Chapter 5: King of Omashu
Shadow: Welcome to chapter 5 of Phantom Benders. But before we continue we need a brief recap.
Dani: Okay last chapter the team stopped in a small village and they rescued the village from firebenders. They were then rewarded with an all meat feast. Sam didn't like it and replaced the meat with vegetables. Sokka hated it and his rivalry between Sam sparked. Lunch Lady came and Danny fought her. And eventually Danny got the Fenton Thermos.
Shadow: Great now with that said we can continue with the story.
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Aang ran up the hill in front him and stopped at the top to marvel at the beauty while Danny, Sam, Katara, Jazz and Sokka walked up behind him.
"Behold the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu." Aang said with a huge grin on his face. "I always used to come here to visit my friend Bumi."
"Wow, we don't have buildings like this in the South Pole." Katara said.
"They have buildings that don't melt! When a certain firebender comes over." Sokka said.
"Hello Watertribe, buildings made of water, Earth Kingdom, building's made of Earth." Danny said.
"Well it's not like the buildings in the Fire Nation are made from fire." Sokka said.
"Actually my uncle's castle and the Fire Sages' temples are made from lava." Danny said.
"Before you two start arguing let's go into the City." Aang said before used his airbending to jump forward.
"Aang wait." Jazz said. "It might be dangerous if people discover you are the Avatar."
"You could wear a disguise." Sam said.
"So what am I supposed to do?" Aang asked. "Grow a moustache?"
And within a few minutes Aang had a fake moustache and fake hair that once belonged to Appa the flying Bison.
"Ugh this stuff is so itchy." Aang said before he turned to Appa. "How do you live in this stuff?"
"Great now you look like my grandfather." Danny said.
"Is that a compliment?" Aang asked in an unsure tone.
"Ooh sorry about that." Danny said. "I forgot that Grandpa Azulon wasn't the best looking person in the Fire Nation."
"Don't worry Aang. You look like my grandfather and believe me that's a whole lot better than Danny's." Sam said.
"Well Aang is technically 112 years old." Katara said.
Aang then kicked up his staff before he spun it around rapidly before placing in on the ground and then he hunched over and leaned on the staff.
"Now let's get to skippin' young whipper-snappers. The big city awaits." Aang said in an elderly voice.
"Does anyone else feel like this might not end well?" Danny asked.
The others all raised their hands before they followed the avatar.
"You guys are going to love Omashu." Aang whispered. "These people are the friendliest in the world."
Then the Ironic thing happened.
"ROTTEN CABBAGES!" the guard at the gate yelled. "What kind of Slum do you think this is?"
He then used his earth bending to through the cabbages and the cart down the gorge.
"No my cabbages!" The Cabbage man said.
Danny's jaw dropped while the others unconsciously took a step back.
Aang then laughed nervously. "Just keep smiling." He whispered to the others.
Aang then walked forward and the same guard that threw the cabbages over the edge made a bolder levitate above Aang's head.
"State your business!" He said aggressively.
Aang then decided to go too far with his old man routine. He ran up the guard and jabbed his finger right in front of his face.
"My business is my business young man and none of yours." Aang said the ferocity of a tiger and the voice of an old man. "I've got a half mind to bend you over my knee and paddle your backside."
Danny, Sam and Jazz face palmed while Sokka's jaw dropped and Katara started shaking her head.
"Settle down old timer. Just tell me who you are." The guard said clearly shocked by Aang's ferocity and that he just threatened to spank him like he was a child.
"Name's Bonzu Pippinpaddleopsicopolis the Third." Aang said before he gestured to the teens. "And these are my grandkids and their friends."
"Hi, June Pippinpaddleopsicopolis. Nice to meet you?" Katara said sweetly.
Danny and Sokka's jaws then dropped. "How the hell did she copy that name as if it was nothing?"
"You seem like a responsible young Lady. Make sure your grandfather stays out of trouble." The guard said. "Enjoy Omashu."
Danny and Sam then felt so much spiritual energy that was used to open the gates that their ghost sense went off.
"Hey wait a minute." The Guard said as he stopped Sokka.
"Oh no. we've been found out. Wait we're in the Earth Kingdom who's going to arrest us for travelling with the Avatar?" Danny thought to himself as he and the others turned around to see the holdup.
"You're a strong young boy. Show some respect for the elderly and carry your grandfather's bag." He said.
"Good idea." Aang said before he threw his bag at Sokka.
Sokka caught the bag and then began grumbling about something.
They then walked into the city and took notice of everything. They noticed all the buildings, all the people and the large mail delivery system.
"This is the Omashu delivery system." Aang said back in his normal voice. "Miles and miles of tubes and shoots."
They all then noticed Earthbenders moving crates full with goods between the tubes.
"Earthbending brings them up while gravity brings them down." Aang said.
"Great so they get their mail in time." Sokka said clearly bored.
"Yes they do get their mail on time, but my friend Bumi found a better use for these shoots." Aang said as he smirked mischievously.
Danny then grinned and could tell that what ever was about to happen was going to be fun.
