I am so, so, so, so sorry it took me forever to post this chapter. But here it is.
Disclaimer: Nickelodeon owns Avatar…Squaresoft, Disney, Square Enix, and bvg own Kingdom Hearts…I own nothing.
Aang's head was throbbing and the rest of him ached. He tried to pry his eyes open but all he could see was blurs. He slowly lifted his arms, which was very hard to do, and rubbed his eyes. It seemed to help, because when he opened his eyes again he was staring into a brightly lit night sky. He dreaded having to move, but he sat up anyway. He put his elbow to his knee and rested his head on his hand.
After a few minutes of sitting there the dizziness went away. Aang saw his staff to his right and picked it up. He got to his knees, then stood up. He found himself facing a huge bell hanging from inside a clock tower. The bell was a brilliant gold and the stained glass windows of the clock tower were different shades of blue. He turned and was facing three tall pillars. He looked up and saw that they weren't holding anything, but just there for decoration.
As he walked over to the pillars and the side of the roof he was on, he was struck by awe.
Below him on the city streets, tons of people hurried around in every which way. The people were all different shapes and sizes, Aang didn't even know if half of them were human. The city streets were brightly lit by stores and street lamps. But the thing that caught Aang's eye was the fountain, situated on the far side of the square.
The fountain had a beautiful mosaic that featured flowers of all colors. Water shot up in three spouts around the mosaic. Designs were carved into the stone.
Aang knew there was something special about the fountain, but he didn't know why.
He wanted to get a closer look. He jumped off the roof and slowly fell to the streets. Only a few people paid attention to his airbending, but soon resumed to whatever they were doing. When he started walking through the busy streets, he realized something was very wrong.
'This place is so big and solid,' he thought as he looked around at all the tall buildings and concrete streets. 'I wonder if this is what Ba Sing Se is like.'
Aang went over to a tall man sitting on a bench. "Umm…Excuse me," Aang said. The man looked up at him, and Aang continued, "Where are we?"
The man raised an eyebrow. "We're in the second district."
"Right," Aang said. That wasn't exactly the answer he was looking for. He thought it would be rude to ask the man again, so he went over to an elderly woman instead. He decided to reword his question. "Excuse me, ma'am, I'm lost. Could you tell me where I am?"
The woman gave a bitter laugh. "Of course you're lost," she spat. "This is Traverse Town, everyone is lost!" She hobbled away.
"Traverse Town," Aang repeated. He started walking towards the fountain again. When he got there he kneeled down. He ran his hand over the bells carved into the stone. Stray water droplets from the spouts drizzled all over him. He stood, and listened to the calm flow of water.
Suddenly, a very frightened young boy tore through the crowd. "They are coming! They are coming!" he yelled over and over. Just as Aang spotted the boy, panic broke out through the streets. People ran to their houses and shops, closed the windows and locked the doors, and never turned back.
Soon, Aang was the only one left on the streets. All the lights turned off; even the moon seemed to darken. The spouts on the fountain disappeared into the murky water. An eerie chill ran up Aang's spine, as the lonely darkness overtook him. He completely froze, couldn't move. He could barely breath.
Something was coming. Something bad…
A sharp pain reached his back, as he felt something cut into him. He was thrown forward, toward the clock tower. He hit the ground hard, the air knocked out of him. His arms shook violently as he propped himself up. His breaths were shallow.
Before he could even stand up, something rammed into his stomach. He went flying into the wall, and collapsed onto the ground.
He knew he had to stand up. He took the biggest breath he could take, and with it blew hard against the ground. The pushed him into a standing position. His legs were numb, he didn't know if he could walk. He leaned heavily against the wall.
Aang's eyes darted back and forth. There was no one there. But then Aang spotted six little yellow lights on the ground, about twenty feet away from him. He gasped when the lights came right towards him. When the lights were only about five feet away, they stopped dead.
Aang was literally trying to sink into the wall by now. He was so afraid, that his whole body was up against the wall, trying to get as far away from the lights as possible. He was shaking so hard that you could hear the faint 'tap tap' of his staff against the wall.
Just then, three dark shadows formed around the lights. The shadows seemed to bubble up from the ground and become solid. The lights were eyes. The creatures danced around and moved in the strangest way.
Then one spotted Aang.
He had to run. He gathered strength he didn't know he had, and took a giant leap over the creatures. He ran down the second street to his left, and the creatures followed. When he arrived at a huge door he pushed it open, ran in, and closed it.
Aang took a sign of relief. But that relief didn't last long as more creatures popped out of the ground. There must have been at least a dozen now, and more coming.
Aang closed his eyes. He couldn't watch. Clash! Aang's eyes shot open. He had heard a sound, kind of like two swords colliding. In front of him, he saw one of the creatures disappear into a puff of smoke. And the one that had killed it. A boy with black clothes and spiky hair. He held a sword. The boy looked over his shoulder at Aang and smiled.
"You're safe now."
Again, so sorry it took so long to post this chapter. I will try really hard to post the next one faster. And please review! Thank You.