A/N HEY. Happy New Year! My daddy cut my hair! I woke up at SIX AM this morning even though went to sleep at four! Usually, over break, I wake up at one pm! LACK OF SLEEP MAKES ME HYPER! YAYAYAYAY. Once, I went to sleep at four and woke up at six on a school night! I had to finish a project. I kept on running into walls and dancing in the hallways! THAT DARN PROCRASTINATOR, ME. Sorry! I'll stop babbling now. I have the attention span of a toaster! OH LOOK, A SQUIRREL!

This chapter is shorter than the last.....

I DON'T OWN AVATAR!!!

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"Hello!" Sokka squeaked from the floor.

I frowned and pointed slightly. "Is he okay?"

"Shut up!" Katara hissed. Hm. Not as sweet as I thought. "What are you doing here?"

"I-I'm here to…" I furrowed my eyebrows as I realized how ridiculous this was. I should have been back at the Temple trying to find a way back home. I thought rationally, but then I suddenly think everything is okay and that I need to go find the Avatar.

"What?" Aang prompted looking deadly.

"Hm?" I was deep in thought.

"You're here to, what?" He clarified.

"I don't know." I mumbled.

The other girl spoke this time. "How'd you get out here?"

I thought about that. "Well, Sori came on this blue dragon who she said belonged to this guy Roku, and-" They looked at me like I were nuts. "Look, I don't know what's going on! One minute, I was at home, and the next, I was here, in the middle of a desert!"

They eyed me curiously, thinking about what to do next. They were still in killer stances, straight from a karate movie. They were so going to destroy me if they attacked.

I groaned. "Could you guys - please - stop looking at me like that? Relax your kung fu poses, I am not a threat." Nobody moved. Katara raised her eyebrows. I rolled my eyes. "You guys, against a confused girl who barely knows how to work her Airbending 'powers' or whatever." Still, no one moved.

"You're an Airbender?" Aang said with a dead voice.

"Well. Yeah."

"Prove it." He ordered.

That startled me. "I-I can't- I don't even-" I stuttered.

"Come on Airbender. Can't blow a gust of air our way?"

I widened my eyes. "Okay, Aang. What is up with you?"

"Aang…" Katara began.

Aang narrowed his eyes and did a professional looking karate move. A strong gust of wind blew at me, causing me to put my arm over my eyes, and take a few steps backwards. The wind pushed me over and I fell on my butt. He was obviously restraining himself.

"What? What happened? Did he kill her?" The other girl questioned.

I blew the hair out of my face and frowned. Aang obviously didn't see the friendship I already had with him. He didn't feel the urge to fall over and start laughing as if this were all a game like I did. I shook my head. "You don't know anything." I mumbled.

Suddenly, Aang stood in front of me, all up in my face. He was bending over so we would be eye to eye. "No, you don't know anything. You don't know who I am, or what I've been through, or what I have to do. But I don't know stuff too, like, I don't know who you are, or how you got here, or why you're pretending to be an Airbender. And honestly, I don't care. So just…leave. Please."

I looked down. "We're in the middle of a desert. Where am I suppose to go?" I whispered.

Aang turned and started down the sandy hill. "I don't care. Just go away." He said without looking at me.

At that point, desperate times called for desperate measures.

Plan Make-Aang-Feel-Guilty-So-He-Will-Let-Me-His-Gaang, went into action.

I let the top half of my body fall onto the sand with a muted thump. The sun beat upon my face forcefully.

Aang stopped in his tracks at the sound.

"What? What happened? What she do?" The pale girl mused.

Katara sushed her.

"Fine, Aang." I said from the ground. "Leave me here." I sighed a long, exaggerated sigh.

Aang turned around, with his eyes narrowed.

"Leave me, an innocent, helpless, little girl - the second to last of your kind, the very kind of person you were born to protect! - alone in the desert, to die, simply because you are not having a good day!"

I closed my eyes and waited, trying not to smile.

When the inside of my eyelids turned darker, I knew I had won. I opened my eyes to see Aang scowling over me, the sun hiding behind his head. "Fine. Just…stay out of my way."

"Absolutely!" I promised smiling. Aang handed out his left hand. I grabbed it gratefully and he pulled me up. As I was coming up, Aang spotted the swirles on my wrist and tilted his head. "Birthmark," I mumbled. I climbed down the hill, brushing myself off.

"Hello, I'm Aria!" I enthused.

Katara spoke to me with a not-so-friendly face. "I'm Katara, I'm a Waterbender from the southern tribe," I nodded as if I knew what she was talking about. "she's Toph, Earthbender. She's blind. That's my brother Sokka, he isn't a bender. That's Aang. He's the Avatar. Has to save the world."

I smiled at them all. "Nice to meet you."