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"One ride I promise and then we're off the North Pole, Airbender's honour." Aang said as he sat in a large stone crate with Katara, Sokka, Jazz and Sam overlooking the large earth tube in front of them.
Danny on the other hand had used his ghost powers and super strength to cave a board out of the stone and was going to ride that instead.
"It sounded fun at first but now I'm starting to have second…" Katara began but she never finished that thought because Danny pushed the crate down before taking his board and jumping down himself.
"YEEEAAAAHHHH!" Danny and Aang yelled as they went down while the others screamed out loud.
Aang had experienced this before and he was having the time of his life, Danny had come close to this with his flying but this still gave him the thrill of a lifetime while they others (Sokka) felt like he would pee in his pants and luckily for the girls sake he didn't.
They then eventually joined into another lane but as they did that another crate that was holding tons of spears all pointed towards the crate with them in it. Crate with spears was sandwiched between Aang, Katara, Sokka, Jazz and Sam's crate and Danny and his board.
Danny then sighed and shot ecto energy behind him to make himself go faster then he turned in tangible and passed through the crate he then grabbed the other crate and turned it intangible.
But what Danny forgot was what happened when an intangible object met a tangible object.
They all then fell off the shoot, Crate, board and all, hit a few roofs and continued to descend.
In one room a soldier was talking to his men who were going out to help in the far soon.
"Men, you'll be going off to combat soon. It's important that you be prepared for anything." The soldier said.
Then a crate filled with kids and another kid on an Earth Board broke into the room. And they froze there for a second in front of everyone's eyes before continuing.
They then continued going through wrecking some things and land on a few shoots until they finally crashed into a cabbage cart.
"MY CABBAGES." The Cabbage merchant yelled. "You're going to pay for this."
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The teens and Aang were all in front of the king with some guards and the Cabbage Merchant.
The guards were explaining what happened to the king and the Cabbage Merchant in his rage kept suggesting punishments that would make the world get a new Avatar. But the guards had to get him under control so that the king could speak.
"Throw them…" he began and they figured it would be something not good. "…a feast."
All of them were confused while Sokka was happy.
In a few minutes they were all inside a large fancy dining hall with the King.
"The people in my City have gotten fat from too many feasts. So I hope you like your chicken without any skin." The King said to Aang.
"Thanks but I don't eat meat." Aang said.
"How about you? I bet you like meat?" The King asked Sokka and before he could say anything the King shoved a drumstick into Sokka's mouth.
Danny figured the king was up to something but he couldn't figure out what. He then continued to think… that is until he saw a drumstick tucked away in the King's robe.
Danny then noticed the old man stretching his arm but the way the arm arched back made Danny feel like something bad was gonna happen. And as the male halfa predicted the old king threw his small piece of chicken with such precision and accuracy towards Aang and the monk sadly acted on instinct and caught it in a ball of air.
The Guards then gasped.
"Looks like we have the five elements in this room, the firebending niece of the Fire Lord, an earthbending girl from Kyoshi Island, a Waterbender from the Southern Tribe, an Ectobender who is also from the Southern Watertribe and an airbender, but not just any airbender… the Avatar." The King said.
Spears were then pointed at the non bender and benders but mostly at Jazz and Danny.
"Now what do you have to say for yourself Mr Pippinpaddleopsicopolis?" The King said.
The King then explained that Aang and Danny would have to do three challenges the next day before he let them go. And then he ordered for the six teens to be taken to their separate prison cells.
Aang, Katara and Sokka went to one room while Danny, Jazz and Sam went to another.
When Danny and Sam entered their Cell they were immediately forced into their Ghost Forms.
"Uh why am I in my ghost form and why can't I change back?" Danny asked.
"More importantly why are the walls glowing green?" Sam asked.
"We must be in an Ectoranium room. Ectoranium must make ectobenders more powerful. So being concealed by it forces you into Phantom bender form." Jazz said.
"What's the point of putting us in something if it makes us powerful?" Sam asked.
"My parents told me that Ghosts can't phase through Ectoranium." Danny said. "So we can't get out and free the others."
"Oh this King is smart." Sam said. "But how did he know?"
"That's a good question that we will have to figure out." Jazz said. "But for now I think we should get some rest especially you Danny. You don't know what tests might come our way."
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Danny awoke the next morning and noticed he didn't see his sister and old friend.
"Oh great, now I have some weird missions to do while my friends are missing… probably the same with Aang." Danny said to himself before he saw the wall open.
"Come with me." The Guard said.
Danny then hopped off his bed and walked with the Guard and as he left the room he automatically transformed back into his human form.
As he walked in he noticed some guards placing crystal rings on Katara… That son of a gun… Sokka, Sam and Jazz… Whew the rings are going on Sokka, Sam and Jazz as well. (The bold was Danny's thoughts)
Danny also took notice that the moment the ring went onto Sam's hand she was automatically shocked and planted in her ghost form.
"Great Ectoranium. At least it is blue and low energy." Danny thought to himself.
"Ahh wonderful the halfa is here."The King said as he looked at Danny.
"Halfa? That's new." Danny muttered. "Half Fire Nation, Half Water Tribe, Half Human, Half Ghost."
