A/N: my first Avatar fanfiction. I love avatar ever since it started up on YTV and I watched it Saturday mornings when babysitting my little siblings. To put it short I am a major Avatar/ZUTARA fan! Yay Zutara!! Anyways so here goes the story… enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own the avatar or any of its characters.

Chapter one

Katara found herself surrounded by walls of dirt. She coughed as dust fell on her. She looked for a way out and decided to try jumping on top of the wall. She jumped as high as she could and reached out till her hand reached the top of the wall. She then grabbed it with her other hand and pulled herself up. She squatted on the wall waiting for her attacker to make her next move. She then decided to just bend some water into a whip and make the attack herself. She ended up knocking over her opponent sending her in a fit of rage.

"Had enough Toph?" Katara asked as she tried to catch her breath.

Toph lifted herself up and got into the fighting stance.

Aang and Sokka sat up in a tree so not to get involved in the fight. "Hey you guys! We have more important things to do then fight! Stop!" Aang shouted down to them.

Katara jumped off of the wall and it sunk back into the ground. She calmly walked over to her bag and swung it onto her back. "Aang is right." Everyone looked at her. (Except Toph because she's blind) "I will meet you guys at the nearest town, that way some of us have a chance to cool off." Toph made a snarl-face but didn't say anything.

"Katara wait!" Aang tried to stop her but she wasn't stopping. She continued till she was no longer in sight.

"Meh, let the sugar queen have her alone time, we'll catch up with her later anyways!" Toph scoffed and went to sit alone in her earth tent.

Aang and Sokka just shrugged and sighed.

Katara had now been roaming the woods for and hour or so, or at least that's what she had thought she wasn't sure now. She groaned when she had realized that she was totally lost.

"ARRG!" She gave a frustrated yell that could probably be heard for miles. She then fell to the ground and tried to get herself together. "Ok Katara, its no big deal, you just got lost, and you may never see your friends… or eat… or… see the light of day…" She shook the bad thoughts of abandoning hopes and gained courage. "I'm going to get through this!" She raised a fist to her chest proudly. She then heard her stomach growl and collapsed backwards. She lay on the ground quietly just resting before thinking of getting up again.

After becoming furious with his uncle, Prince Zuko decided to go out on his own. He remembered sitting with his uncle in the clearing, he had been day dreaming as always when…

FLASH BACK!! (Of about an hour ago)

"Prince Zuko, what seems to be troubling you?" General Iroh asked in concern.

"What makes you think anything is wrong?" Zuko retorted in his usual tone.

Iroh stroked his goatee. "Well you have been off in your own little world lately…" He gave Zuko a knowing twisted smile. "Anyone your thinking of? A girl perhaps?"

Zuko snapped his head in the direction of his uncle so that you could glare at him. "Are you kidding? Why would I be thinking of a girl?" Zuko was more surprised then angry at his uncle's words. Surprisingly Zuko did have his mind on a girl. But he didn't understand why, she was really nothing, just a peasant. He thought of her a lot now he wondered why… maybe it was her bold attitude making her unlike any other, or her amazing ability to bend her element, it could even have been her stunning beauty. It really didn't matter what it was about her that made her so important in his mind, it was just that she was and couldn't get her out. Zuko shook his head of these thoughts and looked back at his uncle.

Iroh gave a chuckle. "Yet again you find yourself thinking of her."

Zuko growled, actual smoke began to come out of his ears.

"Prince Zuko, you do have a temper. Have you ever though of calming yourself?" Iroh said still half joking, but it pushed Zuko to far.

"I don't need this from you! My temper is fine! Now if you'll excuse me I have decided to continue to our next destination on my own!" Zuko frowned and got up from where he was and began to walk.

"So I'll see you tomorrow then?" Iroh called to Zuko's back but got no answer, this was fine seeing as he already new the answer.

END OF FLASH BACK

Zuko looked into the sky, it had been a few hours and he didn't want to admit it but he was lost. He couldn't remember which direction the place was that they were going. He scratched the back of his head; he started to feel extremely flustered. He then heard a strange sound; he wasn't sure what it was so he decided to head in the direction it came from.

A/N: Well this was my first chapter… I should have the other one up by tomorrow, if you think I should because your reviews count to me!

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-Teenfox!