A few weeks later...

The group is still hiding on Ember Island and waiting for Sokka to come up with a good plan. Sokka has spent most of his time trying to locate their other lost friends and family, he hasn't really paid attention to anything else lately. Aang and Azula have been spending alot of time together, they have dinner together, and they spend time alone a lot, and the others often wonder what happens behind those doors. Zuko and Katara share the most concern for him. They've realized that Aang is hardly ever away from Azula, she is more someone to talk to than a prisoner, but Aang hasn't let her leave his room.

"What do you think they think of me?" Azula crosses her legs while sitting in a chair.

"What do you mean?" Aang looks up form adjusting one of his pillows.

"You have me locked me up in here, and besides Zuzu they never come talk to you while I'm in here. So what do you think they think of me?"

"I think Zuko cares about you and the rest don't know what to think about you, they just know you're here."

"You think my brother cares about me? He probably wants me dead more than anyone else."

"Azula, he's your brother and he cares about you. If he wanted you dead don't you think he would have already tried, he would protect you if you were any danger."

"I suppose that reasonable, and what about you?" Azula looks up from her nails.

"I think you're just someone who was taken from their destiny and forced to take another." Aang walked over to the princess.

"What makes you say that?" Azula twists her head a little upon asking.

"You haven't tried to escape since you got here and I believe that you can help us."

"So is that what this is? Are you just trying to add another person to your little group?" Azula starts to size up the avatar.

"No, you're more than just that. You have changed from your former self."

"More than just another person?" Azula decides to test the avatar again, "Go into detail about that."

"You are more than just a person; you have the will of gravity. I believe you could do anything as long as you are pure."

"Having pure intentions you mean? My intentions on capturing you were pure avatar; it's just that now I'm not sure what I want to do," Azula sighs as she admits it.

"It's called a mental block, it's created by feelings." Aang sits down beside the chair Azula is in.

"Feelings and I haven't gotten along very well in the last few years."

"We all have feelings, we just may not be sure if they are positive or negative, love or hatred, protecting or…."

He is cut off by knocking and then the opening of the door to Aang's room. Sokka walked in the room and eyed Azula cautiously who returned the favor of a stare.

"Aang, I need to talk to you, alone."

"About what?" Aang looked to Sokka with questioning eyes; he knows the group has been wary of his time with Azula.

"About the strength of our group, and I think it should be discussed in private, away from her." Sokka looked from to Azula.

"Ok," Aang looks to Azula, "I'll be right back."

Sokka leads Aang to his room where he can see maps laid around the room.

"Aang, we have ten people against the whole fire nation, I've tried to come up with a way we could use that to our advantage but at every turn we end up eventually getting overrun and captured. Even the stealth missions are coming up short," Sokka frowns putting his hands to his face.

"There has to be something to do," Aang thinks for a minute, "I've been trying to convince Azula to help."

"Aang, I don't mean to drown your hopes, but do you really think she can change?" Sokka turns to him.

"I think that if anyone is given enough time, then they can do anything they want."

"Well you better hope that she comes through because I'm smack out of ideas."

"Hmm," Aang brings his hand to his chin then gets an idea, "Maybe the spirits will know something we can do."

"Ok, you see what they tell you and I'll get the others together and tell them our plan when you get back," Sokka looks back to his maps and scrolls.

Aang exits the room decorated with maps and heads back down to his room where he finds Azula still sitting in the chair beside his bed; waiting for his return.

"What was that about?" Azula glared at the avatar.

"Nothing, he just wanted to tell me about our plan."

"Hmm," Azula wondered what the water tribe boy had been panning, they hadn't moved for so long it had to be big.

"I'll be out on the balcony if you need me."

"Doing what?"

"Just meditating, I won't be long," Aang stepped outside and began to meditate.

After a while she heard a sound worth investigating on the balcony; she decided to go out and see what it was and if Aang caught her then she would just say she was bored. When Azula stepped out on the balcony, she saw something she couldn't believe, the avatar's tattoos were glowing. At first she was afraid of what was to come so she assumed a fighting stance and waited for something to happen, when he remained in his sitting position she realized that he was in the spirit world. Something rose up in Azula, she saw that this maybe her opportunity to get the avatar and escape. She may finally bring him back to her father and become the fire lord that she was meant to be, but the avatar had shown her his trust and had been kind to her while she was here. Even if his goal was to turn her on her father, he had treated her with the respect she didn't deserve. She thought on this for a moment, but she knew that her greed for power would overcome her will to do nothing. She looked at the glow and knew that the avatar had made it into the spirit world. She tried to hold onto the shred of will she had left but her resolve was weakening fast as she thought of herself sitting on the throne of the fire nation.

