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Transformers: Avatar Chronicles

Chapter 3: Friendships Growing, Alliances Forming

At Chameleon Bay, Sokka and Warpath were getting ready to meet Sokka's father, Hakoda, while Aang was getting ready to leave for the Eastern Air Temple to see this guru.

"You haven't seen your dad in over two years!" Aang said to his friend. "You must be so excited!" That however was the last thing you'd think of if you saw Sokka's face, showing that he's nauseous and was about ready to throw up.

"I know I should be, but I just feel sick to my stomach," he exclaimed.

"Don't be nervous," Aang said to try and make him feel better. "He's gonna be so happy to see you!" That got Sokka to smile a bit before impatient Warpath butted in.

"Yeah yeah, so are we gonna meet this guy or what?" he asked impatiently.

"Just a second cheater," Sokka answered, thinking he cheated to win the race he challenged them to.

"I told you, I, ZOOM! creamed ya fair and square!" Warpath replied before Sokka turned back to Aang.

"What about you?" he asked. "Are you nervous to meet this guru?"

"Not at all," Aang responded confidently. "I'm ready to master the Avatar State. I'll do whatever it takes." With that, Sokka got off of Appa and landed beside Warpath. "See you in a week. Yip-Yip!" was what Aang said before Appa took off to the Eastern Air Temple and Sokka and Warpath walked to a Water Tribe camp site. Sokka took a deep breath while he walked.

"So what's your dad like Sokka?" Warpath asked.

"Well let's put it this way," Sokka answered with a smile. "Katara once told me that if he was my age, we'd be twin brothers. Trust me, you're gonna like him."

As they neared the camp, multiple Water Tribe soldiers surrounded Warpath with their weapons drawn.

"It's okay, he's with me!" Sokka explained. When they looked at him, they instantly recognized him and lowered their weapons. They then walked up to great him as though they were all older brothers to him.

"Sokka, good to see ya!" One of them said. They then moved out of the way for Sokka to walk up to a large tent, where obviously his father was. When he opened it, Hakoda was there, planning their next moves, when he saw Sokka. His eyes widened and he smiled.

"Sokka," he said as he got up and walked to him.

"Hi Dad," Sokka responded as he walked up to hug his father.

Meanwhile back at Ba Sing Se, Azula, Mai, and Ty-Lee, still disguised as Kyoshi Warriors, were introduced more formaly to the Earth King in his throne room. His pet bear Bosco was beside him.

"Look Bosco," the Earth King said to his pet. "The Kyoshi Warriors are here to protect us! Arn't you excited?" Bosco's response was to simply yawn. "It's been a difficult week for me," he said, now talking to the girls. "My most trusted adviser, Long Fang, and his Dai-Lee agents tried to take control of Ba Sing Se away from me."

"It's terrible when you can't trust the people who are closest to you," Azula responded.

"But there is good news," the Earth King added while petting Bosco's head. "As we speak, the Council of Five is meeting to plan an invasion of the Fire Nation this summer, on the day of a solar eclipse!" After hearing that, Azula's eyes widened ever so slightly. Now she was obtaining information of a strike against the Fire Nation, which means she can report this to her father, and plan a defense. This was just getting better and better for her.

"Really?" she said, trying not to sound too surprised. "Now that sounds like a fascinating and brilliant plan."

*QUE TRANSFORMERS: PRIME OPENING THEME*

Far away from Ba Sing Se, Soundwave in his drone mode flew into a cave and transformed, where Starscream, along with two other seekers named "Thundercracker" and "Skywarp," two human sized Decepticons named "Frenzy" and "Rumble," and a robotic jaguar Decepticon named "Ravage" were waiting for him.

"Well Soundwave?" Starscream said, sitting on a stone throne. Megatron has not yet been found, so now he is the leader of the Decepticons. "What have you found out about this world?" Soundwave then played back everything he found out, and his last recordings were what got Starscream's attention. Three humans planning to overtake an entire city through deception. "Hm... perhaps we should pay this 'Princess Azula' a visit."

"Why are we wasting our time with a couple of fleshies?" Rumble asked.

"Soundwave has found out that the Fire Nation is the most technologically advanced of these four nations," Starscream answered. "If we're going to get the energy we need to get back to Cybertron, they're our best option. Besides...I looked up their history, and I admire their ruthless actions..."

