The Honeymoon Trips
Chapter 9
Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman

The list of characters mentioned in this story belong to the various authors that created them. This is a fan-fiction story.

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We fly high above the ground. Soon we see the Northern Air Temple at the edge of the seas. Across the expanse of the water, we see the large island for the Northern Water Tribe. We make our descent to the Northern Air Temple. We see several Earth Benders helping Aang in rebuilding the Northern Air Temple.

They look up to see us flying in. The air bison hovers lower to the landing area for us to disembark. We climb down from the air bison.

Aang quickly smiles as he sees us. He runs up to greet us. He hugs Zuko and Iroh quickly.

“What brings you here, Zuko and Iroh?”

“Some students for you to teach.”

“That’s great, Iroh. Which tribe are they from?”

“They are not from here, Aang. They are from another world.”

“What?!”

“You heard me, Aang. They are from another world.”

Aang looks at us to see if Iroh is right.

“Hmm . . . I think he is hiding his abilities. If he is, he is very good at it. Let’s begin with your names and where you are from.”

“My name is Richard Moore. This is my wife, Brianna. We are from the planet Earth. Your story is told on our world. In fact, we have many stories from many other worlds told and written there. I need to tell all three of you our full story. Is there a place that is more comfortable?”

“There is, Richard. Please follow me.”

We walk along a worn path toward a courtyard area. We see a circle of benches that has a wonderful view of the ocean. We can barely see the Northern Water Tribe’s island. We sit down where we want. Brianna and I sit next to each other on a bench.

“I guess I’ll begin with my story. It is connected to Brianna as well.”

I then start to give a summarizing story of my life. That includes how I met Brianna the first time and later when I was in the hospital. Then I relate the time when was I asked to be the Outside Helper for Twainor. I also tell them that some day in future, Brianna and I will be the Queen and King of the British Isles. “When I was told I’ll be giving birth to my own fairies, I found it hard to accept it at first. It also ranks up there when I learned I was dual gender during my time in college. It was a bit overwhelming at first. But, I knew the Creator has chosen me to be the Omega Unicorn Dragon. Now, I must introduce to you, my fairies.” Brianna and I unbutton the robes. “The first pair who came heart attached to me are Amber and Cobalt. They are from Avel the Unicorn on the planet Twainor”

Amber and Cobalt fly out of my pocket. They quickly land on my shoulders. They have big smiles on their faces.

“Then I gave birth to my first born pair, Tiger and Tigress.”

Tiger and Tigress fly out of a coat pocket. They immediately land on the top of my head. They have big smiles on their faces.

“The next pair is Lavan and Bianca. They are heart attached to my wife, Brianna.” Lavan and Bianca flies out of Brianna’s coat pocket. They land on her shoulders with big smiles on their faces.

I call out each pair of names, Ruby and Rubio, Esmeralda and Emeril. They come out of the pockets and sit near us. “The last pair of butterflies is very unique. Their names are Levi and Shiri.”

They fly out and hover in front of us. “They were born after Leviathan breathed upon me. All of these fairies have another form. They can change into butterflies.”

All of the fairies change into butterflies in little flashes of light.

“Levi and Shiri have another form. They can change into dragon butterflies.”

Shiri and Lavan change into dragon butterflies in another little flash of light. They quickly blow some flames as they fly around each other.

Aang, Zuko and Iroh quickly smile when they see the wonderful demonstration from Levi and Shiri. Then all of my fairies quickly change back into their normal selves.

“As I learn the element bending techniques, so will they. Even my wife will start learning this as well.”

“That is a fantastic story, Richard. I have a new question. Usually when we see someone wearing armor such as yours, we usually find a way to exploit it and use it against you.”

“I realize that, Iroh. However, this armor is from Twainor. It has magical capabilities. It can become invisible and appear somewhere else. The metal in the sword and the armor is a special combination of the Ethereal Space ore and the Evenshard stone. What that means is this. I can withstand a laser attack or probably your lightning attack with ease. I then can redirect that energy to somewhere else.”

“That we would like to see. Get yourself ready, Richard.”

“Yes, Aang.” I stand up before them. “Now here is what I can do with magic. Outer clothes off, folded up on the stone bench.” The outer clothes I’m wearing quickly disappear in a blink of an eye. The clothes appear on the stone bench in a blink of an eye. “This helmet I’m wearing is very special. I don’t have to recite the words out loud to do the magic. All I have to do is think of the words, and it will happen. On the wrist gauntlets are darts. I can put a spell on them to behave a certain way. I can put a sleep or freeze spell on the darts. Once the darts are launched, I can direct which way I want them to go. If the sleep dart hits you, you will fall asleep immediately. It will be up to me when you wake up. The freeze dart will make you frozen where you stand. I can control when it will stop freezing like letting your mouth not get frozen so you can speak. But ordinary heat and flames can thaw you out if you want to.”

