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"Well, that was a total waste of my time," Zuko thought to himself. He had just visited the water tribe called Saevo, searching for the avatar. He tried using threats and bribes, but nothing worked. Nobody had seen the avatar in one hundred years. "Could it be that my search is hopeless?"

The prince's thoughts were interrupted by one of his crew. "Sir, we are running dangerously low on supplies, we must restock as soon as is possible."

Zuko cringed in annoyance at the thought of the man telling him what to do, but as much as he hated to admit it, he was right. "Fine," he growled. "We will dock at the next village." The man bowed and left…

"WHAT DID YOU CALL---" Thayet was cut off as her friend Aang walked in the door.

"Thay, you're awake!" he ran up onto the bed and gave her a huge hug. She momentarily forgot the situation while she worried about getting enough air.

"Aang," she wheezed. He blushed and got off the bed.

"Sorry," he mumbled.

"How are you feeling? And what happened?" Thayet asked, concerned for her friend.

"I'm fine. As to what happened, I don't remember much. I remember we were in the water and I fell off of Appa. Then I remember seeing you dive into the waves and everything went black. When I next woke up I was in a comfy bed here in this village."

"And where are we again?"

"This is the water village of Iraynu," the old woman finally spoke again. Thayet's head snapped in the direction of the woman as she remembered how she had been greeted when she woke up.

"Excuse me miss…" The woman took the hint. "My name is Yoru, chief elder of this village."

Thayet continued. "Yoru, thank you for saving my life," she spoke gravely now. "But I can't help but wonder why this morning---"

"Ahh, yes. You wish to know why I called you the Avatar." The woman began to explain everything. Thayet gasped when she found out that it had been a hundred years since any avatar had been spotted. It was quickly followed by a shocked silence as she learned more and more about the war currently occurring. Yet she wasn't sure she believed she was the avatar.

Yoru sighed as she got to the proof. This girl was stubborn and would not take anything into consideration without actual proof. "The last avatar was an airbender. Where do you originate?"

"The air nation," Thayet reluctantly responded. The woman smiled at her as if she had won. Thayet protested. "That proves absolutely nothing. Aang is from the air nation as well!"

"Well then, how do you explain the markings on your ankle?"

"Those things? I never did know what they could be exactly. I have had them all my life," she responded quietly, finally starting to believe. Everything came together right then. The markings, the monks' treatment of her, and especially how she was able to keep herself and Aang alive for one hundred years. A thought jumped into her mind. She scrambled out of bed as she remembered Appa. "My bison!"

"Your bison is safe. We have been feeding it and caring for him. Why don't you go see for yourself? It would be nice for you to get outside, I'm sure."

Thayet shocked herself by walking over to Yoru and hugging her. "You saved the life of my friend, my animal, and myself. I am forever in debt to you. If there is anything I can do, please tell me."

Yoru hugged Thayet back. "My dear, simply seeing the avatar is back to restore peace is enough." It was quiet for a moment before the elder spoke again. "There are clothes in the drawers there for you to wear. It's snowy outside, so dress warmly." Thayet thanked the woman as she walked out the door shutting it behind her.

Zuko had no idea that the next village would be so far away. They had been sailing for two days now with no sign of any new civilization. The prince checked his map again. He thought that he had possibly taken a wrong turn or something, but the map showed that the next civilization would be about a day and a half more of sailing. He sighed. His crew was hungry. They had eaten the last of their food this morning. He needed to restock desperately. He looked out at the horizon as he spotted black dots against the white snow. That was where they were headed. Finally a civilization had been seen.

Thayet walked outside of the small hut she was in to find Aang playing with the small kids. Along with them all were two teenagers, one boy and one girl. Both were closer to her age than anyone else. Aang spotted Thayet and waved heartily to her. The teens saw this and turned around.

"You can stop drooling now, brother," Katara said as Thayet approached them. It was plain to see that she was beautiful. For the cold weather, Thay wore barely anything. She wore pants that showed off her fit body and knee-high boots that revealed small feet. Her upper body was covered by a long sleeve shirt that hugged her to reveal well toned arms and a loose short-sleeved blouse hung over that. She wore nothing more. No gloves, no hat, nothing. But what really struck everyone who saw her was her beautiful face. She had full red lips and a cute nose. Her eyes were perhaps her best feature. They were an electric green that dazzled all who looked into them. Her hair was honey colored and hung loosely down to the middle of her back.

