A/N: Ok so I am so so sorry I didn't get this out sooner! I just really didn't want to write this episode for some reason lol. But once I started I actually had fun with it. So anyway, because I made you guys wait so long, I decided to make this one longer than the rest. Well that's not really the reason, I just didn't want to break up the episode anymore haha. But anyway, I hope you enjoy! Oh and people were saying before that I was making it seem like Serenity was caring more for Zuko than her brother and sister, so I tried to fix that a little in this chapter. I hope I did it ok. So just let me know.

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar.

"Why does this thing have to go so fast?" I muttered as I clung to Zuko so as not to fall off the large creature we were riding.

Zuko turned his head to look at me. "Just relax. I'm sure we'll be there soon."

I glared at him, wondering how he could not be terrified. Living in the South Pole, I had never seen anything other than penguins and fish. So of course seeing something like this monster was scary. Especially when I was riding on its back.

It took until sunrise, but we finally came upon some old ruins, where an old lady and her white cat were picking weeds. The cat hissed and the lady turned to us.

"Out for a bit of fresh air are we?" she asked.

"We're looking for someone." Zuko said.

"I hope its not Miyuki." The lady said looking down at the cat. "Miyuki did you get in trouble with the fire nation again?"

I raised my eyebrow, staring at the old lady like she was crazy as the cat meowed. Did she really just ask her cat if it was in trouble with the fire nation?

"The Avatar's been here. Lets keep moving." June-the girl had told us her name finally-said, whipping her pet. It took off again, and I clung to Zuko, wishing to just get back onto the ground.

We came across another village, where of course all the people screamed and ran as soon as they saw us. "Why are we stopping?" Zuko asked as we stopped in front of a big house, that an older lady was standing in front of. Surprisingly she didn't look scared or surprised at all.

"Because the girl must have spent a lot of time here." June said.

Katara was here? I wondered looking around the village. Why did they stay here? It didn't really look like it was spectacular or anything. I mean, it was a nice village, but I couldn't think of a reason for them to stay for a long period of time, if what June said was right. I sighed. I really hoped we found them soon, and when we did, I would try my best to keep my brother and sister out of danger.

"We have no time for this!" Zuko said grabbing the necklace from June and jumping down. He put the necklace in front of the monster's face, causing it to stick its tongue out. Luckily Zuko dodged in time. "Hey! Watch it!"

I covered my mouth to cover my laughter, while Iroh and June didn't try to hide it. "Oh look, he likes you." June said.

"Care to hear your fortune, handsome?" I looked down and saw the old lady who was standing in front of the building staring at Iroh.

Iroh smiled at her. "At my age there is really only one big surprise left, and I'll just as soon leave a mystery."

Zuko climbed back on in front of me, glaring at my smirk. "What?" I asked innocently wrapping my arms around his waist tightly, causing him to blush and turn around. I smirked and put my head on his back as we took off again.

I peaked around Zuko, as a temple of sorts came into view. "What is this place?" I asked, but of course no one answered me. I glared at the three in front of me as we busted through the doors to the surrounding wall. Looking around, I noticed a bunch of ladies, with steaming pots that smelled really good. I smiled as I took a deep breath.

The creature sniffed around for a few seconds before turning and facing another pair of doors. "We're getting close." June said, whipping it again as we took off into the woods.

I stared back at the temple that was getting far away. "Aww it smelled really good back there…." I whined.

"Stop whining." Zuko said annoyed, and I punched his back. "OW! What was that for?"

He glared at me and I just leaned my head against his back innocently. After a few seconds I heard him sigh as he turned around and closed my eyes grinning. I knew he couldn't stay mad at me for long.

I opened my eyes again as we suddenly jumped over a small cliff, and saw two people in front of us. Two very familiar people. "Katara! Sokka!" I said happily, as the creature we were on cornered them.

"Serenity?" my siblings said confused.

