Disclaimer: I, Amy, do not own Avatar or any of it's characters, in any way, shape or form………….that was really stupid wasn't it…..

Run Away

By FyreFlower

New Hair cut!

The next morning, after stopping for the night, Aang was teaching me airbending and I was teaching him fire bending. Katara was going to teach me what she knows of WaterBending. Aang was getting the hang of Firebending…but we had a little accident…

Aang was fighting with fire and I with air. He shot a fireball at me and I tried to blow it away, but I missed and my hair caught on fire.

Katara quickly doused the flames but the damage was already done. A whole hunk of my hair was missing. (Can you imagine a girl with her hair on fire……HA!)

"Saige! I am so sorry! I'm sorry!" Aang said over and over.

I was upset, but not mad at Aang, "It's okay Aang! It's all right, it's my fault. I should've blown it away but I missed. At least I'm not hurt." I told him.

"We're going to have to cut some of the hair off." Katara observed.

Sokka was laughing hysterically. He was sitting on top of a large boulder, watching as Aang and I practiced.

I sent a blast of wind at him, knocking him down into the ground. Katara and Aang burst out laughing. Sokka pulled himself out of the dirt, and dusted himself off.

I gave Sokka a smug smile, "Don't mess with me."

I turned back to Katara, "Can you cut my hair please?"

She nodded, "Sure hold on, I'll get my knife."

Katara sorted through her bag, "Got it!"

She came back with the knife, "Ready?"

I nodded and closed my eyes when she began cutting. I felt the hair fall away; my head didn't feel so heavy with all that hair weighing it down. When Katara was done, she backed up to see her work. She smiled, "Not bad."

My hair was now two inches above my shoulders. I could still tie it back, but I couldn't have braids for a while.

"Thanks Katara."

"No problem."

:Time Gap:

My rumbling stomach awoke me the next morning. I sat up, yawning. Katara was also awake. She handed me some fried fish.

"Here, I caught these. It's not much, but you and I will look for fruit later."

I nodded and began eating the meager meal. Sokka was awake, but wasn't given any food despite his pleas. "To teach you a lesson." Is what Katara said.

'YEAY! 5 days till my birthday.' I rejoiced silently. I'll be 16 and get my drivers license, but I won't be driving any BMW's here.

"Come on Aang, let's train." I called out. He grinned down at me from a tall tree. We were camped out , deep in the woods. Appa was sleeping in the canopy.

"Your first lesson is to try to get up here." Aang called down, " But you can't climb the tree."

"How in God's name can I get up there without climbing?" I yelled, incredulous

Aang jumped off the tree and floated down.

"Like this," He twirled his arms like a helicopter, the air pushing him up onto a tree branch, "There, you try."

I did what he showed me, but I only rose 5 feet in the air.

"Shit," I muttered and tried again. It took me a total of four tries until I was able to go as high as Aang.

"Good, now lets do Firebending." We trained all morning, both of us were getting better at bending.

"Come on Saige, "Katara stopped our training, "We have to find food before we leave."

"Oh Yeah, Okay let's go." I picked up a empty sack and we left the camp.

"You're getting good at airbending." Katara commented, stooping to pick some berries off a bush.

"Thanks, Aang's a good teacher. There would have been no way to have learned airbending, him being the last airbender an all."

We scouted the woods, picking up whatever we found edible. It was a bit chilly, luckily we had our water tribe coats on to keep us warm. We walked for quite a while, we stopped at a stream.

"Let's rest for awhile, tell me how y'all found Aang. You've never told me." I asked, taking off my shoes and soaking my weary feet in the water. Katara joined me.

"Okay, well my brother and I had a fight when we were fishing……"

;Jin;

The crew had stopped off not far from where the Avatar campsite was.

"Go and search the woods." Zuko commanded Jin, "You're in charge."

Jin saluted and with a crew of 20 men, left and scouted the forest.

'I hope we actually catch him this time.' Jin prayed as they marched through the woods. Jin ordered the men to remain quiet. After a while, the men heard a voice, "So Aang and Appa were in the ice burg, some how he had stayed alive all those years…."

Jin peeked out from behind a bush. There! Two Water Tribe people. One that no doubt was a girl, she had long brown hair pulled back in a braid. Jin wasn't sure if the other person with short blonde hair was a girl or boy from the back.

Jin gestured silently for sacks and a club, he held a finger to his lips for silence. He motioned for one of the men to take a sack.

Jin whispered, "When I give the signal, creep up on the brown haired girl and pull the sack over her head and knock her out. I'll do the same with the other. Then we'll take them to the ship and interrogate them there."

The man nodded, Jim waited……. then gave the signal.

;To me;

A sack was pulled over my head and a hard object cracked on my skull…Then all was darkness.

;Jin;

"Alright Men! We did it!" Jin shouted, "We don't have the Avatar, but we have his friends, he'll come to us to get them back."

The men cheered and picked up the two unconscious forms.

"Move Out!" Jin called. They marched back to the ship with their prize.

:Time Gap:

Once at the ship, General Iroh met them.

"Don't wake Prince Zuko, even if you have good news. He's asleep and will be for a few more hours. Tell him when he wakes."

Jin bowed and they carried the prisoners to the dungeon, the sacks still tied about their heads.

"Tell me when they have awoken." Jin told the guard. He nodded and when Jin left, he promptly went back to sleep.

Another Cliffie. Y'all just hate me I bet, well it leaves you wanting more. K-Bye-Bye! Don't forget to review please! I'm able to post this because I am our city library YEAY! I love the library.