A few days later, the Avatar family was ready to head back. "I'll miss you, Caitlin." Lia told her.

"I'll still write to you." She pointed out. "And you can visit us anytime."

"Actually, you're Mom and I have an upcoming meeting in Ba Sing Se. It'll be about two weeks or so." Zuko told her.

"And I can go with them?" Lia asked.

"Go ahead." Mai told her. "I won't hold you back the way my mom did to me."

"Thanks, you guys!" Lia hugged her parents.

"Aren't you going to change clothes? You may attract attention if you're wearing you're royal gown." Caitlin pointed out.

"I'll be back in about ten minutes." Lia headed for the castle to pack her things.

"Are you leaving?" She turned around and saw a boy standing there. He had dark hair and was wearing a guard uniform.

"Christopher, why on earth are you wearing that?" Lia asked.

"I had to sneak past security to see you." He told her. "Are you going somewhere?"

"I'm headed to Ba Sing Se because of an upcoming meeting with my parents and I made a new friend." Lia explained. There was silence for a minute.

"Who's this friend of yours?"

"It's Avatar Aang's daughter." Lia told him. "The family came to visit us and it just sort of happened."

"Really? And you trust her?"

"I believe that she can see goodness in all people." Lia stated. "You could always come with us, you know."

"I don't want to intrude."

"Chris, you're a friend." Lia told him. "You can't just back out because you're shy."

"I never said I was!" He shouted. Then he looked down. "Sorry, Princess. I didn't mean to blow up like that."

"It's okay." Lia said. "We all lose it from time to time. Keep you're head on straight." She walked past him.

Man! I totally blew it!

He thought as she walked by.

A few minutes later, Lia returned carrying a suitcase. "Okay, so how are we getting there?" Chris asked.

"Who are you?" Katara asked.

"It's okay." Lia said. "He's a friend of mine. We met during a training match at school." She turned to Chris. "I don't know, our ships don't go to Ba Sing Se."

"We'll be taking the bison." Zuko told him. Everyone stared at him. "What, it's the fastest way to get there."

"Are you sure this is safe?" Lia asked as she climbed on.

"Don't worry, as long as we stay in the saddle, we'll be fine." Caitlin told her. They touched back down at Ba Sing Se in a couple hours.

"Hi! I'm back!" Caitlin said.

"Caitlin!" Sierra and Tina rushed over to her.

"Hello." Lia got off after Caitlin did.

"These are my friends, Sierra and Tina." Caitlin told them. "This is Lia."

"As in Princess Lia?" Sokka came out.

"Yeah, we have a meeting coming up in two weeks and our daughter became friends with yours." Zuko explained.

"Nice to see you two again." Suki curstied before them.

"This is where you live?" They all turned to stare at Chris.

"This is my friend from home, Chris," Lia told them. "And he's going to stay quiet now!"

"Hey, guys!" Toph ran over to them.

"Hey, Toph." Suki said. "You really look great."

"Thanks."

"Let's go inside." Caitlin said. "Lia and I will fill you girls in on everything." The group headed into the house to get to know each other better.