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I sat up, trying to remember why I wasn't in a soft bed. Right, I was on Appa. Katara and Aang were already awake. I groaned, "How do you sleep in this thing every night?"

Katara giggled. "Maybe you should look at what you slept on." I looked behind me, where my back had been, and saw Sokka's arm. He had wrapped his arms around my waist and where his arm was, under my back, is why my back hurt.

Alarmed, I screamed "RAPE!" and hid behind Katara, who doubled over laughing.

Aang, who pretended not to hear my last comment, stated "Last night after you were both sleeping Sokka obviously took you as a pillow." I glared at him.

Katara whipped tears from her eyes and sat up, concealing her laughter. Sokka, who was now awake because of the screaming and laughing, sat up and looked around. "Where's Shelby?"

"Eep!" I crouched behind Katara. I wanted to know what he would say when he found out I was 'scared' of him. I wasn't really. It's called a joke.

"She's hiding." Katara stated coldly.

"From what?" Sokka asked, trying to peek behind Katara to find me.

"You mean who?" Aang asked, trying mot to laugh.

Sokka glared at him. "Just tell me."

"She's convinced you tried to rape her last night." Katara said smoothly. I wondered how often she said this. Yep, it was that smooth.

Sokka's eyes widened. "What gave her that idea!" His voice cracked.

"Maybe the fact that you wrapped your arms around her while you were sleeping." Katara said, glancing back at me. I smiled an evil smile. She slightly nodded and we looked back at Sokka.

"I-I-uh-I …… I-." He stuttered. I Jumped out from behind Katara and pounced on him, causing him to fall back and scream.

I laughed, along with Aang and Katara, "You know, Princey isn't the only one that screams like a girl. I climbed off him and stroked Molly, who had carefully noted everything about the incident. She likes it when I scare people.

"Princey? You gave him a nickname?" The red in his face died down a bit, but was still there probably from anger or jealousy or both.

"Chill, Sokka. I'm not dating him or anything." I smiled at Katara. She covered her mouth to hold back laughter and pointed towards Sokka. I looked at him and laughed. I don't think it was possible for his face to get much redder.

I leaned over the side of Appa and looked below into the water. We had long passed Zuko's ship. I sighed. "Something wrong?" Katara. I looked back at her and shook my head.

"No, I'm fine." She nodded. "It was fun on Zuko's ship. I got to tease him a lot. And ya know, he never did try to kill me….except that time I said something about his ducky underwear." Katara fell over laughing.

"YOU SAW HIS UNDERWEAR?" Sokka glared at me.

I rolled my eyes. "No, I was teasing him I was reading his mind and told his uncle he was thinking about his ducky underwear."

"So he does or doesn't have ducky underwear?" Katara asked. She would be great at my school. Gossiping kind of girl. I smiled.

"As far as I know, he doesn't."

"Oh, ok."

Aang scowled and I smiled. Katara didn't see it. I lay back on Appa and put my hands under my head. "He did try to kill me one other time."

"Does it have to do with underwear?" Sokka asked, scowling at the thought.

"SOKKA!" Katara frowned at him. She turned to me. "Tell me. What did you do?"

I sat up and smiled. I was right. Gossip is her kind of stuff. "I used my mind reading powers and my waterbending." She nodded. "I basically covered him in water and he chased me through the hallways of the ship, trying to kill me." She smiled. I told her every detail of my trip and stopped after the swimming part.

"Red is SO not my color." I was still wearing the red and black kimono.

Katara giggled, "I think you're right. Maybe blue…or green." I hugged my hoodie. "Purple and green."

WITH PRINCEY!

Zuko walked out on deck. He had slept late thanks to a wonderful dream about guess who. He yawned and squinted from the bright sunlight. He looked around the deck. I guess Shelby is still in her room. His face heated up at the thought. He rolled his eyes, clearing the thought.

He walked into the captain's room to order where to go next. He walked in, still trying to think about where they needed to go.

"Hello Prince Zuko." The captain smiled at him, glad to see Zuko didn't have a frown on his face.

"Hi…" He gave the captain an odd look, seeing as how he was used to his crew members cowering in the corner until he left the room.

"Set course for the Avatar?" the captain asked. Zuko's eyes widened. He had only thought about the avatar once in the past two days.

"No…Just set course for the next port." He walked out of the room, not noticing the odd looks from the captain.

He walked down the hall and opened a door. He looked around. An empty bedroom. Where is Shelby? Oh no, I bet uncle has her drowning in tea by now. He quickly shut the door and walked off to find his uncle.

WITH APPA!

"I wonder if they know I'm gone yet." I pondered the thought while I watched Sokka eat a pear…at least I think it was a pear. Fruits looked quite a bit different then they do back home.

"I don't know." Katara answered me. "We'd probably hear Zuko's crying if he had." I laughed.

"Probably."

"We are stopping on that island for supplies." Aang pointed to an island that was about a mile ahead of us. We landed Appa in a clearing and walked towards the town.

BACK WITH ZUKO (yes already)!

Zuko walked into the room with his uncle. "Uncle, have you seen Shelby?"

"No, I haven't I thought she was still asleep, like you were." Iroh gave him a sly smile.

Zuko glared at him and walked around the ship searching for his lost friend.

The ship docked with no sign of who he was looking for. "Damn." He muttered. He got off the ship and walked towards town.

WITH AANG, KATARA, SOKKA, AND ,ME….yeah. I was there too.

We walked through town gathering the necessary things we needed to live. Like food, clean water, pot, pans, and marbles for Aang's trick. I bought a dark purple Kimono with lime green sleeves, pants (that flared at the end slightly like jeans) and sash. I also bought one identical to it, but the colors were light pink and light blue.

I suddenly smelled smoke and looked towards the harbor. "Damnit!" Katara looked at me and glared. I pushed the three of them behind a building. "Look, Zuko is here. By the look on his face he wasn't looking for you. Leave. You need to get to the North Pole. I'll keep Zuko occupied while you leave. He's probably looking for me anyway. I'll be fine and talk to you through my mind. Be safe and good luck."

I didn't wait for any answers, just hugged them and walked around the building into Zuko's sight. He scowled and ran over to me. "Where have you been! I was looking all over for you!" I cringed. Didn't think he'd be that worried.

"I-I was on the ship all morning. I just got off before you so I could buy new clothes. And you didn't check the wash room did you? It's called a bath." I'm glad he didn't notice my hair wasn't the least bit wet.

"Oh, well sorry. You worried me." I gave him a sweet smile and his expression changed, telling me he forgave me. I sighed and turned to walk away. "Where are you going?"

"To buy more clothes. I can't live off of three kimonos and a pair of jeans!" He nodded and walked up to me. He placed a few coins in my hand and walked off as if nothing had happened. Good thing he did too. I had absolutely no money.

I smiled and walked towards the clothing stores.

WITH KATARA SOKKA AND AANG.

"We'll never see her again. What if she isn't happy with Zuko? I don't see how she could be." Sokka complained.

"She was obviously happy with them or she wouldn't have gone back. And did you notice what she said? It didn't seem like he was looking for us. This could be a good thing! She takes his mind off Aang and we can get to the North Pole!" Katara turned away from her brother, signaling the end of this discussion.

"You know, I think Molly is good for Shelby. When Shelby walked away molly followed her and wasn't even told to. She just did. And Shelby needs a friend like that." Katara stated happily. She was actually happy for no reason. Weird. (just kidding me too!)

Aang nodded but Sokka scowled. "We could be her friends."

"Give it up Sokka. You're just mad because she isn't here with you." Aang said and Katara giggled. Sokka turned away from the two and went to thinking his own thoughts.

WITH ME AND MY SHOPPING MONEY!

I walked onto the ship and into my room. I noticed the familiar rocking of the waves under my feet and sighed. Weird how after just two days I could come to love one place so much. Molly followed behind me, hoping for some fish for lunch. I smiled and walked into my room. I dumped the contents out of a lime green bag with white stripes down the side (I bought it in the market) onto my bed. I now had a total of four kimonos, three pairs of shorts to sleep in and three tank tops to sleep in.

I smiled and looked out the window. It was probably around noon. I walked out of the room and into the kitchen. The cook gave me a small fish for Molly, which I put in my room for her to eat, and I went back to the galley. Zuko and Iroh were just sitting down to eat lunch. Iroh smiled at me. "Glad to see you are back in time for lunch." I smiled and nodded at Iroh then looked at Zuko.

He was staring. He blushed and looked down at his food, fish. I smirked. "We'll be leaving soon. Is there anything else you need from the market before we leave?"

I shook me head. "No, I got everything I need. Thanks though." He smiled and nodded. I noticed Iroh was taking in the conversation with a smile on his face. I don't think Iroh sees his nephew smile very much.

I stood up and left the room. I found my way onto the deck and leaned against the railing. We had just set sail from the dock and were a few yards away from shore. There was a light wind and I hadn't put my hair back up yet so it was flying behind me a bit. After a few minutes Zuko walked up to me and leaned on the railing.

I stared at the water. "Where are we going now?" Please don't say to find Aang. Please don't say to find Aang.

He didn't say anything for a while. "I don't know. Where do you want to go?"

I smiled. Success! He wasn't trying to find Aang. Why? Don't know don't care. Just get him turned away from the North Pole. "Somewhere warm. Warmer than here." I hugged the kimono closer subconsciously. "Somewhere with a beach where we can swim." I never took my eyes off the water.

He sighed and stared at the water too. After about five minutes he walked off. I could hear him tell the captain to turn around and fins a warm island with a beach. The look on the captain's face. Priceless. Kodak moment.

I smiled. Aang was going to make it to the North Pole. And if I was still here, the earth kingdom. I cringed at the thought. What if I was sucked back home. What if I never made it home? What was better for the world? Helping the Avatar or going back to earth and be put through hell (school, duh)? If I stayed in the Avatar world, maybe I could become a healer.

That's what I would do. I have Molly, my best friend, and I've always wanted to be a doctor. What better job than helping the Avatar and becoming a healer. Helping the war in two ways.

I wonder how long I stood thinking about becoming a healer and never returning home. How many people wished they could go into the Avatar world and do just what I was doing, when I never gave it a thought until it happened? I looked up at the sky to see the sun setting. I turned to walk inside when I heard Zuko, "You okay?" He was standing a few feet away, leaning on the railing.

I nodded, "Yeah, just thinking about…my family and future."

"Oh."

He didn't even have to ask. "Like I said, I'll tell you when the time is right." I walked below deck and into my room. I changed into my light pink shorts and dark pink tank top, fell onto the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

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So, how do you like it? R&R please! Just so you know, this isn't the last time I will be with Aang, Katara, and Sokka.