Book 1, Chapter 12: Pirates and Scrolls

Anila's POV (Normal)

The Forest Spirit appeared into the Spirit World, crawled to Avatar Anila then climbed up the side of her body and sat on her shoulder.

"Avatar Anila! I overheard your conversation with them and you forgot to mention that Tedio has one more power and didn't get the chance to tell them that the reincarnation of Dawn teleported here! And why did you tell Tedio that he and Avatar Isabella are destined to be married? You know the story very well and you know that Victoria and Anthony would have married if they both defeated Dawn and survived but they didn't. So Isabella and Tedio only are destined to be married if they kill the reincarnation of Dawn and one of her government officials named Constantina. Oh, and you forgot to mention that Dawn and Constantina had an affair while Anthony was forcefully married to Dawn. AND you forgot to say that Dawn's spirit is pretty much considered a demon here and she has demonic powers so she could take control of the whole world… and… and… Oh! I can't say it… the thought of it is so scary…" the squirrelly Forest Spirit chattered rapidly. Anila raised a hand to scratch the back of the Squirrel's ears. The Forest Spirit chittered delightedly.

"Hm… I did forget to tell Tedio about his ability to create light… but the rest was on purpose just to keep our little Izzy mentally interested in the subject, then she is going to get curious with the Victoria and Anthony issue and try to find their hiding place to learn more of them, and then she'll find out all those stuff I didn't tell her. And I'm pretty sure the reincarnation of Victoria came back stronger this time, and willdefeat the reincarnation of Dawn and Constantina… I'm sure of it…"


Isabella's POV (absolute)

We're riding Nini on land right now and Sokka is looking for somewhere to rest and somewhere so me and Katara could water bend.

I sighed. "I… am… so… bored! I bet you feel bored too, don't you Tedious Tedio?" I joked. Tedio nodded.

"Yep, traveling on Nini for weeks is tedious. Why does it take so long to find a small lake so you and Katara could water bend?" Tedio sighed out.

"I don't know… why don't you ask Sokka?"

"Hey! I'm trying my best to find a puddle for you to splash in." Sokka said sarcastically.

I looked over to Mimi, "Mimi… was that thing that Charlie said true?"

She scowled at me, "If you're going to judge me about it then why don't you just shut the f*ck up! Charlie said you went through the bisexual phase too so you shouldn't be saying anything!"

Tedio widened his eyes at Mimi, looking shocked. I answered, "Charlie got that mixed up, I never was bisexual, just bi-curious. Heck, I still have a bit of bi-curiosity in me. And I'm not going to judge you; if that's the way you are then I'll accept it. No worries."

Everyone else approved by nodding their heads, except Tedio. I punched Tedio in the arm, " Approve! Now!" I yelled extremely loud. Tedio nodded his head rapidly.

"Thanks guys… Though actually… thinking about it, I might just be bi-curious, like Izzy said…" Mimi responded, not seeming very truthful with her response.

After a few minutes, I randomly stated, "…I think the Healing Kiss thing is lame… It's not really an awesome power you can use to fight off enemies…"

I saw that no one wanted to respond to that. I shrugged it off and started playing on my Nintendo DS.

As soon as I turned of the device, Tedio snatched it from me. "Hey! Don't snatch stuff from me!" I yelled.

I reached for the DS but he lifted it high above our heads to keep me from grabbing it. He laughed evilly at me. I felt my rage build up quickly, "Oh hell no! I'm not that type of person you can play keep-away with!"

I tackled him, pinned him down to the ground, bit him multiple times in the arm, and as he yelled at the pain, I snatched the DS back. I got off Tedio and sat peacefully beside his surprised self. Everyone laughed, including me.

But my laugh was interrupted when Nini stopped suddenly and we all flew off Nini. I grunted and flipped my hair out of my face. I glared at Sokka beside me. "Would you stop more smoothly next time?" I yelled at Sokka.

"Yeah! Don't you think I already have had enough hurt?" Tedio growled, rubbing his shoulder where he fell on and rubbing his other arm with a bunch of my teeth marks on it. Damn, I'm so aggressive sometimes, I even scare myself. Poor little Tedio…

Sokka pointed to the right. "I found your puddle…"

I looked and saw a large and beautiful waterfall. "Awesome…!"

I screeched with excitement, then I stripped out of my outer garments, adjusted my bikini a bit, and ran for the water, but Katara stopped me. "Remember why we're here…"

"Oh right… waterbending…" I sighed. I put on my clothes again and followed Katara. Mimi and Nikki undressed and ran for the water.

Sokka sighed, "And what am I supposed to do?"

"You can bathe Charlie!" Tedio dumped dog shampoo bottles on his arms and stripped out of his clothes, leaving him in his trunks. "I'm gonna go swim!" And with that, Tedio ran for the water, jumped off a small ledge and splashed in the water. Sokka looked at Charlie.

"You're an evil dog, you know that, right?" Sokka said. Charlie just gave him that stupid innocent look. "Don't even try! You're lucky you are cute, that's why I'm gonna bathe you."

Charlie smirked and ran for the water. "Wait up!" Sokka yelled and ran after him.

Katara faced the water and started bending the water, moving the water forward and backwards, "This is a pretty basic move but it took me months to perfect. So don't get frustrated if you don't get it right the first time. You just gotta push and pull the water like this!"

"Uh…" I tried bending it the same way but I could barely move the water. "Ugh why can't I do it? Aang in the show got it on the first try."

Mimi and Nikki swam to the shore and looked at Izzy try again. "Maybe it's because your personality is hard-headed and stubborn, like earth, and fiery and hot-tempered, like fire. Earth is a solid and Fire is a gas but Water is a liquid. Also, the opposite of water is fire and your incarnation Victoria, is a Fire Avatar. Maybe that's why." Mimi explained.

"But Katara is an Aries and her elemental sign is Fire. How can she waterbend?"

"Because didn't she tell you already? She said that it took her months to perfect! You really don't listen, do you?" Mimi replied.

"I have A.D.H.D. What do you expect?" I reasoned. Mimi rolled her eyes and swam away with Nikki.

I tried the move again and again for 35 more times then I kind of got it. "Well at least it didn't take me months. What's the next move?" I asked Katara.

Katara sighed, then bended a small amount of water out and moved it around smoothly. "This is a more difficult move, I call it streaming the water."

I tried it out but I got distracted. I looked up at my friends having fun in the water then I just noticed Tedio in the water, shirtless. I dropped the water I was bending, Wow, since when did he have abs like that? He looks as hot as Zuko in 'The Beach' episode except, he's tanner and more sexier and he's perfectly soaked in water…and…and… And what the hell am I thinking?

Nikki giggled. "I read your mind, Izzy! Ha ha!"

I blushed. Tedio looked at me, "Stop worrying about your dog and concentrate on your bending."

I noticed Sokka washing Charlie behind him; maybe that's why he said that. Katara giggled.

"She's not looking at Charlie, Tedio. She's looking at you!" Katara laughed. I blushed and knocked her down with my waterbending without thinking.

"Yay! I waterbended!" I cheered and Katara glared at me from the ground.

Tedio got out of the water and stood right in front of me. I looked at his chest 'cause is was at my eyelevel, did I mention he's tall? And I quickly looked at Tedio's eyes but his eyes were glowing gold and they looked amazing. I didn't know where else to look so I quickly looked away and avoided eye contact. I felt my heart beating fast, Ugh, why am I acting like this?Tedio smirked.

"Why can't you look at me?" Tedio kept smiling. I still avoided his eyes.

" 'Cause there's no reason to…" I responded lamely. Tedio chuckled.

"But I'm talking to you; you have to at least look me in the eyes 'cause that's disrespectful…"

I hesitantly looked at his beautiful gold eyes. I saw him smile warmly at me and it just made my heart melt. I didn't know what's wrong with me… He's my friend damn it!

"Why were you looking at me?" He smirked. He's driving me nuts, gotta end this quick.

I punched him hard on the same arm I bit him. He grunted at the pain.

"If you think that I looked at you 'cause you're sexy then you're wrong!" I exclaimed. "Hell, if Zuko was here right now and he was shirtless, He would definitely be sexier than you!"

Nikki spoke up, "That's not what I read from your mind! You think Tedio is sexier, tanner, and his smile makes your heart melt and-"

I lost control quickly and out of nowhere, I bended a large wave and it splashed on Nikki. I covered my mouth in shock, then started laughing. It seems that Charlie and Sokka were also affected by the wave…and also our supplies…

"Oh shittles!" I shouted. "You made me do that, Nikki! If you would've just kept your pretty little mouth shut and stop saying lies, then we wouldn't be in this damn problem!"

"You really need to control your anger, Izzy" Tedio said. I glared at him.

"I'm not ANGRY!" I shouted angrily at Tedio. He gave me a look that seemed to say "See? I'm right."

Katara was still sitting there on the ground, probably feeling envious of me. But I only bended when I was angry enough. Just like Firebenders fuel their bending from anger. And that's not good if I do that same type of thing.

I walked off and grabbed Sokka's map. "Maybe we can replace our supplies from a village nearby…"


We walked down the village and looked at the scary-looking people. Nikki tripped and fell.

"Ha ha! You clumsy b*tch!" I laughed at Nikki. She scowled and stood back up again. I know… randomness.

We decided to split up and I went to a store…

…Came back with a whistle. An animal whistle.

I blew the whistle, and it sounds weird. Then I saw Charlie run to me randomly; He was supposed to be with Tedio.

"Why are you here?" I asked my dog. He tilted his head, and it seems that he didn't know what I meant.

"Charlie! Where are you going?" I heard Tedio's voice getting closer. He ran towards me and stopped right front of me breathing hard. Then he stood straight and looked in my eyes. I always wonder why he always does that.

"Charlie probably missed you…" Tedio said breathlessly. I smiled… Then giggled. He looks funny all breathlessly.

Tedio smiled softly, "Why are you laughing?". I shrugged and looked at Charlie. He looks annoyed.

"I bought an animal whistle but it doesn't work and I can't return it after I used it. Oh well." I told Tedio.

"Great… now we have only 2 copper pieces…" Tedio said disappointedly, looking at the two coins in my hand.

"You know… It's weird how some things that happen to us is somehow related to the show… Like if we were in a fan fiction online and someone is writing about us… And making us do stuff… and stuff… in the Avatar world…" I said.

"You're crazy! How can we be in a fan fiction? We're real people." Tedio exclaimed. I shrugged.

"Well you never know… but you're right… there's no way we could be in a fan fiction…"

"Exactly… Now let's go and find the rest of the group."

[Author's Note: Hehehehehehe… =D]


"Earth Nation, Fire Nation, Water Nation, so long as bargains are your inclination, you're welcome here! …Don't be shy, come on by!" a weird person was yelling out loud in front of a wooden ship while we were walking by it. The weirdo ran to us, "Oh! You there! I can see from your clothing that you're world traveling types. I'm sure I can interest you in some exotic curios. "

I stopped, "Sure! I'd love some Cheerios!" I joked. Tedio chuckled and the others just shook their heads.

The weirdo looked at me confusedly. "Well whatever you're looking for, we got it here!" The weird dude forcefully escorted me and my friends inside the ship.

We looked around inside and saw some pretty odd stuff. I looked at some single swords until someone from behind spoke up, "I've never seen such a fine specimen of canine, that purebred would fetch me a hefty sum if you'd be… interested in bartering…" A pirate-looking guy said in a low, raspy voice as a weird bird on his shoulder squawked. Charlie beside me growled.

I picked Charlie up from the ground and hugged him to me, "Charlie's not for sale…"

From the corner of my eye, I saw Katara take a scroll from an open box. I went over there to check it out while she opened the scroll.

Katara's eyes brightened up at the sight of some waterbending forms on the scroll. "Look at this, Izzy! It's a waterbending scroll! …Check out these crazy moves!"

I looked at the bastard who wanted to buy Charlie. "Where did you get a waterbending scroll…" I said in a suspicious tone.

The guy snatched the scroll from Katara. "Let's just say I got it up north… At the most reasonable price, free." The guy said, rolling up the scroll. He put it back in place.

Katara kept looking at the scroll while Sokka spoke up, "Wait a minute…" Sokka laid a finger on his chin, in a pensive way, "Sea-loving traders… with suspiciously acquired merchandise… and pet reptile-birds!" Sokka jumped up with widened eyes and looked at the weirdo pirate, "You guys are pirates!" He yelled, and spluttered saliva at the weirdo's face.

He wrapped an arm around Sokka's neck in a friendly way, "We like to think of ourselves as High-risk traders." The sleazy pirate said.

"So how much for the, uh, tradedscroll?" Katara asked the other pirate.

"I already got a buyer; A nobleman in the Earth Kingdom… Unless, of course, you kids have 200 gold pieces on you right now…" The pirate said.

I jumped up, "Oh! Oh! I remember this episode! I'm gonna say what Aang said!" I walked up to the pirate. "Let's say for the price of… one copper piece!" I said in a pirate voice and flipped out one coin.

The pirate laughed loud, then talked seriously, "The price is 200 gold pieces." He shook his head, "I don't haggle on items this rare…"

"Ok… twocopper pieces…!" I said in the same silly pirate tone, holding out two coins.

"It's not as amusing the second time, girl." The pirate replied in an annoyed tone.

Katara laid a hand on my shoulder. "Izzy, can you stop fooling around? And… can we get out of here? I feel like we're getting weird looks."

Hm… I forgot the rest of the episode now… ugh, curse my ADHD. I turned to Katara and said, " 'Kay, 'kay."

I turned back to the pirates, "Bye, bye pirates!" I grinned and walked out of the ship along with Katara and the rest of the group.

"What was that all about, Katara?" Mimi asked.

"Yeah! I was browsing through their boomerang collection!" Sokka added.

Katara hugged her arms, "I'll just feel a lot better once we get out of here…".

Hm… I feel a bit suspicious of her…

Then I heard a yell from the ship, "Hey you! Get back here!" the weird pirate shouted.

"What the hell do you want now?" I yelled back. I noticed Katara backing up and stand behind Sokka.

A small group of pirates ran out and started ganging up on us. "Nobody's going no where…!" A pirate growled.

Nikki laughed, "Don't use double negitives! Nobody's going no where; don't you mean 'Nobody's going anywhere'. Haha!" Nikki corrected in a giggly way. Ugh… She's such a literature smart ass.

"Now's not the time, Nikki!" I grabbed her arm and starting running away from the pirates and everyone else followed.

We kept running as Katara waterbended some water to the ground and froze it to make the pirates slipped.

Since I was distracted –And apparently, everyone else in the group was distracted- we all ran into a wagon of lettuce at the same time…or cabbages? I can't tell the difference…

"Ah! My cabbages!" an merchant with green attire screamed. I was wrong… it was cabbages… But at least I got to meet the famous Cabbage Man…! In the most infamous way!

"This place is even worse than Omashu!" He yelled. Hm… I forgot all about Omashu. I wonder why we haven't come across it yet.

I told everyone to step to the side… and a second after, all the pirates that were chasing us crashed into the cabbage rubble.

We all ran until we found Nini nearby and rode her back to camp leaving the pirates far behind us…


Tedio's POV (absolute)

Lately I've been trying to predict everything Izzy is going to say or do by placing myself in her shoes and feel everything from her perspective. And study the patterns of her moments of immaturity and maturity. I know it sounds a little weird, but no one understands how important it is for me to figure out Izzy. She's a mystery and very unpredictable at times. There's something about her that makes me want to discover more of her personality. I remember what she said in one of her many Zodiac speeches that Geminis like to discover secrets and mysteries, and that's what keeps a Gemini interested in something with much passion. And that's exactly how I feel about Izzy. I need to understand why she does certain things. She does stuff with much reason and she only blames her ADHD so it wouldn't be her entire fault. And actually, a year ago, she told me once that she isn't taking her medications anymore because her doctor told her she didn't need it anymore 'cause her ADHD behavior is minor and she can concentrate in school now. After she told me, she stated that she still needs it 'cause she's forgetful and still can't concentrate in school, but I have a feeling that that's a lie. She's doing very good in school and can remember stuff from a long time, though she sometimes still has ADHD moments. So I really didn't know why she would lie about that. But now I can tell when she reallyis having an ADHD moment and when she actually is not even though she says it is. Hell, she may seem harmless on the outside, but clever and sneaky on the inside. I just want to know what advantage she would have by acting that way; I want to understand her…

"CHICKEN BALLS!" I heard a scream from behind and got tackled into the lake we were at before.

I rose to the surface and shook my hair out of my face. I turned around and saw a soaked, grinning Izzy in front of me. "Why did you scream… Chicken Balls?"

Izzy shrugged, "I don't know… ADHD moment I guess… haha!" Izzy said, blinking a few times while talking.

I gave her a look and crossed my arms. She sighed, then said, "Ok… I just saw you thinking deeply about something and I wanted to bother you… I guess to get your attention… I don't know…" Izzy replied disappointedly, not blinking even once and looked straight into my eyes. So… when Izzy lies…she blinks a lot? No… I think I'm overthinking it… or yes?

Mimi walked to the shore and looked at us, "Izzy, you act like such an idiot sometimes. You're lucky we're helping you with all this saving-the-worldcrap. Heck, I bet you wouldn't know what to do once you got to this world…!" Mimi teased, but in a friendly way.

Izzy laid a finger on her chin in a silly, pensive way. "Hmm… You're right, I wouldn't! Haha!" she giggled, blinking several times. So I was right? She blinks a lot when she lies… Because I'm very sure she can make an intelligent plan on her own.

Izzy looked over to Katara, who was standing by the shore, and she was holding something. Izzy walked over to her, "Hey, what do you have there?" she asked.

Katara looked at her with a weird smile on her face. She showed Izzy the scroll we saw at the ship. Izzy smiled as well and carefully took the scroll in her hands.

We all went to gather around the two girls. Sokka spoke up, "No wonder they were trying to hack us up, you stole their waterbending scroll!"

"I prefer to think of it as high-risked trading" Katara answered in a witty way. Izzy laughed in a dorky way.

"Ha ha! That was funny, Katty!" Izzy giggled.

Katara continued, "Sokka, where'd you think theygot it? They stole it from a waterbender!"

"Doesn't matter! You put all of our lives in danger just so you could learn some stupid fancy splashes!" Sokka argued.

"These are realwaterbending forms! You know how crucial it is for Izzy to learn waterbending!" Katara reasoned. Sokka sighed and walked away. Izzy didn't say anything and so did the rest of us.

"Well, since we got the scroll, we might as well learn from it." Izzy said.


Zuko's POV (absolute)

We arrived on the docks of an Earth Kingdom market place about half an hour ago... And you're probably wondering why a prince like me would be in a place like this. Because, a certain uncle of mine lost a lotus tile and now I have to set my search for the Avatar on hold until he finds a replacement! And I still don't see what so special about Pai Sho!

Uncle walked up to me with a disappointed look on his face, "I checked all the shops on this peer; Not a lotus tile in the entire marketplace!"

"It's good to know that this trip was a complete waste of time for everyone!" I yelled angrily.

"Quite the contrary; I always say, the only thing better than finding something you are looking for…" Uncle looked at my crewmen carrying many objects from the shops to the ship, "…is finding stuff you weren'tlooking for at a great bargain!" Uncle said happily.

One of my crewmen was carrying a Tsungi Horn, "You bought a Tsungi horn?"

"For music night on the ship!" Uncle answered, then walked toward an odd, wooden ship. "Oo! This place looks promising!"

I had no choice but to follow him…

Once we entered the place, the first thing Uncle saw was a small stone statue of a monkey of something with red jewels for eyes. "Oh! That is handsome! Wouldn't it look magnificent in the galley?" Uncle commented.

I decided to ignore my uncle for a while, when I overheard the pirates talking, "We lost the water tribe girl and the silly girl with colorful clothing she was traveling with…"

Silly girl…? Colorful clothing…? Must be the Avatar…I walked up to them, "This silly girl you were talking about… did she have long, wavy black hair and Water Tribe symbols scarred on the back of her hands…?"


Isabella's POV (absolute)

Katara opened the scroll and placed it on an old tree stump. She pointed at a specific waterbending form on the parchment, "I just wanna try this move first, then it's all yours." She told me.

Katara asked me to hold it up as she followed the movements on the scroll. She tried doing the Water Whip, but ended up whipping herself on the forehead. Sokka laughed at her and Katara glared back.

"What's so funny?" She growled from in between her clenched teeth.

"I'm sorry, but you deserved that." He looked at me, "You've been dooped, she's only interested in teaching herself!"

"Izzy will get her turn once I figure out the Water Whip!" Katara argued. She tried once again but accidentally whipped Charlie.

"Hey! Watch where you're whipping!" I yelled at her while I went to comfort Charlie.

"Ugh! Why can't I get the damn move!" Katara whined.

"You didn't say sorry to Charlie yet!" I exclaimed.

"Who cares about your stupid dog! I need to concentr-"

"Hey! Charlie's not stupid! You're the one who's stupid because you can't figure out that simple Water Whip!" I angrily did the move and successfully made the Water Whip, " See? It's f*ckin' easy!"

"Would you please shut the hell up! Believe it or not, your constant urge to show off your skills and to be better than everyone else is stupid. Why don't you throw away the scroll since you're so naturally gifted?" Katara screamed at me.

Oh sh*t, now that made me enraged, "B*tch! Don't you mother f*ckin' yell at me! And no, I'm not 'gifted', I have the same damn problem like you do! I only made that move because I was angry enough! You know why I show off my skills? Because before all of this happened, I had no skills at all! All I could do was draw, sing, and act! And that isn't worth showing off because I grew up in a neighborhood with talented people and went to an arts school filled with artistic people better than me! No one cared about me because in order to be noticed in that school, I had to be naturally gifted! And no matter how much I tried bettering my skills, I couldn't get any more popular because of my stupid learning disorder that kept me from learning at a faster rate! Then, when I came here," I felt my eyes water but I tried to hold the tears back, "I felt important, I felt I had a purpose to live, and those few skills felt important to me. And when I found that Moonlight Topaz ring, it made me learn hundreds of times faster than I usually learn, and now I have even more skills! I'm sorry if I'm showing off too much but I can't help it! I don't want to feel unimportant and feel lesser than anyone anymore! AND I STILL DIDN'T HEAR YOUR APOLOGY TO CHARLIE DAMN IT!" I yelled at the top of my voice, but I couldn't keep a tear from falling. I wiped it away angrily and stomped off to some random direction. Katara called for me but I ignored her. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder, Tedio's hand.

"Izzy…" He looked at me in the eyes as if he was trying to tell me something. I sighed and walked back to Katara.

"Izzy… I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me. I didn't know that-"

I interrupted Katara, " Don't feel sorry for me, please don't… and alright I forgive you."

Katara smiled and walked over to Charlie and petted him on the head, "I'm sorry Charlie."

Charlie nodded. Katara picked up the scroll and handed it to me.

"Thanks…" I said awkwardly. I looked at it, trying to memorize the movements and tried the Water whip again. But since I'm not angry anymore, I failed. I sighed and kept practicing the move over and over again…


Katara's POV(absolute)

After a long day of training, we were all sleeping. Except me, of course. I couldn't help myself, I had to learn that move!

I quietly got out of my sleeping bag and grabbed the scroll from Izzy's backpack. I nimbly ran to the lake.

I opened the scroll and tried doing the same move again. But the water fell back to the lake. "Shoot! Come on Water, work with me here!"

I tried again and failed. "Ugh, stupid scroll!" I exclaimed loudly.

After one more try, I heard a loud noise. I went and peeked through a bush to see what was going on. I gasped, It's Zuko's ship!I turned to run, but I ran into a pirate.

He grabbed me. "Let go of me!" I yelled as I bended water to his face.

I ran from him but then I ran into someone else… Zuko.

He grabbed my wrists, "I'll save you from the pirates…"


Once Zuko got me tied up to a tree, He asked me questions.

"Tell me where she is and I won't hurt you or your brother." He said with his usual raspy voice.

"Go jump in a river!" I yelled.

He sighed and walked around the tree, "How rude of you… and how about that time I captured you? You were so giggly and full of unnecessary humor. And now you've completely changed…" He whispered in my ear, which I should feel disgusted by it but I strangely felt something else, very very deep inside…

"I was just distracting you so my friends could figure out a plan to get me back, you idiot!" I yelled at him. "I would never be that annoying and immature, only Izzy and her friend Nikki would do that."

"Oh, you're not an annoying peasant girl afterall… so you're really a naïve peasant girl who thinks you're so brave and intelligent but you're really not…?" Zuko hissed.

I furiously try to attack him but I was still held to the tree. He laughed. Oh spirits, how I hated him.

"Control your temper, peasant…" Zuko started.

"My name is not peasant! It's Katara!" I yelled once again. Zuko's expression on his face seemed to calm down for a second at the sound of my name, but then he returned to his previous state.

"I don't care about your damn name!" He slammed his hand on my neck and pinned my head to the tree. "Tell me where she is!"

"No!" I screamed breathlessly. Zuko looked at my neck for a moment, he's probably looking at the scar he did with his swords. I think… he actually feels bad for doing that. Nah… impossible.He looked in my eyes with a small hint of regret and loosened his grip on my neck.

Seeming that a long while has passed, which was probably just a few seconds, Zuko shook his head and asked again, "Where is the damn girl! Tell me!".

"Enough of this garbage! You promised the scroll!" The pirate interrupted.

Zuko pulled out the scroll out of no where, and placed it over a flame he created with his other hand.

"I wonder how much this is worth…" he said as he lowered the scroll to the flame.

"NO!" All the pirates yelled.

"A lot, apparently." He smirked. "Now you help me find what I want, you'll get this back, and everyone goes home happy. Search the woods for the girl and meet me back here."

"Fine…" The pirate agreed, and walked into the woods with the rest of the pirates.


Isabella's POV (absolute)

I woke up to Sokka's voice. I yawned and sat up on my sleeping bag, "What's wrong?"

"She took the scroll! She's obsessed with that thing!" Sokka exclaimed, holding my opened backpack. "It's just a matter of time before she gets us in deep… Ahh!"

Something shot at Sokka's wrists and pulled him away. I stood up and started to chase after him but I felt a heavy net fall on me and knocked me down. A pirategrabbed the net I was trapped in and carried me away.

