[Katara] Water.
Earth.
Fire.
Air.
Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony.
Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
[flames whooshing]
Only the Avatar, master of all four elements,
could stop them.
But when the world needed him most, he vanished.
100 years passed and my brother and I discovered
the new Avatar, an air-bender named Aang.
And although his air-bending skills are great,
he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone.
[Aang] Ugh!
But I believe Aang can save the world.
[dramatic music]
[Aang] Let's go, Appa!
Come on, boy.
[Appa growls]
Look, I'm sorry, but Katara and Sokka aren't coming
to the Fire Nation with us.
If they got hurt, I'd never forgive myself.
So get your big butt off the ground and let's go!
[Aang grunts]
[Sokka] I think his big butt is trying
to tell you something.
[Katara] Please, don't go, Aan.
The world can't afford to lose you to the Fire Nation.
Neither can I.
[comet swooshes]
But I have to talk to Avatar Roku
to find out what my vision means.
I need to get to the Fire Temple
before the sun sets on the solstice.
That's today!
[Katara] We're not letting you go
into the Fire Nation, Aang.
At least not without your friends.
We got your back.
[Momo chatters]
[Appa slurps]
[Sokka] Ew!
It's a long journey to the crescent island.
You'll have to fly fast to have
any chance of making it before sundown.
Good luck.
Thank you for your--
Go!
[Appa bellows]
[door creaks] [Chief sighs]
Having trouble sleeping?
Seen the Avatar lately?
[dramatic music]
Come on, boy, we've got a long way to go!
Faster! [Appa growls]
Sailing into Fire Nation waters.
Of all the foolish things you've done in your 16 years,
Prince Zuko, this is the most foolish.
I have no choice, Uncle.
Have you completely forgotten
that the Fire Lord banished you?
What if you're caught?
I'm chasing the Avatar!
My father will understand why I'm returning home.
You give him too much credit.
My brother is not the understanding type.
There they are!
Helmsman, full steam ahead!
[dramatic music]
Aang, we got trouble.
Yeah, and it's gaining fast!
[gears buzz]
Eh, really, Prince Zuko, couldn't you
shoot them down with something more fragrant?
[fire whooshes]
[Zuko] On my mark...
Fire!
Fireball!
I'm on it!
We have to get out of Zuko's range
before he shoots another hot stinker at us.
Can't you make Appa go any faster?
Yeah, but there's just one little problem.
A blockade.
[dramatic music]
Technically, you are still in Earth Kingdom waters.
Turn back now and they cannot arrest you.
If we fly north, we can go around
the Fire Nation ships and avoid the blockade.
It's the only way.
[Katara] There's no time!
This is exactly why I didn't want you to come.
It's too dangerous.
And that's exactly why we're here.
Let's run this blockade.
Appa, yip, yip.
[Appa growls]
He's not turning around.
Please, Prince Zuko, if the Fire Nation captures you,
there is nothing I can do.
Do not follow the Avatar.
I'm sorry, Uncle.
Run the blockade!
The Avatar and the banished prince.
This must be my lucky day.
Commander Zhao, what are your orders?
Shoot the bison down, Captain.
But there's a Fire Navy ship out there, sir.
One of our own.
What if it's hit?
So be it.
It belongs to a traitor.
Ignite.
[flames whooshing]
Launch!
[all screaming]
[rocks exploding] [Appa growling]
[Momo chirring]
Appa, are you OK?
[Appa growls]
[waves splashing]
Prince Zuko!
The engines are damaged!
We need to stop and make repairs.
Do not stop this ship.
Launch!
[all screaming]
[rocks exploding]
[Appa growls]
[All screaming]
[Sokka screaming]
Sokka!
[Sokka screaming]
[water splashing]
[Momo chirps]
[water splashing]
Ready?
[dramatic music]
Fire!
[Aang yelling]
[air whooshing]
We made it!
We got into the Fire Nation.
Great.
Where do you think the Avatar is headed, sir?
I'm not sure, but I bet a certain
banished prince will know.
We're on a collision course.
We can make it.
[Soldier] The boarding party
is ready to apprehend Prince Zuko, sir.
Wait.
Cut the engines and let them pass.
