A/N: Thank you all so much for the reviews! It feels great to be back writing this again! And like I said before, I'm gonna try to update more often, but with work I dont know how well that will work. Anyway, there's a flashback in there, and the stuff that's in bold italic is thoughts okay? I think there's only like one part with that, but just so you don't get confused! =) Well, please enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar, just Serenity.

That night, the two newcomers introduced themselves to me. The guy, Chit Sang, was someone Zuko and Sokka met in the prison. He was new to everyone. The girl, however, I was shocked to find out knew everyone. And I was even more shocked to find out she was Sokka's girlfriend! Her name was Suki, she was the girl Azula had been taunting Sokka about on the day of the invasion.

I had to say she was really pretty, and Sokka and her both seemed to like each other a lot, so I hoped for the best for them. Hopefully they'd be able to have a semi-normal relationship, unlike me and my last boyfriend. But Suki seemed really nice, so as long as she didn't hurt my brother, I didn't have a problem with her.

I sat between Katara and Sokka, as we all sat around the fire, talking and glad to be together again. I noticed my dad giving me confused glances as he looked between me and Zuko. I figured he was wondering why we weren't sitting together, talking or something. I hadn't told him Zuko and I weren't together at the moment, but I didn't think now was the best time. He just got out of jail, I figured he deserved to enjoy himself right now.

"So then Zuko's girlfriend came and saved us by attacking the guards!" Sokka was saying excitedly, as he told us all what exactly happened while they were there.

"She's not my girlfriend." Zuko said, and I looked down angrily. I guess it wasn't right for me to be angry that he had had a girlfriend while he was back in the Fire Nation, but I couldn't help the jealousy I felt thinking about it.

"Girlfriend?" Dad said confused. "But I thought…"

I sighed, glancing at Zuko. "Its….complicated. I'll explain later, Dad."

He nodded, but still continued to watch us confused, as everyone became silent. They all knew the situation, and how awkward it was to bring it up. Obviously my dad was the only one not clued into the whole situation.

"Well, its getting late. Why don't we all get some sleep?" Katara said, looking at everyone.

The others all nodded, and slowly got up to get ready for bed. Again, I gave my sister a grateful smile. "Thanks."

"No problem." She smiled and stood up as well, as I followed her, deciding after today and how worried I'd been, I should probably try to get some sleep.

The next morning I was jolted away by a loud explosion. My first thought was that Combustion Man was back, and I sat up quickly, looking around nervously. Fortunately, I didn't see him anyway. However, what I did see wasn't much better.

Three Fire Nation war ships appeared from the sky, and started firing at us. Great. How the hell did they find us?

We all got up as Aang ran over to us, blowing air at the panels in the walls, which closed. Huh, that was something I didn't know this place had….

Unfortunately they didn't stop them from firing on us, and the ceiling began to crack, causing pieces of it to fall down towards us. I glanced up, and saw one about to hit my sister, who wasn't paying attention.

My eyes widened. "Katara-"

"Watch out!" Zuko yelled, running over and grabbing her, knocking her out of the way as they both fell to the ground. I don't think I could be any more shocked. I was not expecting him to do something like that.

The rocks from the ceiling fell down between them and us, causing dust to fly up, making them invisible to us, which only made me worry even more. I knew my sister hated Zuko, and I didn't think her being alone with him was such a good idea.

Toph and Haru created a tunnel for us using earthbending, so we could escape from here. "Come on! We can get out through here!" Toph said, as we all ran in. Well, all except Aang. And glancing around, I noticed Zuko wasn't there either….

"What are you doing?" Aang asked, as he paused in trying to get Appa to go into the tunnel.

Zuko was standing a little ways away from us. "Go ahead. I'll hold them off! I think this is a family visit." He said, before running off.

"Zuko no-!" I started to head after him, but Sokka grabbed my arm, stopping me.

"Stop! We have to get out of here!" he yelled, as Katara ran over to Aang and helped him with Appa.

I glanced back towards where Zuko ran off, worried he wouldn't come back to us. I felt anger at myself for being worried about him, when I was supposed to still be mad at him, but I couldn't help it. No matter how much I tried to deny it, I still loved him.

I came out of my thoughts as I heard Appa grunt and growl. It seemed like he really didn't want to go into the tunnel.

"I can't get him to go in there!" Aang said, as Sokka joined him and Katara in trying to get the bison to move. "Appa hates tunnels!"

"Aang, there's no way we can fly out of here!" Katara pointed out, like it wasn't obvious.

"We'll have to find a way." The Avatar said.

"We need to split up." Sokka said, running over to the rest of us. "Take the tunnel, and get to the stolen airship."