I heard Sokka complain about he's not good enough to kidnap. Then, he got kidnapped, along with the rest of us. He's such an idiot sometimes.


Sokka, Mimi, Nikki, Tedio and I were tied up by the wrists. The pirates were carefully watching us. Zuko and his crew were standing in front of us a few feet away. I saw Katara tied up to a tree nearby.

"Nice work…" Zuko told the pirates.

Katara looked at me with despair, "Izzy, this is all my fault…"

"No Katara, It isn't…"I replied. I saw Charlie silently make his way towards Katara.

"Yeah, it kinda is…" Iroh added. I tried not to laugh at that comment.

I looked back at Zuko, "Give me the girl!" he told the pirates.

"You give us the scroll!" The pirate argued.

Sokka interrupted the moment, " Are you reallygoing to trade over the Avatar for a stupid piece of parchment…?"

"Don't listen to him! He's trying to turn us against each other!" Zuko yelled.

The pirate ignored him and looked at me, "Your friend is the Avatar?"

"Sure is! And I'll bet she'll fetch a lot more on the black market than that fancy scroll…"

"Shut your mouth you Water Tribe peasant!" Zuko yelled.

"Yeah Sokka, you should really shut your mouth …" I whispered.

"But I'm just saying, It's bad business sense. Just imagine how much the Fire Lord will pay for the Avatar… You guys could be set for life." Sokka continued. The pirates seemed really interested in what he's saying.

"Keep the scroll! We can buy a hundred with the reward we'll get with the girl." The Pirate decided.

I sighed, "Would you stop calling me 'the girl'? I have a name! It's Isabella Victoria Cruz-Ortiz! Remember it!" I shouted as I tried to set my wrists free, but failed. I sighed once again.

"You'll regret breaking a deal with me!" Zuko growled as he kicked out a fireball.

Then, a second later, it turned into a whole melee. I was lost somewhere in the smoke and dust , trying to find the others. But it was impossible with knifes and spears flying around, though it did cut the ropes around my wrists so that's good…

"Izzy! Where are you?" I heard Mimi and Nikki said at the same time.

"I'm over here! Are you two together?" I yelled.

"Yeah!" They replied back. "Where's our little whiny, boomerang addict?" Nikki joked.

"I'm here! And I'm not whiny!" I heard Sokka yell.

I followed Sokka's voice and found myself out of the smoke cloud. Sokka grinned at me and I poked him in the forehead. As he complained about how much his forehead hurts now, Mimi and Nikki appeared. Then I forgot one person… Tedio.

"Tedio! Tedio! You there!" I screamed at the top of my voice.

Seconds passed… No answer. I called again, and I heard a small grunt. I saw Tedio limping slowly from the cloud of smoke; There was a large gash on his left leg. I widened my eyes and ran to him.

"Oh my gosh, Tedio! Are you ok?" I said as I supported his body.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about it." His voice was raspy.

I looked over to the pirates' ship and saw Katara trying to push it into the water.

"Katara! You're ok!" I said, bringing Tedio over with me as the rest of the group followed.

"Yeah, thanks to Charlie." Katara smiled at Charlie.

I smiled at Charlie and he seemed to smiled back. I reached for my pocket and pulled out 2 Pup-peroni treats and threw it to him. Then a second later, it seemed like he was doing a small, silent victory dance with the treats in his mouth. I giggled.

I turned back to Katara, "What are you trying to do anyway? Move the big boat into the water? That's nearly impossible with just one waterbender!"

"Not if there are two waterbenders…"Katara smiled at me and I grinned back.

Katara and I both got on each side of the boat and started pushing and pulling the tides. Once the tides were high enough, the boat started to float.

"Yes! Now let's get on everyone!" I jumped excitedly and climbed up the boat then everyone did the same…


Iroh's POV (Normal)

Zuko shot a fireball at the Pirate and he dodged then launched his sword at Zuko. Iroh got in between them to separate the battle.

"Are you so busy fighting that you can't see that your own ship has set sail?" Iroh shouted.

"We have no time for you proverbs, Uncle!" Zuko yelled.

Iroh pointed to the floating ship, "It's no proverb…"

"Bleeding Hog-monkeys!" the Pirate exclaimed and ran toward the ship.

Zuko pointed at him and laughed mockingly, until he saw his own ship on the river filled with the Pirates' crew mocking him back.

"Hey! That's my boat!" Zuko sprinted to his sailing ship.

Iroh placed a finger on his chin, "Maybe it shouldbe a proverb…"

"Come on, Uncle." Zuko called back at him. Iroh followed him along the riverside.


