The group of young travellers came to the top of one of the final hills on route to their first major destination. Coming over the apex Katara and Sokka were amazed at what they saw.
In front of them was a huge city build on a quartet of mountain tops that were close together and had been merged into one. The mountain tops were covered with houses and streets from what they could see but the amazing part was that surrounding the three mountains was a massive wall at least two hundred feet high, and the only way in was a single pathway over a huge drop. The two WaterTribe siblings couldn't help but gape at what they were seeing.
"There it is, Earth Kingdom city of Omashu!" Aang said in a dramatic announcement, "Ty and I used to always come here to visit our friend, Bumi."
"Wow." Katara said in awe, "We don't have cities like this in the South Pole."
"They have buildings here that don't melt!" Sokka said rubbing his eyes in disbelief.
Ty hovered alongside them on his bed of sand and looked out over the city as well as he smiled, "Brings back memories, I wonder how much has changed...", Ty said before another thought crossed his mind 'Hm I wonder if my old bank account is still running, one hundred years of interest that should be fun.'
"Me too." Aang said ecstatically, "Let's go slow pokes! The real fun is inside the city!" Aang called as he used his air bending to twirl himself into the air and drop himself down the dirt slope.
Then a thought crossed Katara's mind, "Wait, Aang!" she called making him stop, "It could be dangerous if people find out you're the Avatar."
"You need a disguise," Sokka said in agreement
"So, what am I supposed to do?" Aang asked, "Grow a moustache?"
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A few minutes later Aang was itching his head and groaning at the unfamiliar feeling. Katara and Sokka had fashioned a wig and moustache for Aang out of Appa's fur. The hair was sticking straight up and had a rope tied around its middle like an egg timer, and the moustache was big and bushy also covering over Aang's mouth.
"Ohh, so itchy!" Aang complained as he scratched his head. He looked to Appa and groaned, "How do you live in this stuff?"
The big furry bison replied by looking at Aang and breathing out through its nose in a snort in an, 'I don't know what you're complaining about' fashion.
"Great! Now you look just like my grandfather." Sokka said in such a way the others didn't know if he was being sarcastic or not.
"Well technically, Aang and Ty are 116 years old." Katara reasoned before looking at Ty.
Ty rolled his eye, "don't even think about it I'm not putting on a disguise, I'd sooner eat a pile of hog monkey shite," everyone shivered at the thought. As Ty turned his sand bed, "you may be able to get lover boy over there to do it, but count me out," Ty said making Katara and Aang blush
The two of them had been relatively quiet on the subject since Kyoshi Island that was until Ty had prodded Aang to say something about it, at which point both Aang and Katara had had a small discussion on the matter that they'd see how things go, mainly Katara not wanting to rush into things. This had all been a day before current events.
Shaking off his blush, and in a desperate attempt to change the subject he twirled his staff before arching his back and acted like an old man, "Now let's get to skippin', young whippersnappers! The big city awaits." He said before moving off at a snail's pace.
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The group approached the city on the long winding path to the entrance, Katara and Sokka still in awe at the cities size.
"You guys are gonna love Omashu." Aang said still doing his old man walking, "The people here are the friendliest in the world." He said smiling at the fond memories when a voice broke out from ahead of them.
"Rotten cabbages!" yelled the voice making the group look to see that it was one of the door guards yelling at a vendor trying to enter the city with his produce. Cabbages. "What kind of slum do you think this is?" the guard yelled before crushing the cabbage he had in his hand and knocking the cabbages out of the vendors hands and with a single thrust of his own caused a blunt spike of earth to shoot up from under the cart of cabbages and launch it high into the air before it arched and fell the massive drop over the side.
"Noo! My cabbages!" the vendor yelled as he watched his cart and cabbages drop to oblivion.
At which point Ty burst out laughing, "Ha-ha-ha-ha! Death to all cabbages" Ty laughed evilly before gripped his chest at the pain, "Worth it, all cabbages must die" he groaned out a smile still on his face.
The group looked at him and then to Aang who sweat dropped, "he had a bad experience with them back at the temple, and vowed to eradicate them from the earth"
"Why what happened that made you hate them so much, Ty?" Katara asked
Ty shivered, "I will never speak of it," he then pointed at Aang, "Never"
Aang nodded but then a booming voice called from one of the guards, "NEXT!!!"
"Just keep smiling," Aang hummed silently to the other three as they walked forward.
As they came closer the guard immediately thrust his fist in an at the ground like he was scooping something up as a huge boulder-sized rock out of it at the four of them and they held it in a threatening manner over their heads. "State your business!" the guard barked in a gruff voice.
But no sooner had the guard asked it. Aang had shot at him holding his staff at him and what happened next brought sheer amazement to all seeing it, Aang as an old man scolded the guard.
"My business is my business, young man, and none of yours! I've got half a mind to bend you over my knee and paddle your backside!" Aang threatened in a grandfatherly tone making both Katara and Sokka look at him in sheer utter terror and amazement at his acting skills. Ty just blinked at the scene unable to even think out of shock.
"Settle down, old timer." The guard said thinking Aang was an old man and not wanting to harm him, "Just tell me who you are." He reasoned
"Name's Bonzu Pipinpadaloxicopolis, the Third, and these are my grandkids," Aang said thinking up the name on the spot, as Katara moved around his side to back him up
"Hi, June Pipinpadaloxicopolis. Nice to meet you." Katara said before giving a polite bow sealing the deal.
"You seem like a responsible young lady. See that your grandfather stays out of trouble. Enjoy Omashu!" The guard said as he gestured to go on ahead.
"We will," Katara said gratefully as she and Aang walked past. Sokka followed soon after but he was looking sketchy and nervous as hell.
"Wait a minute!" the guard said grabbing Sokka's shoulder as he passed him, making the other look at him in slight worry, "You're a strong young boy. Show some respect for the elderly and carry your grandfather's bag."
"Good idea!" Aang said as he tossed his bag over Sokka's head and landing in his hands before Sokka moved on and it was Ty's turn to pass by.
Then the Guard looked to the floating bed of sand and Ty lying on it, the guard looked to each of them, "Which one of you is the earth bender?"
"That would be me," Ty answered in a low voice making the guard look to him in shock.
"You're bending while injured, it can't be that severe," the guard said coming alongside him.
Ty chuckled, "depends does four broken ribs from getting swatted like a fly by the guarding serpent: Unagi on the island of Kyoshi sound severe to you?"
