1Man, 98 reviews and counting! O.o I feel so loved! Now...there's a line in this chapter that's from another Nickelodeon show. Whoever guesses which line and guesses the right show gets a cookie!

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Chapter 14: The Rebellion Begins!

Aang stood at the rim of the volcano. The sun was rising, casting a shadow across the eastern side of the palace city. Taking a deep breath, Aang opened his glider and flew back down to the campsite. His friends were already up and eating breakfast.

"Morning, Aang." Katara greeted. She handed him a mango. "Here. You'll need this."

Aang took the fruit. He stared at it for a long time. Katara noticed and sighed.

"Aang, you'll be fine." Katara placed her hand on his. "I told you you are powerful, brave, and strong enough to defeat the Fire Lord."

"I know...it's just..." Aang sighed. "He can shoot lightning out of both hands. There's no technique around it."

"Well, then if you're lucky, Katara will be around to bloodbend him still!" Toph added. Katara smacked her lightly on the arm. "Hey! Well, it's true!"

"You can bloodbend?" Haru asked Katara, his eyebrows raised.

Katara groaned. "Don't ask. Bloodbending should only be used as a last resort. Otherwise, I think I'll stick with waterbending, thank you."

Toph scoffed. "Whatever, Sugar Queen."

"Okay, let's go over the plan again." Sokka said. Everyone turned their attention on Sokka. "The rebellion starts in just a couple of hours. We'll head up the volcano where On Ji's team will meet us, and hopefully some Order members. The riot will hopefully draw the palace guards away, then we;'ll all go inside. Aang defeats the Fire Lord, and the war will be over."

"Wow! That went more smoothly than your other speech!" Teo said teasingly.

Toph laughed. "Good one, Teo!"

"Thanks." Teo smiled at Toph.

Sokka glared at Teo. "Anyway...Jin, can you fight at all?"

"A little bit." Jin answered. "I'm pretty handy with a club."

"Good thing Sokka has one, then!" Toph exclaimed. She grabbed Sokka's club and handed it to Jin.

"Toph!" Complained Sokka. He sighed. "Fine. You can use it, Jin, but be very careful with it okay?"

"I promise I'll be careful." Jin told him.

"Good...good." Sokka turned to Teo and the Duke. "I have a very important job for you two." The two boys looked excited. "You get to protect Appa and Momo and make sure they're not attacked or hurt!"

"What? You mean we can't fight?" The Duke asked, dejected.

"Can you fight?" Sokka asked. The Duke shook his head. "Exactly. Look, your job is just as important as any: protect the Avatar's bison and lemur."

"Well...okay. Fine." The Duke responded.

"Yeah, okay." Teo also responded.

"All right. Now...the White Lotus members should be arriving any minute to free all of those prisoners of the invasion. After that, we'll have plenty of earth-, water-, and firebenders to fight against the palace guards and soldiers! This plan can;t possibly fail!"

Aang stood up. "I agree. This plan is flawless. This time, we have surprise on our side. Katara, I'm gonna need one of your water skins. I doubt there'll be water nearby when I'm fighting Ozai."

Katara took one of her water skins off her back and handed Iit to Aang. "There's only about three pounds of water in here. Choose wisely when you use it."

"I will. Thanks, Katara." Aang bowed to her and put the water skin over his shoulder.

Katara smiled and hugged Aang. "You can do it. I know you can."

"How do you know?" Aang asked.

"Because if you believe something strong enough...it will come true."

"You think so?"

"I know so." Katara said firmly. "Aang...I love you."

Sokka's mouth dropped open. Toph chuckled and pumped her fist.

"Go, Sugar Queen!"

Aang blushed. "I...I love you, too."

"Wow...didn't see that coming." Sokka admitted. Toph, Haru, Teo, and Jin all looked at him in disbelief. "What?"

"You never saw it coming? Are. You. Kidding me?" Toph asked.

"Hell, even I saw it coming, and I just barely joined you guys!" Jin laughed.

"Okay. So I'm the only friggin' one who saw it coming!" Sokka threw up his hands in frustration. "Now, can we go? We got a fight to catch!"

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Near the prison tower stood an army of about three hundred men. Their leader, Shang was looking at the prison tower through a telescope.

"There it is...unguarded." Shang put away the telescope and addressed his team. "Men! This is it! This is where they die! We fight for freedom. We fight for justice. But most of all..."

"We fight for the Avatar!" The whole army yelled and cheered.

Shang turned to two of the women in the group. "Are you two ready?"

The women nodded. One of them, Lin spoke up. "Let's hope my flirting skills will pay off."

"Right." Shang nodded. "Go on."

The two women marched into the tower and approached the two guards standing just inside the door.

"Hello, boys." Lin said flirtatiously.

The guards gaped at the two women wearing revealing clothing. They began smiling and blushing.

"What can we do you for, ladies?" Asked one of the guards cockily.

