Part one of the battle.

Our scouts found a small group of firebenders in a camp. Jet decided to surprise them. We all were sneaking around, hiding behind a tree or something else. The earthbenders were going to make a circular cage of stone, and from there, fight them. They didn't want anyone getting out letting anyone else know. The earthbenders went in their newly made wall, and the firebenders wanted to surrender. The wall became a prisoner camp.

Jet left Pipsqueak and an earthbender to watch the prisoners. We continued deeper into the swamp.

Jet wanted me to lead them through to where the waterbenders were. Their knowledge of the swamp would help us, and so I tried to. I warned them, that I hadn't been in this swamp for a long time, but they didn't care.

I was walking, and I tripped on something. I went under the water quickly from the weight of the armor. Jet pulled me up, and I coughed out the bitter tasting water. It tasted like oil used for the newly made machines every one was starting to use. Then the same plant monster came out from nowhere. I was hoping that it was Hue, and bended the water around me up into an ice wall.

He bended the plants away "Is dat you, Miss Katara? How long has it been?"

I smiled, "Five years. Can we talk?"

"Certainly, you're kin."

I frowned.

"What's you wanting to ask? I can stay here too long, for dem firebenders are close." Hue said. He didn't change much.

"That's our problem too." I walked over to him, and told him about what we were doing.

"That's good news. We need your help as well. Those damn firebender gone and filled the water with this flammable liquid. It keeps a burning our trees." Hue said.

Jet had his men watch the trees.

"Can you lead us through the swamp and show us all the camps? That would help a lot." I said.

"Sure thing Miss. Us tribes have to stick together, right?" he was joking about that.

"Yeah, except here's the problem." I quickly told him.

Hue never responded to that. I guess he decided to help protect what waterbenders were left. He led us to the biggest camp in the swamp.

"There's another force coming, led by a man named Zuko. He's going to need to know where this camp is. We can't take it with our sized group." Jet said.

So we camped outside the Fire Nation's and waited for Zuko.

In two days, Zuko finally was led to us. He told me that the Earth Kingdom army was attacking from the other side, and that we had to attack at night. Azula did speak when she was interrogated, and said that a company of Yu Yan archers were with every Fire Nation army. That was good to know, for we could see them walking around in the camp.

The camp was well fortified, walls with earthworks and other things before them to stop any of the waterbenders from attacking. Although the earthwork wouldn't matter for the earthbenders, the trenches would be hard to climb. I didn't understand why there was a reason for earthworks, but Zuko told me that, the trenches made armies have to climb the other side to reach the walls. There would be archers on the walls, shooting down at us when we attacked.

The warfare had changed in the last five years then. I never heard of using trenches for protection, but I guess when both sides were tired of fighting, they changed the way they fought. I never saw this at Omashu; must be new.

Zuko was right about the trenches and earthworks. When we finally attacked, it was raining arrows. Earthbenders were firing rocks at the wooden walls, and making openings for us to go in. I got in all right, but many others didn't. At the makeshift doors, we were met with more soldiers than Zuko predicted there would be.

The camp's inside was well built, and I could see slaves running away. They must have been earthbenders.

Both armies ran into each other, some to be using bending, and others were using weapons. Every time I tried to use the swamp water, it would blow up in my face from the firebending. I was getting beaten because they put their oil in the water to stop it from being put out. So again, I had to use my sword.

Unlike Omashu, everything around us seemed like it was blowing up. Building, tents, people, were all being sent through the air by something. It was almost war like in the most awful way; it's a new way of killing someone, and it was working, and there was something that caused it.