Me: ok u guys ready for episode 13 of AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER.

Aang: yea!

Katara: I think I might know this episode seeing that the last episode was the storm.

Sokka: yea me too

Me: ok cool. LETS START.

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Book 1: Water

Chapter 13: The blue spirit.

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Zuko and aang: oh

Suki: hmmm interesting.

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(The episode begins with a night scene. A bird, one of the red hawk like birds seen at the beginning of "The Spirit World, Part 1", flies through the moonless night sky and cries out. Cut to a shot of the upper reaches of a Fire Nation fortress. The shot pans down to reveal several towers connected by the walls of the fortress. All are manned and have fires burning in them. Pan left to reveal Fire Nation ships in the water beyond the fortress. Cut to a shot of several fierce looking archers, their faces painted either for decoration, camouflage or both. They release volley after volley of arrows which strike their archery range targets dead center. Successive arrows split the one already occupying the bulls eye right down the middle of its shaft. Shift to wide shot of the archers which pans up to one of the fortress towers where two men stand side by side watching the archers.)

Colonel Shinu: Absolutely not. The Yu Yan archers stay here. Your request is denied Commander Zhao.

Zhao: Colonel Shinu, please reconsider. Their precision is legendary. The Yu Yan can pin a fly to a tree from a hundred yards away – without killing it. You're wasting their talents using them as mere security guards.

Colonel Shinu: I can do whatever I want with their talents. They're my archers and what I say goes.

Zhao: But my search for the Avatar is –

Colonel Shinu: – Is nothing but a vanity project! We're fighting a real war here and I need every man I've got, Commander.

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All:ooooh 😯

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Zhao: But –

Colonel Shinu: That's final! I don't want to hear another word about it.

(Zhao grumbles, then cut to the red bird seen earlier swooping down into the tower. It lands on Colonel Shinu's outstretched arm. He unties a message from its back and it flies away. Cut to a view of the Colonel that shows Zhao behind him. The Colonel's expression turns to horror as he reads the message. Zhao approaches from behind and he hands the message to Zhao.)

Zhao: News from Fire Lord Ozai? (Smiles.) It appears I've been promoted to Admiral. My request is now an order.

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Sokka: I guess Ozai likes Zhao.

Toph: yea he got promoted pretty fast

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(Colonel Shinu bows and exits. Cut to the archers firing again at their targets, then cut back to Zhao looking over the railing of the tower at the archers. The screen pans up and zooms in to reveal a figure in a blue mask sitting atop the tower, listening, who then exits. Fade to a scene of a hillside strewn with broken boulders. The dawn is approaching, but the sky is cloudy so it is still quite dark.)

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Suki: there it's the blue spirit.

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(The screen pans down to reveal the remnants of a decaying ghost town. A cough is heard, then cut to an overhead shot of Sokka in his sleeping bag resting on Appa, Aang and Katara are facing him. A fire burns in the background. They appear to be inside an enclosed, temple like structure overlooking the decaying town below and the hillside beyond. Cut to a close shot of Sokka coughing, Momo playing around his head and Katara wiping his forehead with a wet cloth.)

Katara: This should bring your fever down.

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Toph: u look terrible.

Sokka: I'm sick of course I do.

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Sokka (feverishly): You know what I love about Appa the most? His sense of humor.

Katara: That's nice. I'll tell him.

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They all chuckle at sokka

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(grunts at Sokka in response.)

Sokka: Haha! Classic Appa.

Aang (walking over): How's Sokka doing?

Katara: Not so good. Being out in that storm really did a number on him.

(Cut to Sokka shivering in his sleeping bag and snorting back his runny nose. Cut back to Sokka's p.o.v.)

Aang: I couldn't find any ginger root for the tea, but I found a map.

(Aang produces a scroll. Cut to a side view of Aang, the mountains visible in the backdrop, as he spreads out the scroll on the ground.)

Aang: There's an herbalist institute on the top of that mountain. We could probably find a cure for Sokka there.

Katara: Aang, he's in no condition to travel. Sokka just needs more rest. I'm sure he'll be better by tomorrow.

(Katara begins to cough at this.)

Aang: Not you too!

Katara: Relax, it was just a little cough. I'm fine –

(She cuts herself off with more coughing.)

