Chapter 8

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(Y/n) POV

As I was watching the clouds go by I kept noticing how Aang wouldn't stop pacing back and forth.

"Would you sit down?" I asked him, "Your blocking my view" I chuckled.

"If we hit a bump, you'll go flying off. What's bugging you anyway?" Sokka asked.

He kept pacing, "It's what Avatar Roku said. I'm supposed to master all four elements before that comet arrives"

"Well, let's see. You pretty much mastered airbending and that only took you a hundred and twelve years. I'm sure you can master three more elements by next summer" Sokka told him.

I reached over to Sokka and gave him a little flame, not enough to harm him but to startle him, "Hey!"

"Don't pressure him" I rolled my eyes.

"I haven't even started waterbending and we're still weeks away from the North Pole. What am I gonna do?" He continued to freak out.

Katara grabbed him and pulled him down to sit with her, "Calm down, it's going to be okay. If you want, I can try to teach you some of the stuff I know" she smiled.

"You'd do that?" Aang smiled.

Katara nodded, "We'll need to find a good source of water first"

Sokka chuckled, "Maybe we can find a puddle for you to splash in"

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We landed by a large lake with a running waterfall, "Nice puddle" I chuckled.

I watched as Appa flew down into the river and created a huge splash that soaks and almost knocks Momo of the rock he's standing on.

I chuckled grabbing my hunting supplies, "Ok while your practicing, I'm gonna go find some food," I smiled. "Come on Momo"

He jumped on my shoulder and we went to find something to eat.

We started waking down a path before I noticed a small dock filled with people, "Shit" I sighed.

Don't get me wrong I love finding villages, wait never mind I hate finding villages! Large groups of people mean firebenders, firebenders mean spies, spies mean Zuko, Zuko means captured, captured means Fire Lord.

"We better get out of here" I told Momo and we made our way back to the group and saw Sokka in the water.

"What happened? I was gone for like five minutes" I chuckled.

"Nothing" Katara sighed.

"We lost our supplies thanks to the waterbenders" Sokka sighed.

I groaned, "Fine. There's a Village not far from here. When we go there I want no fighting, talking, any form of bending, flirting with the locals I'm looking at you Katara, stealing, or drawing ANY attention to ourselves" I told them.

"Wow. Why so many rules?" Katara chuckled.

I gave her a glare, "Aang and I have an entire Nation after us, and I intend to stay free"

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"We've got exactly three copper pieces left from the money that King Bumi gave us. Let's spend it wisely" Sokka told us as we walked through the market.

"Uh, make that two copper pieces, Sokka. I couldn't say no to this whistle!" Aang pulled out a white whistle that looked like a bison.

He took a huge breath and blew into it, but it barely makes a sound. I took it from him, "What did I say about drawing attention to ourselves?"

Aang sighed, "Not to"

I gave it back to him, "Good"

"(Y/n) stop worrying, it's not like Zuko or that Commander monkey guy is going to be here. Stop worrying" Sokka told me.

I rolled my eyes, "How could you say that? Literally every single place we go we either run into a weird spirit who tried to kill us or Zuko who tries to capture us! There's no way to not worry!" I flailed my arms.

We started walking farther into the market, "Earth Nation! Fire Nation! Water Nation! So long as bargains are your inclination, you're welcome here! Don't be shy, come on by!" A man said before stepping in front of us, "Oh! You four, I can see from your clothing that you're world-traveling types. Perhaps I can interest you in some exotic curios?"

Aang tilted his head, "Sure! What are curios?" He smiled.

The man stopped himself and became deep in thought wondering what are curios before speaking, "I'm not entirely sure. But we got 'em!" He put his hand on Aang's shoulder and smiled before walking us into the ship.

I still had Momo on my shoulder as we were inspecting the weird curios on the ship.

"I've never seen such a fine specimen of lemur," I heard a man tell me before walking out from the shadows with an iguana parrot on his shoulder. "That beast would fetch me a hefty sum if you'd be interested in bartering"

"I'm sorry sir, but Momo isn't for sale" I politely told him before walking over to the group.

