Disclaimer: Avatar belongs to Bryke and Nickelodeon, and Tell Me Why belongs to Declan Galbraith

Disclaimer: Avatar belongs to Bryke and Nickelodeon, and Tell Me Why belongs to Declan Galbraith. I had to change a line a little because Lily Grace is a girl.

Tell Me Why!

Next morning, Lily Grace woke up refreshed and ready to go. She helped Katara pack things up and move them onto Appa while Sokka and Aang pored over the map and Iroh, Zuko, and Toph discussed easier ways to hide while they ran.

"So, Katara…" Lily Grace said, as they tied down the packs. "What happened to my- our mother? She lost touch after a while…I guessed that had to do with marrying your dad. I guess it was too embarrassing for her."

"That might have been it. But…" Katara sighed. "When I was really little, Fire Nation troops attacked. They killed her."

Lily Grace looked away. To lose her mother like that…and it must have been worse for Katara. She had been there. Why was Lily Grace always gone when they took the people she loved? It felt like it was her fault.

"Come on, guys!" Aang said, hopping up onto Appa and breaking Lily Grace out of her reverie. Everyone else climbed up, Katara and Lily Grace helping them up.

Lily Grace instantly took a liking to flying. It was because she'd probably done it before, a few hundred years ago. She eagerly watched the land flow behind her like water, and easily lost track of the time like that.

When they touched down again, everyone slid off onto blissfully solid ground. Appa groaned and rolled over as soon as the saddle was off.

"We're not far from Kiyoshi Island now," Sokka said. "Another half day of flying should get us there, and we can rest the rest of the time."

"That's good, I've been wanting to meet the recent Kiyoshi warriors. I want to tell them what I know about the Avatar." Lily Grace said. "Which isn't all too much, but still some more than the average person."

"There is a river to the left of the campsite. We can use that to wash up and for other things." Sokka said, once again looking at the map.

Toph made a shelter out of the earth. "Well, there's my tent." She rolled out her sleeping mat and sat in front of her little shelter. The others simply rolled out their mats after looking at the sky to check for rain. It looked perfectly clear, so they didn't worry.

They ate dinner together, laughing and joking. After the original tension, Lily Grace and Sokka seemed to get along pretty well. There was something a little off about her tonight, but only Zuko noticed, because, well, he was Zuko. When it came to Lily Grace he was insanely paranoid and very overprotective, even though she could probably wipe the ground with him if it came to battle.

After everyone had eaten and gone to sleep, Lily Grace was still awake, unable to sleep, though she was tired. She had something bothering her, something that wouldn't go away.

She stood and made her way quickly and quietly between her sleeping companions. She hesitated at the edge of the clearing, then continued on towards the river.

Zuko noticed that she was still awake, and he waited until she had disappeared into the trees before following. He hid behind trees and made no noise if he could help it. He watched as she made her way to the river, and he waited as she stopped at the bank, then plunged right in, up to her knees.

She looked up to the sky, as if asking the spirits for help. And then she began to sing.

"In my dream, children sing

a song of love for every boy and girl.

The sky is blue, and fields are green,

and laughter is the language of the world.

Then I wake and all I see

is a world full of people in need.

Tell me why!

Does it have to be like this?

Tell me why!

Is there something I have missed?

Tell me why!

Cause I don't understand.

When so many need somebody,

we don't give a helping hand.

Tell me why!

Every day, I ask myself,

What will I have to do to understand?

Do I have to stand and fight

to prove to everybody who I am?

Is that what my life is for?

To waste in a world full of war?

Tell me why!

Does it have to be like this?

Tell me why!

Is there something I have missed?

Tell me why!

Cause I don't understand.

When so many need somebody,

we don't give a helping hand.

Tell me why!

Tell me why!

Tell me why!

Just tell me why, why, why?

Tell me why!

Does it have to be like this?

Tell me why!

Is there something I have missed?

Tell me why!

Cause I don't understand.

When so many need somebody,

we don't give a helping hand.

Tell me why!

Tell me why!

Tell me why!

Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?

Tell me why!

Tell me why!

Can someone tell us why we let the ocean die?

Tell me why!

Tell me why!

Can someone tell us why we cannot just be friends?

Why, why?"

She collapsed to her knees in the water, and suddenly there was a pair of strong hands holding her up so she didn't fall into the deeper water out in the middle. Zuko helped her back to shore, where they sat together on the bank.

Lily Grace cried for a few minutes, unable to find her words. When she finally regained her composure, she said, "Katara told me about our mother today."

Zuko said nothing, only rested his chin on her head.

"Why am I such a failure?" She began to get angry with herself.

"If anyone's a failure, it's me, and look at where I am." Zuko said.

"But you had only made mistakes. It didn't take you very long to figure out what you were doing was wrong and find your way again. Look at me. Everything I do is a mistake. I am a mistake. I don't know how to turn it around. I don't know if I can."

"There's nothing to turn around. You haven't done anything bad. I, on the other hand, have done just about everything you can. You're a good person. You just get a little mixed up. That's all."

She didn't look convinced.

"Come on, let's go back to camp." He dried the bottoms of her pants where they had been in the water, pulled her up, and began walking with her back to camp. When they arrived, she still didn't look convinced with what he said, but she lay down and soon, fell asleep.

Zuko sighed. This was going to be one rough patch.

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A/N: Honestly, go look up that song on YouTube. Declan Galbraith- Tell Me Why. Do it. It's a good song.