“Can you set a poison on those darts?”

“I can if I want to, Iroh. But that is not my agenda. I want people to live after the encounter. It will give them an opportunity to think over their lives and hopefully they will change so they will be better citizens.”

“Excellent. You are concerned and care for all people, even the animals. I just want to make sure what your motives are.”

“Now I need to give you proof that I’m telling the truth.” I look behind the group. I see animals coming in closer. They are waiting as well. “Hold still everyone. We have some guests here. They are waiting as well.”

Iroh, Aang and Zuko slowly look around. They see several birds, one flying lemur and other animals coming in closer. They are amazed at the sight.

Brianna quickly stands up. She gets into position. Brianna and I extend our arms outward. Then all of a sudden the twelve images of the unicorns come out from me and the six unicorn images come out from Brianna.

Then all of a sudden the animals, sound out their calls. Brianna and I let the animals come close to us. We let them brush up against us. We blow some air to let the birds fly through. All of them chirp, snort, bray out their calls in delight.

“I have never seen this type of reaction, Zuko and Iroh.”

“Neither have we, Aang.”

Slowly the animals return back where they come from. Brianna and I retract the unicorn images back within us. “Now for the feathered wings, Brianna.”

We concentrate on ourselves, the feathered wings quickly come out from us. We fly up in the air quickly. We are joined by our fairies, the birds, the flying lemur and the air bisons. We do several maneuvers flying around. They all enjoy it. Even the Earth benders look up in the sky to see what is happening. Iroh, Aang and Zuko have big smiles on their faces. Once we get done flying around, we come back to land back where we started. The air bisons return to the landing area. Most of the flying birds return back to their flocks. However, two or three flying birds and the lone flying lemur stay nearby.

“What you just saw is the yang side of me. I will now combine both the yin and the yang within me. This time a different pair of wings will come out.”

I concentrate quickly. My feathered wings retract back within me. I quickly sprout out my dragon wings, my eyes have a golden color.

“Gasp! You did it! I feel a true dragon before me. You are more powerful than before.”

“However, I have yet to master all of the element bending techniques, Aang. Right now, I can do the air bending with ease.”

“Can you retract your dragon wings and still combine both sides?”

“I haven’t done it, Aang. Iroh made the suggestion when I met him earlier this morning.”

“Well, you must try, Richard. You can use the wings later, if and when you need them for your own surprise.”

“Yes, Aang.” I look within myself. I see the energy flowing within me. I concentrate on each aspect. I see the dragon wings within myself. I keep the energy flowing while I retract the dragon wings. Then the dragon wings quickly retract within myself while I still keep the balance.

“You did it! That is great. I felt your effort from here. That is the way to do it. Now let’s see those air bending moves.”

“What I will show you are the moves I learned from my Shaolin master. They will be incorporated into the animal moves that I have learned so far. I am also well versed in how to use several weapons as well.”

“I expect nothing less, Richard.”

“Have a leaf in your hand, Aang. There will be a move that I will do to it.”

“Okay, Richard.” Aang quickly looks for a small leaf. He finds it and picks it up. He holds it by the stem.

I then start going through the moves. I first use the weapons that I have on me. When I use a star, I aim for the tree that is behind Zuko and Aang. I aim it just right. It flies between their heads. They looked afraid for a second, but calmed down when they realize I’m a good marksman. I then recall the star back to me with a silent spell. It flies back to my hand and I catch it between my two fingers. I then put the star back behind my breast plate. Then I summon by magic, one by one, my staff, the numchucks, the sais, two batons. Each time I get done with a weapon, I make it disappear by magic. If you’re wondering where I’m getting them from, I am summoning them from my apartment closet.

When I get done with the weapons, I start doing the animal fighting forms. However, this time a new reaction takes place. When I do the tiger stalk, a faint image of the tiger appears around me. As I do the slashes with my arms, the tiger imitates the move as well.

“Roaar!” This time the roar is more heart felt. The rush of wind flies out from my arm. I move a bunch of leaves along the ground from me in a large wave of wind.

Everyone has a big smile on their faces.