The guard's eyes widened hearing that, before reaching into his coat and pulled out a card and handed it to Ty, "go to this address, they treat earth benders for free, you can at least get some medicine for the pain."
Ty took the card, "thank you, can I ask why you're giving me this advice, most wouldn't"
The guard put his hand on his shoulder, "us earth benders have to stick together. In times of war, the only ones you can trust are your brothers in arms"
Ty nodded, "thank you" before he started moving forward with the others.
The four walked towards the giant outer wall of the city as the very ground beneath their feet began to shake, slowly the wall began to open in three thick segments. Katara and Sokka looked on amazed at the huge feat of bending ability, the doorway had to be at least seventy feet tall. As the path opened fully they quickly walked through as the path was closed behind them.
Once inside Katara and Sokka were even more amazed at what they were seeing. The sheer size of the city was boggling to the mind. Long stone slides sloped around at every angle around the many buildings that scaled the mountain. The theme of stone and green slate roofing was easily depicted through a single glance of the city.
"This is the Omashu delivery system." Aang explained, "Miles and miles of tubes and chutes. Earth bending brings the packages up and gravity brings them down."
"Great, so they get their mail on time," Sokka said like it wasn't that big a deal earning a jab in the shoulder from Katara.
Aang ignored the jab and smirked, "They do get their mail on time, but our friend Bumi found a better use for these chutes" Aang said as he looked to Ty and the pair of them smirked remembering it, before Ty hissed in pain from his chest, Katara came over and froze the ice again trying to keep him numb.
"Maybe you should go to the place the guard mentioned get that medicine sooner rather than later," Katara said in concern
Ty nodded, "Yea, guess I should, I've got some errands to run anyway. I'll catch you guys later. Hey Aang, why don't you show them what Bumi's idea for the shots was? I'll go next time, I don't think broken ribs and that would mix well" he said before hovering away on his sand
Aang nodded sadly, "Sure thing Ty, but you're joining the next time we're here"
Ty held up two fingers in a salute, "Sand benders honour," he called back as he glided away.
Ty floated up into the air as the others walked away and he looked at the card the guard had given him, "I wonder if that's still the same street as a hundred years ago, one way to find out" he said as he started flying off to the west of the city.
He flew over the tops of the houses to save time instead of taking the streets, and turns. He came up to the street and checked the signs, it was still the same as he remembered, tall buildings at least four floors each with green roof tiling and solid glass windows, he remembers cause he had been the one who made the glass for them over a hundred years ago, though he doubted if it was the same glass.
He floated down and into the street and along the sidewalk as he came to the building that was listed on the card. Coming up to the door he saw it was solid stone so only earth benders could enter, as he came up to the door he mentally opened it by pushing it into the ground before raising it again as he entered.
The inside looked like a fairly standard treatment centre, stone tiled flooring, and white walls with carved stone support pillars, and a large solid stone admissions desk, he hovered over to the desk as a girl came out of the back room, she was young problem only in her mid-twenties with light brown hair down to the mid of her back, wearing a green shirt and white pants and sandals.
When she saw him her eyes widened, "Oh my god are you alright" she said coming out from behind the desk.
Ty nodded, "I'm fine" as he held up the card he had been given, "one of the guards gave me this when I came into the city, he said I could get medicine to ease the pain of my broken ribs"
The girl looked at the card and smiled, "that sounds like my brother alright, always trying to help" she said before putting her hand on his chest gently but blinked when she felt the ice and she looked at him confused.
He smiled, "I have a friend who's a water bender, she's been freezing the water in my sand as an ice pack to numb the pain, but she can only do so much, and she's no healer"
The girl nodded, "how many ribs are broken?" she asked looking at the bruising at the top and bottom of what the sand cover.
"Four" Ty said as he mentally commanded his sand to help him sit up, "three on the right and one on the left, happened three days ago"
The girl flinched, "and you've been going that long without any pain relief, you poor boy, here rest and I'll be right back with something for the pain" she said before rushing to go to the back room.
Ty leant up and called to her, "would it be possible if I could get a batch of them, I plan on leaving the city in a few days, my friends and myself are on a trip and we can slow down, so I'll need some for my travels"
The girl frowned, "unfortunately due to wartime requirements I'm only allowed to give out a seven-dose limit on each admission. If you're planning to travel, I'd suggest putting it off until your injuries heal or you get a signed order from king Bumi on the order otherwise…"
Ty's eyes widened, "wait a minute did you say King Bumi, twitching eye, crazy laugh, heretic eyes and an extremely comical sense of reality, mad as a hatter Bumi"
The girl blinked "well I wouldn't say mad as a hatter, but yes he does have a rather...Odd way of looking at things, but yes he's been the king of Omashu for over fifty years now" she said before walking off to the back room
Ty started chuckling and clutching his chest, 'to think that mad kid would become king, ha, I guess anything's possible…Hm I wonder if he'd be willing to issue a Kingdom-wide banned on all cabbages, I'll definitely have to see him after I check my bank account, I wonder if it's been a good century'
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After taking the medication the girl gave him after about fifteen minutes the pain started to ebb, and he was able to walk with the aid of his polearm which he kept in his sand, but he had been told by the girl it was better if he used his sand for a few more weeks until his bruising goes down, he followed the advice. And after asking the directions to the nearest Omashu Bank he began to make his way there.
As he hovered out of the door there was a scream through the whole city that made Ty smirked.
"My cabbages!!!!!!"
Ty chuckled before yelling back, "DEATH TO ALL CABBAGES!!!!!!!!!!!" before smiling happily and continuing his way to the bank.
After speeding his way to the bank by way of sand cloud, no longer limited by his pain when moving fast he made it there in no time flat, though he still held himself back so he wouldn't risk further harming himself.
The Bank was one of the largest buildings on its street, with three large doors in and guards posted everywhere. Ty floated in on his sand until he got to the door the guards saw that he was injured and let him in with an escort.
Arriving at one of the tills, Ty got off his sand and took out the body of his polearm without its edge to use as a walking stick to stand as he made his way over to the desk where a little man in a strange looking hat sat, he had a thick pair of glasses on and looked like a weasel. Ty sat down on the chair and the man looked at him with a rather crooked smile.