"So this is your girlfriend." June said and Zuko caught my arm as it went past his head to punch her. He gave me a look before jumping down and I followed. "No wonder she left. She's too pretty for you."

I glared at her, opening my water and pouch and swinging my arm discreetly, and hitting her in the head. June glared down at me soaking wet, and I glared right back before walking up to Zuko.

"Where is he? Where's the Avatar?" Zuko asked my sister.

"We split up. He's long gone." Sokka said and my eyes widened.

"Split up?" I said confused. Why would they split up with Aang?

Katara nodded looking down, and I wanted nothing more than to go over and comfort her. I took a few steps forward, but Zuko put his arm out stopping me, causing me to glare at him.

"How stupid do you think I am?" he said glaring at my siblings.

Sokka smirked. "Pretty stupid. RUN!" he yelled running off with Katara.

Zuko glared at me as I laughed. "Sorry. But you walked right into that one." I said trying to stop laughing.

He growled and looked up as the creature's tongue lashed out, hitting my brother and sister, causing them to fall down.

"Katara! Sokka!" I yelled pushing past Zuko and running over to them. I kneeled down next to them, hoping they were ok. Katara looked up at me and I smiled down at her. "I'm sorry." I whispered. "I won't let them hurt you guys. I promise."

Katara smiled up at me as Sokka glared. "Well what do you call this?" he asked angrily.

I smiled shrugging. "Well you're technically not hurt."

"What are we supposed to do now?" Zuko asked staring at me and my siblings.

"Its seeking a different scent." June said walking the creature up to us. "Perhaps something that the Avatar held."

I glared at her standing up, not wanting to let her near my siblings. Unfortunately I felt myself being pulled away. "Let me go!" I yelled, struggling in Zuko's hold as the creature began sniffing at Katara and Sokka.

"Relax. We're not after them. They'll be fine." He told me trying to calm me, but that wasn't what stopped me from moving. It was a piece of paper that had fallen out of Sokka's bag. I could just barely make out what it was from where I was standing, and it looked like a map. But to what?

I managed to get away from Zuko and ran over picking up the map. On closer inspection, I realized what this was. It's a map to the water tribe warriors! And dad!

Zuko grabbed me, pulling me back onto the creature. The thing used its tongue to pick up Katara and Sokka and put them on its back behind me. I stared down at them, as they stared right back at me. "Sorry guys." I said feeling really bad. Despite the situation, I was very glad to see them again. It had been so long, and I missed them a lot.

We once again smashed through the doors of the temple thing, and the ladies screamed and ran from us, hiding behind barrels as we went around in a circle.

"What's it doing?" Zuko asked annoyed. "Its just going in a circle!"

The creature looked up towards the sky, causing me to look up too, just as something came at us. The thing reared up in its hind legs, making all of us fall off its back.

"Aang!" Katara said, and I looked up and smiled. Aang was up in the air with his glider thing. June jumped back on her creature, and whipped it, making it move and chase after Aang.

Just as it was about to hit him, Appa slammed into it from the side, knocking it into the wall. I smiled, but quickly stopped as I noticed Zuko facing Aang, fire coming out of his hands. I glanced down at my brother and sister, then looked at a few of the ladies as they came over to us.

"Help me move them to a safer place." I said picking up Katara. "This is going to get dangerous."

The ladies nodded and helped me with Sokka, as we pulled my siblings back away from the fighting. We set them against the wall sitting up.

"Thank you. I've got them from here." I told the ladies smiling as they nodded and ran for better safety. I looked down at Katara and Sokka. "Are you guys okay?"

"Well if you call being paralyzed okay then NO!" Sokka said annoyed and Katara glared out of the corner of her eyes at me.

"Sokka!"

"No its alright Katara. I should have been able to protect you better." I said. "But even so, I'm really happy to see you guys again."

Katara smiled at me. "I am too. I'm always so worried about you. I never know if Zuko is doing anything to you or not."

