Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


Katara insisted on making the trek alone. Naturally, Suki and Mai refused. After a bit of political maneuvering, Katara was allowed to escape with only Suki in tow.

Dressed in servant's clothes, they blended easily into the crowd. Much like their first visit to the Fire Nation all those years before, many simply assumed they were colonists. Katara enjoyed the subterfuge.

The elaborately decorated merchant stands gradually thinned; growing sparser the closer she got to the boy's home. Here crumbling buildings still bore the mark of the rebel attacks. Stopping, she frowned at the decrepit wood.

Nan's stall was empty.


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