Chapter 4

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The night was full as Katara, Sokka, Aang, Toph, myself and Appa came out from the bushes. Sokka looks at a map, while everyone else looks around. Momo jumps over on Aang's shoulder, as Aang scratches his head.

"This is it! The official rendezvous point for the invasion force." Sokka said somewhat excitedly.

"How did you pick this place?" Toph asked.

"Before we split up, my dad and I found this island on the map. It's uninhabited, and the harbors surrounded by the cliffs seemed like the perfect secluded place." Sokka answered.

" Nice choice, Sokka. And we're here four days ahead of schedule." Katara said, loosening the top knot from her head as we prepared ourselves for bed. 

"Wait! Four days? The invasion's in four days?" Aang asked anxiously, holding his face.

"Whatever. That's like four days from now." Sokka said with a yawn, "Let's just calm down and-" before Sokka could finish he immediately fall asleep, snoring loudly. 

"Sokka's right, somewhat," I said, cringing at how Sokka was snoring loudly, " We're here. We're ready. The best thing we can do now is get plenty of rest."

Aang sighed letting go of all the nervous he had before, "I guess." he said half-heartedly.

I placed a hand on his shoulder, "It's going to be okay." giving him a soft smile.

"Thanks Amaya." Aang smiled and lays down on the grass.

*****

The next morning, I was woken up by the sound of continuous thudding. I groggily raised my head to find Aang, rigorously punching a tree. Katara looks at me, who just shrugs. She then decides to go talk to Aang.

"Hey. How long have you been up?" Katara asked.

"A couple hours. I got a lot more skills to refine if I'm gonna fight Ozai." Aang answered.

"You know, there is such a thing as over-training."  Katara stated, as Aang stopped for a moment, panting.

Aang hits the tree one last time, which sends a vibration throughout his body and makes him fall down, with all of the leaves off the tree collapsing on him. Katara just gazes down at him, while I approached them both. 

"Should we.....get him??" I asked.

Suddenly, Aang emerges from the leaves, "You don't get it, do you? My form is bad, I'm sloppy, and I still don't know any firebending. Not even the basics." Aang's left eye twitches a little bit after saying this. Katara brings Aang's hand down, with a forced smile on her face.

"That's okay, Aang. The eclipse will block off firebending anyway. You don't need to know it.  Plus, it's a stupid element." Sokka said raising his head from the map. I sighed, contemplating on whether to throw a rock to Sokka's head.

"Okay, well I still have to work on everything else. I better spend the whole day training." Aang bows quickly toward Sokka, followed by Katara and I, and rides off on an air scooter. I turned and glared at Sokka, who moves the map up in front of his face to hide behind it. 

As night fell Aang slowly walks back exhausted from another day of training.  Aang rubs his eyes and yawns before collapsing on the ground, " Good night, Katara. Good night, Amaya. Good night, Sokka. Good night, Toph. Good night, Appa. Good night, Momo. Good night, Appa and Mo-"

"Just go to sleep already!" scolded Toph.

*****

"Amaya wake up!" 

"What? Aang?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.

"Have you been to the spirit world?" Aang asked, his left eye twitching again.

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