A/N: I absolutely hated rewriting this chapter. I couldn't figure out just how I wanted to begin it, so I really didn't change it that much.

- Disclaimer: If I owned the show or comic series, I wouldn't be writing this.

- Rated: T

- Warnings: Nothing that hasn't already been shown in the show or comic series.

- Written: No clue.

- Edited: 1/6/17

- Chapter 3:

* "Speaking"
* Thoughts
* Dreaming
* "Dream Speaking"
* Memories

* "Memory Speaking"

Slowly Zuko opened his eyes and instantly regretted it. Everything was way too bright and it forced him to shut his eyes and groan quietly, trying not to gain the attention of the others. He briefly wondered why everything was so bright, but his thoughts instantly when to Toph when he heard her voice.

"He's awake." Toph said. Of course it would have been her that knew he was awake.

Without opening his eyes, he could tell who was suddenly next to him by the sudden and small gust of air that followed the body. He sighed slightly and tried to open his eyes again. Everything was still too bright, but not anything like it was when he had first opened his eyes. He turned his attention to the happy, yet still worried face of Aang.

"Zuko!" Aang said happily. "You're awake!" He said with a large smile.

Zuko was silent for a moment. "I know." He said, his voice holding slight annoyance. Though, once he heard himself, it wasn't Aang he was annoyed with anymore. He sounded like a badgerfrog. Great... He thought to himself when he heard Chit Sang snort at the sound of his voice. He tried to push himself up, only to have Aang push him back down. This caused him to glare at the 12 year old.

"Sorry…" Aang said as he slowly pulled his hands away. "But Katara said that if you woke up, you had to stay down." He explained.

"I don't care." Was all he said as he slowly pushed himself up and gave Aang a looked that said: 'Don't touch me.'. When he was up, his vision tilted, forcing him to put his hands behind himself and close his eyes for a moment. Slowly he opened them again, looking at a now very concerned Aang. "I-I'm fine, and if you ask, you'll be training with Chit Sang for a week and I doubt he'll be as careful as I have been." He threatened.

Aang swallowed and spared a glance at Chit Sang, who only smiled back before looking back to Zuko. "Well… I-uh-I better go get Katara…" He said getting up quickly, before rushing off and away from the group.

Once he was gone, Zuko turned his eyes to look at the other two people near him. "Where is everyone else?" He asked after a moment.

"The Duke, Haru and Teo are exploring. Sokka is with Suki, Hakoda and Katara." Toph answered from her spot near the fountain.

"H-how long have I been out?" He asked after a moment. He didn't want to actually know, but he needed to know how much time his sister had, had already. She would be looking for them and he had no doubt in his mind that she would eventually find them if they stayed here. The Fire Nation hadn't touched this temple in years and it was the closest thing to The Boiling Rock that wasn't a town, village or city

"Three days." Chit Sang answered.

"What!?" Zuko yelled and made to get up, only to regret it as is vision tilted and ended up falling back down into a lying position, putting a hand over his eyes.

"Yeah real smart, Sparky." Toph said and looked in his general direction. Zuko groaned at not only the pain in his head, but also at Toph's nickname for him.

"Sparky?" Chit Sang asked and looked to the blind girl.

"I have nicknames for everyone." She answered. "Speaking of which, I need to come up with one for you and one for Hakoda." She said and lied back on the fountain's edge.

"I'll pass." Chit Sang said and shook his head.

"It's not an option…" Zuko said quietly, having not moved from his position.

Right after he said this, Katara, Sokka, Suki, Aang and Hakoda walked back towards the group.

"What's not an option?" Hakoda spoke.

"Nicknames." Both Zuko and Toph answered.

"Are you al-" Aang stopped when Zuko removed his hand from his eyes to glare at the airbender.

Katara sighed and walked over to Zuko, getting on her knees next to him and moving his hand away from his face. He glared at her slightly and pulled his hand away, resting it on the ground.

