The Legend of Percy: Book 2 - Through Grief

1. The Chief in Chameleon Bay (That Went Well...)

A/N: Quick notes for the top. Once again, ages have been changed. Azula and Ty Lee are roughly 16-17 and Mai and Zuko are 17-18.
On a more important note, while not being overly graphic (hence no mature rating), this will explore some things that aren't necessarily easy to read. If you're easily triggered, or have specific triggers, then this may not be the best for you. That being said, I will provide a warning at the beginning of chapters with a **TW** and a short description of it just in case. I hope to do justice to people suffering from these things rather than use them as plot elements so feedback for that is essential.
On a lighter note, this is a sequel! Please read the first book for much needed context and character growth. All that being said... here's the first chapter of the second book.

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Aang groaned, opening his eyes slightly, much to Percy and the rest of the group's collective relief.

The kids, with Percy, sat atop the sky bison, flying over the streets of Ba Sing Se.

Katara seemed to be too caught up in her rollercoaster of emotion that she just collapsed onto him, pulling the young airbender into her arms. Any thought of questioning Percy for turning water into spirit water lost its priority. Aang passed out again quite quickly.

They passed over the walls and picked up King Kuei from their campsite.

The king looked back at his old city, realising what had happened without the need for anyone to tell him.

"The Earth Kingdom... has fallen."

And that was the nice note that they flew over the patchy green of the ground below.

Percy looked down at Appa, from where he was perched on his head. Katara and Aang just next to him.

"Hey buddy." He got a quiet roar that he took to be acknowledgement. "Yeah, I know. Your friend is alive, still. But could you take us to..." Percy turned to the rest of the group.

"Chameleon Bay? It's where our father is." Sokka said.

It seemed like the best course of action and no one argued against it. Appa seemed to have heard because with a flick of his massive tail, they banked over to the east and shot further away from the walls of Ba Sing Se and out towards what looked to be the sea.

They flew the whole way there, going well into the morning of the next day. Out over the ocean, it was a lot more peaceful for the Son of Poseidon. He was getting slight déjà vu from his time aboard the Argo II, but just with a big soft fluffy animal below him instead of a massive flying sea vessel. It also wasn't dissimilar to the freedom he felt riding Blackjack. His homesickness was just becoming a problem when he spotted the blue flags and sails of what was obviously the Water Tribe's small fleet.

They dropped down to the wooden floors of the rather small but clearly mobile ships and Sokka went over to greet his father again.

Percy helped Katara lift Aang off the sky bison and brought him into one of the bedrooms. Barely a word was spoken between anyone as they all saw them pass with the unconscious avatar.

As soon as they laid him down in the room of the boat on his front, Katara moved in a position to pull water out. Percy laid a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, do you want some help with that?" He asked softly, pulling the water from around him to just over the avatar.

At Katara's nod, they both got started with the healing. Percy, once again, pushed his power into it. This time, he found the water only glowing slightly, not the bright blue of the supposed spirit water that had happened before. The demigod also noticed that he wasn't sweating nearly as much.