At the Council of Five's meeting at General Fong's base, How and the other four generals, along with optimus and Katara were going over the invasion plan.

"General Fong's base will searve as the launching point for the attack," How said as he earthbended stone pieces on a map of the Four Nations to demonstrate their plans for the invasion. "Optimus, if you may, please go over the plans." Optimus then stepped forward.

"In exactly two months, the army and navy will invade the Fire Nation on the Day of Black Sun," Optimus said. "The navy will move in to the left of the capital, half of the army will move in to the right, and the Autobots and I, along with the other half of the army, will engage in a frontal assault." Just as he finished that, Momo jumped onto the map and started playing with the pieces.

"Or we could send in Momo to do some damage," Katara joked as she started chuckling. None of the generals however found this funny. "Cause...the...sorry." How then earthbended the pieces back up, spooking Momo and causing him to fly away from the board.

"All we need is the Earth King's seal in order to exicute the plan," How said as he handed the seal to Katara.

"I'll get these scrolls to him right away," she replied. "Thank you General How," She then bowed her head before she and Optimus walked out of the base.

Aang, in the meantime, flew up to the Eastern Air Temple on Appa, where the guru was waiting for him. Once he landed, he looked around for this guru.

"Um, hello?" Aang said confusingly once he found him meditating, not paying attention to him. He then got off of Appa and walked up to him.

"You're Guru Pathik, right?" Aang asked the guru. "The person who attached the note to Appa's horn?"

"Indeed," Pathik responded, still meditating. "I was a spiritual brother of your people, and a personal friend of Monk Gyatso."

"In your note," Aang started as he sat down in front of Pathnik. "You said you could teach me to gain control of the Avatar State. How?"

"You must gain balance within yourself, before you can bring balance to the world." the guru answered. "And the first step to gaining balance begins with this." He then gets out a bowl full of some kind of liquid. "Drink up." Aang responds by taking the bowl and taking a sip. The result: him immediately spitting it out.

"UGH!" he exclaimed. "It tastes like onion and banana juice!"

"That's because it is," Pathnik responded before drinking from his own bowl of onion and banana juice. "Yum yum." Afterwards, he just hovered it over his head with his hand. Aang looked at him as though he was crazy.

'This is gonna take longer than I thought,' Aang thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Master Yu and Xin Tu were transporting Toph away via an ostrich horse, not caring that they just kidnapped a 12 year old child. Toph, who was still inside the metal box, was concerned for Ironhide. Even though she didn't sense what happened, Xin obviously harmed him from what she heard.

"I believe we need to go right!" Yu argued to Xin.

"What are you talking about!?" he responded. "The Bei Fong estate is this way."

"I'm quite certain you're mistaken," Yu said before Toph started banging on the walls that surrounded her.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO IRONHIDE!?" Toph demanded.

"You're new friend has been 'taken care of,'" Xin responded coldly. "Now pipe down!" Toph just banged on the walls even harder.

"LET ME OUT OF HERE SO I CAN KICK BOTH OF YOUR BUTTS!" she demanded.

"Quit your banging!" Xin responded after banging on the box back. "You might think you're the greatest earthbender in the world, but even YOU can't bend metal." Afterward, they continued forward. Toph just sat down to herself, hoping Ironhide was okay.

Minutes afterward, back where Toph was ambushed. Ironhide awoke from stasis.

"Ugh, what happened?" he asked himself while rubbing his head. Then it hit him, and his optics widened.

"Toph!" he exclaimed before transforming and following the footsteps made by some creature in the sand.

Back at Ba Sing Se, in her private quarters given to her by the Earth King, Azula was thinking to herself all of the advantages she had been given while Mai and Ty-Lee were getting their Kyoshi makeup off.

"We have been presented with an extraordinary opportunity girls," Azula stated to her friends.

"Mai finally gets to wear makeup that's not tottaly depressing?" Ty-Lee joked.

"Ha-ha," Mai responded sarcastically.

"I'm talking about conquring the whole Earth Kingdom," Azula responded, which immediately got Mai and Ty-Lee's attention. "For 100 years, the Fire Nation has hammered away at from the outside, but now we're on the INSIDE, and we can take it by ourselves."

"Gosh, you're so confident," Ty-Lee commented about her friend. "I really admire that about you."

"From the inside, we're in perfect position to organize a coup, and overthrow the Earth King. The Key is the Dai Lee. Whoever controls the Dai Lee, controls Ba Sing Se."

