"Take that you rock!" Sokka yelled, throwing his arm out of his covers.
Sokka and Katara were getting sick and I needed to find them some medicine.
"Aang, stay here." I ordered, before heading out without my glider. I knew I was in for a huge fight later that night. And I didn't need my glider.
I ran across country looking for the half frozen lake. At one point I think I might have heard a horn going off.
I Almost passed up the lake when I made a quick one eighty. I reached down for the frozen frogs and got a few. Just when I was about to leave, my hand got pinned to the ground by an arrow.
"Here comes all the fun." I smirked, pulling the arrow out of my clothes. They shot more arrows from the forest, and I blocked with a blast of air. Two jumped down and shot more arrows at me,
I whipped water at them before trying to run again. More arrows chased me, I quickly turned and made an ice shield to cover me.
I sat watching them shoot more arrows before it shattered. I then tried to run but they shot my sleeve to a branch on the ground.
I was about to get myself out but then they shot my other hand. I hissed and threw up a slide of water but they slide on it and shot a net on me. I tried to get free but they quickly ran up and knocked me out.
I woke up in a cell, with my hands and legs chained. I knew exactly where I was, behind a four wall fortress. I knew trying to get out on my own was useless, so I waited.
"So this is the Great Avatar, Master of all the elements." A mocking voice said, it only belonged to one man. "I don't know how you managed to allude the Fire Nation for a hundred years, but your little game of hide and seek is over." Zhao walked around me in circles, almost inspecting me.
"I've never hidden from you! Untie me and I'll fight you right here, right now!!" I shouted back, trying to move in the chains.
"Uh? No." That short smart ass smirked. "Tell me how does it feel to be the only Airbender left? Do you miss your people?" As he asked this I couldn't help but feel the pain of being the only other Airbender.
"No one is gonna miss you though." I growled, letting the chains go.
"Oh don't worry, you won't be killed like they were." He still smirked. Though I knew that smirk was about to fade later that night. "See if you die; you'll just be reborn and the Fire Nation will have to begin its search for the Avatar, all over again." Zhao walked to the door, finally leaving. "So I'll keep you alive... but just barely." I think I felt a chill.
I took a deep breath and spit out an air blast at his back, nocking him down.
"Blow all the wind you want, your position is fatal! There is no escaping this fortress, and no one is coming to rescue you." Zhao hissed, as he got back up, and walked out.
Once again I was all alone, I wouldn't mind Zhao's company after all. He has an awesome voice, even if talking to him made my head hurt.
Time went by and by till I heard some commotion outside my cell.
"Finally." I whispered, with a grin.
The door opened to the Blue Spirit (aka Zuko) running in as he unsheathed his broadswords.
I didn't flinch at the sight of him swing them at me, knowing he was using them to cut the chains. Why else? Why kill my beautiful ass?
He easily cut them and I was free, "Who are you?" I asked, as he started walking up the door.
The Blue Spirit didn't answer, just signaled me to follow him. "I'll take this as a rescue." I smiled, as I screeched to follow the gorgeous hunka hunka.
When we were in the hallway I looked down to the see the frogs defrosting. "Wait. Come back." I whispered, as I started to follow them.
Zuko- The Blue Spirit grabbed the caller of my jacket and started to drag me away.
"Wait my friends need to suck on those frogs!" I sighed, as I let him drag me like a rag doll. I was light weight in this world.
We went in the sewer of the first wall and snuck by all the guards. We were about to go through the second when the alarm went off. "There on the wall!" A guard shouted, as he saw us.
I was about to run for the open gates but then I remembered Zuko.
I kicked air at the guards he was fighting and we started running for the gates before they closed. But it was too late they were shut.
The guards started throwing spears at me while going up and fight the Blue Spirit.
I grabbed one of the spears and used it like a glider. I ran up and grabbed Zuko by my legs, and spun my staff as fast as possible to make it where we could fly across.
I struggled to keep it going, Zuko meanwhile was deflecting spears. As soon as we reached the other side of the gate I tried to gently drop us. Which wasn't gentle at all.
Guards ran up as we were getting back up, Zuko went and started fighting them again. I ran and grabbed a ladder the guards were using.
"Take this and jump on my back!" I shouted, as I handed him two ladders.
He did as I asked and I flung us forward. "Give me the next one!" I yelled, holding out my hand. He did and I balanced the other and flung us again.
But right when we were about to jump over the last gate, the ladders collapsed under us.