I then move into the snake moves. Again the image of a coiled snake appears around me. As I move along the ground, the snake coils and uncoils as I move about. Then I do a strike into the air. The snake strikes as well. I then move about some more. This time I do a lunge to wrap my arms around an imaginary foe. The snake image coils its body in mimicking my moves. I land on the ground and uncoil quickly. Then I move into the horse stance by rolling and standing up quickly. The horse image appears around me. I stomp my feet a few times. When I stomp the ground, everyone feels the vibration in the ground.

“What’s this? He has already learned the first basic move for Earth Bending. I felt the vibration, Iroh.”

“We all did, Aang. This is incredible.”

Then I do the dragon walk. They are amused that I’m walking like a dragon. A small winged dragon gets superimposed around me while I walk like a dragon. However, it is not Croin. You might say it is his younger brother.

Are you surprised, Croin?

I am not, Richard. I have always considered you as my younger brother. Heh, heh, heh . . .

I then go into the stance of the mantis. An image of the preying mantis appears around me. I do some quick jabs and hit blocks. The preying mantis quickly imitates my moves. Then I move into the blue scorpion moves. An image of the blue scorpion appears around me. This time I look stronger and more menacing. I do the moves for that as well.

“Get ready with the leaf, Aang. Hold it high above you. Iroh, I need your body for a launch.”

Aang stands up and holds the leaf above his head. Iroh stands up as well. The image of the crane appears around me. I quickly do the crane kicks. They feel the air brush past them. Then I run up to Iroh. I quickly jump up and put my right foot on his chest. I leap even higher this time. I come down with a double crane wing slash that is aimed at the leaf. I cut a small ‘x’ on the leaf without slicing it into pieces. I land on my feet in a somersault. I then stand up erect breathing slowly.

Aang, Iroh and Zuko are smiling when they see the small cut I made on the leaf.

I raise my hand in front of me. I quickly give it a quick twist. A small mini tornado appears. I make it larger or smaller. When I make it smaller, I yell out, “Get ready, my fairies.”

They quickly fly around in a circle in front of me. I send it to Tiger first. He catches the tail of the mini tornado with his hand. He plays with it from hand to hand before he sends it to another fairy. Once all of them have played catch with it. They quickly fly around it to dispel the mini tornado into the air.

As I breathe slowly some more, my eyes return to normal.

Everyone shouts out with clapping of hands, cheers and accolades.

“That was a beautiful demonstration!”

“That’s amazing! Even your own fairies have learned how to air bend!”

“Those animals we saw, are they from your world, right?”

“They are, Aang. A long time ago, the battles in one country were too even. Then a monk noticed the animals. He copied the moves from the animals to form a new fighting style. Soon, it was taught to the other students and warriors. The size of the two insects is really small.” I quickly wave my hand to show their true size.

“I thought so. What was that four-legged beast? You stomped your foot and we felt the vibration in the ground.”

“That was the horse. That is not our largest animal. The largest land animal that we have is the elephant.” I wave my left hand, the image of an elephant appears.

“Oh, my. That is a huge animal.”

“Yes, it is, Zuko. When I start to learn the Earth bending, the foot stomp from the elephant will really send out the vibrations.”

“I believe you, Richard.”

“Can you bring up images of the people you have met so far?”

“I can, Iroh. The first ones I’ll show are my family.” The images of my family appear to my right. “They were all killed in a plane crash while I was in school. Once in awhile I’ll see them in my dreams when I sleep at night.” Then I wave my hands again. The people I met on Twainor appear.

“All of these people are alive. If you noticed, I met some dragons there as well. The largest dragon you see is Eingana. She is the Great Mother of all sea dragons. This is Marcon, Ryujin. They are brothers. The reason why Ryujin is white is a rather interesting story. He can generate very powerful lightning strikes from his claws and tail. He can still breathe flames if he wants to. These eleven people that are different from everyone else are the Ambassadors to Twainor. They are the Outside Helpers for Twainor. Each one of us has a different talent. There is one memory that is special to me. His name is Croin. He was the first dragon I met on Twainor.”

Croin flies out of me quickly. He spreads his wings out and hovers above me with a smile.

“What makes him unique is that his flames can be hot or cold. All dragons and unicorns on Twainor can talk. Hello Croin.”

“Hello, Richard. It is an honor to meet you all.”

Aang responds, “It is an honor to meet you as well, Croin.”

“He can lend me his wings if I should get tired.”

“Do you live off of Richard’s energy, Croin?”

