Sarah: Yeah, I had some trouble capturing Zuko's character…LOL oh well, that chapter really sucked because I have the worst editing and typing skills ever.

Sokka: 'Sokay.

(Dani comes in the room all sweaty)

Sarah: Dani, what's up with you?

Dani: Aerobics.

Sarah: ….Man, you're a real DORK.

Dani: Come on! Aerobics are fun, and so is writing stuff like 'I'm Stupid' all over your stuff.

Sarah: YOU DID WHAT NOW?

Dani: Uuuh, sorry, my ADHD medication is wearing off, I hallucinate!

Tweek: Hey! I'm ADHD and I don't hallucinate when my medicine wears off!

Dani: SHUT UP, TWEEK, YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!

Sarah: Oooooh, I am so mad I could just… (PUNCHES TWEEK OFF THE CHAIR)

Tweek: MY ARM! I ONLY HAVE TWO OF THOSE YOU KNOW!

Dani: Told ya.

Sokka: What's ADHD?

Sarah: A curse that Dani and Tweek have to deal with all their lives,

Tweek: IT'S NOT A CURSE! I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE WITH ADHD ARE VERY SMART!

Sokka: ….Wow, you took that personally.

Tweek: Yeah, well…

Sarah: Um….yeah…why don't we start the next chapter?

Chapter 10

Sokka's heart felt heavy. He sat in Aapa's saddle while Aang drove, looking as depressed as he was. Why was Aang so gloomy? He was usually the cheerful one around here. Little did he know…

Aang was worried. Since Katara had murmured Zuko's name in her sleep, he had wondered what the future would be like for them. Would they ever make it? He loved Katara like a sister, and he didn't want anything to change.

Sokka on the other hand, was feeling lousy for letting Tadashi get kidnapped, even though he knew it wasn't his fault, he couldn't help feeling bad. Tadashi was so nice to him, and they had met so fast…he couldn't tell if she liked him or not. Except for Suki, he had never felt this way, at least not since…Loonay. Loonay was the most beautiful girl in the whole Water tribe, and he loved her. Really, he loved her. She was smart, pretty, sweet, and always there to cheer him up, unlike Katara, who was busy practicing Waterbending. He had asked her if she felt like this, but she had said no, and that added to Sokka's heartaches…

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Katara read the note over again. The sun was coming up over the tall trees and Kila was still in the hut.

She got up out of her sleeping bag silently and went over to the hut to wake Kila.

"Hello?" She called as she opened the door. She went inside and knelt down beside Kila. The hut was a small, one-roomed stack of bamboo logs. There, Tadashi and Kila kept all their things. Katara could see an empty bed where Tadashi slept, and beside it was a basket woven out of lemon grass. She opened the lid out of pure curiosity, she knew she shouldn't mess around with other people's things, but maybe if she looked, she could find out where Aang, Sokka, and Tadashi went.

Inside the basket was a piece of parchment, a few arrow heads, a sack of flour, a green bottle full of garnet beads, and a few seeds of a plant Katara couldn't identify.

She took the parchment out of the basket and unrolled it. It read:

Day 1:

Our home has been completely destroyed and Kila and I are on our own now, I don't know where we'll be headed, I don't have a map. We managed to escape in the last rowboat, but my parents…well…they didn't get it quite as well as we did.

I was in my hut when the Fire Navy brought them down, and Kila and I hid far away from the awful mess. I wish that they were still here though; Kila needs a good family, not just a lousy sister like me. I wish...

Day 5: Nothing is going our way. The food is gone, Kila's sick, and I think I'm getting sick too. Yesterday our boat was attacked by a shark, and I think we're out of money. I wish mother was here….

Katara was cut off though. The ink was smeared and difficult to read, yet it looked as if Tadashi didn't want anyone, including Kila, to see what she had written.

Katara found that there was another piece of parchment wrapped in with the log. She put it on top of the log and read it:

Happy Birthday, Tadashi

Your mother and I are proud of you. I hope that you and your sister grow to be wonderful young ladies.

Love,

Mom & Dad

Katara put the parchment down slowly. Tadashi said she was from an island off the coast of the Fire Nation, and her parents were killed. This must have been her keepsake. Katara felt awful for reading it and put it down in the basket, just as Kila began to stir. The young girl opened her bright green eyes and sat up.

"Hi, Katara," She greeted sleepily. "Where's Tadashi?"

Katara looked down at the ground for a moment, then back at Kila. "She went somewhere with Sokka and Aang. They said they'd be back."

Kila's eyes widened at the word 'Sokka", but she looked relieved when Katara said Aang was with them too. She giggled.

"What's so funny?" Katara asked. Kila shook her head reassuringly.

"Okay, look," she began, getting out of her bed, "Tadashi has a HUGE crush on your brother, and when you said she was with him, I was like, 'OH MY GOD!' but you said Aang was with them, so I'm okay now."

Katara laughed. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

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Tadashi was still sad. It felt like a wound had been opened, and it would take an eternity to heal. Zuko didn't mean to make her feel that way, but she couldn't help holding a bit of a grudge for it…then again, Zuko had lost his home too, not in the same way, but that didn't matter. Tadashi sat on the floor of the dungeon, thinking, until her thoughts were interrupted by Zuko's Uncle.

Iroh opened the door.

"Zuko has requested that you stay in a room." He said to Tadashi. The girl stood up and sighed, "Alright."

Tadashi followed Iroh down the hall, down the menacing metal hallways, and into a room similar to Zuko's except there wasn't a table lit with candles in the back. She sat on the bed and bowed to Iroh in thanks as he left.

Tadashi was also heavy-hearted. She wished Sokka was there. She loved his ponytail and his icy blue eyes, but there was something else about him that made her want to be with him forever.

Her thoughts were again interrupted when Zuko opened the door.

"Tadashi." He addressed her, wearing his usual scowl.

"Hm?" she responded.

Zuko took a deep breath. "I'm…sorry I hurt your feelings last night." He said the words very slowly, as if he was having difficulty speaking. Tadashi looked up at him.

"It's fine."

Zuko walked over to her bed.

Tadashi began feeling uncomfortable.

"What is it?" she asked, not taking her eyes off him. His scowl had settled, and he had a dreamy look in his eye.

"Just let me look at you." He whispered.

Tadashi was starting to feel scared.

"Zuko?"

He put a finger to her lips. "Ssshh…don't say a word." He whispered, not removing his finger. Tadashi was too stunned to do anything.

"I want to help you. I promise you, if you tell me where the Avatar is, then I'll tell my father to leave your island alone, so you can come home and rebuild it."

Tadashi was silent. What if she said yes? What would happen to Aang? What would happen to Katara and Sokka? She didn't want anyone to get hurt, she just wanted to go home, but it was impossible because her home was under siege. If Zuko could really call off a Fire Nation army, then she could go back and rebuild the island, start life anew…

But would Katara and Sokka be okay? She knew they would probably hate her for saying yes, and she didn't want that. But she wanted to go home, so badly…

Sarah: Will Tadashi be seduced? WILL SHE?

Tweek: Don't know.

Sokka: I'm hungry again. I'm going to get something to eat.

Dani: UGH! Why COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN ZUKO?

Sokka: I don't know, why?

Dani: WHY?