-NO ONES POV-

A soldier emerges from the lower deck and addresses him.

Firebender: The Avatar has escaped!
The helmsman immediately turns around and runs off the screen.
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The scene changes to on overview shot of the seas where Katara and Sokka sit atop Appa, who still has not gone airborne, but is instead swimming in the water. The camera moves closer and Appa growls. Katara is sitting on top of Appa's head, while Sokka rests in the saddle.

Sokka: [Unamused.] Go. Fly. [Katara glances annoyed at her brother.] Soar.

Katara: [Pleading as Appa growls again.] Please, Appa. We need your help. Aang needs your help.

Sokka: [Blandly.] Up. Ascend. Elevate.

You: Sokka, add more emotion to it.

Sokka: [side eyes you] Rich coming from you.

You and Sokka glare at each other as you smack his head. Making him smack you back. Katara breaks the fighting as she talks to her brother.

Katara: Sokka doesn't believe you can fly, but I do, Appa. [Strokes Appa.] Come on, don't you want to save Aang? [Appa grunts.]

Sokka: What was it that kid said? Yee-haw? Hup-hup? Wah-hoo?

You: [scratches head] Nah...it was more like Yip-yip?

Sokka startles at the sudden movement that last command you said, brought with it as it seemingly prompts Appa. Cut to a shot of his head bobbing in the water as he grunts and beats the water with his tail. After what appears to be a brief running start, he takes flight and soars through the air.

Katara: [Thrilled.] You did it, Y/N!
You: [amazed as your eyes sparkle] Holy cow!

Sokka: [Ecstatically looking over the rim of the saddle.] He's flying! He's flying! Y/N, Katara, he's -

Cuts to shot of Katara, who smirks at her brother as you just stare at him with your soft [color] eyes Seeing this, Sokka tries to play it cool.

Sokka: [Sheepishly.] I mean, big deal. He's flying. [Brightens quickly.]

Shows a shot of Appa rising higher into the sky.
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The scene changes back to the Fire Nation ship, where Aang is frantically running through the corridors. He stops in his tracks and yells when he encounters three soldiers standing with swords drawn in the middle of the corridor.

Aang: You haven't seen my staff around, have you?

The three men prepare to attack him, but before they can make a move, Aang sprints across the hallway at the speed of wind, along the floor and the walls, spiraling in circular patterns past the soldiers, through their legs, and manages to escape, leaving the soldiers looking dumbfounded.

Aang: [in background] Thanks anyway!

He continues racing through the hallways of the ship and encounters a single guard when he rose another deck. The soldier fires a blast at Aang, who leaps forward. A slow-motion shot depicts Aang somersaulting over the soldier and using the sharp tip of his helmet to cut his bindings, thus freeing him.

The soldier falls over from the impact and Aang proceeds down the hall. The young Avatar races through the interior, opening two doors leading to various compartments of the ship.

Upon opening the third door, he finds Iroh sleeping blissfully, snoring. He begins closing the door, his mouth still visible through the crack.

Aang: [Whispering.] Sorry!

Cut to the interior of another room, the entranceway open wide. Aang is seen running past the doorway only to slow down and trace his way back upon catching sight of his glider. Close-up of his face that brightens upon recognition of the object, and he dashes through the open door.

Aang: My staff!

Aang enters the room, the door closing behind him. Cut to the interior of the room, where Zuko stands by the door, having clearly waited to corner Aang.

Aang looks surprised upon hearing the sound of the closing door. He turns around, his face falling upon seeing the prince standing in the room.

Zuko: Looks like I underestimated you.

After a slight pause, Zuko assumes a fighting stance and fires a blast at Aang, who yells and narrowly avoids the attack.

Zuko fires again, forcing Aang into the corner of the room. Aang, who pants heavily from alarm. Zuko fires once more; Aang spins around out of the corner and against the back wall. He ducks to avoid another fire blast.

Cut to Zuko standing in the middle of the room, Aang managing to roll over directly behind his opponent. Aang deftly manages to stay behind Zuko, utilizing circle-walking. Zuko spins around, desperately attempting to land a blow.
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The scene cuts to a shot of the deck and cabin of the ship, the window of the room where the battle is occurring illuminating two consecutive times from the fire blasts. Cut back to inside the room, where Aang uses airbending to try and deter another one of Zuko's attacks by catching his flames in a current of air.

