DISCLAIMER: I'm goin crazy. I don't own Avatar. Or any of the songs that have who wrote and or sang them mentioned. Unless I say I wrote it. Anyway, like the joke in the last chapter?

Chapter 4: Nothing But The Wind

Kellie slowly, and a bit painfully, regained consciousness. When she finally opened her eyes, all she could see was trees. She heard an annoying chirping, and tried to throw something at the source of the noise, but couldn't find anything to throw. So she let it chirp her into insanity.

Then she noticed something covering her arms. It was very warm, almost like….

"My jacket!" Kellie said quietly but happily.

"Great! You're awake!" Kellie groaned and turned to the voice. It was Katara. "Here's some dinner. You best eat. You've been sleeping for 3 days!"

"3 days, huh? That's a new personal best and a new personal record." Kellie said with a grin on her face.

"Good for you. You've also set a new record for the group. Sokka hasn't even been able to sleep in that long."

Kellie grinned again. Then, the chirping returned.

"Aw, where the hell is that God damned chirping coming from?" She said, annoyance very apparent in her voice. "That chirping, is Momo." Katara replied, not liking Kellie's language. "Momo? I've always wanted to pet him." Kellie said longingly.

And, Momo apparently understood what she wanted, 'cause he hopped onto Kellie's stomach, and she began to stroke his ears. Momo purred in approval. Momo enjoyed this new girl's company a lot. Even if she did wear the same colors of the big kid with the strange red mark on his face who kept chasing them.

"Where am I? Us?" Kellie asked as she painfully started to sit up.

"We're not to far from where you jumped down and saved us." Katara replied as she helped Kellie sit up.

"Mm." Was all Kellie said.

Then, Kellie noticed the bowls of fruit and soup Katara had brought her. Katara noticed her gaze and handed her the tray that had Kellie's dinner on it. Kellie gulfed it down in a matter of minutes.

When she was done, Katara asked, "How old are you?"

"12." "12? That's weird. You're as tall as me, and you certainly don't act, or talk like a 12-year-old. If you're 12, one would expect you to be like-" "One would expect me to be like Aang, the great Avatar, Master of the Elements, who doesn't happen to have a care in the world?" Kellie said rather knowingly. "Uh, yeah. How'd you know?"

"Between you and me, I don't come from here." And Kellie went into the long tale of how she came from Ephrata, Washington, USA. Of her life, and of the show that told the story of Katara and her friends.

"Really? Is that true?" Katara asked with keen interest. "Yup."

"But you're still as tall as me." "That's cuz height is something that runs in my family. Plus, I guess you could say I'm among the tallest girls in my class." "Cool. So if I came to your world, I would be among the tallest girls in my class?" Katara honestly enjoyed getting to know about Kellie and her world and her world's customs.

"Probably. But I don't know much bout the girls in the Freshman class so I can't guarantee anything." "Oh." Said Katara with slight disappointment. She thought it would've been cool to be among the tallest in a class from her new-found friend's world.

"Well, I guess I better tell Aang and Sokka you're up." And Katara began to move away.

"Katara?" "Yeah?" "Please don't tell the guys how I know them. Just say you told me all about you guys and about your travels, k?" "Ok." And Katara was gone.

Kellie took off her jacket and examined her arms. There were bandages covering where the fireball had eaten at her flesh. "Katara's a good doctor." She said, examining at how her arms had been so excellently taken care of.

And then she felt a gentle breeze ruffle her hair, and Kellie smiled. But then that smile turned to a frown when she thought she heard someone's voice on that same breeze:
"Maybe, but she kisses very well even if it's forced."

Kellie bolted into a sitting position immediately, and looked around the campsite. She couldn't see anyone, so Kellie should've felt relieved, but she didn't. She stayed sitting, and watched attentively and her ears strained to hear a sound, any sound, to signal someone nearby. She spied Sokka's boomerang, and crawled over to it and took it in her grasp. She held on to it tight, and would use it if any intruder, even if it was a cute little bunny, came into the clearing. Then she heard a twig snap behind her, and she spun around to swipe them with the bladed boomerang.

"Whoa there partner! We save you and this is how you repay us?"

Kellie looked up and was relieved to see Sokka.

"Sorry Sokka, just something happened while all of you guys were gone and I was on edge." "What happened?" Kellie looked around the clearing, then back at Sokka.

"Nothing, Sokka. I just thought I heard something. But it was nothing but the wind."

But from the bushes, a pair of eyes watched the four.

Foolish child is afraid to worry her saviors. She knows what she heard, she probably knows who it was, she just doesn't want to drag them into her state of fear. So be it. It'll just make toying with her all the more fun.

OK! That's interesting, and in my opinion, a damn good cliffie! I honestly hope ppl r reading this story, and that they'll reply to it.