Hello fellow Kataangers! It's been a while since I wrote anything for Avatar, but now I'm back and more experienced, so I'm re-writing one of my earliest stories, Roku High.

And, just to let any of you know, my old penname was KataangxChannyluvr, so no, this story hasn't been stolen or anything like that.

Before we start, here's a little info about the characters.

Katara: 16. She is a talented artist. She hates her step mom and sister with a burning passion, and will do anything to escape. She also likes Aang and will do whatever it takes to fix one of the biggest fights in history.

Aang: 16. He's teenage music prodigy. Has a Saint Bernard dog named Appa. He lives with his dad and irritating twin sister, Ty Lee. Confident, calm, cool, collected. Tries to stay far away from Azula and her group.

Sokka: 17. The sporty one. Tells terrible jokes. Loves meat, hates carrots. Needs to get away from new mom and sister, fast. Does everything he can to help his little sister, Katara.

Toph: 16. Awesome at video games. On the school wrestling team. She needs glasses, but prefers to wear contacts. Hasn't talked to Aang in years. Likes Sokka.

Zuko: 17. Filthy rich. Known as the popular guy, nothing else. Hasn't seen Aang, Ty Lee or Toph since Katara and Sokka left. Might ditch Azula soon.

Ty Lee: 16. The cheerleader. Aang's twin sister. Loves pink but will let out her inner monster if you dare call her a slut.

Azula: 16. The one. The only. The Queen Bee of the school. Zuko's little sister. Adored by no one, but feared by all.

Kayumi: 16. Likes Aang. Hates her siblings. A total shopaholic. Wants to steal Azula's position as the school's ruler. Might just do it.

Chapter 1: Welcome Back

"Are you ready for your first day of boarding school?" Kanna asked as she sat down beside her grandchildren at the breakfast table.

Katara nodded, practically bouncing in her seat. The past few years had been incredibly dull compared to the few years she spent at Roku High with her friends.

Katara was born in The Southern Water Tribe, but Hakoda had to move to the Earth Kingdom because of his job. So, Katara, Sokka, Kanna and Kya all moved with him. There, she and her brother made friends with four kids: Aang, Toph, Zuko and Ty Lee.

After she turned fourteen, her mother died and the small family returned to the South Pole. The move was hard, considering that she had grown so accustomed with her friends here. She had even developed a crush on one of her best friends, Aang. Katara still liked him but she never told anyone. The teen didn't think she'd ever see him or any of her friends again.

To make matters worse, her father had remarried. This woman was known as Kako. She reminded Katara of the evil stepmother from Cinderella. Although she was beautiful, she was devious as well. The problem, Hakoda was blinded by her looks and charms. To make things worse, Kako already had a daughter. She was Katara's age. Kayumi was just like her mother. Boys fawned over her everywhere she went.

They had recently moved back to the Earth Kingdom so because Hakoda had been transferred once again because of his job. But this time, he told his children, the move was permanent.

"Yeah," Sokka replied his grandmother through a mouthful of cereal.

"Do you think we'll see everyone?" Katara asked hopefully. All she wanted was to be with her friends once again. And perhaps Aang.

"Maybe. I wonder if Toph still wears glasses," Sokka said with a grin.

At that moment the two 'intruders' as Katara and Sokka secretly called them, walked in. Kayumi sat next to Sokka, grabbing an apple and some cornflakes whilst Kako started to make some coffee.

"Morning Kako," Kanna said, eyeing Katara and Sokka. She too had no idea that Kako was nowhere near the perfect daughter – in – law. Katara and Sokka mumbled their mornings. Hakoda had already left for work, so Sokka had to drive his siblings to school. He wasn't too happy ab out this.

"She's stain my car with all her Kayumi-ness," Sokka groaned to Katara as they watched their sister apply lip gloss after every bit of her food.

After two hours of bickering between the three siblings, fighting over what to play on the radio and awkward silences, Sokka's blue Mercedes Benz pulled into the gates of Roku High. Katara took a deep breath. Everything was just like before. It wasn't the real first day of school, today they just had to get themselves sorted out. It seemed like such a long time ago, but it was only two years since she last got here.

Katara grabbed her suitcase from the boot. "Here we go," she said brightly, looking at the school. Behind her Sokka rolled her eyes good naturedly but Kayumi sighed and checked her reflection on the shiny car.

