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The Fortuneteller

Celina stood at the edge of the gang's campsite, standing right at the edge of the lake that they landed at. It wasn't often that she had a nice big water source during their travels so Celina was taking the opportunity to practice her larger scale waterbending. Her siblings and Aang sat around the camp. Sokka was scowling as he watched a fish taunting them.

"You are so going to be dinner!" Sokka declared and then grabbed his fishing rod which he went to cast but nothing happened. "Hey! Where's the fishing line?"

"Oh, I didn't think you would need it, Sokka," Aang said and then held up a necklace he had woven with the fishing line.

"Aahh, it's all tangled!" Sokka complained.

"Not tangled, woven," Aang clarified and then turned to Katara. "I made you a necklace, Katara. I thought since you lost your other one…"

Katara smiled and took the necklace from him. "Thanks, Aang. I love it," she told him.

"Great, Aang. Maybe instead of saving the world, you can go into the jewelry making business," Sokka said sarcastically.

"I don't see why I can't do both," Aang said. Sokka turned back around to see the fish taunting him once again by jumping out of some water that Celina was bending.

"Stop taunting me!" he exclaimed.

Celina sighed, seeing that her practice time was being interrupted by her brother and a bothersome fish. "Here, let me," Celina offered. She bended water around the fish and brought it up into the air. Using her trick from back home she removed some water before freezing the fish. The fish fell into her hands to which she handed it off to Sokka.

"Thanks," Sokka said and took the fish.

"So, how do I look?" Katara asked Aang having put on the necklace. Celina smirked upon seeing Aang blush. His crush on Katara was so cute.

"You mean all of you or just your neck? I mean, uh, both look great," Aang stumbled.

"Smoochie, smoochie, someone's in love," Sokka teased.

"I… well…" Aang stuttered embarrassed.

"Stop teasing him, Sokka. Aang's just a good friend. A sweet little guy just like Momo," Katara said.

"Thanks," Aang muttered, clearly put down from her comment. Celina couldn't help but wince as well, knowing that a romantic interest comparing you to a cute animal wasn't that great. Celina and Sokka walked over to them about to prepare the fish for dinner when an ominous sound alerted everyone. Aang airbended himself up on top of a rock in order to locate the source of the noise. "Someone's being attacked by a platypus bear!"

The gang ran off. They arrived to see that a man was being attacked by a platypus bear, calmly dodging its attacks. "Well, hello there. Nice day, isn't it?" the man said to Aang as he avoided swipes.

"Make noise, it'll run off!" Aang told him.

"No, play dead, he'll lose interest!" Sokka said.

"Run downhill and then climb a tree!" Katara exclaimed.

"No, punch him in the bill!" Sokka replied.

"And then run in zigzags!" Aang added.

"No need. It's going to be fine," the calm man tried to assure them. The platypus bear swung at the man again, taking a large chunk of wood out of a nearby tree. Celina stepped between the man and platypus bear. The platypus bear stalled from attacking and looked at her. It proceeded to sniff the air around her and calmed down immensely.

"Leave," Celina ordered. The platypus bear looked guilty, walked over to the river, and swam away. Celina turned back to the man. "Lucky for you we came along."

"Thanks, but everything was already under control. Not to worry, Aunt Wu predicted I'd have a safe journey," the man told them.

"Aunt who?" Aang asked confused.

"No, Aunt Wu. She's the fortuneteller from my village. Awful nice knowing your future," the man explained.

"Wow, it must be. That explains why you were so calm," Katara said.

"But the fortuneteller was wrong! You didn't have a safe journey, you were almost killed!" Sokka exclaimed.

"But I wasn't. All right, have a good one! Oh, and Aunt Wu said if I met any travelers to give them this," the man said, handing Aang and wrapped package. He then went on his way.

"Maybe we should go see Aunt Wu and learn our fortunes. It could be fun," Katara suggested.

"Oh come on, fortunetelling is nonsense," Sokka sulked.

Aang opened the package to reveal an umbrella that opened up in his hand. "What do ya know, an umbrella!" Aang said. The sky instantly darkened and thunder sounded as it began pouring rain. Aang stood under the umbrella while Celina and Katara waterbended the water away from them.

