Wow, turns out this is my shortest chapter at the moment. I've been excited to write this chapter because Celina and Zuko get to interact a bit but also Celina discovers something new about herself. Plus you have some nurse Celina. Anyway, I don't own anything, Avatar the Last Airbender belongs to Nick. Enjoy!


The Blue Spirit

Sokka coughed as he laid in his sleeping bag on Appa. The gang had landed in the remains of the decaying ghost town because of Sokka's illness, settling within the remains of a temple. He had been coughing and running a fever all day. Celina figured that he got sick from staying out in the storm and not drying off properly. Katara sat next to him, wiping his forehead with a wet cloth.

"This should bring your fever down," Katara told him.

"You know what I love about Appa the most? His sense of humor," Sokka said feverishly.

"That's nice. I'll tell him," Katara replied. Appa grunted at Sokka which only caused him to laugh, his fever making him delusional enough to think that Appa joked around with him. Celina stared at him worried when Aang walked up to them, back from look for ginger that Celina instructed him to find.

"How's Sokka doing?" he asked.

"Not so good. Being out in that storm really did a number on him," Celina answered. They looked over to see Sokka shivering in his sleeping bag, sniffling.

"I couldn't find any ginger root for the tea, but I found a map," Aang informed the girls. "There's a herbalist institute on the top of that mountain. We could probably find a cure for Sokka there."

"Aang, he's in no condition to travel. Sokka just needs more rest. I'm sure he'll be better by tomorrow," Katara said and then began to cough.

"Not you too," Celina replied worried.

"Relax, it was just a little cough. I'm fine," Katara tried to reassure them but broke out into more coughing.

"That's how Sokka started yesterday. Now look at him – he thinks he's an earthbender!" Aang exclaimed.

"Take that you rock!" Sokka shouted, swinging at something that wasn't there.

"A few more hours and you'll be talking nonsense too. I'm going to find some medicine," Aang said. He grabbed his glider and walked to the edge of the temple. A huge flash of lightning caused Aang to set his glide back down. "Uh, maybe it's safer if I go on foot."

"Don't worry Aang, I'll watch after them. I know how to handle both of them when they're sick," Celina assured the airbender. Aang nodded before heading out. Celina turned back to Katara who did not look pleased that her sister, though she was sick.

"I'm telling you, Celina, I'm fine. Besides, if Sokka's sick and I'm supposedly sick then shouldn't you be sick as well?" Katara asked.

"I dried off after getting out of the storm. You two didn't. That's why I'm not going to get sick," Celina explained to her. "Now why don't you get into your sleeping bag and get some rest."

"No way, I'm taking care of Sokka," Katara replied and then stomped over to their brother, resuming wiping his face down with a damp cloth. Celina sighed. Katara was too stubborn for her own good sometimes. She wouldn't give up until she couldn't stand anymore from being so sick. Seeing that she wasn't going to convince her otherwise Celina went and tended to the fire, trying to make the space as warm as possible to help with Sokka's fever and Katara's eventual one.

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Celina watched as Katara slowed succumbed to the same illness as Sokka. She was fighting against it as much as she could but ended up resting against Appa. Katara wasn't shaking feverishly like Sokka yet but Celina was hoping to get her sister into her sleeping bag before she did.

"Katara… please… water…," Sokka asked. Celina got up from her place by the fire to go fetch some water for her brother when Katara began talking to Momo.

"Listen carefully, Momo. I need you to take this to the river and fill it with water," she instructed the lemur, giving Momo her water skin. This made Celina extremely worried, seeing as Katara was starting to become as delusional as Sokka was, thinking that Momo was the only one to take care of her and Sokka. Momo snatched the water skin from Katara's hands and flew off.

Getting up from her place by the fire Celina retrieved Katara's sleeping bag and unfurled it. "Katara sweetie, how about you get into your sleeping bag and get some rest," Celina coaxed.

"But what about, Sokka?" Katara asked, her voice weakening.

"I'll take care of Sokka and you sent Momo off to get some water. You just get some rest alright?" Celina answered.