The teen stuck her hand out and introduced herself as Katara and her brother as Sokka. "We already know who you are…avatar. It is an honor to meet you," Katara spoke.

Thayet blushed crimson. "Please, just Thayet, or Thay. I'm nobody special, I…" she stuttered, unable to think of what to say. Katara held her hand up, smiling warmly. "Don't worry, we understand. Why don't we show you around our village?"

Katara and Thayet quickly became close friends, by the end of her first day at the village, Thayet had shared secrets, jokes, and much more with her new friend. Katara escorted Thayet back to her hut when Thayet forgot where it was. Katara hugged Thayet unexpectedly saying how wonderful it was to finally have a friend, especially a girl that was her age. Thayet felt so happy then as she realized that she hadn't had a friend her age at the air temple either. It was then she realized how happy she was too.

Thayet woke up in the morning to yells and shouts of the village people. She dressed quickly in a similar fashion to what she had worn yesterday and ran outside. She was shocked to find a massive black ship bank in the snow. Yoru spotted her and ran up. "Avatar, you must hide amongst us. The fire nation is here. If they find out who you are, who knows what they will do to you in order to win this war!" Just then, a giant ramp was let down from the top of the ship and Prince Zuko walked down, followed by his dear uncle, Iroh, and then the crew. The village gathered to see the spectacle.

The prince eyed the crowd, looking for an ancient man over one hundred years of age who might be the avatar. His eyes dwindled on Aang who had covered his bald, tattooed head with a hood. Zuko finally spoke. "I wish to speak to your chief elder!"

Yoru boldly stepped up in front of Zuko. The prince glared at her and continued. "If you know anything of the avatar, you will tell me, now and spare your village." Yoru glared back. "There is nothing to see here," she spat at him. The prince continued with his usual routine whenever he arrived at a new place. "Search the village. Anything found must be reported back directly to me!"

The crew was off. Zuko kept the old woman at his side. He continued to talk to her. My ship needs restocking. The woman glared at him and mumbled something under her breath that resembled "thief". Zuko must have caught it because he grew flustered, blushed, and growled, "I wasn't planning on stealing it. We will pay for it. He handed the woman 10 gold coins and Yoru nodded to the two men that had pushed their way to the front of the crowd. They jogged to a nearby hut and returned with an enormous bag of fish, some fresh, some dried.

One of Zuko's men took it from the men and dragged it onto the ship. It was hard work and took the poor guy a couple of minutes. Yoru pocketed the money and took a step back from Zuko. It was just then that a voice cut through the sudden silence. "Your highness, your highness! There is an enormous bison being stored in the far hut. He has the markings of the air nation.

The prince stopped breathing for a second. Inside his heart leapt with joy. Finally he could return home honorably for good. He had to get the avatar first. He looked at the elder a devilish smirk playing across his face. "Nothing to see?" The smirk was wiped off, leaving a blank face which was just as scary. "Where is the avatar, he spoke evenly and loud enough for the entire village to hear." Yoru didn't say a word. Zuko's face twitched in rage. They had a lot of nerve. The prince shot a fireball in front of the crowd scaring them back. He didn't want to hurt anyone, but they didn't know that. "Next time I won't miss," he growled, a second fireball forming in his hands.

Thayet stepped in front of the crowd. "I'm right here," she spoke as evenly as he did. Both prince and avatar gained the full effect of each other right then and there. She realized that the smirk he wore made him ugly, but that he actually was rather dashing. He had amazing gold eyes and the blackest hair tied back in a ponytail. The rest of his head was bald. He had a strong chin and an awesome body. (A/N: okay, basically what I am saying is that he is HOT. Thank you) He looked at her and noticed her features too. He went directly to her eyes. There was a silence as they looked each other over.

"So, what do you want?" Thayet continued in that smooth voice. Zuko seemed to snap back to the present.

He shot a stream of fire at her.