Epilogue: A Stowaway


Li had come back with them, but she stayed silent for most of the trip. She kept staring out at the ocean. Her eyes were glazed, showing that she was in deep thought. Sokka was sitting on the other side of Appa's saddle. His face was still red for a while. He didn't say much either. It was early morning when they returned.

The others were ecstatic that Li was back, and they let her stuff her face since she hadn't eaten in days. It didn't take long for the sparkle in her eyes to return. Her friends had been terrified, but they were glad that she was back. She didn't tell them about the kiss. Only she and Sokka knew about it, and she planned to keep it that way.

Katara, Aang, and Sokka decided to leave the next day. They knew it wasn't safe it stay in Yushii Village. Zuko could return any day to attack again. And this time, he would have reinforcements.


"Why do you have to go?" Kai whined. She didn't want them to go. She thought they were fun to have around.

"Would you rather your village go up in flames?" Sokka said.

"Well, no. I won't say I'd like that to happen." Kai said, admitting defeat in that matter.

"We'll miss you guys. Come back for a visit when all this is over, okay? Chao said with a smile.

"We'll be sure to come back!" Aang said cheerfully. He looked around. Li was nowhere to be found. "Hey, where's Li?"

They started to look around. Chao and the rest gave each other uneasy looks, but they knew where she was. "I guess she isn't here to say good-bye." Katara said with a sigh. "Oh well. I'm sure we'll see her again soon." Of course, she didn't know how soon.

They climbed into Appa's saddle and waved good-bye one more time before Appa lifted off of the ground. They flew over to the horizon and once again were back on their trail to the North Pole.


Sokka's stomach grumbled. "Man, am I hungry." He said. Suddenly, there was a pastry in the middle of the saddle. He sat there in shock. "What? But we're in the middle of the ocean. How can a pastry be-"he was interrupted by a popping noise. It sounded like buttons popping out of their places.

Something jumped onto the saddle. It was a small animal with very large ears and a horn in the middle of its head and two small bumps right next to it. It had large pointy hooves on the end of its feet, and a tail that looked like a puff. What were strange were the markings on it. They were similar to Li's.

Suddenly the animal disappeared an in its place was Li, sitting there like the animal had been. They all jumped at the sudden transformation. "You weren't going to leave me out of the action were you?" she asked them, standing up with a finger pointing in the air. "To- where are we going?"

"The North Pole" Katara said, still in shock.

"To the North Pole!" Li said, finishing her sentence. She then jumped down into the saddle and relaxed. The others regained their voice.

"How did you get on Appa without us noticing?" Aang asked.

Li looked at him with a dumb look. She suddenly shrank down to a tiny field mouse. It still had the same markings as Li did, and it didn't make a sound. She then changed back to her normal human form.

"Oh." he said.

"Well, I guess you can't go back. We're already too far away from Yushii Village. You might as well come." Sokka said. He was glad inside that she was coming. She looked over at him when Katara and Aang weren't and flashed him a smile. From then, he knew that this adventure would be better.


Xlo: Yes! We are done! End of story! But don't worry. I'll still keep my pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard. I might not make a sequel though. But I probably will be making other stories. Probably still in the Avatar section. So be happy. Feel free to read and re