Obviously I don't own avatar. Anyone who doesn't know that is stupid.

The rain, pounded down from the clouds, arrows, piercing her skin and soaking her to the bone. Smellerbee, running through the ruins of her home, her real home, was like a bad memory, a flashback to a time when she had been too weak to fight back. This time she was far from helpless, yet she still couldn't stop the soldiers from taking away everything she loved again

They had come, destroyed with a vengeance. The ropes, the tents, even the platforms, had all burned away. It was like they were burning in thin air, until the supports gave way, and then they were falling, falling, and the ground was rushing up so fast….

The cave she hid in was dark and cold, but she didn't mind, she was already numb with grief. This is all those stupid water tribe kids fault! Them and the avatar ruined everything! They told, he told them where we were; they saved the town and look what happened! Sobbing into her knees, trembling with grief and loss for her friends, she snarled. Why did this happen? None of this should have happened! Why did we have to blow up the stupid dam?

Darkness covered the entrance, but Smellerbee didn't look up. I hope they kill me quickly. I just want to be with my family again. Please spirits make it quick. Keeping her head down as they approached, she tensed, waiting for the strike.

Only when two pairs of arms wrapped around her did she glance up. "Longshot! Jet!" Smellerbee cried out, pulling both into a hard, lung straining hug, tears streaming down her face. "You're alive, I thought they got you!"

"Takes more than that to kill us Bee, you know that." Jet mussed her hair and Longshot pulled her closer into him. "We need to find a safe place to live, to start over. What we did was wrong, you know that already though. We are going to Ba Sing Se. you in?"

Smellerbee looked over, into Longshot's eyes. She could tell he wanted her to go, no matter how hard he tried to mask it. I don't think I ever really had a choice. That decision was made when they became my family. "I'm in."