah, let's continue to stay in this Fire Nation prison. Great plan." Sokka said sarcastically, following the gaang.


After going through the passage, the gaang were now in a large room. Lian was in the corner, looking like she was indeed making some type of machine. When she heard footsteps, she turned around, seeing that not only Katara was there, but others as well. She thought she was seeing things when she saw Sonic, and had to double check when she saw Aang.

It was safe to say that she couldn't believe her eyes.

"Unbelievable… So the Avatar has returned." She said in amazement.

"Lian!" Katara cried out, smiling. "We're gonna bust you outta here!"

"Not on my watch."

The gaang turned to the voice that spoke, seeing that it came from the middle. When they saw who it was, it was a certain banished prince who's been waiting for them this whole time, opening his eyes from his meditation.

The gaang all got into their fighting stances, now knowing that Zuko was here.

"Took you guys long enough." Zuko said, getting up as he got into his own stance.

BGM: Avatar: The Last Airbender – Agni Kai

They were having a staring contest for a minute, it seemed like. Although, that staring contest would be broken due to Zuko throwing the first punch, sending a fireblast at the gaang. Aang would send it the other way with his staff, the fireblast hitting the prison instead as a large explosion could be heard.

Sonic sped out in front, getting at point blank range and used a trick that he learned from Shadow. He would roundhouse kick Zuko, making the prince skid across the ground. Zuko became angered by this, seeing that it was Sonic who did that.

"I have no idea who or what you are, but you're getting on my nerves, freak!" Zuko said, the freak part referring to Sonic being a hedgehog. Zuko got up and started firing multiple fireballs at Sonic, the blue hedgehog yawning in response as he effectively dodged every one of them.

"You're too slow!" Sonic said, having the full intention of getting on Zuko's nerves even more. Zuko would only become angrier, this time bringing his hands together and struck the floor, the fire coming closer to Sonic at a rapid pace.

"Uh oh, that's not good!" Sonic yelled, jumping high in the air as he watched the floor turn into flames for a short moment.

With Sonic momentarily being out of the way, Zuko would set his sights on Aang. Running right towards him, Zuko's fists would become lit with flames, now sending multiple punches. This caused Aang to constantly be on the defensive, trying to find the right moment to strike during his constant dodging, but he wasn't able to find the right time to counter. "Whoa!" Aang said, dodging one's of Zuko's punches Matrix-style by leaning back, escaping the hit by the skin of his teeth.

"I got you, Aang! HAAAAAAA!" Sokka yelled, but then was stopped by Katara.

"Sokka, wait! I don't have any water to attack with!" Katara told him, Sokka stopping. He threw Katara a pouch that was filled with water. She caught it and looked at it.

"Thank Gran Gran for that one!" Sokka told her, now rushing to attack Zuko to help Aang out. He brought out his club, shouting, "AHHHHHHH, SNEAK ATTAAAAAACK!"

Of course, yelling out sneak attack while you're trying to sneak attack makes the 'sneak' part essentially useless. Zuko was able to tell that Sokka was coming, as he stopped attacking Aang and used Sokka's momentum against him. Zuko would throw Sokka's body off course, his face hitting the floor as he slid all over the place, Sokka's constant grunts being able to be heard.

"Sneak attacks don't work when you yell them out like that, Sokka!" Aang shouted.

"Oh, shut up!" Sokka shouted back, not wanting to hear it. But, Sokka's nonsense did give Aang the opening he needed to attack. Using his staff, he would perform a powerful airbending blast that sent Zuko crashing into the wall.

"That does it!" Zuko was now at his breaking point, dropping to his knees after his back collided with the wall. He got up, his hands once again being filled with fire. By the look on his face, you could tell he was planning to make a big attack.

Katara, feeling the need to take action, started to waterbend from her pouch. At this point in the timeline, she was very inexperienced when it came to waterbending. She would have moments of greatness here and there, but then she would also have moments of failure.

This would be one of those moments.

When Katara tried to send a water attack at Zuko, she ended up shooting it in Sokka's way, the water turning to ice as it reached his feet, locking him in place. "Katara!" Sokka shouted in frustration, feeling like the universe was officially against him at this point.

"Sorry!" Katara replied. Yeah, she needed to find a master soon.

