Disclaimer: I haven't done one in a long time, so here goes. I wouldn't mind owning either Avatar or the Boondocks, but I don't. Oh well, that's life for you; one upsetting truth at a time…

Chapter 1: Just Great Desert

"You've gotta be shitting me! How the hell did we end up here?" Riley shouted out as his voice echoed throughout the desert.

Huey and Jazmine woke up at the sound of his voice while Cindy and Ming stood next to him. All of them sported wounds, except for Jazmine who only had a bruise on her right cheek. Huey's arm was cut badly, and Ming's left leg was bleeding, but none of their wounds compared to that of the body lying in red sand and a muddy pool of blood. This body was that of Traban. Traban's body was cut up profusely. His right arm had several small, yet deep cuts. His back had a cluster shuriken sticking out of it. His jeans were ragged and his legs were bleeding from the multiple cuts on them. Jazmine quickly rushed over to him with Cindy and Ming there as well.

"Is he gonna be okay?" Huey asked as he and Riley stood over them.

"I'm not sure, he did use a lot of energy teleporting us here, and he was already badly injured. He may not make it." Jazmine said as she didn't even bother taking her eyes off her healing. Cindy and Ming helping; using what little healing abilities they knew.

"We need to restore his energy before anything else. That way, he'll probably be able to heal himself. We need to get him somewhere where he'll be able to absorb the energy around him." Cindy said as Ming nodded.

"He can take our energies. If he takes a bit from all of us, then he'll probably be at least half power." Ming said as Jazmine and the others nodded.

They all pointed their palms toward Traban and relinquished their energies to him. Traban's body was engulfed in a rainbow-colored sphere that rose up off the desert floor. It hovered three feet off the ground and the others stared at it with baited breath. After what seemed like an eternity the sphere cracked and soon more cracks followed until the entire thing broke revealing a healed Traban with his eyes closed.

"Infinite in mystery is the gift of the Goddess." Traban said as he slowly opened his eyes, "We seek it thus, and take to the skies." He said as he snapped his fingers, green energy enveloping Huey and the others as he continued on, "Ripples form on the water's surface. The wandering soul knows no rest." Traban finished with a smirk as his friends stepped out of the green energy domes, completely healed.

"Loveless Act One." Huey stated as Traban smiled.

"You remembered?" Traban said as Huey smirked.

"How could I not, when you've beaten it into my head." Huey said as he poked his temple a few times.

"Listen niggas, we ain't got time for all that poetry shit. Now, can somebody please tell me where the fuck we are?" Riley said as Traban raised a brow, just now noticing they were standing in the middle of a desert. Though it was one he recognized from his many travels.

"Damn, I randomly picked the one place that I never wanted to return to…" Traban muttered as Huey placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Where are we?" Huey asked as Traban sighed and turned to the others.

"We're in the world of the Avatar. It is a place where the very elements themselves can be commanded to do one's bidding in battle or just for show." Traban stated calmly as they all gave him a look.

"What is that?" Ming asked as Traban shrugged.

"Basically it's a world where people can just control and throw around the elements all willy-nilly like. Damn brats…" Traban said as Huey rolled his eyes.

"It's the world from that show on Nickelodeon with the bald kid, the two black ones, and the tough blind girl." Huey said as everyone gained a look of understanding.

"OH…" They all chorused as Traban rolled his eyes.

"So, why did you bring us here?" Cindy asked as Traban hung his head.

"I didn't pick a world to throw us into. We needed a quick escape, so I just opened a portal, and poof; here we are. To be honest, I never wanted to return to this world." Traban said as Cindy gave him a look.

"Why?" Ming asked as he looked away.

"Too much war, hate, and instability; even I couldn't help this world back then. If I'm right then it's been a hundred years or less since last I was here. A lot may have changed by then, but the one thing that remains in these lands is that of destruction and hate." Traban said in a hollow voice as the others watched him intently.

"Yeah, but a hundred years ago you didn't have us to back you up, nigga." Riley said as Traban gave him a look.

"A hundred years ago the people I knew would have killed you by now, Riley. And that's just because of the way you look." Traban said as Riley gave him a look.

