Chapter 1

The day was unregularly beautiful. Katara looed down on a village as her, Aang and Sokka flew by. "Hey, there's a village we can spend the next few days on." She said.

Aang and Sokka looked down on the village. "It's perfect" Aang announced. "Now to find a landing place."

There!" Sokka announced.

As they landed, Ang, Soka, and Katara looked around the village. They discovered a horrible sight. THe village was partly covered in flames. "Katara, why didn't you see this?" Aang asked.

"All I saw was a small peaceful village." "The fire must've been covered by the clouds." Katara answered. But then, all of a sudden, out of the sahdows, came a firebender. She was dressed in the typlical firebender style, but had the staff of an airbender. She screamed, and out of the shadows, jumped fire firebenders.

"She's a howler!" Sokka yelled "Run!"

"No wait!" She yelled. Aang, Katara, anmd Sokka ran towards Appa. Aas they ran toward Appa, they heard the sounds of a war. They stopped and turned around. They looked in surprise as they stared, the girl had taken out and trapped the firebenders. "Why'd you do that? And where'd you get the staff?" Aang asked.

the girl answered "I'm a airbender, but my clothes got burned, so I stole some firebender clothes."

It was Sokka's turn to ask a question. "How come they fit you so well?"

The girl replied "Okay, you got me. I got the clothes from my father's side of the family."

Katara's turn. "that doesn't explain where you got the staff. Only airbenders have it."

the girl replied "I got them from my mother's side of the family."

Aang asked another question "So your a cross-breed?"

"you bet." the girl replied. "I was born in the fire nation and raised in the air nation." "I might as well introduce you to Nappa and Lee-Lee." She whistled. OUt of the sky came a flying bison. It looked just like Appa. Then, out of the sky came another animal, execpt it was a flying lemer, like Momo.

"So you really were raised in the air nation." Aang sorta asked.

"Yep." the girl replied

Katara was jealous of the newcomer. "So what's your name?" she asked in a flat voice.

"Crystal." Sokka looked at her. She was beautiful . He never felt this uncomfortable around a girl before. She was more beautiful then any other girl he ever liked was. Usually if he liked a girl, he could walk over and start talking to her. But not her, she was just too beautiful. "So should we get a fire started or are we gonna leave?" Crystal asked.

"Umm...I think we should fly." Aang answered.

"Ok, can I come with you guys?" Crystal asked.

"We'd be glad to bring you along," Sokka had to say it before Aang or Katara said no.

"Thanks, Sokka." Crystal said.

"Why do you want her to come along?" Katara asked.

"Because I think she can be some help to us!" Sokka snapped back. Aang and Katara got onto Appa.

"Come on Sokka!" Katara called. Sokka ignored her.

"Crystal, can I go with you?" he asked.

"Well i've never had another person on board, but okay." Sokka was delighted.

"Katara, I'm going with Crystal."

"Okay, if you're sure." Katara really wanted to decline Sokka's wish, but Sokka was older and a man. Aang called to Crystal "you follow us, okay?"

"Okay," Crystal called back. Now that Sokka thought about it, Crystal's voice was beautiful.

"Appa, yip-yip!" Aang called.

"Napa, follow Appa!" Crystal called. As the son rised, all you could see was 2 flying bisons flying towards the son.