A/N: Thanks for the seven review guys! Actually I got the seven in one afternoon, but I couldn't write the chapter because I was busy. So here I am writing the next chapter for a little more then seven reviews.
Aang gulped nervously. "Ok, that's freaky."
Sokka nodded silently not moving his gaze from the spirit board. Katara was shaking as she set down the paper. Toph wasn't smirking as she usually was, but she wasn't in a mess of fear like the others.
Iroh looked nervously at the teens. He didn't want them to be freaked out about this whole thing so he did what any old man would do in this situation. He lied. "Ha ha!" He fake laughed causing everyone to look at him. "You kids are so gullible! That was just a little trick we play on all the guests that come to the cabin!"
"I knew it was fake!" Sokka said feeling a little easier.
"Indeed." Iroh smirked. "Well it's getting really late. You kids have a full day ahead of you. You should all go to bed."
The teens nodded and got up from their chairs and headed to their rooms. Toph pulled on Katara's ear making her bend over so she could whisper in it. "He was lying."
Katara's eyes grew wide and gulped. She looked at Toph hoping to see a smirk and hear a: "Gotcha!" But nothing, Toph just continued walking to her room.
Katara stood at the base of the steps and looked up into the room she was staying in. It was dark because it was night now. Zuko came up behind her causing her to jump.
"What you scared?" He asked looking up the stairs.
"N-no!" She snapped looking over her shoulder at him.
Zuko gave a small smirk. "Come on, we'll go together." He nudged her up the stairs gently.
"Oh sure, let me go first so that when a ghost shows up it will eat me first, then it'll be to full to want to eat you." Katara said slowly making her way up the stairs.
Zuko followed behind closely letting a laugh escape. "Oh yeah."
The got to the top of the stairs slowly. Katara shivered and Zuko put a hand on her shoulder. He reached over her and hit the light switch. Instead of seeing a dead girl like Katara had expected she just saw the room.
Katara gave a sigh of relief. They finally walked into the room. Katara sat down on her bed and picked up her feet in case something were to grab them. Zuko started to pull the sheets down so he could get in them.
"Why did Iroh lie?" She asked suddenly.
Zuko looked at her. "What do you mean?"
"I mean: Why did he lie about the spirit board?" Katara noticed that Zuko stiffened under her words.
"I don't know… just try to get some sleep." Zuko then took off his shirt and got into bed.
Katara blushed at seeing him shirtless. She then shook her head and got under the covers, taking off the pants she wore while the sheets covered her. She set the jeans beside the bed on the floor so she could pull them back on when she needed to.
It was Zuko's turn to blush as he thought about Katara being pant-less under those bed sheets. It wasn't a big deal really; they were more like booty shorts then underpants anyways, so basically she was just wearing really short shorts!
Zuko reached for the light and flicked it off. Katara immediately looked around the room watching her surroundings. It basically looked the same to her only dark. The bright moonlight came into the window and illuminated it a bit so she could see.
Zuko tried to close his eyes but he couldn't, thoughts and memories flooded his head. He closed his eyes tight remembering that one night. As a child his father told him to grow up and stop being so immature, he had dismissed that night as a dream and nothing more. Zuko continued to think that it was a dream. That's how he had survived coming to this place every year. It was all just a figment of his own imagination. But that night had opened his eyes. Making him think maybe it wasn't a dream.
He closed his eyes and drifted off to a restless sleep.
Katara sat up in hearing Zuko's soft snoring. She looked over to the window at the bright moon. It was just so pretty. She stared at it for a little while longer before getting out of bed. All thoughts of what had happened before left her. She walked over to the windowsill and sat on the window seat. She looked out of the large window at the moon. And then down at the moon's reflection on the lake.
She stared at the reflection. Her eyes didn't blink once. She continued to stare when she saw someone walking into the lake, into the moons reflection. She saw them stand in the bright image of the moon, their long black hair flowing in the wind, there baby-blue dress also flowing in the wind. Katara still hadn't blinked. She watched the girl on the water turn around and looks at her. Katara finally snapped out of it and fell backwards in a gasp.
Zuko jumped up at hearing a noise and saw Katara on the floor in front of a window. "Katara what are you doing?"
"I-I don't know." She stuttered looking at the ground. Beads of sweat formed on her face.
Zuko looked worriedly at her. There she sat on the floor in her blue tank top and black shortie-shorts. "Are you alright?"
"I… think so." She said standing up shakily.
Zuko got out of his bed and walked over to her. "Why did you get out of bed?"
"I'm not sure… I… wanted to see the moon…" She looked back out and the moon was now behind a cloud. "Zuko! I saw- I saw a girl on the water! I saw THE girl on the water!"
Zuko wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Katara that was just a story."
"I'm not so sure anymore." She mumbled.
"Your shaking like a leaf." Zuko commented. "Get back into bed. It's almost midnight."
Katara nodded and got into her bed. She curled up into the blankets and closed her eyes. Zuko walked over to his bed and got into it closing his eyes.
Just as the two were about to fall asleep the time on the clock read 12:00 and a scream was heard from outside. Zuko and Katara's eyes shot open at the same time.
The screams continued getting louder.
"Zuko." Katara whispered fear trembling in her voice.
"Yeah?" Zuko replied masking his fear.
"What was that?" Katara asked bringing her sheets to her face.
Zuko tried to think of something that would make such a noise. "The wind."
The screaming came again louder and closer then before.
Katara squealed and jumped out of her bed running to Zuko's and pushing him over so she could get in.
"Katara what are you-"
"Zuko that is NOT the wind! There is something out there!" She told him pulling the sheets up to her eyes.
The screaming got even louder if possible and the wind began to blow. Zuko got terrible flashbacks coming back to him. He quickly wrapped his arms around Katara as he had done with his sister and held her close.
If not for being scared out of her mind Katara would have been blushing and enjoying this moment. Too bad there was a dead chick screaming outside the window.
The windows began to move furiously trying to get out of the latch keeping them shut. Katara ducked her head into Zuko's chest and closed her eyes.
Zuko blushed slightly and looked at the window seeing nothing. He continued to watch as the screaming died down and the wind stopped. He gave a sigh of relief and looked down at Katara. He blushed realizing they were both half naked under the sheets in each other's arms. This was really awkward but slightly pleasing.
Not before to long of complete silence the two fell asleep feeling finally content for the first time that night.
A/N: A little bit of excitement there eh? Lol yeah I'm Canadian. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review! If you don't then why did you bother reading? Honestly, if you liked it tell me! For the love of all that's Avatar in this world! That's what Authors love to hear!!! REVIEW!.. Please…
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