"I won't be able to open another portal until we achieve whatever mission we're here to. So, for now let's get the hell out of this desert." Traban said as he turned and began walking with the others following him without question.

Later, In the Middle of the Day:

Oh how Riley now knew that he hated deserts with all his heart. It was this damn sandstorm and heat that got his unyielding hatred. It quite the sandstorm, it was if the desert itself was bored, so it wanted to add some variety to the heat of the sands underneath his shoes. They trudged along through the dunes of, what Traban called the Si Wong Desert, their footprints quickly disappearing in the blazing storm of wind and sand. Riley pulled his tattered jacket tighter about his body, trying to keep the sand from irritating him further. Damn desert just didn't quit!

"Riley, don't fall behind! If you do then you could be lost in this desert a mere three feet from us!" Traban yelled out as Riley jogged to catch up with them.

"Where are we going?" Jazmine yelled out to be heard over the sandstorm.

"To a library!" Traban yelled back, giving her and the others a smirk as they continued their trek. They all looked at each other, and frowned at Traban's back as soon as it was turned. Now was not the time to be obsessed with his library fetish…

Pretty soon they reached a part of the desert where the sandstorm just seemed to cut off. It was like magic and Riley was thanking it every second he didn't have sand flying into his mouth.

"The Great Desert, home of the world's greatest library; the Wan Shi Tong Library. The library holds a vast, ancient collection of books, built by the knowledge spirit, Wan Shi Tong. He later transported it to the real world to collect and preserve all of the world's knowledge with the assistance from his Knowledge Seekers." Traban stated like a tour guide as he

"So where's this great library, nigga?" Riley asked as he stepped next to Traban, who had stopped in the middle of nowhere. Thought there was a huge spiral tower sticking up from the ground in front of them.

"Right here, below us." Traban said as he pointed a finger at the spiral tower. Riley had to guess that the library was hidden away, below the desert floor.

"So how do we get in-" Ming was saying until they heard a rather weird roar come from the distance. Traban narrowed his eyes as he looked off toward where the sound had come from.

"I hope that wasn't what I thought it was. Come on, we don't have time to play with beast nor children." Traban said as he pressed his palm to the tower. The place his hand was glowed and a door of white light opened. Traban gestured for them to go in and they did so with only slight hesitation.

The library was… huge. That was about the only thought Cindy could convey. True, she never liked books and libraries and stuff, but this place was like the world's super pimp of libraries. She could easily tell there was more book in the place than people could read. She may not have liked libraries, but she had to respect however had managed to collect all these texts, books, and materials.

"Whoever collected all this must be old. It looks like it would take centuries to collect and organize all of this." Cindy said as Traban turned to her and smiled.

"Why thank you, Cindy. Wan Shi Tong and I spent a vast amount of time collecting knowledge in the Spirit World. I departed from this world shortly after he transported it to the real world. I heard, before my departure that he was going to collect and preserve all of the world's knowledge with the assistance from his Knowledge Seekers." Traban said as he led them all deeper into the library.

"Knowledge Seekers? You mean the nine-tailed fox from the legend?" Ming asked as Traban turned to her.

"What legend would that be, Ming?" Traban asked with closed eyes and a smile.

"Well, the legend is from Korea, so I don't know it well. But, legend has it that there is the Korean nine-tailed fox or Kumiho, which is said to be a mystical creature that brought books to the king in a golden age. Is that what these Knowledge Seekers are?" Ming said as Traban smile didn't falter in the least.

"No, and they may be from that, but I highly doubt it. These Knowledge Seekers are indeed foxes, but none of them have nine tails. They are simply used due to their abilities in obtaining what we could not." Traban stated once he turned and continued walking.

"Oh…" Ming said as she lowered her head.

"Don't be disheartened, Ming. They could be based from that folktale, but as far as I know they're not." Traban said a kind smile on his face as he looked back at her. She smiled lightly in return as Huey rolled his eyes and Jazmine sighed at them.

Why were they not together yet…?

"Well, aside from the spirits you keep talking about, this place is breathtaking." Jazmine offered as Traban shrugged while the others looked around the library from their walking path.

