A/N: Thank you guys for the reviews guys! I appreciate it!^.^ Anyway, not much to say this chapter. More Zuko in this! Yay! I don't know if I wanna write the part of him talking to his dad, when he's telling him he's leaving and going to help Aang. I haven't quite decided yet. There's gonna be enough stuff going on with the invasion anyway, so I think that might just complicate things. Anyway, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar, just Serenity.

Aang didn't return until late that night. I had been trying to reassure Katara that he was fine all day, but it turned out to be very hard, especially when she kept telling me to just rest and worry about myself.

We were all laying down, trying to get to sleep, when I heard Aang walking back over to our group. I didn't know if the others were asleep yet or not, but I just pretended to be sleeping, like everyone else.

I heard Aang yawn, before flopping onto the ground. "Good night Katara! Good night Sokka! Good night Serenity! Good night Toph! Good night Appa! Good night Momo! Good night Appa and Momo-"

"GO TO SLEEP ALREADY!" Toph yelled, and I jumped slightly, not expecting that.

I sighed, as everything became quiet again. I didn't know why, but I couldn't sleep. I thought maybe it was my nerves, because I was nervous about the invasion. This was a really risky thing we were doing. I mean, sure, the Fire Nation wouldn't be able to use their firebending, but they knew how to fight in other ways besides that. They would just have one less weapon. And also, the eclipse only lasts eight minutes. So Aang had to get into the palace, and defeat the Fire Lord in eight minutes, or he could very well die.

I opened my eyes, and watched Momo, who was sleeping next to me. The invasion was only three days away now. We were one step closer to ending this war, no matter which way it went.

Zuko's POV….

I laid with Mai on the couch, as we talked and cuddled. Unfortunately, it was someone else I wanted to be laying with right now. I was beginning to think I should just break off this phony relationship I pretended to have with her. I didn't want to keep hurting her like this. I liked Mai, a lot, but I didn't love her. I couldn't. Not when I was still in love with someone else. And it was tiring trying to pretend otherwise.

"Tell me, if you could have anything you wanted right now, what would it be?" I asked.

"Hmm…a big fancy fruit tart." Mai said smiling. "With rose petals on top."

"You know, being a prince and all, I might just be able to make that happen." I said smiling.

Mai laughed. "That would be impressive."

I sat up and looked at the servants who were in the doorway. "Do you think you could find a fresh fruit tart for the lady? With rose petals on top?"

"Excellent choice sir." One of them said, as they both bowed, before leaving.

"I guess there are some nice perks that come with being royalty." Mai said, as we laid back down on the couch. "Though there's annoying stuff too, like that all day war meeting coming up."

Instantly I sat up shocked. "War meeting? What are you talking about?"

"Azula mentioned something. I….I assumed you were going too." Mai said, looking worried.

"I guess I wasn't invited." I turned away angrily. Typical. It wasn't like I didn't expect this.

I may be back, but that didn't mean my father accepted me like he should. I had barely seen him since I returned, and I didn't think that would ever change.

Serenity's POV...

"SOKKA GET UP I NEED TO KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS!"

"What? Who's talking? Ow!"

I sat up rubbing my eyes, and looked over at where my brother was, to see him laying down, holding his sword, and Aang sitting next to him. Why did they feel the need to wake me up every morning by being loud?

"Relax." Toph said. "Its still two days before the invasion."

Wow….only two days away. It was beginning to seem a lot closer than I originally thought.

"Sokka you've gotta get up and train your rock climbing exercises!" Aang said, pulling at Sokka's feet, trying to get him up.

"What?" he asked confused.

"In one of my dreams, you were running from Fire Nation soldiers, trying to climb this cliff! But you were too slow and they got you!" Aang said, and I stared at him, noticing the bags under his eyes. Had he even slept at all? He looked completely exhausted. And I think he was starting to hallucinate.

Sokka stared at him, before quickly standing up. "But that was just a dream! I'm a great climber!"

"Then climb that cliff! Climb it fast!" the Avatar exclaimed, pointing to the rock wall we were near.

Sokka pointed at himself, as Aang nodded, before walking over to the cliff and starting to climb while ranting about Aang and the dream.

"I think he's lost it." I said quietly to Katara and Toph. Toph nodded before taking a drink of water, as Katara just watched Aang worried.

"DON'T DRINK THAT!" Aang yelled, turning to us, causing Sokka to fall off the cliff.

Toph spit the water out, all over Katara, who looked grossed out, before bending it off herself. "Why? Is it poison?"

"In my dream, we were right in the middle of the invasion, and you had to stop to use the bathroom!" Aang said, walking over to us. "We died because of your tiny bladder!" He turned me. "You need to work on your running! In my dream you were running and tripped and the Fire Nation got you!"

I stared at him like he was crazy. Did he not realize I had gotten a lot of practice in running throughout my time with Zuko?

"And you two need to start wearing your hair up!" He added to Katara. "In my dream your hair got caught in a train and-"

"Aang!" Katara said, placing her hand on his cheek to calm him down, as I watched him worriedly. "I know you're just trying to help, but you really need to get a grip. You're unraveling."

"Katara's right. You just need to relax." I said calmly.

Aang took a deep breath. "You're right. I'm losing my mind."

I looked over at the cliff, to see Sokka almost at the top. Unfortunately he didn't make it, because when I looked over, he let out a yell as he slid back down. I sighed before walking over to help him up.

"It's like every time I think about how stressed I am, I just end up more stressed!" Aang was saying, as he paced back and forth twiddling his thumbs.