"Bleed." Lin said simply. She and her friend did a series of kicks and punches. The guards were outt cold in seconds. They sent a giant flame out the door as a signal. Shang saw it and stood up.

"All right, men! Let's move, move, move!"

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Aang was looking through Sokka's scope at the prison tower. He turned to his friends. "They're in! Are you guys ready?"

"Hell yeah!" Toph said.

"I'm ready!" Katara said.

"I was born ready." Haru put in.

"I was born naked and screaming." Sokka smirked at his own joke. Everyone else gave him a weird look. "What? I was."

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Mai woke up and stretched. Today was the big day. She got ready and headed outside. Two guards stopped her.

"You're under house arrest." One of the guards told her.

Mai looked at him in disbelief. "What?"

"Princess Azula's orders."

'Oh...that bitch!' Mai thought angrily. "Fine." Mai headed toward the back door. There were two guards standing there, too. She pulled out her shuriken, ran outside and pinned the guards to the wall.

"What now, huh?" Mai asked the guards mockingly. She then headed towards Ty Lee's apartment.

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Aang and his friends reached the top of the volcano, where some soldiers were waiting for them.

"Stop right there." One soldier said in a battle stance.. The six teens also went into their stances.

"We're not leaving until Ozai is dead!" Aang declared.

The soldier chuckled. "And what will you do? You're just a bunch of kids!"

Suddnely, a fireball landed between the teens and the soldiers. They looked up to see On Ji standing to the side. "Wrong!" She said. "They're just the kids who got here first!"

"Oh really?" The soldier turned to On Ji. "Who's gonna help you, little girl?"

"Yeah!" Chorused another soldier. "You and what army will stop us?"

On Ji simply turned around and whistled loudly. As On Ji turned back around and smiled, about a hundred kids ranging from about ten years old to seventeen were holding weapons or were in their fighting stances. The soldiers looked slightly scared and nervous.

"GET THEM!" On Ji yelled. The army of kids yelled and ran towards the city. Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Haru, and Jin scrambled to the side. Jin started waling to the city.

"You guys go. I'll help the riot." Jin said to them,. She ran off.

"Good luck!" Aang called after her.

"Come on. I think if we sneak into the back of the palace, we'll have better luck." Sokka said.

The five friends ran towards the pond area.

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Ty Lee and Mai were headed in the same direction.

"Mai, tell me again why we're finding the Avatar?" Ty Lee panted.

"Because we need his help rescuing Zuko." Mai told her. "Now come on. I can just barely make them out!"

Just then, a fireball shot out toward them. The girls went into their fighting stances.

"Oh, don't mind me, girlies. I'm just following orders." The guard said as he aimed another fireball at the two. Mai threw a few knives at the guard, but he dodged. Both she and Ty Lee ran towards the pond area. The guard followed.

"There's Mai and Ty Lee!" Katara noticed. "And a guard is following them. What's going on?"

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Mai and ty Lee both stopped a few feet from the pond. "How do you know we haven't received orders?" Asked Mai.

"Because Princess Azula ordered me to kill you both." The guard said simply. Ty Lee leaped up to block the guard's chi, but the guard caught Ty Lee and threw her bodily into the pond. Mai gasped and started running to the pond when the guard knocked her out with a fireball.

Haru dived into the pond to rescue Ty Lee, Toph and Aang both knocked the guard out with earthbending, and Sokka and Katara headed to Mai.

Katara got some water and healed Mai's burn. Toph ran over and bended up a boulder and aimed it at Mai.

"No, Toph, stop! We need her." Sokka held out a hand to stop his friend. He turned Mai over. Mai groaned slightly and came around.

"Mai? Where's Suki?" Sokka asked.

Mai looked slightly confused. "Huh?"

"The Kyoshi Warrior, Mai." Sokka told her.

"She doesn't know, Sokka." Katara spoke up.

Sokka looked at his sister. "Yes, she does." He turned back to Mai. "Mai, let's be honest here: that guard threw your friend into the pond. He shot you in the back. It's obvious that your gloriopus leader Azula put him up to it. Are you a complete idiot? You have the chance to make Azula and Ozai very very angry. Why would you not take that chance?"

Mai chuckled and slowly shook her head. "You know, you should be a motivational speaker when you grow up."

"I plan to." Sokka said in a deadpan.

"Your girlfriend is in the palace dungeons somewhere." Mai told Sokka. "I can take you there, but I don't know exactly where she is."

"Okay. That's all I'm asking." Sokka stood up and offered his hand to help Mai up. Mai obliged. "Question: why are you helping us?"

"Let's just say that a certain prince got to me." Mai explained. "Speaking of Zuko, he's captured in the dungeons too. I need your help rescuing him."

"No problem." Aang replied."Lead the way."

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This might be my last update until Wednesday. The next two chapters are kind of a downer for Christmas.