"Now that you are here you two can start you challenges." The King said.
Aang's first challenge was okay for him and Danny thought it would be very easy for him to do that challenge but the king of this city wouldn't give Danny a break.
Danny instead had to swim in ghost water and find several artefacts within two minutes.
Danny then looked at the king like he was crazy when he explained Danny's Task.
"How will I do that?" Danny asked.
"You can still see underwater." The king said.
"Yeah but there are rapids and whirlpools..." Danny said. "…And a waterfall right into the Ghost Zone… how the heck did you get that?"
Danny then transformed into his ghost form before he jumped into the water after the King just smirked at him.
Danny then had to navigate his way under the water and try not to get swept away by the current. Finding the artefacts where easy but sadly hazmat suits didn't come with pockets (don't ask where he keeps his Fenton thermos). Danny almost got knocked into the Ghost Zone multiple times but at the end of the two minutes he had he finally finished.
"Alright, you have your souvenirs now let our friends go now." Danny said.
"Ah not yet. I need help with another matter. It seems I have lost my pets Flopsie and Cujo." The King said.
In a matter of moments Danny and Aang were both in two separate large rooms looking for the Kings pets.
Danny noticed a small little goldfish with green eyes and a crown in a fishbowl on the floor.
"No way, this is what I'm looking for." Danny said before his ghost sense went off and pointed to behind him.
The Halfa then smirked before he turned around and looked at large green snarling ghost dog with green eyes.
"AHHHH." The small fish yelled before it jumped out of the fish bowl, transformed into a small human with wings green eyes, a white shirt with a black tie, black pants and holding a stick with a star on the end ran away. "I'm going back to Dimsdale."
"What's with him?" Danny asked and Cujo shrugged.
"Come on Cujo let's take you back to your crazy master." Danny said as he pet the dog on the head to his surprise Cujo shrunk down into a small little cute dog and jumped in Danny's arms.
The two then flew back to the King, his guards, Danny's friends and Aang and Flopsie.
"Uh Danny, did you not see that little fish?" Sam asked, "Was it a ghost?"
"No, I think was a fairy." Danny said.
Sam then stared at Danny.
"So are you guys doing alright?" Danny asked.
"Well Aang just asked us that but yeah besides the fact that we are being encased with crystal were good." Jazz said.
"How about you Danny, how are you doing?" Katara asked.
"I'm okay. And I'll be okay as long as I don't have to do anything like fighting some rival that is almost as strong as or stronger than me." Danny said.
And now within a few minutes of saying that sentence Danny had his jaw dropped looking at the ghost he had to fight. The ghost was a big hulk in yellow, red and black Fire Nation armour. The ghost also had blood red eyes, black glasses and a red beret.
"Oh man… I had to open my big mouth." Danny said.
This ghost was known as Tuck Phantom the former ghost form of one of Danny's best friends from his childhood. His best friend couldn't control his powers so his parents separated his ghost form from his human form and sent Tuck Phantom into the Ghost Zone.
"Phantom, you had me removed from my host body. I'm going to enjoy… 'ripping you apart molecule by molecule'." Tuck said.
Danny then rolled his eyes before he began attacking the evil ghost.
Their fight started slow with just attacking with ecto blasts but then it turned into ninja VS sumo wrestler. Danny had the skills that he had learnt from reading scrolls from the ancient clan of ninjas that belonged to each element years ago… surprisingly enough that had been the basis for the fighting that the Kyoshi Warriors fighting style. Tuck just used brute strength to try and defeat Danny.
The battle was actually dragging on for a long time until Ectoranium shot out of the floor and surrounded Tuck Phantom.
Danny then turned around and saw Aang, the King, Sam, Sokka, Katara and Jazz behind him.
"Few how long have I been fighting Tuck?" Danny asked.
"3 hours." Katara said. "All in that time Aang fought King Bumi, won, we discovered he was Aang's old friend from 100 years ago, we were released from out rocky prisons, the two BFFs went on a ride on the slide down one of the male shoots, we met a friend of yours and now we are staying here until for a day or two extra."
"…Seriously." Danny said. "Wait what do you mean a friend of mine?"
They then stepped aside and Danny saw two familiar faces. Both teens his age and clearly a couple now. Both of them in firebending circus outfits.
"Tucker, Ty-lee?" Danny asked. "So… you guys actually did become lovebirds… Hm, Zuko, Azula and Valarie owe me and Mai money."
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Dani: WHOA hold up, Tucker and Ty-lee are a couple?
Shadow: Of course. And I assume you now know who Danny's love interest is right.
Dani: Shadow? Aren't you as Shocked as I am that Tucker and Ty-lee are dating?
Shadow: CA15 doesn't pay us to be shocked. As a CA15 representative you should already know this.
Dani: CA15 doesn't pay me at all. And I am the clone of my dad, doing work isn't something I'm fond of.
Shadow: Then you will be shocked out of your mind a lot.
Dani: Okay. SO what will happen next? What will we discover next? Who will we meet next? How will CA15 explain Tucker and Ty-lee? Read, Review, Favourite and Follow to find out.