Sorry it took so long to update! I've been really busy. I have been having some problems that have been affecting my will to write. I have also been re-thinking this story and I decided to add a few different things than originally planned. Thank you so much to everyone that has reviewed! And once again, I'm very sorry for taking so long to update.

Chapter 4

Ellen frowned and looked down, "Do I really have to wear this?" Instead of wearing her usual blue dress, she was wearing Fire Nation armor and she had her hair tied up in a tight bun.

"Yes." Zuko answered her flatly. She sighed.

"Be back at the ship in half an hour." Zuko said brushing past her.

She stood for a moment and look at her reflection in the water. She really hated having to wear their armor. She wasn't on their side. And the more she stopped to think about it, the more she really didn't want to have to marry one of them. She turned abruptly and walked toward the village.

She frowned and hung her head as she shuffled through the street. People were glaring at her and she didn't like it. When she moved close to someone they would flinch and move back.

"I'm not from the Fire Nation." she said sadly.

"Of course not!" a woman said sarcastically; with a hint of fear in her voice. The woman backed away franticly. Ellen sighed and walked on.

'I hate having people scared of me… I can't go through with this marriage.' Ellen thought, 'I need to get away from here.'

She began to walk a little faster. Once she reached the edge of the village she looked around for any Firebenders, then she ducked into the woods. Once she was out of sight she began to run.

She stumbled on rocks and fallen tree branches as she ran. She jerked her head from side to side, looking for a place to hide or any way off the island. Since she wasn't looking where she was going, she caught her foot on a raised tree root and landed face first in a small pile of wet leaves. Her breath caught in her throat when she heard voices heading her way. As quickly and quietly as she could she stood and climbed the tree. She sat on a branch so that she could see who was there, but she made sure she was hidden by the leaves.

"Sokka, I though you said there was a village here." It was a girls voice.

"There's a village on the map." A boy said to her.

Ellen could see them now. The girl and the boy she heard talking were wearing light blue cloths. The cloths that the people of the Water Tribes wear. There was another boy with them. He was a small boy with bright orange and yellow cloths and a blue arrow on his head.

'The Avatar.' Ellen thought.

She slide out on the branch a little farther, then she jumped off it. She landed with a thump in the leaves and all three of them whirled around. The Avatar held his staff out in front of him, ready to fight.

"Wait! I'm not a Firebender! I need you to help me get away from here. Please!" Ellen begged.

"Who are you?" the Avatar asked.

"My name's Ellen. Zuko kidnapped me." she answered. "Aang, that's the girl we've been looking for!" the girl said.

"Come on! This way!" Aang said as he started running in the direction they came from. Ellen and the other two followed close behind him.

"What is that?" Ellen asked when the had reached their destination.

"This is Appa. He's a flying bison." Aang said, "Get on!"

Ellen followed the others and walked up his tail. Once they were all on Aang said, "Hold on!"

Ellen griped the side of the thing they were sitting in tightly. Appa flew high up in the sky.

The Fire Nation Warship

Zuko tapped his foot impatiently. It had been almost an hour since Ellen was supposed to be back at the ship.

"Where is she?" he growled. "Zuko, the soldiers have returned.

"There is no sign of her." his uncle said, being sure to keep his distance. Zuko turned abruptly and stomped to his room.

"Turn this ship around! We have to find her!" he shouted at a guard standing near his door. He stepped inside and slammed the door behind him, nearly smashing his hand in it.