"That proves it," Katara decided, running under Aang's umbrella. Celina pulled Sokka close to her so that he was out of the rain as well.

"No, it doesn't," Sokka responded as they began walking down the road. "Of course she predicted it was gonna rain. The sky's been gray all day."

"Just admit you might be wrong," Katara said.

"Look, I'm going to predict the future now. It's going to keep drizzling. See!" Sokka declared.

Celina couldn't help but laugh when the rain instantly stopped and the sun came out. "Not everyone has the gift, Sokka," Celina chuckled.

o

The gang made their way to a nearby village and stood in front of a circular door of a building. A heard of sorts stood at the door and greeted them.

"Aunt Wu is expecting you," he said to them.

"Really?" Katara asked amazed. Sokka grumbled as they walked inside and sat down on pillows as they waited for Aunt Wu. A young girl in a pink kimono and huge braids that stuck straight out walked over to them.

"My name is Meng and I'm Aunt Wu's assistant," she introduced herself. Celina noticed her eyes go wide as soon as she saw Aang. She had the same look on her face that Aang did earlier when he looked at Katara. Celina felt sorry for the girl already. Meng turned her attention entirely to Aang. "Well hello there."

"Hello," Aang responded.

"Can I get you some tea or some of Aunt Wu's special bean curd puffs?" Meng asked him.

"I'll try a curd puff," Sokka told her.

"Just a second," Meng quickly brushed him off before continuing to talk with Aang. "So what's your name?"

"Aang," he answered.

"That rhymes with Meng! And you've got some pretty big ears, don't you?" Meng exclaimed excited.

"I… guess…" Aang replied a bit confused and a bit self-conscious about his ears.

"Oh, don't be modest. They're huge!" Sokka laughed. Aang glared at Sokka before putting his hands over his ears, embarrassed. Celina elbowed Sokka in his ribs, causing him to stop laughing to cradle his sore side.

"Well, Aang, it is very nice to meet you. Very nice," Meng almost purred.

"Likewise," Aang replied completely oblivious. Meng slowly made her way out of the room, taking one last look at Aang.

"I can't believe we're here in the house of nonsense," Sokka grumbled.

"Try to keep an open mind, Sokka. There are things in this world that just can't be explained. Wouldn't it be nice to have some insight into your future," Katara said.

"It would be nice to have some bean curd puffs," Sokka replied.

"Come on, Sokka. If anything this will be fun," Celina told her brother. Sokka just rolled his eyes in response.

Meng came back out carrying a tray over to the gang filled with the bean curd puffs and cups of tea. The girl, however, was only paying attention to Aang which caused her to trip. She almost dumped everything on Aang but he helped steady her grip on the tray.

"Enjoy your snack," Meng quickly stuttered out embarrassed before running out of the room.

An older woman in a yellowy gold kimono entered the room. Just by the way she was dressed Celina figured that this must have been the famous Aunt Wu. "Welcome young travelers," she greeted the gang. "Now who's first? Don't be shy."

"How about you go first, Katara," Celina suggested. "After all you're the one who's been most excited about this." Katara gave her a smile before getting up and following Aunt Wu into a room.

Celina looked over to see her brother chomping down on curd puffs. "Not bad. Not bad. Mmmm!" Sokka hummed. Celina picked one up and munched on it. She had to agree with Sokka, they were pretty good. She was finding that was common with a lot of dishes they tried while traveling. Celina didn't know if she could ever go back to some Water Tribe food after this.

"I'm good on puffs," Aang said pushing them to the side. "So… what do you think they're talking about back there?"

"Boring stuff, I'm sure. Love, who she's going to marry, how many babies she's going to have," Sokka answered.

"That does sound boring," Celina commented.

"Wait, you're a girl. Wouldn't you want to know about stuff like that?" Sokka asked confused.

"I mean, love is great. But I already know my future with that and marriage really isn't in it. I've come to accept that a while ago," Celina told them, sadness in her voice. "But at least Katara gets to find out who her true love is."

