A/N: ok, so here's chapter two. I was telling myself last night, 'Ok, you're not going to give them the next chapter until you get five reviews.' PSHHYEA… like that's actually going to happen… I'm too psyched about writing this story to wait that long.

Just to let you know, the mountain range Chyler and Finn find in this chapter is the Patola Mountain Range, home to the Southern Air Temple. Oh, and since I didn't specify in the last chapter, this story takes place after the ending of Avatar season two. You see, in this story, the Gaang went to the Southern Air Temple to hide from the Dai Li and the Fire Nation.

If you've read any of my other stories, you know I like to put in extreme detail, such as furniture placement, the layout of a bedroom/dining hall/dorm room, clothing, etc., and in that extreme detail, I just want you guys to picture what I'm thinking of. So… I'm definitely going to use a lot of detail in this story and… oh gods, I'm rambling again aren't I? Heh… sorry… anyways, on w/ the story!!

Disclaimer: don't own Avatar :'(

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At the edge of a forest in what would probably be present day South Africa, the bodies of two young teenagers would be found. These bodies, however, were of none other than Chyler and Finn.

Chyler's eyes fluttered open and she sat up quickly. The pace of the movement sent her brain reeling and she grabbed her head in pain, not attempting to hold back a groan.

Her head still pounding, Chyler took in her surroundings: trees behind her, and a large mountain range ahead.

'Where am I?' she thought as she looked around.

As she checked out her surroundings, she noticed something peculiar: she wasn't wearing her own clothes.

Her turquoise camisole, rib-cut short sleeve gray sweatshirt jacket, dark jeans and silvery flip flops had been exchanged for this new, unusual outfit.

Chyler now wore a navy blue tunic, the sleeves were elbow length, puffed out as they dropped, and then tightened around the arm. One her forearms were navy blue arm cuffs. Over the tunic, she wore a fitting, baby blue sleeveless top that dropped to her knees, side slits starting at her waist. The sleeveless top had a white collar and hem. A white obi, about a foot in width, held around the top of her hips to her waist. On her legs were navy blue leggings that stopped mid-calf, and on her feet were brown moccasins made of soft, brown leather.

Her hair had a few thin, brown leather strips bearing wooden and stone beads in various shades of blue and white intertwined in the curls.

With a sigh, Chyler noted that her right hand still bore her ring.

'My ring…' she thought, 'It matched the pattern in the center of that casket… and the light… oh no… Finn!'

Chyler jumped to her feet and looked about, frantically searching for her friend. Her heart beat returned to normal when she noticed that Finn's still unconscious body was only a few feet away.

She rushed to his side and shook her friend's shoulders in attempt to wake him.

Her method worked, and Finn was up and having the same reaction as Chyler in only a matter of minutes.

Like Chyler, Finn noticed that they weren't in familiar surroundings and that he was dressed unusually.

Jeans, tee-shirt, and sneakers had disappeared.

Instead, Finn wore a dark red sleeveless shirt with a high collar, red-brown collar lining and hem, and V-neckline over a fitting, black short sleeved shirt. He wore dark gray, baggy pants that ended mid-calf. The pants held to him with the help of a black obi about two inches in width. The obi was covered by the hem of his sleeveless shirt. On his feet were stiff, dark red boots with a pointed toe and dark red trim. The tops of the boots were hidden under his pants. Around Finn's wrists were dark gray bands of cloth about an inch in width.

Finn's hair had lost its few waves and was completely straight, making it look a bit longer. There was a single thin, black leather strip bearing dark red, black, and dark gray rock beads intertwined with a part of his hair close to his face on the left side of his head.

The two looked at each other, taking in the new apparel.

"Where are we?" Finn asked, speaking for the first time.

"I-I don't know," Chyler stuttered, looking around.

Suddenly, Chyler heard the air behind her whistle and she spun quickly to see what had caused the noise.

She came face to face with an odd looking creature that resembled the mix of a hawk and an unidentified creature (A/N: ok, the actual picture of this creature is available at nick(dot)(com). Just go to the Avatar section, click the map for season one, and look for the episode The Blue Spirit, or episode 113. Then go to creatures and there's a picture of a dragon hawk. I'm just trying to explain what it looks like). Its body was covered in dark gray feathers with accents of lighter gray on the edge of its wings. Its tail was widespread and had two, dark, long, thin, whip-like tails coming from the middle of the main tail feathers. It had two horn-like prongs coming off its head. Its beak was black and sharp looking, its eyes dark gray. At least, it was six and a half feet tall.

