Avatar: The Last Airbender

Part 29 (The Awakening) [Book 3]

"Twinkle toes! That's gotta be you!" Toph exclaimed.

You turned around, seeing Aang, Momo on his shoulder.

You, Katara and Toph rushed over to him.

"Aang, you're awake!" Katara shouted.

"Are you sure?" Aang asked. He sounded drowsy. "I feel like I'm dreaming." He muttered, rubbing his eyes.

Katara lunged at him, wrapping him in a hug. "You're not dreaming. You're finally awake."

"Aang, good to see you back with the living, buddy!" Sokka remarked, hugging him also.

Aang took note of the firenation soldier armor that Sokka was wearing. "Sokka?"

"Uh oh, somebody catch him, he's gonna-" Toph warned.

Aang fell over.

"-Faint." She finished.

You sighed. Drawing some water from your pouch, you splashed it on him before putting it back.

Aang sat up, everyone now around him. "Why are we on a firenation ship?" Aang asked as Sokka draped a blanket over the boy. "Why is everyone dressed this way? And why am I the only one who's completely out of it?"

You, Toph and Sokka walked away, leaving Katara to answer Aang's questions.

Heaven knows he had a lot of them.

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"After what happened in Ba Sing Se, we had to get you to safety." Sokka told Aang the next morning. "We flew back to Chameleon Bay where we found my father and the other watertribe men. The Earth King decided he wanted to travel the world in disguise, so he set off alone."

"Well, not completely alone." You reminded, smiling softly.

"Oh, yeah." Sokka said. "Bosco went with him." His smile fell. "Soon, the bay was overrun by firenation ships. Rather than fight them all, we captured a single ship and made it our disguise." He pulled out a map, pointing. "Since then we've been traveling west. We crossed through the serpent's pass a few days ago. We've seen a few firenation ships, but none have bothered us."

"So, what now?" Aang asked.

"We've been working on a modified version of the invasion plan." Hakoda spoke up.

"It's Sokka's invasion plan." Katara reminded sharply.

You rolled your eyes. She'd been like this since you met up with her dad.

Hakoda's shoulders dropped slightly. "Yes. Sokka's plan."

You proudly placed a hand on Sokka's shoulder.

"We won't be able to mount a massive invasion without the Earth King's armies." Hakoda went on. "But the solar eclipse will still leave the firenation vulnerable."

"So, we're planning a smaller invasion." Sokka informed. "Just a rag-tag team of our friends and allies from around the earth kingdom." He gestured to the side. "We already ran into Pipsqueak and The Duke."

"Good to see you again, Aang." Pipsqueak told him after swallowing a mouthful of food.

Sokka turned back to the Avatar. "And the best part is, the eclipse isn't even our biggest advantage." He leaned forward slightly. "We have a secret." He whispered. "You."