If You Leave

A/N: this is the first part of the story. K? No flames what ever. Have fun. (I had a dream that Sokka found a time machine and went to New York and told everyone that he was a wolf so be bought a blue hoodie and Zuko and Iroh went with him to see the statue of liberty. Horay! freakin' dreams.)

Disclaimer: I don't own avatar.

Chapter 1

"Our eyes are heavy now."

Aang shuffled his feet along the edge of the cliff, Katara, Sokka, and Toph followed him, all in the slowed and dull pace. "If we find somewhere to hide, contact everyone, and we'll all make a refuge camp." He mumbled.

Katara looked up at him to say something for a moment then let it drop.

Toph sniffed for a moment then rubbed her eyes, "We lost…"

Aang nodded, "I lost."

Toph sighed, "We all lost something, so we all lost."

Sokka huffed, "Just be quiet guys, it's not worth it anymore."

"Well someone has to talk about it!" Toph sputtered, "My parents were killed! Your family's dead! It's all because of that insane girl! She's power hungry!" Toph shouted.

Katara muttered, "I miss grangran."

Sokka nodded, "I miss dad."

Toph sighed, "See…"

Mai shrugged, "Am I supposed to feel bad for them?"

Roku shook his head, "No. You are supposed to realize something."

"So their families and stuff died, so what?"

"You are the footstool of silence amongst Azula's group. Sometimes the oldest is needed to talk the others down."

"So Azula won?" Mai softly smiled.

"…" Roku shook his head, "That is not the point, after victory, she destroyed all influence of power."

Sokka sighed, "Suki said that Kyoshi is in shambles."

"The water tribe is gone." Katara muttered.

Aang laughed sadly, "The last water bender…"

"There are still those in the swamp…" Katara murmured. "…Though that's not all that great."

"This whole planet's a slave camp." Toph growled.

"What's left of it." Aang coughed, stopping for a moment. "Dang… I miss Appa."

"And Momo." Sokka sighed, "He would find us food."

"You're always hungry." Toph smiled for a moment. Then group let out a sigh.

"How much longer Aang?" Katara asked.

"The air temple is just a few hours away at this point. Once we're there we'll rest for a few days… after that I guess we have to start planning how to fight back…"

Everyone nodded.

"…so?" Mai looked at Roku, "Your point is?"

"The brightest of faces fade without the dark ones there…" Roku concluded, "Including your friends and family."

"…hey." Mai paused, "How's mom and dad?"

Roku nodded.

A/N: oooh this chapter suckkked :D horay! I'm just basically showing you all that Azula went crazy and killed everything. The next chapter is about Mai's family! Then eventually I'll do one on Zuko. (ooooh maiko fans! - see I cant leave him out of anything.) No flames please.