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Suki: yea no. U got to rest.

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(Cut back to Aang, shielding himself from her violent coughing.)

Aang: That's how Sokka started yesterday. Now look at him – he thinks he's an earthbender!

Sokka (swinging at something that isn't there): Take that, you rock!

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Sokka: wow that really did do a number on me.

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Aang: A few more hours and you'll be talking nonsense too. (Getting up and grabbing his staff.) I'm going to find some medicine.

(He opens his glider and walks to the edge of the temple. A huge flash of lightning illuminates Aang and the exterior of the temple. He twirls his glider shut and leans it against the wall of the temple.)

Aang: Uh, maybe it's safer if I go on foot. (Cut back to Appa et al, Aang continues from o.c.) Keep an eye on'em guys.

(Appa grunts in reply.)

Sokka (deliriously): Haha! You guys are killin' me!

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(Aang turns and launches himself into the air, landing far down the hill the temple sits on. Cut to p.o.v. form somewhere in the decayed town. Aang zooms by at high speed, using his airbending to accelerate his running speed. Cut to a shot of Zuko's ship steaming through water with land visible behind it. Cut again to Zuko standing over his Lieutenant's shoulder. They are both looking at something.)

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Suki: wow u run really fast?

Aang: airbending

Suki: oh right...... Airbending

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Lieutenant Jee: We haven't been able to pick up the Avatar's trail since the storm.

(Cut to a map of the world that they are both looking at. The position of the Lieutenant's hand and extended index finger indicate that they are currently at the northwest extremity of the Earth Kingdom, close to the eastern most extremity of the northern air nomad lands.)

Lieutenant Jee: But, if we continue heading northeast –

(The Lieutenant is cut off as the light is blocked by an enormous shadow. Cut to wider view of the bridge where Iroh and some crewman are playing Pai Sho on the right. Another Fire Navy ship, a massive hulking thing, is passing them to starboard, headed the opposite direction. Everyone on Zuko's bridge stares at it.)

Zuko: What do they want?

Iroh (hopefully): Perhaps a sporting game of Pai Sho!

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Sokka! Yes I don't think so

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(Cut to a brief shot of Zuko's ship resting alongside the much larger, double-smoke stack Fire Nation vessel. Switch to a scroll being unrolled to reveal a drawn figure of Aang and some writing in Asian calligraphy. Cut to a shot behind the herald who is holding up the "wanted" poster. Zuko is in front of him, looking sour.)

Herald: The hunt for the Avatar has been given prime importance. (He lowers the scroll.) All information regarding the Avatar must be reported directly to Admiral Zhao.

Iroh (making a move on the Pai Sho board): Zhao has been promoted? Well, good for him!

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Toph: but bad for u

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(Iroh's opponent looks chagrined at the move and slaps his face. Cut to Zuko.)

Zuko (sullenly): I've got nothing to report to Zhao. Now get off my ship and let us pass.

Herald: Admiral Zhao is not allowing ships in or out of this area.

Zuko (angrily): Off my ship!

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Toph: ooooooh

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(Cut to Iroh, with the Herald and his two guards behind him. They leave as Iroh smiles.)

Iroh: Excellent! (He leans forward and gathers all the chips on the table)ake the pot. But, you're all improving. I'm certain you will win if we play again.

Cut to Zuko looking out over the waves as Iroh and the men begin another game in the background behind him. Cut to a view of a mountain path. The screen pans right to reveal a Fire Nation lookout post, the switch to a view inside the post. One of the lookouts is looking out with a telescope, another is reading Aang's wanted poster.)

Reading Lookout: Says here that the Avatar can create tornados and run faster than the wind. Pretty amazing.

Telescope Lookout (looking back at his colleague): Ehh, that's just a bunch of Fire Lord propaganda. There's no way that's true.

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Aang: well jokes on u it is.

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(The telescope lookout returns to his instrument, where we cut to his p.o.v. through the telescope. He has a view of three bends in the mountain pass. In a flash a cloud of dust rockets through the bend farthest away, then the next and finally past the lookout itself. The rush of wind and dust is tremendous.)