"Well, I've gotta find the bathroom!" Aang announced suddenly and ran off.

Sokka turned and looked at his sister worried. "Celina, what did you mean about accepting that marriage wasn't in your future?" he asked.

"I'm not an idiot, Sokka. Noone's gonna wanna marry a freak," Celina replied.

"You're not a freak…" Sokka went to assure her.

"But I am!" Celina snapped. "All my life that's what I've been told. You've even said it yourself multiple times."

Sokka was taken back. Sure he called Celina a freak and crazy in the past but he also called Katara those things and she didn't seem as affected. "I didn't know that bothered you so much," Sokka admitted feeling guilty.

"Of course it does," Celina said.

"You never said anything about it," Sokka stated.

"How could I when I was ostracized by the whole tribe. There aren't that many people to talk to when you're alone," Celina replied. Sokka frowned, feeling even guiltier for not noticing how awful his sister felt all these years.

Aang returned looking happy as ever which was the total opposite of the two Water Tribe siblings. Aunt Wu and Katara came out which caused Celina to put on a happy face, trying to push away the sadness that came from years of torment, while Sokka just scowled, reminded why they were here.

"Who's next?" she asked.

"Okay, let's get this over with," Sokka said standing.

"Your future is full of struggle and anguish, most of it self-inflicted," Aunt Wu read him.

"But, you didn't read my palms or anything!" Sokka protested.

"I don't need to. It's written all over your face," she replied. "How about you, Miss?" Celina nodded and followed Aunt Wu into her room.

It was a simple room with four red pillars rising to the roof. In the center of the four pillars was a depression in the floor where Aunt Wu had her fire pit. She led Celina over to an urn full of bones.

"This is the most reliable method of telling your fortune. Your sister informed me of your connection to the spirits so I thought that this would be most beneficial. The bones never lie. Go on and pick one," Aunt Wu informed her. Celina studied the bones and picked one up from the urn. "Now throw it on the fire. The heat makes cracks in the bones and I read the bone cracks to tell your destiny."

Celina tossed her bone into the fire and her and Aunt Wu watched as it was heated by the flames. There was a small crack at first which quickly branched out into a larger one.

"I've never seen this before," Aunt Wu commented before the completely cracked in half before sending multiple splitters their way. Celina was quick to shield her eyes.

"Young lady, your future is incredible. You will fight not only a great battle that will help determine the fate of the world but fight a battle inside yourself as well. Before spring, you will uncover things about yourself that will change who you are entirely, the spirits being a big part in this. And oh, the struggle you will come across when you find a love bond in an unexpected place. And what a man you'll find, such a strong bender. You, my dear, are going to have an interesting life."

Celina stared at Aunt Wu, not entirely sure what to think about what the fortuneteller just told her.

"What do you mean?... Love?... That can't be right… no one could love me," Celina stuttered out.

Aunt Wu put a hand on Celina's shoulder and looked at her with pity. "You do not see yourself that clearly, my dear. But that will change with time," Aunt Wu told her. Celina shook herself out of Aunt Wu's hand and backed up, not feeling comfortable being around the woman anymore.

"I don't know about that," she muttered before walking out of the room.

o

Once they left Aunt Wu's the gang walked further towards the main square as Appa followed behind them.

"Well, now you got to see for yourselves that fortunetelling is just a big, stupid hoax," Sokka said.

"You're just saying that because you're going to make yourself unhappy your whole life," Katara retorted.

"That woman is crazy! My life will be calm and happy and joyful!" Sokka exploded and kicked a small stone that just so happened to ricochet off a sign and hit him in the head. "Ow! That doesn't prove anything!"

"Well, I liked my predictions," Katara said. "Certain things are going to turn out very well."

"They sure are," Aang replied knowingly.

"Why, what did she tell you?" Katara questioned.

"Some stuff. You'll find out," Aang smiled.

"What about you, Celina? How did you like your fortune?" Katara asked.

"I'd rather not talk about it," Celina replied shyly, hanging back towards Appa. She still didn't know how she felt about her fortune. Part of her was on Sokka's side, thinking that Aunt Wu couldn't be right. Her fall in love with a powerful bender? Yeah right. But another part of her wondered if there was any truth to what she told her.

