Chapter two: Searching

Toph sat on the ground. Bumi was nowhere to be found, and she thought her job was finished. The city looked like it was put back together, from what she could sense.

She walked through the town, looking for Bumi. It wasn't like him to just leave and not tell her where he was going. She wanted to go home and rest. She was tired, and she couldn't do that without Bumi's permission.

She made a transporter that she bent, and found herself at the top of the city gates. This was her sanctuary, and when she was up here, Bumi usually found her. Not today, she still couldn't sense him.

She got down from the top of the gates, and found her way to her house. Life was boring here in Omashu. Every day she missed her friends more, and more. Especially Sokka. No. What was she thinking? She couldn't get emotional. She wasn't like that.

There was a knock on the door. It stopped Toph's thinking track.

"Who's there?" Toph asked, aggravated.

"If this is Toph Bei Fong, we must speak with you," a deep voice replied.

"We?" Toph asked, under her breath. She walked to the door, and pulled it open, now noticing what happened to Bumi.

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Katara sighed. She loved them both. One hurt her in the beginning, and the other never hurt her until the end. She could never forgive him. Aang. He knew she loved Zuko. He even told her to take him not Zuko. Why she listened to him, she had no idea.

"I know what you're thinking Katara. Go find him and tell him how you feel." Katara sighed at her grandmothers words. She loved Zuko, but she couldn't let go of Aang for good. Unlike what he did to her. "Now pardon me Katara, I have things to do."

Gran Gran stood up, and walked out of the room. She sighed. She had no way of transportation to get to the Fire Nation. And she had no way to get to any of the air temples. What was she to do?

She left the house. Looking for the one person in the whole city that could help her. He was nowhere in sight. She got aggravated.

"Katrara." A voice said from behind her.

"Pakku! I've been looking everywhere for you," Katara started. "But, I need a favor from you."

"Anything for my granddaughter."

"How fast can you get me transportation to the Fire Nation?"

"I have a ship with supplies coming from the Fire Nation tomorrow. They will most likely be able to talk you, and you will be there in two days." She hugged him. It was good for her that her grandfather had a lot of power now.

"Thank-you Grandpa Pakku."

"What did I tell you and Sokka about calling me grandpa?!" He laughed.

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"So how did you end up in the Western Air Temple?" Aang asked.

Niu sighed. It seemed like a sore topic to her, but Aang needed answers.

"It all happened when the fire nation invaded Ba Sing Se. My dad told my mom to take the kids out of the city-" Niu started.

"Kids?" Aang interrupted.

"I had a brother," Niu stated. Aang looked puzzled. What did she mean by had?

"Oh no! Niu, I am so sorry." Tears started coming out of Niu's eyes. Aang walked over and placed his arms around her.

She got out of Aang's arms and continued her story. "So my dad made my mom take the kids out of Ba Sing Se. We had to wait until it was dark, then we left on our flying bison-we kept her hidden under the city. We flew to the Southern air temple. My mom went and looked around before we could go, and she came back in tears, and we ended up here. We saw you fight, that crazy girl-"

"Azula," Aang interrupted.

"-And we wanted to help you as much as we could, but we had to stay hidden. The four years ago, my brother got really sick, and months later he died. All me and my mom would do is cry. I hated seeing her like that, so I avoided her a lot. She thought I hated her, and a year ago-" Niu stopped. Tears now flowing continually down her cheeks. "She took the bison, and left. She never came back for me!"

"What about your father?" Aang asked.

"We assumed he died. If he didn't I bet he is in jail right now, for fighting against the Fire Nation." Her voice seemed to get more sad and angry as Aang asked her questions. So he stopped. And once again, he walked over to her, and held her in his arms.

"Don't let go," Aang heard Niu whisper quietly.

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"What do you mean 'you don't know'?" Zuko yelled at his father. "You banished her didn't you?!"

"Yes, I did," Ozai said. He looked out of Zuko's eyes.

"And? WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!" Zuko angrily yelled.

"I sent her to Gaoling, but she ran away. Now, I have no idea where she is." Zuko threw his father's food dish at the cell. He stormed off, angry. This made him pissed off. He knew his father knew where his mother was. He just knew that. But why would he lie to him still, when he could have him banished…or worse yet, killed?

He stormed into the kitchen in the palace. Grabbed some bread, and headed out for the back garden. He sat under the tree he and his mother spent a lot of time at when he was younger. He broke off pieces of bread, and threw it to the turtle ducks in the pond.

The turtle ducks swam away, as he threw his last piece of bread in the pond. He closed his eyes. A breeze moved around him. Zuko shuddered.

He opened his eyes. A fimilar face looked at him, moving with the waves in the pond.

"Mother?" Zuko asked.

The figure nodded. "Your father isn't lying to you. I am alive. You know where I am. We were always so happy there," Ursa said. Zuko was too shocked to move. A turtle duck swam close to him, and the figure of his mother faded away with the ripples.

What could she mean by; 'We were always happy there? Zuko thought to himself. Zuko stood up and walked towards the castle. Looking at the pond again to make sure she didn't suddenly appear.

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Sokka leaned his head against the ship. He had been on the boat for two days already, and he was now getting hungry and restless.

"Driver! How much longer 'til we get to Omashu?" Sokka yelled.

The was no answer. He sighed and closed his eyes, trying to force himself to go to sleep. Anything that would help the boat ride go by quicker would please him.

It was times like these that made him really miss flying to places. And more importantly, made him miss his friends. Especially Suki. He had no idea where she went, and when he got to Omashu he would find Toph. And she would help him.

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Suki cried. "Let me go!" She screamed. She tried to find a way out of the chains the engulfed her body. It was no use. She was trapped…forever. "Let me go!!" She yelled, trying to get mercy.

"Shut up pheasant," A voice in the darkness demanding. No sooner, a flame shot at her, she flinched, and it just barely missed. "You 'friends' will be here to get you soon. Just like they did the first time. Then, I will let you go," The voice said evilly. A sinister laugh came from the person, as they guarded Suki in the dark prison cell.

End of Chapter Two!


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