"I don't want to be near you either." She said with a bite to her voice. "But you're Aang teacher and he needs to learn firebending." She muttered as she began to feel around his head where he was hit it. "The swelling's almost gone." She said and pulled water from the fountain again, before putting her hands over his chest and arms. Everyone was silent while she checking on Zuko's wounds and healed anything else that she missed before. When she was done, she stood. "It would be best for you to not get up until tomorrow or the next day." She said and bended the water over the edge of the temple. "I don't have experience with head injuries and am not about to try it out and possibly mess up your head more than it already is." She said, causing him to glare at her again. She returned the glare before she turned to Aang. "Let's practice some more." She said and walked away. Aang looked at Sokka and just shrugged before following his waterbending teacher.

"It's almost lunch, so why don't you help me make something for everyone?" Suki asked and looked to Sokka.

"He'll burn it." Toph suddenly said.

"I will not!" Sokka said and quickly looked to the girl.

"You burned the rice last time you cooked it and you overcooked the fish we had a few weeks ago. There's a reason Sweetness doesn't let you do anything other than smoke some of the meat." She said and folded her arms under her head.

Sokka opened his mouth, but shut it and sighed.

"I wont let him cook anything then." Suki said. "I'll still find something for him to do." She said and smiled at Sokka.

Sokka sighed again, but didn't protest. "Alright." He said as he followed her to grab some things and come back to the fire.

"Keep it clean you two." Toph said with a slight laugh.

"Toph!" Sokka said. "Don't say things like that in front of my dad!" He yelled as he turned to look at her. Hakida laughed slightly at his sons reaction.

Suki just rolled her eyes and shook her head, before grabbing the back of Sokka's shirt and pulling him to the room where they had been keeping the supplies.

Zuko sighed and pushed himself up to a sitting position. It may have been the head injury, but he felt like his sister was already on her way here. There may have been a lot of ground for her to cover, but she had her ways.

"How are you-" Hakoda began.

"I'm fine." Zuko answered before he could finish.

Hakoda looked at him for a moment, before shaking his head and taking a seat near Chit Sang. He'd heard from everyone how his personality and temper were like, so he didn't want to push the former prince into hurting himself more by getting angry.

"We never finished our spar from yesterday." Chit Sang said and looked to Hakoda.

"I was thinking about that." Hakoda said with a nod. "Want to finish after we eat?" He asked.

"Yeah." Was all Chit Sang said in response as Suki and Sokka came back. Sokka carrying everything they needed for cooking.

"Remind me why I'm carrying everything?" Sokka asked as he struggled with the cooking pot and the things inside of it.

"Because you're my boyfriend and wouldn't have me carry anything after I just got out of prison." She said with a smile as she looked at him over her shoulder.

He looked at her a moment and sighed, before thankfully dropping the pot near the fire and taking out, a stack of bowls, rice, some smoked fish and some spices Aang had found, before putting the pot on the fire itself. "Hey, Toph." Sokka said and looked to the girl.

"Hmm?" She responded.

"Katara usually uses waterbending to get the water into the pot and neither her or Aang are here, so could you use earthbending?" He asked.

"How would you expect me to do that?" She asked and turned her head towards him.

"Well, you could make a large rock bowl or something, put it in the fountain and then bend it over here. You can feel where the pot is, right?" He asked.

"Yes." She answered for the second question. "But maybe I wanna make you struggle." She said with a smile.

"Hey, this is your lunch too. We even have some fish that I got yesterday." He said.

She thought for a moment. She finally sighed and stood up. "Fine." She said and did as asked, earthbending a container and dropping it in the fountain for a couple minutes, before bending it over to Sokka and Suki, setting it right next to the pot.

"Thanks." Sokka said and smiled at her. Just as he thanked her, she made the ground under him shift suddenly, throwing him to the ground with some of the water splashing out of the pot she had made. "Toph!" He whined as he rolled away and stood up.

