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Spring, 0 ASC, somewhere south of the Southern Air Temple, in the sea
As I woke from the dreamy Spirit World, I felt suddenly constricted by the thick ice surrounding Appa and I. Oh no! How am I supposed to get out of here when I can't waterbend yet!
After a few minutes of contemplating how to escape, I initiated my plan. I pushed air down through the bottom of the ice and after excruciating amount of effort, we rose to the surface.
I then used the same technique on the roof, only widespread, and- "OH NO!"
"Appa!"
I used an airbending burst to fly myself toward were Appa was sleeping and sliced through the ice stalactites and sent them flying away from the immediate vicinity of Appa and I.
After calming down, I realized the storm was gone.
"How long were we down there?" Aang contemplated this as he woke Appa up from his slumber.
"Appa, come on buddy wake up, we need to get back to the Temple!"
Appa just rolled on top of me and grumbled.
"Appa! Get off me! We need to go right now!"
After realizing Appa wouldn't move, I smiled and thought of a way to get him awake.
"Appa look! Food!"
Appa immediately woke up, got off me and looked around trying to locate the food.
"Aww, I'm sorry for lying buddy, but we really need to get to the Temple right now! I promise as soon as I can, I will get you some food."
I jumped up 5 feet, grabbed Appa's harness, sat down, and we were off.
Gyatso's POV
As I returned to my quarters, I contemplated where Aang could have gone. He couldn't have gotten too far this early since his disappearance, even on Appa.
The other monks and I just got done having a discussion about Aang's disappearance and if anyone had a clue where he had gone. Why would he leave? I thought he understood that he was the Avatar and he had duties. There just is no explanation that I can think of. Wait, is it possible he could have overheard the monks yesterday when they decided on separating Aang and I, and sending him to the Eastern Air Temple? I guess he couldn't handle it, but what are we supposed to do now? He was our only chance at survival when the Fire Nation strikes. I suddenly saw a dot on the horizon. Is that a flying bison? Could it be Aang? The other airbenders and I rushed down to the courtyard and waited for whoever it was to land.
"Could it be Aang?" One of the young ones inquired.
"I hope so, he scared everyone to death when he ran away" Another monk stated.
Aang's POV
As I came into view of the Southern Air Temple's inhabitants, I contemplated how they would react to my return.
"They will probably immediately separate Gyatso and I and whisk me off to the Eastern Air Temple as soon as possible. I will try to do what I think is best, but I sure won't like it. At least you will always be here for me, right buddy?" I rubbed Appa's back as he was flying and he hummed in approval.
We landed near the courtyard away from the mob of airbenders and I jumped off of Appa. Appa flew away to find food because we had been gone for a long while.
I immediately got bombarded with questions and I couldn't understand any of them, but soon enough one stood out from the rest.
"Aang!"
Gyatso pushed himself through the crowd and hugged me. I smiled, how old was he and he could still do so much.
"Gyatso I'm so sorry I ran away, I didn't mean to, I just didn't want us to be separated and for me to be sent away. I now know that I have to though, go away that is. I see no reason why you can't come with me though!"
"We will see Aang but it is not my decision, it is up to the other monks. They are the ones you need to convince, not me."
I nodded and we pushed through the crowd toward the inner sanctum where the monks are.
"You will all have your answers soon enough, now please get back to whatever you were doing before" Gyatso told them.
"Thanks Gyatso, I was starting to get a headache."
"You're welcome Aang, but don't think you are safe yet, you still have to deal with the monks outrage. That is something I cannot help you with."
"What are you talking about, you are coming in aren't you?"
"No Aang, they are still angry with me for not taking your training as seriously as they would like. Seeing me would only anger them further then they already are due to your disappearance."
"That makes sense I guess, but I want to talk to you afterwards ok Gyatso?"
"Sounds good to me Aang"
Gyatso walked off and I opened the door to the council chambers.
"No Ying, like I said before, we cannot send a searching party out for Aang, we have too much work to do here. Get out of here!"
"That isn't Ying, Junqa"
"Aang?"
"Yes masters"
"Where have you been? We have been worried ever since Gyatso found your note by your bed!"
"I got trapped in a storm, and froze myself and Appa in the depths of the sea"
"How did you do that? You don't know any waterbending"
"Well.." I scratched my back as I said, "I think I was in the Avatar State because otherwise I would have died"
"What happened next Aang?"
"I spoke with my past life, Avatar Roku, and he convinced me to return so I could complete my training and face my life as the Avatar."
"What?! This is very intriguing! You actually spoke to Avatar Roku? "
"Well.. he kind of spoke to me, actually. I still don't know how to reach out and contact past avatars, so he did the work for me."
"I see, so you just flew back here then?"
"Yes Master Junqa"
"We need to think about this new information Aang. Go back to your quarters and we will call you so we can decide what to do next."
"Ok, I am really exhausted and need to rest anyways."
I exited the chambers and went to my quarters to find Gyatso waiting for me.
Woah, am I sure glad that's over. That took a while to write, but I hope you guys enjoyed it. Like always, review please