Bonnie woke up twisting and turning, writhing on the floor of a strange room; her eyes were blurry and she couldn't see anything clearly. She stopped writhing and sat up slowly, tears still fresh in her eyes; the pain in her back was gone and the wound seemed to be healed as well.
A few tears fell from her eyes when she remembered the fear in Dean's face; it all seemed as if it had just happened a few moments ago.
Bonnie's body felt different again and when she tried to stand, she caught sight of her hands. She gasped. They looked like they were drawn like a cartoon. When Bonnie was standing she rubbed her eyes fiercely. She looked around, her eyesight clearing. Everything in the room looked like a cartoon or an anime. She looked back down at her hands and they still looked like they were drawn like a cartoon.
"Bloody hell?" her voice sounded smaller as well and a little "cuter" like a child's.
Bonnie then noticed a full-body mirror by a dresser which stood next to the door. She made her way towards it, carefully and quietly, and when she stood in front of it, what she saw startled her. She was shorter like a child and had very childish features. She was entirely drawn, sketched like a piece of cartoonish artwork; the artwork seemed very familiar to her though. She still wore Dean Winchester's T-shirt and jeans and her hair was still a fire red but she had gained very noticeable freckles and her skin had paled; her eyes were huge, still an emerald green, and adorable.
"So I'm in a cartoon…" Bonnie let her voice trail off, not knowing what to think of all this.
"…Cool." She breathed after a moment of further examination. Her clothes were too big for her so she tightened the belt, rolled her pant legs up to her ankles, and tied the sides of the T-shirt so it fit her more closely. Bonnie looked at her reflection again with a sigh of satisfaction.
"Who are you?" a very boyish but serious voice questioned from behind Bonnie. She whipped around to see a pair of big blue eyes and big brown eyes. Bonnie smiled in excitement and surprise. It was Aang, the Avatar! And beside him sat Katara! The two of them were sitting up in a large bed and Aang was holding his staff, pointing it at Bonnie. Her hands flew to her mouth as she tried to cover her grins.
"Aang, wait…" Katara said in a sleepy voice.
"I don't think she's dangerous or anything."
"Well, how did she get in here?" Aang asked.
"How did you get in here?" he directed the question towards Bonnie, poking her with the staff in his curiosity.
"I-I don't know!" Bonnie said, hoping he didn't think her to be dangerous and have her thrown out. The three of them were silent for a long moment.
"You have a very weird voice." Aang said; apparently that's what he had been thinking about in the silence, Bonnie concluded. She rolled her eyes.
"How can you not know how you got here?" Aang asked with a suspicious look.
Bonnie shrugged. Aang gave her a long blink.
He looked a little older than in the show and Bonnie quickly made the connection that he and Katara had gotten married. His voice hadn't changed much and his boyish habits hadn't either.
"Okay I believe you." He said with a smile; Katara gave a grin as well.
"What's your name?" she asked gently.
"Bonnie."
"Strange name, but I like it." Katara said.
Bonnie let out a sigh of relief.
"So, are you a bender?" Aang asked in his curiosity. Bonnie was startled by this question.
"I-I don't know…" she said honestly.
"Have you lost your memories or something?" Katara asked worriedly.
"Uh…something like that."
The couple thought for a moment before summoning the house keeper to show her to the guest room and they would further discuss what to do about her "lost memories" in the morning. Bonnie bowed in reverence before she was showed out of the room.
Every inch of Bonnie's body was tingling with excitement and joy. She was in a cartoon, most importantly Avatar: the last Airbender! And what if she was a bender? And if so, what could she bend? Her mind began to grow hazy with weariness but her mind kept racing with thought after thought. The housekeeper, a very kind old lady, finally stopped in front of a door and gestured towards it with her hand and a kind smile. Bonnie smiled back and walked in, giving a small "Thank you" on her way in just before closing the door. It took Bonnie a total of five minutes to fall asleep in the soft bed.
The next morning Bonnie woke to the sound of a woman's gasp.
"Uh, Hi…who are you?" the woman asked in a very surprised tone; the voice sounded familiar to Bonnie.
Bonnie blinked slowly and sat up.
"I'm Bonnie." She said blankly, rubbing her eyes; travelling to different worlds was fun and exciting but it was going to get harder to enjoy if she didn't get enough sleep.
"And…Aang knows you're here?" the woman questioned further.
Bonnie nodded and rubbed her eyes. The lady was holding a small baby and she looked very familiar. After a moment of staring, she realized who the lady was. It was Suki, from the Avatar; the last Airbender series! That's why everything looked cartoon; she really was in a cartoon! Bonnie concluded that she must have married Sokka and this was their child.
"Sorry for waking you, Bonnie. My name's Suki. I came in here to get the diapers for this little stinker I left in here." Suki explained with a gentle smile as she walked to the dresser and grabbed a bag that apparently had what she needed.
"I was about to get up anyways." Bonnie shrugged. She slipped out of the bed and followed Suki out of the room. Suki was taller than Bonnie by a couple of inches. When they walked out into the hallway, Bonnie saw a very tired looking Sokka with his hair let down as he held a squirming small baby in his arms.