“I do not, Iroh. Memory has no energy. But I can use the magical energy that is stored in Richard’s belt. It contains the Ethereal Space ore. When I’m back on Earth, I will sleep at night in a cave carving from Twainor. I can restore my energy that way. I only reside in Richard as extra protection if he should need me. I can become invisible to check out an area for possible traps and such. He helped Twainor immensely a few years ago when a space ship came to rob us of our wealth. Richard’s ideas quickly turned the tables so we can rescue the inhabitants of the space ship from two mind-bending giants who seized control of the star ship.”

“What is your expertise, Richard?”

“It is security. I have created a very powerful computer program that can block all of the known viruses that can attack and disable a computer network. Do you have electrical inventions here?”

“Hmm . . . I don’t think so, Richard. Mainly this is a mystical world. Can you describe it in another way?”

“I think I can. Our technology progressed through the ages. The first one is the power of fire. We were able to build steam boats such as your war ships. Or steam powered trains.” I wave my hand, the image of steam powered boats and trains appear. “As you can see, tracks of metal are used to guide the train.”

“That wouldn’t work on our world. Earth benders could easily disrupt that technology.”

“Then we looked at the power of lightning and how to control it. We were able to create large electrical engines that would supply power to the homes and factories.” I wave my hand to show those images of dams and energy plants.

“Hmm. . . I don’t think that will work either. All it takes is a fire bender with an electrical attack to disrupt that technology.”

“Yes it would, Zuko. But, you have to remember, for our world, we have no magical powers on my Earth. This is our type of magic. From that understanding of electricity we were able to create computers to network the world. This is done through the air or via satellites that we have orbited our world.” I wave my hand again to show pictures of computer screens of information scrolling by or showing images of the internet in use by people.

“Hmm . . . that is very interesting. You seem to have combined the old world with a new world. The mystical world is an intricate part of your inner world with the modern world acting on the outside.”

` “That’s right, Iroh. I encountered the same thing on Twainor. Therefore, I operate within their understanding. For instant, they use crystals to communicate with each other. Distance is not a problem when using the crystals. I’ll demonstrate.” I think of King Dryden. Soon his image appears in front of me.

“Ah, I was wondering when you’ll call again, Richard. King Oren and Queen White Dove appeared here not too long ago. They told me you are learning some more martial art lessons. What world are you on? Grand Wizard Eldwin is triangulating your location.”

“I am on the world of the Avatar. This world has some very strong magic. They can element bend what is around them. They can element bend air, water, earth, fire and spirit.”

“I understand now. The five basic elements of a world. Eldwin has located your world. You are within our Local Group. Welcome to the Local Group. My name is King Dryden. I am the elected grand king here for our world. There are sixteen kingdoms here.”

“Thank you for the introductions. There are royalties here, but they are elsewhere. Our world is divided according to the four element bending techniques. They are designated as tribes or kingdoms. My name is Fire Lord Zuko. This is my uncle, Iroh. He is a very powerful fire bender within our nation. He has earned the title of Dragon of the West. This is Aang, who is the current Avatar at this time. The Avatar is the only one who can do all five elements at once. There is an Avatar for each generation. The Avatar’s purpose is to keep the peace on our world. We are glad that Richard is here. We’ll teach him the five elements to make sure he is well equipped to be the promised Omega Unicorn Dragon on his world.”

“Thank you for looking out for him and his family.”

The image in front of me changes to a star field and Wizard Eldwin. He highlights the stars for the Local Group. “This is where you are located, Aang. This is the world where Richard is from. Over here, is our location. These other worlds that are around us, form the Local Group. As Richard discovers a new world, we’ll add it to the image here.”

“That’s amazing. So we are not definitely alone.”

“No, you are not. I take it you don’t get any visitors from other worlds?”

“Richard is the first one to come to our world. We discovered a lot of connections between our worlds, King Dryden.”

“I’m sure you did. Richard, we are sending you a contact crystal. Hold out your hand.”

I hold my hand out. In a blink of an eye, a contact crystal appears. I hand it to Aang.

“Keep this crystal in a safe spot. In case you ever get invaders from outside your world, you can contact us for an emergency. That crystal will reach our world easily. We can send some star ships to show up quickly.”

“We greatly appreciate the idea, King Dryden. But, I think if they were ever to get on our surface they are in for a big surprise in what we can do. Richard can demonstrate the element bending techniques when he is back on your world.”

“We are already aware of what Richard can do. He is an amazing young man. I trust his judgement. He has proven his worth for us here. Well, it is time to go. Don’t forget us here on Twainor as we won’t forget you on the Avatar world.”