"Yes young man and just what can I do for you," he said speaking in a rather high uppity tone
Ty leant on his polearm's body, "I'd like to check if my account is still active and have a balance check done before I withdraw some funds"
The man nodded, "Very well if you give me your account number I'll check the books and bring out the relevant documents from our underground stores"
Ty nodded, "thank you," Ty said as he took the brush and inked down his account numbers on a pad on the desk before handing it to the clerk, who looked at it and then looked back to Ty who blinked, "Is there a problem?"
"Ah yes there is, sir, I'm afraid this number is too short to be an account number, we haven't used less than several digit accounts for the past seventy years, and you don't look a day over seventeen"
Ty smirked, "yes I suppose that would be somewhat confusing, but I assure you that is my account number"
The man's eyes narrowed, "then may I see some identification please sir, we should have your name on record as someone who is allowed to access that account then, if not I'm afraid I cannot give out any information regarding that account or allow you access to its funds"
Ty's eye twitched, "so basically what your saying is, even though that is my account if I can't provide this Identification, then you won't give me my money, is that about right"
"Yes that's is the case young sir, if you don't have identification, then someone will have to confirm your identity for you who is also a holder of an account here and is a known figure," the man said with a happy look on his face which was just pissing Ty off.
Ty gripped the body of his polearm tightly wanting nothing more than to kick the little weasel's ass for this, but then an idea came into his head and he smiled back to the man, "very well then, as I am currently without any form of identification, then I will have to go and find someone who meets the requirements," Ty said as he slowly pulled himself up to his feet using his pole to help him to his feet and gave a slight bow, "thank you for your assistance" he said in a sickly sweet tone before turning and walking away as his sand gathered below him and he lay back to let it carry him as he left.
Once outside Ty sighed, 'that son of a bitch, keeping my own money from me, oh I'm going to enjoy smacking that smirk off his face' he then looked to the palace and smirked as he sand lifted him up and he flew to the palace.
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Arriving at the main door of the palace after a few minutes of flying he was confronted by four guards' two holding polearms slightly smaller than Ty's own and the other two had heavy hammers on their belts.
Ty smirked seeing them step into his path and he came to a halt in front of them.
"Halt, state your business here," one of the guards with a polearm asked him in a gruff tone.
Ty smirked, "I'm here to see the mad man you call a king," he said with a chuckle
The soldiers narrowed their gaze on Ty and the two with hammers clenched their fists as the two with polearms gripped their polearms more tightly.
"Do not speak that way about our king if you know what is good for you Boy?" one of the hammer guards said.
"You'd think an earth nation citizen would pay one of their monarch's higher respect" the second snapped.
Ty smirked, "Oh trust me I am, I usually give a lot less respect to people, that old king is just one of the few I give this kind of respect to, now are you going to let me pass, or are we going to have a problem"
The soldier kept their stances around Ty as one of the polearm guards spoke.
"You need to make an appointment to see the king regarding personal matters, and as it is the king is attending a meal with guests at the moment so you'll have to come back tomorrow with one"
Ty frowned, but then a thought came to him and he smirked, "the ones he's having dinner with, these guests they wouldn't happen to be two water tribe teens and a bald younger monk with an arrow on his head would they?"
The two guards in front of him looked at each other and then back to Ty before nodding, "They are. Are they friends of yours?"
Ty nodded, "Yes they are, and I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to take me to them, that or I just bust in, even in my condition I could probably take out seven of you before you subdue me, but then after that I'll still get an audience with the king given that he will have to pass my sentence. So what's it going to be?"
The guards had taken up their weapons and were in stances at the threat of an attack. "Don't play games boy, attacking palace guards is a capital crime and you will die if you try it"
Ty smirked, "oh is that a fact, from where I'm sitting, it's you four who would be the first to die, take a look below your feet and answer me again if you're so sure you'll win"
The guards narrowed their glared at Ty but couldn't help but succumb to their curiosity and glance down, they quickly wished they hadn't. The ground looked completely normal to the naked eye but to earth benders who knew rock it was frightening, the stone beneath their feet had been crushed into sand but was still held in its original form, none of them had even noticed it happening and now there was a five meter area around them that was nothing but sand, had the boy wanted to he could have killed them with a single thought and them not even know about it until they were gone, he would have killed them and buried them in the sand and no one would have been the wiser for it.
The four guards gulped, one thing was certain this boy was dangerous.
The left polearm guard swallowed his pride and nodded, as he released his stance and stood straight, "Alright boy I'll take you to see the king, you obviously won't take no for an answer" he said glaring at Ty.
Ty nodded and mentally commanded the ground below them to return to normal, "sorry about that, I just had to prove a point, can't have people thinking that just because I'm like this right now, that it means I can be pushed around," Ty apologised before his tone hardened, "I'm no one's whipping boy"
The guards heard his reasoning and on some level understood it, it was a matter of pride for him. He had to act strong even if he didn't look it. They understood that all too well.
Giving a nod that he understood, the front guard turned and gestured for Ty to follow him. Ty nodded back as he started to follow the guard on his sand.
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Following down the hall of the palace interior, the pair came to a set of large stone doors, as they approached the doors, they began to open up and Ty could see into the room.
It was a dining area of sorts, marble flooring and multiple large doors on either side of the room with earth nation banners hanging in them. Further, into the room there was a large dining table with an assortment of food on it, at one end there were three chairs and at the other, there was a single chair and Ty could see the one sitting in it.
It was a hunched over old man, with wild and messy white hair on either side of his green skull cap hat. He was dressed from head to toe in a green royal robe that covered his whole body, while his hands had multiple gem rings on them, he looked to be aged well past his seventies, his eyes were droopy and his skin looked to be well tanned but his age was visible through his wrinkles, but the one thing Ty couldn't take his eyes off were the two feather-horn decorations on top of his skull cap.
As they entered the room, the occupants of the three chairs peered around them to see the door opening, and ty could see it was Aang, Sokka and Katara, Sokka was in the process of chowing down.
"Ty!" Aang called happy to see his friend had found them.
Ty gave a wave to Aang from his sand, "finally found you guys, I swear I can't leave you guys alone for five minutes without some old dude in a weird hat inviting you all to dinner"
Said old dude blinked at the remark, "Weird hat you say, where is this old dude, I want to see this hat of his," he said while frantically looking around making ty smirk. Yep, that was Bumi alright, though it didn't look like Aang had recognised him yet, and that gave Ty an idea one that he was certain had crossed Bumi's mind as well.
After a couple of seconds of looking around Bumi looked back to Ty and they both exchanged a glance and an eye wink that the others didn't see, and like that the plan was in motion.