"Come on, guys," Katara exclaimed, clapping her hands together in glee. "Let's go!"

Kayumi rolled her eyes. "Listen. I want a good reputation at this school so you'd better stay away from me," she said to Sokka and Katara. She grabbed her matching bejewelled lilac suitcases before strutting off. Katara pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Calm down, Katara. At least, we won't have to deal with her 24/7," Sokka consoled his sister.

"Sokka," Katara said, "You have no idea how much I want to grab those Gucci sunglasses and shoved them down her throat." Sokka chuckled as they walked to the school's office.

"You and me both, sis, you and me both." They arrived at the office. "Names please," a woman in a red suit said.

"Katara and Sokka Aqua." The woman typed something on her computer before handing the duo schedules and dorm keys.

"Thank you," Katara said, looking down at her schedule..

Sokka ran off, looking for the soccer field. Katara turned to leave bumping into someone as she did so. They both groaned, rubbing their sore heads. Katara looked up to apologize.

"I'm so, so sorry..." she began. The girl had long brown hair in a high pony tail and sparkling silver eyes. Familiar silver eyes. She wore a cheer leading outfit in the school colors: deep red, white and gold. The gigantic grin on the pretty girl's face summed it up. Could it possibly be..?

The girl was observing Katara as well. Brown sun-kissed skin, blue eyes a familiar confused expression. The she wore dark blue tunic top and black skinny jeans that hugged her curves. A golden locket hung from her neck. It looked a lot like the one Aang gave to her best friend just before she left. Was she..?

"Ty Lee?"

"Katara?"

Katara couldn't believe this. She and Ty-Lee squealed and jumped up and down, embracing each other.

"What are you doing here? Besides going to school, I mean," Ty Lee asked, excited. Katara burst out laughing. Nope. Same old Ty Lee, she thought.

"I'll tell you later. What dorm are you in?" Ty Lee looked at her paper. "Dorm 216. You?"

Katara grinned. "Same! So on our way there you can tell me what's been happening." Katara took Ty-Lee's arm and together the girls navigated their way across the massive campus that was Roku High. They joked and talked about what had happened within the last two years that Katara was relieved to see that things between her and Ty-Lee were still the same. That is, until she asked the question.

"How's Aang?" And, just like that, the atmosphere had dampened.

Ty Lee's smile dropped. "U-umm... fine. So, uh, nice... w- weather, hey?" Katara narrowed her eyes at her friend. Ty Lee was known to stutter when she hid something. Katara grew suspicious, but more worried than curious.

"Is he okay?" Katara pleaded, worried.

"Yes, he's okay," she said slowly, choosing her words carefully.

"So what happened?"

"Uh..."

"Ty Lee, tell me what happened!" Katara pleaded.

"Its okay, Kat. Okay, maybe it's not okay. I don't know, it depends on the way you look at the situation..." Ty-Lee trailed off.

"Ty!"

"Sorry! It's just... well no one in the group talks anymore, including Aang and I," Ty-Lee admitted, looking down at her trainers. Katara stopped walking, forcing Ty-Lee to stop as well. Katara searched her friend's face, looking for any sort of sign that said that this was a joke. But Ty-Lee looked serious.

"What do you mean? Two years ago, we all seemed so close! And you and Aang are siblings for crying out loud!" Katara raged, trying to make sense of this. This was not how it was supposed to be! They were supposed to be best friends forever!

"Well, after you left things weren't the same. Zuko was the first to get drawn in by another clique: The Populars. Azula got to him and now he won't be seen with us. Toph went next, she just stopped talking to us. Aang tried to get everyone together but we all got into a huge fight. Principal Roku heard of this and we all got into big trouble. I was pretty mad at him. We all were." Ty Lee paused for a second, biting down on her lip and staring into space.

"What about your dad?" Katara asked softly, "what did he think?"

"Dad could sense the anger between us and stayed out of it. The next few days, Aang and I didn't speak. He's tried to get us to speak, but, I don't know... it's just not happening. And now, we don't speak at all. I can't even remember the last time we said more than 'hi'." Katara noticed tears forming in her friend's eyes. By this time they had reached the dorms. Katara pulled Ty Lee in for a hug.

Katara still wanted to ask so many questions, but she knew that now was not the time. Maybe if she tried, she could bring them back together.

"Thanks. Sorry, I just miss him so much," Ty-Lee said, voice muffled by Katara's top.

