Me: okay are you ready for the start of the finale?

All: YEAH!!!!

Me: okay lets start!!!

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BOOK 3: FIRE

CHAPTER 18: SOZINS COMET PART 1: PHENOIX KING

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All: oooh.

Katara: what's a phenoix king?

Aang: Ozai.

Toph: yeah he said something about that.

Zuko: Oh.

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(The episode opens up to an overhead view Fire Lord Ozai's old beach house on Ember Island. Cut to Aang's boot shifting to the side into a stance. Camera zooms out to reveal a full body shot of Aang practicing in front of the beach house with the rest of the Gaang resting on steps in the background. Aang proceeds to firebend arcs with his arms, right leg followed by his left leg. He walks towards the camera as he does so. Then he firebends a flurry of small shot, circles rapidly with his arms. Cut to Zuko who is looking sternly at Aang's training with his arms crossed.)

: More ferocious!

(Aang's fist firebends into the camera's view and his head comes into view as he walks forward. He has an intense look of concentration on his face.)

: Imagine striking through your opponent's heart.

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Toph: wow katara you're letting Zuko talk to aang like this.

Katara: well...

Toph: You lectured me about being more kind to aang but not zuko!

Katara: I did threatened zuko before.

Toph: yeah before you forgave him.

Katara: Plus I relaized people have differnent teaching styles.

Toph: Where was that when I was teaching aang?

Katara: Well what I told you worked didn't it.

Toph: point made okay moving on!

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(Aang firebends another big shot of fire towards the camera and turns towards Zuko with his arms in a frustrated gesture.)

: Ugh! I'm trying.

: Now let me hear you roar like a tiger-dillo!

(Aang turns back to the camera instantly, stretches his arms and roars rather softly with weak streams of fire coming out from his palm and mouth. Aang grins sheepishly at his weak attempt.)

: That sounded pathetic!

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Zuko and toph: super.

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(Cut back to Zuko lashing out) I said roar!

(Cut to Aang's back view. Camera quickly cuts to Aang's front view. He turns around, roars ferociously and firebends rather strongly out of both hands and his mouth. The camera changes to an overhead shot to show the intensity of the flames. Momo can be seen scurrying towards Zuko. Cut to Zuko's legs as Momo seeks refuge behind them.

Camera moves up to show Zuko nodding his head in approval.

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Sokka: aw you scared momo!

Aang: oh. Sorry momo.

Zuko: He's not here.

Aang: I know I'm just saying that.

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Cut to Katara holding two watermelons with straws in them.)

: Who wants a nice, cool glass of watermelon juice?

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Aang: oooh I want some now.

Sokka: me too.

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(Cut back to Aang who comically has an exclamation mark over his head. His eyes widen with greed.)

: Ooo, ooo, (turns around) me, me, me! (he begins to run towards the house)

: Hey, (Zuko's hand comes into screen and holds Aang back by his robes) your lesson's not over yet! (Aang tries to break free of his grip and his tongue comically sticks out to show that he is thirsty.) Get back here.

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Toph: oh wow he captured the avatar!

They all laugh.

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(Aang gets pulled up and the camera zooms out to show Zuko pulling him up effortlessly with Aang looking rather disappointed.)

(off screen) Come on, Zuko. (Cut to Suki and Sokka lounging on the steps. Sokka drinks his watermelon juice and looks on.) Just take a break. What's the big deal?

: Fine.

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Zuko: sozins comet.

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(He releases Aang and Aang dashes off, leaving a trail of dust behind.)

: If you want to lounge around (Cut to the top of the steps to show Aang running towards Katara and accepting the watermelon with glee and proceeds to slurp the juice noisily and greedily) like a bunch of snail-sloths all day, then go ahead! (Zuko turns and walks away)

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Sokka: we kinda did.

Zuko: no kidding.

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: (off screen) Maybe Zuko's right. (Cut back to Sokka.) Sitting around the house has made us pretty lazy. But I know (lays his watermelon aside and stands up slowly) just the thing to change that. Beach party!

