The Dragon Princess and the Wolf Warrior

Chapter 11 [~|~] Imprisoned

Azara hummed to herself as she started to set up for a fire. Shoving some smaller and thinner leaves and sticks into the center of the pile, Azara glanced up as Sokka arrived with a bag of dinner, looking dejected. "Great you're back!" Aang shouted, jumping up.

"So, what did you find?" Azara asked, standing up and dusting herself off.

"We've got a few options. First, round nuts. And some kind of oval shaped nuts. And some rock-shaped nuts that might just be rocks," Sokka listed, pulling handfuls of nuts from his bag.

"Seriously, what else you got?" Katara questioned, looking unimpressed at her brother's scavenging abilities. As Azara picked up some of the nuts Sokka had discarded, a loud bang echoed in the distance.

"What was that?" Azara asked, dropping the nuts, and readying for an ambush.

"It's coming from over there!" Aang pointed out, following the sound of another bang into the woods. Katara jumped up and followed after him, leaving Sokka and Azara at the campsite.

"Shouldn't we run away from huge booms? Not towards them?" Sokka sighed as Azara shrugged her shoulders before hurrying after Aang and Katara. Spotting them behind a log, Azara kneeled next to them and stared at the earthbender standing in the clearing.

"An earthbender!"

"Let's go meet him!" Aang suggested but Sokka shook his head.

"He looks dangerous, so we better approach cautiously," Sokka spoke to Aang as Katara blatantly ignored her brother's warning.

"Hello there! I'm Katara! What's your name?" Katara called, startling the earthbender. He looked at them fearfully before dropping the rock and running away. Jumping up, he pulled down an avalanche of rocks behind him, blocking the path.

"He has to be running somewhere. Maybe we're near a village?" Aang thought aloud as Katara turned and smiled at him.

"And I bet that village has a market," Katara added, an excited look on her face.

"And a market means no stupid nuts for dinner!" Azara exclaimed, before the three of them ran in the same direction as the earthbender.

"Hey! I worked hard for those nuts!" Sokka huffed as Azara turned around to face him.

"I bet there's a meat vender in the market," she teased as Sokka's eyes lit up.

"You had me at meat," he smiled, following behind Azara as they hurried to catch up with Katara and Aang. They found themselves at a small mining Earth Kingdom village. As they walked through the streets of the village, Katara spotted the boy from the woods entering a shop. Following behind Katara, Azara stepped into the quaint shop, looking around at the supplies lining the shelves.

"Hey. You're that kid. Why did you run away before?" Katara asked, walking further into the shop.

"Uh, you must have me confused with some other kid," Haru shrugged off the comment.

"No, she doesn't. We saw you earthbending," Azara replied, causing his mother's eyes to widen in shock before she hurried to shut the door and blinds of the shop.

"They saw you doing what?" Haru's mother snapped once the door was secure.

"They're crazy, Mom! I mean, look at how they're dressed," Haru deflected, causing each member of the group to fiddle with their clothes.