Prologue
Aang, Sokka, Toph, and Katara were all running for thier lives as flaming arrows rained down on them from the teal colored sky... They had finally lost Prince Zuko and had hoped to get a small break, when a different fire soldier came hurling fire balls at them out of nowhere!
" I thought Prince Zuko was the only one who was after us!" Sokka screamed as he dodged one after another.
" Zuko is no longer fitted to complete his task..." The burly man said laughing, " I am commander Zhou, the elite commander of the royal Fire Dragon fleet... Now come with me, and no one will get hurt..."
Aang looked at his friends worriedly and saw that all three were shaking thier heads nervously, fear shining in thier eyes... Aang squared his shoulders bravely before giving commander Zhou a taunting grin.
" No chance!" Aang said grinning, " You'll have to catch us first!"
Aang let loose a whirlwind at that moment, sending the commander and all of his men flying into the ocean...
" Come on guys! Apparently!" Aang yelled frantically.
The giant animal quickly swooped down and picked up the children before taking off at a speed that didn't seem to fit the size of the fuzzy creature... Zhou growled angrily as he and his soldiers madethier way back to his ship and set sail at full speed...
" Shoot them down!" Zhou screamed angrily, " I must have that child in chains!"
Zhou's orders were quickly followed as his fire archers took aim and began thier attack... Zhou's eyes burned with malice, he had had far more hatred for the Avatar then that banished prince did. Zuko was always too soft to try and hurt the Avatar and his friends while trying to get them in his custody, and that was weakness... Zhou was powerful... Zhou had killed countless Innocents and he was proud of it... Fear was power and he enjoyed having that power over others... The power to let people live or end thier miserable exhistance... Just then, one of the Avatar's stood up to see if he needed help steering, the heavy coat beginning to make the child hot . Zhou's eyes widened in happy surprise when the coat was cast off, revealing the hourglass figure of a lovely young girl... Zhou smiled evilly...
" Take aim at the girl... But don't kill her..." Zhou whispered softly, " I have special plans for her before I enjoy her death..."
The soldiers took at the girls back and fired... Five arrows struck the girl in her lower back, the pain so intense, she couldn't even get her voice to work...
" Katara!" Aang cried, turning to grab her...
But it was too late, she was already free falling to the violent ocean below...