Some more Jet. Keep on reviewing, I'm loving it all and some ideas people talk about have helped a lot.
We were getting closer to the swamp, and we could all tell from the smell of burning wood. The Fire Nation was burning the forest, and we all knew that we had to get there faster. Zuko commanded his squads to move ahead, for he needed to find someone to lead Sokka's. He picked Jet, and had Toph resigned to his squad. Wonderful, because now I was really stuck with Jet.
The next week of marching was as bad as it could get. Zuko had told Jet to keep his squad moving. We were to be first into the swamp.
Hiro wanted to come with me. I had to tell him that he'd be better off staying with Toph and Appa, and he started to cry. I had to think of something fast to cheer him up. I went through my bags, and found the boomerang.
"Hiro, here. It's your father's boomerang. I'll show you how to throw it when I come back."
"Really?" Hiro stopped and looked at me with big eyes.
"Yes, really. Be good for Toph, and don't throw it until I come back."
Hiro smiled, and I could hear what my mother would say to me giving a child a weapon, 'Why'd you give him a weapon? He's too young.' That's what she told my father, when Sokka got it. I hope that I don't see things in the swamp like last time.
Jet led us through the mountains surrounding the swamp. The climbing was hard, for the mountains were steep. We had to use ropes to pull anything upwards. I didn't help with that though. I mostly was ahead, trying to figure out where to go next. Jet didn't want me getting hurt from all the ropes and heavy equipment.
It would have been easier to climb, if the earth benders moved some rock, but we didn't want the Fire Nation hearing us move the mountains.
When we reached the summit, we could see where the firebenders had started to burn and cut away the trees. I made sure that the green camouflage was tied onto the red armor. This was going to be an interesting battle.
I pitched my tent, and laid in it. I could hear everyone else talking about the stories of the swamp. Some were funny, and others were weird like mine. I was about to fall asleep, when Jet poked his head into my tent.
"What do you want?" I asked quite rudely.
"Nothing, just making sure of where you were."
"I'm in my tent, being bothered, if that answered your question." I said, rudely again.
"Alright. We're eating out here, if you want anything. Smellerbee made some really good cooked hen."
"I'll come out if I want to. I just want to sulk here in my tent for the moment." I said, sleepily.
"Sulking isn't good for you. You're too pretty to sit and rot away because of what happened. You just have to learn to live with it." Then he walked away before I could say anything.
I continued to lie here, thinking of what he said.
Some time after, I came out, not wearing my armor. I sat by the small fire, and Jet moved to sit by me.
"You thought about what I said, didn't you?" he whispered into my ear.
I nodded, "Yes, and I decided that you still haven't given up trying to have me. You're not getting me."
"I didn't say anything about that. I didn't want my only waterbender in this group to sulk. You're not allowed to sulk." Jet laughed.
"It's kinda late, I'm going to bed." I got up to leave.
The next morning, we got up, and started to head down the mountains. We were about to fight the hardest battle ever.