"Well, now this is a surprise another guest for the evening, I take it you know my three current guests?" Bumi asked acting completely clueless.
Ty nodded, "yea I arrived with them this morning, nice city, a bit too many cabbage vendors for my taste but nice all the same"
Bumi chuckled, "Yes I've been trying to limit their growth but they just keep popping up like roaches"
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Ty nodded, "I know the feeling, anyway mind if I join you guys, I'm starving"
Bumi smirked and nodded, "Take a seat young blond one," he said gesturing to the table
Ty hovered over and his sand began to lower to the ground as it changed into a thick glass chair.
Bumi got up and started making his way around them, "The people in my city have gotten fat from too many feasts, so I hope you like your chicken with no skin." Bumi said as he got to Aang
"Thanks, but I don't eat meat," Aang said politely looking at the chicken
"How about you? I bet you like meat." Bumi said looking to Sokka before shoving a chicken leg into his mouth. Sokka didn't refuse and just started eating
Bumi looked to Ty, "and you, I can tell you love meat"
Ty smirked, "oh I love it," he said before he started eating
Bumi smirked and started making his way around the table back to his seat chuckling to himself the whole time.
Katara leant over to Aang before whispering, "Is it just me, or is this guy's crown a little crooked?"
Ty heard it and smirked, before whispering himself, "What's wrong with that, he's having fun, and he's feeding us, as long as he doesn't ask me to give him a sponge bath I'm good"
Katara giggled slightly at the joke but then Bumi cleared his throat to get their attention.
"So, tell me young bald one. Where are you from?" Bumi asked looking to Aang.
"I'm from Kangaroo Island." Aang relied making up a name on the spot,
"Oh, Kangaroo Island, eh? I hear that place is really hopping!" Bumi said in an attempt at a rather poor joke.
A few seconds later Sokka started laughing at it getting strange looks from the others, "What? It was pretty funny."
Ty blinked rubbing the bridge of his nose, "that wasn't even a little bit funny."
Bumi sweat dropped, "Well, all these good jokes are making me tired." He said giving a fake yawn, "Guess it's time to the hay." He said before reaching into his sleeve and throwing a chicken leg at Aang, who acted on instinct and used his air bending to stop and suspend the chicken leg in mid-air much to the shock of the guards in the room.
"There's an air bender in our presence and not just any air bender, the Avatar! Now, what do you have to say for yourself, Mr.Pipinpadaloxicopolis?" Bumi declared as he stood up
Ty smirked, "should have chosen a shorter name, it sounds like an STD if you say it in a more professional voice"
The others listen sweat dropped at Ty's crude joke as Aang dropped the chicken and held his hands in the air above his head, "Okay! You caught me. I'm the Avatar, doing my Avatar thing, keeping the world safe. Everything checks out," he says looking under the table cloth, "no fire benders here. So, good work everybody." He says as he puts his hands around Katara's and Sokka's shoulders, while gesturing Ty to the door, Ty nodded playing along and started to move
"Love each other, respect all life and don't run with your spears." Aang said in a last-ditch speech as they reached the door, "We'll see you next time!" only to be blocked by two guards with bisentos.
Ty rolled his eyes and floated back to the table, "good I'm still hungry" he said coming back
"You can't keep us here. Let us leave." Katara demanded angrily
Bumi just blinked at her demand and held up a lettuce leaf, "Lettuce leaf?" before he takes a bite out of it.
Ty smirked, "a bit too green for my tastes," he said as he lifted up another chicken leg.
"We're in serious trouble. This guy is nuts." Sokka said in a high pitched whisper attempt.
"Actually I prefer eccentric," Bumi said with a laugh before looking at them seriously, "Tomorrow the Avatar will face three deadly challenges. But for now, the guards will show you to your chamber."
Then an older guard with a beard came to Bumi's side, "My liege, do you mean the good chamber or the bad chamber?"
"The newly refurbished chamber." Bumi corrected
"Wait, which one are we talking about?" the guard asked
"The one that used to be the bad chamber. Until the recent refurbishing that is. Of course, we've been calling it the new chamber, but we really should number them. Uh, take them to the refurbished chamber that was once bad!" Bumi ordered.
Two guards came to Ty's side and gestured to him to follow them, Ty pouted in response, "but I'm not done eating"
Bumi chuckled at Ty's response, "fine eat away, he'll catch up with you all" Bumi said waving the other three on, who reluctantly left with a guard escort leaving Bumi and Ty at the table with a few guards in the room. When Ty heard the doors shut a smile came on his face and he looked to Bumi and they both shared a look before busting out in laughter.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, oh I haven't laughed like this in ages Ha-ha-ha-ha, that was brilliant Bumi oh he doesn't suspect a thing," Ty said as he continued to laugh
"Ha-ha-ha-ha, ah this is the most fun I've had in ages" Bumi laughed as he held his gut, "it's good to see you, Ty"
Bringing himself back Ty smiled, "it's good to see you to Bumi, but damn you got old"
Bumi snorted, "Well not everyone can go a hundred years without ageing a day, how'd that happen anyway, last I heard you left the southern air temple"
Ty nodded, "yeah we did, Aang was freaking out about his whole avatar gig and then he left, I followed and we both went down in a storm, Aang froze us in an iceberg for a hundred years, Katara and Sokka found us a week or so back, and we wake up in a world that's even more screwed up than when we left"
Bumi blink, "well talk about a cold wake up call, so what gave me away, Aang clearly doesn't recognise me and I'm a little hurt about that"
"Well can you really blame him, I'm sure I would have too if it hadn't been for the fact I had a trip to a clinic to get some pills for these ribs of mine and the girl at the counter mentioned your name. I can't believe you're the king, the people in the city would have to be as mad as you" Ty said with a smirk
"Ha-ha-ha-ha, well that explains it and don't ask me how it happened I have no clue. One day I was kicking ass in a tournament the next day I'm king" Bumi laughed before tilting his head, "what happened to your ribs anyway, you look like you went ten rounds with a platypus bear and lost"
"Much bigger, try a single round with a pissed off Unagi of Kyoshi Island. Damn thing swatted me into the stone coastline with its tail, now I'm out of commission for a few weeks till these damn things heal. Which reminds me I've got a favour or two I need to ask you, I need royal permission to sign off on me getting more meds for the trip seeing that we're going to be traveling I'll need a small supply for the trip, plus I need you to vouch for me with the bank, damn bastards won't let me in my account cause of the whole age thing"
"Ouch you always did love your fights I knew you'd get your ass kicked one of those days, it just took a hundred years." Bumi laughed, "And consider those favours done, I'll have the permission given and I'll go with you tomorrow to get this whole bank situation sorted out, if it's the same guy I'm thinking of then he's a little weasel and a money grubbing one at that. So that just leaves one matter left to deal with"
"Oh I know" Ty grinned
""How badly we're going to prank those three"" both Bumi and Ty said in unison with similar smirks.