(He removes his outer coat, revealing a pair of brown undershorts underneath and dives excitedly out of the camera's view. Camera changes scene to the ocean to show that he entered the water with a splash. Sokka surfaces with seaweed on his head and he blows water from his mouth. He grins goofily.

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Toph: oh here it is.

Aang: yeah.

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Cut to Katara jumping off the shore into the water as she waterbends a surfboard made of ice. She proceeds to surf as the water displaced by her movements splashes against the camera. Cut to the underside of the ice surfboard as Katara jumps off a wave of water and her image is silhouetted against the Sun. She lands back into the water with ease and continues surfing.

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Aang: that's fun.

Katara: and refershing.

Sokka: we should go back to ember island again.

Aang: yeah.

Suki: that would be nice.

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Cut to Suki laying on a beach mat in her red beach outfit. She smiles as Sokka walks into screen carrying seaweed in his arms. She looks puzzled as Sokka grabs empty pails and exits the screen before re-entering a spilt second later with the buckets full of water and a huge smile plastered on his face.

Cut to Aang who is holding a big piece of wood in his hand. Camera zooms out to show him placing the piece of wood as a horn into his sand sculpture of Appa.)

: (raises both arms) Check out my Appa sand sculpture. (Camera zooms and shows the real Appa growling at the sight. Toph walks into screen.)

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Katara: aww that's cute.

Aang: thanks.

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: Not bad, baldy. But I've been working on my sandbending (stretches and cracks her fingers) You're gonna love this.

(Cut to the area in front of Toph. She moves her hands and sends clouds of sand dust everywhere. The dust clears to reveal a miniature replica of Ba Sing Se in the sand. Cut to the top view to show the huge Earth King's palace in the middle with tiny houses surrounding it. Aang walks towards it and kneels down, scrutinising the details.)

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All: WOW!

Toph:😎

: Whoa. (he looks at the sand replica of Earth King Kuei and his bear, Bosco) Wow, you even made a little Earth King and Bosco.

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Toph: sure did.

Everyone: Woah!

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(Cut to Sokka who is frantically carving at his sculpture, sending specks of sand flying everywhere. Toph & Aang walk into screen behind him.)

: Try and top that, Sokka.

: Ta-da!

(He reveals his sand sculpture with seaweed for hair, stones for eyes, a red starfish for a nose, and some stones and seashells as a smile.)

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Zuko, Katara, Aang and toph chuckle.

Sokka: you can laugh all you want.

Suki just smiled

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: Is that a blubbering, blob monster?

: No, (stomps the ground defensively) it's Suki. (Cut to Aang with an animated look of shock and surprise on his face as both he and Toph burst into a fit of laughter.)

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Zuko, Katara, Aang and toph chuckle.

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: Suki, we'll all understand if you break up with him over this.

I think it's sweet. (Sokka runs and slides into screen on his knees as he grabs Suki by her shoulders and kisses her on the cheek.)

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Suki kisses sokka on the cheek.

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: But it doesn't even look like...

(A burst of fire hits the sand sculpture, sending waves of send everywhere. Aang yells in surprise and shields himself from the impact.

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Sokka: I could never forget this. ZUKO!

Zuko: it's just a sand thing you can make another one.

Sokka: yeah but it was my master piece!

Zuko: call it whatever you want it was sand and you can make a new one.

Sokka: 😑

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he dust clears and Aang looks up at the cliff. Cut to Zuko running and jumping off the cliff, firebending at Aang at the same time. Aang narrowly misses the flames and jumps across Toph's sand sculpture. Cut to the bottom of the sculpture as Aang flies across it. A ball of fire hits one of the sand houses, breaking it into a wave of sand instantly. Aang lands on the other side near his sand sculpture as he turns around and looks frightened. He then jumps over his sand sculpture.

Cut to the inside of Toph's sand sculpture as Zuko lands in front of it. He runs on the sculpture towards Aang. Aang peeks out from behind Appa's sand head.)

: What are you doing?!

