For the record; I don't own Avatar the last airbender (if I just could). It's just a fanfic. But I like it 

Chapter 1: Free?

Prison of the Fire nation…
In a great hall on a prison island… an army of Fire nation is having a party. With a lot of food and drinks. No one notices, that outside, a girl is sneaking out of the prison. Quietly she walks through the hall, looking for the way out. Then she spots a tap. Her brown eyes flickered.

"Finally…" she whispers, "Water!"

She bends some water out of the tap, and freezes it on the chain which is tied around her ankle. In one move she slams her foot against the wall, and the chain breaks.

"Almost free."

She continues her way out. Left, right, another right, no, dead and, back, left, left, right, and there is a door. The way out? The girl tries to open the door.

"Oh no, it's locked! Where is the key?"

She looks around, and discovers a hook in the wall, with… the key! She opens the door, and finds herself standing outside. Carefully she walks in the shade of the outer wall of the prison. Quietly, so the guards won't hear her.

"The sea, water… We're free!"

She starts to bend the water against the wall, and freezes it. Then breaks it. A piece of the wall breaks it, creating a tiny hole. She continues freezing and the hole grows bigger. When she stops the hole is big enough to let the people pass through. A large group of prisoners is escaping through the hole, one by one. The girl freezes all their chains and the people break free. Then they crawl to the nearest bushes, trying not to be seen by the guards. When they are safe from the Fire nation army, they start running. They arrive in a harbour, and they climb in a boat. The girl starts to bend the water, and soon they're sailing away.
"Lets go home!" she shouts, and everyone yells with her, "FREEDOM"

The Avatar's camp…

It's late at night. Katara suddenly wakes up. She feels at her necklace…

"Mom…" she whispers.

She crawls out of her sleeping bag and walks to the river. She sits on a rock, and stares at the water. Suddenly she hears a sound, she looks around. Then Toph comes out of the bushes behind her.

"What are you doing here?" Toph asks. "Just… I'm… I had a bad dream" Katara explains. "Oh…do you want to talk about it?" "Well…" Katara sighs, "It's just that, I miss my family." "I understand," says Toph with a sad look on her face, "I sometimes miss my home too." Katara puts her arm around her. Toph turns away. "It's not like I don't like it with you, I just miss her." "I understand what you mean, but still, it's good that you agreed on teaching Aang earthbending. He's getting pretty good at it. And now he only has to learn firebending. And summer didn't even start yet! Thanks to you."

She only tries to comfort me, Toph thought, I still miss them, but Katara is doing her best. "Thanks, Katara" "You're welcome"

And together they walked back to the camp.

The Prisoners' boat…

The girl was staring to the sky. Clouds were growing bigger and bigger, and the blue sky disappeared. The girl turned around to the other people on the boat.
"There's going to be a storm… and by the looks of this, I'd say it's a big one. All the elders and the children go hide under the deck. I need the rest of you to help me. We've got to get this boat safe!"

The people did what se said. One woman went to the girl.
"What is your plan Khloé?" she asked the girl.
"We must get in the eye of the storm to be safe. It's going to be dangerous to come there. But then we're safe. Myari," she turned over to the woman, "If anything happens to me, you must go on. I know I'm the only waterbender here, but you have to get everyone home. That is the goal. I can save myself. So if I don't make it…" She turned away and looked to the storm in front of them, "bring the people back home… to the South Pole!"

Myari nodded. The boat sailed into the storm. And then the trouble started. Heavy rain fell. As the refugees were doing their best to keep the water out of the boat. Khloé bended the waves as best as she could so that they would get to the eye of the storm save. But then lightning stroke. As it hit the pole of the boat. The sails fell. Together with the pole. And it fell… right on Khloé! She was swept overboard, just as they were nearing the eye. She tried to get on the ship again, but the pole stroke her head, and she fell unconscious.

Zuko and Iroh…

Zuko woke up, as the first sunrays touched his face. He sat straight up, his uncle was still sleeping. Zuko decided to take a walk. Iroh would probably be up when he was back. He walked on a little path, heading for the beach. When he came there he sat on a rock. He looked out over the sea. Suddenly he saw something nearing him. A little black dot in the giant blue. When it came near the beach, Zuko saw that it was a…
"A girl! There's a girl in the water!"

The girl drifted ashore, and Zuko pulled her out of the water. He took a good look at the girl. Then a look flashed over his face.
Is it possible? But what is she doing here? And where is…
"The Avatar." Zuko murmured. He took the girl up, throwing her over his shoulder. He walked back to the camp, where is uncle was already pouring a cup of tea.
"Ah, there you are…" He saw Zuko had a girl over his shoulder. "Who is that?" Iroh asked him. "I found her," Zuko explained. "She drifted ashore as I was taking a walk." He laid the girl down. Then it hit Iroh. "Aaah, I see. She looks exactly as one of the Avatars' friends." He said. "Right" Zuko answered.