I saw Katara holding a scroll before gasping, "Look at this, Aang. It's a waterbending scroll! Check out these crazy moves" she squealed.

"Where did you get a waterbending scroll?" I asked.

The man took the scroll from her hands and rolled it back up, "Let's just say I got it up North, at a most reasonable price, free" he put it back where Katara must've found it.

"Wait a minute... Sea loving traders, with suspiciously acquired merchandise, and pet reptile birds? You guys are pirates!" Sokka pointed at them.

I slap my face, "Sokka! Don't point!"

The captain smiled, "We prefer to think of ourselves as high risk traders"

"So, how much for the, uh, traded scroll?" I asked.

"I've already got a buyer, a nobleman in the Earth Kingdom," he explained. "Unless of course, you kids have two hundred gold pieces on you right now"

I watched Aang try to haggle with the Pirates when I saw something catch my eye.

I saw it had a Fire Nation symbol on the side and quickly glanced at it before lightly gasping. It was a firebending scroll.

I saw Katara wall over before slipping the waterbending scroll in her pouch. I glanced back at the fire one and realized they would never know I took it.

I know this go against everything I have been through, and I've never actually stolen anything in my life. But it's for a good reason we need to teach Aang all four elements, and we do have a hot prince after us..... I slipped it into my pouch.

Katara and I nodded before going over to the boys, "Aang, can we get out of here? I feel like we're getting weird looks" she told him.

"Aye, we be casting off now!" He told the pirates before we left the boat.

"What was that all about, Katara?" Aang asked.

"Yeah, I was just starting to browse through their boomerang collection" Sokka sulked.

"We had two copper pieces do you really think we could've afforded anything in there?" I asked making them go silent, "That's what I though"

"I'll just feel a lot better once we get away from here" Katara sighed.

"Cough cough, Zuko" I cleared my throat.

"Hey you! Get back here!" We heard the pirates yell.

Katara and I made eye contact while Aang smirked, "Well, well. Look who's come to their senses. Told you the haggling would pay off"

Suddenly, the group of armed pirates jump out of the boat and run towards us whispering menacingly and swinging their weapons.

"I don't think these pirates are here to trade with us" Sokka yelled as we started to run.

I shot a flame at them before we turned a corner. Katara made a puddle and froze it causing them to slip.

We ran past a guy selling cabbages and I quickly picked one up before lighting it on fire and shooting it at the Pirates.

I then quickly handed The cabbage man a copper piece as he screamed, "My cabbages! This place is worse than Omashu!"

We kept running until we became cornered in an alley, "Now, who gets to taste the steel of my blade first?" The pirate asked us.

"Why not eat you own food" I smirked sending a blast in their direction.

Aang opens his glider up, "Grab on!"

"Aang! I thought we were running away from the pirates" she told him as we all grabbed on.

"Just hang on!" He told us as we flew over the pirates' heading into the distance.

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We were lucky enough to make it back to camp without being seen.

"I used to kind of look up to pirates, but those guys are terrible" Aang told us putting his glider away.

Katara smirked, "I know. That's why I took this" she held out the waterbending scroll.

"No way!" They gasped.

"Isn't it great?" She smiled.

Sokka looked like he was going to kill her, "No wonder they were trying to hack us up! You stole their waterbending scroll!"

Katara chuckled, "I prefer to think of it as high risk trading"

Aang laughed, "Good one, Katara"

"Sokka, where do you think they got it? They stole it from a waterbender!" She defended herself.

"It doesn't matter. You put all of our lives in danger just so you could learn some stupid, fancy splashes! (Y/n) why aren't you getting mad?! She caused a scene!" He yelled at me.

"Well......." I trailed off.

"No" he gasped.

I pulled out the scroll, "It was just sitting there"

"How could you?! You always talk about being safe! What if Zuko shows up now?"

"Exactly why I got it!" I pointed to him, "This will help us. These are real forms. You know how crucial it is for Aang to learn water and firebending!"

