Chapter 13

Chapter 13 On the way back to the city, I stopped and picked up Sokka. Then we spotted Toph below, surfing a wave of earth. Appa swooped down and we picked her up too. Sokka told us about how great it was to see his dad, and Toph told us that she learned how to bend metal! First I just thought, Gosh, she's such an amazing Earthbender. But then I thought about my visions with the guru, and how I'd seen Toph bending metal in one of them when I was trying to cleanse the Light Chakra. The Light Chakra is blocked by illusions, and just like the Waterbender from the swamp and the guru told me, time really must be an illusion, because the vision I saw in the swamp of Toph laughing and the vision I saw just a while ago of her bending metal both came true! And all of this means that my vision of Katara must be real—she must really be in danger! It also probably means that the guru is right—my seventh chakra is blocked. Well, first things first, I guess. Both Toph and Sokka were upset when I told them about the vision of Katara, and we sped off for Ba Sing Se as quickly as Appa could take us there. They asked me how my experience with the guru went. I lied to them and told them I completely

在回城里的路上，我停下来接了索卡。 然后我们看到了下面的拓芙，她正在冲浪。 阿柏俯冲下来，我们也把她抱了起来。 索卡告诉我们见到他爸爸有多高兴，拓芙告诉我们她学会了如何弯曲金属！一开始我只是想，天哪，她真是个了不起的御土师。 但后来我想起了我和导师的幻象，还有我在净化光轮的时候看到拓芙在其中一个幻象中弯曲了金属。 光脉轮被幻象所阻挡，就像沼泽里的御水师和导师告诉我的那样，时间真的一定是幻觉，因为我在沼泽里看到的拓芙的笑声和刚才看到的她的弯曲金属都成真了！这一切都意味着我对卡塔拉的想象一定是真实的——她一定真的有危险！这也可能意味着导师是对的——我的第七个脉轮被阻塞了。 我想，重要的事情先说。 当我把卡塔拉的幻象告诉拓芙和索卡时，她俩都很不高兴，于是我们以阿柏最快的速度赶向永固城。 他们问我在导师那里的经历如何。 我骗了他们，告诉他们我完全

mastered the Avatar state. As much as they love Katara, they won't understand my choice. They'll think I abandoned my responsibility. And maybe I did. I don't know. But what I do know is that I have to make sure Katara is okay. I also know that I had to lie about this. I don't feel good about it, but I can't deal with all this now. First Katara, then I'll figure out how to make all the Avatar stuff right—I hope. We landed in Ba Sing Se and hurried to the king's throne room. But to my surprise he told me that Katara was off with the Kyoshi warriors and doing fine. We headed for our apartment, where I was greeted by Momo—but no Katara. She IS in trouble. I knew it. My vision was right. Then a knock came at the door. Toph threw open the door and there stood Zuko's uncle, Iroh! This is the last thing I need, to battle Iroh. Is Zuko with him? Maybe they have Katara.… It turned out that Toph and Iroh had met before, in the woods when Toph ran away from us, and they'd become friends. "Toph, I need your help," Iroh said. "Princess Azula is in Ba Sing Se." Azula! SHE must have Katara. Now I'm really worried. Azula nearly killed me the last time we fought. She's crazy, and super dangerous. How are

掌握了神通状态 尽管他们很爱卡塔拉，但他们不会理解我的选择。 他们会认为我放弃了我的责任。 也许我确实是这样。我不知道。 但我知道的是我得确保卡塔拉没事。 我也知道我不得不在这件事上撒谎。 我感觉不太好，但我现在没法处理这一切。 首先是卡塔拉，然后我想办法把所有的神通都弄好。 我们在永固城下了岸，匆匆赶往国王的正殿。 但令我惊讶的是，他告诉我，卡塔拉和虚族战士一起离开了，而且过得很好。 我们朝我们的公寓走去，莫莫（momo）迎接了我，但没有卡塔拉（Katara）。 她有麻烦了。我就知道。 我的预见是正确的。这时有人敲门。 拓芙推开门，站在祖寇的叔叔艾洛面前！这是我最不需要的，对抗艾洛。 祖寇和他在一起吗？也许他们有卡塔拉。原来拓芙和艾洛以前在树林里见过面，当时拓芙从我们身边跑开了，他们后来成了朋友。 “拓芙，我需要你的帮助，”艾洛说。 “阿祖拉公主在永固城。” Azula !她一定有卡塔拉。 现在我真的很担心。上次我们打架时，阿祖拉差点杀了我。 她疯了，而且超级危险。 是如何

we going to save Katara? Iroh explained that Azula had captured Katara and Zuko. "We'll work together to fight Azula and save Zuko and Katara," I said. Sokka was shocked when I said we'd rescue Zuko. I guess I was a bit surprised myself. But I'm willing to do anything to save Katara, and after dealing with Azula, Zuko really didn't seem so bad. Iroh brought along a Dai Li agent he had captured. The agent told us that Azula and Long Feng were plotting to overthrow the Earth King! He also said that Katara was being held in the crystal catacombs of old Ba Sing Se, deep beneath the palace. Toph Earthbended a tunnel beneath the palace, then we split up. While Sokka and Toph went to warn the Earth King about Azula's coup, Iroh and I headed into the tunnel to rescue Katara and Zuko. First I started actually feeling sorry for Zuko, now I'm trusting his uncle, a retired Fire Nation general. Boy, it's strange how things change. You think you have stuff all figured out, who's good and who's evil, and then people go and surprise you. Toph's tunnel led us into a crystal courtyard, a wide-open plaza with waterfalls and a stream running over beautiful crystal rocks. I used Earthbending to