The girl opened her eyes.

It's not her, Zuko thought, this girl has olive eyes. But still…

The girl sat up straight, with a frightened but angry look on her face.

"Where am I?" she demanded, "And who are you?"

Zuko looked at her face. "You are in the Earth kingdom. You drifted ashore, and now you are my prisoner." Khloé was stunned. Imprisoned, again. "No…" she sighed. "Now…" Zuko looked straight in her frightened eyes, "Who are you?" he asked. But this was to much for Khloé. With fury on her face she attacked Zuko and Iroh with a waterwhip with the water Iroh was boiling. As the hot water blinded them she ran back, heading for the sea. At least she would have more water there.

Zuko was blinded by the hot water for a second. "Aarg!" He screamed. Then he saw the girl running away. He followed her, unleashing fireblasts at her.

As Khloé run she had to watch out not to be hit by the fire from that creep. Then she reached the sea. She blocked his attack by using the water as a shield. Zuko kept firing at her, and she had to keep blocking.

She is strong, Zuko thought, but I am stronger!

Flashback

"No, he's my friend, I'm perfectly capable of protecting him", Katara said. "Well, aren't you a big girl now?" Zuko's voice said. "No!" Katara turned around. "Yes" Zuko said. "Hand him over, and I won't have to hurt you." They started to fight, Zuko fired at Katara, but she kept blocking him. Katara shot a splash of water towards Zuko, and blasted him on his face. "I see you've learned a new trick. But I didn't come this far to loose to you." he said, as he got up. He fired again, but Katara shot him against the wall, freezing the water at his feet. She bended the water around Zuko, creating a ball of ice around him. "You little peasant, you've found a master, haven't you?" he said. He blow up the ice ball, and jumped out of it. Shooting fire at Katara, he came near her. They fought in a struggle, and he slammed his foot, with a fireblast against her, and grabbed the Avatars' collar. But then Katara bended a waterblast at him, throwing him against the wall. Bending the water up, and shooting Zuko in a huge mountain of water. She froze it. The prince was stuck. But then the sun came up. Zuko opened his eyes and with hot steam coming out of his nose he melted the ice away. He jumped down firing at Katara, who blocked it, but got hit against a post, and fell unconscious. As the smoke went away, Zuko stood with the Avatar in his hands. "You rise with the moon, I rise with the sun."

End of flashback

The fight was repeating itself. Zuko fired, and Khloé blocked him. She smashed him against a tree, and created a ball of ice around him. "You foolish girl. You think you can escape, don't you?" Zuko asked, blowing up the ball. He fired at Khloé, and she fired back. He came near her, and they had a short face to face moment. Then Khloé wanted to create a huge wave, but Zuko was quicker, and he fired right into her unprotected stomach. The girl fell. Zuko won. He took the girl back to Iroh, and Zuko tied her up. While the girl was still unconscious, Iroh asked Zuko: "Why do you keep her? She isn't one of the Avatars' friends." On which Zuko answered: "I know, but I bet she can tell us more about them…" And they looked to the girls' face.

The Avatars' camp…

"Katara!" Sokka yelled. "Why did you throw our food away? I'm hungry!" "I threw it away because it was all rotten and dirty, you moron! You didn't seriously planned on eating something like that?" Katara yelled at him back. "Well, if I have to choose between eating rotten food, and starving to death, then YES! But unfortunately I can't because YOU threw the food AWAY!" "Well, I'm sorry, your highness," Katara said with a sarcastic voice, "I forgot that you were a BOTTMLES PITT!"

Toph laughed when she heard the two screaming, but Aang decided to stop them before they would kill each other. "Guys, stop it!" he said. "Sokka, that food was rotten, so it was worthless, and Katara, you could have told someone you threw all the food away, okay? Can we continue now?" "Okay… I'm sorry Aang, sorry Sokka." Katara said. "I guess.." Sokka murmured. But then he panicked, "But WHAT are we going to EAT? Where are we going to get FOOD?" "I'm sure we will find you something anytime soon Sokka." Aang comforted him. But Sokka wasn't. "HOW? We're flying around on a giant bison, with nothing in front of us than water, water, water and…" and then he saw it. "LAND!" "Where?" Toph asked. "There!" Sokka screamed. Katara and Aang saw it too now. "It's on our left!" Aang steered Appa in the direction of land. "Finally, we've been flying for two days straight now,-" but Katara was cut off by Toph. "Land, sweet, soft, solid land!" "And where land is, is… FOOD!" Sokka was practically dribbling at the thought of food. Appa landed on a beach, and the four of them jumped off. Momo flew away, looking for some berries. He found a bush filled with purple/red berries, and started to eat. He didn't know he was being watched.

End of chapter.