"Ok, you ready? " says Katara once she finishes healing my left side of my body that was injured. She grabs my arm and helps me stand.

Aang stands a two meters away from me with his arms open. Then, Katara lets go of my arm and I slowly walk to Aang. I feel like a baby learning how to walk again but I don't care, im walking! Im walking again! Everyone stands next to my path and cheer for me.

"Go Mina!"

"You got this!"

"Almost there!"

"You're doing great!"

I smile as I get closer and closer to Aang. My leg stings like hell but I ignore it and enjoy taking my first steps in a few days without my staff. Just a few more steps, almost there. I open my arms and smile as I near Aang. Our hands touch and he pulls me into a hug. Everyone cheers and applauds for me and I smile. I let go of Aang and Zuko hands me my staff.

"So what happened to your leg in the first place?I didn't do all that when I burned you, did I?" He asks me.

"A bomb got a little to close to my left side, and you burning me didn't really help it heal, now did it" I say jokingly and he frowns.

"Yeah, sorry about that" He leaves to help Aang learn firebending and I walk inside the temple and explore the rooms I haven't looked at. I find a giant statue of an airbender and I smile at it. How could people rip apart these temples without the slightest bit of gilt, or curiosity, or even just sadness. I frown as I stare closely at the statue and know what its fate will be in the near future. Why will the government do this, just because they're jealous of our power? They don't have to destroy the hard work that thousands of people put into building these amazing artifacts. It doesn't make sense. I'm so glad I left my time.

"Mina, its dinner time" I hear a voice say. I turn from the statue and see Haru.

"Oh, hey Haru. Just a few more seconds" I say and he nods before walking off. I bow to the statue.

"Good luck. I'm so sorry about what will happen to you in a few years." I whisper limping off.

"Wait up Haru!" I say and he waits for me and we walk together.

"So you were in a fire nation prison I heard, what was it like?" I say as we walk.

"I was only there for a day, but even just an hour felt like forever. Luckily Katara and her friends rescued me and the other earth kingdom prisoners and gave us hope again"

"Why were you put there in the first place?"

"My village was taken over by the fire nation and if you were caught earthbending, you would get arrested. I saved an old mans life by earthbending but he turned me in to the fire nation"

"Wow. Sounds rough. What happended after you escaped?"

"The fire nation left and now we live in peace, finally."

We leave the temple and I sit next to Toph as Katara hands me a bowl of rice. Aang sits on the other side of me.

"Hey Aang, how was firebending training?" I ask him. Before he answers, Zuko walks to the fire.

"Listen everyone, I have some bad news. I lost my stuff" he says.

"Dont look at me, I didn't touch your stuff" Says Toph.

"No, I mean firebending. I can't firebend anymore."

Katara bursts into laughter.

"Im sorry, I'm just laughing at the irony. I mean, wouldn't it have been nice if you lost it while you were attacking us"

"I didn't lose it, its just weaker."

"Maybe you're not as skilled as you think you are"

"Ouch" says Toph and I elbow her. She elbows me back before punching my arm. I rub my arm and stick my tongue out at her. Wait, she's blind. I probably looked like an idiot.

"Wait, maybe its because you switched sides" says Aang.

"What do you mean," asks Zuko.

"Your firebending came from rage, but since you're not the person you used to be, you have nothing to power it"

"So all we need to do is make Zuko angry" says Sokka. He picks up a stick and starts poking Zuko and laughing. Zuko grabs the stick.

"Quit it!" He yells and Sokka sits down looking a bit embarrassed.

"Why don't you just firebend the way of the sun Gods" I say before putting some rice into my mouth. Everyone looks at me like i'm crazy. "The way of the sun Gods?"

"Yeah, there's two ways to firebend, with anger and rage, or with passion and you must see fire as life"

"But, the sun Gods went missing after all the dragons died." Says Zuko.

"Wait, isn't there a temple near by this area that used to belong to the dragons?" Asks Aang.

"Yeah, maybe we can go there and learn firebending again" Zuko says with a smile, the second time ever seeing him smile. I finish my bowl of rice and head to my tent. Before I head in, Zuko grabs my shoulder.

"Mina, just wondering, how did you know about this whole sun God thing. No one has talked about it in years."

"Its how I learned firebending-"

"Wait, you firebend? I just saw you water bend earlier"

"Its a long story, I doubt you'll believe any of it"

"I have time if you do"

I smile at him.

"Ok, you're not going to believe me, but I'm from the future"

"You're right, I don't beleive you"

"Just hear me out. In my time, I was the avatar, but in the future, the art of bending is illegal. I was so scared that I planned to kill myself. Aang traveled to my time through the spirit world and he rescued me and brought me here"

Zuko looks to the side, processing what I said. He sits for a while until he stands up and heads to his tent. "Wait Zuko!" I say before he leaves. He walks back to me.

"What?"

"Well, you asked me a question. Now its my turn. How did you get that scar?" I reach to touch his scar but quickly pull away.

"No, its ok, you can touch it"

I press my fingertips against his scar and the skin feels dead.

"I challenged my father to am agni kai. I refused to fight him so he burned my face and banished me"

"I've heard of agni kai in the books my grandma gave me. Who is your father?"

"Firelord Ozai"

I step away from Zuko in shock. Nobody ever told me that Zuko was the son of the man Aang must defeat! Ozai is his dad! That must mean Zuko is a prince, and that evil chick who attacked us in the invasion was his sister.

"Mina?" Zuko stops my train of thought.

"Sorry, I just. The firelord is your dad? And you're totally cool with Aangs plan to kill him?"

"My father is a monster and he must go down"