The ride was not pleasant for Zuko. For one thing, he didn't like riding on flying llamas. Not that he had ever tried before, but now that he did, he found that he didn't. Like it, I mean.
For another thing, Aang wouldn't stop singing. Not that he ever did, but usually, Zuko had room to edge away from the Avatar when he started a song, rather than being perched uncomfortably behind him on a flying llama.
And for another thing, the flying llamas had wings. Well, that's a little obvious, you might say, of course flying llamas have wings.
But it was the wings that made it uncomfortable. Because every time the llama flapped its wings, the wing hit Zuko in the head. Which was even more annoying than Aang.
Zuko wasn't the only one who was being hit with the flying llama's wings. Sokka, who was also in the back, was getting hit, too. Iroh, however, was just the right height to avoid it, lucky for him. Zuko and Sokka had to suffer alone.
And to make matters worse, Aang was still singing.
"If you're happy and you know it
Clap your hands!
If you're happy and you know it
Clap your hands!
If you're happy and you know it
Than your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it
Clap your hands!"
"Avatar…"
"What, don't you like that song?" Aang asked, turning precariously around on the flying llama.
"No, I don't," replied Zuko, pushing Aang back into position before he fell off.
"Okay, I'll sing another one!"
"The wings on the flying llama go up and down!
Up and down!
Up and down!
The wings on the flying llama go up and down!
All through the sky!
The people on the flying llama get hit by the wings!
Hit by the wings!
Hit by the wings!
The people on the flying llama get hit by the wings!
If they're in the back!
The Avatar on the flying llama goes lalala!"
Lalala!
Lalala!
The Avatar on the flying llama goes lalala!
Much to the annoyance of Zuko!
The Prince on the flying llama goes…"
"Avatar!" Zuko shouted hurriedly, stopping Aang from singing about him.
"Don't like that one either?" Aang asked in a disappointed voice.
Zuko shook his head mutely.
"Alright. I'll sing a different song!"
"Avatar…"
This time, Aang annoyed… er… ignored Zuko and sang the song anyways.
"We like the moon!
'Cause it is close too us!"
"We like the moo-o-oon!" Katara agreed.
"But not as much as a spoon.
'Cause that's more use for eating soup," Sokka reminded them.
"And a fork isn't very useful for that
Unless it has got many vegetables," Iroh mused.
"And maybe the you'd be better off with a CHOPSTICK!" screeched Bumi
"Unlike the moon," Zuko returned them to the topic.
"It is up in the sky,
It up there very high," Katara commented.
"But maybe not as high as
Lemurs or bison or LLAMAS!" Aang contradicted.
"And maybe clouds," Sokka put in.
"And puffins also I think they go quite high too," added Iroh.
"But maybe not as high as the moon!" sang Bumi.
"We like the Moon," they all sang.
"The moon is very useful everyone," Zuko didn't even seem chagrined about singing this.
"Everybody like the MOOON!" was sung as a chorus.
"'Cause it lovely and it make the tides go and we LIKE it!" insisted Aang.
"But not as much as cheese," Katara reminded them.
"We really like cheese, we like zeppelins" agreed Sokka.
"We really like deer," put in Iroh
"And we like moose," agreed Bumi
"And we like marmot," continued Zuko
"And we like all the fuzzy animals!" sang Aang (sorry for the rhyme, it was inevitable).
"But not as much, as the moon.
We like the MOOOOOOOON!" They all finished together.
"Appa!" exclaimed Aang suddenly, bringing the llamas down for a landing.
Zuko had never before stood between a ten-ton flying bison with an arrow on his head and a flying llama with wings. While in that particular situation, he had never had a lemur jump onto his head and offer him a bug.
It seemed there were a lot of things he had never done, come to think of it. But there was plenty of time for that, later. For now, it was just time to sing.
After 12390 words, 12 chapters, 63 reviews, 3258 hits, 1 c2, 15 favorites and 14 alerts, I have finished writing the second story in the Sing-Along series. I doubt they'll be another, but keep your eyes open, I just might find myself with extra time on my hands. If there is another story, however, it will probably include Toph and be much more in the style of the first one than this. I didn't like this as much as its predecessor. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing (if you did, and if you didn't, thanks for reading)! Hope you enjoyed the ending, and keep on the lookout for any other Avatar stories I might add.