Toph only laughed and laid back onto the edge of the fountain.

Sokka gritted his teeth and mumbled something under his breath, before Suki grabbed the back of his shirt again and turned him towards the meal they were preparing. "Just cut the meat into smaller pieces." She said and let go, beginning to cook the rice.

"I was meaning to ask you." Hakoda said and looked to Chit Sang. "Why'd you seem so calm to find out who Aang was?" He asked.

Chit Sang shrugged. "Everyone's known he's been alive for awhile now. Even in prison, the guards like to gossip. It's even gotten around that the prince over there-"

"I'm not a prince anymore." Zuko said and gave Chit Sang a small glare.

Chit Sang laughed once. "Anyway, it's even gotten around that he joined the Avatar. So when he showed up at The Boiling Rock and I found out who he was, I figured that we were heading back to the rest of the Avatar's group." He answered.

"You still seem a little calm about it." Hakoda pointed out.

"And you don't?" Chit Sang asked. "The stories we heard back at the prison, said that the Avatar was traveling with two others. Two kids. Now, unless the Water Tribe people age terribly, you're not a kid. I also heard about the battle that got you sent to prison in the first place. If the stories are true, you couldn't have met the Avatar more than once or twice before now."

Hakoda was silent for several seconds. "You're very observant…"

Chit Sang laughed. "Hey, looking dumb has it's advantages." He said. "Back before prison, I was able to get away with a lot of things because I look dumb."

"Not sure if that's a good thing or not for us…" Suki said and looked to the two men.

"Hey, Sokka looks pretty stupid, but he's come up with some clever things to help us out before." Toph said, causing Suki and Chit Sang to laugh slightly. Hakoda smiled and shook his head.

"Toph!" Sokka yelled and looked to the earthbender. "You just love knocking me down, don't you?" He asked.

"She's an earthbender." Zuko said and glanced at Sokka. "That's what they do."

"Oh, right…" Sokka said and rubbed the back of his neck.

"See what I mean?" Toph said with a slight laugh as she sat up.

"Hey, Chit Sang." Suki said, causing the man to look at her.

"What?" He asked.

"Sokka and I were talking on the way back here, and according to him Zuko doesn't like to talk about the Fire Nation much, so we were wondering if you could fill us in on somethings?" She asked as she stirred the rice.

"Depends on what you want to know." Chit Sang answered. "Things that have happened in the past few years I've only heard about in stories from the guards, so I might not know a lot." He said.

"We just wanted to know how some things work in the Fire Nation." Sokka answered.

"Awesome!" Toph said, causing everyone to look at her.

"I've been wanting to ask questions too, but whenever I ask Sparky, he never answers my questions." She said.

"You never asked anything about the Fire Nation. Only about my family." Zuko pointed out with an annoyed look on his face as he slowly pushed himself back up.

"I've asked too." Sokka said. "About the actual Fire Nation and not your family. You still blew me off." He said as he finished cutting the fish into smaller pieces.

"That's because you ask stupid questions." Was all Zuko responded with, not even looking at the other teen.

"No I don't!" Sokka defended himself.

"You asked me if we had polar dogs." Zuko said and looked at him. "Polar dogs. Polar."

Sokka opened his mouth and then closed it again. "OK… I guess that was a pretty stupid question…" He said and looked down at the fish he'd just cut up.

"What do you want to know?" Chit Sang asked and looked to Suki and Sokka.

They were both silent for a moment as they thought. "Why were the dragons hunted?" Suki asked.

"For sport." Chit Sang answered. "In the Fire Nation, if a person was able to kill a dragon they would be given the title of 'Dragon' and they ould be considered a legend because they were able to take down the original master or source of firebending."

"For sport?" Sokka said. "Did the Fire Nation ever do anything with their bodies? I mean the Water Tribe does kill for sport, but it's more like who can kill it first type of thing. We use as much of the animal as we can."

