The prince looked out upon the vast miles and miles of sea before him. He sighed as he thought upon the last time he had seen anything but this. He yearned to step foot on solid ground rather than the unstable deck of his ship. But of course, he desired not any solid ground, but instead the red soil of his home land. Zuko wanted nothing more than to return to his homeland. He wished to see his father again. He wished he could again be waited upon night and day by servants. Most of all, he wished he could have a descent meal that consisted of something other than fish. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner was always tuna, salmon, or, Uncle Iroh's favorite, trout. The cook tried his best to conceal the water creatures with breads, fancy spices, anything he could think of, but it always managed to taste like fish. Zuko sighed as he thought of this all.
However, he couldn't land. He was on a mission to capture the avatar. Sounds easy right? Well, the avatar hadn't been spotted for over a hundred years. Many doubted its existence, but Zuko had no choice but to believe that the avatar was out there. He just had to find him…He had to deliver him to his father in order to return home with honor and dignity and resume his place as the rightful heir to the throne. But why did it have to be so damn hard?
"He said yes!" she thought gleefully to herself. Aang had agreed to run away with her to get away from this horrid air temple place. It would be so much fun. Riding Appa during the day and sitting out at night just talking around a fire eating greens. (A/N: Aang is vegetarian in the movie so why can't Thayet be too?)
Thayet's mind kept playing back to that perfect vision. Who better to share it with than the boy that seemed to be a little brother to her? She would take good care of him. She would train him with all of the knowledge she knew. It would be wonderful. She couldn't think of one thing that could go wrong…
"Meet me by Appa," is what Aang had said. So where was he? Thayet paced back and forth. Had he already been caught? Aang wasn't that stupid…was he? As if he could read her thoughts, Aang stepped out of the shadows coming into view of Thayet. She sighed in relief.
"Aang! What took you so long?"
He held up a bulging bag. "I had to stop at the kitchens for some traveling grub." Thayet rolled her eyes. But how could she stay mad? Tonight was going to be the last night of her old life. Tomorrow they would start over new. They would be two new people not bound by monks to their duties and cares. Things were going to be a little different from now on…
The storm hit quickly and with much force. The night was clear as ever when clouds from seemingly no where suddenly blew in and brought with it rain and lightning. It was too dangerous for Appa to fly in these conditions. They needed to land. But how could they when they were in the middle of nowhere? The water was their only choice.
Lighting struck fiercer than before. Thayet swerved Appa left and right, slowly guiding him down to the rushing waters below. Finally they made it, miraculously without having been injured. But now was not the time to count their blessings. The two airbenders had to deal with chaotic waters knocking Appa every which way. Aang yelled something to Thayet but the wind carried it far far away. Finally she dared to take a look behind her at how her little friend was faring. He wasn't there. Thayet screamed out his name but there was nobody around to hear it. It was risky, but Thayet could think of nothing more to do. She dove into the water.
The water hit her, a freezing blast against her body. She was panicking. It was then that she recollected what her training monk had drilled into her head. When in doubt, clear your head and calm your body. When in doubt, clear your head and calm you body. When in doubt… She was hit by a wave and pulled underwater. She forced herself to close her eyes and let the beating of her heart rule all else in her head. The waters calmed a bit around her and she thought she had imagined a hand dart across in the water. Still keeping herself calm, she swam towards it at full speed and grabbed it. It was to her pure joy that that arm belonged to Aang, who limply floated by her only to be snapped back towards her due to the hold she had on him. The joy was killed instantly as she remembered where she was. She panicked again and the waves seemed to crash violently harder. She had to do something to keep them alive…she couldn't help but blame herself.
She swam up to what she thought was the surface and finally broke through. Sure enough, there was Appa moaning as another wave hit him. Her jaw dropped as she saw the wave…taller than three bisons lined up against each other. They were underwater again. Thayet floated under the sea in the meditating position. She closed her mind to everything but one thing. Ice. She visualized it in her head and it floated out through her finger tips, enveloping Appa, Aang, and herself in it…everything went dark.