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Zuko sighed breathing in the fresh sea air.

"This mission seems pointless. But its nice to be out at sea."

"I think its stupid too. What's the point?",Mai questioned.

"Where are we going?",Ty Lee asked.

"We're supposed to be cruising around finding strange oddities and conquering provinces on the way,"Azula explained.

"What kind of oddities?", Ty Lee asked again.

"Sea monsters, harpies, sirens, things like that,"Azula said.

"There's no such thing," Mai said.

"We know, but in case we do we'll have a souviner," Azula explained.

Somewhere else a dark skinned girl brushed her hair in by a waterfall.

She was dressed in white wrappings and had dazzling blue eyes.

She hummed at tune as animals flocked around.

She walked out and strolled to the beach.

The girl was immediately greeted by the mermaids.

"Katara, how were sirens born from mermaids?"

"Tell us the story please?!?"

"Hehe, okay then. Let me think it happened back long ago. A mermaid fell in love with a man. The gods were uset with her. So they placed a curse on their offspring."

"I remember! They would be lovely and beautiful and have perfect voices!"

"But anyone who heard their voice saw what they wanted not what was really there."

"Like if a baby heard it they saw their mother!"

"Or a man seeing a beautiful goddess."

Suddenly the mermaids got scared.

"A boat's coming!"

"A boat?!"

"What do we do?!?"

"I bet it has horrible men!?!?"

"Calm down!", Katara yelled. "Go back home and stay there until they leave."

They nodded and left.

Mermaids. They're nice but hopelessly clueless.

Katara could see the boat on the horizon.

She swam low and rose up only when she was close beside it.

Katara swam back to the island and went to the waterfall.

"I guess I'll have to stay here until they leave."

That night they set up camp on the beach.

"We'll be here for a few weeks until we move on,"Azula said.

"That's fine by me,"Zuko said.

"Yeah, it's not like we'll find anything,"Mai muttered.

"Be more optimistic! We're on a lovely island!",Ty Lee exclaimed.

Katara watched them closely.

"I can't ge to the ocean without them seeing me. I need a distraction."

As if on cue a phoenix came by.

It flew into their campfire and caused a huge eruption of fire.

Katara ran the beach into the water.

But as she did they heard the splash.

"What was that?", Ty Lee asked.

"Just some fish," Mai said.

Zuko looked toward the ocean, then at the sand.

He saw small footprints.

Whatever it was, it wasn't just some fish.