The great switch, Zutara

[Aang Ships]

Aang had managed to slip away from Katara for a few minuets. It wasn't that he was trying to avoid her or anything. But she had been motherhening him to death.

He knew that he had had a close call with Azula but really did she have to be with him durring his every waking moment?

He wanders into a unique shop filled with potions. He goes to a shelf that has alot of odd colored potions and laughs at the wired reflected shapes he saw in them.
Mabye I should get one of these for Sokka.

[Zuko Ships]

Azula was unusually bossy today and Zuko felt the need to get away for a while.
Wandering the streets he saw a shop that reminded him of Iroh.
Feeling slightly guilty at the remembrance of his Uncle he decided to go in and peruse the store.

Maybe I should get him something for the trip home.
He muttered to himself as he picked up a random bottle and looked at it quizzically.
What is this stuff?
He sniffed the pungent bottle cork and quickly put it back down.
I hope that's not tea.

This post has been edited by Zuko Ships on Jun 14 2007, 10:15 PM

[Aang Ships]

Aang continued wandering around the shop and acidently bumped into someone.

Before he could appologies he heard a crash.

[Zuko Ships]

Zuko drops the bottle when bumped into and it crashes into a colorful sizzling puddle.
Hey watch it! I- Zuko's eyes widen as he realizes who it is. The Avatar!?

As Zuko grabs Aang, the contents of the spilt bottle poof into a cloud of smoke blocking out all light and sound.

[Aang Ships]

Aang's eyes grow wide as he recognizes Zuko. Then he starts to cough and he gets a little light headed.

He passes out on the floor knocking some more bottels off the shelf in the proccess.

Unknown to Aang his soul leaves his body and hovers for a second before moving into Zuko's

[Zuko Ships]

Zuko felt himself get lighter and passed out on the floor unknowingly now in Aangs body.

[Katara Ships]

Katara was looking frantically around the market for Aang.

Where could he have gone? He knows that he shouldn't wander off with out telling me. What if he got caught by a firenation patrol?

Ok so that isn't very likely but still, he should have snuck off.


Just then she hears a loud crash from a nearby shop. When she turns to look she sees different color smoke billowing out of the building. As she gets closer she hears a familiar cough. Aang!

She makes her way into the shop and spots Aang and Zuko on the floor. Her eyes grow wide with concern. She droops down next to the two boys to make sure that they are both alive.

Once that concern has been addressed she quickly looks around for an escape route, and spots the open back door.

She gathers Aang in her arms the best way she can and makes it out the back door with the unconscious boy.

As they leave she spots an angry looking old lady, who she assumes to be the proprietor.

um .... the young man in there will pay for all of this. He's a ... um .... friend of ours. She sees the old woman raise her eyebrow in disbelief. But if she didn't believe Katara's story she didn't say anything.

Katara assumed that it didn't matter much to the shopkeep as long as she got compensation from someone for her destroyed shop.

[Aang Ships]

Aang's head was spinning, and he let out a groan. What happened?

Just as Aang was about to get up he hears some one approaching him. He looks up to see an old lady with her arms crossed. Well I hope you can pay for this young man. Your friends certinly said you could.

Friends? Wait was one of them a pretty girl with long brown hair in a braid and water tribe cloths?

Aang managed to get to his feet as he asked his question and was surprized to see that the old woman was shorter then him.

As a matter of fact she was. And she took your bald headed friend with her. The woman glares up at him. Now about the damage to my shop!

Bald headed friend? This woman wasn't making any since. He was the only Bald headed friend Katara had. He was about to explain this to the woman when he caught his reflection in one of the potion bottles that had managed to survive.

He blinks twices then squeeks out. I'm Zuko? Then he promptly faints.

The old woman just looks down at the young prince and shakes her head. Young people She starts mumbling aoubt how they had no manners anymore as she starts to clean up the shop around the unconscious body of the prince.

[Zuko Ships]

Zuko was too disoriented to realize what was happening as Katara led him by the hand out of the shop.
What's going on? He groaned, finally coming back to his senses when hearing Katara talk excitedly about something some distance from the shop.
Wait-! What do you think you're doing!?
Zuko took his hand out of Katara's and stopped walking, not yet realizing that he was Aang had switched bodies with him.
Are you mad? Where do you think you're taking me!?-- Realization dawns on Zuko that something strange has happened, as he hears his own voice.

Why does my voice sound like..... The Avatars?
Looking at his hands he saw t he blue markings of the tattoos and he felt his eyes grow wide.
He looked up at Katara as panic grabbed hold of his better judgment.
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME??!!

[Katara Ships]

Katara turns around when Aang pulls his hand out of her's and looks down at him with concern.

Aang are you alright? She puts a hand on his forehead to check for a fever.

You don't seem hot. ... Come on we have to get back to the others and tell them that Zuko is here.

We'll talk about what happened at the shop when we are safe.

Katara takes a hold of Aang's hand again and starts walking gently pulling him with her.

[Zuko Ships]

Zuko watches in shock as Katara actually shows concern on his behalf.

What? No I have to go back! My-- I left something.. Important in that shop! He turned as if to run back, but Katara's gentle grip turned to that of an iron vice.

Hey what are you doing? Let me go!

[Katara Ships]

Katara turns around and looks Aang right in the eyes. What ever you left there we will replace. What we can't replace is you.

She wraps her arms around Aang's small frame and rests her head on his for a moment. What we can't replace is you.

She lets him go and tries not to look at him as tears are starting to form in her eyes and she must be strong. After all it is her job to protect her "little brother" Aang from the Fire Nation. And more specifically Zuko.

We'll go back to camp. .... and if Toph agrees I will go back with her to pick up whatever you left behind alright. But there is no way you are going back there.

I won't be long before that untrustworthy, ungrateful hogmonkey of a prince wakes up and decides to come after us. Her voice gets more and more harsh and angry as she insults Zuko and she starts to drag Aang off not realizing how ruff she is being in her anger.

[Zuko Ships]

Zuko nearly has a heart attack as Katara pulled him into a hug and found himself speechlessly looking up into her eyes.
I never realized he was this much shorter then her before.
Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, he felt himself scowl at Katara's "hogmonkey prince" remark.
Are you really that mad at me- uh.. I mean, Zuko? He found himself asking as he was tugged along like a child.

[Katara Ships]

Katara continues to drag Aang back towards the camp. She tries to think of an answer to Aang's question and doesn't notice his slip up.

because ... if it weren't for him. We could have beaten Azula! then she wouldn't have hurt you.

Her voice got darker and more filled with a mixture of hatred and regret. We didn't need his help all he had to do was stay out of it.

If only I hadn't ... She lets out an angry growl If I knew he was going to do that I would have frozen his but to a wall!

They turn the last corner and Katara starts taking the dirt path that will lead in ten minuets to their camp.

[Zuko Ships]

Yeah.. I guess he would have deserved that for trying to trick you. Zuko said dryly, not even considering whether Katara had told Aang what had happened between them in the caves or not. She seemed fond of the Avatar, so of course she would have told them.

He sighed and couldn't help the jab of guilt he felt as she talked with such regret and anger towards him.
I guess I'm not going to get out of this right away.
Zuko gritted his teeth thinking about how each step took him farther away from his body, but he was too afraid of what Katara would do to him if she found out what had happened to them at the moment.
He allowed Katara to take him back to their camp and hoped that Aang would remember where he had camped and come for his own body.
I wonder if I can even Firebend in this body yet.