Sir?
[engines hissing]
[Appa growling]
There it is.
The island where Roku's dragon took me.
You did it, buddy.
Nice flying.
[Appa groans]
Oh, you must be tired.
No, [groans] I'm good.
Refreshed and ready to fight some Fire-benders.
I was talking to Appa.
Well, I was talking to Momo.
[Momo purrs]
[Sokka] I don't see any guards.
[Katara] The Fire Nation must have abandoned
I think I heard something.
[Sage] We are the Fire Sages,
guardians of the Temple of the Avatar.
Great, I am the Avatar.
We know.
[flame whooshing]
[air whooshing]
I'll hold them off.
Run!
[air whooshing] [sages grunting]
[Sage] If the Avatar contacts Roku,
there's no telling how powerful the boy will become.
Split up and find him.
[Aang] Follow me.
[Sokka] Do you know where you're going?
[Aang] Nope.
Wrong way!
Come back!
I don't want to fight you.
I am a friend.
Fire-benders aren't our friends.
I know why you're here, Avatar.
You do?
Yes.
You wish to speak to Avatar Roku.
I can take you to him.
How?
[Shyu grunts]
[door creaks]
This way.
[Sage] Find him!
Time is running out. Quickly!
[door slams]
What's he up to, Uncle?
Why didn't Commander Zhao arrest me?
Because he wants to follow you.
He knows you'll lead him to the prize you're both after:
the Avatar.
If Zhao wants to follow our trail of smoke,
then that's exactly what I'll let him do.
[Shyu] Avatar Roku once called this temple his home.
He formed these secret passages out of the magma.
[Aang] Did you know Avatar Roku?
[Shyu] No, but my grandfather knew him.
Many generations of Fire Sages
guarded this temple long before me.
We all have a strong, spiritualconnection to this place.
Is that how you knew I was coming?
[Shyu] A few weeks ago, an amazing thing occurred.
The statue of Avatar Roku, its eyes began to glow.
[Katara] That's when we were at the Air Temple.
Avatar Roku's eyes were glowing there, too.
[Shyu] At that moment, we knew
you had returned to the world.
If this is the Avatar's Temple,
why did the Sages attack me?
Things have changed.
In the past, the Sages were loyal only to the Avatar.
When Roku died, the sages eagerly awaited
for the next Avatar to return, but he never came.
They were waiting for me.
Hey, don't feel bad, you're only a hundred years late.
They lost hope the Avatar would ever return.
When Fire Lord Sozen began the war, my grandfather
and the other Sages were forced to follow him.
I never wanted to serve the Fire Lord.
When I learned you were coming,
I knew I would have to betray the other sages.
Thank you for helping me.
[Shyu] We'll follow these stairs to the sanctuary.
Once you're inside, wait for the light
to hit Avatar Roku's statue.
Only then will you be able to speak with him.
[floor tile scraping]
[Shyu gasps] No!
Shyu, what's wrong?
The sanctuary doors, they're closed.
[Katara] Can't you just open them with fire-bending?
Like you opened that other doo?
[Shyu] No, only a fully realised Avatar
is powerful enough to open this door alone.
Otherwise, the sages must open the doors together
with five simultaneous fire blasts.
Five fire blasts, huh?
[bell dings]
I think I can help you out.
[Zuko] Uncle, keep heading north.
Zhao will follow the smoketrail while I use it as a cover.
[Iroh grunts]
[ramp rumbling]
[dramatic music]
[Sokka] This is a little trick I picked up from my father.
I seal the lamp oil inside an animal skin casing.
Shyu lights the oil-soaked twine and ta-da!
Fake fire-bending.
You've really outdone yourself this time, Sokka.
This might actually work.
The sages will hear the explosion,
so as soon as they go off, you rush in.
It's almost sunset, [Aang grunting]
They're still locked!
[Shyu sighs]
[Shyu] It didn't work.
[dramatic music]
Why won't it open?! [air swooshing]
Aang, stop!
There's nothing else we can do.
I'm sorry I put you through all this for nothing.
I don't get it.
That blast looked as strongas any fire-bending I've seen.
Sokka, you're a genius.
Wait, how is Sokka a genius?
