Zuko's letter came back a month later. He'd kept the letter back whilst they set themselves up in Ba Sing Se. I was sat at the table reading it in the early morning light when a hawk landed on the window sill. It looked at me with beady eyes and squawked. I got up and grabbed the scroll from behind the bird which was now glaring at Feng who had been perched nicely on one of the seats. Unrolling it I threw the hawk a piece of my breakfast as I sat down.

Dear Kila

I know you probably forgot about me, It's Katara, but we need your help. Were planning an attack on the fire nation capitol in a weeks time and we could really use your help. I know it's a lot to ask considering that we barely know each other but we have no one to turn to. Those I thought I could trust turned against us, namely your friend Zuko, so I've turned to you. I don't know how fast this will get to you but I hope it's soon. If you feel like helping come and find us, we'll likely be in between Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom waters, if you don't we'll hold nothing against you.

Hopefully you make the right choice

Katara

Great, now I had to choose a side. Not that it was a hard choice. I walked to my room and grabbed the bag I had originally used to hold my clothes when I left the ship. I folded my clothes and put as much as I could inside it before I strapped my wheels to the belt at my waist. I threw my bag over my shoulder and grabbed a piece of parchment and a dip pen and wrote a letter for Nai nai.

Cana was asleep when I went into her room. I felt the need to tell her myself. I gently shook her shoulder until she woke up and looked at me with blank eyes.

"What-"

"Shh. I'm leaving. I'm going to help the avatar. I've written Nai nai a note, don't let her take it personally. I'll be back, when everything is as it should be." Cana nodded and I ruffled her hair. "I'm leaving Feng here in case you want to get in contact." She yawned and lied back down.

"Have fun saving the world sis." I smiled as I left her room and gestured for the hawk to jump onto my arm. I grabbed the letters and shoved them into my bag as I took off down to the dock. There was a medium sized fire nation ship at the dock. It was familiar, and as I drew nearer I realised why. I laughed. It was the Umi.

"Is that?" "No it can't be" "I thought she'd died" "I thought she'd left." I heard their fast spoken words as I walked up the gang plank and onto the ship that had been my home for nearly 3 years. I walked towards the command room and was met by resistance from the crew that finally realised that I was technically a fugitive and had deserted.

"No further Lieutenant." I smirked and turned to face the captain of the ship. He was a tall, heavy set man in his mid forties. He went down easily. It was then they all realised what I was doing and jumped me. They seemed to have forgotten that I was a child prodigy who could still use the blue flame. They remembered soon enough.

I ran to the bridge and yelled at them as I blasted them with fire and ran towards the controls, turning the engine on and setting the course. They grabbed me and pulled me back but I fought my way past them, adding to the total of people I had knocked out. I grabbed as many as I could and dragged them 2 by 2 onto the dock. When that was done I ran back up to the control room and turned the ship around. The captain had given me a crash course in running the ship when I had been up for promotion, he didn't think I'd use the knowledge against him. I smirked as I ran to the alarm bell and pulled it. It was a precaution that would wake everyone up, that I hadn't already put on the dock.

A few men, dazed and confused walked into the bridge scrubbing sleep from their eyes. I grinned as they realised who I was and they got into fighting stances.

"You can stay and help me get this ship to the Avatar and his friends, or you can learn to swim the hard way." 2 of the 5 men jumped at me, lighting their hands, I dodged them easily and struck pressure point I remembered from when Ty Lee had taught them to me. One of them got a blow on me, making me dizzy and causing me to stumble. I blinked and stared at the unconscious men on the floor before I realised that I had done it. I shook my head and the other men stared at me, I recognised them now. One of them had worked in the engines room whilst the other 2 had done whatever they had been told.

I grabbed the 2 men I had knocked out and took them down to the brig, yelling at the men over my shoulder.

"Lee, Ran, you two will have to be in the engine room. It shouldn't be too long of a journey."

When I got back it was only Chan and I . Chan had started to steer us towards the open sea. We were one of the few ships that were this far out this early in the morning. The hawk on my arm cawed and I looked at it confused. Then I realised that I recognised its ship.

"Take command, I think the hawk knows which ship we want." Chan glanced at me but didn't say anything as I ran above deck and let the bird fly. It went to the ship straight ahead of us and landed there without thinking anything of it. How had Zuko found it so hard to catch the Avatar, all you needed was a hawk.

I smiled as I ran down the stairs and noted that Chan had already set course for the ship as he turned around.

"Why are you helping the avatar?" He asked as he leaned against the controls, careful not to flick any of the switches.

"Because the world doesn't need this war. I want it to stop. You can report me to the Fire lord after this if you want, I'm already a fugitive." I shrugged as I grabbed my bag and turned around.

"I won't, I don't think any of us will." I turned around to face him as he smiled slightly. I remembered him better than the others, he'd been under my command when I was 14. He was one of the few that had never questioned my claim to command.

"You don't have to come with me, actually I suggest you don't. The Fire navy would notice if our ship went missing, as soon as they let me on leave. Just don't tell anyone okay?" Chan nodded as he turned and signalled the other ship that they wanted to pull up alongside them.

"Of course Lieutenant." I stiffened at the usage of my rank, it felt odd hearing it after being away for almost 3 months, but soon relaxed and started back up the ladder with my bag on my back.

I ran across the deck and furrowed in my bag for the letter from Katara as the gangplank was secured on their side. As I ran across the gangplank I raised my head and tried not to think about the water underneath me. I noticed the 2 men that stood tall in front of me, I also noticed that their hair was too long for a regulation cut. I smirked as I walked towards them and presented them with the letter.

"Katara sent me this. I'm here to help." They looked at me for a second before taking the letter and reading it.

"That is Katara's handwriting, and who are you?" I looked up at the man and took a breath so as to deliver my full list of titles.

"My name is Kila of the First noble family of the Fire Nation, eldest and head. The Morning star previously known as the Little star, I am a lieutenant in the Fire Nation marines which I deserted. I am a known fugitive and an ally of Avatar Aang." two sets of blue eyes stared at me blankly before the one behind smiled.

"Looks like you've got your insider knowledge right in front of you Hakoda." The shorter of the two, Hakoda, smiled slightly before stepping aside and letting me on board their ship. I smiled as the Umi's engines started and Chan turned the ship. It felt good knowing that I was helping end the war.