"You read my mind old friend, so what do you have in mind King," Ty said giving a slight bow of the head grin still on his face.
Bumi gave him a hysterical grin and cackle and it was then Ty knew this was going to be hilarious.
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It was the next morning and Aang was following a guard who was holding his staff, and Aang had a worried look on his face. Ty hadn't come back to them all night and he was starting to get worried and his worries were only made worse when the guard brought him into the throne room again and there was Ty.
Encased in a wooden prison coffin the type used to hold earth benders when they were under arrest to prevent them from earth bending. Aang's eye widened seeing his friend in trouble.
"Ty!!" Aang yelled seeing him in the coffin and went to rush to him only to be blocked by two guards.
Ty looked to Aang a little sore from standing up with his ribs, "Hey there Air head, have a nice sleep"
"What's going on here? Why are you in there?" Aang said worriedly
"They couldn't take me back to you guys cause they knew I'd just earth bend you out of the cell, so they stuck me in here, it's a little uncomfortable with my ribs but I'll manage air head, just get these tests over with all ready" Ty said giving a little groan of pain.
Aang turned on Bumi with a hardened glare, "Get him out of there and bring me, my friends, we're leaving"
"ah-ah-ah-ah. Young avatar I'm afraid you can't go just yet," Bumi said as he snapped his fingers, as he did so a side wall opened up revealing both Katara and Sokka being held by to guards as another two places two crystal rings on their fingers before they tightened. "I thought you might refuse so I will give your friends some special souvenirs. Those delightful rings are made of pure Genemite, also known as creeping crystal. It's crystal that grows remarkably fast. By nightfall, your friends will be completely covered in it. Terrible fate, really and without your earth bending friend there to stop it for you, I'm your only hope, but only if you cooperate."
As Bumi spoke both crystal rings on Katara and Sokka glowed and actually started growing up their fingers slightly freaking the two of them out.
"Ah! It's already creeping!" Sokka gulped in shock
Aang looked to them in worry before looking to Ty, "Ty can't you bend them off with your mind?"
Ty shook his head slightly, "No can do, crystal is different from earth and sand, I'd have to touch it to do it and I can't do that while in this"
Aang then looked back to Bumi in defeat, "fine, I'll do as you want."
Bumi grinned at that, "Excellent, here's your first test. Avatar.....what do you think of my new outfit?"
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"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" Ty Yelled in a mumble with a rag in his mouth and a strap of sticky paper covering his mouth as he cursed at Bumi for doing this to him.
"Well, that's what you get for calling outfit such foul words" Bumi smirked knowingly before turning to look to Aang.
The group had moved to an area deeper in the grounds of the palace, it was a large cave-like area with stalagmite and stalactite-like spikes covering both the floor and ceiling, and in the middle of the room was a large streaming water torrent about ten meters wide and in the middle of it was a ladder climbing up to a key that was dangling by a chain, Aang was standing on a platform on the opposite side of the room to the group who were on a higher up platform.
Both Katara and Sokka stood beside Ty's casket their crystals already covering up the first part of their lower arms as Ty looked around the room, 'Ok what the hell Bumi, why do you have a cave like this in a palace, it just doesn't make any sense what so ever, and this gag's not funny, that get up does look like a fucking purple zit with two white hairs damn it'
"It seems I've lost my lunch box key and I'm hungry." Bumi said in a joking manner making Ty and the others sweat drop before he pointed to the key in the raging torrent, "Ooh, there it is. Would you mind fetching it for me?"
Aang sneered at the challenge and looked at the torrent of water with a glare before he took off from the flat surface using air bending to lengthen his jump as he started jumping from spike to spike on the ground heading for the pillar of water, using fancy acrobatics to get their faster and then finally with a large push he leaped upwards into the torrent of water using air bending to create a bubble around him temporarily as he started climbing up the spike the ladder was on, but as soon as he reached the ladder the last of his air bubble was gone leaving him at the mercy of the raging torrent of water.
"Ooh, climbing the ladder." Bumi said sarcastically rolling his eyes, "No one's thought of that before."
Ty winced looking at Aang as he desperately tried to climb the ladder, he got two runs up before the torrent was too much and he was out of breath before it forced him down and out of it heading towards the spiky cave bottom.
Ty, Katara and Sokka's eyes widened seeing Aang fall to the spikes but before he was impaled he reached out with both his hands and feet catching two of the larger spikes on their flats, stopping with his a spike below him just inches away from Aang's backside making all four of them, Aang included, sigh a breath of relief.
'That was too close baldy' Ty mentally sighed, 'a couple of inches more and you'd have lost your ass to a spike'
Aang looked back at the raging torrent and then looked up before launching himself with air bending to the roof holding himself up on two spikes as he looked down on the falling water making his target.
Ty quirked an eyebrow, 'trying to go at it from above? That could work, but from that angle and that distance…' Ty thought as Aang jumped and started spinning using air bending to wrap himself in a cocoon of wind to cut through the water as he fell, but it was quickly washed away and Aang with it as he was washed out and hit the side of a rather large spike and gripped it like a lifeline to keep from falling, 'yep, thought as much, the air bending was a nice touch but it'll need to be a lot stronger to do the job.'
"That's right. Keep diving head in, I'm sure it'll work eventually." Bumi grinned as he looked down at Aang, Ty had more of a stoic expression on his face as he watches Aang look back at the pillar of water.
Then something seemed to click in Aang and it only clicked in Ty when he saw his friend breaking off the top of the stone spike and that's when Ty realised what Aang was about to do as he aimed the spike and threw it like a javelin and send a horizontal blade of air after it.
The blade shot ahead of the spike and cut the water torrent stopping the flow of water giving the stone spike just enough time to sail through the opening snagging the key and half the chain along with it and keep going heading right for the platform Bumi, Katara, Sokka and Ty were on, before hitting the top of the arch of the doorway the key dangling from the chain just above Bumi's head.
