Yay, this is my third chapter today that I've written. Not with this story alone, but with my three stories that I'm working on right now. I've been pretty busy, but I've been able to produce about two chapters a day. Enough blabbering, here's the next chapter.

Midnight Training Gone Wrong

It was almost midnight and Stella still couldn't fall asleep. She was excited that she, Katara, and Aang were going to learn waterbending together. She was so happy that she had such great friends. No one, as far as she knew, ever treated her like a normal person before. But there was something else bothering her. If she knew that she wasn't a monster, then why were the voices playing in her head again? She managed to ignore them and bring them down to a whisper, but they still made her uneasy. Plus, there was the fact that this Prince Zuko was after her. What had she ever done to him? Was it because she was half-firebender half-waterbender that he wanted to capture her so bad?

She decided to ignore it and close her eyes. But she wasn't the only one that couldn't sleep. Just as her eyelids started to fall, a hand covered her mouth muffling her scream. She looked up and saw Katara with a finger on her lips. She slowly lifted her hand up and smiled as Stella sat up in her sleeping bag.

"Don't do that," Stella whispered. "You nearly gave me a heart attack."

"You're too young to get heart attacks," Katara replied as she pulled out a scroll. "Look what I got."

"Is that a waterbending scroll?" Stella reached out for it and opened it up. She was in awe at all the moves it had.

"Yeah, we got it when pirates were chasing us."

"Wow, you do get into a lot of trouble." Katara scowled at her as she looked at the scroll. "I have to admit. These moves are awesome, especially this water whip."

"Yeah, that's the first thing I learned from this scroll. Of course, everything comes with a price." Katara rubbed her head remembering when she whipped herself there.

"Don't get me wrong. This is really cool. But is this all you woke me up for?" Stella asked as she yawned. She regretted asking that question when a sly smile came across Katara's face.

"Not only did I wake you up to show you it, but we are going to learn these moves…tonight." Stella raised her eyebrow at Katara.

"Katara, it's the middle of the night."

"So, you said you would teach me how to waterbend. What better time to do it before we leave?" Stella looked at the moon. Everything was well lit. What if they were spotted by firebenders? "Look, there's a u-shaped bay by the ocean that is less then twenty minutes away, fifteen if you want a midnight run. It's surrounded by trees so no one will find us. Come on. What do you say?" Stella stared at her friend and sighed. She knew she couldn't beat Katara.

"Well, I guess I'm up now and the wind shouldn't interfere too much. Alright, let's go." Katara and Stella jumped up and ran into the forest. As they ran along a path through the thick trees, they didn't realize that they were being watched.

"Alright, you've learned the water whip," Stella said as she looked at the scroll. "You pretty much know the basics like pushing water, streaming, creating a wave, and shielding. What else can we do?" She looked at the map as Katara streamed some water. Then Stella jumped up with a smile. "How about this move?" She pointed to the phases that showed a water ball being created and sending the opponent backwards.

"That looks really tricky," Katara said wearily.

"Do you want me to teach you waterbending or not?" Stella asked impatiently as Katara nodded. "Then you are going to have to trust me. You are right. This is one of the hardest waterbending moves there is."

"How do you know it then?" Katara asked matter-of-factly.

"I don't know. I guess it's just stored in my mind somewhere. It's called the water bomb." Stella got up and handed the scroll to Katara. She streamed some water and brought it to her hands to form a ball. "You have to know the basics. That is how you get better. Bending water is basically building up moves on top of easier moves. Now, you want to form a ball like this. Then you move your hands in a circular pattern around it like this. The longer you continue this pattern, the bigger the water ball gets. Then, when you have enough water, you through it at your enemy like this." She then brought the ball behind her back and pushed it towards a wooden stump (like a kamehameha wave on Dragon Ball Z). "It will engulf your enemy and when you think that they have lost enough energy cross your wrists and through your arms out so they are straight from your shoulders and parallel to the ground. Then you'll get the exploding effect." The stump exploded and sent the wood stump flying across the bay. Katara was amazed.

"It's really complicated, so don't get upset if you don't get it the first time. Go ahead and try." Katara brought up the water to her hands and made a small ball. She threw it at the stump and made a small explosion, but the stump didn't get completely engulfed, neither did it budge.

"It's ok. You just didn't bring it back enough and push it out enough. You forgot to cross you wrists on the explosion. Other than that, you did well for your first try. Let's try it together. This time, try to make the ball bigger." They both streamed the water and made a ball. Stella's was bigger of course. Katara brought it back far enough but didn't push it out enough, which caused the ball to stop in front of the stump. She did, however, make her ball explode, sending the stump flying away. "That was pretty good. But you need to surround the enemy. Try again. You're getting better."

Katara kept trying for about an hour. She wasn't about to quit now and go back. As she continued her training, Stella looked at the scroll and tried to figure out the other moves. After about the fiftieth time (just an estimate), Katara executed the technique perfectly. She jumped and cheered as Stella laughed and clapped.

"You did it, Katara," Stella said as she hugged her. "You did the water bomb."

"I couldn't have done it without you," Katara said.

"Maybe we should go back. I bet Sokka and Aang are getting worried." Just as they were going back, something sent them flying into the sand. Stella groaned and picked herself off the ground. When she focused everything in, she saw firebenders surrounding her. "You again. Well, I got a new move for you." Stella quickly streamed some water and started throwing water bombs at them. "Katara, go get Aang and Sokka. I'll try to hold them off. Katara?" She looked behind her, but Katara was no where to be found. Then she heard that evil laugh.

Standing on the ship was a teenager with armor and his black hair tied into a ponytail. One of his golden eyes was surrounded by a red scar. In his masculine arms he held an unconscious Katara.

"Katara!" Stella tried to run after her but fell to the ground. That last attack took a lot out of her. As the firebenders surrounded her, she thought she was done for. Then out of no where, a gust of wind blew the firebenders into the water. Then a boomerang knocked a few men onto the sand. When Stella turned around, Aang came flying out of the forest, letting his plane retract into his staff. "Aang."

"He's not the only one that came to help." Katara watched the boomerang return to its owner.

"Sokka, you came," Stella said. Her smile faded into an angry stare. "We have to go after them. Prince Zuko…uh." Stella tried to get up but fell again. Sokka quickly ran to here side.

"You're not going anywhere," Sokka said. "You reopened your wound from the other day plus you have a new stomach wound."

"No, Katara." The two boys looked at her.

"Katara," Aang whispered. Then he saw the horrible sight: Zuko holding Katara in his arms, laughing as he sailed away. They were too busy to notice Stella pick up a piece of paper strapped around a rock off the ground and stick it in her pocket.

"If you want her back, then give yourself up, little girl," he yelled. "Come to me, Angel of Darkness."

Yep, another cliffhanger. You know me. I love cliffhangers. What will happen to Katara? What is in the letter Stella has? Will Aang and Sokka hate Stella for letting Zuko capture Katara? We will find out.

Reviewers: Because I was in such a damn hurry to update, I didn't get any reviews in. Thanks for reviewing though if I missed you. Cya.