'They had twins, huh?' Bonnie thought with a smile.
"Flora needs another diaper change…" Sokka said in a tired voice, letting loose to a very large yawn that shook him. He slowly met Bonnie's gaze.
"Who's this?" he asked distantly.
"A friend of Aang's. Her name's Bonnie. This is my husband, Sokka." Suki explained, telling the last part to Bonnie.
"Nice ta meetcha." Sokka said with a drowsy grin, turning and walking off with Suki and the babies. Bonnie stood awkwardly in the hallway, not knowing whether or not to follow Sokka and Suki or to wait for Aang and Katara. A stupid grin found its way onto Bonnie's face and she giggled quietly. She never thought she'd meet the Avatar, or even "boomerang guy."
Aang's voice drew Bonnie out of her thoughts.
"Good morning Bonnie. Follow me please." Bonnie looked up; he had a very peculiar and suspicious look on his face as if he knew something secretive and he thought she knew as well.
Bonnie followed him into a dojo that had a bowl of water, a bowl of fire, and a bowl of dirt.
"Do you have any idea what you are?" Aang asked without looking at Bonnie.
"What do you mean?" Bonnie's mind was racing, trying to think clearly; was he going to tell her she was the "blank page" like everyone else, whatever that was?
"…I think you're a spirit, Bonnie." Aang stated after a thoughtful sigh.
"What?!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"W-Well, if I'm a spirit then…how can everyone see me?" Bonnie retorted, chilled by what she'd just been told? Was she dead?
"Well I can't be sure that you're a spirit yet but if you are, people can see you because you have something you have to do before you go to the spirit world." Aang shrugged in his response.
"Anyways, I can see a bending power in you but can't tell what kind. We might as well find out." Aang said with a playful grin. Bonnie nodded slowly, not knowing what to think; finding out her bending power would be a good chance to take her mind off the possibility of her being a spirit.
Aang stood Bonnie in front of the three pots and told her to breathe and concentrate on the three elements; he said that the one she could bend would show itself soon enough. Bonnie did as she was told and looked at the three elements. After a moment of deep breathing, the fire lifted with her hand and also the dirt, but not the water.
"Wow!" Aang exclaimed in excitement, startling Bonnie. Upon losing her concentration the dirt that she had bended flew up and made her sneeze a sneeze that blew such a powerful gust of wind out of her mouth that it sent her flying into the wall behind her and the pots flying towards an alarmed Avatar.
Aang ran over and helped Bonnie up with excitement shining in his eyes; Bonnie could literally see the sparkles in his big brown eyes.
"Wow! You can bend Earth, Fire, and Air!" Aang said exuberantly; despite his being now one hundred and fourteen, or thereabouts, he still had the mind of a young boy.
"Maybe when you're a spirit, you can bend multiple elements!"
"She is not a spirit, young Avatar." An old and wise voice stated from behind Aang.
Aang whipped around.
"Oh, hi Iroh. What do you mean she's not a spirit."
"I mean that this girl is not from the spirit world." Iroh explained bluntly, helping Bonnie up; Bonnie squealed upon seeing the jolly and wise old uncle of Zuko.
"But she looks like a spirit…" Aang continued, pouting his bottom lip out.
"It is true she is not of this world but she is not a spirit. This girl is made of "Kuhaku Enerugi" which means blank or empty energy. She has powers beyond that of bending the elements and she is more powerful than the Avatar himself." Iroh explained in his wise voice.
"Also, Aang, I have come here to tell you that there are groups of Firenation rebels who need your immediate attention."
Aang looked disappointed but he knew it was his duty as Avatar so he left to make peace to the rogues.
"So…I'm not a spirit?" Bonnie asked after a moment of thought.
"No, you are not." Iroh confirmed.
"Well why then does Aang think I am?"
"Because you have gone through a near death experience and that has given you the appearance of a spirit in the eyes of the Avatar but because you are alive, normal folk see you as any other living human." He explained in that soothing old voice of his.
"…How do you know all of this? How did you know I was made of blank energy?" Bonnie questioned, trying to make it seem that she knew that she was made of empty energy all the time.
"I have been around for a while." Iroh said with a smile.
"I had originally come to tell Sokka that Zuko required his presence but now that you are here, it may be your destiny to aid Zuko in his quest."
"And what quest is that?" Bonnie asked, excitement jumping inside of her; she was going to meet Zuko!
"The Firelord will have to tell you himself."
Sokka was beside himself with enthusiasm at the mention of a quest to go on with the Firelord and it only took ten minutes for him to gather all the belongings he wished to take with him; of course his boomerang was a crucial instrument that he knew he just had to bring.
The carriage ride to the palace took only a few hours and on the ride over Sokka and Iroh became acquainted with Bonnie.
When they finally reached the palace of the Firelord, they made their way inside and into the throne room where Zuko stood waiting for them in anticipation instead of sitting in his throne behind the menacing flames. Zuko welcomed his uncle back, gave Sokka a good firm hug, and stared with a confused gaze at Bonnie.
