Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 "I can't believe it," Aang said, hanging his head. "Omashu always seemed untouchable." It's so unfair! The Fire Nation just keeps taking people Aang cares about–first the Air Nomads, now King Bumi. "This is horrible, but we have to move on." "No. I'm going in to find Bumi." I knew it. I knew he wouldn't stay focused. "Aang, let's talk about this. There are other people who can teach you Earthbending." "This isn't about finding a teacher; it's about finding my friend," Aang said sadly. Well, I'm not leaving Aang. If he's determined to go in, we're going in with him. We snuck into the city through a disgusting sewer pipe. Poor Sokka got covered by the mold and filth in the tunnel and ended up with little round marks all over his skin from tiny creatures called purple pentapi. But the pentapus marks helped us fool Fire Nation soldiers into thinking that Sokka had a contagious disease called pentapox! They stayed clear

of us after hearing that. We were free to roam the city. What's that rumbling? It sounds like another rock slide. AHHH! Huge boulders are rolling down Omashu's mail chutes–and they're heading right for that family! Aang quickly Airbended the boulders away from the family. Close call, though. "The resistance!" shouted the woman. The what? Now the teenage girl is hurling flying daggers at us! What is she doing that for? Aang just saved her life. It doesn't make any sense–AHHH! We're falling through the ground! Where are we? It looks like some kind of underground cavern. And who are all these people in uniform? Oh, the resistance! "Is King Bumi with you guys?" Aang asked. "Of course not!" a resistance member shouted angrily. "On the day of the invasion King Bumi surrendered!" This doesn't make any sense. Why would Bumi surrender? Aang looks devastated.… "It doesn't matter now," said the man who turned

out to be the resistance leader. "Fighting the Fire Nation is the only path to freedom, and freedom is worth giving anything for." "You could just leave Omashu," Aang suggested. "You're outnumbered, you can't win. Retreat now and live to fight another day," he said before leaving to find Bumi. Sometimes I forget that he's the Avatar. It's funny, most of the time I just feel like I have to protect him from the Fire Nation, but actually he's the one who's protecting us. But we need to find him an Earthbending teacher, and if it isn't going to be Bumi, we might have a long search ahead of us. So, we're not fighting; but how are we going to evacuate the thousands of citizens of Omashu with the Fire Nation's permission? "You're all about to come down with a nasty case of pentapox!" Sokka announced. That's it! It's a perfect plan. I knew we could count on Sokka. He may be goofy sometimes, but he's a master of schemes and solutions for all sorts of sticky situations. By putting purple pentapus marks on all the Earth Kingdom citizens, they looked like they had some terrible disease. The Fire Nation governor ordered all

the "sick" people to leave the city. So, we gathered on a hillside outside the city to plan our next move, but King Bumi is still nowhere to be seen. I guess I just have to trust that Aang will find his way back to us once he has Bumi. Aang IS the Avatar–I'm sure he'll be fine… Oh, look! There he is with Bumi's pet, Flopsie. But no Bumi. Aang looks so upset. "We've got a problem," the resistance leader said suddenly. Well, looks like we picked up an extra person–the Fire Nation governor's baby son! He's so cute! But how did he get mixed up with us? We can't continue on with him–we'll have to face them again. It seems like the governor wants to trade his son for King Bumi! So Aang, Sokka, Appa, Momo, and I are heading back into the city for the trade. Okay, there they are. There are three girls. That one I recognize! She was with that family we saw. They must be Fire Nation, she's the governor's daughter. But I have no idea who the others are. And where's Bumi? What's that? It looks like a metal cage. It's dropping down from above.

Thank goodness he's still alive! Let's just get this over with. I will be sad to give up this little fire baby, though. They're still so cute before they know how to fight. "The deal's off!" yelled the governor's daughter suddenly. What happened? Now Bumi's cage is shooting back up into the sky. "Bumi, no!" Aang cried as he flew into the air, landing on Bumi's cage. "We've got to get the baby out of here!" I shouted, handing the little guy to Sokka. I've got to help distract these girls so Aang can get a clean getaway. Oh, no! One of the Firebenders is following him! Well, time to focus my energies on the girls who remain. Take that! An ice shield should halt her daggers–yup. Now let's just encase her arm in ice– whoa, what's that? Who's that behind me? The third girl–she's poking me with her fingers! What does she think that'll do? I'll just Waterbend this puddle at her and–wait, what's going on? Nothing happens when I try to Waterbend! That girl did something to me! She took away my bending ability! "How are you going to fight without your