A/N: Greetings wonderful readers. So the story has been updated and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please enjoy...

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Disclaimer: ATLA is not mine but the plot is, thank you very much.

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The darkness was frightfully overwhelming. He really needed to invest in some better torches. ..and maybe a better bed. Seriously, why was it so stiff?

He tried to change position and sleep on his side but his body wouldn't move. Suddenly panic gripped him, he tried again but he felt like he was strapped down to something and couldn't move a limb.

As he kept trying he could hear a rhythmic tapping noise like a step or something and it was getting louder...or was it nearer?

He thrashed harder, trying with all his might to break free of whatever was holding him against his will but the bed he was on suddenly disappeared and he found himself falling, plummeting to unknown darker depths. He tried to scream but nothing came out.

What the heck was happening to him?

As he fell with his back to...er ground, something caught his eye. It looked like a light. Two of them, and they were quickly coming closer to him. He instinctively reached out toward the lights, thinking they might be his saviors.

That thought was quickly erased from his mind when they drew closer and he could finally see what they really were. Fear struck him as he realized the pair of lights were actually eyes.

Serpent eyes, gleaming with predatory glee.

He tried to airbend away but nothing happened so he just shut his eyes and braced for impact.

The last thing he heard was the creature's roar before darkness claimed him again.

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"...up"

Hmn? What was that?

"...ake up"

It sounded like someone was calling out to him but that couldn't be. He was just swallowed by a serpent. He could still hear the little voice call out to him, it sounded heavenly.

"WAKE UP!"

Okay maybe not that heavenly. He was just about to slowly open his eyes, bracing himself for any light that would assault his irises when

SMACK!

He felt a hand slap him across the face. His eyes immediately shot open and he sat up with a yelp of pain as his right cheek stung.

"WHAT THE HELL!?" He yelled as he rubbed the stinging area. He was met with a pair of bright, wide amber eyes, staring at him in surprise from the side of his futon.

"Oh, you're awake. Great!" The owner of the voice said after the brief silence.

His face turned into a picture of confusion as he looked...really looked at the person kneeling beside him.

"..."

His only reply was a pair of innocent eyes looking at him.

"..."

He looked around the igloo once more, trying to find an explanation of what he was seeing.

. . ?

For right there, alone in the bare igloo with him, Right there kneeling beside him, Right there STARING RIGHT INTO HIS EYES WAS

a...little girl?

"..."

He looked around once more before his eyes landed on her again, a picture of innocence and wonder.

The creepy-cuteness factor was upped ten fold when she smiled and tilted her head to the side like she was silently trying to understand the situation but couldn't.

Where was he and how did he get here? We're they alone? It couldn't be, she looked too young to be. She looked like she was 6 or 7 years old but in those innocent little eyes was an mysterious glint that told him to be careful.

"Uhm h-hello little girl" He finally said with a nervous smile like she would jump up and attack him at any moment.

Her eyes lit up she let out an excited 'Hello' before she giggled.

"Uhm...What's your name"

"Nima" she replied.

"Uhm Hello, Nima. I'm Aang. Do you know where we are?"

She nodded. She looked excited and eager...maybe a little too eager. He couldn't help but feel he was missing something.

"Nima, Are there other people around here I can talk to? Where are your parents?" Maybe he should be talking to someone else.

She nodded again. He let out a sigh of relief. He would speak to these people and get the information he needed to get out here and if lucky, answers to his questions about all the weird stuff that had been happening to him.

"Okay, Can you please call them to come in here so I can talk to them?"

Again, she nodded but didn't move from her position beside him. Her innocent smile still plastered on her little face.

"Uhm Nima?"

"Yes?" Well this was awkward.

"Could you please get the grown-up you live with? You know, your mommy or daddy"

The little girl's face immediately dropped. He must've said something sad. Was it the parents thing? Where were her parents anyway? Surely someone else must have dragged him here and taken care of him.

"Nima, Where's your mommy?" He asked. When she avoided his concerned eyes, he knew

"Where's your daddy?" He asked. She still avoided he's eyes and kept silent. When she gave no indication that she was about to answer him or get help, he made a move to get up. The pain that shot through him was almost debilitating but he gritted his teeth and managed to eventually stand.

When he finally stood though, a sudden bout of dizziness overcame him and nearly sent him crashing back down again but to the sheer protests of his muscles, he managed to catch himself.

He managed to slowly walk to the mouth of the igloo, looking forward to seeing the beautiful outside world and talk to the people.

The view that greeted him though was anything but beautiful.

"..."

Breathtaking? Yes. Astonishing? Yes. Terrifying? Yes. Beautiful? No.

Because in that moment, He discovered that the little igloo he found himself sharing with little Nima was deep in the mountains, 5 feet away from a bottomless gorge running through the icy mountain in the form a crack. Looking across the icy gorge, all he could see was an icicle ridden rock face and looking behind him, he was horrified to discover the igloo was sitting on top of a small platform of ice and rock, protruding from the same kind of rock face.

How the hell did he get here!? He looked to see the two walls, run parallel to one another for 2 more stories.

Never mind him. Nima! How did she get all the way up here!? With who!?

He felt another bout of dizziness so he backed away from the revelation and retreated back to the shelter. When he made it through the threshold , he found little Nima waiting for him, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Daddy" She said. It took him a while before he realized that she wasn't just saying the word but rather calling out to him.

"W-wait what!? N-no, I'm n-not yo-" He tried to say.

"You've finally come for me. I missed you, Daddy." She said with a teary smile but before he could protest any further, she collapsed right where she was.

"Nima? Nima!?" Another bout of dizziness overcame him and this time he didn't have the strength to stand through it. He collapsed in the little shelter and let the darkness swallow him.

Aang wasn't sure what was happening anymore but he wanted it to stop. He had no idea where he was, how he'd gotten there, how he'd get home or in fact why he was there but he had had enough. Now in darkness again, stuck between conscious and unconscious, Roku's words came back to him.

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A/N: There you have it. Hope this is turning into a good read for you.