A/N: Thank you for all of the reviews. I am really glad you guys and gals aren't mad at me. Thank you to everyone who has read this story. I really appreciate it. Well here you go. Enjoy!

Escape Attempt

Mai and I were sitting in a Chocolate store eating and drinking chocolate. I was having a chocolate covered strawberry sampler and an insanely good cup of chocolate milk. It was more like cooled melted chocolate. It was thick and creamy. Mai had chocolate doves (chocolate molded in the shape of doves) and chocolate milk, the same as me.

"So why doesn't Zuko like chocolate?" I asked.

"He had a bad experience with chocolate."

I laughed. "How do you have a bad experience with chocolate?" I said with a smile upon my lips.

"Well, when we were about eleven we came to this exact shop with my mom and got some chocolate. Zuko got a spiced chocolate truffle. Azula was with us and she had something up her sleeve. She gave Zuko's truffle a bit more spice than needed. She was given the bag of chocolate and she spiced Zuko's truffle. It was so hot that his face turned purple and he started to cry. We had to take him home and stick his face in a bucket of ice water. The things Azula did are exactly the reason why I am not her friend anymore." Mai took sip of her chocolate milk.

"That is so awful," I said.

"Yeah she was pretty horrible to him." Mai looked outside. "It's starting to get dark so I better get home."

"Oh yeah," I said as we stood up. "I guess I should go too."

When we walked out of the store, I noticed Zuko leaning up against the wall.

"Hey," Zuko said. "So, are we going home?"

"Katara, are you alright to walk home?" Mai asked.

"I think so," I said unsurely, looking around to find my way.

"Zuko, can you get her back in one piece?" Mai asked, or demanded.

"Yeah, I guess," he replied lacking an emotion.

"Thank you." Mai walked over to him and gave him a kiss. "See you later." Mai waved as we left.

"So, Zuko how are things?" I was trying really hard to talk to him. I sighed. "More specifically, how is your side?"

"Why do you care?" he slashed.

"Because," I sighed. "I worry about people who are or were suffering. I just want you to be okay."

"Yeah whatever," he mumbled.

"Okay, what is your problem? I am just asking if you are okay. I don't know what the hell your problem is but I am just…," I fumed.

"Just what?"

"Just freaking annoyed with you."

"Like I care you water tribe tramp." My mouth hung open. I could feel tears prickling in my eyes.

"You can just forget the last two days ever happened. Next time your father slashes your body apart, you can find another person the heal you." I started to run.

"Katara," Zuko called out.

I turned around. "No! You are the most crazed person. Just leave me alone. I hate you. I hate everyone who made me come here and didn't do anything about it. I hate you and I hate the Fire Nation." I turn and ran. I didn't know where I was going. All I knew was that I had to get out.

I went to the beach. That was the only place where I felt comfortable. I didn't know what I was going to do, but I knew I was going to do something.

I started to bend the water. Just pulling it and pushing it. I decided I needed to leave. I walked up and down the beach in search of a boat. Not a fancy boat, just one to get me close to the South Pole. I finally found one near a boulder. I dragged it out, using all of the strength I had. I got it out on to the water fine. I climbed in and started to go out with the current.

I got off the coast fine and without being noticed. I sailed off the mainland with ease and I was free. I was free of being controlled by everyone. I was so relived to be gone. As I feeling free, I remembered Hama. And Mai. And Ming and how I left them without even one thought. Instead of feeling free as I had a few minutes before, I felt guilty and sad.

I couldn't do anything. I just sat in that boat and thought of Hama, Mai, and Ming. I made my own family there. I just couldn't leave them behind. As much as I loved my own family, I wasn't ready to go back. I needed my friends. I needed them. I needed to tell them who I really was, where I was really from. So I jumped. I jumped out of the boat and swam back to the Fire Nation capital.

I couldn't bend any water. I was too tired to do anything. Even though I was tired I still swam. I swam until I saw land meet the horizon. I was getting more and more tired. I needed to give myself a push to reach the land. I tried to bend some waves but I just couldn't do it. I tried so hard. I finally lost the strength to do anything. The most I could do was keep my head from going under the water. Finally, I just couldn't do it anymore.

My Gran Gran once told me that when she dies, she wants to be taken by the ocean. She said that the ocean never lies when it wants to consume someone. It's just the nature of the ocean. She told me that drowning is the most peaceful and comforting death. Nothing can ever be like the ocean. It may seem terrifying, but at the same time it is like being rocked by your mother for the first time. For me it was like being rocked my mother on my way to meet her. It was like being welcomed back to my mother and to her embrace. At that moment I wanted to die. I really wanted to leave this frightful Earth and be somewhere peaceful. That was until I was rescued.

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