damn it! she thought angrily as she stalked out of the temple. no more traveling! the other monk waited patiently for them, hopefully he'd have something faster than a stupid sky bison.
"ah, yes, avatar. i have prepared your new animal. khan is just over here. you are very lucky. there are few gila-hawks left in existence. i trust you will take very good care of him."
"whoah!" ayumu exclaimed as she saw the beast. "it's huge!" it was. it towered over the monk, to its head it was about six feet nine inches. it had the body, feet, and tail of a gila monster, and the head, wings, and super-long talons of a hawk. truly a monstrous beast. its beady eyes glared at ayumu, then the creature bowed, lifting its left foot of the ground. "um, hi... khan." she patted his head gently, then grinned. "you're not all bad, are you boy?" it squawked, cocking its head sideways. "alright, lets go." she hopped up into the saddle, using her airbending to propel her higher than the average jump would take her. she took a firm hold of the reins, and looked down at kazan and raiden. "oh, right." she said, sweatdropping. "um, khan? can you... lay down so kazan can get on your back?"
it squawked, jerked its head around a bit, then laid down on the stony floor of the temple grounds.
"...okay. this'll take a bit of getting used to, but whatever. get on kazan, this ride should be shorter."
"you won't even have to steer him. he knows how to get to every major village in the world."
"ooh, smart... er, what is he again?"
"a gila-hawk, ayumu."
"oh, right. he's a smart... gila-hawk. well, goodbye!"
"may the spirits be with you, avatar, and may your past lives guide you on your journey."
"erm, thanks, but... aw, never mind. thank you for everything." she said, then told khan, "go to the eastern air temple. can you get there?"
"squaa!" khan replied.
"good, now let's go!"

"and we're off! thanks!" she shouted as khan leaped into the air, his hawk wings flapping effortlessly as they rose into the sky. she heard raiden whimper from the saddel. aww, he's so scared!

not many things happened over the next two days, just eating, sleeping, steering...

they finally arrived at the western air temple (to cut it short....)

"is there an airbender here named li yin?"

((sorry i have like no time at all))