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Run Away

By FyreFlower

Awoken part 2

The girl had not awoken all day. The sun was setting and Katara was making dinner by the fire, occasionally glancing at the girl to see if she was awake.

"How much longer to the North Pole?" Aang asked, making a small tornado, which picked up the sand and twirled it around.

Katara rolled her eyes; Aang had been asking that question every day for the past 2 weeks. Katara would give him the same answer ever time.

"We're closer then we were two days ago."

Aang blew out a sigh, making the leaves of one tree blow away.

"Cheer up Aang, once Appa is feeling better, we'll leave the island."

As if in response, Appa sneezed, leaving green goo all over Sokka who was standing in front of him. ( I swear to God people, I wrote this before seeing the first episode. When I saw it I was laughing hysterically. I am physic!)

"APPA!" Sokka screamed, trying to wipe away the mess. Sokka stomped away, and threw himself into the ocean to clean up. Aang and Katara laughed, but quickly stopped when they heard a groan come from the girl.

;To me;

'Ugh…who's laughing? Oh my head!'

I groaned, opening my eyes. It was dark, the only light coming from a fire with two figures by it. They must have heard me because they came over. Oh my God! It was Katara and Aang! Katara kneeled by me, putting her hand on my head.

"Shhh, it's okay, you're safe. I'm Katara and he's Aang. Do you know who you are?" She asked me.

I nodded and tried to speak, but my mouth was dry and tasted like salt. Katara saw this and tipped some fresh water into my mouth. I swallowed and began to talk.

"I…I'm Saige…where am I?"

"You are on an island, my brother Sokka found you washed up on the beach, do you know how you ended up in the ocean?"

I nodded wearily, I took a deep breath, "I was on a ship, a storm came up and I was out on deck. A wave washed my over." I touched the gash on my right temple, Ouch!

I sat up, and looked down at the clothes I wore.

"What the hell! Where are my clothes?" I looked around. Aang held them up.

"Right here."

"What were they doing there in the first place? Who got them off me!"

Katara held up a hand, I relaxed. I went through my pockets. My dagger!

"Where is my dagger?" I asked looking around.

"I think Sokka has it." Aang said, then turned and called out:

"SOKKA! SHE'S AWAKE AND WANTS HER DAGGER BACK!"

Katara and I had to cover our ears, damn! That boy is loud!

Sokka came back running, his water tribe clothes dripping wet.

"She's awake? Hi I'm Sokka, the Water tribes greatest warrior" He said, trying to look noble.

"Um, nice to meet you Sokka, I'm Saige. Can I have my dagger back?"

"Oh, sorry, here." He gave it back to me.

"So I guess you're Earth Nation right?" Sokka asked.

I shook my head, "No."

"Then how did you get that dagger?" He looked confused.

"A earth bender tried to kill me. That's how I got this scar." I said, pointing to the scar under my right collarbone, "This was his dagger, and after he died I kept it for myself."

"Why did he try to kill you?" Aang asked. I bit my lip, wondering how to say this…

"Um, it's best if I told you the whole story." I sighed; this was not going to be easy.

They all nodded. Here comes the hardest part.

"Don't freak out about what I'm going to tell you. I'm not evil okay…I'm a fire bender." A flame appeared in my hand.

They gasped, moving away slightly. Sokka looked most ruffled by my news.

"How do we know that your not evil!" he asked, reaching for his boomerang.

"I haven't tried to kill you."

"Yeah but you could!"

"I'm not, okay! God Dammit, do you want to hear what I have to say or not!"

Aang quieted Sokka, "Go ahead Saige, we're listening."

Now comes the second hardest part…

" I am also…'galley girl' on Prince Zuko's ship—"

Their eyes went wide at this, 'Oh great'

"Don't worry, I'm not going to try and capture you Aang. I joined the crew about a few weeks ago. I have no interest in the Avatar search. I promise."

Katara seemed okay with this, "If you are a fire bender, how did you get that burn on your shoulder?" she asked.

