Avatar: The Last Airbender Book One; Water

Chapter Five: The King of Omashu

"The Earth Kingdom city of Omashu!" Aang introduced loudly with wide arms as we approached the giant kingdom just ahead of us, "I used to always come here to visit my friend, Bumi."

My siblings and I gazed over the city and the great wall in amazement. We hadn't ever seen an Earth Kingdom city before, it was absolutely astonishing.

"Wow, we don't have cities like this in the South Pole..." Katara stated with wide eyes and I nodded eagerly.

"They have buildings that don't melt." Sokka breathed as he pointed at the rock buildings.

"I wish we had buildings like this..." I added wistfully.

Aang was skipping along excitedly ahead of us, "Well, let's go slowpokes! The real fun is inside the city!" He flew a few feet into the air in excitement and landed a few yards in front of us.

"Wait Aang!" Katara called out for him, making him stop, "It could be dangerous if people find out you're the Avatar."

I nodded seriously as Sokka added, "You need a disguise."

I looked around curiously for a minute, trying to find something to make a disguise for Aang as he said, "So, what am I supposed to do? Grow a mustache?" He was attempting to joke around but that gave me a bright idea as I laid my eyes on Appa and his fur.

I gasped with a wide smile and turned back towards the group quickly, "You could use Appa's fur!"

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I quickly gathered a bunch of the Flying Bison's fur and a coil of rope that we had stashed in the saddle to make Aang his disguise. I wove them together and tied the small bit of rope on the top to look like pulled-back hair with a beard.

I smiled at my masterpiece in pride and showed it to everyone. Sokka and Katara oohed and aahed as I handed it to Aang who put it on.

He frowned when he had it on and started scratching at his head, "Ugh! It's so itchy! How do you live in this stuff!" He looked at Appa who just huffed at him and snorted in his face, making Katara and I giggle.

"Great! Now you look just like my grandfather!" Sokka tried to compliment Aang.

Aang picked up his staff and started to use it as a walking stick. He hobbled around us, making us laugh.

"Now, let's get to skipping young whippersnappers!" Aang exclaimed, imitating an old man's voice, "The big city awaits!"

He kept using his staff to pretend he had some trouble moving around. I gave him and my siblings an odd look before following the Airbender. We walked down the bridge-like pathway toward the kingdom's wall.

"You guys are gonna love Omashu! The people are the friendliest in the world!" Aang expressed with a smile. That's when we noticed a few Earthbender guards yelling at a poor cabbage merchant.

"Rotten cabbages! What kind of flam do you think this is?" The guard yelled at the man and Earthbended the cabbage cart off of the side path.

The poor man peeked over the side, worriedly, "No! My cabbages!"

We watched in shock as the cart was destroyed and Aang fake-smiled, "Just keep smiling,"

I chuckled nervously as we walked up to the Earth Kingdom guards. The guard earthbended a rock out of the path and held it over Aang's head.

"State your business!" The guard hissed and I flinched back from the man's spit that went flying towards my face. Aang moved forward and pointed at the guard violently.

"My business is my business young man and none of yours!" The guard was a little taken aback by Aang and jumped the rock, making my siblings and I jump, "I've got half a mind to bend you over my knee and paddle your backside!"