What? He wanted us to split up again? But…. I glanced at my dad. I didn't want to leave him again. We just got him back. Apparently Katara felt the same way.

"No! The Fire Nation can't separate our family again!" she said angrily.

"It'll be okay." Dad said, placing his hands on her shoulders. "Its not forever."

She hesitated, before hugging him, and running over to Appa with Aang and Toph. Sokka did the same-grabbing Suki in the process- and lastly me. It was hard for me to leave him like this again, but like he said, it wasn't going to be forever. We'd see him again. Hopefully soon.

Toph put her hand on the wall, before jumping up to join us on Appa. "I can clear that away and we can fly out through there!"

"Um, there's an awful lot of fire in that general direction." Suki stated.

"We'll get through. Lets go." Aang said, as Toph used her earthbending, and we busted out of the air temple.

Azula shot fire at us as we flew past, but Toph's rock shield protected us from harm. I looked back at her, and my eyes widened as I noticed Zuko there, standing on one of the other ships. I felt relief flood through me. So he was okay…..for now.

Suddenly he ran across the ship towards Azula, who shot her blue fire at him. Zuko jumped blocking it, and shooting his own fire as he landed on her ship. The two began fighting, shooting fire and blocking and dodging, and I didn't know how much more I could watch. Every time Azula's fire got close to Zuko, I held my breathe, waiting for it to hit him, and my world to come crashing down on me with Zuko's death.

When I came back from my thoughts, I realized Katara had been blocking attacks from the other Fire Nation soldiers with her water, as Aang tried to dodge as much as he could. Unfortunately, Appa could only fly so fast.

Suddenly a loud explosion caused me to look down at the ship where Zuko and Azula were fighting. The explosion caused the both of them to be flown off the ship, and my eyes widened as I realized Zuko was going to fall to his death!

"Aang quick! Zuko!" The boy thankfully listened, as he steered Appa towards where Zuko was falling. We reached him just in time as Katara and I reached out, and pulling him into Appa's saddle.

This time I managed to restrain myself from hugging him in relief, as we all looked on as Azula fell.

"She's…not gonna make it…." Zuko said, sounding slightly sad. Maybe he cared about his sister after all.

Suddenly Azula shot fire out her feel, propelling herself towards the cliff, where she grabbed hold, sliding down a little. I groaned inwardly, as Zuko voiced my thoughts.

"Of course she did…"

We all watched her, as she slowly got smaller and smaller, as we flew away to a safer place to rest.

We eventually managed to find an area by the sea that reminded me of the place we stayed for a few days before the invasion. We set up tents, before Zuko made a fire, and we all sat around it, thinking about today.

I was glad we all made it out okay, but I was worried about the others. What if something happened to them? I had finally gotten to see my father again, and now we had to be apart again. Thinking of this made me think about what Katara said earlier. The Fire Nation was always breaking our family apart. They were the reason our dad left to fight with the other water tribe warriors….and they were also the reason our mother was dead.

I sighed, staring at the ground as I thought about her. I really missed her a lot. She had always been there for me when I needed something, and she was the one who told me about waterbending. Sure she wasn't a bender herself, but what she taught me about it in theory and knowledge helped me learn how to do the basic moves. After that, I kind of taught myself to get better, and I remembered how proud she'd be when I would show her a new move I learned.

I smiled sadly, before looking up at the sky. I miss you Mom….

"Wow, camping. It really seems like old times again, doesn't it?" Aang said, breaking me out of my thoughts.

"If you really want it to feel like old times, I could uh…chase you around a while and try to capture you." Zuko said, grinning slightly, as everyone but me and Katara laughed.

"Ha ha." My sister said quietly, and I looked over at her at her annoyed tone. I guess her feelings for Zuko haven't changed.

Sokka grinned and lifted his cup, obviously not paying attention to our sister at all. "To Zuko! Who knew after all those times he tried to snuff us out, today he'd be our hero!"

"Here, here!" Everyone said, again except for me and Katara. It wasn't that I wasn't glad Zuko saved us and all, but after everything he did to me, I didn't really feel like toasting to him. Besides, something was wrong with Katara….

"I'm touched. I don't deserve this." Zuko said quietly.

"Yeah. No kidding." Katara said glaring at him, before standing up and walking away.

"Katara…" I said, watching her go.

"What's with her?" Sokka asked confused, as Zuko stood up.

"I wish I knew." He said, before walking by us, and after my sister.

"What's with him?" Sokka asked, again sounding confused, as I continued to watch where they walked off.

I had the urge to follow them, and eavesdrop, but decided I better now. I did really want to know what they were going to talk about though….

