Chapter Seven: "The Search Begins!"

Zuko watched as the avatar flew over him and Kiara, looking at the sky. Drops of sweat dripped down his head, helplessly watching as he passes by. Kiara realizes his stress and wondered about him.

"What was that you said?" Kiara asked Zuko. "Some avatar? Is she a girl or something?"

"No! He's a boy! What? You don't know who the avatar is?" Zuko said, turning to her. Her look was suspicious, but he had no clue. He sighed with grief and turned back to the sky, "Great… Here's my one chance of capturing the avatar and I lost it! Damnit!"

Kiara frowned at his loss and turned back to the sky. She watched as the avatar's bison flew down to Mt. Hijack. With hope Zuko ran quickly to catch up with the avatar, leaving Kiara behind.

"Zuko? What? I'm not good enough for you?" With a sigh, she walked after Zuko, sadly.

At Mt. Hijack, Zuko ran all over the place, searching for the avatar. Kiara watched in a nearby chair and grew very, very bored. She turned around and a boy was standing right next to her.

Out of surprise she flinched back and looked at him, "GAH! Oh hey wait, sorry about that. I just got a little scared. That's all."

"Oh it's okay! I didn't mean to scare you. Sooooo why are you here? You look offly bored with yourself," the boy answered.

"I'm just waiting for my friend to finish what he's doing." She sighed.

"Well why don't you just help him?" he asked out of curiosity.

"Well I…. Don't know what exactly he I looking for," she said, blushing.

"I can help, but you have to ask what he's looking for first! You know, three heads are better than one!" he smiled. The boy's smile seemed very familiar to Kiara, it's like he's seen him before. She stood up and walked slowly to Zuko with a blank expression on her face.

Out of nowhere, two firebenders grabbed Kiara and put a mask over her face. She struggled through their grasps, knowing that she was growing weaker and weaker. Only seconds pass, and she dropped straight to the ground. The boy watched from a far and ran up to those firebender, kicking their buttocks! Kiara watched, only with the blurr in her eyes, and then soon dropped down unconsciously.

Darkness came over the world. Nothing but black, cold shadows covered the room. Kiara stood alone, watching only that but the shadows that grew over her. Noises of screams flew everywhere, covering everything. Everything and everyone. She crouched down, protecting her ears with her hands. She cried and yelled out for help, trying to reach anyone who could save her. But only screams could be heard. Only the screams that always came into her mind. Into her dreams. Into her nightmares. And into her life. It haunted her everyday, while she covered it with positive thoughts. But it never worked. The screams of terror always won and always came through. Nothing could stop it's disaster from happening. Her tears of blood fled through her cheeks and clothes. She tried to wipe them off, but it never smeared away. It stayed in her skin and allowed itself to flow through her body, leaving red scars. Without warning the shadows grew near, reaching out for her, trying to grab her. And it always did. It sucked her into a portal of hate. A portal that only allowed mayhem. Mayhem and violence. Dead bodies were spread over the portal that she always dreamt of. The dead humans that were still alive, grabbing her body into darkness. Darkness. That's what she always thought of. Something that she always kept as a child. And throughout the rest of her life.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kiara screamed, waking up from her nightmare. Her sweat dripped down her skin while she panicked with fear.

"Whoa! Whoa! Easy!" A girl with a blue suit settled her down. She had tan skin and brown braided hair. She had 2 strips of hair that hung from the top of her hair above her forehead to the braid behind her head. "Calm down. Your gonna be alright."

Kiara panted heavily and settled down with the girl's calm voice, "T-Thank you."

She looked around and observed her atmosphere. She was in a calm place. The grass was green and the waterfalls drowned down to the stream. By the stream was a boy, also in a blue suit. He was partially bald form the sides, and a ponytail of brown. He seemed to be mixing some medical substance in a bowl. He turned back to Kiara, but only took a glance at her. He shot a smile, but went back to work.

A bison floated on the stream, along with a lemur that was eating a type of fruit.

The same boy that she saw earlier was sitting peacefully on the rock, holding his staff.

Kiara tried to stand up, but flew back down.

"I said to take it easy! If you keep this up, you'll be in bed for weeks!" the girl explained. "Just slow down a bit, kay?"

"O- Okay," Kiara stuttered.

The girl turned to the boy at the stream and yelled, "Hey Sokka! Are you done yet?"

"YEAH!" he yelled back. He ran to the girl and gave her the bowl. The girl took it and shoved the whole thing into Kiara's mouth, including the bowl. She struggled to swallow it, but she was able to anyway.

She panted hard and turned back to them, "Are you trying to kill me!"

"No, we're trying to cure you," the boy referred to as "Sokka" said.

"You'll probably get better in a few days if you rest, I suggest…" the girl turned to look at Kiara. She was already walking towards the boy she saw earlier.

"You get up and ignore me," the girl continued.

"Hey, that's what she just did without hearing you. That's pretty fast," the boy beside her said. The girl smacked his head with an annoyed look.

"Hey," Kiara said to the familiar boy.

"Hey," he answered back. "You got up quickly."

"Thanks, I was trained to balance my health."

"Wow, that cool!"

"Yeah, I guess it is."

"My name's Aang. What's yours?"

That simple statement struck Kiara. It seemed so familiar. Like she heard it before.

"Have I seen you before?" Kiara asks curiously.

"Yeah, at Mt. Hijack!"

"No, no! I mean before. As in long ago. You seem offly familiar."

Aang's smile suddenly turned to a frown, "Maybe that's because I'm the avatar."

"Avatar?"

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