"The spirits spared no expense building this place, especially Wan Shi Tong. He was intent on this place being a bookworm's paradise." Traban said as the others began to chuckle.

"What's so funny?" Traban said as he raised a brow at their heaving shoulders and snickering faces.

"So, how do you like paradise?" Huey jabbed as Traban's smile fell into a frown.

"And just what is that supposed to mean?" Traban questioned with a raised brow as Jazmine shook her head and waved her hands.

"Nothing" she replied as she playfully slapped Huey's arm, "We just really like architecture, right Huey?"

"Yeah, this place is impressive." Huey said as he and the others stopped snickering at their inside joke.

They quickly reached the drop of the tower, and they gasped at a massive mosaic of what they thought to be Wan Shi Tong.

"Is that a picture of a giant barn owl?" Riley asked as he pointed at it.

"Why yes it is. It is a mosaic of the Knowledge Spirit, Wan Shi Tong. He is in fact a giant barn owl as owls represent knowledge almost everywhere." Traban said as he gestured to the statue.

"In some cultures it's the snake." Ming and Cindy said together, though looked at each other and blinked afterward. Traban and Huey suppressed a chuckle at them.

Just then a ruffling noise came heard from behind them. Huey and the others instinctively went into their battle stances and leapt backwards. Traban stood calmly as his friends hid in the shadows of the twin pillars, preparing to strike at whatever danger was near. They watched as a massive brown owl with a white face walk onto the middle corridor. It stopped in the middle and looked back at the doorway of light, dispelling it with apparent ease. The owl's head turned a full 180 degrees as he looked to where Huey and the others were hiding. It glanced at Traban, who simply waved at it happily.

"I know you are back there; come out." The giant owl, who they assumed was Wan Shi Tong, announced as Riley quickly ducked back behind the pillar.

"Come now, there's no need to frighten them." Traban said calmly as the owl spirit looked down at him.

"You should leave the way you came." The owl advised as he looked at a pillar with stuffed heads on it, "Unless you want to become a stuffed head."

"Are you the spirit who's in charge of this library?" Huey asked as he and the others moved to stand behind Traban.

"Indeed, I am Wan Shi Tong, or He Who Knows Ten Thousand Things, and you are obviously humans." the owl stated with resentment in his voice as Traban raised a brow, "Which, by the way, are no longer permitted in my study."

"My goodness, you've become a moody owl. Don't you remember me, or is it because of my form?" Traban asked as the owl looked down at him. Its eyes widened as it sensed Traban's spirit, and it gave a deep and graceful bow before him as he blinked a couple of times.

"A thousand pardons, Master. I did not recognize you at first. Had I known you were back in this world, I would have prepared." Wan Shi Tong said as Traban brushed it off with a wave.

"That's quite alright, for even I didn't plan on my return. Tell how long has it been?" Traban asked as the owl spirit looked up in thought.

"Fifty, maybe sixty years. Yes, definitely sixty years now that I think about it." Wan Shi Tong said as Traban simply nodded.

"So how much has changed?" Traban asked.

"The Fire Nation has taken over, the Avatar has disappeared over hundred years ago, but I hear from my Knowledge Seekers that he's back and traveling with some company." The owl said as Traban nodded.

"Highly accomplished benders or battle-hardened generals?" Traban asked as it almost looked like the owl was embarrassed and wanted to sweat-drop while he shook his head.

"A novice Waterbender, a kid that thinks he's a true warrior and one blind Master Earthbender who also happens to be a 12 year-old girl." Wan Shi Tong said, almost deadpan if not for his voice being a constant impassive.

"Oh joy…" Traban said as he slapped his forehead and dragged his hand down his face. He had hoped that it was just the TV show that did that, but apparently it was true; all of it.

"Okay, I don't understand what's going on here, but I know we need information, and lots of it." Huey said as Traban nodded.

"I need to get an up-to-date map of the world, Bending scrolls for each element, and whatever info you have on what's happened since I've been gone." Traban said as Wan Shi Tong nodded his owl head and flew off to gather the things.

"Now while he's getting what we need, we need to take a vote." Traban said as he sat down, the others looking confused but doing the same and sitting on the floor.