Ty smirked under the tape, 'Now that is was done with some style baldy!'
"There, enjoy your lunch! I want my friends back, now!" Aang demanded with a pissed off glare.
"Uh, not yet." Bumi said as he wagged his finger, "I need help with another matter. It seems I've lost my pet Flopsy."
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The group had moved to another location on the Palace grounds, a large dome like building with a large indoor prairie with bushes and trees scattered around it. Aang jumped down and landed in the area, before making his way to a long-eared rabbit who was grazing peacefully on a rock underneath a tree.
"Okay, found him!" Aang called up to Bumi
"Bring him to me! Daddy wants a kiss from Flopsy!" Bumi called down holding his hands out like a playful child wanting his toy.
Ty looked on curious as to what the prank was here, 'so what is there something else in there or is the rabbit just it' Ty thought as he watched carefully
"Come here, Flopsy~" Aang said in a calm voice as he approached the small animal trying not to startle it, but as he approached it less that a step away, a huge animal swung down from the tree above Aang and the rabbit, when it landed with a thud the group got a good look at it, it had a huge gorilla shaped top body, heavy build with white fur and grey hands, and face, with two large tusk-like teeth, with droopy ears on its head along with two small horns, and a small goatee, its lower body was that of a rabbit with goats like hind legs and tail.
Ty blinked seeing the massive creature, 'what the hell is that thing, I've seen some pretty strange animals but that takes the cake'
Aang turned around and gulped looking at the creature as the rabbit took that as its cue to run just as the creature pulled back its arm and crushed the rock it had been on, Aang backflipped out of the way and landed gracefully just in time to spot the rabbit starting to hop away as fast as its legs could carry it, "Flopsy, wait! Flopsy!" Aang yelled as he gave chase to the rabbit only for the creature to give chase also as they zigzagged across the open area. All the while Bumi laughing at the scene.
Ty tried to hold in his own laugh and not let it be seen so as to not blow his cover, 'I get it now, Bumi you are completely insane, I love it'
"Flopsy!" Aang cried as it made its final turn and jumped into a small hole in the rocks and crawled to safety. Aang dove into the hole arm first in an attempt to fish the frightened rabbit out of its burrow, only for a thought to occur to him as he stood up.
Ty smirked seeing Aang stand up, 'he's figured it out, only took him five minutes and half a mile of running for it to happen but it happened, I am never going to let him forget this'
"Wait a minute?" he said turning around, "Flopsy?" he said in realisation looking at the creature coming at him at high speeds, only to stop on the spot less than a foot away from crashing into Aang and stood looking down on him his tail wagging like a well-trained puppy looking to be petted, only to pick Aang up like a baby and give him a big wet lick to the face, "Flopsy!" Aang cheered realising he was right, only to be dropped the next second when Bumi whistled from next to Ty as Flopsy took off running to his master as Aang slowed his small fall with Air bending.
Flopsy climbed up the wall of the area and in a final heave of strength, he threw himself over in a summersault landing on his back exposing his belly as Bumi started rubbing him. "Awww, that's a good boy! Yes, who has a soft belly?"
Ty quirked his eyebrow, 'talk about a multiple personality bunny, one second it looks like it's ready to kill you the next it's looking its belly scratched, those two are perfect for each other'
Using his air bending Aang launched himself up to the upper level and pulled himself over the ledge, "Guys, are you okay?" Aang asked them worried
"Other than the crystal slowly encasing my entire body, doing great," Katara said sarcastically
Both her and Sokkas crystals had now encased the entire top and lower halves of their bodies, the only things visible was their heads and feet, and at that moment one side of Sokka's crystal grew more than the other and the excess weight toppled him to one side and he couldn't get back up.
"hmmmmmmmm" Ty mumbled in a yell through his gag to Aang.
Taking the hint Aang grabbed the sticky paper and pulled it from his mouth with a loud rip.
"OWWWWWW! That hurt baldy!!!" Ty yelled from the burning sensation on his face making the other three sweat drop
Aang chuckled, "sorry. How are you holding up?" Aang apologised and asked looking to his friend
Ty sighed, "alright so far, the pain is starting to come back I think the pain pills are starting to wear off, and standing up with broken ribs isn't fun, so would you mind hurrying this up please," Ty asked, he actually was feeling some slight pain from his ribs but he had been doing his best to ignore it for the past few minutes and trying not to move to make it worse.
Aang nodded in understanding, "alright, I'll get this final test done as fast as I can to get you guys out of this" Aang said before turning and walking over to Bumi "Come on. I'm ready for the next challenge."
Ty just couldn't help himself and had to speak now with his voice free again, "And hurry it up you can play with that overgrown fur ball another time"
Bumi smirked at ty as he patted Flopsy, only for the large creature to get to its feet and start walking over to Ty whose eyes widened.
"Hm, what's that thing doing" Ty asked as the creature got close to him and started to sniff his face making Ty turn his head, "No down Flopsy down, Shou fur ball go away" Ty said trying to get it to go away, only to receive a big sloppy wet lick up his face leaving the blond coughing, "oh *Cough* why me, I swear when I *cough* get out of this, I'm making myself a new *cough* fur coat out of you" Ty coughed in anger, "now someone dry my face!" he yelled only to see the others laughing hysterically.
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The group had moved once again to another area, this time the group was on one of three platforms overlooking a large stone indoor field, Ty recognised it being earth nation, it was a sparring field for earth benders, and already guessed what they were here for.
"Your final test is a duel" Bumi announced to Aang with a wicked smile, "and as a special treat you may choose your opponent." He said moments before two men came out of the hallway.
One was a big muscle-bound warrior with bronze spiked arm bracers, and wolf head shoulder pads, he had a studded leather belt with a large belt buckle on it in the shape of a dragon's head with sharp fangs. He had a shaved head and half his face was covered with a single piece green mask, his legs were armoured up to his knees in thick brass spiked boots and knee pads, the only clothing he had was a green loincloth wrapped around his waist held in place with the belt he wore. He was wielding a large double handled battle axe with a spiked ball at the end.
The second was of a thinner build, wearing a green armoured shinobi like attire, he had a pale face with two diagonal scars on his left eye, and his hair was tied in a top knot style. He had two swords strapped to his back and a curved dagger in the band around his waist. His wrists were armoured with similar pads to the first man, and he had a belt going from his left shoulder to his right side with a number of small throwing knives attached to it. Although his main weapon of choice looked to be a pole arm of sorts with a curved blade.