Her thoughts were interrupted when they came upon a large gathering of people in the square, all hovering around a stage in the center. The gang approached curious and came across the calm man from before.

"What's with the sky?" Katara asked.

"We are waiting for Aunt Wu to come and read the clouds to predict the fate of the whole village," the calm man informed her.

"That cloud looked like a fluffy bunny," Aang pointed out.

"You better hope that's not a bunny. The fluffy bunny cloud forecasts doom and destruction," the old man told him.

"Do you even hear yourself?" Sokka asked, not believing what he was hearing.

"The cloud reading will tell us if Mount Makapu will remain dormant for another year or if it will erupt," a woman told them.

"We used to have a tradition once a year of going up the mountain to check the volcano ourselves, but ever since Aunt Wu moved to the village twenty years ago we have a tradition of not doing that," the calm man explained to them.

"That sounds extremely lazy and dangerous," Celina muttered to herself.

"I can't believe you would trust your lives to that crazy old woman's superstition," Sokka scoffed, aggravated by everything.

"Shhh! She's coming!" Katara exclaimed excited. They watched as Aunt Wu ascended the large staircase to the stage and pulled out a book. Celina noticed Meng slip next to Aang and tried to flirt with him only to be completely shot down and witness him try to flirt with Katara.

"Bending arrow cloud… good crops this year, nice big harvest!" Aunt Wu read, looking back and forth from the clouds to her book. "Wavy moon shaped cloud… let's see… gonna be a great year for twins. And a cumulus cloud with a twisted nob coming off the end of it… the village will not be destroyed by the volcano this year!" The crowd cheered, extremely happy with her reading.

o

Celina walked with Sokka and Aang around the village square, looking around in case they needed supplies for their travels.

"I can't believe all these saps. Someone really needs to scream some sense at them," Sokka complained, still salty about how everyone hung on Aunt Wu's words… even their sister.

"They seem happy, Sokka," Celina pointed out.

"Not for long. I'm gonna prove Aunt Wu's predictions are nonsense. Hey, you! I bet Aunt Wu told you to wear those red shoes, didn't she," Sokka said to a man wearing bright red shoes.

"Yeah, she said I'd be wearing red shoes when I met my true love," he answered.

"Uh-huh. And how many times have you worn those shoes since you got that fortune?" Sokka asked.

"Every day," the red shoed man answered.

"THEN, OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO COME TRUE!" Sokka shouted in anger and frustration.

"Self-fulfilling prophecy," Celina couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"Really? You think so? I'm so excited!" the man brightened. Sokka kicked a stone on the ground out of frustration which ended up hitting a duck. The duck, displeased by the attack set its sights on Sokka and began attacking him.

"You know, I'm not completely sold on the whole fortune thing but Sokka's certainly showing how his is coming true," Celina commented to Aang. The airbender nodded in agreement.

"So, Sokka, you know some stuff about ladies, right?" Aang asked once Sokka had escaped the torment of the duck. Celina knew where this was going.

"Some stuff? You've come to the right place," Sokka answered smugly and slung an arm around Aang's shoulders. Celina couldn't help but scoff. "What can I do you for?"

"Well, there's this girl…" Aang slightly admitted.

"I think I know who you mean," Sokka told him, getting a glimpse of Meng watching Aang from behind a barrel.

"Oh, I doubt you do," Celina commented.

"You do? And you're okay with it?" Aang asked.

"Of course I am. And, to tell you the truth, I've been picking up the subtle vibe that she likes you too," Sokka said, clearly thinking that he was referring to Meng instead of Katara.

"She does!?" Aang asked delighted.

"No, Aang, Sokka's a bit confused…" Celina tried to tell the young airbender but Sokka interrupted her.

"Oh yeah, she's crazy about ya. All ya have to do now is not mess it up," Sokka said.

"Well, how do I do that?" Aang asked completely trusting Sokka on this.

"The number one mistake nice guys like you make: being too nice," Sokka answered.

"What?" Celina asked in disbelief.

