"Yes" It was a simple answer but she knew that for the Avatar it changed everything. This boy who had been the last of his kind was now not alone anymore.
No one moved or said a word for they were all too busy staring at her in disbelief. Pagi rose from her spot of the floor and walked back towards the door. She opened the door and grabbed her guilder which she had propped up outside. She walked back slowly and re-entered the room the other four were occupying. She lifted her hand and a slight breeze rushed over the room.
"Can you believe this Aang?" Katara jumped to her feet. "You were right! You aren't the last airbender!"
"Do you know if there are more somewhere else?" Sokka was back with the questions once again.
"Not that I know of." The group let out a saddened sigh. "The only other airbender I know of is my mother."
"Well three is better than one." Aang smiled at her. "I can't explain how happy I am to not be alone anymore."
"So can I stay?" Pagi laughed a little.
The four other kids smiled.
"I think that will be okay with us." Katara laughed.
"This isn't one of those group hug times is it?" Toph remarked.
"Yes it is!" Aang yelled and he ran to Toph. She squirmed a bit before Sokka and Katara joined in. They all sat hugging each other and looking at Pagi.
"If I have to do this, so do you." Toph was staring right at Pagi with her dull eyes and a smirk plastered on her face.
Pagi walked over to the group and joined in on her first group hug. After the hug was over she explained how she had left the fire nation and ended up here. She left out the part about traveling with Zuko but told everything else she could think of. No one said a word as they listened to her adventure until she mentioned the Blue Spirit.
"The blue spirit is here?" Aang questioned nervously.
"Yes. Why?" Pagi was looking at him with sudden curiosity as well as the others in the group.
"I am just surprised that he hasn't been caught yet. That is all." Aang answered. He knew that he was lying and that, without a doubt, Toph knew he was lying, but said nothing, so the story resumed.
When she had finished, they told her of their adventures. She smiled when they talked about the fun times they had together. It amazed her that even though they were on a mission to save the world they were still able to find a little time to be children. She was glad she was here and she was glad she could help.
Shortly after their stories had been told, they headed off to sleep. Before Pagi followed the others, she called for her messenger hawk. She rolled up a letter she had written her parents and sent the hawk on its journey to Gaoling.
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The days that followed were filled with the search for Appa. Pagi had seen the creature before and found it hard to believe that such a large animal could just disappear. They searched the city with unfruitful results until they ran into an old enemy. From what Pagi could gather he had somehow betrayed the group in the past and they didn't seem willing to forgive him. Toph seemed unmoved by his presence so Pagi assumed she also had never met this boy.
"So who is he?" Pagi asked Sokka who was starting right through the boy.
"A Jerk"
Pagi ignored Sokka and watched as Kartara and the boy started a screaming match. Just when she was sure they couldn't go on anymore they were intruded by two kids who ran to the other boys side. Pagi watched in confusion as the group began to fight once again.
"Everyone be quiet!" Toph seemed to have had enough of all the yelling and was planning on stopping it one way or another. "You speak first and be aware I can tell if you are lying." She had been pointing in the direction of the boy so he was to be first.
Pagi had been told that this young blind girl had amazing abilities but she was excited to see her in action. She watched as the girl placed her hand on the ground and looked in the direction of the boy. He spoke and when he was finished she nodded.
"He is telling the truth." She turned slightly and pointed to the other two kids "Now you"
The girl began to speak, but her tale was quite different from that of the boy and Pagi waited for Toph to announce the girl as a liar. "She is telling the truth as well."
The group sat staring at each other for awhile before Sokka finally spoke.
"Smellerbee you said that you and Longshot watched Jet get taken away by the Dai Li right?" He was shaking his head up and down like he was answering for her.
"Yeah" The girl whom Pagi was now certain was named Smellerbee answered.
"He was brainwashed!" Sokka pointed at Jet. "Just like our hosts seems to be. The Dia Li are brainwashing people."
"As crazy as it sound he may be right." Toph confirmed.
"It would make sense." Aang added.
Pagi watched the group as they became more trustworthy of each other. Then everything changed in a heart beat when Jet announced that he knew where to find Appa.
"Where?!" Aang was looking around frantically as if Jet where going to say that Appa had been right behind them the whole time.
"I can show you." With that Jet turned and was off. The group followed behind him slowly until they reached a warehouse. He led them inside but it was empty. All that was felt was an old man who told them Appa was already gone. So the group headed back to where Jet and the other two had been staying.
"Can you tell us anything about where they took you?" Smellerbee asked Jet once they had settled back in.
"I have no idea" Jet looked at the floor.
Pagi felt sorry for him. He seemed lost and confused and all of the questions just seemed to be too much for him. Finally after many ideas and many failed attempts to recover his memories they hit something.
"Lake Laogai" Was all it took. Jet seemed to remember everything.
"That is where they took Joo Dee." Sokka announced as if it was a major discovery.
"Then that is where we start our search for Appa." Aang was sure that Appa had been hidden there.
When everything died down and most of the group had gone to sleep Pagi sat up talking with Aang and Smellerbee.
"I think I will stay here tomorrow and do some checking up on the Dai Li while you guys head to Lake Laogai." Pagi had wanted to help but she felt this was the best way for her to do so. She knew that with her sliver mask and almost secret identity she would be able to get a better idea of what the Dai Li were up to.
"I will go with you." Smellerbee spoke up.
"Thank you but that is not necessary." Pagi smiled at the younger girl.
"I think it is good idea." Aang shook his head. "You shouldn't travel alone until we find out what is going on around here."
"Okay. Then tomorrow we set off to find out whatever we can on the Dai Li." This was a great disappointment for Pagi but she didn't want to make it a big deal. Traveling with someone meant she couldn't disguise herself and she would have to work with this girl to get things done.
The group dispersed until morning when they would begin there journeys to bring down the Dai Li.
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