"A vote about what?" Jazmine asked.

"A vote about which side we'll take in this war that is apparently going on; Avatar, Fire Nation, or Neutral." Traban said as the others looked put-out by his words.

They had to really think about it. True it wasn't their war to fight in, and they could probably get killed in it, but wasn't it their jobs as fellow human beings to help stop any force that was promoting destruction?

"Take your time, but when Wan Shi Tong gets back I want your answers." Traban said firmly as he sat there, arms and legs crossed like he was an unmovable statue.

"Why by then? Shouldn't we have more time to think it over?" Cindy inquired as Traban shook his head slowly.

"No, because in your hearts and minds you've already come to an answer as soon as you fully understood what I said. Plus, that gives me enough time to pin-point your elements." Traban said as he closed his eyes and meditated. Huey and the others felt like something was crawling through the, but since it was most likely Traban they only fidgeted uncomfortably.

"I hate it when he does stuff like this…" Ming muttered while Traban's peaceful face broke into a smirk.

"Love you too, sweetie."

After not so long, Wan Shi Tong was back with a bag and everything they needed in it.

"This has everything you requested and a pouch filled with plenty of modern currency from every nation." The owl spirit said as Traban got up and accepted the bag with a humble bow.

"Thank you, Wan Shi Tong. You've helped us far more than we could ever repay you." Traban said.

"Think nothing of it, Master. You've done far more for me, so think of this as my smallest way of returning your kindness." Wan Shi Tong said. He bowed his owl head and flew off to where a fox was yipping for his attention.

"So, your answers." Traban said as he turned back to his friends who were still seated on the floor.

"I… I say we help the Avatar." Jazmine said, her voice nervous but filled with conviction. Traban rolled eyes his. Jazmine was always ready to help others…

"Okay, that's one for Avatar. Now can I have the vote from someone who's not a complete pansy toward humanity?" Traban said as Jazmine smacked him upside his head.

"I say we take neither side. This is their war, and we should not get involved. Whatever happens is because of their own doing, and we should not share the blame for either side's victory or failure." Ming said as she crossed her arms.

"Okay that's one for Avatar, and one for staying out of it. Next?"

"We should join the Fire Nation! Them nigga be spitting hot fire and shit!" Riley shouted excitedly as Huey uncrossed his arms and smacked Riley upside his head.

"Okay, that's one all around. So Huey, Cindy?" Traban said as Cindy rubbed her arm and looked away and Huey crossed again and closed his eyes.

"We could help the kid… I mean, I watched the show, and that kid is not the prime example of heroics. He's a little spaz of a dork!" Cindy said as Traban rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Fine, that's two for the kid, and one for the others. Huey?" Traban said as Huey opened his eyes slowly.

"I'll reserve my vote until I see this child, but for now I vote to help him since I watched the show too." Huey said impassively as Traban sighed.

"And I voted for staying out of it, so that means we're helping the Avatar." Traban said with a deep sigh. Wan Shi Tong landing behind them as he spoke.

"And your decision could not have come at a better moment. The Avatar is said to be on his way inside now as one of my collectors spotted him outside, but a ways away." Wan Shi Tong said as Traban groaned.

"Fine, we'll stay here and see what happens. If things get too bad, we'll get out." Traban said as Huey raised a brow.

"You don't want us to meet them just yet, do you?" Huey asked, because he didn't want to meet the kid just yet.

"No, of course not. We'll just sort of shadow him around the library." Traban said as Huey nodded.

"I just hope that the Avatar is not coming to my library for the sake of his war." Wan Shi Tong said, more to himself than anyone else.

"Why?" Huey asked as Wan Shi Tong turned to him.

"Some time ago, a Firebender and his people came into my library, stole from it, and burned everything in the Fire Nation section of it. Not only that, but others have come and demanded knowledge for their wars as well. These humans, not you all, are no more than beast trying to destroy each other, and they are taking advantage of my library to do so." Wan Shi Tong explained as they all looked shock.

