Hey Everyone! Back with another chapter of The Dual Bender! :D I hope you enjoy!

Oh, and I had someone assume that her sweater was supposed to be heavier than the coats that the Water Tribe were wearing or something like that. o.O The Water Tribe coats looked heavy for the that winter tundra they live in. And the pink sweater isn't heavy either. It is a very light, kind of furry sweater. Just a bit furry but not much. And just so you know what it looks like, it looks like this - ( img1 . etsystatic 002 /0/ 6452492/ il _ full x full . 382349577 _ 989j .jpg ) (but without all those damn spaces in between..) but its pink instead of black with the white snowflakes :3 oh and it doesn't even repel water either. It just soaks the rain right up cuz its a kind of soft sweater, you know?

When my senses finally started coming back to me, I could feel warmth. I didn't remember feeling it before. I could still feel the coldness on my cheeks and I curled up into myself once more. I felt a material touch the skin of my chin and cheek. Eyebrows wrinkling in confusion, I opened my eyes slowly to find out what it was. Oh, it was just a blanket. Smiling to myself, I closed my eyes once more and snuggled deeper into the blanket. I didn't want to leave the warmth ever again. I then remembered what had happened before I had passed out. I had been walking in the snowy tundra, trying to reach the nearby village when a few people had come to my side when I had fallen.

Blinking my eyes open once more, I looked around my surroundings. I was in a hut of some sort. It was some sort of shade of blue. A dark blue maybe? I was still out of it so I couldn't really tell. The sun shone brightly on the snow outside of the hut, I could see from the small gap in the flap. Reluctantly, I sat up and saw a blue coat with fur on it hanging near the flap. I sighed softly. I might as well get up and ask around while I can. No need to stay inside with the warm… blanket… I need to find out where I am so that I can get home and get away from all this snow. I quickly got up and threw the coat around myself. I wrapped it tightly around myself and snuggled into it before moving the flap aside and exiting the hut.

When the flap swished shut behind me, I blinked in surprise and took a step back. I was in the close proximity of another boy. He had his hair pulled back into a ponytail and he had blue eyes. He leaped back in surprise as well and held out a metal boomerang looking thing I thought I recognized. He held it out in front of him, pointing it threateningly at me.

"Who are you and what are you doing here," he demanded.

I immediately held my hands up in submission without thinking. "I...I," I stammered trying to search for words that suddenly left my mind completely blank.

"Well? You're one of them, aren't you," he demanded once more, but this time in a shout.

I'm completely confused. "Who…?"

"You know exactly who I'm talking about! They've raged war on the world for a hundred years now!" I blinked. A hundred years of war? Now that definitely sounded familiar. And this boy looked familiar too, though I couldn't put my finger on it. "The Fire Nation!" He spat the name with a growl like it was the most disgusting words he had ever used in his life.

My breath hitched in my throat as my eyes widened slowly. "F-Fire… Nation?" I stammered out. This can't be happening. There is no way in hell that this is Sokka! Am I in my favorite TV show? How the hell did I get in Avatar: The Last Airbender?! This is just… impossible! I swayed a bit but I managed to steady myself before I fainted from complete shock. "N-No… I… I'm not from… the Fire Nation," I managed out in a low, almost squeaky voice.

"Don't lie to me!" Sokka took a step forward with his boomerang still pointed at my face. I took a step back with my hands still raised.

"I-I'm not," I said in a much more confident voice, though I was still so very confused and shocked about this whole situation. I blinked when his words clicked something in my head. The familiar sarcastic voice rang clearly in my head. 'Don't lie to me!' My boyfriend or rather, my ex-boyfriend said that all the time. I knew he was just trying to be funny about it. He's always making me laugh, no matter what he does. May it be the stare he gives me with that look on his face – that always makes me laugh, no matter how serious I'm trying to be – or whatever he's talking about, he always manages to make me laugh. That brought a smile to my face, though it was only a small one.

"Sokka!"

The familiar female voice made me snap out of my thoughts and I looked to see Sokka's sister, Katara, come running over to us.

