Okay. So here is the next chapter. Sorry it's taken me so long to update things. This chapter kind of sucks in my opinion. So if you don't like it its perfectly okay. But, I'm planning on bringing Sokka and Katara in sometime soon. SO just be patient with me:) Hope you like it.

Today had started off on a strange foot. For one, I awoke with someone next to me. I made sure not to wake her as I dressed. I didn't want a repeat of last night. As I walked through the door, I pulled it close behind me, and went to the helm.

The rest of the day progressed with a somewhat usual tone. I stayed above deck for the most part, planned our next route, to find the Avatar. He was spontaneous in his stopping points. I knew that for certain, he was heading to the North Pole. I picked a sight that looked promising and gave to coordinates over to the helmsman. Then I went to search for uncle. He was nowhere to be found, which was unusual for him. I went below deck to search for him there and was bumped into by the girl. She bounced right off of me and stumbled back. I stared at here. Did she not see me coming? For a moment she looked dumbfounded.

"You should watch where you are going." I said.

"What!" She said with a hint of resentment in her voice.

"You are the one who ran into me" I said getting kind of annoyed. She started to leave but I wanted to know where she was going in such a hurry. "Where are you going to in such a hurry?"

She looked quizzical for a moment and then spoke, "I was going to find your uncle."

You and me both. I thought to myself. Our conversation then turned back to my original question. She thought for a moment, deciding something, before she answered me, looking unsure.

"Well, I wanted to talk to him about me bending again." She said looking uncertain.

I looked at her quizzically, "You're a bender?" I didn't know that.

"Yes", she said perking up a bit. "You look surprised."

"I just assumed you were not, when you attacked Zhao the way you did."

She shook her head. "Well, you assumed wrong." I looked at here for a moment and then told her to come with me. "Let's see what you've got then, Water bender." She looked at me and shook her head, trying to discourage me.

"No. I haven't done any real bending in years. I'm no good at it now." I blew off her comment and she followed along anyways. Then the thought struck me, "what do you mean you haven't bended in years?"

"Exactly that." I looked at her questioningly, trying to figure out the reason why. But she somewhat answered my question. "It was not a good idea to let Zhao see me bend. He didn't like that about me." She proceeded to let me in a little bit of how she ended up with Zhao.

I let her have a little warm-up before we started things. When she had finished, she watched me for a moment. I noticed that she stood far away from me as I warmed up. She obviously was not that comfortable around fire or people for that matter. I did a few little tricks here and there. Then the next thing I see is a little wave of water coming at me. I moved out of the way, and that's where our little duel started off. She threw water in my direction and finally hit me. At the end of this I was standing there soaking wet. She pulled the water away from my clothes and I circled around her. She didn't like that. I watched her grow uncomfortable and I took at stance. She did the same and I rushed her. She dislodged my attack and formed one of her own. I aimed a small ball of fire at her, but it came back at me in the form of frozen ice. "Good" I yelled at her. She was starting to remember things. We continued on like this for a while until, she actually almost won.

She had my feet frozen to the surface of the deck and I wasn't going anywhere. She smiled with satisfaction. When I wouldn't surrender to her see let the ice crawl up my body. I warmed my body and the ice flew away from my body. The girl landed on her butt and I stood over her. "I never surrender" I told her. I held my hand out to her and she took it and pulled me down hard. I landed on my back with her on top of me; with a little dagger of ice to my throat. I was surprised at first. I didn't think she would have pulled the slip on me, but she did. She had won this fight. I tried to get up but she had me pinned. "Never let your guard down, prince." Then she stood, held out her hand, and pulled me up. We both bowed to each other and I turned to leave. "I fully expect a rematch tomorrow" I called over my shoulder. Then she called my name.

I turned to her, "Yes?" She walked over to where I stood and pulled the water off of my clothes. I nodded to her in thanks and left.

I found Uncle and we sat down for another one of his tea breaks. I myself was not much of a tea lover. Uncle and I talked for a while; him being the main one talking. We chatted about this and that. Then he brought up the girl. I told him about our sparring today and he laughed enthusiastically. "It would seem that you have met your match Prince Zuko."

I nodded less enthusiastically at this. "Perhaps." But then he changed the subject.

"Speaking of the lovely Raeya, I don't believe I have seen her in a while", he said.

"It hasn't been that long Uncle."

"I suppose not", he chuckled. "Well I wonder wherever she could possibly be?" he said. This was his way of implying that I should go look for her. I let out a sigh. Uncle turned to me.

"Prince Zuko, why don't you go find her. Invite her to dinner."

"Uncle, where else would she go for dinner? We are in the middle of the ocean."

"It's a form of courtesy Prince Zuko. Plus, it will make her feel welcome."

"Whatever you say Uncle." He smiled cheekily and waved me out the door.

I walked down the hallways and turned a corner to my room. When I entered I heard the water running and humming. I knocked on the door but she did not answer. I blew out another sigh and rubbed my face. I sat down on the end of the bed. I waited for her to come out, but she was taking so long. Why is it that women take so long with these things? I asked myself. Then the door opened up. I looked and in the door way was Raeya wrapped in nothing but a towel. There was a pale glow to the marks on her skin. I quickly looked away and ahead of me. She stayed where she was and didn't speak.

I stood, "Uncle would like to invite you to dinner."

She looked at me now, with that cold gaze of hers. "Oh, would he now?"

"Yes." Wasn't that what I just said? " He would like you to join us for dinner."

She stood in the corner of the doorway, looking uncertain. She shifted her weight onto her other foot and fiddled with her hair; that was still somewhat wet. "When you say us, you mean…"

"It would only be Uncle and myself." She met my gaze and nodded.

"Well, I guess I have no choice but to accept." I could not tell if she was being sarcastic or if she was trying to be funny. I decided she wasn't trying to be funny. She stiffened when I walked past her. I gave her a weird look and grabbed a different set of clothes. From the corner of my eye I watched Raeya pick up her clothes off the bed and go back to the washroom to change. The girl is so peculiar. I'm not going to touch her. Jeez.

Then she came back wavy hair hung down past her shoulders and there was still a faint glow on her skin. She combed through her hair with her fingers and tied it at the side. Maybe she had finally calmed down. I went into the washroom to change, since I couldn't change in my own room, without "someone" having a fit. We really needed to find her a room of her own. We being "Uncle." He was the one who put her in here. So he can handle that matter. When I came back to the bedroom Raeya was gone. Finally a moment to myself. Every time she was around, there was tension. The only exception had been earlier, when we had our little match. She wasn't insane then. Maybe that's what she needed to help her loosen up. I decided to myself that tomorrow after our rematch, I'd had Uncle start her off with lessons. She's not a fire bender so it will keep Uncle preoccupied with teaching her, and she'll be too tired to argue. It was settled. I left and went to have dinner with Uncle and our guest.