Chint Sang shrugged. "I guess it would depend on who killed it." He said and thought for a moment. "I know that some would have armor or other things made from the skin and bones. Some would leave the body and do nothing with it. Before their numbers started dying down, I think people use to trade their fangs, horns, skin and bones. Mainly the skulls."

"No one tried to stop that from happening?" Suki asked.

"To do so would be considered going against the Fire Lord and the Fire Nation." Zuko said and looked at her. "You can be killed in the Fire Nation for less than that, so anyone who was against it, usually kept it to themselves."

"Anyone who did try and stop it, sometimes were used as bait for the dragons." Chit Sang said. "Most dragons never trusted humans that much to begin with, but when they began to be hunted, most of them killed any human they saw."

Everyone was silent for a few moments. "How'd they kill them?" Toph asked. "I mean, taking something down that's supposed to be huge, that is considered the original firebending masters, doesn't sound very easy."

"That's why you were considered a legend if you killed one." Zuko said and looked at her.

"I don't know a lot about it, but from what I do remember, they'd try and stop them from being able to fly. If they were able to injure their wings, it would force the dragon down and once on the ground, they're a lot easier to kill." Chit Sang answered. "They can't be killed using firebending, and because of that, there have not been many people who have been able to take down a dragon on their own. In groups, the one to deliver the finishing blow would usually be the one to be given the title."

"That's terrible…" Suki said and looked down slightly.

"You're the one that wanted to know." Chit Sang said and looked to her.

"I know…" She said and sighed.

"There anything else you wanted to know?" He asked.

"What do the people in the Fire Nation do for fun?" Toph asked. "You know, besides burning peoples homes down."

"Uhh…" Chit Sang said and thought for a moment. "We don't have a lot of gatherings if that's what you mean. There are a couple festivals. Other than that, it's whatever each different person wants to do in their free time." He said with a shrug. "I never really got into things like festivals." He said and then looked to Zuko. "What about you?" He asked.

"What?" Zuko asked and looked at him.

"I know the royals did things every now and then. What'd you all do?" He asked.

"C'mon, Sparky. It doesn't have to be something about your family. What did you do for fun?" Toph asked.

Zuko looked at him for a moment and sighed. He really didn't want to talk about his family or himself, but he knew that eventually he would have to and he guessed that he kind of owed it to at least Toph since he'd been the one who burned her. "I never did anything for fun by myself and nothing we ever did as a family was very fun. Sometimes we'd go to Ember Island. Sometimes I'd go to plays with Uncle or-..." He stopped and gritted his teeth for a moment.

"Or what?" Suki asked and tilted her head slightly.

"Or nothing." Zuko answered and forced himself up to his feet. Trying to ignore the spinning his head got when he did that, or the slight ache from the mostly healed burns Azula had given him. "It's got nothing to do with you." He said and began to walk away, once he felt that he wasn't going to fall over that is.

Everyone looked at each other with confused expressions, except for Hakoda, who watched Zuko walk away, before standing up himself and heading the way Zuko did.

"Dad." Sokka said, causing him to stop and look at his son. "It's better to just leave him alone for awhile."

"You may think that, Sokka. But you've never raised kids before." He said with a small smile, before turning and heading after Zuko.

He was surprised at how far Zuko had managed to get away from the rest of the group, considering he was still injured. It didn't help that there were many hallways and turns that he could have taken in even just the short distance ahead of him that the teenager had. When he finally found the teenager, Zuko was sitting on a small ledge with his back against the wall, with one leg up to his chest an arm resting on his knee with the other leg hanging over the side. He stood there for a moment, before walking over to where the firebender was. Careful to not startle the boy or fall off the ledge.

Zuko glanced at him from the corner of his eye and then looked away as Hakoda sat down next to him, crossing his legs as he sat. Hakoda sat there silently and waited for Zuko to speak.

"Why'd you follow me?" Zuko asked after a moment, figuring that he would have to be the one to break the silence.

