Brief Interlude

By Jade Bear

Disclaimer- Don't own Avatar. Back off.

Chapter One:

This was bad. Bad. Bad. BAD. I looked at the new Ju dee sitting across from me in the carriage. What are we going to do know? Of course they probably would all be expecting him to come up with an ingenious plan to get the information to the King. But right now I have no idea what to do. This sucks. I looked at everyone else. Toph was sitting with Momo on her shoulder looking rather unhappy. Not that I can blame her. Aang looked as if he was just as frustrated as he was. He was probably thinking about Appa. Katara was looking at Aang obviously concerned about him. Our carriage stopped and the driver opened our doors. Ju dee walked up to our door with us. Right now I felt like knocking her out with my club.

"Good night. I will come to check on you in the morning." She said that stupid fake smile plastered on her face.

Nobody said anything. Toph slammed the door in her face.

I let out a groan and collapsed face down on a cushion on the ground. Life sucks.

"Great" I heard Toph's voice, "this is just perfect. Now what! The king is just that jerks puppet!"

I propped my self up on my elbows to face them.

"But it looks like if we tell the king maybe he could do something." Aang said.

"You heard him. He is in charge of the war. And he obviously doesn't want to hear it." Toph assumed.

"Look. Obviously the king must have some power. We may be able to get him to see what that creep is doing. I mean these people need to know what's going on out side their wall." I said.

"But what about Appa?" Aang said quietly "if we tell the people what's going on he made it clear that we would never see him again."

Every one was quiet. Aang was right. I know it was bad but what needs be done needs be done. Don't get me wrong I love that big fluffy monster but we all need to make sacrifices. Katara caught my eye and it seemed she was thinking the same thing. I wished there was some other way. But as much as it pained me Appa wasn't at the top of the priority list. The world was. Why is doing the right thing so hard sometimes?

"We can think about it tomorrow. Right now it's late. I think we should all get some sleep." Katara said.

Aang was getting a bit upset. "How can I get to sleep? Appa's out there all alone! They probably treat him horribly and locked him in a gigantic cage with a muzzle." He sat on the ground and buried his hands in his face. Katara knelled next to him and placed her arm around his shoulder in a motherly kind of way.

"Aang, I know this is hard but we'll get through it." She reassured him.

Toph yawned, "Maybe she's right. Sleep doesn't seem like such a bad idea."

I had a big squishy bed in my OWN room. And yet I could not get any sleep. I got up and sifted through the contents of my bag. Pulling out a pen and paper I decided I would write a letter to Suki. After all I had promised to keep in touch. I told her about Appa. I told her about what happened with the drill. I mentioned some of the events of that night at the king's party. I had to be sure to be careful with my wording because there was no doubt somebody would be inspecting our mail. I also may have added some things on a more... personal note. I placed it on my table ready for tomorrow's mail. Right now maybe I could get some sleep.

Okay so the first chapter is rather un-eventful but I promise it'll get better. Oh and don't worry about Appa the Fearsome Foursome would never let him down. Now I must go…. To the Bat Mobile! Adios Amigos.

REMEMBER: Submit Review. Please? I'll give you a cookie. I'll be your best friend. I'll give you PIE! That's right pie. You know you want pie.