Gyatso and Kara: Prodigies of an Avatar

Chapter 9- Escaping the North Pole part one

Gyatso closed his eyes as he sat in his room. He was on the dark green mat he had brought with his belongings to the Pole. His knuckles touched one another as he intertwined his legs to form a pretzel shape.

He was meditating deeply. Taking huge breathes until he found balance. The wind was blowing into the room calmly, and he heard the light laughing of fifth-graders playing 'Redemption'. He had taught them how when he was twelve. They have played it ever since.

It felt good to meditate, being the Avatar's son. He almost felt like he was almost entering the spirit world. His eyelids were closing even more in a sleepily manner. He was about to fall into a deep slumber when something interrupted him.

"Gyatso! Gyatso!" Rika pounded on the door not knowing at all what he was doing. "You can't stay locked up in there forever! We have to talk about the plan-" Rika's voice came to a halt when the door opened and a new side of Gyatso unveiled itself. A scary side. "What do you want?" He yelled in her face. She just paused to look at him. Pakku had been training him hard. Very hard. She noticed that he being stressed made his muscles bulge and show their true characteristics. He had eight abs that you couldn't usually see, even when he was topless. His arm muscles were showing as he squeezed the wooden door open. "Sorry, I didn't know you were busy." She sighed and turned her feet to leave. "No," he grabbed her shoulder. "I'm sorry for being rude." He backed up a few steps and listened. "Well, I was just saying that everyone is ready for you to talk about the plan." "Oh," he scratched his head in a seemingly familiar way. "Alright, I guess I could explain it to you guys."

"Good," Rika looked her friend up and down. "Plus, you might want to put a shirt on before you leave. My dad says there is going to be a horrible snow storm today. Even the little kids are going inside." "See you then, Rika."

"When are we leaving?" Roku asked massaging the light beard that was growing on his chin. It was barely the size of a goatee. Roku had developed very quickly for a boy his age. He was almost Rika's height at 5 feet, 4 inches-very tall for a Fire Nation ten year old boy. The average height for them was about 4 feet, 10 inches. His dark brown eyes squinted at Gyatso waiting for an answer to his question.

Gyatso had filled the group in on an escape plan. They were to reach Ba Sing Sei by the start of their winter months, and be at the Fire Nation by theirs. "I'm planning for us to leave for Ba Sing Sei next week. That should be enough time to get ready." "Hmm," Iroh sighed and breathed into his parka. "Have you told anyone else about this master plan yet? I don't think Pakku will even let us walk out of the door if he finds out about this. Let alone Rika's dad. Mr. Chan won't let her go out alone! Gyatso, I hate to say this but, did you think this all through? I mean, all of us would love to go out and fight in the war, but we need a well thought out plan. I honestly don't think that we even have the supplies to do so, since we're not having pit stops.

Our canoe will not fit all of us, and the supplies. We need a ship, G, a ship. We don't have Appa anymore. We only have ourselves." Iroh pumped his knuckles, and suddenly got an idea. "We should leave in maybe three weeks, that's enough time to earn enough money to rent an old ship. We will have enough left over money to get a pound of food ever week we're out. We'll have to eat small though, so we can preserve food."

Gyatso raised his eyebrow at his friend. "Didn't you just say this plan wasn't well thought out?"

"I just thought it out."

Okay, now that that chapter is finished, I have an announcement. I will be making song choices for readers to listen to from this chap on (If I remember the song). You guys will most likely find the songs on YouTube or (Yes, I'm a band/orchestra geek)

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