"Whatever" Sokka rolled his eyes.

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(Third Person) POV

The pirates sighed walking back to their captain not noticing the teen and his uncle in their shop, "We lost the Water Tribe girls and the little bald monk they were traveling with"

Zuko turned around, "Was one of the girls a firebender? And that monk, did he have an arrow on his head?"

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(Y/n) POV

I opened up the scroll and smiled looking at the forms.

I started to practice the first on trying to make a stream of fire blast from my fist. So far I've only been able to use my palms to actually make a fire.

As I was practicing I saw Katara yelling at Aang and knew it was time to put both away.

Until that night actually... when everyone was sleeping I went by the water to keep trying to master the fist a fire.

I then heard a bit of complaining and knew it was my sister. I walked over to see her working on the water whip.

"Ugh, ugh, ugh! Shoot! Come on water, work with me here! Okay, what if I just, ow! Stupid scroll!" She yelled.

"You need to shift your weight" I told her.

She gasped sending a stream of water splashing into my face, "Oh my spirits! I'm so sorry!"

I chuckled, "Looks like you did it!" I used my bending to dry myself off.

I'm gonna be honest here too I'm really good at being able to dry myself off quickly because when I was a kid I used to fall in the icy water.... a lot.

"Sorry" she sighed.

"Katara it takes time"

"I know but it's not fair! How is Aang so gifted? You too! Have you seen the things you were able to do with the fire, even before you had your scroll" she sighed sitting down.

"Katara I only know because I've done nothing for the last ten years practising by myself. Also don't forget Aang is the Avatar. He's literally had lifetimes to train. It's just in his nature" I put my hand on her shoulder.

She smiled, "I thought you don't believe in that stuff"

I rolled my eyes, "I don't. I believe in Aang, because we've actually seen him do all the stuff"

"I've noticed you've really improved recently, ever since he went to spirit world you seem more connected to your bending" she told me.

I embarrassingly chuckled, "Just getting used to my element that's all"

We heard a loud noise coming from behind the bushes and looked to see a ship pulling up onto the river bank.

"No," I whispered seeing a group of pirates. I looked to my sister. "Run"

We turned to run, but she was grabbed by a pirate, "No! Let go of me! (Y/n) run!" She yelled.

I started to run before running into someone who gripped both my wrists tightly pulling me closer towards him.

"I'll save you from the pirates" Zuko smirked.

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They tied us both to two different trees next to each other, and Zuko came closer towards me.

"Tell me where he is and I won't hurt your brother or sister"

"Touch them and it'll be the last thing you do!" I spat.

He walked closer, "Try to understand. I need to capture him to restore something I've lost, my honor," I jerked my head away from him as he walked around the tree I was tied to. "Perhaps in exchange I can restore something you've lost"

He put out his hands and showed me my necklace I lost, "My necklace," I gasped. "Where did you get that?" I spat.

"I didn't steal it, if that's what you're wondering. Tell me where he is" he demanded as he walked back towards his crew.

"Fuck off!"

"Enough of this necklace garbage! You promised a scroll!" The captain spat.

Zuko made a flame and put the waterbending scroll over it, "I wonder how much this is worth..." The pirates gasp, "A lot, apparently. Now you help me find what I want, you'll get this back, and everyone goes home happy. Search the woods for the boy and meet back here!"

As the pirates left Zuko then noticed something before coming closer towards me again, "Leave her alone!" Katara yelled.

He pulled out the scroll I kept hidden in my boot, "Hey! That's mine!"

He opened it and smirked, "I thought you didn't need a teacher?"

I rolled my eyes, "I don't. It's called a study sheet"

He put it in his satchel, "Well when we get back to my home, you can "study" there"

"Pfff, and be your prisoner? No thanks ponytail" I smirked.

He just rolled his eyes in response.

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We have the worst luck, honestly the worst luck!

Aang and Sokka were easily taken down and captured by the pirates.

"Nice work" Zuko smirked.

"Aang, this is all my fault" Katara sighed.

