Chapter 2

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After we confronted Fong, Aang wanted to take a short cut to Omashu, while there Sokka, Katara, myself, and Aang were both separated. Still, long story short huge badger moles came and helped us, but the fire nation took over Omashu, and now we're on our way to find a new earthbending teacher.

The dream I had still rattled my mind. It was almost deafening, to be honest. Suddenly the sound of rhinos shook the ground jolting me from my sleep, finally. 

"Give up! You are surrounded,"

Yelled a fire nation soldier, as rhinos surrounded our campsite. 

Arrows pinned the back of the sleeping bag to the ground while Sokka crawls out. He moves out of the path of a third arrow just in time "Come on! Come on! Come on!" Sokka said, crawling onto Appa. 

Suddenly something felt missing; I looked on the tree trunk where my headband and Katara's waterbending scrolls were. 

"My scrolls!" Katara said.

"My headband," I joined.

"My staff," Aang said. 

Katara and I went to fetch our items guarded by the fire nation soldier. Katara summons a water whip and freezes it just in time for me and her to collect our things. We quickly went back to Appa as he begins to float in the sky, suddenly on soldier punched a fireball at us, as we ducked for safety. 

"Wait, my boomerang!" Sokka said, stretching out his arm over the saddle as if he wants to grab it. We then escaped into a little town, surrounded by a lush green area. My head was throbbing, and I usually get headaches at this time. What is today? I thought to myself.

"Sorry about your boomerang, Sokka," Aang said somberly. 

" I feel like I've lost part of my identity," Sokka said sulking,  "Imagine if you lost your arrow, or Amaya lost her headband, or Katara lost her...... hair loopies," He said bitterly, he  slowly saunters over to the stall, where Katara gives him a loving hug to comfort him.

"Here's your produce, ponytail guy," said the merchant as he handed the produce to Sokka.

He picks up the basket full of supplies, looking dejected at the nickname, " I used to be boomerang guy,"

My head throbbed, each passing minute. Flashes of the dream still clear in my mind, the muffled sounds of footsteps made me grunt in anguish as I hold my forehead. 

"Hey, Amaya, you okay?" Aang said,

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine, "

"You don't seem fine," Aang said, inspecting me further, "Look, I usually tend to have a headache around a day like today, but I'm fine don't worry about me," I said as I hold Aangs hands. Suddenly I jolted and had a vision of my dream for a brief minute later came back to reality.  Aang and I both hold our heads from whatever that was.

"What was that?" I asked, 

Before Aang could answer, the siblings approached us, "What was what?" Sokka asked, "Have a nice Avatar Day!" said the merchant to Katara. 

"Avatar Day?" Aang said, interested. 

"You guys are going to the festival, right?" 

*****

Aang, Katara, myself and Sokka are standing in the middle of the busy street, watching as the festivities unfolded. 

" There's a holiday for the Avatar. Who knew?" Aang said in amazement.

Suddenly, a giant effigy of Avatar Kyoshi rolls on to the parade.

" Look! They made a giant Kyoshi float!" Katara said, pointing at the float followed by an Avatar Roku, "And there's Avatar Roku," Sokka joined. 

"Having a huge festival in your honor is great, but frankly, it's just nice to be appreciated," Aang said humbly. 

"And it's nice to appreciate their deep-fried festival food!" Sokka said as he takes a huge bite out of the food-item he is holding.

Suddenly a huge Aang float rolled by next to the two Avatars, "Aang, look!" Katara said, "That's the biggest me I've ever seen!" 

Just then, a villager is seen carrying a torch. 

"Now a torch, that's a nice prop. It's bright, dangerous," Sokka sniffs the air "Smells manly. But I'm not sure I could carry it off," 

I rolled my eyes and scoff at him. "Hey, what's that guy doing?" Katara asked surprised. 

With a loud scream, the runner jumps through the effigy of Kyoshi, causing it to catch fire. The fire spreads rapidly over the whole effigy, "Down with the Avatar! Down with the Avatar!" chanted the villagers, then he touched the Roku effigy then he went on a nearby building,  then with sudden accuracy shot the torch into the right eye of the Aang effigy. Katara and I run to the front and uses our waterbending to extinguish the flames with water from two large pots nearby. 

"Those party pooper's ruining Avatar Day!" yelled a villager, Aang then air bends himself to the top of his own float and lands on the left shoulder of his still smoking effigy. 

"That party pooper's my friend!" Aang replied angrily, taking off his hat and throws it away to reveal his arrow. The villagers gasp,  "It's the Avatar himself!" 

"It's going to kill us with its awesome Avatar powers!"

Aang was confused by this, "No, I'm not, I ..." 

Several villagers run for cover in fear Aang looks at his hand and quickly hides it behind his back.

" I suggest you leave!" said the village mayor crawling back up and dusting himself off,

"You're not welcome here, Avatar!" 

"Why not? Aang helps people," Katara said while Aang lands on the ground. 

"It's true! I'm on your side" 

"I find that hard to swallow," said the mayor,  "Considering what you did to us in your past life! It was Avatar Kyoshi; she murdered our glorious leader, Chin the Great,"

" We used to be a great society before you killed our leader. Now, look at us!" said another villager. Aang was frightened at the appearance of the old man, "Yeesh," I joined cringing.

"Aang would never do something like that. No Avatar would, " Katara said shaking her head in disapproval "And it's not fair for you all to question his honor!" 

"Let's tell her what we all think of the Avatar's "honor"!" said the villager. 

"Give me a chance to clear my name!" Aang pleaded, "The only way to prove your innocence is to stand trial," replied the mayor 

"I'll gladly stand trial!" Aang said confidently, "You'll have to follow all our rules. That includes paying bail," added the mayor.

"No problem," Aang said with a smile.

A few moments later

"How was I supposed to know they wouldn't take Water Tribe money?" Aang said apologetically as he is confined into a prison.

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