"What's wrong Serenity? Jealous?" I glanced at my brother annoyed, as he grinned at me. "Don't worry. I'm sure they're just talking. Then you can go have your alone time with Zuko-AH!"

I glared at him, as he sat there, soaking wet with a shocked expression on his face, before turning my glare to the ground as Aang, Suki, and Toph laughed. Sokka really needed to learn when to keep his mouth shut.

Katara's POV….

The next morning I woke up, and left my tent, only to glare at the person sitting in front of it. You'd think after my yelling at him yesterday he'd get he hint to stay away from me. He wasn't exactly on my good list at the moment.

"You look terrible." I said angrily, walking past him to my bag, and taking out my comb.

"I waited out here all night." He said, as I began brushing my hair.

"What do you want? Shouldn't you be bugging Serenity?" I said annoyed, even though I didn't want him doing that either.

"I know who killed your mother." He said, and I froze, my eyes widening. "And I'm going to help you find him."

I turned to him shocked, before glaring at him again. "If this is some sick joke, I swear I'll-"

"Its not a joke! I'm serious!" he said, and the tone of his voice made it seem like he was telling the truth.

I stared at him, before crossing my arms. "Fine. But someone else needs to come with us."

"What? Why?"

"Because she's the only one who's seen the man's face." I said, glancing at the tent, knowing she was not going to like this.

Serenity's POV...

I laughed as Katara, Sokka, and I had a snowball fight. Katara threw a small one, hitting Sokka in the face with it. He glared for a second, before grinning and making a giant one, that just turned to water in his hands, thanks to me.

"Serenity!" he said annoyed, and I laughed again.

However, our fun ended shortly, as we glanced up at the sky, realizing the snow had turned black.

I held out my hand, as some of it fell on my glove. Black snow?

"I'm going to find Mom!" I said quickly, before running off towards our hut. As I ran, I noticed a lot of the warriors running towards the edge of the tribe, and I knew this couldn't be good.

Finally I got to my hut, and quickly ran inside. "Mom what's-" I froze, my eyes widening slightly at the man standing in front of me. His clothes….and his helmet….he was from the Fire Nation!

"Just let her go, and I'll give you the information you want." My mom said.

"You heard your mother. Get out of here!" the man yelled at me, but I stayed where I was.

"Mom….w-what's going on?" I asked quietly, glancing nervously at the man.

"Go find your dad, sweety." My mom said. "I'll handle this."

Even for as young as I was, I could tell by her tone that she wanted me to leave more than anything. But….

I glanced up at the man, who stared down at me coldly. The look in his eyes frightened me, and I glanced at my mother once more before running out.

I ran through the village, trying to ignore all the fighting going on as I looked for father. "Serenity!" I stopped and turned, to see my little sister running up to me.

"Katara!" I said as she hugged me, grateful that she was all right.. "Where's Sokka?"

She shrugged. "I don't know…. Serenity is Mommy okay?"

I stared at her wide eyed. This wasn't good. What if he was in trouble? I glanced around at all the villagers fighting the Fire Nation, before looking back at my sister. "She's fine. Katara listen to me. Go find someplace safe and hide!" She nodded quickly, as I ran off to find my father. Luckily I found him quickly, fighting along side the other warriors. "Dad!"

He turned after knocking out a soldier. "Serenity what's wrong?"

"It's Mom! There's a man in the hut!" I said, and my dad's eyes widened.

"Kaya!" Quickly he ran past me, and I followed him immediately.

Unfortunately when we got there, the man was gone, and my mom was laying on the ground. And I had a feeling she wasn't sleeping. "Mom!"

I sat up quickly, breathing heavy. I hadn't had that nightmare in a while. I guess thinking about my mom last night brought up the memory. I sighed and looked down as my breathing slowly returned back to normal. Waking up like that was not something I could get used to.

"Serenity?" I looked up at the voice. It was Katara. "Are you up?"

"Yeah." I said as she opened the tent flap and smiled at me.

"Good morning."

"Good morning." I said smiling back at her, but still wondering what she wanted this early in the morning that couldn't have waited until I left my tent. "Did you need something?"

"Um, yeah. Actually I did." She said, sounding slightly nervous, but also determined, and I gave her a confused look. And for some reason, I had the feeling I was not going to like this.

A/N: Well that's all for now! Sorry for the slight cliffhanger! ^_^' lol. Oh, I have a question for you all! Do you think I should do the Ember Island Players episode? I think I could have some fun with it, since that's like one of my favorite episodes in this whole season haha, but if you guys don't want me to write it, then I guess I won't... Anyway, please review and let me know what you think and I'll try to get the next one out soon!