Zuko held on tight as I had my hands on the last gate. We were almost free! Normally I would be squealing that Zuko was holding me- but not then. Then freedom was all up to my strength, and I held it with all my strength, but Zuko was kind of heavy, mainly because I only had one hand on the gate. I couldn't let go of him either, not in a million years.
I threw an air ball down to soften our landing, yet I think I heard the Blue Spirit groan form the long fall. The guards didn't wait for us to get back up and shot fire at us. I made an air ball around us to block.
"Hold your fire! The Avatar must be captured alive!" Zhao ordered, as he suddenly stood right there.
Just after The Admiral finished I felt cold broadswords around my neck. I couldn't help but
smirk at Zhao, he realized his own mistake. Now who was smirking?
"Open the gate." Zhao hissed, at the general.
"Admiral, what are you doing?" He asked, completely hesitant.
"Let them out! Now!" Zhao snarled.
We started backing away as the gates opened.
We backed up all the way to the bridge from we were just about to disappear in the forest. I made sure to keep completely still, that arrow was coming real soon.
Just then an arrow hit Zuko's mask dead between the eyes. He went down and I made wind to cover us with dust. I looked down and made sure it was Zuko.
I moved the mask to see the red dry scar, and his perfect, clean cut, profile. "Oh yeah that's Zuko." I whispered before grabbed him and high tailing it out of there.
I went deep in the forest and laid Zuko down next to a tree and waited for him to wake up. I was glad I didn't feel any emotions that weren't mine. Specially with Zuko. I didn't understand them, who put them there? Why did I feel them? I
I didn't want to feel them.
What if I felt them and something terrible happened? What if I hurt Zuko because of them?
I glanced over at him, he could seem so gentle, soft and beautiful. Not that he wasn't beautiful— just always so angry. However I understood, everything was taken away from him. A pain that was put in me.
I supposed that they would keep coming, so I shoved those feelings aside for as long as I could, and hopefully they wouldn't keep me.
But one feeling I wouldn't shove was my mom. If she missed me? I missed her, that's for sure. Everything was so fast or enjoyable to where I forgot where I came from. Missing her was all I could do.
I heard Zuko groan as he opened his eyes to see me sitting next to him. "Hi." I tried to smile.
"You know the worst part about being in a place you don't know? I miss my mom." What's the worst thing that could've happened if he knew? It's funny how we tell people we barely know our problems, but not the ones we know.
I looked over to see a look on Zuko, one I didn't suspect. He seemed understand.
"I miss my friend. Before everything; I used to always visit my friend Alu. She and I would get in so much trouble, she was one of the best friends I ever had. And she was from the Fire Nation, just like you." I sighed, memories and feeling I've never felt. "I know you see this as something you have to do. I don't claim to know everything about you but... I could see it in you. When I found out my people were wiped from existence I felt angry, lost, afraid, the worst part was I couldn't do anything. But I don't blame the Fire Nation people. If we knew each other back then, do you think we would have been friends?" I asked keeping my eyes to the trees. I guess being homesick was catching up, as I felt a tear drip down my right cheek. Thankfully Zuko didn't see it.
I looked over in shock that he hadn't blasted me yet, he looked stunned himself. We just sat there, looking each other in the eyes. I didn't know what to do then, this didn't happen before.
He was so gorgeous, yet sad, lost, and broken.
"You really are lost." He whispered, slightly moving his pink lips. I could barely hear.
He was right. I didn't know what I was doing. Where I was. I wanted to here, but I wasn't from there.
I looked down, no longer able to look in his golden eyes, it was like he saw through everything. My cosplay.
How did he do that? Maybe he saw the tear?
"Goodbye." I broke a smile, through my tear. I needed to leave.
I didn't look back at him as I jumped up to the trees. Trying desperately not to look back.
However I gave in when he was almost out of sight, he still stood there. Looking at me.
I went back to the lake and grabbed more frozen frogs, and finally went back to Aang and the others.
"Here, suck on these. It will make you feel better." I said, handing them to Sokka and Katara. Aang looked super tired, he probably had to get a ton of water for them.
"Where were you?" He asked, picking out his head.
I just sighed, as I sat down.
"Gyawa, how was your trip? Did you make any new friends?" Sokka asked, as he sucked on a frog.
"Yeah, I think I did." I softly replied, so tired thinking of Zuko.
Did I? Or was imagining things?
"Aw this is tastey." Sokka said, before realizing he was sucking a frog, that was no longer frozen.
"Aw!" Katara and he gasped as they spit them out. I found myself laughing at the sight, things were just so much more different around them.
