Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar, FanFiction, or HEARTBREAK by Rob Thomas. What I do own are the characters totally made up be me, and the plot…do I have to do this every time? sigh

Anyway, today was quite interesting, we found a 2-½ foot long snake, and the basketball goal killed it…weird huh? Then, my grandmother came over for dinner, and I get frustrated with her around for only 5 minutes…she stayed for about 2 hours. I like to play a game, "See how many times it takes to repeat something to her" my record is 6 times, and that's with the hearing aid in. I love her to death, but she gets very annoying very quickly. School tomorrow…yippee! (sarcastically)

Happy Labor Day! And, guys, I am now serious. 3 reviews per chapter, at least, and you get another post. I only did it today, because I wanted to post on Labor Day. So, if you don't like it, sue me! Just kidding, but still.

Lin13- Thanks for the little notes. I appreciate it. And about your review for chapter 4, I do think that Iroh would win Best Grandpa award. He's so nice, such a change from Prince Ponytail. He's probably the only thing keeping the entire crew sane on that ship.

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CHAPTER 6-Recovery

I had a dream, where I was floating, no flying through the white, fluffy clouds in a clear blue sky. I was flying, but then again, not really, because I had my ice skates on, and I was traveling though the sky that way. My arms were outstretched, and a grin was spread across my face like butter. All of a sudden, there was a sharp pain in my legs, that paralyzed me, and sent me hurtling to the ground.As I looked down,I realized that I was going to crash! I closed my eyes, but I never felt the impact…. I opened my eyes slowly, and looked around.

I was in a room of some sort, with bottles filled either half-way, or fully with fluids of all kinds, all around the room, and there was a man standing near a table, writing something down and shaking his head, obviously lost in thought. Not wanting to break the silence, I waited for him to notice I was awake. So, instead, I looked around the small room again. It was dark in the room, with only candlesto light up the place, without any windows to see out of, which made the light problem even worse. There was a door, diagonal from my bed, on the opposite side of the room made entirely of metal, but looking again, the entire room was made of the metal.There were also two chairs by the door. There were3 more beds, as well asmine, that were unfilled, set in a dice-like pattern.

At this time, when I was looking at the beds, the man looked down at me and obviously thought I was still asleep, because he did a double take. "Well, look who's awake!" he said joyfully, putting on his gloves. He wasn't mocking or teasing at all, he was serious. "Lets have a look here shall we?"

As he looked into my eyes again, and listened to my heart once more, I asked him, "How long have I been here?" "From the day when you collapsed, only about 1. Which was strange, we thought that you'd be out for at least 3." My stomach did a twirl. At least 2 days without food or water. I was lucky to even be alive. The man, whom I now recognized as the doctor must've read my thoughts because he said, "We actually didn't think that you would make it. It didn't seem like you could move when you fell. Your entire spine was frozen, and every time that we even tried to move you, you would scream in pain. We were very worried about how you would heal, and in what condition you'd be in when you woke up. Mind to tell me what might've happened to make it do that?"

I sighed. I knew what he was talking about, but it was always awkward with what I knew about it. But they had offered me help…

I sighed. "I have never found out exactly about that. It has baffled doctors, and I've been to just about everyone in my state, but I don't know. We did take an X-ray, to see what was up, and there seems to be a vertebrae a little out of place, about halfway down my spine." That was all I said, and it was the entire, whole, 100 down-to-earth truth. "When did you find out about this?" he asked, concern in his voice. "Uhhh…about 10 years ago, I was on the ice skating rink, andI froze up, much like I did yesterday. I crashed into the wall, going top speed, and was unable to move for about 1 week. Last time it happened was about 1 year ago. It didn't take me long to heal that time, so I doubt it will this time." I recalled the memory with pain.

