Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
"Grandfather's just ahead, with the other villagers. We'll be safe there."
"Safe?" She coughed. "From the fire?"
"From the rebels." He hushed her, pointing to the hooded figures headed their way. They would've been ominous in a sunlit field of flowers, but surrounded by smoke and fire they looked like the evil spirits Gran-Gran had warned her of as a little girl. Instinctively she clutched at her mother's necklace hidden beneath the layered robes.
Dark shadows seemed to leap from the hooded figures, crawling against burnt, crumbling buildings. The silhouette was familiar. She gasped, remembering Aang's warning. "Beware the dragon."