I was sitting up against Appa with Toph, while Katara played with Momo and Sokka worked on some type of armor. I didn't know why Aang was freaking out so much. I mean, I get that this was really dangerous, and the Fire Lord was going to be really powerful, but he seemed a lot more stressed than he should be.

"I'm like a big, growing, snowball of nerves!" he continued, still pacing.

"Of course you are! That's 'cause you gotta fight the Fire Lord! The baddest man on the planet!" Sokka said, turning to the young Avatar. "You better win or we're all done for."

"You're not helping, idiot." I barked, glaring at my brother.

"What? Its true! That's the deal, he knows it." Sokka argued, as Katara pushed his head down angrily.

She looked over at Aang, who was even more freaked out now, before walking over to him. "You know what? I've got just the thing. Get ready to be de-stressified!" She looked over at us smiling. "We'll be back later!"

I watched as they walked off, wondering what she had in mind for them. "I wonder if she can help him…."

"Who knows?" Toph shrugged, sitting with her eyes closed.

I sighed and glanced up at the sky, placing my hand on my stomach, as a small smile came to my face. I hadn't been so thrilled about a baby before, but the notion had grown on me quite a bit. And I knew I wouldn't have to go through this alone. I'd have my friends and family with me the whole way, and that thought gave me great comfort.

Hearing a quiet chuckle, I glanced over at Toph to see her with a small smile. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing." She said.

I watched her for a second, and wondered if she could tell what I had been doing, and that's what she laughed about. Honestly, I was surprised Toph had kept her promise and not told the boys about it. I figured she'd say something, just to start trouble, because she was like that. But she hadn't said anything about it since she asked me about it before, and I was actually very grateful for that.

Zuko's POV….

I stared out my window, thinking about earlier. I had gone to find my sister, and asked her about the supposed war meeting that I didn't hear about. She had said I wasn't told because it was so obvious I was supposed to be there. I didn't buy that for an instant. She told me to just go to the meeting, but I said no. If my father wanted me there, he would have told me. And seeing as how he didn't, I wasn't going.

"Zuko….its just a dumb meeting." Mai said, walking over to me. "Who cares?"

"I don't." I decided quietly.

"Well good. You shouldn't." she said. "I mean, why would you even want to go? Just think about how things went at the last war meeting you went to."

"I know." I sighed. I didn't have to think about it. The memory was permanently attached to my face. It was kind of hard to forget something like that.

"You know what will make you feel better? Ordering some servants around." Mai mused, trying to cheer me up. "I might be hungry for a whole tray of fruit tarts. And, maybe a little palanquin ride around town? Double time?"

She placed her hand on my cheek, and turned my head to face her, but I turned back away, to stare out the window. I didn't want to be comforted by her. Whenever she was around, I couldn't stop thinking about Serenity. I knew I had to break up with Mai soon. It wasn't fair for me to be doing this to her. I knew how she felt about me, and I was using it to my own advantage, and that wasn't right. So I had to end it with her. I just had to figure out how.

Serenity's POV…..

Everyone had tried and failed to calm Aang down, and take his stress away. I found out Katara had taken him to some type of hot spring, to do yoga in order to release his stress, but it ended up just reminding him of the Fire Lord. Sokka tried talking to him, like a shrink or something, but that had failed miserably too. And then Toph had tried actual physical means of stress relief, like some time of wood-pounding back thing and acupuncture, but those had failed as well.

So I decided to give it a try myself, in an older sister kind of way. "Aang, come with me." I told the young boy, and he followed me solemnly, obviously not sure what to expect.

I took him down to the small shore, and bended some of the ocean water before bending it slowly towards him. He caught it, and we began moving it around in a circle, as he gave me a confused look.

I smiled, as we continued. "Whenever I'm stressed, I waterbend. And the fluid motions of the water help me relieve my stress. I figured since nothing else worked, this might."

Aang stared at me a second, before smiling. "Thanks."

"No problem." I smiled. We were quiet for a few moments, as we continued in our circular pattern. "You know, I'm worried about the invasion too."

"Really?" he asked quietly, and I could already tell some of his stress was ebbing away.

I nodded smiling. "Of course. My friends and family are going into battle. You think I wouldn't be worried? Besides…." I looked down as I passed the water back to him. "I know you don't want to fight Ozai. And there's someone….we might run into….that I don't want to fight either."

"You mean Zuko?" Aang asked quietly, and I looked up at him, to see him watching me with a sad expression. I nodded.

"Yeah….I mean Zuko."

"I'm sorry." He said, passing the water to me.

"Don't worry about it. Besides, we're supposed to be here trying to help you not me, remember?" I said smiling.

Aang smiled and nodded, as we continued to pass the water back and forth. It was nice talking about my worries to someone who wouldn't tell me to stay out of the fighting and rest, like some other people do. Talking with Aang made me feel a lot better about this invasion, and a lot better about the possibility of running into Zuko. I wasn't sure if I could fight him, if we did see him, but I knew that I would do my best to help us win this war, whatever it takes.

A/N: Well that's all for this chapter! A little longer than the last, so I guess that's good. I think the next chapter will end this episode, then its onto the invasion!*loud warrior yells from the crowd* lol. Oh! Don't forget to think about those questions I asked last time! And someone reminded me, that in Water and Fire Don't Mix, there was a flashback Serenity had, of the night her mom was killed, and instead of Katara going back to the hut, to see the guy who killed their mom, it was Serenity. So technically, Katara wouldn't know what he looked like or anything, but Serenity would. That kind of takes away the thing of Katara and Zuko going alone, because she wouldn't know who to look for. All three can go, or Serenity and Zuko can still go, but I don't know if I could do just Katara and Zuko going. Anyway, please review and let me know what you think and I'll try to get the next one out soon!