"Fire Lord Azula," She smiled at hearing herself say it, she knew what she was going to do.

Ooooooooooooooooooooo

Aang was sitting on a platform in swamp filled with a gloomy fog and eerily standing trees, he looked around for the one he intended to talk to and saw his reflection in the murky water, "Roku, I need your help. My friends and I are trying to defeat the fire nation again, but we can't think of a plan that would work."

"Aang, the fire nation has grown strong in their time holding the world at their finger tips."

"They still don't have control of the Northern Water Tribe."

"The day of the water tribe's fall is fast approaching and there isn't much than can be done."

"But there has to be something."

"Aang, I know what you're going through right now is hard, and you shouldn't have had to deal with this. If anyone is to blame for the state of the world, it is me. I should have seen this war coming, and prevented it. You inherited my problems, and my mistakes, and I believe you are destined to redeem me and save the world."

"I don't know, you just said there isn't much we can do."

Yue made an appearance to Aang, "You already saved the world," She comes closer to Aang, "And you'll save the world again, but you can't give up."

Aang looks at both of them, "you're right, I won't give up. The spirits have influence on the world, and I hope they help when the time comes."

"I will plead with them and see if they will support you, but the spirits hardly intervene in human affairs, only when the balance of the world is at stake will they do anything." Roku stated with a hint of confidence in his voice.

Aang nodded, and then he could feel something off about himself; he felt adrenaline, but he wasn't with his body, he felt heat, but he was by water. He sensed what his body was feeling, his body was in danger.

"Roku, I think my body's in danger, I need to get back to it."

Roku gives Aang a very confused look, "Aang, in the spirit world, you have no connection with your physical body. Why do you think your body is in danger?"

"I don't know, I just feel hot, and out of breath but how is that possible if I'm here?"

"Step on the platform and you will return."

Aang stepped onto the platform and began to meditate, but the constant feel of uneasiness, heat, and adrenaline made it hard to focus, after a long length of time his spirit ascended and began its journey back to the physical world.

Oooooooooooooooooooooo

After running from the house, Azula carried Aang to the shore and began to look for something she could use to get off the island. She looked and saw plenty of boats she could steal, but nothing seemed to large enough to make the journey. She eventually ran into one of the more populated spots on the beach and found a patrol.

Azula addressed them with dominance, "Guards, I need a ship ready for the transport of the avatar to the fire nation palace."

"On who's orders?" The guard looked into her soul with no facial expression through his helmet.

"The fire nation princess's orders," as Azula said it the guards immediately bowed.

The guard stood up when he was allowed looked a little bewildered but shook it off when he recognized her, "Yes princess."

One of the guards was carrying Aang over his shoulder and the residents of Ember Island took notice. She received many stares that she would have gladly returned, but she just wanted to get the avatar to her father so she could finally be the fire lord. It was achingly long before she was directed toward a port with a fire navy ship ready for the trip. The captain was on the deck awaiting the princess's arrival.

Once she made her way up the steel ramp she addressed the captain, "Captain, would you show me where I will be staying on this journey home?"

"Of course, princess, and what of the avatar?"

"He will stay with me; I'll have him secured once we get to my quarters."

"But wouldn't it be safer if he…."

"Captain, I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself," Azula showed little emotion; normally she would have been outraged but something held back that anger.

The captain bowed, "Yes princess, right this way."

The captain led her down a maze of never-ending halls that emitted heat at every corner and finally came to the most open and decorated room on the ship.

"That will be all, captain," She waves off her escorts and the guard sets Aang down on the floor.

"We should arrive within a day's time princess," the captain left her and shortly she heard the sound of the engine and she knew that there was no turning back.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooo

"Usually Aang would have come out of there by now," Katara eyed the door that eerily stared back.

"He spending time with my sister, he thinks he can change her," Zuko leans against the door frame leading into the living room of the beach house.

"It's possible, I mean we changed, and after the things we did you guys accepted us," Ty Lee motioned at Mai, herself, and Zuko.

"I couldn't care less, as long as we get out of here soon, I came to fight not to take a vacation," Chit-Zang cut in.

"Yea, yea, go see what those two nim rods you brought with you are doing," Toph bit into an apple.

Chit-Zang grunted and went to check on his friends.

