A/N: Okay so here's is the new chapter! Yay! I wanted to let you guys know that I am going to start revising the beginning and earlier chapters of this story. I was reading it over the other day and realized how much I have grown as a writer. I mean I was only fourteen when I started this story. I am not going to change the story line at all because that would just be stupid. I am just going to fix some of the details and make things more enjoyable to read. I know that in the past people have asked me to re-do the chapter where Katara and Zuko kiss and I never did it. Now I will do it along with other chapters. I will try to replace them often because it won't take me long to revise them. I hope that you will re-read this story and tell me what you think. Now I am done talking and all of you lovely people can start reading the newest installment. R&R!

Plan B

I looked at my brother and took in that face that I hadn't seen in months. I missed his goofy smile and his unusually large nose. I couldn't believe that he was right in front of me. I took a deep breath and that old scent of salt water filled me. I couldn't stand in front of him any longer so I stepped towards him and wrapped my arms around his thin figure. Sokka hung onto me and didn't let me go and I was grateful for this. I could feel tears splash on my cheeks and I realized that I wasn't crying; my brother was.

"Sokka," I whispered. "I've missed you so much."

"I missed you too little sister."

"I can't believe that I am standing here with you right now. I thought that I would never see you again."

"You have no idea the hell Aang and I have been through. Especially me because - let's just face it- I have no idea how to take care of myself."

"Oh, Sokka," I laughed. "You have a way with weapons but when it comes to doing your own laundry you're pretty useless."

"Don't I know it?" he laughed while brushing the tears off of his red cheeks.

After a moment of being held by my brother he said, "Katara, we need to talk about Aang."

I let go of Sokka and looked at him. "Way to ruin this wonderful moment we are having."

"Sorry," he replied. "But we really do need to talk about him."

"Why, what's going on?"

"It's nothing bad…yet."

"Okay," I replied impatiently. "Let's go inside and talk about it." I pushed past him and walked into the spacious house. I found a nearby pillow and plopped down on it with a soft thud. Sokka walked through the door and left Zuko, Kleo, and Feng outside.

"Why aren't they coming in?" I asked Sokka.

"I need to talk to you alone. I don't know how you will handle this so I didn't want you to be surrounded by people."

"Okay," I replied warily.

"You know how the Sozin's Comet is coming at the end of the summer? Aang has to defeat the Fire Lord before then or the world as we know it will end."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Aang has been training ever since we found him in that iceberg. After you got captured everyone was scared and they didn't know what to do. I know how much you and Aang talked about leaving the South Pole to find a water bending master. I took it upon myself to take him to the North Pole even though I blamed him for getting you captured. We had some run-ins with the Fire Nation but we got to the North Pole just fine and Aang mastered water bending... more or less."

"So what happened after that?" I asked confused. "I doubt you spent all of you time at the North Pole."

"The next step was earth bending," he continued. "It took us more time than we expected to find an earth bending master but eventually we found one. Her name is Toph. She is about twelve and she is blind and she is probably the greatest earth bender in the world. Aang had a bit of a block while earth bending but he managed to master that too."

"So now you are here looking for Appa." I pieced the puzzle together.

"Bingo, little sister."

"When did you lose him?"

"A few weeks ago we were taking mini vacations and we wound up in this tavern in the middle of the desert. There we meet a professor from Ba Seing Se and he told us about this ancient library that had all of this information about all of the nations. I decided that is where I wanted to go on my vacation."

"You? The library?" I said flatly.

"Shut up!" he snapped. "Anyway, we took the professor and flew all around the desert until we found it. The entire library, except for the main spire, was buried in the sand. We climbed into the library and that is where we found the information of a solar eclipse that is going to happen soon. That is a completely different story that I will eventually tell this boyfriend of yours. That is, of course, after I punch him."

"Why would you do that?" I asked outraged.

"I haven't seen you in months and now some Fire Nation dude is doing my sister."

I could not believe what I was hearing. My brother, who has never cared about anything more than when his breakfast would be done, is thinking that I am having sex? On second thought I knew why he would think that. I was an innocent girl who got taken from her homeland and found a guy who I was traipsing around the world and living with. I was a little taken back when he told me this. It was like he didn't trust me.

"Sokka," I said. "Don't get ahead of yourself. I'm not stupid. And besides we really haven't had to chance to get it on…yet."

"Katara!"

"Sorry," I giggled. "You are so tense."

"I haven't seen you in months," he explained.

I sighed. "Yeah, I know."

"Back to my story; when we got out of the library we found Toph rather upset. Appa wasn't there. He was captured by sandbenders. Toph couldn't do much because she never had any experience with bending sand and she couldn't see them."