After extinguishing yet another one of his attacks, Aang uses Zuko as a stepping stone. He pushes himself off against his head and creates an air scooter in mid-air that he uses to ride around the room and over the walls and ceiling, as Zuko resumes attacking.

He avoids Zuko's repeated attacks; however, the prince manages to dissipate the air scooter by shattering it with a flame arc. Aang is smacked against the wall underneath a hanging tapestry. He quickly pushes himself up under the tapestry to avoid another fire blast.

When he emerges at the top, he grabs the tapestry off its hooks and wraps it around Zuko's body, tangling him momentarily. This brief intermission gives Aang enough time to grab his glider and he turns around to face his opponent, pointing the end of the staff at Zuko, who destroys the tapestry with firebending.

Zuko assumes a fighting stance, while Aang looks on with alarm. Cut to shot of the entire room, as Aang uses airbending to propel a mattress lying in a corner toward Zuko. The mattress slams into the Fire Nation prince, sending him colliding into the wall, before falling onto the mattress.

Aang propels the mattress upward, sending Zuko slamming into the ceiling of the room. Aang makes a break for it before the mattress touches the ground again. Zuko and the mattress fall to the floor, and Zuko remains lying face down upon it. Cut to shot of Zuko, who raises his head and glances around the empty room, fuming.

Cut to the main control room of the ship. The wheel of the hatch located toward the back of the room begins spinning rapidly. The hatch opens with a small tornado of air and Aang emerges. Cut to a shot of the rest of the control room, a man at the helm.

Cut to Aang, who leaps from the hatch and runs across the room, leaping over a table and past the man who looks up in surprise. He exits the room and runs onto the upper deck of the ship.

Cut to an overhead shot of the upper deck as Aang happily spreads his arms and welcomes the fresh air. He throws his staff over the balcony which opens into a glider and begins soaring away. He appears successful until Zuko appears on screen, leaping forward, his arms extended outward. While yelling, Zuko manages to grab hold of Aang's ankle.

Aang, whose expression of triumph turns into one of despair as he begins losing altitude, struggling to maintain the weight of the extra, unexpected person.

The two plummet down to the lower deck of the ship and land with a crash. They bounce a few times before coming to a halt. Aang's glider closes again to a staff. Both lie on the deck for a moment. Close-up of Zuko's eyes, as they narrow in anger. Zuko begins rising, a look of persistence on his face.

Aang rises and assumes a fighting stance, looking very unsure of himself. Before the fight could begin, Appa's growl distracts both fighters. Aang averts his gaze and catches sight of Appa heading toward the ship.

Zuko: [Shocked.] What is that?

The scene cuts to a shot of Appa, you, Katara and Sokka mounted on his saddle.

Aang: [Ecstatic.] Appa!

He turns around to face Zuko and manages to deflect a firebending attack by spinning his glider around like a baton. However, he propels himself by accident into the air and lands on the ledge of the deck. He leans precariously over the side, unsteadily balancing himself, but manages to regain his balance only for Zuko to fire another blast at him.

He twirls his glider again to deflect the attack. Two more blasts are fired his way before he loses his grip on his glider and the object spins away. The staff falls several feet away. Aang ducks, spins and leaps out of the way of blasts and lands on the very ledge, struggling to keep his balance.

Zuko hurls more fire blasts his way. Aang holds up his hands in defense, but the last blast seemingly knocks him out cold and he falls backward off the ship into the water, where he slowly sinks. Cuts to shot of you riding atop Appa. Katara then rushes to your side.

Katara: [Horrified.] Aang! No!

Cuts to shot of Aang, as he sinks further underwater.

Katara: [above land.] Aang! Aang! Aang!
You narrowed your eyes as you grip the rope on appa's horns. You don't believe that could've taken him out.

Aang, his eyes closed, seemingly unconscious. Suddenly his eyes open, glowing a bright white, along with his arrow tattoos, and he frowns angrily. He steadies himself in the water and begins swiveling around, a waterspout forming around him. He rockets upward and erupts from the surface, riding a humongous spinning water vortex.