我们要去拯救卡塔拉？艾洛解释说，阿祖拉已经占领了卡塔拉和祖寇。 “我们将共同对抗阿祖拉，拯救祖寇和卡塔拉。”我说。 当我说我们要去救祖寇时，索卡很震惊。 我想我自己也有点惊讶。 但我愿意做任何事来拯救卡塔拉，在处理了阿祖拉之后，祖寇看起来也没那么坏了。 艾洛带来了一名被捕的戴笠特工。 特工告诉我们阿祖拉和长风在密谋推翻土强王！他还说卡塔拉被关在宫殿深处的老永固城水晶墓穴里。 拓芙在宫殿下面挖了一条地道，然后我们分头行动。 索卡和拓芙去警告土强王阿祖拉的政变，艾洛和我进入隧道去营救卡塔拉和祖寇。 一开始我真的为祖寇感到难过，现在我开始信任他的叔叔，一位退休的烈火国将军。 天啊，事情的变化真奇怪。 你以为自己什么都知道了，谁是好人，谁是坏人，然后别人就会来给你惊喜。 拓芙的隧道把我们带进一个水晶庭院，这是一个宽阔的广场，有瀑布和一条小溪从美丽的水晶岩石上流过。 我用御土术来

open sections of the courtyard's walls until I finally found Katara's and Zuko's prison. "Aang! I knew you would come!" Katara rushed over and hugged me. Thank goodness she's okay! Now I know I made the right choice. Just then Zuko rushed at me, but Iroh stopped him. Those two had a lot to talk about, so Katara and I left them and headed off to find Sokka and Toph. But before we got out of the crystal courtyard, Azula attacked! She fired bolts of blue lightning. Katara countered by Waterbending water from the stream as I used Earthbending to block Azula's blasts and knock her off balance. Azula may be too much for me alone, but working with Katara, I think I'm going to beat her. Wait, Zuko's back! Did his uncle convince him to help us or will he join Azula against us? I wonder what he'll choo— BAM! Zuko just sent a fire blast headed right at me! So much for people surprising me. Same old Zuko. Only now he's teamed with his ruthless sister! I hope we have what it takes to beat them.… Oh, no! Katara's hurt. She just fell down into the stream.… Azula must have zapped her as she

直到我终于找到了卡塔拉和祖寇的监狱。 “Aang !我就知道你会来的！”卡塔拉冲过来拥抱了我。 谢天谢地，她没事！现在我知道我做了正确的选择。 就在这时，祖寇向我冲过来，但艾洛阻止了他。 她们俩有很多话要说，所以我和卡塔拉离开她们，去找索卡和拓芙。 但在我们离开水晶庭院之前，阿祖拉袭击了我们！她发射了几道蓝色的闪电。 当我用御土术阻挡阿祖拉的爆炸并使她失去平衡时，卡塔拉被来自溪流的御水反击。 我一个人对付不了阿祖拉，但和卡塔拉合作，我想我能打败她。 等等，祖寇回来了！是他叔叔说服他帮我们还是他会和阿祖拉一起对抗我们？ 我想知道他会叫什么——砰！祖寇刚刚向我发射了一束火焰！人们总是给我惊喜。 祖寇还是老样子。只是现在他和他无情的妹妹组队了！我希望我们有能力击败他们。哦，不！Katara的伤害。 她刚刚掉进了小溪里。一定是阿祖拉在她

stepped into the water, shocking her! I didn't save her! I rejected Guru Pathik to save her and I still failed. Now a troop of Dai Li agents are joining in the fight, throwing Earthbending attacks at me. There are too many of them. I can't stop them all AND beat Azula and Zuko. Guru Pathik is right. I'm holding on to my earthly attachment and ruining everything. There's only one way to make this better: I have to let her go. I'm sorry, Katara. I Earthbended a protective crystal shell around myself, and then I began to meditate. I'm back on that bridge, walking toward the giant version of myself in the Avatar state.… Don't hesitate this time; just walk toward the giant Aang. Accept your fate.… It's working! I'm slipping into the Avatar state! I feel more powerful than I ever have before! BOOM! What's that? What hit me? Oh, no. The bridge, it's crumbling beneath my feet.… I'm falling.… I could hear Katara's voice drifting softly through the darkness. Then I felt myself slowly waking up. In my mind I saw a glowing band of golden water

踩进水里，吓了她一跳！我没有救她！我拒绝了帕提克大师来救她，但我还是失败了。 现在一队戴笠特工加入战斗，向我投掷御土术攻击。 他们人太多了。 我不能阻止他们并且打败阿祖拉和祖寇。 帕提克大师是对的。我执着于尘世的依恋，毁了一切。 只有一个办法能让情况好转，我必须让她走。 对不起，卡塔拉。我在自己周围弯曲了一个保护水晶壳，然后我开始冥想。 我回到了那座桥上，走向神通状态下的巨大的自己。这次不要犹豫了。只要朝巨大的安昂走去。 接受你的命运。它起作用了！我要进入神通状态了！我觉得自己比以前更强大了！繁荣!那是什么? 什么击中了我？哦,不。桥在我脚下摇摇欲坠。我要掉下去了。我能听到卡塔拉的声音在黑暗中轻轻地飘荡。 然后我觉得自己慢慢醒了过来。 在我的脑海里，我看到了一条闪闪发光的金色水带