Holy crap...It's been a LONG time since I last updated. And yet...I still had the reviews rolling in. COOL! Anyway, here's some stuff I wrote a while ago but didn't post. After this, it'll come slow, because school is a cruel thing, but I promise I'll update.

Aang and Sokka had been watching the prince's every move. They took turns that night making sure he didn't slip away. It was Sokka's shift. He had only four hours of sleep in him and it was tough keeping his eyes open. To keep awake, he hummed songs his mother and father had taught him. His humming lulled Aang to sleep. Happy that the boy was finally sleeping, Sokka let his thoughts turn to back to his village. He missed it. For four hours he sat there, thinking.

An hour before sunrise, Sokka noticed the prince had beached his ship. Excited, he shook Aang awake.

"Look, he's landed. And it's not at the main port. It's like he doesn't want them to see what he's doing."

Still groggy from sleep, Aang looked over the side of Appa. He could see that only one person was leaving the ship, and by the fire light, it was just a Fire Bender with…Katara.

"Are they going to kill her?"

"What?" Sokka looked back over Appa. "Are they? But only one soldier is going with her."

"Appa," Aang said. "Follow them, I wanna see what they are doing."

They followed Katara and the soldier well into the forest.

"This could be an ambush…"Sokka was starting to say, when they heard Katara shout.

"Aang! Sokka! Come down, please! We don't have much time."

"What?" Aang yelled back. "Come down? Are you kidding? I may be only 12, but I'm not that naïve."

"No, please! I'll tell Cian to go away if it'll help."

"You…you're on first name basis with the soldiers now?" Sokka couldn't believe what Katara was asking.

"Sokka, you get down here right now!"

Mad that his little sister was talking like that to him, Sokka turned to Aang.

"Just go down. She's not being forced to do this, I can tell."

Aang landed Appa. Before they got off, Sokka whispered to Aang.

"Just in case I'm wrong, tell Appa to take off a watch over us."

Sokka jumped down off the bison. He moved toward Katara, but before he could take a step she was hugging him.

"Sokka, I'm sorry. We should be almost to the north pole by now!"

Sokka hugged her back. He'd missed his sister terribly, and had feared for her safety for days. There were so many questions he wanted to ask.

"Katara…"

"No, we don't have much time." She said as she hugged Aang. "You both need to listen carefully. A lot has happened…"