Cut to a shot of Zuko's ship being overshadowed by the waterspout. Switch to a bird's-eye view of the deck, Aang appearing on screen atop the vortex. Zuko looks up in horror. Cut to a shot of the upper deck as Aang lands, summoning the water behind him.

Camera closes up on him, his eyes and tattoos still glowing, as he brings his hands around behind his head. The water swirls around him, forming a protective circle, before spreading outward, knocking Zuko and several soldiers off their feet.

Cut to a shot of the side of the ship as Zuko falls over the edge and shouts in surprise. Switch to you, Sokka and Katara leaning over the side of Appa's saddle watching in shock.

Katara: [Shocked.] Did you see what he just did?!

You nodded at katara as she grips your bicep in her hand.

Sokka: [Impressed.] Now that was some waterbending!

You: [Nods] It was beautiful.

Cut back to Aang on the deck, as he collapses onto the ground from exhaustion, his eyes and tattoos ceasing to glow. Appa growls and lands on the deck. Katara, you and Sokka slide down and quickly run toward the unconscious Avatar.

Katara: [Worried.] Aang! Are you okay?
She kneels down, holding Aang with Sokka and you following close behind. You kneeled beside him looking worried in your eyes.

Aang: [Weakly.] Hey, Y/N. Hey, Katara. Hey, Sokka. Thanks for coming.

Sokka: Well, I couldn't let you have all the glory.

Aang: [Weakly.] I dropped my staff.
Sokka: [Rising.] Got it!

Sokka runs over, grabs a hold of the glider and lifts it only to see Zuko's hand firmly gripping the other end. Sokka appears horrified as Zuko attempts to pull himself upward onto the deck. You noticed that as in a flash you were beside Sokka.

The two struggle for a bit before you grabbed the staff and poke Zuko repeatedly in the head with the end of the staff the way Zuko did earlier with Sokka. Zuko grunts and falls backward as he lets go of the staff. He falls off the side of the ship, but manages to grasp the anchor chain.

Sokka: [Triumphantly.] Ha! That's from the Water Tribe! [fist bumps you]

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The scene switches over to Appa, who rises from a puddle of water after Katara helped Aang to climb atop his head. Katara still stands beside the large beast while Aang lies on top of his head. Cut to three soldiers, who rise after being knocked down by Aang's water attack and menacingly approach her.

Katara takes a step back and slowly and precariously bends a stream of water from the puddle, causing the men to slow down and gasp in surprise. She swings her arms around in an attempt to whip them, however, only succeeds in freezing a channel of water behind her on the deck, encasing Sokka's legs in ice in the process. Oddly missing you as you sensed the water and jumped.

Sokka: [Complaining.] Katara!

The soldiers resume their approach. Katara turns around, her back facing them and draws another stream of water. She closes her eyes tightly, swings her arms behind her and turns around to see one of the soldiers completely frozen in a casing of ice, his arm extended outward to her, still twitching in effort to grab her.

She backs away slowly with you grabbing her shoulder, you both turn around and quickly runs toward Appa. She begins mounting Appa, while Sokka is trying to cut himself free by smashing his icy chains with his boomerang.

Katara: [Urgently.] Hurry up, Sokka!

Sokka: [Muttering to himself, as he uses his boomerang to chip the ice.] I'm just a guy, with a boomerang. [He frees his left foot.] I didn't ask for all this flying and magic!

You hop down from Appa, doing a somersault and break his other foot free. He races up Appa's tail with you close behind.

You: Yip-yip! Yip-yip!

Sokka mounts Appa, who grunts and takes flight, flying past the cabin of the ship. Iroh emerges on deck, having just woken up from a nap.

Iroh: [Rubbing eyes and staring up at Appa in surprise.] Duh? Huh?
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Cut to Appa, who soars away from the ship, while Iroh helps Zuko, grunting angrily with effort, to heft himself back onto the deck.

Zuko: [Angrily.] Shoot them down!

Cut to an overview shot of Appa gaining altitude before switching back to Zuko and Iroh standing on deck. Together, they synchronize a firebending move and fire a powerful blast at the bison.

