I Do Not Owen AtLA, Naruto, or anything either are associated with.

This is written for my friend alyssialui.

Where in the Desert are We?

"Come on guys, we need to keep moving, if we dont we could be lost forever and die." Katara said as she pulled the human chain on.

"We're already lost Katara... Please I just want to stop for a few minuets." Sokka wined.

"I can barely see anything." Toph grumbled.

"Aang, can you please fly up and see if you can see an end to the desert, please." Katara asked.

Aang grumbled something under his breath, then opened his glider and soared into the air, flew around for a few minutes then came back down to them. "Nothing Katara, there is nothing." He angrily said. "It just goes on forever."

"Ok," Katara softly said, "We will stop and take a break for a little bit then move again."

After a small nap they all started moving again. A sand storm came out of nowhere, "Aang I thought you said there was nothing!"

Suddenly all four of them where grabbed and blind folded. "Hey, who do you think you are? I'm Toph Beifong, The greatest earthbender in the world! Let me GO!"

"You have breached our protective barrier you must be brought to our leader Kazekage Garra!" One man in strange shoes said.

They were manhandled roughly as thy were dragged into a strangely shaped building. A red haired man was standing before them as they had their blindfolds removed "Who are you, how did you come across our barrier?"

"We were stranded in the desert when Sandbenders stole my Sky Bison!" Aang snapped. "Who are you? I've never heard of a Kazekage."

Garra gave Aang a dirty look an and a quick hand gesture and rock shot up, Aang sidestepped quickly. Garra repeated the action but Aang jumped out of the way. "Who are you? Garra asked Aang.

"I'm the Avatar." Aang said.

Toph wiggled her toes, happy to be on solid ground once more. "Hey I am Toph Beifong! I am the worlds greatest Earthbender! I will bring you down!"

"Nobody can take me down!" Garra said.

"Wanna make a bet!" Toph yelled. All of a sudden a dust cloud went up and rocks and sand where flying out of the cloud you could hear them grunting as they sent attack after attack at each other. The cloud cleared both still standing but both panting. "Hey you're good!" Toph said. "Maybe after we get this hundred year war dealt with I'd like to come back and have fun again like that."

"I think I would like that Toph Beifong, I truly would!" Garra said. "Because you are now friends of the Hidden Sands we will escort you to a small lake just out of this desert. I look forward to seeing you again."

"Oh thank the Spirits were getting out of this place!" Sokka said. "Do you have any water... I need something to clear my head of the cactus juice."

"You drank the cactus juice and you re still alive?!" Garra said. "We use that to test the strength of our worriers, If it doesn't kill them they are mighty among us."