Silence had filtered through the air long after the battle… but this one, was greater. It was growing, spreading, like a wild fire that blazed through the trees. The only sound Amara woke up to was the soft whisper of the wind before the air became still once more. The young girl, around thirteen, had awoken suddenly in the middle of the night. Something was wrong. Her amber eyes darted over to where Aang had lay down to sleep… but all that was left was an indent in the tall grass.

Great… now where did he go? The question remained, lingering in her head as she sat up and looked over at where Appa had been eating before she had closed her eyes. He's gone too? Wait… Katara? Sokka? By this point the firebender had stood up and was walking around camp, scanning the land for signs of anyone. A cricket chirped briefly in the distance, breaking the silence for a split second, but unfortunately, it returned quickly.

Amara had given up, and decided that they probably left without her. She mumbled something under her breath, barely audible to even the keenest owl. For now, the firebender would wander off, seeing as she was not wanted.

Oh sure, find water now… the girl thought sarcastically as she came across a small pond, looking into the depths as she pulled her hair up into a ponytail and whipped some dirt from her face. But something in there caught her attention. As she stared harder, she saw something shining at the bottom. Glancing around quickly, Amara pushed her hand into the water, grimacing as she broke through the algae covering the surface, and grabbed the item with her hand, quickly pulling it back up. There was a carving hanging from a strap, and she washed the bits of dirt from it to further identify the carving. A slight gasp came from her as she recognized the necklace.

Katara's necklace!

Shoving the necklace into her leather pouch, Amara ran back to the camp site, luckily finding her way back through the thickets and rocks. "Maybe I can find something that will tell me what happened.." she muttered softly, down on her hands and knees as she searched the grasses for anything. There was still scorched land from the battle the day before, but nothing more. Suspicion hung around a silent dread as she searched, but ended up finding no more than singed grass. "What the heck happened here?"

"I can answer that."

Amara spun around with a glare on her face, meeting a boy, no more than sixteen, who's face was burden with scars; the largest of which the one that circled his entire left eye and ear. What was even more disturbing was the Fire Nation armor he wore. Great, just what I need… more people on the trail of the avatar. Her glare was still held as she stood up slowly, amber eyes locked on the scarred person.

"What do you want?"

"I already have what I came for… but I can't let you be galloping off and telling everyone, now can I?"

The glare disappeared from Amara's face as she took a step back, her heel landing in the water that had spilled from the containers as she stared at him. "Who... are you?" she asked briefly, not entirely wanting to believe the Fire Nation captured Aang. "That is not needed at the time," he muttered harshly, a smirk appearing on his face as he started to walked towards her. Amara immediately turned and ran, crashing through the underbrush and picked up speed upon hearing the Fire Nation boy's footsteps behind her.

Please don't let him be a firebender… she prayed silently, knowing that if he was, she wouldn't be getting away. But perhaps she could fight back,

But her prayer would not be heard, the scarred sixteen year old blasting a flame from his fists, knowing it was too easy. Amara was blasted into the side of a tree, her head colliding with the trunk hard as blood ran down her arm, groaning lightly as she fell to the ground with a soft thud, leaning against the tree as she watched the firebender teen come towards her.

"Glad to meet you…" Zuko began, smirking as she came to the unconscious girl. "Amara."