"Oh, I almost forgot something Azula," Mai said. "Someone left a letter for us." She then hands a scroll to Azula, which she opens and reads. What she reads, made her eyes widen in shock.

"We know who you really are," the scroll said. "Unless you want your secret to be told, meet us outside the wall in these coordinates." Ty-Lee and Mai look at the note as well.

"Why am I not surprised?" Mai responded dryly. Ty-Lee on the other hand, was panicking slightly.

"What are we gonna do Azula!?" she asked. After her shock died down, Azula merely burned the note, destroying the only piece of evidance against them, after memorizing the coordinates.

"We're going to pay our 'new friends' a visit," Azula responded.

Back at Chameleon Bay, Sokka, Hakoda and Warpath were putting the finishing touches on a homemade bomb. Hakoda in the meantime got to know more about Sokka's new friend.

"So, you're a soldier where you come from?" Hakoda asked Warpath.

"Yep!" Warpath responded. "Anything you want gone..." He then turned and fired at a rock from the turrate of his tank more which stuck out slightly from his chest and blasted the rock to bits. "...KAPOWWE!" Hakoda couldn't help but smile, knowing why Sokka would befriend him.

"I like him already," he told his son. Just then, a soldier rushed up to Hakoda.

"Hakoda," he said. "Our scouts have spotted four Fire Nation ships."

"Bato, get the mines loaded," Hakoda commanded. "The rest of you men, prepare for battle."

"Uh, what should I do Dad?" Sokka asked as the men were rushing to get ready.

"Arn't you listening?" Hakoda asked. "I said 'The rest of you men get ready for battle.'" Sokka's eyes widened after he said what he said and immediately went up with a smile.

"You too Warpath," Hakoda added as Sokka went up to join the others. Warpath, as usual, was estatic with what he just said.

"YAAAAHOOOO!" Warpath shouted with joy. "Finally! A chance to, BOOM! blow somethin' up!"

Meanwhile at Ba Sing Se, Azula, Mai and Ty-Lee were at the coordinates the mysterious note told them to be in their Kyoshi disguises, but no one was there. They had waited for an hour and now, it was getting dark.

"The note said to meet here, didn't it?" Ty-Lee asked. Azula was starting to grow impatient.

"Is this some sort of joke!?" she shouted. "This is no way to treat a Kyoshi Warrior!"

"But you arn't a Kyoshi Warrior, arn't you?" said a sinister voice in the shadows, which caused the three girls to turn Then, something moved forward, and the voice in the shadows...was revealed to be Starscream. Azula, Mai, and Ty-Lee looked up at Starscream in absolute awe. (well, Ty-Lee was more so terrified) They couldn't accept that there was a towering metal lifeform standing in front of them. And as if that wasn't enough, three more metal monstrosities came from the shadows, two of which who looked exactly like Starscream with the exception of the way they were colored. Beside them were two human sized robots and a metal jaguar. Once all of the shock was out of her system, Azula started to speak.

"Alright, now that we have that out of the way, who and what are you?" Azula asked.

"Very well then, I am Starscream," he responded. "And these are my colleagues, Soundwave, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and-" He stopped suddenly when he realized someone was missing.

"Where's Knock Out!?" he demanded. Right on que, a red futuristic sports car came up and transformed into the Decepticon medic, "Knock Out."

"Can you believe what this sand can do to my finish!? Ugh!" Knock Out exclaimed as Starscream now knows why he had been missing.

"You were out joy riding, wern't you?" Starscream asked in an intimidating yet obviously aggrivated tone.

"If I'm going to be stuck here in a primative world with a bunch of ugly flesh creatures, the least I can do is TRY and have a bit of fun once in a while Starscream," Knock Out explained. Ty-Lee was taken back by his insult to 'flesh creatures.'

"Hey! We're not ugly!" she claimed. Starscream simply motioned for her to be quiet.

"Be that as it may Knockout, I strongly suggest that you TELL us when you go on your little joy rides," Starscream commanded. "And it's LORD Starscream!"

"Not unless we find the big guy," Knock Out claimed in a nonchalant manner, obviously referring to Megatron. Their bantering was then cut short by Azula clearing her throat.

"Now that that's over with, why are you here?" Azula asked.

"We are here because we need a means of returning to our home planet Cybertron," Starscream answered, which got Ty-Lee's attention.

