Gone...again!

"Prince Zuko what has come over you? Yesturday you cared about her and today you don't." Iroh observed. Zuko just let a soft growl under his breath.

"Nothing!" Zuko barked.His voice now angrier than it had been in a long time. "Besides, what do I care if she stays or not?"

"Because you like her." A voice said from the door way to the hull. Violet walked upto Zuko. "Just because she doesn't know yet how much you mean to her doesnt mean that she still doesnt care about you. Your such a baby!"

"Shut up. What do you know?" Zuko hissed at Violet.

"I agree with her Prince Zuko. You seem to not act your age. I am awair that you are tired of being out at sea so long." Iroh told his nephew. "But you can't force someone to feel the same as you do."

"Just leave me alone." Zuko hissed when he relized they were both right. He sighed. "Uncle. Ready the Rhynos." Iroh smiled proudly at his nephew. When the rhynos were ready, Prince Zuko orderd that Violet and Ashli stay at the ship with Iroh and then he orderd a bunch of his soldiers to search the island. While Zuko searched it as well.

Hilda's eyes flutterd open to see she was riding in a carrage pulled by 2 purple dragons. The carrage was purple as well and silk. The seat was made out of purple silk pillows. Hilda would have escaped, but along with the dragons infrount, there were dragons on the side as well.So escaping was pointless. She saw the bracelette around her wrist that she found in her house while she was inspecting the old room. It wasnt expencive or beautiful. But it was special to her. It was made out of tiny rope-like thread and in the middle had a small earthbending symbol made out of tiny pebbles. She untied the tie that kept it around her wrist adn tossed it out the back of the Carrage, through the tiny square window. Praying that Zuko would find it. Now that she had a way for him to find her. She looked out the side window to the soldier walking aside the carrage.

"Where are you taking me?" She asked them. The soldier kept his eyes forward.

"Omashu." He told her point blank.

"Why?" She asked. He just blinked and kept his eyes forward.

"Classified."

It was a few hours after that, that Zuko; riding the rhyno and following the tracks the dragons left. Between the wheel tracks, he found her bracelette. He picked it up and examoned it.

"Yep. This is Hilda's." He said to himself as he got back on the rhyno. But didn't make it move. He just staired down at the braceltte adn throught about what Violet had said to him. "Just because she doesnt feel the same about you doesnt mean she doesnt care about you! Your such a baby!" She is right. I am a baby. I treated Hilda like she had stabbed me in the back. Truth be told, She didn't. She has probably never felt love before, and if so, she doesnt have anyone to tell her what she is feeling... Not too long after that thought, he found himself in tears.He felt so stupid for what he did to her and how he treated her. He knew he would tell her he was sorry that he was such a jackass if he ever found her. But it was so fustraiting. He felt like he wouldnt ever find her. Clutching the bracelette in his hand. He tried to wipe away his tears and continue onward.But when he wiped the tears away more just kept coming.He had already lost her once like this, he wouldn't lose her again. But he didn't know if she was still going to be alive.Let alone still available to him. He didn't know anything about what would happen to her. That just made him cry even more. As Im sure I mentioned earlier. Crying can often make one feel better even though the situation hasn't changed a bit.

Katara sat beside Aang on Appa, holding his hand. The two had clicked and started dating while all this was happoning between Zuko and Hilda. Katara looked over the side of Appa when she heard someone below.

"Zuko." She told Aang softly. "Is...crying?" At that observation, Sokka and Aang looked over the edge of Appa.

"Never thought I'd see prince Zuko crying." Aang said to them both. "Wounder what is so bad that he had to cry."

"I don't know but we sho- Aang!" Before Katara could finish what she had to say, Aang jumped off Appa and onto the groun infrount of Zuko.

"Hey Zuko." Aang said playfully once he was sacurely on the ground. "Why are you crying?"

"Im not!" Zuko protested wiping the tears from his eyes.

"Yes you were. I could hear you!" Aang disagreed. Smiling proudly to himself. "Again, why?"

"First of all: I WASNT! and second of all..." Zuko said getting off his rhyno and takeing Aang's arms and putting them behind his back. "Im going to take you to my father now." Aang just laughed.

