Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 My name is Aang. I'm the Avatar. I'm also an Airbender. My friend Katara has been teaching me Waterbending. She's become an amazing Waterbender! Katara and her brother, Sokka, are traveling with me, helping me to master all four elements—air, water, earth, and fire—so I can defeat Fire Lord Ozai and the Fire Nation, and bring peace to the four nations. All in a day's work for the Avatar, right? Next on my list is to learn Earthbending. So Katara, Sokka, my lemur Momo, and I are flying on my sky bison, Appa, to the city of Omashu in the Earth Kingdom to find my old pal King Bumi. I can't wait to learn Earthbending from him! Our first stop was General Fong's Earth Kingdom base. He was supposed to give us an escort to make sure we made it to Omashu safely, but it didn't quite work out that way. General Fong had this crazy idea that he could force me into the Avatar state, and then I could go and fight the Fire Nation. He said that while I learn the elements, the war goes on. I started to think that maybe he was right, that maybe I could

end the war now if I let him help me. Boy, was I wrong! Katara helped me realize how dangerous being in the Avatar state really is, especially when I can't control it. Even she's scared of me when I'm in it—that says a lot. So I told General Fong that I wouldn't force the Avatar state. He flipped out! He told his Earth Kingdom soldiers to attack me so he could force me into it against my will. And when that didn't work, he attacked Katara. He started Earthbending her into the ground, so she was sinking. I was so angry and upset about Katara that the general got his wish: I went into the Avatar state, even though it took me a while to get into it. When I was in it, Avatar Roku, the previous Avatar, came to me. He told me that the Avatar state is a defense mechanism that gives me the skills and knowledge of all the past Avatars. In the Avatar state, all the spirits of past Avatars are within me. That is why I'm so powerful. But they are all exposed to whatever danger I face. If I'm killed while in the Avatar state, then all of the past Avatars will die with me. The reincarnation cycle will be broken and the Avatar will cease to exist. Pretty heavy, huh? When I came out of the Avatar state, Katara was fine. I learned that Fong was just using her to trick me into going into the Avatar state. We finally managed to get away from him, thanks to Sokka,

who snuck up behind him and conked him on the head with a club. Anyway, after that was settled, we climbed onto the back of Appa, my flying bison. We're flying off toward Omashu—without an escort. I'm trying not to think about what Roku told me— you know, about what would happen if I died in the Avatar state. Instead I'm turning my thoughts to Omashu and my old pal Bumi!