The bird took a few tentative steps towards the two, its head cocked and dark eyes surveying the girl before it softly.

"W-what is that thing?" Chyler asked.

The bird opened its beak and let out a loud, yet elegant call.

Suddenly, Finn was knocked to the ground by what looked like a giant black cat with a puma's face.

The cat had its front paws on Finn's chest, its back paws on either side of Finn's legs. It sniffed Finn's face and hair before giving the boy a lick on the cheek with a rough, sand papery tongue. Finn chuckled and put his hands on the cat's chest, pushing it off. The cat seemed to follow Finn's movements and backed off. It then pranced to the side of the bird and sat back on its haunches.

"It seems like these two are friends," Chyler smiled.

She took a few steps towards the two odd creatures and held out her hand to the large bird.

The winged specimen stepped towards the outstretched hand, body bowed, and nipped at the fingers softly.

Chyler smiled and giggled, "That tickles."

With daring nerve, Chyler reached out farther and stroked the feathers on the bird's head. Surprisingly, the bird pushed its head against her hand, a content gurgle emitted from its throat.

"Aw… look at him Finn… he likes it," Chyler cooed as she stroked the bird's luxuriously silky feathers.

"Chyler, you don't even know what that thing is… be careful," Finn scolded. He jumped suddenly when he felt something rub against his leg. He looked down to see the cat nuzzling its head against his side.

"I think she wants you to pet her," Chyler chuckled.

Hesitantly, Finn reached out a hand and scratched the cat behind its ears. The cat purred contently in response and closed its bright yellow eyes.

Suddenly, the bird bit down softly on Chyler's palm and pulled at her hand, almost as if trying to get her to step towards the mountains.

The cat was also pushing Finn towards the mountains.

"I think these animals are very intelligent and want us to go up into the mountains," Finn said.

Chyler nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, the cat scooped the teenagers onto her back and then climbed onto the bird's back.

Large, dark gray wings spread wide, the bird took off into flight as if three bodies weren't on its back.

Finn was gripping the cat around its neck tightly and Chyler's arms were holding fast around her friend's middle, her legs wrapped around the cat's middle.

The bird flew upwards towards the tops of the mountain range, and as they burst out of the clouds and mist, Chyler and Finn stared in awe at the stone city built into the mountain peaks.

The bird landed in a bare courtyard and bowed low, letting the cat climb off and then letting the teens dismount.

"What is this place?" Finn asked.

"There's only one way to find out," Chyler said before starting off, running into the nearest doorway.

"WAIT UP!" Finn called before dashing after her.

The two ran for what seemed like forever, their new animal friends in tow.

Every door they came across led to an empty room, and there were no voices anywhere. It was silent… all was silent…

"It's empty... how can such a beautiful place like this not have people in it?" Chyler asked rhetorically.

"HEYO!" Finn shouted, cupping his hands over his mouth.

"What're you doing?" Chyler asked.

"If there are people here, we're only going to find them if they hear us, not if we look for them. C'mon, shout something," Finn explained.

"HELLO!" Chyler yelled.

The two walked throughout the buildings, shouting every so often. Their animal friends tried to help too, the bird letting out loud, elegant calls and the cat emitting fierce growls.

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After a long time, they heard a faint call, "Hello…"

"KEEP SHOUTING!" Finn yelled before the four dashed off towards the sound of the voice.

After a minute or two, they came upon a girl dressed in blue, her clothing resembled closely to Chyler's and she had two blue beads in her hair too.

The girl stared at the two and their animals for a minute before saying, "Hi. I'm Katara."

"I'm Chyler, and this is my friend Finn."

"Are those your animals?" Katara asked.

"Uh… we just met them at the base of the mountain. They seem to be friends and they've been following us for a while," Finn explained.

"What are you doing here?" Katara asked.

"This is going to sound sort of weird, but we don't really know. We woke up at the base of this mountain range about an hour or so ago. The bird flew us up here and we started looking for people," Chyler explained.

"So you don't have a camp for the night?" Katara asked.

The other teens shook their heads.

"Why don't you camp with me and my group? There's always room for more," Katara suggested.

"You'd really let us camp with you?" Finn asked.

"Why not? I mean, it's better than being alone on the other side of the temples," Katara said.

"Ok," Chyler said.

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A/N: ok, so that was chapter 2. how will the rest of the Gaang react to Chyler and Finn? Especially since Finn is dressed in Fire Nation clothes… THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT IS IF YOU REVIEW ENOUGH TO MAKE ME WANT TO TYPE ANOTHER CHAPTER!!! XD