Ty raised an eyebrow looking at both men and smirked, 'I'd chose the big guy to fight, bigger guys tend to move slower than the rest so he'd be easier to dodge, plus it looks like he only has the one weapon to contend with, destroy that or get it away from him and all he's got are his fists and spiked armour, keep at a far enough distance and you've got it won', Ty thought to himself not wanting to give Aang any advice, as much as he'd like to, this test was more about teaching a lesson than it was messing with him, and Ty knew Aang needed to do it alone.
"Point and choose," Bumi said giving him his final hint in the challenge, which seemed to have struck a chord with Aang.
"So, you're saying whoever I point to, that's the person I get to fight?" Aang asked just for clarification to check.
Bumi smiled as did Ty when he realised that Aang had seen through his words, "Choose wisely." That was all Bumi said with a pleased look on his face.
Aang looked from left to right at the three people in front of him as he spoke, "I choose.... you!" Aang said before he pointed at Bumi thinking he'd got it right. But was unnerved when the king grinned even more than before.
"Wrong choice!" Bumi said before is frail looking hands clenched into fists and he's pushed himself back as his spine straightened out as multiple pops and cracks were heard before his stance shifted and his bare foot came out from below his robes as he threw them off revealing his muscular body and his earth bending clothes that consisted of a thick belt and green knee length shorts with a lighter green wrapping around his waist held by a belt, both his wrists and ankles had studded leather bands on them. He went from looking like a lovable grandfather figure to that of a veteran gladiator in less than a seven seconds.
Both Katara and Sokka had the same look of shock and worry as Aang seeing the kind crazy king in a completely different light at that very moment. Ty couldn't help but mentally smirk, 'Damn Bumi you got buff, what happened to that scrawny short ass I used to prank with'
Before Aang could even react Bumi drove his foot into the ground and shot Aang backwards and into the air and the arena with a blast of earth from the ground where he had been standing.
Aang landed with a thud as Bumi quickly followed after him, seeing the king land Aang quickly got to his feet and took a stance not sure how he was going to win this now as Bumi started talking.
"You thought I was a frail old man, but I'm the most powerful earth bender you'll ever see." Bumi declared proudly.
Ty rolled his eyes, "Try saying that if you're fighting me when I'm not injured and locked in this thing!" Ty called out for the sake of it, but Bumi just ignored him focusing on Aang which only proved to irritate the blond.
"Can I fight the guy with the axe instead?" Aang said hoping to get out of the mess he had landed himself in
"There are no take-back-sees' in my kingdom." Bumi said with a smirk dashing his hopes, "You might need this!" Bumi said as he gestured to the guard back where they had been as Aang's staff was thrown to him in the arena before the fight began.
Bumi swung his arm in an underarm swing pulling a mound of stone from the ground and launching it at Aang followed by five others. Aang saw them coming and started ducking and weaving in between them dodging them as they came at him.
"Typical air bender tactic, avoid and evade." Bumi said in disappointment, "I'd hoped the Avatar would be less predictable." He said as he stomped the ground bringing a rock up and thrust both his arms forward launching the rock at Aang with twice the speed of the previous ones.
Aang's eyes widened as he quickly leapt up into the air avoiding the rock as he started to spin his staff in the air like a helicopter propeller keeping himself air born
"Don't you have any surprises for me?" Bumi called up to him, "Sooner or later, you'll have to strike back." Bumi said bringing up another rock and jumped up in a mid-air spear kick launching the rock into the air, but not at Aang at the ceiling.
The rock impacted the ceiling above Aang and the resulting debris knocked him out of the air and sent him to the found with a thud, and sending his staff out of his grip. Getting up Aang immediately pressed the assault and started running at Bumi, who started side stepping with his arms at his sides his footsteps heavy resulting in large spikes of stone coming out of the ground making Aang avoid them as he ran, only to be caught by the last one hard in the gut and send backward.
"Oh, you'll have to be a little more creative than that!" Bumi said with a confident smirk watching Aang closely
Aang landed but before he touched the ground he created a spear of compressed rotating wind and hopped on taking off at speed as he shot at Bumi who continued to block his path with stone spikes.
Aang zipped around a final stone spike before pulling swerving manoeuvre taking himself up on the wall and turning heading at Bumi again dodging another spike of earth before he launched a blade of air at Bumi.
Bumi saw it coming and Raised a wall of earth blocking the blade and dispersing it as they met, Bumi poked his head around the corner of the wall, "Did someone leave the windows open? It feels a little draftee in here! Are you hoping I'll catch a cold?"
Up on the balcony, Ty was scowling watching the scene below, Aang had only launched one offensive attack the entire match, while Bumi had launched multiple, 'Aang's never going to win at this rate, he needs to step up his game or he's screwed' Ty though as he watched Aang go.
Aang gained some distance between himself and Bumi and was looking for another opening when Bumi put his foot on the wall he had raised and pushed it down and rode it like a board as he created a tidal wave of rocks heading at Aang.
Aang tried to dodge them but they rose up higher as he did and smacked him to the ground.
Ty scowled, 'he should have seen that one coming', "Step it up Aang, start fighting seriously!" Ty yelled from his case as Aang pushed off the back wall and grabbed his staff dodging a series of smaller earth spikes sent at him from Bumi
Aang landed in a ready stance a good distance away from Bumi and even further away from Sokka, Ty and Katara.
"How are you going to get me from way over there?" Bumi called with a smirk as Aang started to run at him using his air bending to speed himself along.
Bumi saw him coming and with a jump and slide, he turned a straight strip of the ground into quicksand that swallowed Aang up to his waist. Aang struggled to get free as Bumi raised two rocks into the air and moved them to crash into each other with Aang in the middle.
Aang saw the rocks coming and at the last minute he blasted himself out of the ground with air bending before coming down and bring his staff with him hitting the ground hard and sending a blast of air at Bumi who was caught by it and send backwards crashing into the bottom of the balcony stands.
Ty smirked seeing Aang was finally gaining momentum as he dodged another rock that caused Bumi to turn it to sand before it hit him, but the smirk turned to a look of shock when they felt the ground beneath their feet shake as Bumi started his next attack.
The centre Balcony area and the wall and ground below it started to pull from its spot making Ty look at it wide eyed, 'what the hell Bumi I know you wanted to test him but this is just overkill,' Ty thought as he watched the balcony lift above Bumi's head as he prepared to throw it at Aang.