"Planet?" she asked, only to be picked up by Starscream and bringing her to his face.

"Yes, planet," Starscream responded. "And if you know what's best for you, then you'd refrain from interrupting me again, understood?" Ty-Lee merely gulped in fear and shook her head up and down.

"Good," Starscream responded before putting her down. "Anyway, since you are the most technologically advanced of these four nations, I propose an alliance."

"Oh?" Azula said curiously.

"Think about it Princess," Starscream responded. "Advanced technology, eons beyond what anyone could throw at you, as well as us fighting on your side. Why, you wouldn't even need the Dai-Lee for your little coup!"

"I like the way you think Starscream," Azula replied with a smirk. "But what's the catch?"

"All we merely ask is access to your nation's materials as well as at least 25% of your coal supply for energy means," Starscream answered. Azula then motioned for Mai and Ty-Lee to come to her so they could discuss this.

"I say we take it Azula," Mai said. "Like he said, with these guys, we won't even need the Dai-Lee."

"I don't know," Ty-Lee said, still scared. "These guys are pretty creepy, especially that one." She then motioned her head to Soundwave.

"Still, the advantage we'd gain is too much to ignore Ty-Lee," Azula responded before walking back to Starscream.

"We will accept your offer," Azula said to the seeker, which caused the seeker to form a wicked grin on his face.

"Excellent..." he said.

Meanwhile, Ironhide was still driving when he saw the box Toph was in being pulled away by an ostrich-horse ridden by Yu and Xin. He reacted quickly and drove in front of them. This caught both Yu and Xin by surprise.

"You again!?" Xin exclaimed. Toph meanwhile heard this and knew that Ironhide was here, but could get in trouble again, so she started to concentrate and try and 'see' the minerals inside the metal, and once she concentrated enough, she was successful. Seeing this, she smirked and took a deep breath before pushing on it.

Back with Ironhide and her captures, Ironhide transformed and readied himself for battle. Yu, terrified of the Autobot, cowerred in fear under the carriage while Xin actually tried to fight. He earthbended from the ground and shot a piece at him, but Irohnide reacted this time and blasted it with his blaster.

"C'mon metal, budge!" Toph exclaimed as she kept trying to bend the metal that surrounded her.

Irohnide dodged another projectile from Xin, but then he bended the ground bellow him and he fell to the ground.

Finally, with one punch, Toph was able to cause a massive dent in the metal.

"Whoo! Toph, you rule!" she complimented to herself before she ripped the metal open.

Back at Ba Sing Se, Bumbblebee, in his vehicle mode, was driving Katara and Momo to the palace. The two of them decided that this was a good time to get to know each other a little better.

"So what happened to your vocal processors Bee?" Katara asked her new friend.

"(I was captured by Megatron at Tyger Pax and interrogated brutally,)" Bumbblebee responded. "(I refused to speak, so he crushed my voice box.") Katara was shocked at Megatron's brutality.

"I-I'm so sorry Bee," she apologized.

"(Don't be Katara,)" he responded. "(My voice box wasn't worth Megatron gaining vital information about us.") She then smiled slightly, commending his bravery and selflessness. Then they closed into a tea shop.

"Could you stop here?" Katara asked the Autobot scout. Bumbblebee then stopped close to the doors before Katara turned to Momo.

"Whadya say Momo?" she asked the leamur-bat. "A cup of tea before we get back to the Earth king?" Momo's response was to chatter slightly. Katara, taking that as a yes, got out of Bee and walked inside.

"(I'll be right here,)" Bumbblebee said to his human friend. Katara then walked in where two waitresses bowed their heads to her.

"Table for two please," Katara told the two waitresses. She was about to keep walking, when she heard something that almost made her heart stop.

"Uncle, I need two jasmine, one one green, and one one leachey," said a boy around 16 with a scar on his face. Unknown to most, he was Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation. Someone who has obsessed with capturing the Avatar to obtain his honor back after being banished from his home by his own father.

"I'm brewing as fast as I can!" replied his uncle, who was really General Iroh, also of the Fire Nation and uncle to Zuko. Despite them really NOT trying to hunt the Avatar and trying to live a normal life owning a tea shop, Katara didn't know this and rushed back to Bumbblebee.

"(Something wrong Katara?)" he asked, seeing panic in her eyes. Once she got in, she immediately pointed to the palace.

"We nee to get to the king Bee, FAST!" she said quickly as Bumbblebee zoomed straight to the palace.