“Take care until we need each other again. May the Creator keep us safe until we do actually meet.”

The image disappears in a blink of an eye.

“When I was there the first time, we discovered some big surprises on Twainor. The Creator took Eingana, the dragons, the centaurs and dwarfs from our world to preserve their uniqueness. Leviathan is the Great Father of all fire breathing dragons.” I wave my hand to show his image. “There are still dragons hidden on our Earth. Some are hidden in the oceans. Some are hidden in caves. Some view the dragons as threats to the human population, so the humans killed them. Some of the countries revered the dragon. They are given high honor in their history and culture. There is a symbol on our world that displays the yin and the yang.” I wave my hand to show the yin yang symbol.

All of them start to laugh out loud.

“Hah, hah, . . . I love it! We have that symbol as well.”

“That confirms it. You did learn it from the dragons!”

“Hah, hah, hah,. . . .!”

“Aang, when he starts to learn the earth bending technique, we must let Toph be the teacher for the finer points in the technique.”

“I agree, Iroh. I’ll start him with the basics when that times come. But for now, we need to expand his air bending techniques today and tomorrow. Then tomorrow at noon, if all goes well, we’ll visit the Northern Water Tribe.”

“There is one technique left to check out before our lunch break. I want to see his armor stand up to my lightning attack.”

“Okay, Iroh. Let’s find out.”

“Richard, stand over there in that clearing. I will start with a small lightning blast to see how it works.”

“Yes, Aang.” I walk over to the clearing area near the trail. I set the visor down and put the mouth shield in place. I quickly put on my left forearm shield. I withdraw my sword with my right hand. “I’m ready.”

“Here it comes, Richard.” Iroh opens his right palm upward. He concentrates on it. Soon, little sparks of lightning are being emitted from his hand. He quickly aims his hand at me. A bolt of lightning shoots out from his hand.

The lightning bolt hits the shield and the sword at the same time. They see sparks flying and sparking around me. I concentrate on the power of the lightning. I recite the words to myself. Transfer lightning to the sword. The lightning jumps from the forearm shield and any stray sparks on my armor to the sword. The sword begins to glow with a white hue.

“Gasp!”

“He is able to control it!”

Brianna and my fairies are smiling widely.

I then point the sword upward to the sky. Discharge lightning into the sky and disperse! The lightning power shoots straight up in a white beam. Once it reaches the upper atmosphere, it disperses in the air.

They look at me with awe. Soon they are all smiling at me.

“That was incredible. I wished I had that capability when I was hit by lightning.”

“I hear you, Aang. That was incredible, Richard.”

I push the buttons on the side of the helmet, the visor moves up and the mouth guard opens up. I smile at all of them. I stick my sword into the ground to discharge any electrical charge on me. I feel a little bit transferred into the ground. Brianna comes up to me with a piece of cloth as we smile at each other. I take it and wipe the dirt off the blade and get it clean. I then put the sword back into the scabbard. I tuck the cloth into my belt.

“Thank you, my friends. I really do mean it.”

“You’re welcome, Richard. I think we can count your family as special friends. We’ll need to make sure you and Twainor are recorded in the scrolls for future reference.”

We all follow Aang, Zuko and Iroh down the path toward the large stone buildings. We enter in one of them. Aang turns around and faces us.

“I went to all of the Air Temples to bury the dead. They are buried with dignity and honor. The graves are located in their designated areas near the temples. After a month of mourning, I became determined to rebuild the Air Temples. I realized new air benders will be born again soon. They must have a place to live in peace and perfect their abilities given by the Creator.”

“Aang, before I came here. I received an update on your situation. I don’t know if it would be wise to tell you. But it will give you hope that all is not lost here.”

The three look at each other and nod their heads up and down together.

“Please tell us, Richard.”

“This word of hope is for the future. I received it from the Emissaries. The Emissaries are the agents of the Creator. They go about to make sure nothing out of the ordinary happens to a world.”

“That’s understandable, Richard. Please go on.”

“The Emissaries told me that Katara will give birth to three children. Your third child will be a boy who will inherit the Avatar. You will teach him everything that you know, Aang. He will teach the new Avatar for the next generation. It is in this generation that your world will be tested again.”

“I see. A new threat comes to disturb our peace. In what way will we be tested, Richard?”

“It will be the people who can’t do the element bending against those who can, Iroh.”

“I see. You don’t have tell us anymore. I have often felt a hard look from those people who can’t element bend. They wonder why they can’t do it. But it is them, we need for the future. It has been known that element bending skips a generation or two each time. That future Avatar will have its work to do. To reunify our world is the most important goal for any Avatar that comes.”

