Okay, where'd we leave off again/scans through last chapter) oh yea…okay, right, this isn't the time for a recap, so if you want to know what happened, go re-read the next chapter! Oh, and as for Zuko's sister, I'm still leaving her name as Azula. All though Hart of flames gave me an idea. Here it is: "i think it's Azula but the A is silent so people don't put an a on it". It's a pretty good theory, and I, for one, and willing to go with it. Oh, and Sonamyfan said Azula (still not changing it) is Zuko's younger sister, so I'm going to switch to that idea, mostly for the sake of I don't want to start an argument. Anyway, now that I'm done babbling, lets get going with the story.

Chapter 3- Azula

Aang jumped at the last second, just barely missing the fireball. He landed on the ground and looked over at the girl in shock. An evil smirk was playing around her lips.

"So", she said, " You're the great Avatar. The little boy who has been giving the Fire Nation so many problems. You're no more than a fly"

"Who are you?" Aang asked, "What do you want?"
"My name", she said silkily, "Is of no importance to you. And as for what I want, well, I want no more than what dear Prince Zuko wants, which is to capture you. I, unlike Zuko, will capture you"

"You have to catch me first!" Aang snapped. He opened his glider and took off into the air.

"Is that all?" the Firebender called after him. She sent three good sized fireballs into the air. Aang managed to dodge them, but he took his attention off of where he was going.

"Aang, look out for that-!" Wham! "Tree…"

Aang flew right into the branch of a tree. His glider slipped from his hands and before he knew it, he was falling back towards the earth. At the last second though, he gathered the air around him and made an air pocket, allowing him to right himself and land on his feet. He looked back at the Firebender, who, to his surprise, was still smirking. Like she'd won or something.

"Who are you?" Aang said again, holding his staff up, ready to fight, "Tell me who are you now!"

"Such big demands for such a small boy", the Firebender scoffed, "And I thought my brother was bad…"

"Who are you?" Sokka had come in now. He and Katara were standing behind the Firebender, both poised for a fight.

"Oh, now do you really think you could fight me?" the Firebender asked with a laugh, "Now that is funny. A couple of Water Tribe peasants think they can fight the Fire Lord's daughter. This is going to be easier than I thought"

Aang was done listening to her talk though. Who cared who she was, if she was going to threaten them, it didn't matter. He whirled his staff in the air, and brought it down, aiming at her. She whirled around just in time to be hit with a gust of wind. It barely fazed her though. "Is that all?" she asked Aang, "For the Avatar, you don't know how to do much, do you?"
Aang glared at her for a second, and an idea hit him. This was a Firebender, instead of fighting with the air, he could fight with something that could beat fire…

He threw his staff aside and waved his hands in the air. A second later, a stream of water rose from the river, and flew obediently into the air. He aimed at the Firebender and streamed it in her direction. This time she couldn't dodge. She was hit with a face full of water.

"Yes!" Katara yelled, "Go Aang!"

"Okay, our turn", Sokka said, grabbing his boomerang and arn over to Aang. Katara nodded and ran after him. The brother and sister stood on either side of Aang, who was still glaring at the Firebender girl.

"Is that the best you can do?" the girl snapped. Her hair was still dripping wet, and her bangs were limply framing her face, "The Fire Nation's victory is assured if the world really depends on a pathetic Airbender with a few lousy water tricks to be its defender"

Before any of them could say or do anything, the Firebender had taken aim at the trees above them, and fired at them. Burning branches fell all around them, and the fire quickly spread to other trees due to the light breeze. And in all of that, the Firebender had disappeared.

"We have to put out the fire!" Katara cried. She and Aang quickly took aim and started hitting the flames with the water from the river. Before long, the fire was put out. A few trees were charred as well as the ground around them, but they had stopped the fire before the worst could happen.

"That was close", Sokka said as he surveyed the surroundings.

"Too close", Katara said, "Who was that girl?"

Zuko looked around as the door to his cell opened. His uncle had finally woken up, but he seemed to be in worst shape than Zuko. At least he was conscious.

"What do you want?" Zuko snapped at his sister. She looked furious. Actually, furious wasn't the word, but there really wasn't a word for how angry she looked. Her eyes narrowed as soon as she heard Zuko's voice, and she whirled around and fired at him. He rolled out of the way and just barely dodged; he could feel the heat of the flames on his foot.

"You're going home early", she snapped at the Firebending prince and his uncle, ignoring Zuko's question, "The Avatar is stronger than I took him to be, I'm going to need more forces"

Zuko smirked, "So then, he's more the Daddy's baby can handle, huh? Azula's going to go running back to Daddy crying because she can't handle a little twelve year-old. Daddy's little girl isn't as grown up as he thought-"

He paid dearly for his moment of fun. Azula turned to face him, her eyes glowing with anger. She walked up to him and kicked him squarely in the mouth, knocking backwards.

"Laugh while you can", she spat, "Soon you will be under the Fire Lord's wrath"

She walked out without another word. Zuko straightened up, surprised the force of the blow hadn't knocked out a couple of teeth. His mouth was throbbing though.

"She was never the most pleasant of kind", his uncle said from the corner, grimacing horribly at the effort it took to speak.

"She will pay", Zuko said firmly, "I don't care whose favorite she is, she will pay for doing this to me. No matter what"

"Obviously, she was a Firebender", Sokka said, "But who was she? And who was this brother she mentioned?"
The group was still puzzling over their encounter with Firebender. How were they supposed to beat her? They got lucky once, didn't mean it would happen again. She was strong, stronger than Zuko, that was for sure. And there'd been times they could barely take Zuko on, how could they take this new threat?

"I wish I knew who she was", Aang said suddenly, "Maybe that could help us"

"I doubt it", Sokka said flatly, "The only thing knowing who she is would help would be to get us information on her"
"That would be help", Katara pointed out, "Well, we're not getting anywhere like this, lets get some sleep, we can talk about it in the morning"

Aang and Sokka nodded. They were all tired. They started to set up camp for the night.

Zuko struggled against the ropes that were holding him down. If only he could break the ropes. He could escape before he sent back to the Fire Nation to face who-knew-what kind of danger. An idea hit him. He struggled to move his hands around behind his back until he finally had them in a good position. He focused all his anger towards his sister on the ropes, and his hand began to feel very hot. Before he knew it, he had burned through the ropes. His hands free, he quickly untied his legs, then stumbled up to help his uncle.

"Are you sure this is such a good idea Zuko?" he asked as his nephew untied him.

"No", Zuko said flatly, "But she can't take me back to the Fire Nation, I wont let her"

"Just as well", his uncle said, standing up, "But how are we to escape?"
Zuko looked over at the door. There was a loud crash as the door went flying off its hinges, and landed on the floor, smoke rising off it.

Well, Zuko and his uncle on the road to freedom, Azula has made her presence known to the Avatar, and I'm updating a day late. Sorry about that last one, I got caught up in some other things yesterday. I'll update next Saturday for sure, promise. Now, review!