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"BG means "Before [Air Nomad] Genocide" which happens when Aang is 12 years old.

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Chapter 4

"It's time to wake up." A tall muscular man said to his sleeping son. "We got to get going so we can catch the big fish."

"It's still dark." The boy told his father.

"I know but we need to go now for the big ones." Alonzo told Zakai. "You can sleep on the way." The boy forced himself to climb out of bed, still half asleep, he pulled on his shirt and followed his father out the door. Alonzo already had everything packed and loaded up in the family's wagon. He help Zakai onto the back then climbed on to the front seat. "Heeyaw!" He yelled at the Ostrich-horses and they began their fishing trip.

The fishing trip was always a weeklong trip that they had shared ever since Zakai was five years old, they always went on his birthday. A special guy's Trip, just the two of them.

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"Are we there yet?" Zakai asked as he bounced up and down on the seat next to his dad.

"Not yet." Alonzo chuckled. "Soon, I promise."

"I can't wait to catch a fish!" Zakai laughed. "I'm gunna catch one as big as this!" The boy stretched his arms out as wide as he could, accidentally hitting his father's stomach.

"Ooofff!" Alonzo joked. "You're getting stronger."

"I'm going to grow as big as you Dad! I want to be just like you! A great firebender and a strong soldier for our wonderful nation!"

"You make me so proud." Alonzo said as he put his arm around Zakai's shoulder. "You're my best bud!"

"We'll always be best buds won't we?" The boy asked.

"Forever and always." Alonzo told his son. They turned down a road that went straight to a beautiful inlet, the very same spot they always went to. "We're almost there!"

"I can't wait!" Zakai said, then climbed back into the bed of the wagon and started digging through their stuff.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Alonzo told him. "I had that stuff organized!"

"I was just looking for the tent." Zakai told him.

"Don't worry Zakai, we'll get everything set up just fine."

"I want to go swimming right away though, I know that we have to set up the tent first…" Zakai rationalized. "

"You'll get to go swimming soon enough." He told his son. "Digging through our stuff will only make it take longer to unload and set up camp."

"Sorry Daddy." The boy said as returned to his seat next to his father.

"It's okay Buddy." His father told him. "We'll get camp set up in no time, then you can go swimming."

It didn't take long for the father and son to arrive at their regular spot. As soon as the stopped Zakai started helping his father unload. "Let's knock this out quickly, you hop in the back and push the stuff to me at the end, we should be done in no time!"

"Okay Dad!" Zakai said excitedly as he hopped into the back of their wagon. The pair worked quickly, completing the unloading and came set up in only about an hour.

"Here's the basket mom packed for our lunch!" Zakai told his father as he sat down next to him. Alonzo took the basket and opened it.

"Your mother has spoiled us!" He said as he pulled out a beautifully painted wooden box, inside was steamed dumplings, a crock of her special hippo-beef stew and a hand embroidered cloth sack of sweet rolls.

"Mom makes exactly the same lunch every year." Zakai laughed.

"And every year we love it!" Alonzo told him, ruffling the boy's black hair. The two laughed and talked as they enjoyed their lunch, as soon as Zakai put his last bite into his mouth he started stripping down to his underwear, still chewing, and ran for the water.

Alonzo watched his son splash in the water as he set up a drying lines for the fish they were going to be catching. He used two tall branches, buried deep for stability, and ran rope from one to another for each of the three he made. This was more than just a "Guy's fishing trip" It also supplied nearly half of their winter supply of meat, which helped supplement the family's food supply. They would definitely need it this year too, with Zarah carrying their second child.

Alonzo brought poles and thin fishing line, he also brought a couple casting nets, his preferred way. He set everything up, preparing to fish in the morning. "Time to come in!" He hollered to his son.

"Okay Dad!" The boy hollered back, as he turned and hopped over the waves as they crashed against the sandy beach.

Alonzo chuckled as he watched his son, if everything goes as planned this would be their very last time fishing here. One of the first personal things he planned to do after starting the new colony was to look for a great fishing spot, somewhere where Zakai could have fun playing in the water, and have a good amount of fish for them to catch. Not that they would need the extra food for the winter time, being a governor would greatly raise his income.

For dinner they finished off the rest of what was left from lunch along with some dried fruit they had in a sack. "Zak, When I'm gone you're going to be the man of the house."

"The man of the house?" Zakai asked. "What does that mean?"

"It means you are going to have to take care of your mother." Alonzo explained. "You are going to have to do the chores that I usually have to do."

"Like cleaning the yard?" Zakai asked.

"Yes, like cleaning the yard." Alonzo chuckled. Suddenly the boy's expression changed.

"Do I have to get a job, and work like you do, to pay bills?" Zakai asked.

"No," Alonzo chuckled some more, "while I am gone my pay will be going to be given to you and Mommy."

"How will you get food and stuff?" Zakai asked.

"The Fire Nation will be taking care of all that, they will even be paying for the house we will live in." Alonzo explained.

"Is… is it going to be a big house, Daddy?" The seven year old asked his father.

"Yes it will Zakai, and it will have a huge garden where we can practice firebending together." The boy's father told him. Alonzo watched as his son's smile faded.

"Will we be able to go fishing and camping like we do here?" The boy worried.

"As soon as the colony gets set up I'm going to look for a great spot to have our father son fishing trip!" He reassured the boy. "We will always have out fishing trip."

"Flamio!"The boy exclaimed as he jumped up. "I love camping so much! When I grow up I'm going to go camping all the time!"

"All the time?" Alonzo chuckled.

"ALL THE TIME!" The boy hollered into the indigo sky.

"You want to live like Air Nomads?" Alonzo jokingly asked the boy.

"I've never seen an Airbender before." Zakai said. "Have you Dad?"

"I've seen several in the marketplace." Alonzo told him.

"What do they look like?" Zakai asked his father.

"Well…" Alonzo thought for a moment. "They have blue tattoos… The men have their heads shaved on top but most had thin beards along their jaw lines." Alonzo traced a line on his face, drawing an invisible beard. "Some women had the top front of their heads shaved, some don't. They wear red, yellow, orange, and brown clothes… And they carry tall staffs that open up to become gliders."

"What's a glider?" Zakai asked him.

"A glider is something they use to fly around." Alonzo told him as he readied the fire for the night ahead.

"Fly?" Zakai asked. "Like a bird?"

"Well sort of, they don't flap anything but they do sore through the air like hawks do." He told his son.

"Oh wow!" Zakai said looking up at the sky. "It must be amazing to see… I wish I could fly through the air!"

"Maybe someday you'll make friends with an airbender, then you could ask them to take you on a glider ride." Alonzo told his son.

"Where do you find them?" Zakai asked.

"Well…" Alonzo thought for a few minutes before answering. "They always move around, sometimes staying in an area from a couple days to a few months, it depends on the airbender… They usually follow the same travel path every year, visiting the same places."

"I would love to meet one someday!" The boy said with a yawn.

"Okay, buddy it's time to go to bed, the fish are up early so we have to be too." Alonzo told his son as he helped the boy into his sleeping bag for the night.

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