"ENOUGH!" Zuko yelled at the top of his lungs, combining his two fists to create a massive amount of fire, as it looked like a flamethrower of some sorts. It was coming straight for Aang, the Avatar looking like a deer caught in headlights as this attack looked like it was coming for him at rapid speeds that wouldn't give him enough time to dodge.

"Aang, look out!" Sonic said, landing back on the ground and pushed Aang out the way.

But that means Sonic would take the blow for Aang instead.

When Aang realized what happened, his eyes widened out of shock. "SONIC!"

With the flamethrower-like attack hitting Sonic, it blasted him away and sent him flying across the room. Katara instantly ran to his side to check on him. "Sonic!" she yelled, flipping his body on his back. He wasn't knocked out, but you could tell he was hurt.

Sokka looked on, feeling helpless since he was still stuck in this ice. "Oh man…" he said, the impact of that attack not looking good.

Aang only stood there, feeling like he was losing his sanity by the passing second. Suddenly, the air around the room felt more intense, Aang now clenching his fists as an air sphere started to form around him. Not only that, but his tattoos began to glow repeatedly, along with his eyes.

You guys know what that means!

BGM: Avatar: The Last Airbender – Avatar State

With his tattoos and eyes fully glowing, Aang has now entered the Avatar State. As Aang rose into the air, Zuko felt like he saw his life flash before his eyes. His jaw dropped at Aang's sudden display of power, standing completely still and not sure what to do.

With Aang officially losing his mind, he moved his hand one time, but that was all that was needed to create the largest gust of wind Zuko would ever face. He got blown away into a completely different room, where his Uncle Iroh was drinking tea. Zuko body's flying all over the place collided with the table that had Iroh's tea. Luckily, he had already poured it into his teacup before his nephew ruined everything.

"More tea, please!" Iroh said, seemingly unaffected that his nephew just randomly crashed into the room.

Back in the room with the gaang, Katara, Sonic, and Sokka could only watch in amazement as Aang's true power was fully on display.

"No way…" Sonic said, Katara being speechless.

"Remind me to never make that kid angry." Sokka said, being completely serious on his part.

Aang would then blast off, shooting out of the prison as he saw the Earth Kingdom village in its entirety. He saw that there was a large amount of water by the beach, and decided to bend it. A water cyclone formed under him, the people of the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation soldiers being shocked that this was happening.

This dude looked like a literal god.

"FIRE NATION, LEAVE THIS LAND AND NEVER COME BACK!"

Aang's voice sounded scary, and what made it scary wasn't only the glowing tattoos, but it's like there were multiple voices speaking at once. Those were all of his past lives speaking, and it sounded downright horrifying.

The Fire Nation soldiers were scared out of their minds, all of them yelling, "RETREAT! RETREAT!"

Though, Aang wasn't done.

Using the large amount of water he had from his cyclone, he started wiping out anything Fire Nation related. The soldiers had already boarded their ships and were on their way, but Aang didn't care. Any trace that was left of the Fire Nation, Aang wanted to end it.

He saw a Fire Nation symbol covering the Earth Kingdom logo. With one precise strike, Aang used a powerful airbending slice to destroy the Fire Nation symbol, as the Earth Kingdom logo was now able to be seen once again.

Sonic, Katara, and Sokka had made it outside to see all of this transpire. With each passing moment, they became even more amazed at Aang's sheer power. After his work was done, Aang touched back down on the ground, the Avatar State now cutting off as he fell face forward, being unconscious.

They all ran to Aang's side, with Katara calling out his name. "Aang!" She sat by him, holding him up a bit as he started to slowly wake up.

"Oh man… What happened?" Aang asked, feeling woozy.

"You tell us, because you literally completely owned the Fire Nation just now!" Sokka exclaimed.

Sonic held his side, grimacing a bit from that flamethrower attack, but it wasn't a pain that he hasn't experienced before. When you've saved the world as many times as Sonic has, you've seen and been through almost everything.

"Yeah, I got blasted and you went absolutely nuts. How in the world did you do that?" Sonic asked, Aang slowly getting up with the help of Katara.

"I don't know… I guess I just did it?"

"You guess you just did it, huh?" Sokka sighed, that explanation pretty much telling him that Aang didn't even know how it happened. "If you could glow it up like that consistently, we could easily win this war." Sokka told him, Aang not responding because he honestly wasn't sure how.

