I caved. I got several reviews from all over the place asking for me to continue. So here it is!

Disclaimer: Looking up who owns Avatar on internet Reads: Avatar the Last Airbender is owned by not Alexa... okay, guess that's settled then.

Chapter Three: Seeing You Again

Toph's POV: Ever since I sent out the messages via Hawky (I paid a person to write down the message) I haven't been able to do anything except sit right next to him. Right now I am paying a farmer every day to let us use his barn. I also fix his broken metal tools around the house. The barn may reek of Moose Cow, but it's clean.

I still don't know what's wrong with Sokka, he feels like he's being possessed by a Spirit, but tht can't be it. I don't know. He's not possessed cuz he actually talks to me in ways that I can understand him. Y'know, he actually talks like Sokka, and not with an echo-y Spirit voice.

I can't understand what's happening.

After about twenty minutes of giving him drinking water and putting these things from town called sweat cloths on his forehead, I couldn't help but grow impatient. I had sent Hawky four days ago for Zuko and Mai, three days ago for Teo and Ty Lee, and two days ago for Aang and Katara. Thinking back, I probably should've sent one to Aang and Katara first, since I need them both right away. If it's a physical problem I'm dealing with, then Katara is who I really need, if the spirits are malfunctioning or something, Aang would be the guy I'd need. I suppose Ty Lee is okay at the healing thing too, but not my first choice.

"So, how you holding up?" I ask.

"Well, y'know, I've had better days." He answers weakly. I smile and pat his forehead with the sweat cloth one more time.

I'm positive I heard a low growl, and my ears twitch a little bit. I wait for the thud before I focus on the earth so I can better see. Slowly, I cracked a slightly disappointed smile. I smiled at the familiar noise, but it wasn't the exact help needed.

"Hey Teo. Ty Lee. Thanks for coming." I said without turning around or moving at all as soon as I felt them in the doorway.

Ty Lee's POV: We rushed over as soon as we could. I was ecstatic to see my old friends. Despite the circumstances, I still want to make the most of it. I got my giggles and bouncy excitement out of my system on the way here. I almost wish the trip was longer so I could really get my giggles out of me.

Life sure is different without the entire gaang. There's less going on and even less to talk about. I mean, I love travelling with Teo and always flitting between my home in the Fire Nation, and the three air temples. Whenever we're staying in the Fire Nation we try to pop into the palace for a visit with the Fire Lord and his Lady… but we just call them Zuko and Mai. We see them the most. I haven't seen Aang and Katara since the six month anniversary of the end of the war, and I haven't seen Toph and Sokka since then either. Getting back together is going to be great, no matter what the cause is.

But they would probably look at me as if I was nuts if I came in with a happy, unfitting attitude. Just before we landed I pursed my lips and forced myself into a calm and dignified manner. Now I was ready to spring into action.

Just as I was opening the door to the barn we were told to come to I heard Toph greet us quietly without turning around. I was surprised see that she was about an inch taller. Sokka was lying down against a pile of hay, but he was flashing all these different colors, each of them bright and radiant, just like if he was being possessed, only, he was flashing quickly between the neons. I couldn't even recognize some of the colors.

Without trying to go blind myself, I slowly scooted down to sit next to Sokka as my eyes adjusted to the light. Without saying a word I stretched out my senses and searched for his aura.

Teo sat down next to me and I distantly felt him tracing spirals and other unrecognizable patterns on my palm with his finger. He was such a sweetie. Wait, no… not now! I frowned a bit. How can I work with Teo being so adorable!? I forced myself to concentrate harder. After a bit of time, everything fell away and I was slowly able to make out the light, glittering auras weaved around him without confusing it with the glowing. His aura was definitely still there, and still in dominance, but underneath that was a disturbance on the Spirit level. It was like a battle, but Sokka was only at the receiving end, not the prize they were fighting for.

"It's like all the Spirits are fighting for the same space, only that space isn't Sokka's body right now. Kind of like throwing a rock in a pond and creating waves. The waves hit places that the rock never meant to go." I said slowly, making sure I made some kind of sense.

"So, what are the Spirits bickering about, and why did you drag us all the way here for it?" I heard a low and sarcastic voice that I recognized and missed so much. I dropped my concentration and spun around to see the doorway; my suspicions were confirmed.

"Mai!" I squealed and ran over and wrapped my arms around her in a hug. She stood there surprised for a brief moment, before returning the hug.

"Well, it was good to know I was missed!" She smirked, and I dragged them over towards the circle we were quickly forming around Sokka.

"So, why did we all have to come here?" Zuko asked as I continued to drag them. His eyes widened as he saw Sokka's Technicolor condition. Teo nodded and Mai stood wide-eyed too. Toph tilted her upper body to face them and for the first time since we came here, I saw her face lifted into a smirk.

"That answer your question?" Toph remarked, before turning back and rubbing Sokka's head with a cloth.

I wanted to catch up with all of them, but all we could do was sit, and wait for Aang and Katara to come. I did everything I could, examining his body, and checking his head to see if he was hurt in any way, or if he was picking up a strain.

"I'm not hurt Ty Lee." Sokka said for the first time before he let out a loud cough. Teo, Mai, Zuko and I jumped at the sound of his voice. Toph rose her eyebrows and smirked again slightly as she reached for a ladle and gave him some water.

"Wait, so he's not possessed?" Mai asked.

"No, but I think he's picking up on something in the Spirit World." Toph explained.

We all nodded, and I was thinking over what could possibly be going on in the other realm.

War?

Did the Spirits even have wars?

Plague?

These guys are either already dead, or never were alive, why would there be a plague?

Famine?

Do Spirits need to eat, or even have food there?

Memory loss?

Now you're just being silly.

When I do find out what the problem is over there, then I'm probably going to be thinking "of course" then feeling stupid, but right now, I can't think of any conflict that the spirits would have with each other.

Aang's POV: Night had fallen, and Appa was still flying. We would be there in about twenty minutes. I looked behind me to see Katara who had fallen asleep in the back in the saddle. I sighed lovingly and dug a blanket out of a bag and used airbending to move it over on top of her.

I sighed again contently. I was almost completely happy. Then I sighed once more, this time sadly, knowing that almost was the key word there. I knew that Katara had missed them too, but I don't quite think she completely understands what it's like to have no one in the world, except seven friends you consider family; then only seeing one of them for two years. Katara means the world to me, but I still miss the rest of my family.

I wondered what exactly was wrong with Sokka. It could be so many things, but I had a gut feeling it had something to do with him being the Giver. Something must be happening on the Spiritual plane.

I sighed, yet again, this time in frustration. I silently wondered if the Avatar could take a sabbatical.

Poor Aang is exhaushted. Katara is just plain KO'd.

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