Chapter 2

"Pricilla, time to wake up, we have to get going."

"five more minuets, Katara, please."

"No, we need to go if we are going to make it to the north pole soon."

"Fine" I got up and went out to find Sokka and Aang packing up. I folded up my tent and threw it up to Sokka, who caught it. Then he helped me up.

~ 2 Days later~

"Pricilla, why don't you take a nap. I can see that you're exhausted."

"OK, Sokka. Wake me up of something exciting happens."

"Will do."

Soon I fell asleep in Sokka's arms. I was surprised I could sleep, considering how close we were to Whale Tail island.

~unknown amount of time later~

"I say we walk."

"Why?"

"Think about it. The fire nation is always finding us because of Appa. He is a giant flying bison with an arrow on his head. Kind of hard not to notice."

"Don't worry, Appa. Sokka's just jealous that he doesn't have an arrow on his head."

"Aang, he does have a point. Appa is kind of noticeable."

I opened my eyes and looked around. I groaned. The woods. More specifically, the freedom fighters' woods. Everyone's heads whipped towards me.

"So, she's awake."

"yeah, yeah, can we get flyin' now? I want to get to the village, get some food, and go."

"not flying, walking."

"What?"

"Apparently, Appa's 'hard not to notice.'"

"No, no, no. We need to leave now, please, can we get out of here!" Just because I was over him didn't mean I wanted to spend a lot of time in his woods, and have the chance of running into him.

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Bad memories. This place was my home before Kyoshi, and I was hurt."

"If you want, I could take you out of the forest, and we could wait for Sokka and Katara to meet us there."

"No. That's sweet of you Aang, but, with you guys here, I can handle it."

"OK."

"So, you guys ready to go on a hike?"

After about 15 minuets, Aang started complaining.

"My feet are tired. How do people travel like this all the time?"

"I don't know, Aang. But you know who you should ask? Sokka's instinct."

"My pack's heavy."

"I'm sorry, Aang. You know who you should ask to carry it? Sokka's instinct."

"Good idea. Hey, Sokka's in-"

"No, I won't carry your pack for you. Listen, I don't like being on the ground any more than you do, but it's for the sake of not being spotted by the Fire Nation."

"Hey, Sokka, can we stop for a moment? My ankle is hurting again." I asked, finally joining the conversation, sitting on a rock.

"Sure, Pricilla."

"Do you need a healing session, Pricilla?"

"Yes, please, Katara."

Katara waterbended some water onto my foot, and the water glowed blue. Soon, the pain receded, so I got up and we continued walking. After another 15 minuets of walking, we walked right into a Fire Nation army camp.

"Just our luck."

When one of the men started coming toward us with a sword raised, I did something I never thought I would do again, I did the secret signal that Longshot and I had created. Then, an arrow appeared in the soldier's back. It worked? Then, Jet jumped out and started fighting. Great. Soon, all of the soldiers were down. While Sokka was in shock, and Jet was complimenting Aang and Katara's bending, I ran over and gave Longshot a hug.

"Longshot!"

"Hi, Pricilla."

"How've you been?"

"OK. It's really quiet at the hideout without you, and I try to avoid Jet more than I used to. He seems darker, somehow."

"Pricilla! Where are you?"

"I'm right here, Sokka." I replied, waving to him.

"Come on, we have to get going."

"You have to leave so soon?" butted in Jet.

"Yes, Jet. In case you haven't realized, there is a war going on. Duh."

"Well, I was wondering if you guys would like to see the hideout." He asked as Aang and Katara walked over.

"No, I'm sick of the place already."

"Sure, we would love to."

"Katara, do we have to?"

"Yes, your ankle still needs to heal, and we need to stay discreet."

"So?"

"You aren't fully healed, so unless you want to have the chance of never walking again, I would listen to the healer."

"Fine, but no longer than a week."

"Great, let's get going."

We all started hiking to the hideout, my old home. I held Sokka's hand the whole way. Halfway through the hike, Longshot fell in beside me.

"So, you forgot to tell me that you badly hurt your ankle."

"Pricilla, who is this?"

"Sokka, this is one of my best friends, Longshot. Longshot, this is my boyfriend Sokka."

"Nice to meet you."

"Same."

The three of us walked in comfortable silence until we reached the hideout.

"Here it is."

"Where? I don't see anything."

"It's a tree house, Sokka. We built it so the Fire Nation would have a hell of a lot harder time finding us."

"Nothing braver than a guy in a tree house." He said sarcastically. I giggled in response.

"Ain't that the truth. Come on, guys, I'll take to you where we'll stay."

"What do you mean?"

"Sokka, I lived here for 6 years, I have my own place."

"Oh. Lead the way."

"OK. Longshot, make sure he doesn't follow."

"Will do."

As we walked away, Sokka asked the inevitable..

"So, what's up with you and Jet?"

"He's my ex-boyfriend, ex-best friend, and ex-co-leader." I replied.

"What happened?" He asked. I shot him a look. "What?"

"Sokka, are you jealous?"

"No. Just wondering. You seemed down thinking about it, so I wanted to know if what he did allowed me to beat him up."

"Hey, if you can beat him up, Sokka, don't forget to save some for me."

"Thanks, guys, but that isn't really necessary. I'm over him."

"Fine. But if he tries something, then can I beat him up?"

"Of course. Oh, we're here." I said, Stopping at my tree. "Here," I said, pulling down the ladder.

We climbed up and I locked the trap door behind us.