Sorry for this chapter to take so long! But I had some writer's block!

And let's see who was crowned Fire Lord. XD
Chapter 17: Role Reversal pt. 1

Fu dog turned his head to see what was pinned on his tail and his eyes widened at the sight of the crown resting on his butt.

He stood up, turning around again to see it; yup, it was there. He grabbed the comb with his paw; yes, it was real.

Everyone stared at him in total silence; waiting for him to say something.

Fu turned to Azula and raised a stubby finger in her direction.

"Arrest that woman…and lock her up!" he declared.

The present crowd was silent, but applause began slowly then grew multiple as cheers began to fill the air. The others clapped, still kind of freaked out about this, and tried to figure out what had just happened. Jake recovered first.

"Fu! You're crowned!" he shouted; surprising even himself on why he had said that when it was obvious.

"Yeah…" Fu replied, still staring at the crowd and beginning to wave at them.

Later that day

"We need to focus on how to get back to normal." Katara stated as the 4 of them walked down the hallway into Fu's rooms.

Since Fu Dog was crowned, he was officially Fire Lord as Fire Nation tradition said, but it was still pretty weird to have to bow down to a talking dog when he entered a room.

"Yeah, but how? We've tried a bunch of things and it doesn't work." Jake added.

"Maybe there's something else; one of us might be having an inner turmoil that won't let us back into our own bodies until it's resolved." Rose suggested.

The other 3 teenagers stared at her.

"You're starting to sound like my uncle." Zuko said and edged a bit away from her.

As they were headed towards Fu Dog's room, the door suddenly burst open and Jake in Zuko's body was unluckily in the way and barely had time to cry out when the door slammed into him and sandwiched him between the wall. The door rebounded and Jake fell to the ground; not moving. Zuko turned to Fu.

"You killed me!" He shouted.

"I didn't kill you, I killed him!" Fu replied.

"No, you killed my body, which means you killed me!"

"No, I killed that body, which means I killed the guy in that body!"

"We need to switch back into our original bodies and if I don't have a body TO go back into, I'm trapped in this one forever!"

Suddenly, Jake let out a groan; ceasing the conversation between Fu and Zuko.

"How's life?" Jake asked wearily then collapsed on the floor again.

"Jake!" Rose exclaimed; running over to him and turning him over carefully. Zuko, abandoning any reasoning with Fu, pressed his finger against Jake's neck and felt for a pulse.

"He's alive." He told Rose and Katara.

Rose sighed in relief and as she was resting Jake's head on her lap, Katara pulled Zuko aside to speak to him privately.

"How do we all get back to our original bodies?" she whispered to him as she regarded Jake and Rose. They looked like a couple, only in her and Zuko's bodies.

"Ok, you two can cut the romance for later! Come on; I have an announcement to make out there." Fu Dog interrupted and led the 4 teens into the banquet hall.

"People, I have gathered you all here today so you can witness the coronation of your true king; one who isn't a dog." A few people barely laughed at the comment, and Fu Dog knew that his comedy career was shot.

"Anyway, you; kneel." He continued; pointing to Jake in Zuko's body. Jake was about to protest, but did as he was told.

"I have decided to give up the throne and I will name the heir…" Fu dog began.

Suddenly, Jake felt something sting at the back of his head. Turning, he saw no one but Rose and 'Katara' and Zuko slightly rubbing his temple.

"…So anyway, yadda-yadda-yadda, by the power invested in me, I crown you—." Fu was about to put the comb-thing onto Jake's head when it was as if he'd been shocked by electricity.

At first, he thought that Azula had managed to escape prison and attacked him, but if she was, then why was he still standing up and…looking at Zuko being crowned? Quickly, he looked at his hands.

"Oh, Ye-eah! I'm me again!" he shouted, then started to jump up. Zuko turned and stared at himself also.

He was bedecked in his old casual clothes and the crown was on his head! Both guys turned to look at each other and they both smiled.

Just then, a bolt of lightning shot over Zuko's head and everyone turned to see a deranged looking Azula.

"Zuzu!" she shrieked out, spittle flying from her twisted mouth.

"Holy—!" Jake began, but was met with a strike of lightning aimed at his face.

Ducking, he looked around desperately for some escape. All he saw was the crowd. Well, he'd always wanted to do this…

Turning, he grabbed the hand of Rose's body and pulled her towards the crowd.

"Follow my lead!" he shouted to Zuko as he reached the edge of the platform.

Zuko took 'Katara's' hand and, dodging the lightning blasts, watched as Jake jumped off of the high platform.

'Please, let this work.' Jake prayed as he and 'Rose' jumped into the crowd. Instantly, he felt the crowd catch them.

"Pass us down!" Jake shouted as he pointed to the far end of the crowd.

Zuko and 'Katara', doing the same, found himself also being passed down the crowd.

"Watch out!" Jake shouted as a blast of fire came at him.

'Mouth of the dragon' Jake thought and spat out a large shield to deflect her attack.

Both were canceled on impact; Jake just didn't have enough power. All 4 crowd-surfing teens were being pushed to a common center and Azula saw the moment to attack.

Jake and Zuko shot a quick glance at each other and, conjuring a blast of fire with the hand and mouth, fired them at the same time. Zuko's eyes widened in surprise; instead of fire, there was lightning.

The blasts seemed to mix together and, nearly swallowing Azula's blast within theirs, watched as the mass of fire flew right in her direction.

Everyone watched as the girl only stared at the raging blast before her. Just as it would've struck Azula, they'd reached the end of the crowd and they were nearly dropped onto the ground.

"I'm next!" Iroh's voice shouted from the head of the crowd; already starting to run. Zuko dove into the crowd.

"Uncle, no—!" he began, but it was too late.

Iroh jumped, but landed hard on the ground.

"Dude, nice faceplant!" Spud said. Trixie bopped him on the head because of that comment

. "Spud!" she snapped at him.

Suddenly, Rose screamed. Jake, turning, caught a burnt and fallen Rose just before she hit the ground.

"Rose!" he shouted.

Zuko, looking up, saw that his sister was miraculously alive. Badly hurt and burnt, but alive.

"Arrest her!" he shouted; the Fire comb still on his head. The guards obeyed him.

A sudden weight leaned on his right and Zuko saw that Katara also seemed to have passed out also.

"What the—?" he began.

"I don't feel a pulse!" Jake shouted desperately.

"Get her to the medical wing!" Zuko shouted back; picking up Katara.
Oh, NO!