"So how did you get out of the desert if you didn't have Appa?" I asked.

"Aang flew us out of there on his glider. He said that he could carry us but it took a little longer than we would've liked. I mean, he didn't have that many people to carry because it was just me and Toph, but carrying two people is a little heavy. We had to get to Ba Seing Se so we went to the ferry port. Toph got us all passports because of her family status. We met this family and all of their things were stolen including their passports. We decided to take the Serpent's Pass, which is an alternate way to get to Ba Seing Se but not the most ideal way."

"Now you are here doing what, besides looking for Appa?" I asked.

"I need to talk to Zuko about that."

"Am I not allowed to know?" I screeched. "It's because I'm a girl isn't it? This is just like when we were kids and I wanted to play "Fortress" with you, but no! I was a girl and according to you I had "too many cooties" to play! I'll have you know big brother that I have become a great water bender while living in the FIRE NATION! Beat that!"

"Calm down Katara," he sighed as he wiped the sweat off of his brow. "I'm going to tell you but I need 'Fire Boy' here too."

"Sokka, don't you dare say that to him." I warned. "He will burn your face off if you do."

"Don't worry little sis," he smirked. "I've got everything under control."

"So what you are telling me is that you want to invade the Fire Nation capital on the day of this… solar eclipse?" Zuko, Sokka, Kleo, and I were sitting in the living room discussing Sokka's shocking discovery.

"That's right Fire Prince." Sokka smirked. "It will give us the advantage and hopefully Aang will be able to defeat the Fire Lord before the comet arrives."

"That's a cute idea and all," Zuko said, "but the Fire Nation knows all about the solar eclipse."

Sokka's jaw dropped to the floor. "HOW?" he screeched.

"Admiral Zhao found out about it."

"The Fire Nation puppet who chased Aang and I all the way to the North Pole?"

"The very same," Zuko said casually.

"How did he find out about it?"

"He found the same library and stocked up on all the information he could so he could destroy Aang and help my father take over the world."

"So what were they plotting for the Day of Black Sun?"

"It was all about your sister," Zuko said bluntly. "Their plan was based entirely off of her. They knew the last water bender in the Southern Water Tribe was still alive so they sent spies to the South Pole and found out all they could about Katara."

"What was the plan?" Sokka said more firmly.

"Since fire benders lose their bending during the solar eclipse they were planning on Katara to help aid the army."

"But how did they know that someone was going to try to get to the Fire Lord on that day?" Sokka asked confused.

"They didn't know for sure, but they knew something was going to happen. Capturing Katara was more of a precaution than anything else. They not only wanted her to master water bending from Hama, but they also wanted her to learn blood bending."

"What's blood bending?"

"Blood bending," I said quietly, too afraid to speak of its awful nature. "It's a technique in which a water bender can control the blood in living things. Hama told me that it is a great power but comes with a terrible price. It's not exactly something she was proud of doing."

"By blood bending," Zuko continued. "Katara could take control of anyone who dared attack the Fire Lord. Their plan failed when we left the palace and came here. They are ready for the eclipse but I don't know what will happen now that their plan is ruined."

"Did you ever learn blood bending?" Sokka asked.

"No," I replied grimly. "Hama died before she had the chance to teach me."

"So if the Fire Nation has no plan for the Day of Black Sun then we should still go through with the invasion!" Sokka said excitedly.

"I'm sure they have a 'Plan B'," Zuko said. "But I know for a fact that it can't be as good as the original plan."

"You need to try to stop the Fire Lord in every way you can," Kleo spoke. "We need this war to end. If you fail the first time around then there is always next time. I don't want you to tell me that it is all over if the Avatar dies and the Fire Lord lives. No cause is over as long as there are plenty of fools willing to band together and win the fight. Anyone can defeat the Fire Lord, not just the Avatar."

"She's right," I responded. "We need to fight every opportunity that we can find, and the solar eclipse is one of them."

"Katara," I looked over at Zuko. "We should be getting back to the apartment. We need to be there when Uncle wakes up and it is almost dawn." I looked out of one of the windows and saw the horizon being revealed by light. I realized how long it had been since I stopped and looked at a sunrise. It was a luxury I didn't get to experience enough.

Zuko and Kleo politely bowed to Sokka who returned the favor. I ran into my brother's arms and let myself feel at home in his warm embrace. After a few minutes I let him go. I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and smiled at him. Sokka smiled back at me but then it faded.

"What?" I asked.

"You two are living in an apartment together?" he said outraged.

"In the same room," I replied with a mischievous giggle.

"Katara!"

"I knew I missed you for a reason!"

A/N: Well I hope you liked this chapter! Remember to read the chapters that I revised and as always please review!