"I wouldn't If I were you." Aang told him. Pointing upwards to Katara and Sokka. "They will tell someone you cried and eventually, word will get to your father and you'll be the laughing stock of the fire nation." Zuko's eyes lowerd.

"You wouldnt-!" He barked. Aang smiled.

"I would." Aang told him grinning with satisfactory. Zuko pushed Aang away from him and allowed him to go. Katara and Sokka watched in amazement as Zuko did this. It seemed there was something diffrent about him after he met Hilda. He seemed a bit...Human. Zuko growled and walked back to his Rhyno.

"I don't have time for this." He growled. Hating that he was unable to capture the Avatar, all because of Hilda. If he hadn't felt so bad, he wouldnt have been crying and he would have been able to capture the Avatar without the threat of his reputation being ruined. But of course, he wouldn't be happy if he hadn't met Hilda either.

"Aang! You better get back up here before Zuko changes his mind!" Katara warned Aang. Aang nodded, bid goodbye to Zuko and got back onto Appa with his glider. Appa flew on while Zuko continued his search. It was at that moment that Zuko relized how much Hilda really ment to him. He wouldn't be happy if he hadn't met her. She ment the world to him, that he even gave up his ticket home for her.He then relized that he really was stupid for getting angry at her for not loving him. He figured now that if he truly loved her as much as he thinks he does, he shouldn't be angry at her about it. All he wanted to do sence he fell for Hilda was smile. He didn't know why he worried so much about what his uncle or his crew thought. His uncle only wants whats best for Zuko and his crew, thier opinions don't matter. Everyone on the ship loves Hilda and having her around. She is always a joy. He knew the first thing he would say to her once he found her. "Hilda im sorry. I forgot for a moment how important you were to me. Forgive me?" and if she forgave him, he would kiss her and thank her for her forgiveness. He could only think of her beautiful face on her beautiful body. Was he sick? Was he perverted? Zuko cared not if he was either one of the two or both or neither. He just knew that he loved Hilda.

Hilda had told the soldiers riding the purple dragons that were pulling the carrage that she wanted to go back. But everytime she complained, the soldier would deny her.

"At least tell me why Im going to Omashu." She barked. The soldier from the left of her awncerd the request.

"You have a great great grandfather in Omashu that just now relized your parents had passed on. After finding out he complained that no one tells him anything anymore, and then after he finished ranting he sent us to find you and your sisters. Apparently your the only one we found." He told Hilda. Hilda sighed, sat on her shins and staired out the back window that she threw her bracelette out of. The rode seemed to be getting further away. The way she staired at it, it seemed like she was hopeing Zuko would appear and save her. But she didn't see anything but the wineding rode behind her. "Is there anything wrong ma'am?"

"No.." She sighed. Stairing out at the rode which they had already She felt bad now how she hurt Zuko. She never intended to hurt him. She really liked him. But she didn't know yet if she was in love. She always thought of Zuko as someone she can look upto for support when she felt like falling.He probably wasnt looking for her to begin with. She probably just dropped her bracelette out there for some merchant to find and sell.

"Ma'am you seemed alittle preocupied." The soldier said to her after a while of silence. Hilda played with a tassel on a pillow.

"Just alittle problem." She mumbled to the soldier as she lisoned to the clack of the wheels everytime they hit the ground, and the stomping of the dragon's feet while they walked.

"care to discuss?" the soldier asked her. She was silent. "Also, my fellow soldiers and I have been waiting to meet you."

"Thats nice." Hilda told him, lieing down on the heap of pillows. "Well. A person I know knows this guy who loves her, but she doesn't know if she loves him back and he got mad at her because she didn't know what to do. She asked me to help her and I don't know what to do."

"well. It seems your friend really shouldn't feel bad. I understand this guy's heart is broken but that doesnt mean she has to feel things she doesnt." the soldier added. Then, one of the ones on the dragons who were pulling the cart put in his opinion.

"he has a good point. Although, I can understand why he would be angry." But the soldier next to him disagreed.

"It really wasnt her fault. They guy overreacted." he pointed out. Hilda had to put a stop to this.

"Okay. I'll keep all this in mind to tell my friend." Hilda told them, closing the silk curtain door on the carrage and lieing down, stairing up at the tent like top.