Katara was still looking at the door, "Maybe I should just check on him," Katara began walking to the door.

Sokka heard her and stepped to cut in front of her, "Katara relax, he's in the spirit world to see if they might help us."

Mai finally spoke, "You're telling me that he went into the spirit world with Azula next to him?" She paused, "That all-knowing kid just made one of the biggest mistakes of his life."

Katara shot daggers at her, "What do you mean?"

"Do you really think that Azula will just sit there and just watch him while he's in the spirit world?" Mai looked to Zuko, "I bet she's laughing at us now."

With that Katara rushed to door and tried to open it, "It's locked."

Zuko came up and kicked the priceless door in, he looked around the room, at the chairs, and at things laid out on the bed before saying the obvious, "They're gone."

The expression on Sokka's face showed great sorrow and pain, he should have known that this would have happened, he should have known that doing it front of her would have been a mistake, He should have stopped him.

Katara began to tear up and clung onto her brother, "What are we gonna do?"

Suki finally came into the room followed by Chit-Zang, Satou, and Wu. Suki looked around the room, "Woah, what happened?"

"Azula took Aang, and she's probably on her to the fire nation capital," Zuko looked out onto the balcony.

Sokka looked up at the group and showed no expression of sadness, only determination, "Here's what were gonna do, Azula is on the way to the fire nation capitol. We won't be able to stop her before she gets there, so we'll have to wait till noon tomorrow when the palace is heavily guarded and the city isn't. Then we'll sneak in using cloud cover and find Aang then."

"You want to wait until tomorrow?" Katara was outraged, "What if Azula kills him by morning?"

"Katara calm down…."

He's cut off, "You want me to calm down? Aang has done everything for us and you want to wait. How could you betray Aang like that?"

"I'm not betraying him, Katara listen. The fire nation wants Aang alive so they'll keep him that way."

Katara grunted and the rest of the group nodded as they prepared for the day ahead.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooo

The night came fast and Sokka had the disability to sleep. Suki climbed out of bed after becoming impatient with him and came up to him while he was looking out of a window.

"You always stare at the moon," Suki looked at Sokka.

"Yue," His eyes didn't budge from the sight, the moon was nearly full tonight.

"Who?"

"Yue, that's her name."

Who's name?"

"The moon spirit's name, she was the princess of the northern water tribe, and I was told to protect her, to keep her safe from the fire nation assault. We had just gotten Aang back from Zuko and found Zhao when he was threatening to kill the moon spirit. Iroh showed up and Zhao saw he was outnumbered; he put the moon spirit back with the ocean spirit. It seemed like everything was gonna be fine, but Zhao lashed out and killed it. The moon disappeared and Aang fought off the fire nation with the ocean spirit's help. Iroh was talking to Yue and realized she had been touched by the moon spirit, that it had given her life when she was a child. Yue accepted that she had to give her life back. When she got in the pond, her body disappeared, and she became the moon spirit."

Suki hugged him, "It's not your fault, there's nothing you could have done."

"I can't help but blame myself, her father trusted me and I couldn't protect her. I had to watch her disappear and leave. I had to tell her dad about what happened, I felt powerless and shamed."

"Sokka, you need to let it go. Goodnight I'm off to bed." Suki walked off to the waiting bed sheets.

It didn't take long for Suki to drift off, Sokka still stayed awake and stared at the one he lost.

Let it go? He thought, how could I let it go? I was trusted and I failed, I will never let this go, I will always remember. The fire nation will pay.

Yue must have known what he was thinking, because she made her appearance to him at almost exactly that time in the glistening moonlight.

"Sokka, it's alright. Everything is alright. You need to rest before your mission tomorrow, Aang needs you."

"You've seen Aang?"

"We talked in the spirit world; he was still trying to back to the physical world when I left. Avatar Roku is pleading with the spirits in hopes that they will help you, I have influence on the world, and you have my support."

"Do you know where his body is?"

"No, he thought his body was in danger so he tried to get back to the physical world."

"He is in trouble; Azula has him and is probably on his way to the fire nation palace with him."

"Don't worry, the moon will be full tomorrow and I will help him when I can."

"Thank you Yue." Sokka looked up at her.

"Now get some rest."

Sokka walked over to the bed and in an instant, fell asleep for the day ahead.

Author's Note: Sorry for the wait, I've been studying for finals. Guys I would appreciate it if you left reviews, the readers are what inspire the writers and are what keep us motivated to continue writing.