" I had a little accident, a training accident." I lied. I told them the rest of the story, of course leaving out the little tidbits about Zuko. But I did tell them that I was from the future. I had a feeling that Aang would believe me, but I didn't know why. When I was done, all three of them were staring at me. Aang broke the silence, "So, you're from the future? No wonder I had a feeling that you were different." He smiled.

I smiled in relief; I looked at Katara and Sokka. Sokka had his mouth open, gawking at me.

I giggled, "Sokka, close your mouth, or you'll catch flies." He shut his mouth.

Katara changed the subject, "So who's hungry for dinner?"

This was greeted by, "I am!"

We sat around the fire eating the vegetable soup. I have never liked soup, but when you were as hungry as I was, you would eat anything. But this soup was good! I ate as much as Sokka. Momo hopped onto my lap when I was done eating, I immediately missed Chico. I petted Momo's fur, he purred with pleasure.

"You remind me of Chico," I whispered.

Aang came over and sat beside me.

"What kind of monkey is Chico? You never said."

" A Golden Lion Tamarin, but sometimes called a Fire Tamarin."

Aang nodded, then suddenly perked up as if he had an idea.

"Can you teach me Fire Bending?" he asked, his eyes doing an almost perfect imitation of my puppy pout.

I shrugged, "Sure, I'll teach you what I know. But I had only recently found out that I was a firebender."

Aang nodded in understanding.

"Okay, I'll show you the basics tomorrow, it's too late right now." I yawned.

"Okay! Good night!"

"Good night Aang."

I crawled out of Katara's sleeping bag. No sense in letting Katara sleep in the sand. I handed the sleeping bag back to her.

"Here, you'll be needing this." I whispered, Aang had already fallen asleep, anxious for tomorrow to come. Sokka was by the fire, playing with his knife and boomerang.

"Don't you need it?" Katara whispered, pushing it back to me, "It will get cold tonight."

I smiled and shook my head, "I'm a firebender remember. I just need a blanket to lay on."

Katara nodded and handed me one. I took it, "Thanks"

I set the blanket not far from the fire, facing the ocean. Looking out at the ocean, I began to feel teary.

'Are they looking for me?'

'No, they think you're dead. You fell over board in a storm. No body could survive that.'

'I did…'

'You were just lucky.' The voice retorted.

'I miss them, will I ever see them again?'

'Don't know, maybe they didn't even survive the storm.'

The tears started falling then. General Iroh, Zuko, Jin, Chico…everyone might be at the bottom of the ocean. I lay on my blanket and cried myself to sleep.

;Sokka;

Sokka had been staring at Saige ever since she had told them her story. Sokka kept his knife and boomerang at the ready in case the firebender tried anything.

He watched her as she settled down away from the fire, facing the sea.

'A firebender, and from Zuko's ship. Aang might trust her but I won't fall for it.'

Sokka stopped; he noticed that the girls' shoulders were shaking. Was she cold? No, she's a firebender…Sokka saw that her shoulders stopped after a while.

Sokka was sure that Saige was asleep, he tip toed over Aang and crept in front of Saige and looked at her face.

Tears were visible on her face, and her eyelids were red from crying.

'Crying? Why was she crying?' Sokka was puzzled. Then, he realized, 'She's probably misses her friends…are we even going to get her back to her ship?'

Sokka shook his head, 'Ugh, I'll think about this tomorrow.' He went over to his sleeping bag by Appa…only to find it covered with green goo.

"APPA!"

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I hate exams! They should all burn in hell! –sigh- I feel better now. I did well on all of them I think. Perpermint Patti and I studied hard for Biology Honors. We call our teacher, "D.B." which means "Dragon Bitch." She is a horrible teacher…. I cannot wait till I get out of High School! The college I am going to is called Griffin University in Sydney Australia. I'm going there for my Veterinary teachings…. Well, talk to you later. Happy Chrismahanaquanza!