"A couple of reasons." Hakoda answered. "One, you're injured and wandering off like you did, wasn't a very smart idea. I'm not sure this is the best place to be right now either…" He said and looked over the edge. "Two, and probably the more important reason, is that something is bothering you." He said and looked at Zuko.

"Nothing's bothering me." Zuko said. "I just don't want to be around anyone. I've always been like that." He said and looked back over the canyon. He could hear the rush of water below them, as the river water made its way through the canyon.

"What makes you think that's a good thing?" Hakoda asked. Zuko said nothing. "Look, I wont make you say anything about what's bothering you. But from the little that I've been told about you, about the Fire Nation and the way your sister treated you… You are a very closed off person and I can understand wanting to keep certain things to yourself, but there comes a point in time, where keeping certain things to yourself does more harm than good." He said and leaned against the wall. "Sokka went through the same thing when he was a kid and his mother died." He said, causing Zuko to look at him. "For almost two years, he never talked about it and eventually… He snapped." Zuko looked away again and rested his head against the wall. He pulled up his left leg and tucked it under his right. "One day we were out hunting and one of our polar dogs took off. When we went after her, we came across the Fire Nation ship that's stuck in the ice near our village. He just froze up and then fell to his knees crying when he saw it."

"Why are you telling me this?" Zuko asked after a moment. He didn't understand why Hakoda would even care to come and find him, let alone tell him something that is extremely personal about his son. Honestly, even though he was only a year older than Sokka and he knew that they had lost their mother for some time now, this was making him feel guilty even though he was probably still in the Fire Nation when it happened.

"Because I've seen your sister, I know of your father, and the kids told me about your uncle. The one person I didn't hear about, was your mother." When Zuko tensed, Hakoda knew he was on the right track. He sighed and looked at the canyon. "When Sokka fell to his knees like that, at first it scared me. I didn't know why he suddenly fell like that. I thought he might have gotten hurt somehow. Then I thought about the ship. About his mother. I stood there and just thought about that day. I had thought about it at least a thousand times before, but that time was different."

"Wh-" Zuko began and then stopped, swallowed, and continued. "Why was that time different?" He asked and glanced at Hakoda.

"Because, when it first happened. When I first lost my wife, I knew that not only had I lost my wife, but my children lost their mother. I didn't cry much, because I needed to be my tribe's leader and I needed to be strong for my kids. But until that moment, the only one of my children I'd ever seen cry about it, was Katara. Sokka was trying to be stronger than a boy his age should ever have had to be. When he broke down like that… It hit me harder than anything before, that my wife would never see our children grow. She would never see their children and maybe even their children's' children." He said and swallowed the lump in his throat. He closed his eyes, took a breath and then opened them again. "Realizing all of this, I broke down. I fell to my knees in front of my son and held him close and we just cried." He sighed and looked at Zuko, who looked away quickly. "I kept thinking back to every possible way I could have helped. Every possible way that I could have stopped them from killing her. There was nothing I could have done." He said and gave a small shrug. "I hate to say it, and I miss her everyday... But in that moment, the firebenders that came to the village, were looking for the last waterbender we had."

"Katara." Zuko said, causing Hakoda to nod.

"They wouldn't have left until they either had who they thought was the waterbender or they killed the whole village. My wife made a choice and in doing so, I have no doubt in my mind that she saved the whole village. If I had tried to save her, if I had gotten there before he did... The chance that my village would have been slaughtered… Would have grown. I would have never given them what they wanted." He said and looked down, before shaking his head. "Even now it hurts to think about how I've lost her. Back when I broke down, it hurt more because I had been holding everything inside. It had also hurt more, because I broke down in front of my son. One of the people I needed to be strong for." He said with a sigh and was silent for a few moments. "Even a grown man needs to let it out." He said and looked at Zuko. "Just because I'm an adult and I'm the leader of a tribe, that doesn't mean things don't hurt me. Letting out your emotions every now and then, is healthy. I don't mean to be rude… But keeping your emotions in all the time, you begin to become a bitter person."

