The boulder levitates and tada! Fake earthbending.ĭo you remember your cue? Yeh, yeh, just relax.īy "this" do you mean intentionally getting captured by an army of ruthless firebenders? Exactly! That's fun stuff. There are ventilation shafts throughout these mines, all Aang has to do is send an air current from that vent to this one right here. I thought you were crazy at first, Katara, but this might work. The Fire Nation is going to take me right to Haru.Īnd why would they do that? Because they're going to arrest me for earthbending. Then it's too late to track him, he's long gone. Slow down, Katara, when did this happen? Haru's mother said they came for him at midnight. It's all my fault, I forced him into earthbending. That's him! That's the earthbender! They took him! They took Haru away! What? The old man turned him in to the Fire Nation. If they discover you're here, Aang, we'll be eating fireballs for breakfast. Haru, you did it! It was so brave of Haru to use his earthbending to help that old man.ĭawn? Can't we sleep in for once? Absolutely not! This village is crawling with Fire Nation troops. Please, there's no one around to see you, it's the only way. Help! The mine! Help me! It's not working, we have to get help. See this necklace? My mother gave it to me. The problem is that the only way I can feel close to my father now is when I practice my bending. So, that's why you hide your earthbending? Yeh. When the Fire Nation invaded, he and the other earthbenders were outnumbered ten to one, but they fought back anyway.Īfter the attack, they rounded up my father every other earthbender and took them away.
It's funny, the way you were talking back in the store, it reminded me of him. I'll make sure Appa doesn't eat all your hay. My mom said you can sleep here tonight, but you should leave in the morning. What can the Fire Nation do to you that they haven't done already? They could take Haru away! Like they took his father. I understand that Haru can help you fight back. It's caused nothing but misery for this village.Īsking him not to earthbend is like asking me not to waterbend. They're thugs, they steal from us, and everyone here is too much of a coward to do anything about it. How long has the Fire Nation been here? Five years.įire Lord Ozai uses our town's coal mines to fuel his ships.
Wouldn't want an accident, would we? Fire is sometimes so hard to control.
They saw you doing what? They're crazy, mom, I mean, look at how they're dressed! You know how dangerous that is! You know what would happen if they caught you earthbending! Open up! Fire Nation! Act natural! What do you want? I've already paid you this week. Hey, you're that kid! Why did you run away before? Uh, you must have me confused with some other kid. Where have you been, Haru? You're late! Get started on your chores. Hey, that guy's gotta be running somewhere, maybe we're near a village and I bet that village has a market! Which means no nuts for dinner! Hey! I worked hard to get those nuts! Yeh, I hate'em too. Hello there, I'm Katara! What's your name? Nice to meet you! We just wanted to say "hi". He has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone.īook One: Water Chapter Six: Imprisoned Great, you're back! What's for dinner? We've got a few options.įirst, round nuts and some kind of oval shaped nuts, and some rock shaped nuts that might just be rocks.ĭig in! Seriously, what else ya got? What was that!? It's coming from over there! Shouldn't we run away from huge booms not toward them? An earthbender! Let's go meet him! He looks dangerous, so we better approach cautiously. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them.īut when the world needed him most, he vanished.Ī hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar an airbender named Aang.Īnd although his airbending skills are great. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony.