Tsumi smiled as she turned and found where the familiar voice had come from, Esca, her brother. She felt as if there had never been a happier day in her life, "Well to be honest a dog led me here?"
Esca smiled, "Oh? Did he say where you were going?" Esca looked quite a bit like Tsumi, a tad older even if they were twins.
"No. But i'm glad I followed him"
"Any idea how to get back?"
Tsumi shrugged her shoulders, "Nope." She gave Esca a hug, a long one, she hadn't seen him in so long, she honestly didn't want to let go.
They sat down together on the floor, "So how's life been to you?" Esca inquired.
"Well, I've been staying with the Avatar and her friends recently."
"Oh? Well as you can tell my accommodations aren't nearly as good."
Tsumi smiled, "No. But at least Fai talked to you?"
"How do you know about him?"
Another smile, "At the bending tournament when Amon showed up he tried to kidnap me. Well not really, he was hoping I'd kidnap him which I did."
Esca smiled too, amused by the thought, "I guess he wasn't expecting that."
Pabu climbed off Tsumi's shoulder and sniffed at Esca from a distance, then after deciding he liked him, hopped into his lap. "Who's fireferret?"
"Mako and Bolin's. Their friends of the Avatar."
Esca ruffled Pabu's fur, much to the ferrets annoyance, "Cute little guy."
A moment later the two were no longer sitting in Esca's cell, but where no seated in front of the familiar wolf. Pabu soon went back to chattering crossly at it, which made both siblings laugh. "Honestly Pabu, you should be used to him by now."
"So we can head home now? Or your new home I guess." Esca seemed to like the idea.
"Guess so."
They followed the wolf as it lead the way to another portal, that hopefully would take them back to the others.
Bolin frowned, disappointed. They had gone to rescue Esca so that when Tsumi got back she'd get to see her brother again. But somehow they had failed, and now Tsumi would return still without him. Somehow Bolin blamed himself for part of this, even though he knew it couldn't be his fault. This made him miss Tsumi even more because she would have told him it wasn't his fault, and he would have believed her. But of course now he had to tell her that they'd fail, which would likely upset her. Bolin didn't want her to be upset, he didn't want her to be away, he wanted her to be happy. At the moment he felt as if his heart would break into tiny pieces. I wish Tsumi was here to cheer me up. That thought just made things worse.
The group stepped back into the house, all feeling down. Even Pama's cooking made them feel no better, as it usually did.
After they had finished dinner they sat around the table sulking. Bolin didn't even cheer up when Pabu scampered into his lap. Wait. Pabu! He looked towards the doorway and there stood Tsumi smiling, beside her who could only be Esca.
"Miss me?"