But then his eyes were drawn to Aang who had started running around in a large circle pulling the air with him as he ran and after a second or so he had created a large cyclone of air as Bumi threw the balcony at him, only for the air currents to grip it and changes its direction by pulling it around its vortex and launching it back at Bumi, who quickly rose his hands and split it in two.
Aang took the advantage and launched himself at Bumi from a long jump and stopped with his staff pointed at his throat ready to strike a finishing blow, making Ty smirk seeing Aang had managed to get it together in the end, even if Bumi was now holding a large portion of the ceiling over their heads ready to crush Aang in the end if he did attack.
"Hehe! Well done, Avatar. You fight with much fire in your heart." Bumi said as he grinned before dropping himself backwards and sucking himself into the ground getting the strangest expression from Aang that can only be described as WTF! Before he looked up to see him come out on the smaller balcony with his friends.
"You've passed all my tests." Bumi exclaimed with a smirk, "Now, you must answer one question."
"That's not fair!" Aang yelled, "You said you would release my friends if I finished your tests."
"Oh, but what's the point of tests if you don't learn anything? Oh, come on! Answer this one question and I will set your friends free." Bumi assured him, "What is my name?"
Ty mentally smirked hearing that and kept his featured stoic, 'let's see how long it takes him to get it'
"From the looks of your friends, I'd say you only have a few minutes," Bumi said before walking off.
"How am I supposed to know his name?" Aang asked as if it was impossible
"Think about the challenges, maybe it's some kind of riddle." Katara thought aloud
"I got it!" Sokka yelled
""Yeh?"" both Katara and Aang said with hope looking at him but Ty just rolled his eyes sceptically
"He's an earth bender, right? Rocky! You know, because of all the rocks?" Sokka said hopefully
Ty sighed at his stupidity, "OK Sokka, just know something. When I get out of this, I'm going to slap you upside the head for being so stupid, I'm an earth bender and I've never met another called Rocky!!!"
"Okay, so back to the challenges." Aang said in a serious tone, "I got a key from the waterfall. I saved his pet and I had a duel."
"And what did you learn?" Katara asked
"Well, everything was different than I expected," Aang said as he tried to think
"And?" Katara urged him on as she tilted her head to the side away from the crystal that was slowly growing threatening to cut her throat
"Well, they weren't straightforward. To solve each test, I had to think differently than I usually would." Then a look of realisation donned on him and he looked to Ty, "You know don't you?"
Ty smirked, "you certainly took your time about it, now come on we've got an old friend to see," Ty said with a smirk making Aang nod.
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The group was back in the throne room with Bumi at the front of the room and Aang mid-way with Ty, Sokka and Katara behind them.
"I solved the puzzle the same way I solved the challenges," Aang said with tears coming to his eyes, "As you said a long time ago, I had to open my brain to the possibilities." He said with a smile as Bumi started laughing as Aang realised it, "Bumi, you're a mad genius!" Aang said before running to his old friend and hugging him
"Oh, Aang. It's good to see you." Bumi said as he hugged Aang back, "You haven't changed a bit. Literally."
"Uh, over here!" Katara asked as the crystals were about to encase her and Sokka fully
"Little help?" Sokka yelled in agreement
Ty smirked, "Hang on Bumi, I got this" Ty said as a click was heard and then the front of the coffin swung open like a door showing the inside handle, Ty stepped out and flexed his neck before snapping his fingers and the crystals around both Katara and Sokka shattered as both Bumi and Ty grabbed one each with smirked.
"Genemite is made of rock candy." Bumi said as he took a bite out of the crystal, "Delicious!"
Ty smirked as he did the same before popping his last pill for the pain, "Yea, apple my favourite" he said as he bit into the green crystal.
"Wait a minute," Sokka said as he looked at Ty, "you mean you could get out of there this whole time!"
Ty shrugged, "well yeah, it wouldn't have been convincing enough for the prank if I was just walking around," Ty smirked as Bumi laughed remembering that was Ty's idea.
"So this crazy king is your old friend, Bumi?" Katara asked as they walked forward,
"Who you calling old?" Bumi protested only to get a chuckle from Ty
"Maybe the bald old man in front of her" Ty quipped making Bumi sigh
"Okay. I'm old."
"Why did you do all this instead of just telling Aang who you were? And Ty why didn't you just tell him if you knew" Katara asked
Both Ty and Bumi shared a smirk "First of all, it's pretty fun messing with people hehe", Bumi laughed making Ty smirk
"Yep it's always fun messing with people and when I noticed Aang didn't realise it was Bumi, I realised a prank was in order for old time sakes" Ty smirked
"That's got to be our greatest one yet" Bumi laugh before looking to Aang, "but I do have a reason." He started with a serious tone, "Aang, you have a difficult task ahead. The world has changed in the hundred years you've both been gone. It's the duty of the Avatar to restore balance to the world by defeating Fire Lord Ozai. You have much to learn. You must master the four elements and confront the Fire Lord, and when you do, I hope you will think like a mad genius!" Bumi smirked like a mad man making Ty grin also as he came over and patted Aang on the back "And it looks like you're in good hands. You'll need your friends to help defeat the Fire Nation." Then Momo let out a belch after eating a number of candy crystals making Bumi smirk, "And you'll need Momo too."
Aang smiled at his old friend, "Thank you for your wisdom. But before we go, I have a challenge for you!" he said with a wicked smirk
But before Aang could explain Ty cleared his throat, "hold up there, I need him first, Bumi we've still got that weasel problem to deal with"
Bumi smirked, "ah so we do, let's go sort that first," Bumi said as the pair of them started for the door much to the confusion of Aang Sokka and Katara who were following them with confusion.
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The group arrived at the bank, the guards bowing to Bumi and Ty as they walked in trailed by Sokka, Katara and Aang still confused as to what was going on.
Soon they were coming upon the desk of the man who Ty had been with the day before, the weasel of a bank manager, who currently was turned away from the group doing some book work, but stopped and turned when Ty cleared his throat.
Immediately seeing the king the weasel's eyes widened before they fell on Ty and he recognised the boy from the day from before with a wicked smirk on his face.
"Yo you bastard guess what I'm here for~," Ty said with a sing-song voice as Bumi chuckled to himself as the other three sweat dropped at the tone, Ty leant into the weasel faced bank manager and grinned "So let's try this again...….GIMME MY MONEY FOOL!!!!!"