Katara opened the door to their dorm. The room was a light blue. One bunk bed sat next on one side of glass French doors that lead to a small balcony. A single bed stood on the other side, which was already occupied with someone's bags. There were three wardrobes, a 60 inch flat screen TV stood above a cabinet filled with DVDs. Three different colored bean bags stood in front of it.

"Whoa Ty, check this place out," Katara whispered in awe. Ty Lee looked around and gasped.

"They finally redid the dorms!" she squealed, suddenly becoming happier. "They gave us a balcony! This is heaven!" She threw her pink bags on the bottom of one of the bunks. Katara put hers on the one above. Katara walked around, trying the remote and scanning the DVDs. She looked around in complete awe.

The bathroom's door opened revealing a short girl with long black hair. The back of her green varsity jacket said, "Toph" in bold white letters. Katara didn't need to read her shirt to know who it was.

"Toph?" Toph looked up from her suitcases, eyes widening when she saw Katara. She was still roughly short and hadn't really changed much in the last few years. Although she had slight curves, and her bangs were longer. And she wasn't wearing her glasses.

"Katara Aqua?" she said in disbelief. Katara nodded and ran over to her.

"Yeah, it's me, Katara! Sugar Queen!"

"Oh my gosh!"

"I know!"

"I can't believe you're back."

"Yes. I'm back. Gosh, you don't know how much I missed you punching Sokka." Toph laughed and hugged her back.

"I missed you making Twinkle Toes blush!" she said, snickering. Katara was too happy to feel embarrassed.

"We need to catch up," Katara nodded before noticing that Ty Lee had become quiet. Two years ago, they would have teased Katara about her crush on Aang. But now, things were different. Ty Lee wasn't joking.

"Ty, you should come too," Katara said. Toph cleared her throat. "About that, I have wrestling practice to get to so... sorry!" the girl ran out of the room leaving a shocked Katara and a teary eyed Ty Lee.

"Told you," she said, looking outside now. Katara put a hand on her shoulder and patted it softly before grabbing her jacket.

"I'm going to see Aang," she said, with determination clear in her voice..

Ty Lee nodded. "I'll stay here. You still remember where the music room is, right?" Katara nodded before leaving.

As she walked to the music room, she wondered how much Aang had changed. The walls and grounds around her hadn't really changed that much, but her friends had, she now knew. If they had, she hoped it was for the best.

As she came to the door or the music room, she could hear the wail of a guitar. She felt shivers run down her spine. She knew that at least he hadn't stopped playing music. Then again, Aang would never give up music for anything. Just the thought of him so close to her made her tremble with anticipation.

Katara took a deep breath before opening the door. The room was filled with a variety of instruments. There was a teenage boy in the room. He was a little on the short side, because he was just a few inches taller than Katara. The boy wore grey jeans and an orange shirt. He had his eyes closed as his talented fingers plucked the strings of the guitar he held in his hands. He seemed to be enjoying himself Katara didn't want to disturb him. She stood there for a moment, listening to him play and studying him.

His shoulders where broad and she noted the way the shirt hinted at his slightly muscular physique. Katara noticed, he was lean, but muscular. She didn't notice that he had stopped playing until he opened his eyes. Her heart did a leap. Aang had changed – from a scrawny little kid to... well... Mr. Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Katara blushed and looked at him. His silver eyes sparkled. His eyes were exactly like Ty-Lee's.

"Remember me?" she said softly, smiling. Aang looked at her for the first time in two years. He set down the guitar and ran to his best friend. As he hugged her, Katara couldn't help but feel good. Incredibly good, that is. Aang wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her as close as possible. Of course, they both knew that this was more than their past friendly hugs, but neither seemed to care.

"Katara, you're back. Oh spirits, you have no idea how much I've missed you. What made you come back?" he asked enthusiastically after they pulled away slightly. Katara smiled brightly at him but then stopped, remembering the news Ty-Lee had told her.

"I'll tell you later. But, we have a lot to talk about.," she said. Aang noticed the difference in her behaviour, but said nothing about it.

Aang nodded and grabbed her hand. "Let's go to my dorm."

Katara, his best friend, his secret crush, was finally back. Things seemed too good to be true.

So here is the first chapter, redone! I hope y'all like it and please review for me! PLEASE?! And I will be adding new chapters to the story, and make it longer!

Sammie!