: (Cut to Zuko's boot stopping in the sand. Cut to Zuko's face.) Teaching you a lesson!

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Sokka: and murdering my masterpiece!

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(He firebends towards the Appa sculpture. Aang looks away before the camera zooms out to show him jumping away from the impact. The stream of fire "cuts" the Appa sculpture in half, destroying it into a pile of sand.

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Suki: the poor appa sulpture.

Aang: yeah

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Cut to Zuko's sidev iew as Aang lands a distance away from him. Zuko turns and firebends towards Aang but he misses as Aang jumps onto the cliff. Zuko firebends towards the cliff repeatedly as Aang struggles to run across the uneven surface. Zuko's last blast shatters the top part of the cliff into rubble. Cut to an overhead shot of Zuko as he runs towards the cliff and proceeds to scale it.

Cut to Katara who surfs back to shore.)

: What happened?

: Zuko's gone crazy! I made a sand sculpture of Suki (tries to pick up the fallen sand to mould the sculpture back into shape) and he destroyed it!

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Sokka: yeah!

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Oh, and he's attacking Aang.

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Zuko: you said that so casually.

Sokka: eh.

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(Suki grabs Sokka and they run back to help Aang.

Cut back to Aang with Zuko hot on his heel. Zuko firebends at him but Aang jumps out of the way in time. The fire clears and Zuko is still chasing after Aang angrily.

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Suki: ooh so close.

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Cut to the side of a huge rock as Aang runs to the top of it and jumps off before Zuko sends strong blasts of fire at the rock, disintegrating it into pieces. Aang grabs onto the top of a trunk of a nearby tree as Zuko jumps off the rock and somersaults to the bottom.

Cut to Zuko landing on the sand with a roll and firebending at the top of the tree. Aang jumps away. Camera zooms out to show that the tree has caught fire and Aang lands somewhere on the beach house's roof, out of view. Cut to Zuko who jumps onto the beach house's railings as he scales and flips his way to the roof. Cut to rooftop as Zuko's head appears into screen and he pushes himself with his arm and lands in a stance. Camera zooms out to show Aang waiting for him in a similar stance.)

: Get a grip before I blast you off this roof!

: Go ahead and do it!

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Toph: yeah twinkletoes do it!

Aang: 😅

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(He then firebends with his fists and feet one after another. Cut to Aang sliding down the roof as jets of fire sets the path he was on alight. Aang reaches the end of the roof and he grabs onto the edge as he swings himself into a nearby room through the window. He slides across the floor on his knees to hide behind a drawer. A huge blast of fire through the roof sends some debris into the room and Zuko lands. He gets into a stance and looks around the room warily. Aang then kicks the drawer towards Zuko. He blocks it by disintegrating the drawer into pieces with a firebending punch.

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Sokka: I thought that he wouldn't find you.

Zuko: it was pretty obivous.

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Cut to the end of the corridor as Aang runs out from the room followed shortly by Zuko. Zuko firebends huge whips and arcs of flame around himself. Cut to Zuko's back view as he sends the tunnel of fire towards Aang. Cut to Aang running away desperately and time slows down as Aang looks back to find himself being slowly engulfed by the fire.

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All: oooh.

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Time resumes back to normal as he airbends the fire away, creating a safe space for him to land on without get burnt. Cut to Aang's face as the fire reflects off his eyes.)

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All but aang: OOOOOH.

Toph: oooh sparky.

Katara: aang never really gets angry and well you successfully did it.

Zuko: 😑

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: (furiously) Enough!

(He airbends a huge tunnel of air towards Zuko, extinguishing the flames at the same time. Cut to Zuko yelling in surprise as he gets pushed back by the strong air pressure. Cut to the outside of the house as its side gets ripped open by the visible tunnel of wind, throwing out some wooden debris along with Zuko. The sound effects suggests that Zuko is sliding down some tree branches. Cut to the grass as Zuko lands on it and attempts to stand up, grabbing his head and moaning slightly. The others come into screen behind Zuko.)

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Suki and Sokka: Cool!

Toph: ooh twinkle toes angry.

