Disclaimer: No matter how much I wish I was, I'm not; Meaning that I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Rating: RT (Teens)

Prologue: A girl from the Earth Kingdom follow the Prince of the Fire Nation and soon joins the Prince and his uncle on their journey. What do you think will happen?


Aang and Katara were running through the main part of the catacombs where the waterfall is.

"We've got to find Sokka and Toph," Katara says

Just then a stream of blue fire, rockets towards Aang and Katara from behind. Aang quickly turns around and earthbends a wall of stone to protect them. The fire hits the wall with great force, knocking Aang back. They look up to see Azula, her fingertips still smoking from the attack. Katara runs around the smoldering wall and bends the water in the channel. She charges at Azula and brings the water crashing down on her. Azula deflects the attack with a short blast of fire. Katara keeps her momentum and spins the water around her, smashing it into the floor and creating a large wave. Azula stomps the ground and flings her hands out, making a wall of fire that evaporates the wave coming at her. The resulting steam hides Azula from view. Aang and Katara look left and right, preparing for a sneak attack.

A moment later, Azula jumps out of the steam from one of the larger crystals high above. She attacks with two blue fireballs which Aang and Katara extinguish by bending the water from the channel into a shield. Azula lands on a piece of rock jutting out from one of the large columns. Aang shoots his fists forward and brings his palms down, sending a shockwave through the ground and into the column, destroying it. Azula gasps and drops down between Aang and Katara, pointing her fingers at both of them. Azula looks back and forth between the two of them nervously, waiting for their next move.

Suddenly, a blast of red fire lands between Aang and Azula. They shield themselves from it and turn towards the new opponent, Zuko. He is wearing a simple brown shirt and brown pants, having shed his outer robes. Zuko draws closer to them, poised in his firebending stance. He looks to Azula, who gazes back at him harshly. Zuko then looks to Aang. The airbender gasps just before Zuko punches forward, shooting a fireball at him. But before it reached Aang, a wall of stone appeared from beneath the ground and blocked Zuko's attack. Zuko looks in shock as he sees Ama land on the stonewall that appeared.

"What are you doing?" Zuko asks her

"I'm doing the right thing," she responds and then she starts to attack him, hand-to-hand combat. Azula is fighting Aang and Katara. Ama was quicker than Zuko thought she was, but he still manages to block her attacks.

"Why are you doing this Zuko?! I thought you were different!" Ama says between blows

"It's my destiny, Ama. You don't understand" he replies

"Is it your own destiny? Or is it a destiny someone else has tried to force on you?!" She asks

"Stop it Ama. I have to do this!" Zuko says in torment

"I'm begging you Zuko! It's time for you to look inward, and begin asking yourself the big questions. Who are you? And what do you want?!" Ama pleaded furiously

Just then blue fire shoots in front of Ama, and Ama quickly defends herself.

"Shut up peasant! Can't you see he has already made up his mind?" Azula says getting ready to attack Ama when suddenly Zuko steps in between them and breaks the fire apart using his bending. Azula and Ama are both shocked. Aang and Katara joins Zuko and Ama and readies their attacks.

"What is the meaning of this? Of course. Prince Zuzu..." Azula taunts, "I should of known you would betray me. Hanging around with uncle and that peasant of yours, Its no surprise," Azula waves a hand and multiple Dai Li Agents were sliding down the walls behind her and lined up formally and readied their attacks as well, "No matter. There is nothing you can do to stop me," she finishes.

Zuko creates a whip of fire and chops downward, flinging it at Azula. The Dai Li quickly lifts a wall of stone in front of Azula to protect her. Katara goes around the wall and bends a water whip towards Azula, catching her off guard. Azula leaps from the top of a crystal cluster and shoots a blast of fire down at her. Katara deflects the attack by bending her water into a wall. Azula shoots another fireball at her and makes a direct hit and Katara is blown back, colliding with a cluster of crystals. She falls to the ground, unconscious. Katara's hair has come undone and flows freely.

Aang launches dozens of feet into the air, kicking up and enormous dust cloud. Aang slams his body into the floor, cracking the stone ground, and a moment later comes charging at the firebender by riding on a rolling mound of rock. Zuko and Ama were fighting off the Dai Li agents behind him. Azula readied herself for the attack. Aang is furious and determined, but just as he gets close, a Dai Li agent jumps in front of him and lifts his arms, destroying the mound with his earthbending and sending Aang to the floor. Aang wearily picks himself up and looks around. Many Dai Li agents jump down from the cliffs above, forming log rows behind Azula. Katara gains consciousness just as the Dai Li surrounded her. Katara bends the water from the channel and forms a ring of water around her. The water sprouts eight tentacles as she enters the octopus stance.

