The Dragon Princess and the Wolf Warrior

Chapter 64 [~|~] The Library

A.N. Here's the first part of The Library episode! Thanks for all the suggestions on the previous chapter (which you should check out if you haven't already) and as always, thanks for reading, voting, and commenting on this story! 

Azara stood quietly beside Sokka as they stared out at what appeared to be an empty and barren savannah. Aang sat cross-legged in front of a series of small holes with a wooden flute in his hands. "What's out there?" Sokka asked, as Aang remained focused on the holes in front of him.

"A lot, actually. There's hundreds of little—" Toph began to explain, leaning down to touch the ground when Aang cut her off.

"—Shh! I know that you can see underground, but don't ruin the surprise. Just watch," Aang reprimanded, before turning back to face the holes. Closing his eyes, he blew a singular note into the flute. A moment passed before a groundhog stood up from one of the holes and sang the note back. "Yeah! I'm putting an orchestra together!" Aang laughed before playing more notes, inciting more groundhogs to stand up and repeat the notes.

"Orchestra, huh? Well, la-di-da," Sokka huffed sarcastically, bobbing side to side, as Azara shrugged.

"It's pretty impressive, actually," she commented, causing Sokka to sigh dramatically next to her. She sent him a playful glare as she nudged him with her hip. "Well, when it's your turn to pick the vacation, you can decide on something more fun for you."

Aang continued to play more notes, Momo hopping around and trying to catch the groundhogs that appeared. As Aang played another series of notes, Sokka had finally had enough and stormed forward to plug Aang's flute with his finger. "This is great and all, but don't we have more important things to worry about? We should be making plans."

"We did make plans. We're all picking mini-vacations," Toph pointed out, sitting on the ground, her head resting on her head.

"There's no time for vacations," Sokka huffed as the rest of the group shared similar looks.

"I'm learning the elements as fast as I can. I practice hard every day with Toph and Katara. I've been training my arrow off!" Aang pointed out, deciding to put down the flute for now.

"We all need a break, Sokka. The last thing we need is to get burnt out," Azara added, placing her hands on her hips.

"Yeah, what's wrong with having a little fun in our down time?" Katara asked, walking over to stand next to Aang.

"Even if you do master all of the elements, then what? It's not like we have an accurate map of the Fire Nation. Should we just head west until we reach the Fire Lord's house? Knock, knock. Hello, Fire Lord? Anybody home?" Sokka mocked, leaning to his side before straightening up. "I don't think so. We need some intelligence if we're going to win this war."

"Sokka does have a point. I'm not exactly a successful cartographer," Azara agreed, recounting the numerous times she tried to draw the Fire Nation from memory for Sokka. She was sure that if he didn't care for her the way that he did, he wouldn't have told her that they were helpful.

"See, Azara agrees with me. That's got to count for something," Sokka insisted as Aang, Katara, and Toph shared looks, amused looks coming over their faces.

Aang played another note on his flute, causing the groundhog below Sokka to stand up and sing the note back. "Alright, we'll finish our vacations and then we'll look for Sokka's intelligence," Katara stated sarcastically, sending Sokka a look. Aang put away his flute and pulled out their map of the Earth Kingdom.