Melissa fell to her knees, dust flew up into the air. Aang looked at her as he fed Momo a Litchi nut. "What do you mean that I'm not real?"
She stared at him looking pale, "Where I come from, you're not real!"
"That makes no sense."
Melissa sighed and looked at her hands. They didn't look real, well what she was used to. Her clothes also looked different. She wasn't in her blue jeans or Hot Topic shirt anymore. She was in a gray outfit much like Katara's. "I must be going crazy." she finally said.
"You mean that you're not always like this?"
"No, I'm never like this."
They were both silent. All that could be heard was the sound of the wind brushing against the bushes and the autumn trees. Leaves blew around them, a vortex of orange and yellow. Melissa stood up and rubbed the dirt off her knees. "I need to search for my sister."
"Do you need help?" asked Aang petting Momo.
Melissa was silent. 'Well, I don't know the land that well. I may be a fan of the show, but my sister might be in trouble.' she thought.
"Well?" asked Aang again.
She smiled and nodded. "Yes please."
Aang nodded and turned around, "Wait there."
She stood there and crossed her arms. 'Please don't do anything stupid.'
A couple seconds later Aang was running out near her with his staff at hand. He jumped into the air and began to glide. He swiped down and picked Melissa up with his legs. She screamed in horror. Aang laughed, "What's wrong?"
She clutched onto his legs with all of her strength, "I hate heights! I hate Flying!" she closed her eyes tightly.
Aang just laughed at her. He never really met people who were scared of flying. "I never got your name, what is it?"
She held on even tighter, "Melissa." she kept her eyes closed, "Where are we going?"
"To Appa, don't worry, we're almost there." he assured.
"Oh great! More flying!"
"Don't worry, he's a good flyer!" Aang looked down, "There he is!"
They began to descend from the sky, Melissa screamed even louder. Sokka, who was picking up the campsite, paused and looked up, "Aang's back." he looked closer, "And he has a girl with him. A loud one."
Aang got closer to the ground, "Put your feet on the ground!" he ordered.
Melissa opened her eyes, she was ten feet above ground getting closer quickly. She stretched out her legs, getting ready. When her foot touched the ground, she continued to hold onto Aang's legs and run. "Let go!" he screamed.
She let go and tripped over a root from a nearby tree. Watching her roll to another tree, Sokka dropped the supplies and began to laugh hysterically. Finally, she stopped by hitting the trunk of a great oak. The teenager rubbed her head in pain, "Dammit! That fucking hurt!"
Everyone was silent and stared at her. "Yeah, I know. I cuss enough to make a sailor blush." admitted Melissa getting up.
"Aang, why did you bring her here?" asked Sokka looking at him.
"She lost her sister." he replied, "We're going to help her."
"I did not loose her, okay? I merely fell asleep and when I woke up I was in this world and she was gone."
"Meaning that you lost her." smirked Sokka.
She sighed, "Forget it!" looking around, she noticed some people were missing from their group. "Where is Katara and Toph?"
Sokka was confused, "Katara is getting some water, but who's Toph?"
It hit her, she possibly landed in a time before they met the blind earth bender. "Never mind."
Aang and Sokka exchanged glances and shrugged. "I better go get Katara." said Aang finally. He grabbed his staff again and flew away.
Sokka cleared his throat and Melissa stood there awkwardly. Melissa would look at the warrior and would look away. Sokka did the same to her. He cleared his throat again, "So, where are you from?"
"Nebraska." she replied.
"Never heard of it."
"It's famous for football and corn."
"Which nation is it in?"
"The United States."
"Who's the king?"
"Well, George Bush is a Royal Ass."
Sokka looked shocked, "You have a donkey for a king?"
"You can put it that way."
Sokka paused before asking another question. "Are you a bender?"
"I don't know." she replied, "I haven't really tried to bend anything."
"You've gone through your whole life not knowing if you can bend or not?"
"I can bend, just not elements. Though there was that one time me and Emily were in the pool pretending to be water benders." laughed the girl.
In the distance, they heard rustling in the bushes. Sokka jumped and pulled out his boomerang, ready to attack at any moment. Melissa put her fists up not sure what she was doing. A hand appeared, "It's okay guys." Aang and Katara came into view, "It's just me and Katara."
Melissa lowered her arms at her sides, and Sokka put his boomerang back. Katara looked at the new girl, "Hello, I'm-"
"Katara." said the teenage girl, "I know."
"Okay, we all know each others names now!" Sokka complained, "Can we go?"
Katara and Aang nodded. The water bender walked up Appa's large white tail. Aang jumped up onto Appa's head and grabbed the reigns. Katara grabbed Sokka's arm and helped him up from Appa's side. "Why do you always go the hard way?" complained Katara.
Melissa stood on the ground looking at them, not moving. "Are you coming?" asked Aang.
"I'll walk, thanks." she insisted.
Aang jumped off. "Come on. We're going to look for your sister." he grabbed his staff and used air bending to sweep her off the ground into the saddle. Then he quickly got back on Appa's head and said those two words, "Yip-Yip!"
Appa moved his tail and grunted. Quickly they were off the ground sailing through the bright blue skies. Melissa sat up in the middle, wrapped her arms around her legs and closed her eyes tightly. "What's wrong?" asked Katara.
"She hates flying." replied Aang.
"It's not bad once you get used to it." she assured.
"As long as I find me sister." she replied.
"How did you two get separated?" asked Katara.
"Well, we were running away. Our dad was going to take her to England and we didn't want to be apart from each other. We got on a bus and fell asleep. When I woke up, I was here. I don't even know if my sister is." she could feel her eyes fill with water.
"So, you two ran and still got separated." said Sokka.
Katara hit her brother, "Don't be mean!"
He rubber his arm while he gave his sister the evil death glare. "So where do you think she is?" asked Aang.
"I have no idea." she replied.
Katara handed her a map, "Take a guess."
The Frightened teenager slowly opened her eyes to look at the map. It was colored to show the different nations. Their world is so much different then the one she was used to. "I have no idea where she could be. You're the Avatar!" she said to Aang.
"She's your sister!" replied Sokka.
"How about this, we just search around and ask anyone if they have seen her!" yelled Aang.
"That works." Sokka and Melissa said Glumly.
"What does she look like?" asked Katara.
"She has long fire red hair, ocean blue eyes, light skin, and she's just a little pudgy." Melissa continued, "She's five years old, carefree, energetic, and she asks lots of questions."
The three looked at each other and nodded. "We'll check Omashu first." said Aang
Melissa gave a puzzling look, "Why?"
"Either A: Aang wants to see Boomie or B: Boomie knows something about your sister." replied Sokka.
"Or C: Some people there might have seen your sister." added Katara.
"I guess whatever the reason, we're going to Omashu." sighed Melissa. "I just want to find my sister."
Authors Note: Sorry, I just don't like George Bush.
Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar.
