A/N: A few recurring characters come back for cameos and two-bit parts in this mad tale of Aang's adoption of the little girl, Alice. Also, it got titled "The Rise and Fall of the Air Nomads"

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Aang burst through the doors of the Air Temple and called out, "Everyone, I have an announcement! I'm adopting this nine year old girl named Alice."

"...What kind of a name is 'Alice'?"

"Well, what kind of name is Kevin?"

"Why are the chairs talking to themselves?"

Everybody shrugged, then did the flop. "EVERYBODY! EVERYBODY! EVERYBODY DO THE FLOP!" Guru Pathik shrieked.

In the ruckus caused by The Flop, the vase whispered to the chairs, "I like the name Kevin..." Promptly, it shattered. Speaking often destroyed inanimate objects, being a very energy-draining practice.

Reality and Logic walked in to get rid of this insanity, but were turned into cardboard because they were too modern. Reality and Logic were so annoying that they ceased to exist. All the cardboard turned back into humans, (even the stuff that wasn't human previously) and cheered at not seeing reality or logic. From here on, they would never be spoken of again. Ever. But thought of? Always. At least, until the prophecy of Arcadia was fulfilled...

At that moment, Aang fell asleep on his history book. Every time a massacre happened in the book, Aang yawned. When a leader was killed, he fell asleep.

His irregular sleep pattern soon started to cause him problems. Like dreaming of Platypus Bears that wield red sickles and hammers. He also began seeing disturbing shadows whenever he went - he couldn't explain them.

It was Mitch- but some people call him "Big Mitch". For unknown reasons, he changed his gender from female to male when he was called "Big Mitch", but no one minded. Big Mitch had one purpose in life- to hunt Platypus Bears wielding red sickles and hammers. He left the ones with golden sickles and hammers, for they were The Bears.

Aang wondered who this "Big Mitch" was, and why he could only make gibberish sounds. But Big Mitch had served his purpose, and it was time he left, so he dissolved into a puddle and evaporated into the cosmos.

Aang woke up from his dream about Big Mitch and everyone stared at him. They all had shock-and quite a few tears-in their eyes. Aang looked around, bewildered for a few moments until he realized he had fallen asleep.

Aang decided to drink energy increasing chi tea (or whatever it was called) after each meal, in order to stay awake. Each night Katara had to chain him up to keep him still enough to sleep at all. She was concerned for him, he kept going on about Platypus Bears with red and yellow sickles and hammers, and ranted about an alien creature Called "Mitch", but some people call him "Big Mitch". The masticating old men were brought up frequently.

They had something to do with some ancient prophecy, but no one knew what it stated. All they knew was that a person named Tara Gilesbie, a supposed Seer, had spoken the prophecy. It was said that when the prophecy is fulfilled, eternal darkness would fall over the world, never to return to normal again. Unless...unless someone found the Queen of the Platypus-Bears in time to save everyone. But those were only rumours, and Aang still had Alice to look after, so he couldn't focus on other matters - matters such as his history book.

Luckily Alice loved history, so while Aang was dealing with his Korra-induced migraines, Alice went to the library and started reading up on Air Nomad history. Alice was approached by a very tall creature wearing a name tag that says "Big Mitch". It was the sister of the Queen of Platypus-Bears in disguise.

"Big Mitch" almost revealed his true identity by saying "xaxaxaxa".

"xaxaxa" Alice communicated back. He forgot that Alice was telepathically gifted.

As Alice grew suspicious, Big Mitch's gear turned to cardboard and his disguise fell apart.

"Sister of the Queen of Platypus-Bears!" Alice shouted in shock. It came out as: "xaxa xa xa xa xa xaxaxa xa"

"...я?"

"xaxaxa xa" Alice said, and the Queen of Platypus-Bears' sister nodded.

"G o o d," the sister responded, spelling out the word. It sounded like "xaaxaaxaaxaa" but Alice understood.

Coming out as "xaxaxa", the sister asked Alice for a potato. Alice told her she'd only tell if the Sister told her where the Queen of Platypus-Bears was.

The sister shrugged, not knowing where her loony sister went.