**I DO NOT OWN AVATAR!**
Katara stirred the stew that was over the fire. Sokka and their dad would be back soon from their hunting trip, and they would be hungry.
Her mind wandered, like it did most days, back to two years ago, which, even though the world was in chaos, was the best time of her life. It had been two years since peace was finally brought to the world. For a year after the war ended, Katara, Sokka, Aang, Toph and Suki stayed with Iroh in Ba Sing Se. Zuko was crowned Fire Lord, and worked with the Earth King to bridge the gap between the two nations. Then, after a year, Aang decided it was time for him to leave Ba Sing Se and learn more about his people. He left and headed to the Eastern Air Temple. Shortly after, Katara and Sokka headed back home, Toph went to live with the Earth King and Suki went back to Kyoshi Island. They hadn't talked to one another since they left Ba Sing Se.
"Katara, your Gran-Gran would like to see you." One of the older women of the village said, sticking her head in the tent. Katara nodded and went to her Gran-Grans tent.
"I heard you wanted to see me?" Gran-Gran looked up from her knitting.
"Yes, come and sit for just a few minutes please." Katara sat next to her.
"Now, it has been a year since you and Sokka returned home. And I've noticed how you two seem to become sadder as the weeks go on."
"Gran-Gran, I'm-"
"Don't apologize dear! It's understandable why you're upset! So I talked to your father and we both agree that you two need to go and visit your friends."
"Really?" Katara exclaimed. Gran-Gran nodded. "Oh thank you Gran!" Katara threw her arms around her.
'Your dad was going to tell Sokka on their hunting trip. So, I would pack so you can leave shortly after they arrive back home. I'm sure Sokka will be just as anxious as you to leave." Katara kissed her on the cheek and ran to her tent. She quickly threw a couple packs together, and straightened up the tent. By the time that Sokka and Hakoda arrived home, Katara was completely ready to leave.
"Do you think he's still at the Eastern Air Temple?" Katara asked Sokka, as he started to row the boat.
"I don't know where else he would be... except the other temples. Which aren't hard to get to." Katara sighed and looked out over the dark blue water. They had left very early that morning, and were headed towards the Earth Nation coast line. They knew that they needed to get a better boat to make it all the way to the Eastern Air Temple and they hoped to find one in a port town on the coast.
"I hope Aang won't mind us visiting him..." Katara thought out loud.
"Why would he? We haven't spoken to him in a year."
"He didn't exactly leave on the best terms with me..."
"Well, he did just break up with you. But I'm sure he's fine now." Katara sighed.
"I hope so..."
Aang landed quietly and shut his glider. He glanced around at his surroundings. He had just arrived at the Northern Air Temple, the only temple he hadn't visited yet on his one year trip. It was in the better conditions than the other ones, that was apparent. The buildings weren't crumbling and eroding away, and there were less scorch marks everywhere from the Fire Nation invasion over 100 years ago. Appa swooped in and landed next to him, with Momo on his back.
"Hi buddy." Aang greeted, rubbing his head. Appa nuzzled his head against Aang's shoulder.
"Let's get some sleep, ok?"Aang said. Appa laid down and Aang and Momo leaned up against his belly. Just as they were drifting off to sleep, Aang heard a twig snap behind them. He sat up and walked to the other side of Appa. A girl with long, blonde hair stood there, with a roughly made spear in her hand.
"Thanks." Sokka handed the man ten coins, in exchange for his small but faster boat. The man nodded and left Sokka and Katara at the dock.
"Let's get something to eat." Katara suggested. Sokka nodded and they walked down the pier to a small restaurant. Halfway through their meal of stew and bread, a man burst through the doors.
"Fight!" It was amazing to Katara how all the men, including Sokka, jumped up and ran outside. She followed to make sure Sokka didn't do anything stupid.
"Katara! It's a catfight!" Sokka ran over to his sister.
"What?!"
"Yea, come see!" He pushed his way through the crowd, so Katara could see two girls fighting in the center. They were both short; one had short black hair while the other had longer, light brown hair. They black haired one threw a punch but the other girl ducked and rammed her shoulder into the girls gut. They fell on the ground and began rolling around, which caused a great cloud of dust to appear and cover the girls. When the cloud had disappeared, the girls were no where to be seen. Gasps went up throughout the crowd, and then a shout came from behind them.
"Ta-Da!" The crowd whipped around to see the two girls standing there, arms around each other. All the men laughed and some threw coins at the girls.
"Excellent job girls. Gets better every time." one man said to him, as he handed them a small sack.
"Thanks Joh." The black haired one said with a small grin. Katara and Sokka walked over to them.
"That was amazing!" Sokka exclaimed.
"Well thanks. My names Ashley." The brunette with grey eyes greeted.
"And I'm Andreea." The raven-haired with purple eyes said with a wave of her hand.
"I'm Sokka, and this is my sister Katara. How did you do that?"
"Earthbending."
"Really? That's amazing! Can you show us how?"
"Like this" Ashley clasped her hands together and put her leg around the other, like she was going to spin around, but instead, she sank into the ground and then reappeared two feet to the left of where she was originally standing.
"Wow." Sokka said.
"You're both Earthbenders I take it?" Katara asked.
"Yup, our mom's side has a history of Earthbenders." Andreea explained.
"You're sisters?" Katara asked. The two girls looked nothing alike; Andreeas hair was short and choppy, her purple eyes were large and dark and she had very pale skin. Ashley's hair was layered and flowy, she had sparking grey eyes and she looked like she enjoyed being outdoors.
"Unfortunately." Andreea said with a small smile. Ashley rolled her eyes and nudged her sister playfully.
'Well, it was really nice to meet you, but we need to get going." Katara said.
"Where you heading?" Ashley asked.
"Eastern Air Temple. Our friend lives there." Katara answered.
"The Avatar?" Ashley asked with a smirk.
"You know Aang?"
"Yea. He was here about a week ago. He watched one of our performances and was very impressed. We taught him some tricks, including the one we just showed you." explained Andreea.
"Did he say where he was headed?"
"Northern Air Temple. He left two days ago for it."
"Do you know how to get there Sokka?" Katara asked.
"Yea, we've been there before. But it's going to take a few days."
"Well, then we should get a move on. It was really nice to meet you." Katara told the sisters.
"You might want to stay here. Aang said he was only going to be there for a couple days and then return here. By the time you reach the temple, he'll probably be back here." Ashley told them. Katara sighed.
'What do you think Sokka?"
"I'm fine staying here."
"You can stay with us at our house." Ashley offered.
"Really? That would be great!"
"Here is our address." Ashley whipped out a piece of paper and a small pencil and wrote down an address and directions to their house. "It's not hard to find. Stop by whenever you have your stuff together. We need to get moving though; we have another performance soon."
"Alright. Thank you again!" Katara said. They smiled and walked down the street, fading away into the crowd.