Zuko didn't look at him for a few minutes. "Why do you even care?" Zuko asked and looked to Hakoda.

"You're a child, Zuko." Hakoda answered, then raised his hand to stop whatever Zuko was about to say. "I don't care if you're considered an adult in your nation or if you think yourself one. Sokka is old enough to be a provider for our village, but he's still a child. You're a 16 year old boy. Judging by that scar, you've gone through more than you should have by your age, but that doesn't change that you're a child." He said and sighed. Zuko just shook his head and looked away. "When was the last time you even got to be a kid?" Hakoda asked. Zuko was silent.

"How did we get off the Boiling Rock?" He asked, changing the subject. He knew Hakoda probably wasn't going to let this go any time soon, but the longer he could stall talking with the man about anything that involves his family or his childhood, was for the better.

Hakoda sighed before answering. "When the warden told his guards to cut the line, you're sister and her friend jumped to the other gondola. When we were getting you, Sokka and Suki back into the gondola, a Fire Nation girl began to fight of the guards and set the gondola back into motion. When then took what was probably your sisters way off that volcano." He answered.

Zuko thought for a moment. "Fire Nation girl?" Zuko said and gave him a confused look.

"Sokka said she was your girlfriend." Hakoda answered. Zuko's eyes widened slightly and groaned, forcing himself back against the wall again. "Be careful with your head."

Zuko ignored him. "Her name is Mai." He said and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath and letting it out again. "Why would she do that?! And with my crazy sister there too!" He yelled and forced himself away from the wall. Hakoda nearly had a heart attack thinking that the teenager was about to go over the edge, but calmed down when Zuko only rested his elbows on his knees.

Hakoda sighed and shook his head at himself. "Sorry I mentioned it-"

"No." Zuko said and shook his head slightly. "I'm glad I know." He said and sighed, lifting his head up to look at the sky. "I-... I don't think Azula would have killed her… At least I know she doesn't hate me anymore." He said and shook his head, leaning back again. Hakoda smiled slightly, causing Zuko to look at him strangely. "What?" He asked.

"Even if it was anger, you let it out." He said, causing Zuko to open his mouth slightly. "Even letting anger out, makes you feel just a little better, doesn't it?" He asked.

Zuko stared at him for a moment. He wasn't going to lie about that either. He feared for Mai's life, his Uncle's as well. He'd let his anger out before, but that was before he found his own path. Now that he had, letting his anger out did help. Even if it was slight. "Yeah…" He said quietly and looked down slightly.

Hakoda smiled and shook his head, putting a hand on Zuko's shoulder. "I'm sorry about your girlfriend and everything else that you've gone through, but like I said, I won't make you talk about anything if you don't want to, but keeping it inside, helps no one. Especially not yourself." He said and looked around. "Now, what do you say we get of this death trap of a ledge and head back to the fire? I'm sure Suki and Sokka have finished cooking by now and you haven't had anything to eat for three days."

To be honest, Zuko wasn't hungry, but he knew that especially if he was going to be teaching firebending, the only bending where the person actually had to produce their element, he needed to eat. He gave a small nod and let Hakoda help him up, before they made their way off the ledge and to… Could an upside down temple even be considered solid ground?

When he first got up, he nearly fell over the side of the temple, Hakoda having to steady him as they walked off the ledge. When they were off it, he let the boy stand and walk on his own, but he made sure to keep close to him as the teenager swayed slightly on his feet. While he didn't like to feel like he was being treated as a kid, he was thankful Hakoda was there. It was a little strange though. He found himself trusting the man after having only known him for a short time. Most of that time he wasn't even awake. He didn't pay much attention to that, and more attention to staying upright as they headed back to the group.

