Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: the Last Airbender.
AN. The Fire nation family has 3 kids: Mia, the toddler/baby and a five year old (OC).
Chapter 10: Omashu and the Swamp
We snuck into Omashu through a sewage drain. After getting in to the city we made a plan to split up and meet up later. I wandered around until midnight finding no trace of king Bumi. I couldn't find any trace of Aang or the others either. Since I couldn't just check into a hotel I hid out at the construction site it was not regularly patrolled and I could easily escape if anyone did find me. Kali found me a couple hours later and we both fell asleep.
(WITH AANG)
We went different ways to try and find Bumi. Eventually Sokka Katara and I ended up finding the resistance. We decided the easiest way to get them out would be to pretend they were sick then the guards would naturally drive them out to keep everyone else healthy.
When we made it out and did a head count we found out the governors toddler had followed us when we had left. The governor sent the group a message to trade Bumi for the kid with us meeting up at the construction site the next morning.
((KITTY POV))
I hear people approach. On one side is Sokka, Katara, Aang and a baby. On the other are three teenage girls and an older couple, the woman looked like she had been crying all night.
"You have Bumi?" asks Aang.
The lead teenager nodded. She had long black hair that was put in a bun in the back with two loose sections. "You have my brother?" she asks in a monotone voice.
Aang nods.
"Where is our older son?" asks the older lady.
"We only have the baby." Aang says as he cocks his head to the side.
The woman starts to cry again.
"We are trading a powerful earthbending king for a baby?" asks Azula. "That doesn't sound like a fair trade to me." Mai nods and signals for Bumi to be taken back up.
As everyone follows the rising cage they see something higher up and the older couple screams "no" I look up and see a small child falling from several of levels above me.
He was too far away from the edge to catch so as soon as he was just above me I jumped and caught him. I was still pretty far up and a fall from this height would probably only break my leg if I didn't use bending. I shifted the kid to my left hip and popped open both water skins using all the water to cushion the blow and only jar us slightly upon landing.
After landing the kid tugged on a strand of my hair and when I looked at him he created a small flame in the palm of his hand. I held out my palm and using some water created different animals. He giggled happily and I smiled. I set him down and pointed over to his parents. He looked at them and was going to start over to them when a flame shot towards us. My eyes widened if I didn't get the kid out of the way he was going to get burned.
I grabbed him around the waist and ran over to Aang. The kid started crying and hid his head in the crook of my neck. Glaring at the fire princess I rubbed the boys back hoping to calm him down, it was not working very well.
"Why did you do that Azula? My brother was in front of her he could have been killed if she hadn't grabbed him" says Mai angrily.
Azula just ignores her. Sokka hands me the baby and gets ready to fight alongside Katara. Aang jumps up to go save Bumi and she followed him after realizing he was the avatar. The smaller of the two teenagers quickly follows Sokka and Katara leaving me with two crying children and their parents and sister.
"I am going to give him back so don't attack me" I say as I calmly walk towards the two parents. I start humming to calm the children down when I reach the parents and sister the kids are asleep and smiling slightly. I hand them over to their mother and back away, I don't trust them enough to turn my back to them even though I saved their kid.
"Wait, why did you save him? He will grow up and eventually fight on the fire nation's side" asks the man.
"It was the right thing to do. He has never done anything to deserve falling to his death and besides I like kids." I say as I continue backing away. "Cherish your sons because life has a way of taking away what we don't appreciate"
The sister Mia throws some sharp knives at me and I dodge and use waterbending to keep them away from me. I use waterbending again and trap Mai in a sphere of ice that she will not be able to escape from until I leave.
I turn and jump onto Kokurai's back and head to find Aang. After I pick him up we meet up with Sokka, Katara and two almost identical people I have never met before.
"So who are the strangers? Why are they traveling with us" I ask as we fly side by side.
"I am Akemi and this is my twin brother Keru. We want to help you fight the fire nation especially that bitch Azula, she burned my brother when we were nine. We were helping the people survive under fire nation rule in Omashu when Sokka and Katara found us. I am a firebender but I don't like the ideals of king Ozai." Explains Akemi
"I am an earthbender. Our mother was a fire nation commander and our father was a dia-lee agent. I can do the basic earthbending but I have never found a teacher since I was an outcast because my father was not fire nation." Says Keru as he reaches into his bag to find some food.
We flew and as we were passing over a swamp I felt like the swamp was calling me.
"Guys I need to visit the swamp and Aang needs to come with me. We can meet up in the next earth kingdom city" I say as I feel the pull getting stronger
"Why would you need to visit a creepy swamp?" asks Katara as she looks down at the swamp.
"I don't know but I have a feeling we either go down willingly or we are forced down and separated." They don't seem to believe me and continue on their way, I head down to where I feel the strongest pull. As soon as I land I hear screaming and see the others thrown into the swamp in different directions, the twins land near me but are unconscious so I pull them into the clearing and make camp.
After a couple hours Aang Katara and Sokka ran into the clearing and fell into a heap on top of my sleeping bag I had laid out a few minutes ago.
A giant green monster appears to the left. I raise my hands in a gesture that means 'I mean no harm'. The monster hesitates and then collapses; it was just a man bending the vines.
"The swamp called us here" I say as the man approaches. I look around and see that Aang, Katara and Sokka have disappeared.
"The others will be back the swamp gives visions to those that need them. Time is an illusion and so is death" the swamp-man says as he notices me looking around. After about 15 minutes the others reappear "Everything is connected and by using that connection you can find them. Remember this because I have a feeling that you two will need it." He says as he looks at Aang and I. we nod and get back on Appa and Kokurai then head off to the next earth kingdom city.
"I had a vision of mom" says Katara
"I had a vision of Yue" Sokka says as he looks down.
"I had a vision of a girl and a flying pig but I've never met her before" says Aang
"Katara's and Sokka's visions could be for closure. Aang yours could be about someone you will meet." Suggests Akemi as she munches on an apple.
"Where's Appa?" aand asks. No one seems to know. Aang and I place our hands on the tree and soon we know where Appa and Momo are, we race there and save Appa from being eaten by the swamp people.