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Time for a short celebration! This is chapter 10! Woohoo! Okay, enough celebration.

Toreth woke up and only saw red above her. Alarmed she almost jumped out of the bed and nearly fell all in again. She was held up by two hands, not his hands, she immediately knew. Thoughts were racing threw her head with a dashing speed. She was in a Fire Nation room, with someone holding her she id not know, and she was naked.

Then she heard an exhausted sounding voice from behind, "Toreth, please. It's me, Katara."

She turned and watched Hakoda's daughter with surprise. "Why..", her voice trailed off as her gaze wandered across the room, she let Katara tuck her in again and all of sudden she was thankful for the blankets to cover her body.

Then Katara began to talk,

" We are on a Fire Nation ship, because we needed a way out of Ba Sing Se and we figured out it would not have worked with the Water Tribe ships, so we captured one of theirs. Aang is still sleeping. He though will need healing sessions afterward. I undressed you, because I wanted to check if you are wounded, you passing out scared me. I also did a small healing session, and I found..", she looked up in Toreth's eyes. The dryad nodded in agreement, "Yes, I am with child. Did you tell, uhm, your Dad?", Katara looked to the ground, slightly angered by the thought of her father, "No, I did not tell him, besides you are not with child,", Toreth's eyes widened in fear, "You are with twins.", Katara added with a small smile. Toreth fell back in the cushion. She looked up to Katara in disbelief, "Really?",

"Yep.",

"No chance, you are wrong?",

"Absolutely none. You happy?",

"I think so", the older woman added, but with no happy voice. Twins, she thought, how am I going to manage two at once?. Then she turned to Katara again, "Katara, is everything alright?"

"Yes, why?", the girl answered angrily.

"You look pretty exhausted. Why don't you rest for a while and I search for some clothes?"

"I,… yes, maybe you are right."

They switched places and this time it was Toreth tucking Katara in. Sleepily the girl said, "I have one last question."

"Yes?"

"Why did you save me the first time, I mean, did you know about father back then."

Toreth smiled, "No, I did not know about his very existence. I just saw a girl who needed some help. Yet, I am glad I helped."

"This may sound crazy, Toreth, but I like you."

"I'm glad to hear that, Katara, now rest."

"Okay.", Toreth dimmed the light and searched for some clothes, she only found Fire Nation men's clothes, but it was better than walking around all naked, wasn't it?

So she dressed in some trousers and a training shirt, and made a makeshift girdle from a thin coat. She slipped in a pair of high boots and walked outside. Toreth walked around in the lower ship, looking in every room she walked by. She found Aang's room and gave him a little bit of her energy, just so she would not feel the affects again.

Then she found the kitchen. Her stomach growled and so she searched for something edible. There was rice and a few bites of some meat and a few herbs. She immediately started cooking.

While she was all busy making a meal, Sokka came into the kitchen. He had smelled it from the upper deck and wondered who might be cooking. They did not cook with the things they found at the lower deck, because they did not exactly know them and well, how they were supposed to cook them, but this smelled irresistible. Guilt struck him when he saw who was cooking. He watched her for a while. When she was going to start eating she turned and saw him. She smiled at him, "Hello Sokka, do you want to eat with me? I seem to have cooked enough for a whole army.".

He did not need anymore invitation. The next second they both sat on the table and ate.

When he had too finished his meal he suddenly looked very sad, "Toreth, I-I just wanted to say, uhm, I'm sorry about, uhm what I said,.. back there, … you know.".

"It's okay, Sokka."

"Really?"

"Yes, I thought about it, and maybe your reaction was quite normal. But I will remind you every now and then that you did not believe your sister about me.", she answered with a broad grin.

They hesitantly hugged each other for a short moment, then Sokka took her hand and led her onto the other deck. There he walked up to his father, "Dad, I was wrong. She's gorgeous!", he exclaimed happily. Hakoda turned to his son, surprised about his statement he stared at the woman behind him. Sokka left them alone and Toreth walked close up to the man she loved, smiling.

"How did you do... that?", was the only thing that would find the way out of his mouth.

She shrugged, "I was hungry, so I made something to eat and he joined me.",

"Oh, that explains everything.", he said laughing, then he looked in her eyes and said, "I'm glad you're alright.", she kissed him as an answer. When they parted she said, "I…. need to tell you something…. "

"Yes?", but as she wanted to start a call was heard, "Fire Nation ship! Everyone get on your positions!". He shoved her back in the direction she came from, "Quickly. Hide under deck, we'll deal with them. Whatever happens, don't come out until they are gone, will you?", she only nodded as an answer.