Chapter Five - The King of Omashu: Part 1

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Okay, a brief note before you start reading: This chapter contains a bit of 'blood' stuff (not even a paragraph) so if you don't like these kinds of things you can just skip to the next one when updated... Thanks a lot for reading, anyway!

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She woke up once again surprisingly finding out that she had no nightmares, no hurt feelings just small fragments of the many discussions she had shared with Lu Ten. He seemed to understand her and he was the only person she could talk to back then. Lu Ten knew what his people had done to the Air Nomads and he wanted to help somehow. When he found out that she was an Air Nomad he found his chance for which he paid with his life.

Life had become extremely monotone. She heard a guard knocking the door saying once again that he would open it in five minutes and she'd be free to walk on deck. She huffed harshly and she forced herself off her bed. She didn't know where they were heading and she wasn't intending to find out. The five minutes passed like seconds and the door opened. She once again walked on deck escorted by two guards watching each of her moves.

She finally sat once again on the table outside on the deck, meeting once again the retired General and the banished Prince taking the first meal of the day.

"Good morning," Iroh said.

She looked at him confusedly. She was the reason his own son had died and yet, he treated her kindly. She somehow took strength from that, like she ought to do the same to him and his nephew

"Good morning," She said back at him and it only sounded more like a whisper. After everything that happened back then, she couldn't stop blaming herself for Lu Ten's death. But what could she do? She was locked and she had no idea of what was happening. She only poured herself some tea. She didn't feel like eating. She never minded killing coldly but in everything that had to do with her past affected her in many ways.

She didn't feel well. The view around her turned blurry. She rested her hand instinctively on the table and placed her forehead resting it on her arm. She took a deep breath and she tried to clear her mind in order to find out what was wrong with her.

"Are you okay?" She heard the old man's worrying voice. She only managed to nod and she tried to wake up from her seat in order to return back to her bed. She had an awful feeling of what might had caused her these terrifyingly strange symptoms.

"I need to meditate," She said with difficulty and she tried to stand on her legs. She wasn't glad to find out that her feet could not keep her up and she fell at the floor.

Even though her view was blurry, she could have sworn that she never touched the floor. She wasn't unable to hear clearly but she felt someone's warm hands wrapping around her and lifting her up. Everything turned black...

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"The people in this City, are the friendliest of all!" Aang exclaimed happily until a man's voice caught their attention.

"Rotten Cabbages? What kind of slum do you think this is?" The guard said bending the layer of earth under the cart of cabbages and making them fall at the cliff.

"Oh, my cabbages!"

The trio looked at each other awkwardly until Aang said smiling widely "Just keep smiling"

As they reached the gates where the guards stood one of them bent a huge boulder off the ground and moved right above Aang's head saying "Stick your business,"

"My business is my business, young man, and none of yours. I've got over my mind to bend you over my knee and cover your backside..." Aang said pointing his finger at the guard making his voice seem like an old man.

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