Nikki's POV (normal)

Nikki anxiously looked back at the progressing ship. She called to Sokka, "Sokka, Can't you make this thing go faster?"

"I don't know how! This thing wasn't made in the Water Tribe!" He yelled back.

Mimi looked off to the side and saw that the ship already caught up. Pirates jumped and climbed onto the ship the gang was on. Mimi grabbed her bow and arrow and quickly shot at several pirates and knocked out every single one. She grinned then continued shooting and severely injuring them, never actually killing them.

Nikki pulled out her mace and joined in the fight. Tedio and Sokka joined as well.

Nikki quickly read Izzy's mind, "Oh hell! The f***ing pirates are ganging up on Katara! Come on Izzy, you can do this! Make a big wave! Don't make it out of rage, I don't wanna end up like Zuko…" Izzy made a stance and created a large wave over the ship and wiped out most of the pirates onboard. "Yes! I am SUCCESSFUL! GRRR!"

Nikki giggled at Izzy's thoughts. One of the pirates that remained ran toward Katara. Nikki read her thoughts, "Oh no… I thought all of them were wiped off after Izzy made the wave but I guess I'm wrong… So, should I try making the Water Whip now? I'll give it a try..." Katara bended a stream of water, did the form shown in the scroll from memory, and whipped the pirate off the ship.

"Hey! You did the Water Whip!" Izzy smiled kindly at Katara.

Katara smiled back, "I couldn't have done it without your help!"

Sokka struggled with two pirates trying to pin him down, "Will you two quit congratulating each other and help me out!"

Mimi, who was close by, aimed at the pirates and knocked them out. Sokka smiled, but it quickly turned to a frown when he saw where both the ships were heading. A waterfall.

"Holy skittles…" Nikki said, looking at it with awe.

Nikki took a quick glance at Izzy and saw the weirdo pirate behind her. "Izzy, watch out!" Nikki warned her.

Izzy turned around and saw him with a sword pulled out. Izzy grinned and pulled out a…whistle?

Izzy blew into the whistle and it let out a soft sound. Tedio came up from behind and kicked the pirate off to the side of the ship. "Izzy, what the hell? You need to stop fooling around!"

Izzy was about to make a sassy remark, but Katara interrupted. "We need to stop the boat! Izzy, together, push and pull the water!" Katara demanded. Izzy nodded and did the movements. The ship slowly started to stop.

"Yes!" Izzy cheered.

"But look…" Nikki pointed to the other ship as it crashed into theirs. The both ships tipped over and fell along with the roaring waters. The pirates, and the gang, were all freefalling. Nikki closed her eyes anxiously and hoped they'll survive this fall… but they landed safely…on the back of Nini, that jumped into the water and offered them a comfortable landing. Nini swam to shore and everyone looked back at the pirates floating in the river.

"Yes! I knew this animal whistle would come in handy! WOOT!" Izzy screeched loudly. Mimi rolled her eyes.


Zuko's POV (absolute)

I ran and ran until I reached the edge. I looked down at the two destroyed ships and the Avatar's eel-hound striding away.

"My boat!" I yelled. I heard Uncle's panting come behind me.

Then Uncle chuckled, "Heh heh… Prince Zuko… You're really going to get a kick out of this… The lotus tile was in my sleeve the whole time!" I watched Uncle grin as I felt a nerve bulging above my eyebrow.

I growled quietly, turned around to snatch the damn tile and threw it into the waterfall.

Now… back to following the Avatar…AGAIN!

~End of Book 1, Chapter 12~


A/N: Well... i FINALLY got some time to finish it! im sorry for keeping u guys waiting... welll i was expecting more zutara than tedella but i guess i could help it... XD dont kill or dismantle me! plz! im innocent and i have ADHD!

next chapter... Jet appears! OMG =O but thats not the only one who appears... a uneexpected enemy..or two... will show up that could change this story in a dramatic way and these character wil help prepare the plot for the 4th book... get ready to meet... The Dawn and Constantina Reincarnations.. and the two girls are very well known to Izzy back at earth...and not in a good way!
DUN DUN DUUUUN! =O (spoiler: who's in alliance with jet)
(another spoiler: the reincarnations have something to do with Izzy's childhood enemy [mentioned in ch.8] and tedio's ex-girlfriend [mentioned in ch.7])

too much info?

hehehehehe i hope the chapter will get done faster... and nikki is reading you mind right now and ur thinking, "Yeah, I hope so too..."

=)