Thanks for reviewing! Yeah, I sort of got the name Yao from Mulan, but there's something else too. I'll explain later XD Enjoy this next chapter!

Sokka, Katara and Toph waited anxiously back in the Air Temple courtyard. They'd seen a shadow jump at Aang from out of nowhere, then disappear as quickly as it came.

"Can't we just wake up Appa?" Toph asked as she tapped her foot.

Katara shook her head. "Remember what happened last time?" They were camped in a thick forest in the Fire Nation and Appa had been flying for days without resting. When they heard someone coming, Sokka tried to get the bison awake to hide him, but ended up having his face smashed into the nearest tree by a large tail. It turned out only to be Aang coming back with fire wood, but the group tried to go easier on the bison from then on. With this exception of flying to the Western air temple, so Appa was napping in the middle of the courtyard.

Sokka placed his hands on either side of his mouth. "Aang!" He shrieked loudly into the sky. He waited a few seconds for his response. "Well, I tried. Anyone else got an idea?" He asked turning to his companions. They both shook their heads.

"I guess we're just going to have to wait." Katara said quietly. So they did.

The sky began to darken as they sat leaning against the sleeping Appa for what seemed like forever. In reality it was only an hour, but it seemed like it was much longer. Katara was starting to doze off and Sokka had already fallen asleep, snoring loudly. But Toph was still wide-awake. She had trouble allowing herself to sleep this high up in these foreign mountains. She had and odd feeling about this place. There was something…special. It may have just been the old temple, or the even older mountains but there was something. Like a secret.

So Toph stayed awake. Both her feet were flat on the ground and she closed her eyes to listen. She concentrated on the wind swirling around her, silently willing it to share the secrets of the secluded world around her. But all she heard was the wind. It teased her with small snippets of sounds, carried from miles away but never with the truth of

Suddenly she was snapped back into reality when she felt the vibrations of a person at the one of the entrances to the courtyard. At first she thought it was Aang, the footsteps were light and soft. She was about to call out but she thought better of it. These footsteps were different and unfamiliar to her trained earthbending feet. Instead, she pretended to sleep. The person quickly made there way over to the sleeping group and Toph could feel them inspecting them one by one. Katara was at the end snoring softly. Next was Sokka who was also snoring, but at a much louder volume. Toph felt the person look over her friends curiously. They took a step towards her. Toph was ready.

As soon as they took another step, Toph moved her foot slightly causing a rock to go flying at the mysterious person. She quickly stood up, ready to fight. But her opponent just…disappeared.

"Where did you go?" She shouted into the darkness. She concentrated on the earth beneath her feet but she only felt Katara and Sokka stirring beside Appa.

"Whaz goin n'on?" Sokka sat up drowsily.

"There's someone here!" Toph explained, desperately feeling for her evasive foe.

"Toph," Katara stood up, "There's no one here. It's just us."

Toph furrowed her brows. Maybe it was just her imagination. She was tired, she'd had a long day. They all had.

"I guess your right…" She said faintly. She could've sworn there was someone. Toph was about to flop back down beside Appa when vibrations from the earth reached her toes. "Over there!" She cried and pointed into the shadows. Immediately Sokka and Katara took off in that direction leaving Toph standing there pointing. She lowered her hands. She was okay with staying back. She wasn't a fan of running, it didn't give her a chance to sense her surroundings. It only gave her a short glimpse with every step but need to know what was around her. She couldn't react with only a glimpse.

Brother and sister ran side by side. They were led out of the courtyard and into the temple. They were running through the temple, following a shadow and their footsteps.

"Stop!" Katara called in front of her but there was no response.

"Yeah, they're just going to stop because you asked them to." Sokka said sarcastically and rolled his eyes. Unfourtunatly, he rolled them at a very inconvenient moment as there was a rock protruding from the ground in front of him.

"Oof!" He grunted as he fell. Katara stopped for a second and looked back at her brother. The footsteps started to fade into the distance so she kept running after them.

The tunnel opened up into a second courtyard. But this one was different. It wasn't crumbling or falling apart. It was full of plants, flowers and a beautiful pond.

"What is this place?" Katara said to herself quietly.

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