100 Fanfics/Air

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Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat were on an important mission. At least, Strong Bad thought it was important. The Cheat thought it was a waste of time, and Strong Mad was just watching the clouds. This was difficult because they were in a forest, but Strong Mad did his best.

"The Avatar's gotta be around here in this forest somewhere," said Strong Bad, gesturing at the trees.

The Cheat expressed his skeptism.

"Uh, I think one of the guys in that village we passed through said something about it," said Strong Bad. "Something about an avatar. Or an apple core. I dunno."

They continued walking.

"SMOKE!" said Strong Mad suddenly, pointing at the sky.

"Yeah, that's great, big guy," said Strong Bad distractedly. "But... Wait, smoke? Let's go check it out."

Smoke meant fire, and fire probably meant that there were other people in this stupid forest. Maybe even the Avatar. So they followed the smoke to a campfire set up in a clearing. There were some people there too, but Strong Bad focused on the fire first.

"Hey!" he said. "That fire is official Fire Nation property! I'm gonna have to place you guys under arrest for infringing on..." He trailed off as he recognised one of the people who were staring at them. "Oh. It's you."

"What are you doing here?" said Strong Sad. "Did father banish you and Strong Mad too?"

"No," said Strong Bad. "We're--"

The Cheat interrupted with the information that only Strong Bad had been exiled.

"Shut up!" said Strong Bad.

He looked at the other people in the clearing. One, an armless guy wearing a propeller cap, was playing with stones and not paying any attention to him. The other, an armless woman, was glaring at him.

"You're Strong Sad's brothers, aren't you?" she said.

"That's them," said Strong Sad.

"Anyways," said Strong Bad, "Before I burninate you guys out of existence, have you seen the Avatar anywhere? I don't know what he looks like, but..."

Propeller cap looked up.

"Oh!" he said. "That's me. I'm Homestar Runner, and I'm a terrific airbender!"

"You're an terrific "aiworbendor"?" said Strong Bad, smothering a laugh.

"That's what I said," said Homestar Runner.

"Homestar only thinks he's the Avatar," said the woman quickly. "Isn't that right, Homestar?"

"Yeah," said Strong Sad. "He's just—"

"What are you guys talking about?" said Homestar. "Of course I'm the Avatar! I even have the star to prove it."

Strong Bad snorted, and threw fire at him. He loved being out in enemy territory, where he could incinerate the idiots without going to jail. Homestar deflected the fire into a nearby tree, which started to smoulder.

"Hey!" said Strong Bad. "How'd you do that?"

"Do what?" said Homestar. "This?"

He lifted himself up off the ground slightly.

"Whoa! You really are an airbender!" said Strong Bad. To Strong Mad and The Cheat, he said, "Let's get him, boys."

It took Homestar about five minutes to knock out all three of them.

"Homestar Runner wins again!" he said. Then he looked around. All the smoke that had appeared from somewhere while he was fighting was making it very difficult to see. "Uh... Where's my trophy?"

"Homestar, that wasn't a competition," said Marzipan, from somewhere to his right. "They were trying to kill you."

"They were trying to what?" said Homestar.

"Kill..." Marzipan started to cough uncontrollably.

Homestar waited for her to continue, but she didn't.

"Uh... Marzipan?" he said.

He used his airbending powers to clear the area. Now he could see Marzipan, who was still coughing, Strong Sad, who was lying on the ground, and some of the surrounding forest, which was in flames.

"What is going on here?" asked Homestar suspiciously.

Strong Sad raised his head.

"That fireball you deflected hit a tree and started a forest fire," he said.

"A forest fire, eh?" said Homestar. "I'll save you!"

He pulled the air towards him. Unfortunately, this also pulled the fire towards him.

"Uh, wait..."

He pushed the air, and the fire, away into the forest.

"Uh... Thanks, Homestar," said Strong Sad, standing. He began to pack up.

"We should go help all the baby animals escape from the fire," suggested Marzipan.

Homestar laughed. "That's the dumbest thing I've heard all day!"

"Hmph!" said Marzipan. "You're not going to save the world with that attitude, mister!"

"Oh, right, right," said Homestar. "Um... Who am I saving the world from again?"

"The Fire Nation?" said Strong Sad.

"The Fire Nation, eh?"

And they went on their way.