"We'll talk about Aang glowing it up in more detail later. How about we get outta here now?" Sonic asked, the Gaang agreeing.

It was only then that Katara remembered something.

Lian.

"Wait! Where's Lian?!"

"Don't worry about her, I'm sure she's fine." Sokka told his sister. "The Fire Nation isn't here anymore anyway, so she'll be ay' okay."

Katara looked down. Something didn't feel right in her stomach about not knowing where Lian was, but… The Fire Nation was gone now. Maybe Sokka was right.

"I hope you're right…" Katara muttered.

After everything that's happened, the Gaang would now get back on Appa and fly off, the elder of the village watching the whole thing.

She had now fully realized who Aang was.

"Thank you, Avatar."


BGM: Avatar: The Last Airbender – Safe Return

With the Gaang now flying on Appa, now it was time for Aang to answer some questions. "Aang, why didn't you tell us that you were the Avatar?" Katara asked, Aang looking down as the sun started to shine on them.

"Because… I never wanted to be." Aang spoke truthfully, the sun getting brighter. There was a silence that came over the conversation, the words of Aang sinking into every one of them.

I mean, Sonic already knew Aang's secret, but still.

"But Aang, the world's been waiting for the Avatar to return and finally put an end to this war." Katara told him.

Aang still looked down. "And how am I going to do that?"

Katara thought about it, her eyes lighting up when she reached a conclusion. "According to legend, you need to first master water, then earth, then fire, right?"

Aang looked at her, saying, "That's what the monks told me."

"Well, if we go to the North Pole, you can master waterbending!" Katara told him, making Aang finally smile.

"We can learn it together!" Aang replied, being excited at the idea.

Katara would then turn to Sokka, smirking. "And Sokka, I'm sure you'll get to knock some firebender heads on the way."

Sokka definitely liked the sound of that, a small smile appearing on his face. "I'd like that. I'd really like that."

Finally, Katara would turn to Sonic. "And I'm sure our speedy blue friend from another world would be willing to help?" she asked, showing a smile.

"Is that even a question? Of course I'll help! Not like I got another group of friends to hang out with in this world anyway."

That made the whole Gaang laugh.

"Then we're in this together!" Katara declared.

"All right, but before I learn waterbending, we have some serious business to attend to." Saying this, Aang brings out a scroll and opens it, airbending himself to Katara, Sokka, and Sonic. The scroll seems to be a map of some sorts. He starts pointing to multiple destinations. "Here, here, and here."

"What's there?" Katara asked.

Aang would explain it further. "Here we'll ride the hopping llamas. Then waaaay over here we'll surf on the backs of giant koi fish. Then back over here we'll ride the hog-monkeys. They don't like people riding them, but that's what makes it fun!"

With the Gaang now being set on their new adventure, Appa was flying through the clouds, the shafts of the sunset breaking through the clouds as it shined on the Gaang.

END OF CHAPTER 4: THE MAKER

BGM: Avatar: The Last Airbender – Credits

Aang: Hope you're ready guys! We're going to the Southern Air Temple!

Sonic: Oh man, that's great!

*Sonic leans over to Katara*

Sonic: This is not great! Abort mission, ABORT MISSION!

Katara: Are you sure you wanna go there now, Aang?

Aang: Sure, why not?

Sokka: As long as this Air Temple has food, I'll be straight!

Momo: *Yells*

Next time on More Than One Lifetime!

The Southern Air Temple

Sonic: Oh God, I was hoping this day wouldn't come…

Author's Note: Well guys, there's chapter 4! Anybody get nostalgic to the first Avatar video game? Haha, if you guys played it, then you know what I'm talking about. This chapter was really fun to write. If you like what you read, leave a follow and a favorite! And don't forget to READ AND REVIEW!

Also, side note, this story is connected to my other Sonic and Avatar crossover, Don't Think Twice, The Legend of Korra version. I'll say you guys should read that too. If you're already reading Don't Think Twice, then goodie! A lot of the stuff that's going to happen in this story is going to explain what happens in Don't Think Twice. Anyway, on that note, I'm out! Peace!

P.S. Be safe from the coronavirus. It's getting serious out here. See you guys next chapter!