The Dragon Princess and the Wolf Warrior

Chapter 19 [~|~] Jet

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Azara sat leaning against Appa, playing with her hair when Aang walked over, looking concerned. "Have you seen Momo?" he asked, looking around for any sign of the lemur. Katara and Sokka shared a look before shaking their heads.

"Not since earlier this morning," Azara replied before standing up, brushing herself off. They walked through the forest, looking for Momo. The sound of screeching alerted the group to look up into the trees, where Momo and two howler monkeys were caged in traps.

"Hang on, Momo!" Aang called, jumping up to the tree tops. He gently lowered the trap into Katara and Azara's arms, who pulled the trap open to release the lemur. Azara stared at the trap, recognizing the metalwork.

"The metalwork is Fire Nation, there must be a group of soldiers nearby," she stated, rubbing her fingers along the cool metal. "We should leave soon." Aang landed next to her as the sound of screeching filled the air once again. The group looked up again to spot two howler monkeys, who were begging to be let out of their traps.

"Alright, you too," Aang smiled, moving to jump up and release them.

"This is going to take forever," Sokka huffed, pulling out his boomerang and throwing it to release the howler monkeys from their traps.

"That works," Aang shrugged, jumping back down to the ground.

"We better pack up camp and get moving," Sokka stated as the group reconvened. They walked back to camp, hurrying to pack and load all of their supplies. Azara moved to hand another bag of supplies up to Aang when Sokka ran over with flailing arms.

"No flying this time!" he shouted, grabbing the supplies from her hands, and putting it on the ground behind him.

"What do you mean no flying?" Azara asked, slightly peeved at him for ripping the supplies out of her hands.

"Think about it. Somehow Prince Zuko and the Fire Nation keep finding us. It's because they spot Appa, he's just too noticeable," Sokka suggested, as Katara and Azara shared unimpressed looks.

"What? Appa's not too noticeable!" Katara snapped, walking over.

"He's giant fluffy monster with an arrow on his head! He's hard to miss!" Sokka blabbered, gesturing up to the flying bison, who growled in complaint.

"Don't be mean to Appa," Azara shot back, rubbing Appa's side comfortingly.

"Sokka's just jealous because he doesn't have an arrow," Aang spoke to Appa, a joking smile on his face.

"I know you all want to fly, but my instincts tell me we should play it safe this time and walk," Sokka stated, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Who made you the boss?" Katara scoffed as Sokka turned to his sister.

"I'm not the boss, I'm the leader," Sokka retorted, pointing at himself.

"You're the leader? But your voice still cracks!"

"She's got a point," Azara piped up, laughing as Sokka shook his head at the comment.

"I'm the oldest, and I'm a warrior, so I'm the leader!" Sokka huffed, his voice getting deeper as he spoke, causing Azara to roll her eyes.