Aang: not really.

Toph: yeah but you're tone.

Aang:hmmm true.

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: What's wrong with you?! (Aang jumps off the balcony and lands near the group.) You could have hurt Aang.

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Zuko: he hurt me.

Katara: still.

Toph: if katara didn't forgive you I bet you have been a goner.

Zuko(got chills in his spine): yeah....

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: What's wrong with me? What's wrong with all of you! (Cut to Zuko's front view as he stands up and throws his arm to the side in anger) How can you sit around having beach parties when Sozin's Comet (Camera slowly pans through the rest of the group who have guilty looks on their faces) is only 3 days away!

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Sokka: the beach parties were a good break.

Zuko: a break in the worse time.

Sokka: yeah but's important to rest before something.

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(Cut to a top view of the group.)

: Why are you all looking at me like I'm crazy?

: About Sozin's Comet... (takes a step forward) I was actually going to wait to fight the Fire Lord until after it came.

: After?

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Suki: though it was not the case.

Zuko: no kidding.

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: I'm not ready. (looks unconfident and unsure) I need more time to master firebending.

: And frankly, your earthbending could still use some work too. (Aang looks disappointed)

: So... You all knew Aang was going to wait?

: Honestly, if Aang tries to fight the Fire Lord right now, he's gonna lose. No offence.

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Aang: but I didn't 😁😁😁

Sokka: yeah cause of the cool thing and the avatar state.

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: The whole point of fighting the Fire Lord before the comet was to stop the Fire Nation from winning the war. But they pretty much won the war when they took Ba Sing Se. Things can't get any worse. (drops her head in worry)

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They all nervously chuckle.

Katara: sad to say but I was wrong.

Toph: no kidding.

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: You're wrong. (turns head towards camera) It's about to get worse than you can even imagine.

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Toph: it sure did.

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(Scene fades to the corridor leading to the Fire Lord's war room.)

: (voiceover) The day before the eclipse, my Father asked me to attend an important war meeting. (Zuko's servants help him wear and tighten his armor shoulder pads as he walks towards the room) It was what I dreamed about (the servants bow in respect) and wanted (Cut to Zuko standing in front of the war room's curtain entrance) for so many years. My Father (Camera slowly zooms in on Zuko's back and he raises both hands) had finally accepted me back.

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Zuko: more or less.

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(Cut to the opposite side of the curtain as Zuko thrusts the curtain apart, revealing his presence. He walks forward. Cut to the top of Fire Lord Ozai's throne to show the whole room. There is a map of the Earth Kingdom spread out on a table with generals seated around the length of the table.)

: Welcome, Prince Zuko. We waited for you.

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Sokka: they sure did.

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(Cut to the generals glancing at Zuko. Cut to full view of the throne. Azula is already seated on Ozai's left. Ozai gestures to his son to take his seat and Zuko bows before sitting down. Cut to a close up sideview of Ozai watching his son.)

: General Shinu, your report.

: (Cut to Shinu who bows his head in acknowledgement) Thank you, sir. (He stands up) Ba Sing Se is still under our control. (Cut to an area behind Ozai and shows Shinu slowly pacing his way to the end of the table) However, earthbender rebellions have prevented us from achieving total victory in the Earth Kingdom.

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All:😁

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: (Cut to Ozai who frowns at the news) What is your recommendation?

: Our army is spread too thin but once the eclipse is over and the invasion defeated, we should transfer more domestic forces into the Earth Kingdom.

(Cut back to a close up sideview shot of Ozai. Zuko is slouching and appears uninterested.)

: Hmm... (turns his head to his son) Prince Zuko, (Zuko looks at his father) you've been among the Earth Kingdom commoners. Do you think that adding more troops will stop these rebellions?

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Katara: no.

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: (Cut to the front view of Zuko as he drops his head and thinks) The people of the Earth Kingdom are proud and strong. They can endure anything as long as they have hope.

: Yes, you're right. (Cut to a close up shot of his face as he gives an evil, lethal look) We need to destroy their hope.

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