Aang walked past me to sit in the sand again.

Katara still talked to me. "We're sleeping during the day, traveling during the night. Okay?"

"Awesome," I said.

Katara smiled tightly and walked away.

I stared at her retreating figure, hurt. What was her problem?

A one-person applause coming from behind made me jump. I turned to see Toph clapping and shaking her head appreciatively. "That. Was sweet. I am going to get along with you."

I smiled. At least I had one friend. "Thank you, Toph." I looked over my shoulder, bitting my lip. "Are they okay?" I asked, turning back to Toph.

"No. No one is having a good time right now. We're hot, thirsty, and tired." She kicked at the floor making sand fly. "I can't feel anything in this loose sand, Aang's flying bison was stolen, Sokka -the idiot- drank some juice he found in a cactus, and now he's all loopy, and Katara -the Sugar Queen- has a 'bad feeling' about you." She finished, rolling her eyes.

"I had no idea." I said ruefully. This subject was a little too downhearted for me so I tried to lighten the mood. "So, that guy, -Sokka- he's not always this…um-?"

"Actually," Toph interrupted. "Usually, he's worse."

I giggled quietly, cutting off when I met with the glare of Katara, who hopefully couldn't hear us.

"Why does Katara hate me so much?" I asked, smiling impishly in return to her glare.

Toph scoffed. "Sugar Queen hates everyone. Well, anyone who might take her place in Aang's life. She still has doubts about me."

I scrunched up my face affectionately. "AWWW." I said, too loud. I grimaced and lowered my voice. "That's so cute! She likes him? Like, likes him?"

Toph raised her eyebrows. "No." My face fell. "Well, yes. But she's in denial." She snickered. "She thinks she doesn't like you because you might be a danger to us, even though your obviously not. But that's the only excuse she could come up with."

I smiled proudly and pretended to wipe a tear from my face. "So cute. You know, Aang likes her too."

She blinked rapidly a couple of times. "Yes. But how did you know that?"

Right when I opened my mouth to speak, Katara yelled at us from where she, Sokka, and Aang lay in the sand. "ARE YOU COMING OR NOT? WE HAVE TO START MOVING SOON."

Toph and I chuckled and I mumbled under my breath. "Tell you another time. Sugar Queen's bitter." We crossed over the sand and I laid in the sand next to Toph.

After laying in the sand for ten minutes, I groaned, realizing that I wasn't going to fall asleep, waking up just hours earlier. I sat up and pulled out my notepad and pen, looking for something to do.

On a whim, I decided to record my daily doings here. Like a diary, I guess.

I mean, this is pretty amazing, if it is even real. And when I go home, I want to remember it. Even if it turns out to be horrible, and I have to strangle the Sugar Queen.

I chuckled at Toph's nickname for Katara. Fit her perfectly, really.

Day 1

So. I don't know where I am. And it's really weird writing what I'm thinking in a book. I've never been good at keeping diaries…

Well, anyways, I left the Eastern Air Temple and Guru Pathik, ( weird guy, really) with this bluey lady, Sori. On a dragon. (!!!!) It was pretty awesome. I asked her all these questions, but she just avoided them all. I hate that.

I FINALLY get to Aang and the rest of the Gaang, (hahaha) and everyone's all depressed, because we're in the desert and a whole bunch of suckish stuff is going on.

I tried not to pry, but from what Toph has told me, Aang had this, flying bison. (?) And someone stole it. So he's all cranky.

And even though Katara and Aang are obviously meant to be together, (AWWW) I am going to strangle her! She is just…mean.

Toph said she's jealous. Over protective. A Sugar Queen who hates everyone.

And so, today I've learned that we are stranded; Aang has anger issues; Katara needs a talking to; Sokka needs to lay off the cactus juice; and Toph, just might take Aang's spot as my best friend.

-Amma

I held the page out to look at it. I grimaced at how lame I sounded. But when my gaze reached the bottom of the page, I gasped, seeing how I signed my name. 'Amma'.

At first, when the name came so easily, I blew it off. I mean, no big deal, right?

But then, I had gotten to the point of not remembering who Aria was.

I was forgetting who I was.

I bit my lip and turned to the last page. I sighed and began to write.

My name is Aria Romano.

I am twelve years old.

My best friend is Ella Shef.

I live in Akron, Ohio with my adopted parents, Nancy and Peter Romano.

My little brother's name is Nikko, and I love him dearly.

I will go home.

I will not forget.

A wave of anguish hit me and I fell to the sand, suddenly tired.

I fumbled to get my notebook back into my backpack without having to sit back up and didn't bother to zip it up. I laid on my side and stared at the horizon. It wasn't very pretty. It was just…sand.

Sigh.

I squeezed my eyes shut and waited for the ease of sleep. Maybe I'd dream of home.