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


She barely recognized Hei Bai's forest. Where once scorched earth and jagged tree stumps had littered the devastated landscape, a vibrant forest had sprung to life, erasing all traces of the deforestation. Tall trees loomed overhead, lush leaves casting the forest floor into perpetual night; thick roots tangled through the moist soil, slowing their progress.

Katara felt the eyes of the unseen watching her, reminding her this was not typical foliage. Hei Bai walked this forest freely; meaning the veil between the realms was thinner here. If he could escape the Spirit World here, then perhaps Koh could as well.