"Sokka, what are you doing," Katara asked him. "Stop harassing her, I don't think she's from the Fire Nation."

"You don't know that, she could be a spy!" Sokka retorted, still not changing his mind about me. "She even stole one of our coats!"

"Oh, I'm sorry," I started, feeling ashamed for taking it now. "I hope you don't mind. I just didn't want to freeze like last time, and I don't exactly have anything that's heavy enough for this weather…"

"Oh, don't worry about it. I put it there so that you could use it in case you woke up," Katara said with a smile. "My name is Katara and my paranoid brother is Sokka."

"I kn- I mean, it's nice to meet you," I stammered, forcing a smile. "My name is…" I stopped myself there. My name in this world would seem too strange to them… Should I think of a different name to use? Yeah, I think that would be wise. It would have to be one of my favorite Japanese names… Oh, dammit… What was it again? Hmm, Naomi or Tikari? I think I'll go with Naomi. It seems legit. "My name is… Naomi."

"It's nice to meet you too, Naomi," Katara said. She then grabbed my hand, ignoring Sokka completely or forgetting that he was there, and began to lead me away. "Come on, I want you to meet someone!" I blinked but followed her anyway. She had led me around the village and over to where a giant fluffy creature thing with a brown arrow on its head was. I immediately knew who that was, too. It was Appa. And a boy – Aang – in yellow and orange clothes stood in front of the six-legged bison, petting his head. He turned to watch us run over to him. "Aang, I want you to meet someone," Katara said. "Aang, this is Naomi. Naomi, this is Aang."

"And that's Appa," Aang said cheerfully. Appa let out a growl-like roar and shook his head.

"Hi," I said almost shyly, lifting a hand and waving with my fingers instead of my whole hand. I did that most times. Otherwise, I would shake my hand up and down from the wrist like a stupid or extremely hyper person. But it's always because I like saying hello to people, and hugging. I like to hug people, too. Though, I won't go around hugging random strangers. I'll only hug the people I know, like my friends at school.

Aang suddenly got an idea. He turned to me with his usual childishly happy expression. "Will you go penguin sledding with me?"

I blinked in surprise before giggling softly. I knew this was bound to happen. In the first episode, that was all he ever asked Katara actually, that is until they stumbled upon the old Fire Nation ship in the ice somewhere. I smiled, suddenly having the urge to actually try it out. It did sound like fun now that I think about it. "Sure!" Aang's silver-gray eyes sparkled and he smiled. "Oh, and thank you for saving me, I didn't think I would have made it if you guys hadn't come along," I told them.

"Speaking of that," Aang started.

"How did you get all the way out here in the first place," Katara finished.

"Yes, tell us."

I blinked and turned to see Sokka standing behind me. Geez, he really knows how to sneak up on people.

"I-I don't know," I replied softly, looking down. I really didn't know how I had gotten here. If anything, this was all just a dream. I pouted at that thought.

All of a sudden, Aang's face changed into an odd expression before he shouted at the top of his lungs, "PENGUIN!" I cringed and plugged my ear with a finger as he ran off with the help of his airbending.

I shook my head before giggling and grabbing Katara's hand and dragging her with me to go after him. "Come on, Katara!" I smiled as we ran up the hill after him. Snow began to get into my shoes again, but I didn't care this time. I just ignored it.

When we finally caught up to Aang, there was a whole migration of four-flipper penguins. "Aang," Katara called. We followed the sound of laughter to find Aang trying to catch a penguin, but they kept slipping away from him. As we came over to him, he got to his feet.

"I have a way with animals," Aang said. He then began to act and sound like a penguin. Katara giggled while I smiled.

"Aang, I'll help you catch a penguin if you teach me waterbending," Katara offered.

Aang was holding onto the tail of a penguin while it tried to get away, but he let go when he heard her offer. "You got a deal! Just one little problem," Aang said. He used his airbending so he could sit on his knees. "I'm not a waterbender, I'm an airbender." He then got to his feet. "Isn't there someone in your tribe who can teach you?"