“Your place to sleep tonight is in this building. We have set up a small eating area in the room over here. I had to bring in fresh food. It will take awhile to get the gardens to produce food again.”

Aang leads us down the hallway. He stops before an open door. We all walk inside. “This will be your room to sleep tonight. Are you needed to talk with the Earth King again, Zuko?”

“Yes, Aang. I must leave for now. We expect to hear good reports from you concerning your very special guests.”

“I am needed back at the Jasmine Dragon as well. It was a pleasure to meet you, Richard. Your presence brought new joy into my soul. I get to see a dragon displayed in human form. For that, I will thank the Creator for bringing your family here.”

“You’re welcome. Thank you, Iroh and Zuko.”

We all hug each other. My fairies fly above us singing a song that our friendship will last forever.

We put our satchels on the beds. I leave my fairies food satchel on my shoulder. We then walk back out to the dining room. We gather around a low table. Aang walks into the kitchen. He returns with food in his arms. The Earth benders also join us as well. They are carrying in food as well. There is a total of ten Earth benders in the reconstruction projects at the Northern Air Temple.

We gather around to eat together. We see that it is an assortment of fruits and vegetables on the table. Brianna and I smile at each other. I place the food satchel next to me and open it. My fairies get inside the satchel to get their food bags.

“Father, do they have honey here?”

I look toward Aang.

“I’m sorry. I don’t have honey here. It is difficult to store right now.”

“That’s okay. I will use the cups I brought with me. I will use some sugar packets and the water in my skin.”

“That’s fine, Richard.”

I open the satchel some more. I take out their cups and place it nearby on the table. I open the bag and take out several packets of sugar from the bag and reseal the plastic bag. Tiger and Lavan take the packets and open them up carefully. They pour the sugar into the cups. Then they take the water from the skin and fill up the cups. They take a small stick to stir up the mixture to dissolve the sugar. Each fairy takes a turn sipping from the small cups of sugar water. They also eat some of the nuts and berries from the food bags as well.

Meanwhile, we eat what is available to us. We find their fruits are just as different here as it is on Twainor and Earth. However, the fruits all have their own sweetness and flavors. Their vegetables consist of several different kinds of beans and grains. We see that their food is softened by water and steam. We use a spoon and fork to pick up the food and bring it to our mouths to eat.

We find the flavors of their food is not too far off from our own foods back on Earth. It takes about a half hour to finish eating the lunch. We do little talking between bites. When we got done, I realized we haven’t given thanks to the Creator for the food. Just as about I was to clear my voice to speak up. I get interrupted by Aang.

Aang speaks up, “Creator we want to thank you for this wonderful food we have eaten today. Let it give us the strength and energy to do more for you. We thank you for sending a very special family to us. We appreciate the news he brought to us. We hope we are steadfast and diligent to keep the peace on our world safe as always with each succeeding generation. We will count Twainor, Richard, Brianna and his fairies as friends for all time. Again we thank you for all of your wonderful blessings. Thank you, Creator.”

Everyone responds together in one voice, “Thank you, Creator.”

We get up from the table. The earth benders clear out the table and return the empty bowls, plates and utensils to be cleaned in the kitchen.

My fairies quickly put their food bags, their cups and the water skin back into the satchel. I then put it on my shoulder. We walk back to our room for the night. I drop off the satchel there with the other satchels we dropped off.

We then walk out of the building together.

We give our hugs to each other. Even my fairies get in the act as well.

“Iroh, Zuko and Aang, please stand together. My fairies would like to do something for you. It is their way declaring that you are fairy friends.”

“Fairy friends?”

“Yes, they can sense the attitude in people very well. They have an excellent judgement ability.”

My fairies hover in front of them. Tiger speaks up for them, “We would like to thank you in our own special way.”

They quickly fly around them three times. Then they stop and hover in front of them. Tiger speaks up, “Now we can call you Fairy Friend. Thank you for your generosity, caring and laughter.”

They all smile together. “We’ll remember it always. Thank you for the honor, fairies of Richard Moore, the Omega Unicorn Dragon.”

Zuko and Iroh walk toward the air bison. They climb up the air bison and sit in the saddle. The air bison floats straight up, then it flaps its tail to fly back to Ba Sing Se.

We look up at them until they disappear from view.

Aang looks at me, “Now we can do some one on one training. Get ready, Richard.”

I look at Aang, “Yes, Aang.”