"No Katara, it isn't" he reassured her.

"Yeah, it kind of is" I shrugged but so did someone else.

I looked up and saw the older man who gave me tea a few weeks ago. We both gasped, "Did we just sat the same thing? We did it again! Ok on three we say our favourite tea! One, two, three! Tea in general!" We gasped saying it in sync casing every one to watch us.

"Your the man who gave me tea a couple weeks ago! What's your name?" I chuckled.

"You can call me Iroh" he chuckled.

"I like you Iroh!" I chuckled.

He chuckled, "I like you too (Y/n)," he smiled. "I can see why my nephew likes you as well"

I watched Zuko's face turn red, "I don't like her!" He yelled at his uncle.

I then started to violently laugh, "You what?!" I continued to laugh.

"Please!" He rolled his eyes, "Like I'd ever go for a Water Tribe peasant!"

"A Water Tribe peasant so keen on capturing," I smirked. "Come to think about it, you did put up a giant fuss when the Commander captured me"

"Well don't you like him too (Y/n)?" Aang asked.

We all snapped our head to the Avatar, "Come again?" I gritted my teeth, "Aang why would I like this trash?" I used my head to gesture to Zuko.

"Well.... you do always talk about him, and you also like to make fun of him even to much for our standards" Aang sighed.

"Not to mention, you do call him hot from time to time" Sokka shrugged.

"When have I called him hot?!"

~~~ [Flashbacks]

The gang was on Appa escaping Zuko the first time, "Oh god what if that hot prince comes after us!" (Y/n) gasped.

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The gang at the air temple, "How could someone so Hot be related to someone so evil!?" (Y/n) yelled before they left.

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(Y/n) with then Kyoshi warriors, "Ok as long as I can defeat that hot prince we will be fine" she smiled talking to Suki.

~~~ [End of Flashback]

My face was completely red after that. I looked to Zuko and he was also frozen still red as well, "Give me the boy" he commanded.

"You give us the scroll" they told him.

"You're really gonna hand over the Avatar for a stupid piece of parchment?" Sokka asked.

"Don't listen to him, he's trying to turn us against each other!"

"Your friend is the Avatar?"

"Sure is, and I'll bet he'll fetch a lot more on the black market than that fancy scroll"

"Shut your mouth, you Water Tribe peasant!"

"Yeah, Sokka, you really should shut your mouth" I told him still very red.

"I'm just sayin' it's bad business sense. Think how much the Fire Lord would pay for the Avatar. You guys would be set for life"

"Keep the scroll; we can buy a hundred with the reward we'll get for the kid"

Zuko glared at them opting his palm, "You'll regret breaking a deal with me"

They all began to charge at each other. As they were fighting Momo came out of nowhere and untied us.

I watched as the soliders and pirates were fighting and saw Zuko drop both scrolls.

The fight was filled with smoke and I was able to locate my family watching the fight together.

"Let's go!" I told them and we started to run.

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After a very long chase scene that was way too complicated, and I can't imagine if anyone had to write that because I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want to. We were able to get on Appa and fly to safety.

"Aang, I still owe you an apology. You were just so good at waterbending without really trying. I got so competitive that I put us all in danger, I'm sorry" Katara sighed.

"Same. I shouldn't of taken a scroll either"

"That's okay guys. I'm sorry for telling Zuko you like him"

I rolled my eyes, "I don't," I chuckled. "Please don't tell him that"

Katara sighed, "who needs a stupid scroll anyway?"

I smirked pulling our scrolls out, "Is that really how you feel?"

"The scroll!"

Sokka grabbing both of them from my hand, "First, what did you both learn?"

"Stealing is wrong. Unless it's from pirates" we smirked.

We started laughing and I opened my scroll up to read it. The only thing was, I noticed the paper was really thick.

"What is it (Y/n)?" Aang's asked.

I played with the paper revealing it was two. I pulled back the page and gasped, "This isn't just a firebending scroll," I showed them the second page.

"It's a lightningbender's scroll"

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