"Uncle, why have you brought this child with you?" Zuko spoke, the raspyness of his voice giving Bonnie chills; she remembered that she now looked like a child in this world.
"She is no ordinary child, Zuko. I believe it is her destiny to aid you on your journey." Iroh explained. Zuko looked her up and down for a moment longer.
'Oh yeah… just look at me…' Bonnie thought with a smile.
"I trust your judgment, uncle. I will take her along." Zuko conceded at last.
"Uh…Firelord Zuko, what is this quest we will be going on?" Bonnie questioned quietly.
"The quest to finally find my mother. And, please just call me Zuko." He said with a grin.
With much excitement and exuberant speech and action, the four travelers, Iroh, Sokka, Zuko, and Bonnie, set out on the journey to find the Firelord's mother. For a total of eight days, they walked and talked and gathered information. All the while Zuko and Iroh trained Bonnie in Firebending and taught her everything that they had passed onto the Avatar on their journeys with him; Bonnie had to mess around with Airbending and Earthbending on her own though, seeing as how there were no others in their group other than Firebenders.
Bonnie listened as Zuko would go on and on about Mai, his new wife and his little baby girl named Zula, she listened as Iroh told his stories about his late wife and son and all about the amazing battles that he had been involved in; she listened to Sokka as he bragged about his boomerang and how it had aided him on the day of the Sozen's comet and explained all about the journey that fateful summer when he and Katara had found Aang in the iceberg. To all of these stories Bonnie listened to with eager ears even though she had already known it and had seen every part of it; every dream of Aang's, every hardship they faced; everything.
On the eighth day a message hawk arrived with a message from Aang stating that he had found out where Zuko's mother was. She was being held for ransom by some Firenation rogues that Aang had not yet reached and in the message, Aang said that he knew that he would not make it in time; he also wrote that he knew where the rogues were: in the Forest of Embers.
For the next two days, the group hurried to the forest with determination. On the way they faced thieves, thugs, and vagabonds who merely made their travels slower but not any harder; Sokka jumped at any chance to prove himself in battle; he was not the young oaf that Bonnie remembered him being; it was almost as if he was actually growing up but then again he was still telling horrendous jokes and prevailing to be an insufferable know it all. Bonnie liked it that way though. Each battle gave Bonnie a chance to show her bending skills which she bettered at a remarkably fast rate, for a beginner; she wouldn't have minded staying in that world, but of course she knew that any day she would have to move on.
Finally the journey came to an end as the four of them entered the Forest of Embers and immediately found the rouges' encampment.
"Well, that was easier than expected." Iroh mumbled to himself, making Bonnie grin.
"It's the Firelord! He's here to kill us!" a voice cried out in agitation from behind some trees.
"Get them!"
"No! Wait!" a commanding voice called out.
The rogues showed themselves as well as a very strongly built man in red rags who appeared to be the leader.
"What have you come here for, O Firelord?" he asked in a mocking tone.
Zuko took a deep breath to calm himself.
"I am here to take my mother home." He said with a glare at the leader.
"Well…that bitch won't be going anywhere until you pay me five hundred thousand gold pieces!" the leader taunted and challenged. Zuko shook with anger.
"Don't you dare call her a bitch, you bastard!" he yelled, running at him. Sokka ran for the rogues that had shown themselves, and Iroh joined him. Bonnie, however, had gotten a very bad feeling in the pit of her stomach and she ran towards a hut that she was convinced held Zuko's mother in it; since all of the very unorganized rogues were busy fighting the three seasoned warriors, Bonnie was able to burst right in just in time to see a rogue trying to drag a lady off.
Bonnie sent the man flying out of the hut with Earthbending.
'Like a boss!' Bonnie thought to herself with a grin. She immediately tended to the lady that she assumed was Zuko's mother. The woman was gorgeous! And she looked exactly like Zuko, with the absence of the scar of course.
"Are you alright?" Bonnie questioned worriedly.
"Yes, thank you." The woman said quietly.
"Why are you here, child?" she asked, her face filling with both confusion and relief.
"I came with your son, Zuko, to find you!" Bonnie explained, letting her excitement get the better of her; she rolled her eyes at being called a child again.
"My Zuko? He's here?! Take me to him, please!" Zuko's mother begged. Although Bonnie did not think it was a very good idea at all, she did as she was asked to and took her outside the hut.
'I suppose I'll be leaving soon…' Bonnie thought slowly and sadly; she liked living in a cartoon.
"Mother!?" Zuko's voice echoed from in front of them; because he was distracted, the leader took that chance to kick Zuko down and send a ball of flame bolting towards Zuko's mother. Without a second thought, Bonnie pushed Zuko's mother out of the way and came in the line of fire of the flaming ball. Time seemed to slow just enough for her to think, 'I wonder if this is when I'm supposed to disappear…'
A flash of light, Sokka and Iroh's agitated voices, and a whisper of a voice saying 'so be it!' then Bonnie was gone.