(The lookouts blink their eyes and then the telescope lookout blows his horn to the sky. Pan up to the empty sky, quickly replaced by an exterior shot of the abandoned temple where Appa are resting. Cut to Sokka, still shaking feverishly in his sleeping bag.)

Sokka: Katara... please... water...

(Camera pans left to Katara, now obviously sick, resting on Appa too. Momo stands in front of her.)

Katara: Listen carefully, Momo. I need you to take this to the river and fill it with water.

(Katara has raised up the water bag around her neck, offering it to Momo. Cut to a close of Momo's expressive green eyes, which blink. He is trying to understand her. He chitters.)

(Cut to Momo's p.o.v. He sees Katara making walking motions with her fingers and hears her yammering at him in gibberish. Cut back to Katara's p.o.v, looking at Momo's face. )

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Katara: wow is that now momo sees us

Aang: yes apparently.

Toph: I don't think he's gonna get ur water

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Katara: Got it?

(Momo grabs the water skin and flies off. Cut to Aang huffing and puffing as he runs at breakneck speed up the steps on the herbalist institute. He reaches the top and runs into a circular wooden building. Cut to the inside of the building which is filled with trees, bushes and flowers. An old woman is in the background and a white fluffy cat is in the foreground. Aang runs into the frame and cat meows and jumps out of the way.)

Aang (speaking very fast): Hello! I'm sorry to barge in like this, but I need some medicine for my friends. They have fevers and they've been coughing and –

Herbalist (mixing something in a bowl on the table in front of her): Settle down, young man. Your friends are going to be fine. (She walks over to another table where the cat is sitting.) I've been up here for over forty years you know, used to be others, but they all left years ago. (She pets the cat who begins to purr.) Now it's just me and Miyuki.

Aang: That's nice.

Herbalist: Wounded Earth Kingdom troops still come by now and again, brave boys, and thanks to my remedies they always leave in better shape they when they arrive.

Aang: That's nice. Are you almost done?

Herbalist: Hold on, I just need to add one last ingredient. (Walking amongst the shrubbery, looking around and muttering to herself) Oh, sandalwood... oh, er, uh, that won't do, banana leaf? Ah, nope, uh, ginger root, uh uh, oh where is that pesky little plant?

(Aang looks exasperated in the background.)

(Cut to Zuko's ship steaming by the shore, the sunset in its last stages in the background. Cut to Zuko practicing firebending on the foredeck in the background. Iroh's arm comes into the frame.)

Iroh: Is everything okay? It's been almost an hour and you haven't given the men an order.

Zuko: I don't care what they do. (Looks away out to sea.)

Iroh: Don't give up hope yet. You can still find the Avatar before Zhao.

(Hope- 6)

Zuko (turning back, desperation and fear on his face): How, Uncle? With Zhao's resources it's just a matter of time before he captures the Avatar. (Turns back out to sea and whispers) My honor, my throne, my country, I'm about to lose them all.

(Honor-13)

(Cut back to an exterior shot of the herbalist institute, then a shot of the old woman from the p.o.v. of some bushes she is looking at.)

Herbalist: Here's what I was looking for! Plum blossom!

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Suki: plum blossom?

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(She grabs one, then cut to Aang, his head on the table were Miyuki sits. He gets up.)

Aang: Finally!

(Cut to Aang grabbing the bowl from the woman's hands, then zoom backwards to show Aang and the Herbalist.)

Aang: Thanks for all your help!

Herbalist (hitting Aang on the wrist and knocking loose his grip on the bowl): Hands off! What do you think you're doing?

Aang (looking frightened and abashed): Taking the cure to my friends!

Herbalist: Ahaha! This isn't a cure, it's Miyuki's dinner.

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Suki: that makes more sense

Toph: how do u know?

Suki: cause sometimes we put that in the food for our animals. (A/N I'm totally making this up)

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(The Herbalist places the bowl on the table in front of Miyuki. She pets the cat who begins to eat and purr.)

Herbalist: Plum blossom is her favorite.

Aang: What about my friends?

Herbalist: Well, all they need is some frozen wood frogs. There's plenty of them down in the valley swamp.

Aang: What am I supposed to do with frozen frogs?

Herbalist: Why, suck on them of course!

Aang (shocked): Suck on them!?