Sky's POV
Iroh and I went through the water tribe to get to the spirit oasis Once there the moon turned red. That made Iroh and I move faster. We entered the oasis but stayed away from view. Underneath the red moon light basked Zhao and his entourage by the pond in the oasis. "I am..." Zhao started to say as he raised his fist to the heavens, "a legend now! The Fire Nation will for generations tell stories about the great Zhao who darkened the moon! They will call me Zhao the Conqueror! Zhao the Moon Slayer! ZHAO THE INVINCIBLE!" At this moment Momo jumped onto Zhao's head and started to pull at his face and chittered. Zhao yelled out, "Huh! Get it off! Get it off!" Momo flied off as the guards surrounded Zhao to help him. He landed on an outstretched arm – Aang's arm. Appa has landed and the kids square off against Zhao and his men.
"Don't bother!" Zhao warned them. Zhao raised his arms to show them the bag with the Moon Spirit in it and showed them his fist next to it. Ready to shoot fire at it. Aang dropped his staff and raised his hands in surrender. Aang then shout over the pond, "Zhao! Don't!" Zhao replied with, "It's my destiny... to destroy the Moon... and the Water Tribe." Aang stated back, "Destroying the moon won't just hurt the Water Tribe. It will hurt everyone – including you. Without the moon, everything would fall out of balance. You have no idea what kind of chaos that would unleash on the world." Iroh and I stepped about of hiding spot for Iroh to say, "He is right, Zhao!" Iroh and I, Aang and Zhao made a triangle around the pond. Zhao replied in a bored, lecturing tone, "General Iroh, why am I not surprised to discover your treachery?"
Iroh who lowered his hood. I kept my clock hood up cause it's cold. IT'S THE NORTH POLL! Even in an oasis. They make it seem so warm but it's not. It's not. Iroh said, "I'm no traitor, Zhao, the Fire Nation needs the moon too. We all depend on the balance." Zhao was still holding his fist to the bag. Iroh pointed a finger at Zhao and thunders... "Whatever you do to that spirit I'll unleash on you ten-fold!" He assumed a firebending stance and I moved away from him a bit, "LET IT GO, NOW!" Iroh and Zhao locked eyes for a moment, then Zhao faltered, lowering the bag. He kneeled and released the fish back into the water. The red light of the moon vanished, replaced by its normal colour, Zhao's face is quickly overtaken by a look of madness and desperation. With a cry of rage, he stood and smited the water with a blast of fire. The fire blast passed Iroh, who recoiled in horror. Aang and Momo's face is briefly illuminated by the fire. The Avatar looked up to witness the moon wink out of existence. Tears fell from my blue eyes.
Iroh sprung instantly to the attack. Crossing the foot bridge, Iroh fired blast after blast. Zhao blocked one blasts and backed away while Iroh expertly dispatched Zhao's four guards. Zhao looked on in horror as his men are wiped out by the aging General with such ease and precision. He fled. I followed him quietly. I don't want to see what happens next. Especially in my hormonal state.
~This time skip is brought to you by Aang's Idea about the spirits coming true~
Still Sky's POV
Zhao was running over a foot bridge somewhere in the city. He exited onto a parapet an is almost hit by a blast of fire that hits the wall in front of him. As the smoke cleared, Zhao looked up to see Zuko on the wall on the tier up above him. Zhao incredulously, "You're alive?" I made my way down towards the ground will keeping an eye on Zuko and Zhao. Zuko then stated, "You tried to have me killed!" Zuko launched a few fire blasts at Zhao with a cry of anguish, but his target dodged, rolling along the parapet wall. Zhao replied with much venom in his voice, "Yes, I did. You're the Blue Spirit – and enemy of the Fire Nation!... You freed the Avatar!" Zuko then stated, "I had no choice!"
Zuko continued his attack, firing volley after volley at Zhao, who broke them with his hands held together in a wedge in front of him. As the blasts subside, Zhao dropped his smoking cloak to the ground. "You should have chosen to accept your failure – your disgrace! Then, at least you could have lived!" Zhao said before returning fire. Literally. They trade volleys as the fight raged back and forth in the darkness. At one-point Zuko was able to exploit a moment when Zhao leaved his chest unguarded. Zuko blasted him and Zhao fell off the parapet wall onto the tier below, where I was on but was about to get down to the next one.
~This time skip is brought to you by Sokka making out with the moon~
Still Sky's POV
Zuko and Zhao continued to battle on a foot bridge over a canal. They traded blows, but a series of direct hits from Zuko laid the Admiral flat. As Zhao tried to get up, he sees the moon over Zuko's shoulder and in horror said, "It can't be!" I was standing in the arch way of a building watching everything happen from behind Zhao. I knew better than to interfere with this fight. The essence of the Ocean Spirit approached fast and coalesced around the bridge. It grabbed Zhao and began to pull him off the bridge. Zhao struggled and Zuko reached out for him and said, "Take my hand!" Zhao tried to reach for it for a moment, but then drew back, an expression of hate on his face. The Ocean Spirit dragged Zhao under the water and disappeared. I walked up him and hugged him before we went off to find Iroh.
~This time skip is brought to you by Master Katara ?~
Still Sky's POV
Iroh, Zuko and I were sailing past a grave yard of fallen ship when Iroh said, "I'm surprised, Prince Zuko, surprised that you are not at this moment trying to capture the Avatar." Zuko replied plainly, "I'm tired." Iroh put a hand on his nephew's shoulder and said, "Then you should rest. A man needs his rest." Iroh stood as Zuko laid down. He looked up into the sky, a pained look on his face. He closed his eyes. I went to lay down there with him too. I soon too fell asleep, as Zuko hugged me in his sleep.
