Avatar: The Last Airbender
Book Four: Shadow
Chapter Two: The Forest
PREVIOUSLY ON AVATAR:
A boy about Aang's age rose out of it, and he looked at them.
"Then, you are useless," the boy said. He closed his eyes, and the three of them flew backwards and hit Appa.
Aang started to stand up, but Katara pulled him back.
"Who was that?" Aang asked himself.
The Earthbenders yelled. "Our master will be pleased".
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The boy had dissapeared and Aang, Katara and Sokka hopped on Appa's back.
"Appa, Yip-Yip," Aang said. Appa took off into the air, and a gust of wind flew back, blowing the trees back and forth.
"Aang, would you have any idea who that boy was?" Katara asked.
"No, he looked familiar though," Aang said. "I don't know why."
"Maybe, he is one of the Air Nomads? He did blow us back with Airbending," Sokka said.
"I don't think so," Aang said. "He didn't have an arrow. But I bet he wanted an arrow!"
"Yes Aang, everyone wants an arrow," Sokka said.
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Aang had fallen asleep an hour ago, and when he woke up, they were over a forest.
"Appa, are you tired buddy?" Aang asked him.
Appa grunted in reply.
"Go ahead and take a rest," Aang said. When Appa landed in the forest below, he rubbed the fuzz on his head.
"You deserve it," Aang said.
Sokka and Katara were still sleeping, so Aang walked into the forest, and he got thirsty.
"There has GOT to be some water around here!" Aang said.
He ran through the vast forest. In the dark, the tree trunks were a darkish-green and the leaves were not their bright yellow, and red and orange they were during the day, but dark, grey, cold. Aang shivered as a cold gust of air hit him in the face.
He saw a river up ahead, and he bended the water into a small bubble-like shape and put it in his mouth.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Aang screamed. He spat out the water and waterbended the small water particles off his tounge.
Steam was rising off his tounge.
"That wasn't water," Aang said to himself. "That was burning, is that acid?" he asked himself.
Aang decided to hurry back to Appa. He started to run, but something seemed different about the trees this time back. They seemed, cold, old, dark, almost, evil-like. Aang stopped and looked at one for a couple seconds.
"You again," a voice said behind him.
Aang spun around, and he saw the boy from the comet.
"Who are you?" Aang asked him.
"Now, thats really none of your buisness now is it? And I'll tell you something you are, in my way. I don't like people that get in my way," the boy said.
He slammed his foot on the ground and a huge rock flew out of the ground, and he sent it flying at Aang. Aang ducked under it and panted.
He is an Airbender, and an Earthbender? But, how is that possible? He seems strong as well, I need to find out who this is!
Aang fell on the ground as a rock nailed his leg. He didn't feel much pain, but wanted to scream at himself for being idiotic.
Okay, maybe I'll just fight him! Aang thought.
Aang made a small ball of air and he jumped on it and began to ride around the perimeter of the boy. He made two more balls of air, and lit them on fire, and flung them at the boy. The??boy took out dual broadswords, and blocked the fireballs with ease.
"That all you got?" the boy said.
He shot up three spikes of earth under Aang and he went flying into the air. Aang grabbed his staff and began to glide. The boy shot rocks at Aang and Aang blocked them with blowing air through his mouth.
Aang landed on a branch in a high enough tree and the boy jumped up.
This kid must be a master Airbender! He can jump easily to the highest branch! Who is this guy?
Aang looked up, and a rock hit him in the stomach, and he flew back and landed on the ground. He was in pain this time, he didn't want to move. The boy jumped and landed on the ground next to him. A gust of air blew dirt in Aang's face.
"Don't let me catch you around me again," the boy said. "Or next time, I won't leave you alive."
He walked away and left Aang there on the hard ground.
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Sokka and Katara ran into the forest and searched for Aang. When they returned at sundown, Aang was sitting by a campfire with Appa.
"Lets go guys," Aang said.
"Are you okay Aang?" Katara asked.
"Yeah, lets just go," Aang said.
That night when Appa was flying through the brisk air, Aang remembered the dual broadswords.
"Why did he have to have broadswords?" Aang asked himself.
They only reminded him of an old friend.
Two old friends...
Edited on 11/13/2006 3:28pm