"The entire section? But when I left, we had a tower section devoted to the Fire Nation. Thousands, upon millions of books and materials that covered that of the Fire Nation. They burned it all?" Traban asked, his eyes wide with shock and disbelief as Wan Shi Tong nodded his owl head.

"To ashes, which I keep there as a testament to why humans, and again none of you, can't be trusted." The owl said as Traban looked ready to snap. He took a deep breath and began walking.

"Where are you going?" Huey asked.

"To see for myself." Traban said firmly as he didn't stop in his stride. Huey sighed as he looked toward the others, and they all followed after Traban.

It wasn't a very long walk, but it was long to say that they were inside a library. When they got to the Fire Nation section, which had a flame emblem over it in red and black, Traban stopped at the doorway as a gasp was heard from him by the others.

"Traban? Are you ok-" Cindy asked as they came up beside him, only to gasp themselves at the sight before them.

The light peered through a small opening in the high tower, illuminating the room. Where bookcases with knowledge and wisdom once were, there were instead piles of ash and burnt wood. It was a sad sight to say the least, because of the knowledge that was now lost forever. Riley actually felt sad at seeing something he had always said he'd do with his textbooks. Cindy couldn't even believe someone would do such a thing to books about culture. Ming wasn't as affected as Traban, but it still hit pretty hard knowing that these people were so ruthless that they would destroy everything this library had on their people and its culture. Jazmine was just sad that it was destruction, but she was brought to tears at the sight of Traban's disbelieving and crescent-fallen face. Huey gulped nervously at the thought of the ass-kicking Traban was gonna give the Fire Nation after this. It'd be one for the new Fire Nation history books.

"… We are crushing the Fire Nation." Traban stated, his eyes a frozen fury as he glared at the ashes. His fist clenched to the point where his knuckles paled. His jaw set as he bared his teeth in his furious mood, "even without the Avatar's help."

Huey and the others could do nothing but nod as they slowly moved away from Traban.

"I told you." Wan Shi Tong said from behind them, "Humans are such… mindless and bloodthirsty beasts, excluding all present company of course."

"The Avatar is just outside of my library, what will you do?" Wan Shi Tong asked as Huey looked to him.

"We'll stay out of their way, and keep hidden from them. If they cause trouble, then Traban can get us out before then, right?" Huey said as Traban took several deep breaths before nodding.

"Yes, I'm sure the Avatar's buddies will screw-up this visit, but what will you do Wan Shi Tong?" Traban said as he gazed at Wan Shi Tong.

"I'll do what I must to protect what I love." Wan Shi Tong said.

Soon voices came from the center of the library. The owl moved swiftly as Huey and the others followed. They all hid atop the bookcases as Wan Shi Tong went and greeted the Avatar and his friends. It seemed that the tall male teen, Sokka, was a really terrible liar; even Jazmine said so. After taking their additions Wan Shi Tong let them go about the library, but secretly turned into Sokka's shadow and was following the group the entire time. Huey and the others watched as the kids went through the library, with Sokka taking just about anything that caught his eye, and read.

"They don't seem to be doing anything bad. Just that Sokka kid stealing." Cindy said with a shrug as Traban looked at her.

"The sad part is there is no such thing as steal from a library. If the knowledge is useful to you, then you can just take it so long as you actually use it. But Wan Shi Tong doesn't want them using destructive knowledge, so he's going to sink this place back into the Spirit World." Traban said with a shrug of his own.

"What?" The others whispered out harshly in surprise.

"That's what he meant when he said he'd protect what he loved. When he catches them in the act of using knowledge for an edge in their war, he'll sink this library through the desert and into the Spirit World." Traban explained as Huey and the others narrowed their eyes.

"Come on, we are not sticking around long enough for us to be caught in that." Huey said as he jumped down and ran for the rope he saw those kids had used. The others followed him without protest.

Katara had just rounded the corner when she caught a glimpse of them running. She blinked and rubbed her eyes, only to see that no one was there. Had she been seeing things?

"I need to stay out of the desert next time Sokka wants to visit a library for vacation." Katara muttered to herself as she found a book and began reading, "Hey Aang, did you know that in a past life you were left-handed?"