When they got back to the group, everyone else had joined Toph, Sokka, Suki and Chit Sang, and were already eating. Zuko walked back to where he'd been lying before, Toph having moved next to his spot just before they came back. He sat down and looked at the bowl of rice and fish Suki passed to him for a moment, before thanking her and taking it.

"Where were you two?" Katara asked, watching Zuko carefully, before looking back to her father.

"Sparky got all sensitive and left, so dad went after him." Sokka said, causing Zuko to glare at him slightly.

"The only reason I let her call me that," Zuko said and looked to Toph, before looking back to Sokka. "Is because she can hurt me. You can't." He said, causing Toph to laugh slightly.

"What makes you say that?" Sokka asked annoyed. Zuko didn't answer and a moment later Sokka was forced to jump back away from the fire as small flames flickered out and licked at his feet.

"You were saying?" Zuko asked and began to eat. Katara glared at the firebender slightly, but said nothing.

"I agree with Sparky." Toph said. "Besides, the only one who can use nicknames, is me." She said and pointed to herself.

Sokka slumped his shoulders in defeat and sunk down next to Suki, before finishing his food.

"Hey, Zuko." Aang said, causing his teacher to look at him. "When do you think we can start training again?" He asked.

"Tomorrow." He answered.

"No." Katara said, causing Zuko and Aang to look at her.

"Why not?" Zuko asked.

"Because, you're still injured and if you make yourself worse, you're useless as a teacher." She answered, her voice holding a bossy and annoyed tone.

"I wasn't going to get up and firebend with him." Zuko said. "There are many things he still has to learn, to be able to fully control the fire he produces. Besides, in prison there's not a lot to do other than talk to other inmates and work out. I'm sure Chit Sang would be wanting to spar against another bender after not being able to for a long time." He said and looked to Chit Sang, who only nodded as he finished off his food.

"I don't know about that…" Katara said. She gave Zuko only a shred of trust because he was Aang's teacher. Chit Sang was just a random person who they brought along when they escaped.

"If he hasn't attacked us by now, I don't think he would." Aang said and shook his head. "Just like Zuko is always awake before everyone else, Chit Sang is too."

"I wondered about that." Suki said. "Why do firebenders wake up so early?" She asked.

"The sun." Zuko answered. "Not all firebenders wake up with it rises, but many do. Especially those who have either almost mastered firebending or those who are masters. It's like how waterbenders are usually stronger at night. The moon is the source of their power. The sun is the source of ours."

"So that's why you always stayed up late." Sokka said and looked to his sister.

"You already knew the moon was the source of power for waterbenders." She said and looked at him.

"I know. But I didn't know the moon was why you stayed up late or that the sun was why Zuko didn't ever seem to sleep in." He pointed out.

Katara sighed and said nothing, shaking her head.

"I wonder what that feels like." Toph said. "I mean, for Aang, Haru and I, our element is almost always around us. Even if we're on a ship. We can always feel it, even if it's only a little bit."

"Firebenders and waterbenders can always feel the sun or moon." Zuko said and looked at her. "It doesn't go away. Our feeling of them just becomes weaker during the day or night. When the sun or moon rises, most of us feel like we have more energy. "

"He's right." Katara said with a sigh, hating to agree with Zuko. "Even now I can feel the moon and it's the middle of the day. Even when the moon can't be seen at night, I still feel it's presence there."

"Still seems weird to me." Toph said with a shrug.

"That's because you're an earthbender." Katara said.

Toph shrugged. "Point taken." She said and tossed her empty bowl in the general direction of Katata.

"Toph!" Katara scolded as she had to put her own food down and catch it, before it fell into the rest of the rice over the fire. "Don't do that!" She said and set it down on the ground, before returning to her own food.

Zuko smiled slightly and shook his head, before looking at the fire.

A/N: I know that this took longer to be updated than it should have taken, especially since the only real thing I have to do it edit an almost completely finished story. I will try to edit and upload the rest of the chapters soon, so please just be patient with me.