"I see…" the doctor said obviously thinking hard, while writing down each and every word I said. "You don't mind if I tell General Iroh about this, will you?" "Of course not." I said. He nodded, and left the room for a minute, going to find Iroh. I began humming to myself "HEARTBREAK" by Rob Thomas, but I only got halfway through it, when the doctor came back. "Now, everything will be ok. You get some rest." But first, I had some water, actually more like a gallon so that I wouldn't die from dehydration. Then I went to sleep once again.

I woke up about a day later, to find that my legs could barely move. The doctor insisted that I move around and get some fresh air though. So, he helped me up into a standing position, which was very hard, especially since my legs were frozen along with my back. That was kind of awkward trying to move around, and a male doctor helping a 15-year-old female walk. So for the fresh air, we went up to the top deck, where the prince was training with Lieutenant Ji. Iroh was sitting there, and so he got a chair for me, which I thanked him for, and sat down to watch the two train.

After about an hour, Ihad to go back down, and my legs cooperated a little better, thank God. Then I slept for a little while longer. And since I slept so muchduring the day, I was awake during the night, and so Iwrote in my journal (I had it returned to me shortly after I woke up).

This went on for about 4 more days, with more and more time outside, until I could go for about 6 hours outside, and with my birthday just around the corner. By the time I was 3 days left with being 15, I was walking around with acane like an old person.

Every day, I went to the deck, the doctor through helping me, and watched Zuko train with Ji. I watched with interest, and after awhile, Iroh asked me if I could bend an element, trying to start up conversation. I answered him that I didn't think that I could, but I had read FanFiction stories, and so I knew that anything was possible, even though I knew that they were all fiction. So he went down under the deck, and returned carrying a candle from Prince Zuko's room. He lit it with a movement of his hand, but I didn't catch it because I was too busy watching the two train.

"Now, try and put it out." He told me, and showed me the movement that I needed to do. I concentrated very hard, and got it to flicker out. I squealed in delight. So much in fact, that Zuko got distracted, so he turned around just as Ji sent a flame ball straight for him and his ponytail caught fire. He didn't know this, so I giggled and moved my hand like Iroh had told me to and put it out, with only the ends burned a little. He never found out that had happened until he looked into the mirror that night.

"Was that your first try at Fire Bending?" Iroh asked curiously. I nodded my head. "Try this," he said after he thought for a moment. He first put a new flame on the candlewick, then he moved his wrist and hand in a sweeping motion,so thathe was able to lift the flame from the wick. He then turned it into a ball and made it grow until it was the size of somebody's palm. After that, he put it out in mid-air.

This time I didn't have to concentrate as hard. It actually came kind of naturally for me. I flowed with the flame, becoming one with my bending, as I did with my music when I was on the ice.

This thought led me to my 2nd place in the nationals, which led my mind to the party, which led it then to my family. I let the flame drop as my mind was washed over with sadness and wonder for how they were doing.

"Are you feeling all right?" Iroh asked, noticing the drop in myenthusiasm. "What…? Oh, I'm fine, I probably just need to rest…Thank you for teaching me." I got to my feet slowly, my muscles stretching almost painfully as they re-adapted to movement again, and walked away slowly and sadly. Iroh watched me go. I could feel his eyes on my back.

I felt bad for leaving him like that, but if he knew the truth, the whole truth, not just what I told him…! I sighed as I reached my room. I opened the door and before I went inI looked around the room. Iroh had given me this room to be mine earlier that day, and so I took in the surroundings like a fresh breath of air. I went in slowly, leaning on mycane, and sat on the bed. I looked around the room once more, candle-light flickering on my face, and my mind drifted towards the night that the boat had exploded. That was only a few days ago, the night I had lost all things dear to me, again.

Then it drifted to the night long ago, the one night in my life that has caused me pain every day of my living, breathing, thriving life. I became overwhelmed with sadness once again. I put my face in my hands, the same way that I had done only a few days before, and began to sob quietly. The door closed slowly, to leave me all alone in my strange room, with the one candle flickering….

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