I believe this is my 8th chapter. This one has a little more thought in it and a new mysterious character.

This chapter has been edited by Drgn Prncss and it looks great.

"Sigh, I think we walk way too much. Where's Appa when you need him?" complained Aang

"Not my fault." muttered Sokka as tired as Aang was. Even Momo, who was resting on Aang's shoulders, looked a little dead. "Hey I just realized- how are WE supposed to fend off the shadows? I mean Katara and Kirk got it made being lightbenders but what about Aang and I."

"Sokka hand me your boomerang." Kirk commanded.

"Wha…? No this belonged to my father." He replied. "Don't worry I'm not going to damage it, I'm just going to enhance it."

"Are you sure?" Asked Sokka.

"Positive." Kirk replied. Cautiously Sokka pulled his boomerang out of its sheath. The water tribe markings glinted in the frozen sunlight.

Reluctantly Sokka handed his boomerang over. Kirk created a ball of light and laid the boomerang in it. The boomerang seemed to absorb the light as the ball slowly disappeared. It looked normal still with its markings gleaming. Kirk handed the boomerang back to Sokka with one request. "Throw it."

Sokka took the boomerang in hand, pulled it back, and let it fly. The boomerang flew swifter than it had ever before. It was followed by a tail of golden light that zigzagged every which way the boomerang went. As the light boomerang reached its turning point it let out an explosion of light. "COOL!" yelled Sokka.

Aang stared at Kirk ready to find out what he would do for him. "Aang, I want you to concentrate on keeping the time freeze on." Said Kirk. Aang frowned. "Okay." He said. Aang spared no notion in sharing that he was completely bummed out. He continued walking with his head down near his shoulders.

The rest of them started walking again. "Shouldn't we be there yet?" asked Aang.

"I think we should have." Katara mumbled.

"That's it, we're lost." grumbled Sokka.

"We're not lost, we're just… yeah we're lost." Kirk sighed.

"We've been following this path of shadows for hours." said Aang. Kirk stopped and dropped to his knees.

"Oh, how could I have been so STUPID! Of course we've been following this path of shadows. It was a set up. They knew we'd follow them."

"All that walking… all that walking." said Aang gloomily. He plopped down on a pile of leaves rubbing his sore feet. "AHH!" He yelled as the pile of leaves moved out from underneath him. He jumped up and out of the way. The pile of leaves stood up. The leaves fell to the ground revealing an old woman dressed in ragged clothing. "Who are you?" asked Aang. The lady said nothing but kept a stern expression on her face.

Hopefully, Katara asked if she could direct them to Miyach, the timebender temple. The mysterious woman kept the stern expression on her face, said nothing, turned to look at the woods, and started walking into it. Kirk, Katara, Sokka, Aang, and Momo still on top of Aang followed her, hoping that she knew where she was going.

I hope you like this chapter. I enjoy writing this so I hope you enjoy reading it. Please R&R. Skcitt