Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

A/N: This story was written for my best friend, so therefore contains lots of action, drama, confusion, catch-phrases and inside jokes. Not to mention the beginning is fairly old, and I promise it gets more entertaining as the story goes on. I wrote this one after she showed me one of hers, and she puts hers up on FanFic, so I will do the same. Please enjoy the story, ignore the not-real-words, and of course, Read & Review!

Chapter 1

A bored-looking girl was lying on her back at the edge of a forest, eyes closed. If one wouldn't have known it was Akira, they would have mistaken her for dead.

"So bored!" Akira said, moaning.

"You can't be that bored Kira," said a voice from behind her.

"'Tis bout time there, Sora!" Akira said happily, still lying on her back.

Sora stood over Akira, smiling. "Sorry there!" Sora said, sarcasm heavy in her voice.

"Baaaaaaaacchh, you stole my line," Akira said, rolling over onto her stomach, "So, when can we start moving? We've got to find 'some certain people' really soon."

"I know, I've already located them. Do they have any sense at all? Staying this close to a fire-nation city?"

"Come on, Fire Nation cities are where all the danger is!"

"I see you got my point."

"Yup, never clearer!" Akira said, picking up the sarcasm in Sora's voice again.

Sora motioned for Akira to follow, and the two started trekking through the trees. Akira started to hum a song off-tune, Sora trying to ignore her, they were getting fairly close.

"So… what's up?" Akira asked, swinging her arms.

"'Scusi?"

"I would like to talk. I'm bored, and I'm hungry," Akira said, grinning.

"Well, there's not much to talk about, and you're always hungry."

"That's true! So, any wittle secrets you want to share with me?"

"Uh, no thanks. I'll pass."

"I can keep a secret!"

"I know you can, as long as I'm not hiding anywhere," Sora said, trying to conceal a laugh at her friend's distress.

"Hey, that only happened once! Not to mention there was a cookie in the deal for me… and it was a game!"

"Uh-huh."

"Ugh!" Akira said, tossing her head back and growling, but continuing to move on.

"Akira, I'm joking. Anyway, they're right around this bend," Sora said, letting out a laugh.

Akira said nothing more, but transformed into a silver wolf and darted off ahead, ears back. Soon there was a bark, a scream, a yell and a whoosh of air that made the leaves dance. Sora's mouth fell open as she sprinted ahead, but when she got there, the wolf was standing over a fallen person with long hair, tail wagging.

"Akira!" Sora shouted, dashing into the clearing, looking at the open-mouthed kid and one with a ponytail who was standing with a boomerang raised above his head.

"Get this thing off of me!" came the voice from the fallen.

"Is this your, uh, dog?" The girl asked, the kid now hurrying a stupid-looking hat onto his head and barely containing laughter.

"Uh, no, she's…" Sora said, thinking for an answer.

"She's not a dog!" Akira said in her wolf form, laying her ears back and jumping to the side to let the fallen get up.

Now everyone's mouth had dropped open, except for Sora who had crossed her arms. How many times did she have to tell Akira to not do that? It wasn't exactly safe, especially in these parts.

"IT TALKS?" asked the kid in the funny hat, taking a step towards her.

"I am not an IT! I am an Akira!"

Sora slapped a hand to her forehead, as she tried to think of an explanation.

"Who are you?" the girl asked, Akira padding over to a triangle of earth that rose from the ground and began sniffing around it, leaving Sora to explain.

"Well, I'm Sora, and that's Akira. We're from around here."

"As in we're sort of Fire Nation, but not exactly. I wouldn't go freaking out and attacking. You don't have teeth!" Akira said, grinning wolfishly.

The kid with the boomerang rushed forward and pushed the girl out of the way, "Don't take a step further you… you…" said the boomerang-guy.

"Watch it, Ponytail! We come in peace!"

"They're telling the truth, Sokka," said another girl that appeared from the earth triangle, startling Akira.

"Well, in that case, I'm Katara, this is Sokka, my brother, and that…"

"We know who that and that is! Sheesh, we've got brains. And Sir Avatar, might I add one thing? Wearing a dorky hat doesn't cover up the arrows on your hands or the back of your neck!" Akira said, clearly proud of herself in pointing that out. She looked towards Sora who was glaring, but there was humor in her eyes.

"Thanks for not stopping me Sora. And that! That is the Banished Prince Zuko! Fear the mightiness and the long hair!"

"Akira, will you please become human so they're not talking to a wolf? It's kind of weird, and somebody is still surprised from you coming out of nowhere and pinning him to the ground!"

"Fiine. But not a wolf, an Akira!" With that Akira burst into a ball of flame and when it cleared in a few seconds the human Akira stood there, and walked back over to where Sora was standing. Finally the awestruck group got to talk.

"How do you know about us?" Katara asked, slightly suspicious.

"They're clearly spies, they even admitted they're from the Fire Nation!" Sokka said, pointing the boomerang at Sora and Akira.

"If we were spies, we would also be assassins, and therefore you would all be dead right now, we have teeth and claws, you, eh, not so much." Akira pointed out smugly, earning another glare from Sora.

"We?" Zuko asked, finally getting his voice back.

"Yeah, we. Sora's like, the master at all the transforming stuff. And take my advice, get him a better hat and some of those hand-wrappy things, that'll solve your 'There's the avataaaah! Get him!' problem you got."

"Thanks…" Aang said, while the other girl just stood there, looking at nothing.

"Who's she?" Akira asked, pointing.

"I'm Toph," she said simply, arms crossed.

"Nice to meet you all. We came to offer help." Sora said, nudging Akira.

"Yes we have!" Akira said, still smiling smugly.

"Why would we need your help," asked Sokka, still casting wary glances at the pair.

"Ask Zuko, he knows all about everything having to do with the Fire Nation, dontcha? Besides, we are experts are getting rid of enemy fire." Akira retorted.

"Team Avatar, huddle!" called Sokka, scuttling over to the side away from Sora and Akira.

"Do we trust them," Sokka asked, throwing a glance.

"They know who we are, they aren't assassins, and it would be nice to have someone else to depend upon when Aang and I are the only ones standing against enemy fire," pointed out Zuko.

"Sora seems to be very sensible, I like her," Katara mentioned.

"Eh, whatever you guys think," yawned Toph.

"Fine! If you all think it's a good idea, then I'll go along with it, but I'll be watching," murmured Sokka.

"What's the verdict?" Sora asked.

"You can travel with us, just don't try anything funny," Zuko said, being paranoid.

"Oh come on, Zuko!" Akira whined, sticking out a bottom lip.

"Don't worry, we can carry our own weight," Sora said, stepping in front of Akira.

"What does that mean," Sokka asked.

Akira smiled smugly, "Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. So, I'm going hunting, if you want me, just call. Sora, you want to come?"

"Sure, why not?" Sora answered, walking towards Akira.