I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender, but it sure rocks!
The Gaang is flying towards the Earth Kingdom to find an Earthbending master to teach Aang.
"I think I'm going to faint from hunger!" complained Sokka, gazing with concern at his rumbling stomach.
Katara rolled her eyes. "If you fainted everytime you got hungry, you would be dead from so many bumps on the head," she said.
"Oh ha ha very funny. But seriously, I need food. Can we stop at a town soon, Aang?" asked Sokka.
Aang turned around and said, "Maybe. What do you think Katara?"
"Yeah, I guess. We could all use a chance to stretch our legs, anyway," Katara replied.
When they arrived at the first town they, or Sokka, saw, the streets were strangely deserted, except for a few stragglers.
"I wonder where everyone is?" asked Aang.
They arrived at a food shop. The kids wandered in, along with Sokka's loudly rumbling stomach. A creepy looking shopkeeper greeted them at the door.
"Hello!" he said. "Now what is it you'd be wanting today? Fruit? Or lovely vegetables? I have some deeeeeeelicious pumpkins here, would you come and see? Or would you like some bread? I have all kinds of ..."
Normally, Katara would have been listening intently to the shopkeeper. But her attention had wavered over to a slightly ajar door, behind the counter. There was a sinister green light coming from it. So as the creepy shopkeeper show her friends around she excused herself and, making sure no one was watching, she slipped inside the door.
There was a huge mirror, a bit taller than Katara and half as wide, leaning against the wall. And the green light seemed to be coming from inside the mirror! As she moved infront of the mirror, she gasped. Her reflection was there, but distorted. It made her look as if she was just a swirling torrent of water! The outline of her body was there, but that was all you see of her that confirmed she was a human. As she moved closer, another form joined her, but taller and manlier. Instead of water though, the other form was fire! Moving closer still, Katara gasped again. The forms seemed to be, embracing? It was hard to tell. But whatever they were doing, it was in a loving and affectionate way.
Katara had gotten so close now, she noticed some tiny writing on the side of the mirror. It was so small, she had to take a few more steps to read it properly. It said:
Enter if you dare
And you shall meet your opposite
But stranger beware
Your opposite is unlikely
To be one you like
But fear not
For love shall prevail
Katara frowned. 'Love shall prevail' ? What does that mean? Dismissing it as a hoax, the young waterbender turned to leave. But she tripped over her feet and fell backwards into the mirror. She thought that she would just break the strange mirror on impact, but instead she fell right into it, and then ...
... everything went black.
In his room, on his ship, Prince Zuko doubled up in pain. He felt a pang of longing, but not knowing what it was he was longing for. He groaned, then ...
... everything went black.