Huey and the others ran along the corridors until they got to the rope, but Traban stopped as he face-palmed himself and muttered something underneath his breath that the others couldn't hear.

"I'll be right back." Traban said as he ran and jumped off the side of the narrow walkway.

They all came to the side of it only to see him jumping from pillar to pillar on his way to wherever he was going. The others quickly turned to Huey as he raised a brow.

"Should we follow him?" Cindy said, voicing the unspoken question that they were trying to convey. Huey shook his head as he began climbing the rope.

"No, he'll meet up with us when he's done. I'm sure it won't be-"

"I'm back" Traban said as he appeared just above the railing, landing on it in a crouch.

"See" Huey said as gestured to Traban, who now had the bag that Wan Shi Tong had given them, and another that was a backpack of sorts. They all looked at him as he shrugged.

"I realized we forgot it earlier when we were following those kids, and this backpack has our new clothes in it along with some other important stuff." Traban explained as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Fine, but come on we have to-" Huey was saying up until the library began shaking like an earthquake.

"Damn, he's moving fast. Move it! Go!" Traban said ushering them up the rope as sand began pouring into the library.

Outside of the library Toph and Appa were enjoying a nap until the desert beneath them started shaking violently. Appa was the first to notice since Toph wasn't adapt to the desert. The spire started shaking, and then began to slowly sink as Appa roared at her to wake her up.

"I already told you, I don't want to snuggle." Toph told Appa sleepily before the gigantic bison stood up making her fall onto the sand. She then turned around and felt the vibrations and heard the rumble.

"Oh, it's just the library sinking…" Toph said before the realization of that statement hit her like a ton of bricks, "library sinking!"

She ran over as fast as she could in the sand, and shot her fists into the solid stone bricks of the library in an attempt to stop it from sinking. She gritted her teeth as the spire sank another six inches even with her hardest attempts to stop it. The sand beneath her feet was proving to be too soft for her to keep the spire from sinking, and her feet sank into the sand.

Toph took her hands out of the rocky surface of the library, leapt into the air then she slammed her palm into the sand. All five of her fingers penetrated the sand, looking like claws and she twisted. Instantly, the sand was turned into solid rock. Then she thrust her fists back into the library spire, slowing its decent and nearly stopping it all together.

She groaned as she tried to stop the massive structure from sinking. She wouldn't give up, she wouldn't abandon her friends.

That was the sight Huey and the others saw as they looked out at her from the opening the rope was latched to. Huey was sure that if the dropped out behind the girl was would assume they were her friends, so he moved out on to the ledge and pressed his body against it, moving slowly but surely to get to the other side opposite the girl. The others followed him without question as they all made it to the shaded side, dropping down so the girl couldn't sense them nearby.

"She seemed really determined." Huey stated as Cindy and Traban nodded.

"Her friends must really mean a lot to her." Riley said quietly as Jazmine nodded.

Huey and Traban looked at each other and nodded as Traban dropped to his knees with the backpack open.

"Okay, while those kids are preoccupied with that we'll be getting into some less horror film looking clothes." Huey said as Traban began handing out clothes to everyone.

"Your clothes match your bending element." Traban said as everyone had their clothes. The girls looked through theirs and Cindy pulled out a bra from the pile of clothes inside her arms. She was about to say something, but closed her mouth. The others looked from Traban's grinning face to Cindy's own muttering one. She said something that sounded like "good cocky bastard", but with the rumbling of the library Jazmine was sure.

"Okay boys, turn around." Jazmine said as Huey turned immediately, but Traban and Riley had to be smacked before they did; though that didn't stop any of the three males from peeking at the girls every now and then while they all got changed.

"So what now?" Cindy asked as she stepped next to Jazmine, both wearing matching Water Tribe outfits just like the one Katara had been, except theirs had long sleeves to it.

"I guess we should join the Avatar now, right?" Ming asked as she stood next to Huey, both dressed in what Traban told them were the traditional clothes for a citizen of the Middle Ring of the Earth Kingdom, Ba Sing Se. Huey shook his head.

"No, we're not just yet. Traveling with those kids will distract us from getting the valuable training we need to help later." Huey said as Riley scoffed.

