The Gaang had finally arrived at Watearth City. It was a small city, and most of the buildings were weather beaten or poorly made… most of them.

Katara pointed to the sky. "Look up, guys. We're here."

The Gaang looked up. They saw a spectacular building, three times the size of any of the others. It was obviously built by an earthbender, as it seemed to be made entirely out of stone. The earthbender who made the building must have been an expert, for the building was masterfully constructed.

"This is the hotel I was talking about. My old friend made it. She constructed this entire building out of rock and ice."

"Rock and ice? Is she a waterbender or an earthbender?" Aang asked.

Sokka's eyes widened. "No. Not her!"

Toph looked shocked. "Is this who I think it is?"

Zuko went pale. "I hope I'm wrong about this."

A girl with curly dark brown hair and dark brown eyes stepped out of the hotel. She wore her hair in a loose ponytail and she was very tan. She wore a traditional Water Tribe outfit. She bowed her head. "I am Emma Lee, creator and owner of the Watearth Hotel. Pleased to meet you." then she looked up. "Katara?"

Katara ran over and hugged the girl. "Emma! It's been so long."

"Katara! I can't believe you came! And I see you've brought Sokka with you."

"Yeah," Sokka grumbled. "But only because I was too busy thinking about meat to realize that she was talking about you."

Emma laughed. "Don't worry, Sokka. I'm not annoying anymore. Well, at least, I'm not that annoying."

She turned to Toph and bowed. "Hello, Blind Bandit."

Toph bowed back. "Hello, Double Bender."

They both laughed. Then Emma turned to Zuko. She bowed. "Fire Lord Zuko. Pleasure to meet you again." She smiled at him.

"Hi, Emma," he said uncomfortably.

Then she bowed to Aang. "And you must be Avatar Aang. I must say, it is an honor to meet you in person."

"Um, thanks," he said modestly. "Am I the only person here that you haven't met before?"

She nodded. I knew Sokka and Katara since I was really little. That was before my family evacuated to the Iceberg Tribe. Toph and I met after that, when I moved in with my dad in the Earth Kingdom. That's also when Zuko and I met; I followed him onto his ship."

"You what?" Sokka exclaimed. He burst out laughing.

I nodded. "Yeah. I was kind of stalking him."

Zuko turned red. "Would you stop telling people that!"

Emma laughed. "Sorry. Couldn't help myself."

"Wait," Aang said. "Katara said that the building was made of rock and ice. You said that you lived in both the Iceberg Tribe and the Earth Kingdom. Toph called you Double Bender. Does that mean…?"

Emma nodded. "Yup. I'm a waterbender and an earthbender."

Aang's eyes widened. "How is that possible?"

She shrugged. "My mom's from the Water Tribe and my dad's an earthbender." She looked around nervously. "We shouldn't be talking about this out here. Let's all go inside."

They followed her through the massive doors into the hotel.