A/N: Here's Chapter 4! Thanks to bendergurl123 for giving me my first review! I realized that my story was a bit boring at first, but it gets more drama-like now. This is the big part of the story. I just had to make up boring stuff to lead up to it. Without further ado...

Sylaz's POV:

We were just above the ocean. Every once and awhile I would see a fish jump, but nothing much. Nobody talked most of the way. Sokka just had an angry face on. Probably still angry about this whole vacation thing.

"Aang, hurry, hide, there's Zuko's ship!" Katara nervously shouted. Sokka popped up from almost falling asleep, and Toph went to full alert. Aang immediately flew into the nearest cloud.

"Did he see us?" Toph asked.

"I don't think so...he didn't change course."

"Why are you so concerned about Zuko?" I asked. They all gave me a harsh look. "What? Did I miss something?"

"Guys, come down, she nor Yoake know about Zuko," Katara told them. They calmed down. A little. "Zuko's been chasing around Aang, trying to capture him," she explained. "He got banished by his father, and now the only way he could return home is to get Aang. That makes him so much more determined to get him. He's, like, our worst enemy right now."

"Wow, that's pretty deep," Yoake said.

"I think he's gone," Sokka said. Aang told Appa to come out of the cloud, and we continued on.

It wasn't long before we found the little village. It was cute. Perfect size for a small village.

"Here it is!" Aang said. He seemed just as excited as he was when we arrived at the waterfall. "Jari." There were small merchant booths along the side of the streets, along with small houses.

"I love it," I said.

"This place is famous for it's mines," Aang explained, "'Cause, you know, there are a lot of earthbenders."

"Obviously," Sokka pointed out.

We walked along the streets to look at the markets. There were an assortment of fruits, and little knick-knacky thingies. People were carrying around baskets took carry things in. They looked at us as we passed.

"I guess they're not used to visitors," Toph said.
"Come on, I want to show you guys the mines." Aang walked ahead and showed us the way.

There were filled with tracks that probably belonged to the minecarts. The mine was beautiful, filled with gems that sparkled when the light hit them. Yoake was barely paying attention to anything. She was always one to love shiny things. No one said anything the entire trip, just stared at the walls of the cave.

"How long does this go on for?" someone finally asked. Katara, my guess.

"A really long time," Toph replied. "I can feel it."

Suddenly, there was a boom, and shouts outside in the town. Everyone ran out of the mine. When we stepped out, you couldn't see anything. There was smoke everywhere. I coughed, and covered my mouth. I could barely see.

"Firebenders!" I heard Sokka shout.

"Not just any firebenders." Aang pointed in front of him. Standing there was whom I guessed to be Zuko.

"What are you doing here?!" Katara asked.

"What, you didn't think I'd fall for that 'hide in the cloud' trick, did you?" he said with a smirk. "You're riding a giant flying bison. It's not that hard to see you." Before we could respond, he firebended at our feet. We all jumped back from the heat. He did it again. And again. Eventually we were back in the mine. "I have you surrounded," he said, pointing to the firebenders at his side. No one responded.

As if on cue, we all headed for the door. Running at the same exact time. Zuko and his men firebended at us, making the rocks fall in the mine. Once we were past him, we ran out the entrance. Zuko behind us. But he wasn't fast enough.

The mine collapsed before he could make it out. His men got trapped under. He was half buried. Katara and Yoake were already back in the town, and Sokka and Aang were waiting for me.

"Sylaz, come on!" Sokka urged me. "We have to leave!"

"We can't just leave him here!"

"Yes, we can! Aang, tell her!" Aang took a deep breath in. The smoke was still surrounding us. I could barely breathe.

"Sylaz, we have to leave him," he said as calmly as he could. "You don't know him like I do. He causes destruction. Pain. We have to leave him here. Let's go." He grabbed my arm, but I pulled free.

"No, you go. I'm going to help him." I turned around.

"Sylaz, come on," Aang pleaded.

"Aang, we have to go!" Sokka yelled. "The smoke is too strong! We have to leave now!"

"Sylaz…"

"Aang!" Sokka, frustrated, grabbed Aang's arm and pulled him away.

"Sylaz!" Aang called after me. I didn't listen.

Zuko had pleading eyes on his face at this point. I didn't have water, so I didn't know what to do. I started to perform a waterbending move that I learned from Katara, hoping that I could turn the water vapor around me into liquid water. But the smoke was too strong. There was no water around me. But I did feel something; air. I could use air.

"Grab my ankle," I told Zuko. He gave me a weird look.

"Isn't that-"

"Just do it!" He obeyed. I airbended the rocks from above him back into the cave, and helped him up. He looked at me weird, but didn't say anything. I turned my head to the left, and then to the right.

"Which way did they go again?" I asked.

"I'm pretty sure they went this way," he said. I followed him.

He went to the left.

A/N: Short, but dramatic-ish. Hope you like it! (PS It might not make sense now on what Zuko is doing, but it will make sense later.)