The streets had gotten quiet. She got ready to stand when she heard someone outside.

"Hello?" A young voice called from behind her.

Grace froze, had someone followed her? She slowly peeked out the window.

It was Sophie!

"What are you doing here? You should be with everyone else." She said, starting to climb out the window, then stopped. There was someone else out in the street. She could hear them, and knew they were a soldier. "Quick!" Grace beckoned her over to the window and picked her up through it.

She put her finger to her mouth and the girl sat quiet. Grace stood, thinking of what to do and opened the vial of water, bending it out and into the street. Sure enough, she saw the soldier, looking around to where they had heard them.

Grace concentrated, the water was almost too far away for her to reach with bending. She held her hand out. Willing it to turn to ice. The water rippled, but nothing was happening. The soldier walked onto it, and was ready to step off when the water turned to ice and the soldier slipped.

He went down with a crash. Grace crouched back to the floor and almost wanted to laugh. She had did it! Sophie covered her mouth from almost giggling out loud. Grace peeked outside and the soldier had gotten up, looking around to see if anyone had seen what had happened, Grace held her hand out again, letting the water melt. Soon he left.

"You're a waterbender?" The girl clutched the soldier doll in her arms and looked a bit scared at Grace.

She didn't answer, "I'm a friend of your brother. What are you doing here? You are suppose to be getting away. Where's your mom?"

Sophie glanced down. "I got away. But they took my mom!" She yelled, "I saw you, you had Kitare's necklace. So I tried to go talk to you. My mom told me to come back, but before I could I saw two soldiers come and my mom looked angry. She shook her head when I tried to go after her…They took her away."

"Are you sure they were soldiers? Kitare said two old men where going to come and help—"

"What? No they were soldiers." She started to cry.

Grace held her, trying to comfort her. "Shhh. I'm here. We'll figure something out."

After she cried for a few moments, she looked up. "Where is Kitare?"

"I don't know. He was going to fight."

"Fight? What's going on?"

She didn't have any idea? "There is going to be an invasion. I can't tell you more than that. But we have to get out of here."

She sniffed, stopping the crying a bit. "Are you my brother's girlfriend?"

Grace's heart leaped. "—No, I'm a friend…We need to go. You have to do exactly what I tell you and follow me kay?"

She nodded.

They made it out the window and Grace glanced out to the street. No one.

"Where are we going?" She asked, peeking around the older girl.

Grace pushed her behind her. "We're going to find the Avatar."

"The Avatar? I thought everyone said he was gone."

"No."

She smiled, "Mommy told me there was still hope. Where is he?"

Kitare had been against the war all along.

But she had to focus. "I don't know." She looked down the street where the road eventually got to the gates leading out of the island. "Time to go," Grace said, taking Sophie's hand and leading her behind the buildings.

Grace was running as fast as Sophie could go. When they reached the wall, they waited.

"What are you going to do now?" Sophie asked as they stopped at a half run when they had reached the wall, guarded by too many soldiers. Up at the top of the high wall and the huge gate guarded by a couple on each side.

"When they've lost their bending, we'll hope that help will arrive."

"What?"

Grace turned around and went to Sophie's height. "Sophie?" She asked, ignoring her question. There was no time. She nodded. "I want you to have this," she said as she took the stone necklace off her neck. "Whatever happens, if you are in trouble, use it."

Sophie held it in her hand, "What about you?"

"I'll stay with you, but if I have to leave, Kitare or me will hear it ok?"

"Okay." She looked up.

"What's that?"

Grace followed her gaze, "The Avatar!"

It was almost time. She just hoped Kitare was alright.

It seemed like hours waiting by the wall. Their only chance out was the rebels breaking through. Grace looked up at the sky, and the sun was starting to eclipse.

"Sophie, it should be anytime now. When the rebels come through, we have to avoid the soldiers and get to them."

She hugged closer to her.

Soon, there was yelling from the wall and crashing. Grace got up quickly, looking to see. The doors started to bend, big dents penetrating it.

"Run!" The two ran as fast as they could from the wall as it broke open.

Soldiers were falling back, trying to keep the huge metal caterpillar like machines and rebels on foot at bay. When Grace spotted a few familiar faces and the water tribe men, she held Sophie's hand tight and went out into the open.

"Hey!" She called, running toward the boy in blue she knew was Sokka. "Hey we need your help!" Grace screamed when a soldier yelled traitor and came at them.

She stopped and pulled all the water in her vials burst open with her surprise and her worry for Sophie giving the extra energy she needed, struggling to hold it she half threw the water and bended it under the soldiers feet, trying to freeze it to his feet so maybe he would lose his balance.

The ice broke, but before the soldier could get to them, Sokka attacked the soldier.

"Who are you guys? What are you doing here?" He yelled in surprise when he saw we were on their side, and defenseless.

"We got away, it's a long story."

Grace grabbed Sophie with a scream when another soldier came at them. But was taken down. "You have to get out of here!"

"We can't stay here! They'll take us away! Look, I have to get her somewhere safe! Her mother was taken hostage, and her brother might be hurt! Please we have to get somewhere safe."

Sokka growled in frustration and looked back behind him. "Duke, Pipsqueek!"

A very large teenage boy and a very small short one ran over, both dressed in armor.

"Yeah what is it?" The bigger one asked.

Sokka pointed at the two of us. "I need you two to watch these two until Dad and Katara get down here."

They nodded and Sokka ran off before Grace could ask him to look for Kitare.

"I'm sorry we are a bother to you guys." Grace said looking at the two former Freedom Fighters. She recognized them from the show. The larger one was Pipsqueek and the small one was The Duke.

"It's alright. So who are you guys anyway?"

Grace looked down at Sophie, still holding onto her. "It's a long story."

"Well here comes Katara and her Dad."

The father and daughter came close and they followed the two to them, "Sokka told us to bring these two to you."

"What? Um, did he say anything else? Who are you?"

Grace cut in before they could say anything, "I can explain everything."

"We're going to get back to the others." Pipsqueek and the Duke left to fight.

"Alright, explain."

Grace told them about Kitare's mother, and what she knew of Kitare's situation.

"So you don't know where he is now?" Katara asked.

She shook her head, "Wherever Azula is I'm guessing."

Before they said more, Katara looked up at something in the sky. "Oh no."

Aang came down on his glider, a disappointed look on his face.

"Aang? What happened?"

He walked over to them, "He wasn't there. The Fire Llord wasn't in the Palace, the whole capital city was deserted."

"What?" Sokka yelled.

"They knew we were coming." Katara said quietly, wearing the same look as the others.

"He's probably long gone by now."

Sokka shook his head, "No, I have a feeling he's still here. Just hiding somewhere safe. Like a bunker or something."

Toph spoke up, "If he's in an underground bunker, I can find it."

A plan was put to work quickly before Grace could interfere.

"Wait, if you are going in, if you find Kitare—"

"Who's Kitare?" Toph asked.

"The little girl's brother, Azula tricked him and he's in danger."

Sokka stepped in, "We don't have much time, we can't go looking for lost people. Why don't you come look for him? You're a waterbender aren't you?"

Grace started to answer when Katara got there first, "You're a water bender?"

"Yes, but I'm no good fighting. Look…I won't ask you to go out of your way to look for him, I can't put that on you guys…but if you see him, please tell him we're safe and try to help him."

"We will." Aang said, his face determined now.

"Alright, it's settled. Now lets move out." Sokka said getting into position.

Him, Toph, and Aang made their way underground with Toph and Aang's earth bending.

Grace and Sophie stood and watched with Katara and her father.

Soon, they were out of sight.

And it was up to them to win this battle.