Katara nodded and let Celina help her get into her sleeping bag. Putting a hand on Katara's forehead her suspicions that Katara was running a fever were confirmed. The wet rag that Katara had been using on Sokka earlier had dried and wouldn't be any help for either of her siblings. They had also run out of drinking water a while ago, trying to keep Sokka hydrated. Celina hoped that Momo was capable of getting water like Katara instructed him to.

She sighed in frustration seeing that perspiration was coating both Sokka and Katara's foreheads. A moment of inspiration hit her, blowing gently on Katara's forehead. In doing so she created a thin sheet of ice from the perspiration. Katara sighed in relief. Celina smiled seeing that the small waterbending trick worked. She quickly moved over to Sokka and did the same thing. Her brother responded just like Katara did.

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Celina moved back and forth between Sokka and Katara, refreezing the thin sheet of ice on their forehead once it melted.

"Water…" Sokka asked again.

"Momo should be back any minute," Katara told him from her sleeping bag. The lemur in question showed up happily. Celina's belief in the lemur fell drastically when he dropped a dead mouse in front of Katara. "Ugh! No, Momo, water. Wa-ter!"

"Aang, what in the world is taking you so long?" Celina sighed. Getting up from her spot in between her siblings Celina dusted herself off. "I'm going to go get you guys some water, alright? Just get some rest while I'm gone. Keep an eye on them for me guys." Appa grunted in response, causing Sokka to burst into laughter. She needed to move fast.

Celina moved quickly, heading away from the deserted town in search of a body of water. On her way out she found Katara's water skin that her sister entrusted to Momo. Celina couldn't help but roll her eyes. Momo was a lemur, he wouldn't know what to do with a water skin. She picked it up, happy to have another skin to fill with water. Celina listened carefully, trying to pick up on the sound of rushing water. Making her way into the forest she hoped that some animals would lead her to a water source but a lot of them were off hiding because of the lightning earlier. It looked like she was going to have to wander around to try and find it herself when a familiar friend made an appearance.

"What are you doing so far away from the South Pole?" Celina asked the polar bear dog. His sandy colored fur and red markings seemed to make something click in her mind. "You're a spirit. That explains how you helped me find Appa back in the South Pole. Are you here to show me where water is?"

The polar bear dog nodded. Celina smiled widely and gave the spirit a hug. "Thank you, friend. Alright lead the way," Celina motioned.

The spirit led her out of the forest and towards a body of water before disappearing again. Celina was quick to open the water skins and fill them to the brim. She was about to head out when she noticed there was an arrow sticking out of a nearby log with a piece of fabric attached to it. She had a bad feeling about what that fabric was but she didn't have time to check it out now, Celina needed to get back to her siblings with the water.

Celina sprinted her way back to their campsite. Both her siblings were trying to sleep but she woke them up. They needed to drink water and stay hydrated. Sokka was the easier one to wake up as he was the one who'd been asking for water to begin with. Katara was a bit more difficult but Celina got her up eventually. Celina reapplied the thin ice sheets to their forehead.

"I'm gonna go look for Aang," she told them. Katara simply nodded while Sokka went back to sleep. Celina sighed, they really needed Aang to get back with that medicine. Night had fallen but Celina used the light of the moon to make her way back to the water source the polar bear dog spirit led her to earlier. She got herself dirty, wading through the water to get a closer look at the arrow and the cloth it pinned to the log. Unfortunately, Celina tripped on something causing her to fall. She tried to catch herself but ended up cutting her hand on the arrow.

Celina let out a hiss in response as blood started to leak out from the cut. She stuck her hand down into the water, hoping to clean the cut when the water around her hand began to glow. A cooling feeling coming from her cut before it disappeared along with the glowing water. When she pulled her hand out of the water Celina was surprised to see that the cut was completely healed.

"What?" Celina muttered to herself. Had the water healed her? Was this another form of waterbending? "That's gonna come in handy."

Going back to the arrow Celina got a closer look at the piece of cloth. It definitely was a piece of yellow cloth. Celina's heart sunk, it must have come from Aang's shirt. She hasn't seen anyone wear as bright a yellow that he did. Celina plucked the arrow from the log and pocketed the piece of cloth, she didn't need anyone else catching glimpse of where Aang could have been taken. Getting out of the water she hid the arrow inside a bush and began looking for other arrows that could lead her to where Aang was taken.

There were arrows scattered around her that Aang must have dodged, all at a specific angle. The archers must have been up in the trees, they must have been very skilled as moving through the trees meant no clear path to follow. That meant she was wandering blind. But she couldn't give up as right now with Katara and Sokka out she was the only one who could save Aang. And whoever these archers were they were skilled and must have had a proper base where they were keeping Aang.

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Celina looked all night, trying hard to stay in the shadows in case there were still some few archers hiding within the treetops. She wished that her polar bear dog friend would come back to help guide her there but the spirit didn't make another appearance. Celina was disheartened when the sun began to rise and still didn't find anything. She was about to head back to the temple to check up on Sokka and Katara when she heard someone talking.

"If we knew each other back then do you think we could have been friends too?" Aang's voice sounded.

"Aang!" Celina exclaimed, excited that she found him. She turned the corner to see Aang sitting next to a masked man who was lying in the grass. Aang looked a bit nervous when she ran over to the both of them, glancing down at the masked man every now and then. "I'm so happy I found you."

"Celina, what are you doing here? Why aren't you taking care of Sokka and Katara?" Aang asked.

"I kinda needed to leave when I noticed an arrow with a piece of yellow cloth attached to it. What happened? And who's this?" Celina asked, looking down at the masked man. He wore a blue mask resembling a demon.

"He helped me escaped from Zhao," Aang answered. "Come on we should head back to Sokka and Katara, I have their medicine." It was then that Celina noticed that the mysterious man's arm was bleeding, probably pierced by an arrow when they escaped.

"Wait, Aang, he's hurt," Celina stalled and then kneed down next to the man.

"What are you doing?" Aang asked nervous and confused when she pulled out water from her waterskin.

"Something that I just discovered myself," Celina answered and then coated the man's cut in water. She concentrated and the water began to glow blue. The man gasped as he felt the water's cool healing powers. When the water stopped glowing Celina returned it to her water skin.

Aang gasped seeing that the man was healed. "Cool trick huh? I think I'm getting stronger," Celina commented, looking down at her hands.

"That's great, but we need to go," Aang said and took Celina by her hand.

"But, Aang, what about…" she went to ask but he was already pulling her back towards their campsite. Celina looked back at the masked man who sat up and stared at them.

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Zuko didn't know what to think. He didn't understand why the Avatar would carry him away from Zhao and the Yu Yan archers and brought him to safety. He didn't understand why the Avatar would put his mask back on when the waterbending girl found them.

What surprised him the most was when the girl kneeled down and healed the cut he got from an arrow. The girl was such a mystery to him and from what he saw she'd become a healer. She was getting stronger, that was for sure, he'd need to keep an eye out for that girl.

"Celina," he whispered to himself before getting up and heading back to his ship. It had been a long night and he needed some sleep.

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Celina and Aang made their way back to their camp, Aang looking tired and downcast to which Celina couldn't figure out why. Aang refused to say anything about what he said to the mystery man or if he even knew who he was. She was surprised when Aang pulled out two frozen frogs from his clothes and put them in her siblings' mouths.

"Suck on these. They'll make you feel better," he told them before collapsing onto Appa's tail.

"Aang, how was your trip? Did you make any new friends?" Sokka asked with his mouth full of frog.

"No, I don't think I did," Aang answered. Celina looked asked him questioningly. Aang merely shook his head, not wanting to talk about it.

"Mmmm! This is tasty!" Sokka hummed. As the frogs began to thaw out her siblings began to come to their senses and realize what they were sucking on. Sokka and Katara quickly spit the frogs out and began spitting to get the taste out of their mouths. Celina couldn't help but giggle at them.


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