Sokka and Katara stare at the incoming attack in horror holding you close to them, while Aang leaps onto the saddle. He opens the small tail wing of his staff and swings his glider around, using a powerful swipe of air to redirect the fireball into a nearby cliff side.

The impact causes an avalanche of snow and ice to begin falling. Cut to Zuko, who looks up in horror at the event, raising one arm protectively. The front of the ship becomes buried in a mass of snow and ice, while Appa climbs higher and higher. Switch to a scene of the four, who laugh as they escape successfully.

Aang waves goodbye as Appa disappears around the cliff.
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Switch to an overview shot of the ship with its bow stuck in the ice. Close-up of Zuko, who is seen bending over in rage on the deck with Iroh erecting himself in the background.

Iroh: [Calmly.] Good news for the Fire Lord. The Fire Nation's greatest threat is just a little kid.

Zuko lifts his head and rises while his uncle is speaking.

Zuko: [Holding back rage.] That "kid", Uncle, just did this.

Cuts to a shot of the damaged ship, the whole front covered in ice and snow.

Zuko: I won't underestimate him again. [Yells his order to the soldiers and points at the piles of snow.] Dig the ship out and follow them!

Shift to a shot of three Fire Nation soldiers using their firebending to melt the icy encasings coating the three soldiers who were Katara's victims.

Zuko: [Slightly embarrassed.] As soon as you're done with that.

Camera closes up on Zuko eyes as he looks up in anger and determination.
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The scene changes to an overview shot of the clouds. Cut to a side-view of Appa, who soars lazily in the sky while the sun is beginning to set. Aang is perched on the rim of the saddle, while you, Sokka and Katara sit at the back of it.

Katara: [Bewildered.] How did you do that?! With the water? It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen!

You: [calmly] Yeah, I never excepted anything like that.

Aang: [Quietly, slightly downcast, sitting on the edge of the saddle.] I don't know. I just sort of ... did it.

Katara: [Curious, but serious.] Why didn't you tell us you were the Avatar?

Aang: Because ... [Turns away slightly; saddened.] I never wanted to be.

Cut to a shot of the entire team sitting on Appa's saddle, as a dark cloud passes overhead, shadowing their figures. Cut to a wider shot of Appa flying in the sky, shafts of sunlight streaming through the clouds. Switch back to a closer shot, showing Aang in front, looking downcast over the side with the water tribe teens in the background.

Katara: But Aang, the world's been waiting for the Avatar to return and finally put an end to this war.

Aang: [Downcast.] And how am I going to do that?

You: According to legend, you need to first master water, then earth, then fire if I'm correct.

Aang: [Looking at you.] That's what the monks told me.

You: [nods] Mh. [look at katara]

Katara: [Brightening a bit.] Well, if we go to the North Pole, you can master waterbending!

Aang: [Turning to face her, smiling and brightening up completely.] We can learn it together! [he faces you as you just nod relaxing on your stomach on the saddle]

Katara: [Faces her brother; cheerfully.] And Sokka, I'm sure you'll get to knock some firebender heads on the way.

Sokka: [Content.] I'd like that. I'd reeally like that.

Katara: [Optimistically.] Then we're in this together!

Aang: [Cheerfully, pulling out a rolled up scroll.] All right, but before I learn waterbending, we have some serious business to attend to.

He uses airbending to situate himself onto the saddle and unrolls the scroll, revealing a map of the Avatar World.

Aang: Here, here and here.

While stating this, he points to three locations, two in the Earth Kingdom, one in Air Nomad territory.

Katara: [Curiously.] What's there? [Points to one of the locations.]

Aang: [Points to the location in Earth Kingdom.] Here, we'll ride the hopping llamas. [Points to the location in Air Nomad territory.] Then waaay over here, we'll surf on the backs of giant koi fish.

Katara and Sokka stare at him in wonder. You blink with lighted up eyes.

Aang: Then back over here, we'll ride the hog monkeys. [The water tribe teens glance at each other.] They don't like people riding them, but that's what makes it fun!

Close-up of Aang, as he smiles enthusiastically, his eyes widened with excitement. Cut to a wide shot of Appa flying peacefully in the sky, sunbeams breaking through the clouds behind him.

-END OF EPISODE 2-