Broken Hearts: An ATLA Fan-Fic
Written By TheHiddenWriter
ATLA was created by Nick and Viacom
Season 2, Chapter 2: Home Again
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The group reached the small abandoned town that was once Shen's home. In these lands, it had been only two years, yet the town looked as if they had been destroyed for centuries. Fires still burned in some buildings. Rubble of some buildings could be seen. A skeleton could be seen near one building, heavily burned.
"Even after years of fighting the old fire nation, I have never seen something as horrible as this." Remarked Hakoda.
Shen looked at it blankly.
"After it stays in your mind for awhile, you get used to it."
Shen walked down one of the streets slowly, looking for a specific building. Aang looked at Zuko.
"I think now is the time to ask him."
Zuko nodded and looked back at Sokka. He had been eating some food they had found on the way to the town. Usually, this would have disgusted the girls, but Suki and Yue were currently in a stare down, Toph was thinking about something and was too distracted to comment, and Katara was looking at the damage to the city. Zuko walked over to Sokka and shook his head.
"Busy?"
Sokka looked up and swallowed his food.
"Uhhh… no…."
"Good. We're going to follow Shen and find out what's going on with him."
"Umm… why we?"
"Because, you just said you're not busy."
Sokka face palmed, and then shrugged his shoulders. The duo began to follow Shen, while trying to come up with a plan to get Shen to talk to them. Katara walked up to Aang and sighed.
"I can't believe someone would do something like this."
Aang took Katara's hand gently.
"That's why were going to stop them. So that they never get the chance to do this again."
Katara smiled.
"Want to explore the rest of the town with me?"
Aang nodded.
"It would be my honor to."
Katara giggled and they took another path through the town. Meanwhile, Hakoda, Piando, and Iroh were looking towards the town hall.
"There may be some records in there that could explain what happened." Said Iroh.
Piando turned to the rest of the group. "We might need some help. The building looks damaged, and we'll need a lot of people to look through the records."
Haru, Teo, Suki, Yue, Mai and the Duke nodded. They began to follow Piando, Iroh, and Hakoda to the town hall. As they were walking, the Duke noticed that Toph wasn't following them.
"Uhhh… Toph? You coming?"
Toph looked up and snapped out of what she was thinking about.
"What? Oh umm… yeah, I think I'm going to stay here. I can't read records, so… yeah…"
"Something up, Toph?"
Toph sighed. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I might need help. I can't ask Katara or the other girls, so I guess I need to come up with a plan on my own."
Toph looked towards the Duke, who walked over to her. "Your going to help me out with something, and your going to swear that you don't tell anyone the secret I am going to tell you, and your just going to do what I tell you to do."
"Which is…?" Asked the Duke.
"Duke, you're going to be my boyfriend."
"Umm… come again now?"
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The rebellion forces kept moving through the forest, trying to reach the boarder of the Shadow Nation without being detected. So far, they hadn't had any trouble. But they figured when they reached the boarder, someone was going to question them.
"How long till we reach the boarder?" Asked Kya.
"We still have about a mile or so. The shadow nation isn't a big nation, but it still takes sometime to travel through it." Replied Lao.
The rebellion was still wearing their prison guard uniform, which was similar to the army uniform, so the soldiers that they passed by didn't stop them. They hid Kya in the center of the group so that they couldn't see her. They kept on marching, until they reached the Shadow Nation's Northern Gate. They unfortunately miscalculated how many soldiers would be blocking the gate.
"My word… there has to be over 500,000 troops guarding that gate." Lao exclaimed as the group hid in a couple of large bushes.
"How many guards do we have?" Asked Kya.
"30, but half don't have enough experience to take down a small army." Replied Lao.
Suddenly, they saw a carriage pass through the gate. All the soldiers bowed their heads as it passed by. Kya knew who it was.
"Yuan…"
The carriage passed by the bushes, but Yuan didn't seem to notice them. He was now alone; His four loyal servants now back in their cities. He was currently thinking about how he was going to stop Shen and Aang. When his carriage was far enough, Kya came up with a plan.
"The river…"
There was a large river that the gate was on top of. But it had a strong current that wouldn't allow anyone to make it to the other side.
"We can't make it to the other side." Exclaimed Lao.
"No… but we can ride the river till we reach a sandbar. When I first was taken prisoner and was heading towards the prison, I remember seeing a sandbar that was a part of one of the other nations. We'll ride the river till we get there. Can everyone swim?"
The guards nodded.
"Good."
"Are you sure this will work Kya?"
"Positive. Water has always been my best element."
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Ozai and his men walked for a few miles, until they reached a small cave at the bottom of the mountains.
"This is it." Ozai stated.
"This is the path that will take us to our target?" Asked a Dai-lee agent.
"Yes, this is the only known path that will allow mortals to pass between the two lands. It will take time for us to pass, possibly 2 weeks."
Ozai looked back towards the plains.
"But there is nothing left for us in these lands if we stay. Until we defeat my daughter's murderer, and the avatar… staying here will do no good for us." Stated Ozai.
Ozai walked into the cave, followed by his army of 75, and they began the great journey to Shen's homeland.
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Time moved quicker in Aang's homeland then in Shen's homeland. A few days in Shen's world equaled a few weeks in Aang's. It had been 2 weeks since Ozai and his men journeyed to Shen's lands, when Ty-lee and the kyoshi warriors arrived at Omashu.
"The rest of our reinforcements should arrive within the next few days. But for now, we need to talk with a very important person."
"Who, Ty-lee?"
"Someone who the avatar is good friends with. Azula once told me about him when we were in the city."
They stopped at the center of the city, where an older man walked up to them. Ty-lee bowed.
"You must be King Bumi."
The old king smiled and snorted while laughing.
"I knew sooner or later, I would be called back into the fight. Guess that's why I'm still alive."
Bumi laughed out loud and smiled.
"Come, we have much to talk about. According to some messenger hawks that arrived, the people you asked for should be here in a matter of days."
Chapter 2 Complete! The next chapter will appear next Friday or Saturday. Thanks for reading and reviewing! Hope you enjoyed it.