Staring back at her were huge, icy-blue eyes. The creature had shimmering white scales, that shone different shades of blues and purples in the faint sunlight. It had large, bat-like wings and a long, spiky tail. It was one of the most beautiful things that Suki had ever seen.

She was contemplating how to name the dragon when she heard a choking noise from behind her. "Su—ah—buu—wha?" Came Sokka's voice from behind her.

She reached back and pulled him so that he was standing beside her, looking at the dragon. "You know that gem Ran and Shao gave me?" she asked. "It was a dragon's egg. It hatched."

The rest of the camp was starting to rouse themselves by now, and they gathered around the small dragon. "Ah," said Aang knowingly, "I was wondering how that gem would lead us to the mother dragon. Now I get it."

"I still don't," said Sokka, sounding slightly agitated, the way he always did when he was not the one in control of the situation."

"You see," started Aang. "Dragons are all connected to each other through a shared network of power. They can feel each other from far away, and they can track the ones that they are directly related to, through and even stronger bond that they have. This dragon is the offspring of the first dragon herself."

"How do you know these things?" shouted Sokka.

Aang shrugged nonchalantly, "Thousands of former lives does that to you."

"How will he—or she, lead us anywhere. It's tiny," said Suki.

"Good question. We will need to wait here for a while, so it can learn to fly, and such," Aang responded.

"What!" we can't stay here that long! We have to beat the Fire Nation before they achieve WORLD DOMINATION!" Sokka's voice steadily climbed octaves as he said this, so by the end he was practically squeaking. Katara and Suki giggled. This caused a slight blush to come up in Sokka's cheeks, which in turn made Suki swoon.

"So," said Suki. "What should we name it? Is it a girl, or a boy?"

"Good question," was her only reply.

"Who's going to check? Not it!"

The group consulted each other, and mutually agreed that Sokka should be the one to carry out this task. He protested heatedly, but Suki had a proposition. "I'll give you a reward if you do," she said with a smile.

"What kind of reward," he regarded her suspiciously.

She flung her arms around him, and their lips met. Sokka responded eagerly, pulling her towards him. Suki wanted to kiss him forever, but realized that there had to be something left for the reward. She broke the kiss, and told him, "You get another kiss. If you tell me if the dragon is a boy, or if it is a girl."

Some minutes elapsed as Sokka tried to find the best way to go about finding the baby dragon's gender, without getting burned by one of the involuntary puffs of flame it sneezed out every now and then. After about fifteen minutes, Sokka came back over to the group, and said. "It's a g-girl." His cheeks were red and he seemed very uncomfortable.

Suki turned to Aang, upon hearing this, and asked, "Who was the last female firebending Avatar?"

"Hmmmm, it's been a while, but the name Draaka comes to mind.

"Draaka it is, then." Suki christened the dragon.

After observing the young dragon for some time, the gang discerned that they would have to wait to set out again until she could fly, and control her random outbursts of fire. Suki did not know how long this would be, but she did not particularly care.

The dragon was sweet, and loved affection. It reminded Suki of the cat she had had back on Kyoshi, named Koizumi. Suki loved animals, and was happy to once again have a small creature huddled by her side at night.

She also enjoyed it, because not only did she give Sokka his reward, but he returned it to her, and they came in the habit of giving them, even with no prior service having been performed to deserve it. Which is to say, they rather enjoyed kissing each other, and being around each other in general.

They were all going to bed after a long, slightly shocking day, when a sudden idea hit Suki. "Toph," she inquired, rolling over to face the girl. "You see through the ground. You can see pretty much every nook and cranny there is, on a person or inanimate object. Couldn't you have told us that Draaka was a girl?"

Toph smiled, menacingly. "Of course, I knew. Just thought we could have some fun." With that, she rolled over an went to sleep.