Chapter One
Aang, Sokka, Katara, and Toph set up camp for the night. Momo scrambled around looking for food. Aang's stomach rumbled. Momo looked up curiously, then jumped up on Aang's shoulder.
"I'm hungry too, Momo," he said, "but until we set up camp, we can't go find food." Momo stared at him.
"Done!" Sokka cried out triumphantly a few seconds later. "Finally! Now, can we please go get dinner? I'm starving!"
Katara rolled her eyes and sighed. Appa was laying down a few feet away. She walked over to him and petted his long fur. He yawned, his hot breath covering Sokka.
"Ew! Appa breath!" Sokka cried out, disgusted. Katara and Toph laughed. Aang grinned wildly as his stomach growled again.
"Well, I think we should go and find food. Sokka and Toph go one way, and Katara and I will go this way," Aang stated confidently. The rest of the group nodded. Then they split up into different directions. Aang was secretly thrilled that he had gotten his way and was able to be alone with Katara. After a few steps, they decided to search the bushes.
Suddenly, Katara screamed. Aang raced over to her side. "What is it? What's wrong?" he asked frantically. She pointed shakily to something beyond the bushes. He gasped as he saw what she was pointing to.
Staggering towards them was a young girl with blue hair and brown eyes holding another smaller girl with fire-red hair in her arms. She was breathing heavily, and the girl in her arms looked dead. After a few short steps, she collapsed to the ground. Aang ran over to her, Katara close behind.
"We have to get them back to camp! Can you carry one?" Aang asked, his blue eyes bright with worry.
Katara nodded. "I think so," she said, her voice wavering. She bent down and picked up the blue-haired girl in her arms. "Yes. She's not heavy. What about the other one?"
"I'll carry her, I guess. She seems like she needs to get help as soon as possible. Do you mind if I run ahead?" he asked, his eyes concentrated on her face. She bit her lip before saying yes. He nodded and ran like the wind back towards camp.
She ran as fast as she could after him carrying the blue-haired girl in her arms, thinking all the while "What if they're Fire Nation... What do we do then?". When she got back to camp, Aang was already there with Sokka. They were both bent over the girl. Katara laid the other girl down next to the redhead. "Here," she panted. "Can I help?"
Toph replied first. "Use your healing hands! See if you can find what's wrong with them." Katara nodded grimly.
Placing her hands over the redhead's chest, she concentrated hard and didn't notice as the others walked away quietly. A few hours later, Katara walked over to the group, sweating buckets.
"It's done," she gasped. "They'll be okay now. I don't know what happened to them, but they should be conscious by tomorrow." The others nodded. Katara walked over to her tent and practically fell into her sleeping bag. The others followed her example and went to sleep.