A/N: I am SO sorry for not updating! My dad grounded me for two weeks from the computer! Man, does he know how to hit a sore spot...
Anyways, thanks to the reviewers, yadda yadda yadda...
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CHAPTER 8
Katara woke Zuko up at three in the morning. She shook him. He blinked his eyes, trying to cleanse them of that sleepy feeling. Once he could see clearly, he saw that Katara was worried. She had been reduced to a stammering little waterbender.
"Katara, what is it? What's wrong?" he propped himself up on one elbow.
"I haven't seen M-momo for a while. B-but I didn't notice he was even g-gone!" Katara started to cry silently. Zuko jumped up, letting his blanket flutter limply to the ground. He cringed upon seeing the pile. OCD sucks sometimes.
"Katara when was the last time you saw him?"
"The day after you joined us!"
"What's going on out here?" Toph called as Aang slid of Appa.
Zuko looked around nervously. His gaze finally flicked to land on his feet. "Um, Aang...your pet is... well, gone."
"MOMO?!?!?"
Suki had been woken up by the last statement. Sokka didn't. Suki shook him. Didn't work. She slapped him lightly a few times. Didn't work. She tried stealing his boomerang from the death grip he had it in. That worked.
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After a few minutes, the chaos had calmed down. Zuko had lit a small fire. Zuko and Sokka were sitting on either side of Katara. She had her head resting on her brother's shoulder while her placed it under his chin. His arms were wrapped around her waist as she sniffled. Sokka wasn't usually very protective, but he could tell when his sister needed it. Because, of course, she suspected this was all her fault, which she did with most scenarios.
Sokka's head suddenly shot up. "What are you playing at?" he was looking at the firebender who, felling awkward in his previous seat,had stood up to pace along the opposite side of camp. Everyone, including Toph, were staring with wide eyes at what was happening.
"What are you talking about?"
"Momo! You killed him, didn't you?!"
"What?!" Everyone, save for Sokka, shouted.
"It fits! He disappeared the day after Zuko showed up. Zuko probably planned all this! He's probably waiting to hand us over to the Fire Lord! Momo was just the first to go!"
"Sokka, how could you even think that?" Katara yelled. "He has been nothing but loyal and trusting with us!"
"How well do we really even know the guy? We've been with him for what? A week?"
"Two." Zuko quietly intervened. "So what are you going to do? Tie me to a tree until further notice?" Zuko rolled his eyes.
"Sounds good to me." said Suki. Zuko shot her a look. "Hey, I never trusted yo. This just proves I was right."
"He's not lying." Everyone stared at Toph. "Hey! Did everyone forget about my magic powers?"
"Oh yeahhhhhhhh...," everyone, save for Toph, reminisced. Well, not Zuko and Suki. They just sat there and looked pretty and confused while the water siblings argued for a while.
"I know what happened to your lemur."
The group's heads whipped around to the voice coming from the edge of the clearing. "And I promise not to hurt him if you do as I tell you and answer all my questions..."
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A/N: I'm really happy. Know why? Because this story has taken up 57 WHOLE PAGES OF MY NOTEBOOK. See? I feel proud.
Anyways... I think I found a good song to represent this chapter. It's called "Glittering Cloud" by Imogen Heap. I know it sounds weird, but if you have Limewire or iTunes or whatever, download it. For me?