"If you want to keep her interested you have to act aloof like you don't really care one way or the other," Sokka continued.

"Well…okay," Aang accepted.

"No, Aang, that's not…" Celina went to correct.

"Hey Aang, I was wondering…" Meng began to say as she walked up to him.

But Aang kind of pushed her aside to go off and look for Katara. "See ya later," he told them, completely oblivious to Meng being there at all.

"Wow, that kid is good," Sokka commented, looking at Aang in admiration.

"Sokka, you idiot! He wasn't talking about Meng, he was talking about Katara," Celina growled at her brother. Meng deflated from before practically ran away hearing what Celina said. "Oh, Meng. Oh well, the girl had to learn sooner or later."

"What are you talking about?" Sokka asked her confused.

"It's obvious. Aang like likes Katara, it's been noticed for quite some time. Even you teased him about it," Celina explained. "And you just told him to go act like he doesn't even care about her. Be aloof, bah! How would a girl even know you like her if you're ignoring her all the time? That is how you lose dates, bro."

"How do you know this?" Sokka asked.

"Because it's common sense," Celina answered a bit exasperated.

Sokka looked at her for a little while, pondering over what she said before shrugging. "I still think that I'm right," he told her, causing Celina to groan in response.

o

Aang was dragging Celina and Sokka up the volcano in order to retrieve a panda lily for Katara, though Sokka still believed that it was for Meng.

"I can't believe you're dragging us all the way up here for a stupid flower," Sokka complained as they climbed.

"Not just a flower, a panda lily. I've seen it in action and boy does it work," Aang explained to Sokka.

"Flowers are fine once you're married, but at this early stage it's critical that you maintain maximum aloofness," Sokka told him.

"I think it's a wonderful idea, Aang," Celina piped in.

"My heart is telling me to get his flower, and Aunt Wu said if I trusted my heart I would be with the one I love," Aang said.

"What? Don't tell me you believe in that stuff too," Sokka groaned.

"Well, Aunt Wu hasn't been wrong yet. Why should she be wrong about love?" Aang asked and then spotted the panda lily. "There, on the rim!" He jumped towards the rim of the volcano and grabbed the panda lily before his eyes widened. Looking down into the volcano he saw that it was very active and looked like it was ready to blow. "Oh no, Aunt Wu was wrong."

Celina and Sokka soon made their way up to the rim of the volcano, next to Aang, and looked down in alarm.

"Those people all think they're safe. We've got to warn 'em," Celina told the boys.

"There's no time to walk," Aang stated and opened up his glider. "Grab on." Celina and Sokka grabbed hold of Aang's glider as the airbender flew them back down into town, Sokka screaming the majority of the way. The three of them landed right in front of Aunt Wu's place where Katara was waiting outside.

"Hi, Katara," Aang greeted her.

"Can you believe she won't let me in?" Katara complained. "And after all the business I've given her."

"But she doesn't even charge," Celina pointed out.

"I know, but still," Katara replied.

"Well, we have other things to worry about. Aunt Wu was wrong about the volcano," Sokka told her.

"Sokka, you tried to convince me she was wrong before. It's going to take an awful lot to change my mind…" Katara was cut off by the sound of the volcano erupting to life. A combination of ash and smoke stretched up in a plume in the sky. "Oh, no!"

o

The gang ran towards the village square where loads of villagers were, looking calm as ever despite the reveal of the active volcano.

"Everyone! That volcano is gonna blow any second. Aunt Wu was wrong!" Sokka announced.

"Yeah, yeah, we know you don't believe in Aunt Wu, Mr. Science and Reason Lover," a girl in the crowd mocked.

"If you won't listen to him, maybe you'll listen to me. I want to believe Aunt Wu and her predictions as much as you do, but my siblings and Aang saw the lava with their own eyes," Katara told them

"Well I heard Aunt Wu's prediction with my own ears," the calm man from before replied.

Aang airbended himself up onto the roof of Aunt Wu's house, hoping people would take him more seriously. "Please listen to us. You are all in danger! And we have to get out of here. You can't rely on Aunt Wu's prediction. You have to take fate into your own hands," he said to everyone.

