Watch it Burn

Chapter 17

Chapter 17 or some shit like that:

"Aang why are we here?" I asked.

"I wanna show you guys something!" He said, and started playing a tune on his flute.

As soon as he did, a bunch of tiny rodents popped out and squealed back the same note he played.

I giggled at this as did Aang.

"I'm putting an orchestra together!" He said happily.

"Well la de da." Sokka said sarcastically, "This is great and all, but we need to be making plans!"

"We did make plans." Toph said.

"Yeah picking mini vacations!" I said, watching Momo try to catch the rodents.

"There is no time for vacations!" Sokka protested.

"I'm training as hard as I can everyday!" Aang shot back.

"Yeah what's wrong with having a little fun?" Katara asked.

"Even if you did master all four elements, then what? We don't have a map of the fire nation!" Sokka said, "Do we just head west until we reach the fire lord's house?"

"I mean we could..." I said, "But let's finish the vacations and then figure out what we are gonna do."

"Ok Katara, it's your turn!" Aang said, holding a map out to her.

"How about the Misty Palms Oasis?" Katara said, "That sounds refreshing."

"Oh yeah I've been there! It's so cool and a total wonder!" Aang said.

I hummed in delight. I personally loved spa places.

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"Um Aang buddy, this doesn't really look so wonderful," I said, raising my eyebrows at the sad excuse of a block of ice that a dog was licking at.

We walked through the courtyard to a hut. Men stood outside of the structure, their faces wrapped in gauze to protect them from the harsh winds of the desert.

I saw a couple of them stare at me for a moment too long. Their eyes catching for a few moments in 'unsavory' places. I pointedly ignored their eyes knowing that messing with these men was a bad idea, no matter how sleazy they were.

As we entered the small room I quickly realized that this, in fact, was not a cute little family friendly restaurant. The man at the bar was mixing up some mango alcoholic concoction and I briefly wondered if bringing two twelve year olds in here was that great of an idea.

"A fruity drink doesn't sound too bad while we plan our strategy," Sokka said to me and ran up to the bar to order something. As he did that Aang walked straight into the man who had just ordered the mango drink at the bar, the liquid spilling all over him.

"Don't worry!" Aang said, air bending his clothing dry, "I can clean off easily."

The man looked taken aback but then smiled.

"You're a living relic!" He said to Aang, "A living air nomad right in front of me!"

"Thanks, I try." Aang said.

"Professor Zei, head of anthropology in Ba Sing Se university." He greeted, "tell me, which air temple do you hail from."

He continued to ask Aang many questions while Sokka asked for his map. I looked over at Toph who was trying to get her hands on my drink.