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Sari sat up in her bed. Sweat was pouring down her face. She went over the dream she just had.

"So you ready?" Katara said.

"Yea, I went over all my bending last night." Sari said.

Sari was dressed in her normal Water Tribe robes, since it would be hard to perform in a duel in a parka.

The sun rose and Sari and Zuko turned around. They both took their stances. After about a minute, Zuko unleashed a huge fire blast at her. She preformed a simple wave to put out the fire blast, but it was too big. The flames licked her clothing and hair. She felt a singe as it licked her skin. She screamed in pain as she lost consciousness.

She got up to open the drapes covering the window and went over Music Night. Their plan had worked. It had brought Katara and Zuko closer together. Actually, after everyone except Sari had gone to bed, they were still dancing on the deck to silent music. Sari pulled open the drapes and saw that the moon was going to go down in about 2 hours. That meant that Sari's dream could come true in 2 hours. She walked over to the wardrobe that held her parka and her regular Water Tribe robes that she had put in there at night. She grabbed her clothes and walked out the door to change in the bathroom.

As Sari walked to the bathroom, she walked past Zuko's room. She heard metal clanging together and singing.

Somebody's gone to loose today

Do da, Do da

Somebody's gone to loose today

Do da do da day!

Do da do da day!

Do da do da day!

Do da do da day!

Somebody's going to loose today

And it's not going to be me.

Sari stared at the door. She had never pictured Zuko singing little kid songs. Oh well, she's embarrass him in front of everyone later.

Sari pulled her parka on as she walked out the door onto the deck. She walked out to the end of the deck. But as she was walking, she tripped over Iroh's little table. She saw a flash of light from the back of the boat. As she looked up, she saw Iroh and Aang standing above her. They both had the same look of concern on their faces and Iroh was holding a flame in his hand. Aang bent down to grab her hand and Sari took it.

"What are you doing out here?" Aang questioned.

"I would like to ask the same thing." Sari said.

"Well, I was talking to Iroh about what happened last night. What about you?"

"I came up here to see if I can get some extra practice in before the Agni Kai."

"Oh…no need to call it Agni Kai, Sari. I'm sure Zuko wouldn't like another Agni Kai match after the last two he's had recently."

"Oh! I know which ones you're talking about. The one with his father, if you want to call him a father, and the one with Zhao." Sari said.

"Yes, those two."

Suddenly the deck door opened and Katara and Angel ran out. Sari could see by the weird way Angel and Katara were standing that they each were holding something behind them. In perfect rhythm, they pulled out two blue objects. Then Iroh lit the lanterns that were on the deck left over from Music Night. Sari saw that Katara was holding a piece of fabric that was blue and purple. It had the Water Tribe symbol on both ends of it. In fact, it was a special Agni Kai cloak.

"We made it just for you. We stayed up all night finishing it!" Katara said with her eyes sparkling.

"Oh thanks! It's great!" Sari said pleased.

Sari looked over at Angel to see what she was holding. She was holding a new set of Water Tribe robes and a new parka that were much like Katara's. She looked down at hers, which were getting too small and had stains on them that wouldn't come out. Sari took them from Angel and saw that they were made for her especially since they had her name stitched on the back inside.

"We were supposed to give them to you before we left the village, but we were kidnapped." Katara said.

"Oh wow…thanks! My old ones are getting too small. But if we were kidnapped, how did you get them here?" Sari asked with a curious look on her face.

"Sokka and Aang brought them with them when they were looking for us." Katara said.

Katara and Angel gave Sari her gifts and Sari and Katara walked back into the inside maze of the ship. Katara went into the galley to get some breakfast for everyone that was up on the deck. When she walked in she saw Zuko sitting at a small table drinking something that looked like murky lake water.

"What is that stuff?" Katara said looking disgusted at the murky water.

"It's tea. Don't tell my uncle that I was drinking it! He would kill me for taking some of his precious tea."

Katara laughed.

"So, are you ready? Sari's almost as experienced as Aang now. You're lucky we're not your enemies anymore."

"Yea, I'm not afraid of some dual-bender." Zuko said proudly.

Katara had grabbed all she needed and walked out.

Sari looked in the mirror at her new clothes. They were just like Katara's old ones. The only difference was that down the front instead of two different purples down the front, there were two shades of orange, representing her airbending. She realized that now she really did look like a girl from the Water Tribes, except for her gray eyes. Before she could have easily pulled off being a boy, she did it all the time with her tribe. Her mind flashed to her tribe. Her grandparents were most likely wondering where she was. She remembered Sandy and her special sled dog, Fantasma De La Luna or Luna for short. Sari fell to her knees and cried.

The sun was about to rise. Everyone was up on the deck and had eaten breakfast. Zuko was squatting at the end of the boat, going over his basics. Katara and Angel were wondering were Sari was. Sokka was sharpening his boomerang. Aang was playing with Momo. Iroh was sitting on the deck drinking tea. Just as the sun was coming over the horizon, Katara got really worried and sent Aang into the ship to find Sari.

Aang was wondering around the ship going into each room, searching for Sari. When he was getting near Zuko's room, he heard someone crying. He walked into the room, and saw a bent over heap of orange and blue.

"Sari!" Aang shouted. He ran over to her and pulled her up. Her face was all blotchy from tears and her hair was all tangled. Sari was still crying.

Aang hugged her close and whispered to her, "Its okay, Sari. Everything is alright."

While Aang was hugging her, Sari was slowly loosing consciousness. She saw her family around her slowly disappear. She remembered her toddler years, and remembered her sister and brother, and her mother, father, and grandmother.

Sari went completely unconscious, and when Aang looked down he saw that Sari was gripping her necklace.

Ok, this chapter didn't come out the way I wanted it do…but I think its still good! Anyway…I really did plan to have the duel in this chapter…but now that might be put off a few chapters because I'm thinking about putting a little bit in the next chapter about Sari's village and family. It's going to be a good chapter!

Hmmmm…. what's a good Avatar closing…?

Sara