I smiled. "Well you don't have to worry. I'm fine. Zuko treats me fine most of the time."

Katara gave me a strange look. "Why is it when you talk about him, your eyes soften?"

I blushed as Sokka looked at me too. "I don't know what you're talking about." I said quickly looking away from them and towards the fighting that was going on. I saw Zuko and Aang fighting on a roof, and June was fighting with Appa.

"Did I miss something?" Sokka asked, clearly confused.

"No Sokka. Don't worry about it." I smiled at him as he started moving his arm.

"Hey I'm starting to get some feeling back!" he said happily, changing the subject, which I was thankful for. Unfortunately, just as he said that a pile of rubble from the roof fell down onto him. "Ow…."

I chuckled and looked back out to the fighting. It looked like it was getting pretty intense. I happened to look over as Aang fell down a well, and Zuko jumped on it shooting fire down it. My eyes widened as the water from the well shot up, shooting Zuko into the air, and Aang jumped out, landing on the ground safely as Zuko landed pretty hard.

"Zuko!" I said automatically about to get up to help him, but stopped remembering my brother and sister. I looked back at them and saw Sokka giving me a 'WTH?' look and Katara smirking. I sat back down blushing, and looked away from the two.

"I think we can stand now." Katara said trying to get up. I helped them each up, as they leaned against the wall. One of the ladies came around the corner with a bottle of something, and stuck it under Sokka's nose.

"Ugh!" he said, as he slowly stood up straighter and the lady put it under Katara's nose. Apparently it was a healing potion or something.

"That thing sees with its nose." I said watching it fight with Appa.

"Then lets give it something to look at." Sokka said.

"The perfume?" the lady asked and Sokka grinned at me, and I grinned back.

The ladies helped us push the barrels of perfume out into the area more. "Won't Zuko be mad you're helping us?" Katara asked as we waited for the perfume to be spilt.

"Eh, he'll get over it." I said shrugging.

She laughed as the ladies and Sokka pushed the barrels over, causing the perfume to spill out.

"Ready?" I grinned at my little sister.

"Ready." She grinned back as the two of us moved our arms, raising the perfume up into the air, and dropped it on top of the creature. I had to hold back a laugh as I realized Zuko was standing right next to it, meaning he got hit too.

The creature freaked out, not knowing what to do with all the smells that were surrounding it. Its tongue lashed out, hitting Zuko, making him fall over.

"Zuko!" I yelled starting to run over. I stopped, looking back at Katara and Sokka.

Katara smiled at me. "Go." She said as Sokka looked between us confused.

"Be careful." I smiled at her before running over to Zuko. I kneeled down next to him, checking him over for any other injuries.

The creature was still freaking out, and it even hit June. Iroh caught her before she fell over, and the thing ran around like crazy, running into stuff, before it jumped over the wall and ran off.

"Uncle? I didn't see you get hit with the tongue." Zuko said weakly. I looked over and sweatdropped, seeing Iroh laying with June on his chest.

"Shh." He smiled putting his finger to his lips, before closing his eyes again, as June got an annoyed look.

I sighed and looked over at Katara, Sokka and Aang. The three were watching me. I smiled at them and waved, as they climbed on Appa and flew off. "Be safe." I said quietly. Feeling a pair of eyes on me, I looked down at Zuko. "What?"

He stared at me not saying anything, before he smiled slightly. "Nothing."

I stared at him, before rolling my eyes and moving my hand picking up some of the perfume that was still on the ground, and dumping it on him.

"Hey!" he yelled sitting up quickly. "What was that for?"

I shrugged standing up. "I had to get you unparalyzed somehow."

He glared at me before looking down at Iroh. "Lets go Uncle! We don't have time to be messing around."

A/N: Alrighty well, review and let me know what you think please! I'll try and get the next one done soon if I can. But with having my surgery rotation right now I don't know how much time I'll have. But I'll try!