Ama and Zuko fought ferociously besides each other. When Ama's guard was down, one of the Dai Li agents shot the fingertips of their stone gloves, bulleting into Ama's back. Ama arched backwards on the impact, blood spurting out of her mouth. She falls to the ground hard, unconscious. Zuko looks back at her terrified as he quickly and forcefully fired at the Dai Li Agent who did this to her. He runs up to her and picks her up bridal style and is quickly surrounded by Dai Li agents. He looks around nervously, unsure of what to do now.

Aang enters his fighting stance and prepares to face his many opponents. He then looks to Katara, who is desperately fighting off the Dai Li agents, and then to Zuko who is shielding an unconscious Ama from any attack that may come their way.

"There's too many," Aang says. Aang then remembers what Guru Pathik told him at the Eastern Air Temple.

"The only way, is to let her go," Guru Pathik's words ringed in Aang's ear.

"I'm sorry Katara," he says sadly. Aang turns around and earthbends several crystals out of the ground to form a tent over him. Aang sits down and begins meditating. Inside of Aang's mind, he once again comes face to face with the avatar spirit residing inside him, high above the world and surrounded by the starry heavens. The avatar spirit surrounds Aang in a swirling orb between its hands, and Aang's arrow glows.

In the physical world, Aang's arrow begins to glow as well, illuminating the crystals that surround him. Zuko and the Dai Li are frightened but also enchanted by this light. Finally, Aang opens his eyes, which glows with great intensity. An incredible explosion of spiritual power destroys the crystals. The Dai Li agents shield themselves from the blast and Zuko shields Ama. Aang rises from the ground in a bright pillar of cosmic light.

Katara looks up at Aang, hope returning to her. Aang levitates in the air, until suddenly, a bolt of lightning strikes his body. Zuko turns to see Azula smiling confidently as smoke rises from her extended fingers.

In Aang's mind, the swirling cosmic ball vanishes and the avatar spirit falls and fades away along with the path of light Aang is standing on. Aang's body plummets to the earth below.

Back in the physical world, Aang's body is also falling to the ground. His clothes are charred, and there is a terrible wound on his back where he was struck, as well as a burnt spot on the sole of his foot where the lightning exited. Katara stares shocked and horrified, tears rolling down her face. She turns her body and swirls the water around her. Katara creates a large wave and rides on top of it towards Aang, Arms spread behind her. The wave rolls over the Dai Li, washing them away. Katara catches Aang and lands on the ground, the water flowing away from her. She holds Aang's unconscious body and looks up haplessly. Zuko, carrying Ama, runs towards her. Azula begins advancing on them when a fire blast hits the ground between them. Iroh jumps down from a cliff and lands between Azula and Zuko, entering his battle stance.

"You've got to get out of here! I'll hold them off as long as I can!" Iroh says to them. He punches left and right, shooting fire blasts at any potential attackers, as Katara makes her escape with Aang, Zuko, and Ama. Iroh lowers his stance and defends against the stone gloves the Dai Li agents throw at him. Iroh waves both hands forward and flings powerful blast of fire from his fingertips. Katara, holding Aang, followed by Zuko, holding Ama, goes to the waterfall and bends the water. She forms a rising and twisting current that lifts them upward. Iroh ceases his attack and quietly surrenders once they are out of danger. Two Dai Li agents bends a ring of crystals around Iroh and traps him.

Meanwhile Zuko, and Katara, carrying their companions, joins Sokka, and Toph, who is on Appa. The Earth King, and his bear Bosco is with them as well. It has reached nightfall and the sky is dark. Katara lays Aang down on Appa's shoulders and takes out the oasis water. She removes the top of the container and bends the small amount of water out of it. Katara holds it over her palm and makes it spin in a small circle until it begins to glow with energy. The others watched as Katara lifts Aang and places the water over the wound on his back. It lowers into the wound and enters Aang's body. Katara holds Aang close and begins crying. For an instant, Aang's arrow begins to glow, and a second later he groans from the recovery. Katara gasps and smiles joyfully, turning Aang around to look at him. Aang smiles as he looks back at Katara. Katara pulls Aang to her and holds him close, grateful that he is still alive. She gives him to Sokka, who gently places Aang in a laying position comfortably. Katara advances to Zuko's side, who is still carrying the unconscious Ama. Toph earthbends the stone bullets out of Ama's back gently, and Katara begins to tend her wounds, healing it with her normal water.

As Appa flies away from the city. The Earth King looks on sadly as he leaves his home.

"The Earth Kingdom... Has fallen," he says hopelessly. Zuko holds a sleeping Ama next to him. He looks onward as Appa flies over the outer wall and into the dark, cloudy horizon.


That's it for this chapter, sorry it was short, I'll make it up to you guys. Hoped you like it. Stay tuned for the next update! ^-^-