Back at the palace, Katara and Bee, now in robot mode, rushed to the throne room. Unfortunately, the Earth King was not there, however the Kyoshi Warriors were. Thinking this was a good thing, they ran to them. Still in disguise, Azula's eyes widened slightly when Bumbblebee came in. Starscream had told her about these 'Autobots' and how they were mortal enemies to the Decepticons, so, she gave a signal to Rumble and Frenzy, who were hiding, to strike when ready. The two of them, nodded, and moved to the shadows.

"Thank goodness you're here Suki!" Katara exclaimed with relief. "Something terrible is going on! The Fire Nation has infiltrated the city! I just saw Prince Zuko and his uncle!" Azula's eyes widened slightly when she mentioned her brother, which quickly turned into a smirk when she calculated this into her plan.

"We have to tell the Earth King right away!" Katara said.

"Oh, don't worry," Azula said while she rose up. "I'll be sure to let him know." She then walked closer to the light and Katara and Momo saw her golden eyes, which caused Katara's eyes to widen and for Momo to fly away screaching in fear. Katara and Bumbblebee tried to follow him, only for Ty-Lee to jump in and block Katara's chi, causing her to fall down paralyzed. Bumbblebee tried to retaliate when Rumble and Frenzy tackled him to the ground, their arms now formed into pile drivers. Bumbblebee's optics widened when he saw who tackled him. Optimus' worst fear has came true. The Decepticons were on Earth.

"First we crack the shell-" Frenzy began.

"Then we collect the nuts inside!" Rumble finished before pounding Bee until he couldn't fight back. Azula then came in and lightning bended straight into his spark, trying to kill him, but she could only put him in temporary stasis before pulling back in pain.

"These things are going to be a lot harder to kill than I thought," she said to herself before walking to Katara, still on the ground and with Mai and Ty-Lee looking down at her.

"So, Zu-Zu's in the city too," Azula said. "I think it's time for a 'family reunion.'

Back with Ironhide, Xin was about to finish him off when he and Yu heard a banging sound. They quickly went to the box and saw that it was open, and Toph was gone.

"It's another one of her tricks!" Yu stupidly claimed.

"There's a giant hole in the box!" Xin exclaimed. "How is that a trick!?"

"It's not!" said something from behind them. They turned and saw Toph, ready to start kicking ass. "It's the real deal!" She then earthbended two stone walls and put them to where Xin and Yu were between them. She then tossed them into the box and metalbended it shut. Then she leaped onto the top of it.

"I am the greatest earthbender in the world!" she proclaimed. "Don't you two dunderheads ever forget it!" Ironhide then got up and went to his new friend.

"Hey metal mouth!" she said to her alien friend. "You okay?"

"Yeah," Ironhide answered. "Just a few dents but other than that, I'm fine." He then transformed into his van mode, "Think you can keep up!?"

"Oh, it's on!" Toph said, accepting his challenge before ehe leaped to the ground and started literally skating through the ground beside Ironhide who was driving to the city.

Back at Chameleon Bay, Sokka and Warpath were getting ready for battle when Hakoda came up to them.

"Ready to go knock some Fire Nation heads you two?" he asked.

"Oh yeah!" Warpath answered. "Bring it on!" Hakoda simply smiled at his enthusiasm. he then turned to Sokka for an answer.

"You don't know how much this means to me Dad," he said to his father. "I'll make you proud, and I'll finally prove to you what a great warrior I am."

"Sokka," Hakoda said while reaching his hand to his son's shoulder. "You don't have to prove anything to me. I'm already proud of you, and I've always known you're a great warrior." Those encouraging words made Sokka smile a bit and tears to start forming.

"Really?" he asked.

"Why do you think I trusted you to look after our tribe when I left?" Hakoda asked. Sokka then nodded once and started to get on his father's ship along with Warpath when they heard Appa come down to the ground. The three of them turned to see Aang with a concerned look. While with the guru, he sensed that Katara and Bumbblebee were in danger and flew to get his friends back and to fly back to Ba Sing Se dispite Pathik's advice.

"This can't be good news," was all Sokka had to say before getting on Appa.

*QUE AVATAR ENDING THEME*

I know, I didn't write any of the scenes with Aang and the guru, I'm lazy sometimes, but it's simple if you want to know what happens, WATCH THE DAMN SHOW! :D