Avatar: The Last Airbender

Part 8 (The Deserter)

"This should give us a good idea of what's around here." Katara mused, walking up to a sign. It had several papers pinned to the front.

"See if you can find a menu. I'm starving." Sokka urged.

"I bet we'll find something to eat, here." Aang said, pointing to a poster. "The fire-day's festival. Firenation cultural exhibits. Jugglers. Benders, magicians. This would be a great place to study some real firebenders."

"When you're not being attacked by them." You remarked, arms crossed.

"You might want to listen to Y/n. Look at this." Sokka said. You all walked to the other side of the sign, seeing what Sokka was looking at.

"Hey! A poster of me!" Aang exclaimed.

"A wanted poster." Sokka clarified. "This is bad." Aang took the poster off and examined it.

"There's the Blue Spirit." You observed, pointing to the poster. "I don't know who these two are, though." You said, pointing to the other two.

"I think we'd better keep moving." Katara said after a moment.

"I have to learn firebending at some point. And this could be my only chance to watch masters up close." Aang told her.

"Aren't you supposed to learn them in an order? Or something?" You asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm just trying to watch. To observe to learn on my own, later." Aang said.

"In the middle of firenation territory?" You argued. "Aang, what if someone recognizes you?"

"They won't!"

"Aang, do you know how much money you're worth!?"

"A lot?"

"Yes, Aang. A lot. Imagine how much the Firelord would pay for your capture." You told him.

"I'll be careful!" He insisted.

"I guess we could go check it out." Katara mused quietly.

"Did you not hear what I just said? Guys, this is suicide." You remarked.

"I can't believe you two. You want to walk into a firenation town, when they're all fired up with their....ya know...fire?" Sokka said.

"We'll wear disguises." Katara decided. "And if it looks like trouble, we'll leave." She said, beginning to walk away, Aang following.

"Yeah. Because we always leave before we get into trouble." Sokka muttered, sarcasm radiating off of him. You nodded in agreement.

"It happens the same way every time." You muttered, turning to follow Aang and Katara, Sokka behind you. You followed them to the edge of a cliff, where they saw a town.

"You guys stay here while we go to the festival." Aang ordered. Momo flew into a bush, while Appa 'hid' pathetically behind it.

"Aww! He's so cute!" You whisper-yelled in your 'baby' voice, petting his fur.

"Ready disguises." Aang ordered. You watched Sokka and Katara pull hoods over their heads, they were wearing capes, and Aang pulled his shirt partly over his head, barely covering his tattoos. You face-palmed.

"It's like you're a whole different person." Sokka remarked, voice dripping with sarcasm. Katara chuckled.

"Let's go!" Aang exclaimed. You rolled your eyes, letting your hair out of its watertribe style, allowing it to flow down your back. You also put on dark clothes, covering up the blue, and followed your friends into doom.