His plan didn't even work.
Come on, Aang, let her dream.
You're right.
Sokka's plan didn't work, but it looks like it did.
Did the definition of genius change
in the last hundred years?
[Shyu] Come quickly!
The Avatar has entered the sanctuary.
How did he get in?
I don't know, but look at the scorch marks and down there.
He's inside!
Open the doors immediately,before he contacts Avatar Roku.
[fire whooshing]
[metal creaks]
[Momo sneezing]
[Sage] It's the Avatar's lemur.
He must have crawled through the pipes.
We've been tricked!
[Momo screeches] [Sage screams]
[Shyu] Now, Aang!
Aang, now's your chance!
[Aang grunting]
The Avatar is coming with me.
[Katara grunts]
[Shyu grunts]
Close the doors quickly!
[Zuko yells]
[Katara] Go!
[fire whooshing]
[metallic clanging]
He made it!
[dramatic music]
The light hits the statue, and I talk to Roku.
So why isn't anything happening?
Why isn't it working?
It's sealed shut.
It must have been the light.
Avatar Roku doesn't want us inside.
Why isn't anything happening?
I don't know what I'm doing, all I know is air-bending.
Please, Avatar Roku, talk to me!
[air whooshing]
It's good to see you, Aang.
What took you so long?
[Zuko] Why did you help the Avatar?
Because it was once the Sage's duty.
It is still our duty.
[clapping slowly]
What a moving and heartfelt performance.
I'm certain the Fire Lord will understand
when you explain why you betrayed him.
[Sage] Commander Zhao.
[Zhao] And Prince Zuko, it was a noble effort,
but your little smoke screen didn't work.
Two traitors in one day.
The Fire Lord will be pleased.
You're too late, Zhao!
The Avatar's inside, and the doors are sealed.
No matter.
Sooner or later, he has to come out.
[dramatic music]
I have something very important to tell you, Aang.
That is why, when you were in the spirit world,
I sent my dragon to find you.
Is it about that vision?
The one of the comet?
Yes.
What does it mean?
100 years ago, Fire Lord Sozen
used that comet to begin the war.
He and his fire-bending army harnessed its incredible power
and dealt a deadly first strikeagainst the other nations.
So the comet made them stronger?
Yes, stronger than you could even imagine.
But that happened a hundred years ago.
What does the comet have to do with the war now?
[Avatar Roku] Listen carefully:Sozen's comet will return
by the end of the summer, and Fire Lord Ozai
will use it's power to finish the war once and for all.
[Ozai roars]
If he succeeds, even the Avatar won't be able
to restore balance to the world.
Aang, you must defeat the Fire Lord
before the comet arrives.
But I haven't even started learning water-bending,
not to mention earth and fire.
Mastering the elements takes years
of discipline and practise.
But if the world is to survive,
you must do it by summer's end.
[eerie chanting]
When those doors open, unleash all your fire power.
How's Aang going to make it out of this?
How are we going to make it out of this?
What if I can't master all the elements in time?
What if I fail?
I know you can do it, Aang, for you have done it before.
The solstice is ending.
We must go our separate ways for now.
[Aang] But I won't be able to come back to the temple.
What if I have questions?
How will I talk to you?
I am a part of you.
When you need to talk to me again, you will find a way.
A great danger awaits you at the temple.
I can help you face the threat,but only if you are ready.
I'm ready.
[steam hissing]
[doors creaking]
Ready?
No! Aang! [Sokka grunts]
Fire!
[flames whooshing]
Avatar Roku!
[chains snapping]
[soldiers and sages yelling]
Avatar Roku is going to destroy the temple.
We have to get out of here.
Not without Aang.
[Roku grunts]
[magma thunders]
[air swooshes]
[Sokka] We got your back.
Thanks.
Where's Shyu?
I don't know.
[rocks rumbling]
[Momo chitters]
No prince, no Avatar.
Apparently, the only thing I do have is five traitors!
But Commander, only Shyu helped the Avatar.
Save your stories for the Fire Lord.
As far as I'm concerned, you are all guilty!
Take them to the prison hold!
[soft chimes and strings]
[Momo chittering]
[Appa grunts]
[percussive music]