Hehehe I guess by the title you know what this chapter will be about.. Oh yeah, I have to ask.. are Aang's eyes brown or gray/ or Grown, or bray? TELL ME, I MUST KNOW! Oh and for Aang+Katara lovers, AANG IS MINE! MINE MINE MINE ALL MINE! MAKE Katara marry zuko or something!

Chapter 9:Earthquake!

"It's getting late, I think we should start flying again,"

Katara said, looking at the setting sun. "Yeah, I agree, I don't think something bad is going to happen Sophia," Sokka said.

'Oh, what do you know, at least I don't talk in my sleep!' "AHHH!" Kristy screamed.

Zuko was throwing flames at us. "DUCK!" We barely missed his good aim. "RUNNN!" Aang shouted.

We all ran until we found what seemed to be an abandoned house. "Quickly, hide,"

It was the same lady who sold me my glider, she was pointing to a door behind her. We rushed into the empty room and hid there for a while.

"No, It's going to happen," I stood up, walked to the door and went back outside into the dark.

"What are you thinking? Have you lost your mind, Zuko is out there! Wait!"

Everybody followed me into the darkness, waiting for me to say something. "I don't understand, I know It was going to.." I stopped. We heard a large cracking noise; Earthquake! After that everything seemed to happen really fast. I thought for a moment. "The cave! Quick, follow me!"

It was hard to walk across to my small, rock cave I had made, because the quake just seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. "Inside, hurry!" Katara said. I took one look at the village, knowing it would never look so beautiful again. Natallie pulled me inside by my sleeve.

Everybody was really scared. I heard screams and 'helps' and cries for it to stop. Aang closed the entrance to the cave to prevent us from hearing anymore. The Earthquake lasted for hours it seemed, more like five minutes, but that was long enough! I never heard of an Earthquake that lasted five whole minutes!

'Okay Sophia, this is a perfect time to think about..(looks at Aang beside her) Fine, I cant hide it any longer, I LOVE AANG! He is childish but sweet. Cute but brave. Funny but knows his duty of Avatar means…'

The ground stopped moving and I reopened the entrance to the cave. What I saw I will remember forever. Stone houses had toppled over, and 2 story houses had fallen a level. I could smell gas and fire somewhere nearby. Childeren were crying, as well as adults. Fear and sadness and more fear was what the air stank of.

I looked at everyone. "What are we waiting for?"

I ran to a nearby house on fire.

Sokka was helping a man out of his now destroyed house, and stopped. "Gas," "I want Mommy! Where's chaiy(made up name, think of any better ones?)!" A little girl with burnt marks on her face and a doll in her arms emerged from a house that was burning by the second. Sokka could now hear the gas. "Nooo!" Sokka jumped into the air and rolled with the child away from the house, which had now exploded, smoke polluting the air with a sick, destructive smell.

"Meow! Meow!" A cat cried from inside a house. It was strange because only the front of the house leading to the entrance was destroyed, making it difficult to make my way to the animal threw all the debris. The cat was obviously stubborn because he didn't want to move towards me. Then that's when I saw the lady with one eye, laying under all the debris, her cat licking her face. "Oh, it's you child, I thought it was Fire Nation. No don't bother, I knew this was going to happen, and I'm too old to keep living. Just take my cat from me, he's still young."

"B-But…"

"Now now, don't cry child, you wont miss me! Just take good care of your glider and kitty over here."

I felt tears rolling down my cheeks, fast and hot. The lady looked really tired now, like she had ran forever without stopping, and was tired. "W-what's her name?" "Earthquake…" and the old lady went to sleep forever, without even giving me her name… I sobbed and walked back outside to her more screams and wails.

"No, like this. Yeah, just control the water, pretend it needs you to lead it. There you go. Now just move it, good," Katara, Aang and Kristy were water-bending water onto the burning houses to prevent any further damages. Kristy dropped the water she was bending.

"I cant do this! It's way too hard!" Kristy pouted.

"Yeah you can, it's just takes practice. I took me forever to learn that move," Katara said.

"Hey Sophia! Where did you get the cat?" Aang said, waving towards me.

"Never mind that.. but have any of you seen Natallie?"

'Ugh! What good is a fire bender when everything's on fire?' Natallie thought as she walked along the burnt houses. "Hey what ever happened to Zuko? Wasn't he chasing us?" She said aloud to no one particular.

"I'm right here,"

Natallie slowly turned her head and screamed.