Katara turned away. "No, you're looking at the only waterbender in the whole South Pole."

"This isn't right. A waterbender needs to master water." Aang looked like he was thinking. "What about the North Pole? There's another Water Tribe up there, right? Maybe they have waterbenders who could teach you." He gestured somewhere off in the distance.

"Maybe," Katara said. "But we haven't had contact with our sister tribe in a long time. It's not exactly "turn right at the second glacier". It's on the other side of the world."

"But you forget, I have a flying bison." Aang then pointed to himself. "Appa and I can personally fly you to the North Pole. Katara, we're gonna find you a master!"

"That's… I mean- I don't know," Katara stammered. "I've never left home before."

"I have, lots of times," I offered with a smile.

"Well, you think about it," Aang told Katara. "But in the meantime, can you teach me to catch one of these penguins?"

I, on the other hand, was already kneeling down and just staring at all the penguins. Some were curious about me but never got close enough for me to touch them.

"Okay, listen closely, my young pupil," Katara said, bowing slightly. "Catching penguins is an ancient and sacred art. Observe." She pulled out a fish and threw it to Aang, who caught it. The penguins around him then all began to swarm him, wanting to get the fish.

I was also thrown a fish and it bounced off my head. I stared at it before taking it. And I was also swarmed by penguins. I smiled and giggled.

Aang, Katara, and I were now riding on the back of penguins as they slid down slopes and through tunnels in the snow and ice. We laughed and cheered in glee and excitement. Aang went up a ramp and flew over our heads before landing in front of us. Katara and I went off another ramp before landing beside Aang.

Katara laughed. "I haven't done this since I was a kid!"

"You still are a kid," Aang told her.

"I've never done this before!" I laughed and cheered. "It's so fun!"

We then began to race each other before going through a tunnel in the ice. Aang used his airbending to give his penguin speed and exited the tunnel before us. Once we did exit, the penguins slowed to a stop and we got off. The penguins then got up and waddled off, me waving after them. Katara and Aang began walking off and I turned to follow them until we stopped to stare up at a Fire Nation ship that was stuck in the ice, looking like waterbenders had bent the ice around it – which they probably did.

"Whoa," Aang gasped. "What is that?"

"A Fire Navy ship," Katara told him. "And a very bad memory for my people." Aang began to walk towards it and she held her hand out to him. "Aang, stop! We're not allowed to go near it. The ship could be booby-trapped."

Aang stopped near the ship and turned to her. "If you want to be a bender, you have to let go of fear."

Katara looked down before walking forward. She still looked uneasy about this whole situation. She then followed Aang up the ice.

I stayed behind and nosed the toe of my shoe around in the snow. "Yeah… I think I'm gonna stay down here. Just to be safe," I said. It was so soft that I was sure no one heard it. If they did, they probably weren't paying any attention. I watched as Aang helped Katara up the ice and through a hole that was made in the hull of the metal ship.

I sighed before walking around the perimeter of the ship. If I was going to wait for them to come back, I might as well do something while they did. I had walked all the way around until I came to a point where I could see the open ocean just a few yards away. I stared across the open water with a slight shudder before all of a sudden something went off and shot up into the air. Startled, I fell back onto my butt and stared up into the sky. It was a flare. I face-palmed. "Aang… You've done it now…" I muttered. I picked myself up and brushed the snow off of myself.

A telescope zoned in on the figures of Katara and Aang and watched as they hopped down to ground and landed beside me. I had brushed myself off and greeted them before we started to walk away.

"The last airbender." Zuko narrowed his good eye. "Quite agile for his old age." He turned and pointed to a soldier that stood near the door. "Wake my uncle! Tell him I've found the Avatar." He looked through the telescope as the soldier ran off to do as ordered and followed our running figures. He then looked ahead of us to see the village. "As well as his hiding place."

Oh look! We finally figured out her name! :D Well, its not her real name. And I won't ever be telling her real name in this story either. It won't ever come up in this story. And she went penguin sledding! That does sound cool though :3

Zuko or Sokka? Tell me which one this story should be with. Plz review!