The Gaang had retreated from the invasion, it had failed. They were all disappointed. Especially Sokka. They were headed for the Western Air Temple, and they weren't aware of the war balloon following them. They had been traveling for days, and they were all tired, especially Appa.

"Do you think we should make camp?" Aang said, noticing everyone was tired.

"No, who knows if the Fire Nation is searching for us." Sokka said.

"I think we should. Obviously everyone is tired, and being up here in the sky with the wind blowing in our face isn't helping." Toph said while holding onto the railing of Appa's saddle.

"Yeah." The Duke added.

"I think that would be nice. Just one night, then we'll continue going towards the Air Temple." Katara said.

Sokka wasn't happy with this plan. He was still really upset about the invasion failing. He had one great plan for once, and it doesn't work. He still despised them.

"Appa's pretty tired too, I think we should," Aang said, "look for any signs of camp area where we can hide Appa." Appa growled at that.

"There!" Toph said and everyone looked. "Why do you all always fall for that? Remember, blind?" She waved her hand in front of her face.

"Not funny Toph." Sokka said with a scowl, he was lucky Toph was blind or else he would be falling off Appa.

"Just trying to diffuse the tension." She whipped back and laid her head on her arms.

After a few hours of flying, they finally found the perfect spot, Kyoshi Island, which had been invaded by Fire Nation. Sokka looked at the town, and then looked down at his hands. He was still depressed about Suki. They flew over with dismay and continued on. There was a forest on land about an hour's away from there. They landed in a small clearing, thankful for the convenience of it being there. When they landed, they all jumped to the ground- except Teo, who had to roll down Appa's tail. Toph was so glad to be on land she made earth angels. Appa rolled over onto his back and growled, with what they assumed was joy. Sokka and Aang set up tents- Toph making her own out of rock- Teo and The Duke helped get food, and Katara went looking for wood for a fire. While she was in the woods, she heard a peculiar noise. She just thought it was some animals, and continued collecting wood. She looked up at the full moon, and prayed her dad and solders would be okay. A small tear escaped from her eyes, and she turned to find more wood. She stumbled upon a small lake. She looked around in the moonlight to find more sticks, only to find feet. She looked up, and saw the face of their enemy.

"Katara?"

"Zuko!" Katara exclaimed, dropping the wood. "What are you doing here?" she asked, preparing for bending if necessary. Thank La for this lake. Katara thought.

"I didn't come to fight. I came to talk." He said with his hands in surrender.

"I don't believe you. You're just trying to capture Aang!" She said and used her bending to freeze him to a nearby tree. He yelled in frustration as she ran off. She quickly got back to the camp, to find everyone sitting around a non existing fire. Sokka immediately saw something was wrong by the look on her face.

"Katara, what's wrong?" He asked standing up.

"It's Zuko. He's here. We need to leave, now." Everyone jumped up, and packed everything quickly. They all got back on Appa, Sokka helping Teo up, and they flew away.

"Can't he leave us alone for once?" Aang asked, throwing his back while steering Appa.

"No, he's just crazy." Sokka said. "How much longer until we get to the Air Temple?"

"A few days, depending if Appa can last that long." Aang replied, patting Appa's head, who growled in response.

"Let's all try to get some sleep now. We can alternate with Aang so he can get some sleep too." Katara instructed, and they all did as she said. She, Sokka, and Aang all took turns steering Appa since they were the only ones who knew how to steer him. As Katara was steering him, she began to wonder is Zuko did only want to talk. That was probably just a cover up so he could attack us when we were unguarded. She thought to herself. She turned her head to see if anyone was following them; there wasn't. She just hoped they would get there soon enough…

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Zuko was freezing. He couldn't conjure any fire to form. It wasn't daylight either, so that didn't help. He tried using his fire breath, which only conjured a small flame. He had to get angry if he wanted to escape. He thought of everything that made him angry.

Uncle in jail, Azula becoming the next Fire Lord, my father hating me, Katara freezing me to this tree, the fact that the universe hates me… He thought of these until he was so angry he melted the ice with a quick yell that made fire come out, which also caught a few trees on fire in the process. He detached himself from the tree then punched it so hard his knuckles bled. He shook it off then went to his war balloon. All I wanted was to talk to her… He thought to himself. He ignited the furnace and made the balloon rise. He followed the trail in which he saw the bison go in. He knew they were going to the Western Air Temple, and that's exactly where he was going.

AN: Hey guys! I re-did this, obviously. I hope you all like this, I actually know what i'm doing for once! So review!