Book 3 Chapter 11: The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse

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Amity's Intro

Water. Earth. Fire. Air.

Long ago, the four nations lived in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed her most, she vanished. A hundred years passed, and me, Willow and Gus discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Luz. and although her airbending skills are great, she has a lot to learn before she's ready to save anyone.

But I believe Luz can save the world.

The episode opens to the invasion of the Fire Nation where the moon can be seen gradually moving in front of the sun. Cuts to a shot of the submarines remaining stationery at the shores of the plaza. The camera pans upward, revealing the plaza empty except for Huu, disguised as the swamp monster, Hama and several Foggy Swamp Tribe members.

Cuts to an overhead shot of the plaza where the invasion carries on. The Fire Nation armies try to shoot the Earth Kingdom tanks, but they are too powerful. Earth Kingdom soldiers run about and fire boulders to counterattack the Fire Nation. A few earthbenders emerge briefly from within the Earth Kingdom tanks and hurl boulders toward the enemy. Cuts to a shot of one soldier commanding catapults to launch smoldering boulders. Several fireballs are launched into the air. One lands forcefully near Willow and a few troops who are huddled together behind a stationary Earth Kingdom tank, studying a map lying on the ground. Cuts to Willow cringing at the sound of the explosion. Cuts to a shot of Amity and Gus coming back with Hakoda, Willow smiles at this sight.

(Brightening.) "Hakoda!" (Rising and approaching the three.) "You're on your feet again." Willow said

(Sitting down, somewhat weakly.) "Thanks to Amity and Gus. I'm in no shape to fight, but maybe there's some way I can help." Hakoda said

(Runs over to the group with Camila following from behind.) "These guys aren't even putting up a fight, it's like they're not even trying." Eda said

"This is a lot of exercise for an invasion like this, phew." Camila said

"Everything's going smoothly and the eclipse hasn't even kicked in yet." Willow said

(Amity moves away, seeing something in the distance.) "Let's hope our luck holds out." (Noticing her move away.) "Amity, you seem distracted. Is something wrong?" Hakoda asked

(Quizzically.) "Yeah. Is that ... is that Luz?" Amity asked

(Shocked.) "What?" (Cuts to a shot of Luz riding in on her glider, dodging several fireballs. She lands in front of the group.) "Please tell me you're here because the Fire Emperor turned out to be a big wimp and you didn't even need the eclipse to take him down." Willow said

(Luz, Amity and Gus kneel with Willow.) "He wasn't home. No one was. The entire palace city is abandoned." Luz said

(With epiphany, the camera shifts from a side-view of her face to a frontal view.) "They knew." Willow said

Cuts to an overhead shot of the group sitting together in a circle. Luz rubs her fingers along the ground idly.

(Dismayed.) "It's over. The Fire Emperor is probably long-gone, far away on some remote island where he'll be safe during the eclipse." Luz said

(Thoughtfully.) "No. My instincts tell me he wouldn't go too far. He would have a secret bunker; somewhere he could go and be safe during the siege but still be close enough to lead his nation." Willow said

"If it's an underground secret bunker we're looking for," (Points to herself.) "I'm just the girl to find it." Boscha said

(Pulling out a mechanism.) "The mechanist gave me this timing device. It looks like we've got about ten minutes until the full eclipse. Ten minutes to find the Fire Emperor." Willow said

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