Hello, and welcome to my first fic! Enjoy, review, and all that jazz! I'm pretty new to fanfiction, so if everything is terrible please tell me. I'll try to fix it! Of course, I own nothing, Nick and the creators are God! Rated for later violence, language, and fluff.

Just South of the Northern Water Tribe-

Plink plink plink The stones hit the water with a gentle plink

"Sokka?"

"Go away, Aang."

Plink

"Sokka, are you ok?"

"No. Go away."

"Um, ok Sokka. But, Katara and I are right in camp if you want to talk."

Aang quietly snuck back to camp, leaving his friend staring forlornly at the river they were camped next to. Aang gave Appa a pat and sent Momo to keep an eye on Sokka, then sat down dejectedly in front of the fire, next to Katara.

"How is he?" Katara asked quietly.

"Not good." Aang answered. "After Princess Yue..."

Katara glanced in the direction of the lake. "He really loved her..."

"Yeah..."

"Aang? Is there something on your mind?" Katara looked at her friend, worry in her eyes.

"Yeah..."

"And?"

Aang stared into the fire for a couple of seconds. "Well, Katara... Princess Yue, and Sokka, they got me thinking. Yue gave up her life to save her people, and look at Sokka. What..."

"Yes?" Katara prompted him.

"I just... I was thinking... What would I do if you died?"

"What?" Katara looked astonished, this was not what she had expected.

"What if you died? What if Zuko caught up to us again, or Appa crashed, or something? What if you died?"

"Well, you'd have to continue learning bending from someone else, and go defeat the Fire Lord."

"No Katara, you don't understand. If you died, I never would have been able to tell you that... I really like you Katara. I mean, I really really like you. If you went away, like Princess Yue..."

"Oh, Aang." Katara said with tears in her eyes. "You've given us all hope. You're going to save the world." With that, she quietly slipped her hand into Aang's and continued to watch the fire with him, each lost in their own thoughts.

Back at the Lake-

Plink plink plink

Sokka sighed, remembering his last kiss with Yue. He sat and stared into the river until the sun had set and the moon started to rise. Sokka sighed again and started for the camp. Supposedly his sister got her power from the moon. Princes Yue... Sokka choked up. Princess Yue loved the moon. "I, I don't feel anything." Sokka muttered. "It's just... A big shiny globe in the sky. I have no power. I'm not a bender. My fighting skills are mediocre at best. My one and true love is dead... NO! Not dead!" Sokka angrily berated himself. "She's a spirit, sacrificed for the good of her people. My one true love..."

"What about Suki?" That little voice asked. "Yeah, Suki... She wasn't nearly as beautiful, or brave, or fun..."

"Yes she was." The little voice taunted. "She was more than brave, she took on Zuko."

"Yue defeated Zhao." Sokka reminded himself. "Wow." He shook his head. "Talking to myself is probably not the best thing to do right now..."

He entered the camp to find Katara and Aang cuddled together next to the fire, sleeping. Sokka just stood there and looked, then wrapped himself in his sleeping mat. "I knew this would happen. The way they both look at each other... Go figure, as soon as my love dies the two of them get together..." Sokka was lonely. Katara and Aang were his family, but he needed someone special too. Someone like Yue... Sokka gently drifted off to sleep.

In Camp-

"Ahhh..." Three simultaneous yawns greeted the sun.

"So, where are we off to now?" Katara asked Aang.

"Umm... You know, we haven't ridden the mountain goats of the earth kingdom southern mountains yet..."

"NO!" Katara and Sokka yelled. "No." Katara repeated, more firmly. "Next in the cycle is earth bending. We're going to teach you earth bending now. It's the only one you haven't tampered with yet."

"What do you mean, tampered?"

"You know what I mean Aang." Katara said wearily. "I can continue to teach you water bending on the way."

"Well... Where should be go?"

"To a master earth bender... Should we go to Ba Sing Se and look for one?"

"How do you know they have any masters?" Aang whined.

"Because it's the earth kingdom CAPITAL." Katara retorted.

"But what if it's like the North Pole, and they don't want to teach me because I broke another stupid rule? Or what if all the masters are at war?"

"Aang, if you have a better suggestion, I'm open."

Aang grinned. "Bumi."

Zuko's Ship-

"How are you doing, Prince Zuko?" Iroh asked kindly, looking at his nephew sitting on the deck of their newly purchased ship. Zuko's had no idea where his crew was, and he could honestly not care any less. After saving what they could of the remains of their old ship, Zuko had to "persuade" a runaway firebender that they needed the ship more than he. It was small and fast, needing only Zuko and his uncle to operate it.

"The wounds are healing nicely." Zuko said, gently pulling up the bandages around his chest.

"That's good. We'll make camp soon and practice some fire bending." Iroh began to leave.

"Uncle..."

"Yes, Zuko?"

"He saved me, you know. He saved me from the storm..."

Iroh looked at his emotionally torn nephew. "I know, Zuko. I know."

Zula's Ship-

"GODAMNIT WHERE THE HELL IS HE?" Zula shrieked in fury. "I knew my idiot of a brother couldn't find him, but I should have FOUND HIM BY NOW!" Zula tipped over her washbowl.

"Princess Zula, Princess Zula, calm down, please." Her crew tried to plead with her. "It has only been three days..."

"SHUT UP! My father didn't force you into my command with the intention that you would talk back! Go study the skies or something!" She threw a few fireballs at them until the last one had slunk from her private sleeping quarters. Unlike Zuko's ship, hers was grand and luxurious, much larger than her brother's. Also unlike Zuko, there was not a single thing in her room that was not scorched, singed, or broken. If Zuko's temper was bad, hers was terrifying.

"Damn." She muttered again. "DamndamndamndamndamndamnDAMN!" Staring at the map in front of her, she angrily traced Aang's known path from the North Pole. Erratically placed, Zula would guess they had not a clue as to where they were going.

"Damn." She whispered on more time, sinking into an armchair and staring at her tapestry of the fire nation symbol.

Mountains Near Omashu-

Hfhfhfhfhf.

The girl panted as she rode her horse/goat hybrid along the rocky mountain road. "Almost there, my friend." She patted her pet, Jongo, as the great city of Omashu appeared on the mountain top. "We'll find him soon enough..."

A/N-

I would have liked a longer chapter, but I couldn't think of anything more... My writing skills are mediocre at best (I sound like Sokka!), hopefully the plot will make up for it. Hope you liked the first chapter! (For those who don't know, Zula is Zuko's sister.)