"Look!" Celina cried out, pointing towards the volcano where another explosion occurred.

"Can your fortunetelling explain that?" Sokka questioned the crowd.

"Can your science explain why it rains?" a man in the crowd shot back.

"Yes! Yes, it can!" Sokka shouted annoyed.

The crowd was unconvinced and began to disperse back to their homes. With how things were looking at the moment the whole village would be destroyed by the volcano and with it the villagers.

"They won't listen to reason," Celina observed as Aang flew back down to them.

"But they will listen to Aunt Wu," Aang pointed out.

"I know, that's the problem," Sokka complained.

"Well, it's about to become the solution. We're taking fate in our own hands. First, I need to borrow Aunt Wu's cloud reading book," Aang explained.

o

Aang managed to nab the book from Aunt Wu's house. He and the girls made their way onto Appa and flew up into the clouds. With the combination of air and waterbending Celina, Katara, and Aang shaped the clouds into the symbol of volcanic doom which happened to be a skull. By the time the three got back down into the town the volcano was spewing smoke into the air and the village was completely recognized what was going on.

"We can still save the village if we act fast. Sokka has a plan," Aang informed the townspeople.

"Lava is gonna flow downhill to this spot. If we can dig a deep enough trench we can channel all the lava away from the village to the river," Sokka explained.

"If any of you are earthbenders come with me," Aang said and then lead away all the earthbenders for digging.

Sokka took the rest of the villagers giving them shoves to dig with. Celina headed down towards the riverbed, using the water to knock away at the ground. Everyone's progress sped up when the volcano exploded again, this time spewing lava. Celina and an earthbender worked together and connected the trench to the river. She grabbed some water and ran back towards Aang and her siblings.

"Everyone needs to evacuate! We'll come for you when it's safe!" Aang shouted to everyone. The villagers ran while Aang and the Water Tribe siblings stuck around, Celina giving Katara half of the water she brought in case they needed it. They all watched as the lava made its way to the village gate, burning it away along with the graveyard before heading towards the trench. The trench began to fill rapidly.

"It's too much! It's gonna overflow!" Katara cried out.

Another explosion happened, causing burning objects to rain down on the village in addition to the ash. Celina froze the water into a shield of ice, protecting the gang from getting burned. Aang took charge as a huge boulder fell out of the sky and landed in the trench, causing the lava to overflow. He airbended the lava straight up before it entered the village. Aang drew in a mighty breath and airbended it out, cooling all of the lava into stone. The Water Tribe siblings watched in awe.

"Man, sometimes I forget what a powerful bender that kid is," Sokka commented. Celina and Katara froze at Sokka's words, remembering what Aunt Wu told them during their reading from Aunt Wu.

"I suppose he is…" Katara accepted. Celina just shivered, hoping that Aunt Wu didn't mean that she would form a love bond with Aang. She'd leave him for Katara.

o

The gang stood in front of Aunt Wu and the rest of the village while Aang returned the cloud book he borrowed to her.

"Do you messed with the cloud did you," Aunt Wu accused and grabbed the book in anger causing Aang to cringe. Then Aunt Wu began to laugh. "Very clear!"

"No offense, but I hope this taught everyone a lesson about not relying too much on fortunetelling," Sokka scolded the crowd.

"But Aunt Wu predicted the village wouldn't be destroyed, and it wasn't," the calm man tried to prove.

Celina just sighed. "Look, all of you can't just rely on belief anymore. Sure believing in something or someone is nice but Aunt Wu was wrong and the village was partially destroyed. Where is your gate? What happened to your graveyard? Both are buried underneath cooled lava. And your houses, what of their roofs? The falling debris set fire to them. You need an even amount of belief and reason, otherwise next time you could be buried under lava," she addressed them. The crowd of people actually took in her words.

"How is it that you can get them to listen but I couldn't?" Sokka asked a bit salty.

"Maybe because I don't shout at them," Celina offered and turned to see Aunt Wu smiling at her approvingly.

The gang said their goodbyes to everyone as they got onto Appa, ready to head to the next stop on their adventure towards the North Pole.


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