"Yeah, but if we don't travel with they asses, then we go have to walk through this damn desert." Riley pointed out as he stood beside Traban. He was dressed in what Traban said was a traditional Fire Nation school uniform. Traban was dressed in what he told them used to be the standard Southern Air Master tunic and pants.

"Let's join the Avatar!" Huey proclaimed as he turned toward where Toph was still trying to hold up the tower. This desert sand and heat was doing no good for his afro…

"I get the feeling that something important happened around this time, but I don't remember what." Cindy said as Traban shrugged.

"If you can't remember, then it wasn't that important." Traban said as Cindy sighed and shrugged.

"Okay, so you all know what your element is right? Huey and Ming are Earthbenders, Jazmine and Cindy are Waterbenders, Riley is a Firebender, and I'm an Airbender." Traban said as he held out his hand, a swirling ball of air appearing in it instantly.

"I can't believe I'm still this good." Traban admitted as he looked at the ball of air.

They all jumped when they heard roars and the library began sinking some more. It didn't fall much when it stopped sinking again, meaning that Toph had released and regained a hold on the library.

"That was what happened! Those mummy-lookin' guys took Appa while the blind girl, Toph, was holding up the library!" Cindy exclaimed as she finally remembered what happened.

"That was pretty damn important, C-murph. Now we go have to walk through the damn desert." Riley said as he threw up his arms.

"So what now?" Ming said as Huey's eye twitched.

"We have a map of the desert and how to get out of it, so we'll just travel alongside the Avatar for strength in numbers. Besides, they have a Master Earthbender with them and that Aang boy is a Master Airbender. That makes three Elemental Masters, including myself, so our chances of survival will be all the greater." Traban explained as he rummaged through the bag they got from Wan Shi Tong, pulling out a map, and several other things like food and water to show them.

"Okay then, let's go help that Toph girl. I'm sure we can-" Huey said, but stopped when they heard screaming and the sound of people hitting the ground.

All at once the library sunk fast and revealed Aang and the others on the ground with a giant sink hole where the library used to be.

"We got it! There's a solar eclipse coming, the Fire Nation's in trouble now!" Sokka said as he got up and hugged his sister at the great news.

"Well this is gonna be an angst moment." Traban said as the others behind him nodded. The Avatar group didn't even notice them as Aang started walking towards Toph, who was sitting on the desert floor, her legs curled up to her chest and staring down at the sand.

"Where's Appa?" Aang asked her as he held his staff in his right hand.

She shook her head sadly, and closed her eyes. The realization of what she meant hit Aang hard and tears began welling up in his eyes and he broke down.

"How could you let them take Appa, why didn't you stop them?" Aang asked Toph angrily, who stood up and looked away.

"I couldn't, the library was sinking and you guys were still inside and-" Toph said him, throwing her arms into the air as she looked down at the ground.

"You could have gone down and got us!" Aang yelled as he stomped toward her, "I could have saved him!"

"Aang, calm down." Katara started as Aang's anger continued to grow. Huey raised a brow as they watched the group.

"I can hardly feel any vibrations out here, the Sandbenders snuck up on me and there wasn't time for-" Toph said, trying to explain what happened as Aang cut her off.

"You just didn't care! You never liked Appa! You wanted him gone!" Aang accused loudly as he glared at the blind Earthbending Master. Katara put her hand on his shoulder in an effort to calm him down.

"Aang, stop it. You know Toph did all she could; she saved our lives." Katara said calmly as he whirled from her.

It was then that they noticed Huey and the others watching them from across the crater of where the library used to be. Aang narrowed his eyes as he took up a stance and so did the others.

"It was you! You took Appa!" Aang shouted out as Huey raised a brow, and Traban looked almost ready to laugh at just how stupid that sounded.

"Hold on there, kid. We didn't take your-" Traban didn't get to finish as he was knocked away by a wave of air that Aang sent. Aang gave chase as Traban flipped in the air moved to take their fight elsewhere.

"Aang, wait!" Katara cried out as Aang went flying after Traban. She ran after them, but was stopped as Huey suddenly appeared in her way.

"Nobody move." Huey said with Katara narrowing her eyes at him.