Chapter 1
Sokka sat waving his boomerang in the air still holding onto it's handle. The gang was off again but this time they were being hunted by two people. Prince Zuko and Princess Zula. Sokka was overly drowned in boredom then started up a random conversation.
"Hey Aang, have you ever been interested in a girl a whole lot but didn't know how to tell her?" Sokka asked looking at Aang.
Aang was puzzled then blushed. He didn't know how to answer the question in front of Katara. "Uh, well, I- I don't know." Aang stumbled upon words and Sokka just grinned. "Never mind." he said. "I was just curious."
Katara was busy sewing up her ripped seam in her sleeping bag then just finished. "Where are we going in the Earth Kingdom Aang?" she asked rolling the sleeping bag up. "We are going to a secret forest town west of here, we should be there fairly soon." Aang answered looking into the distance.
Silence was creeping upon then until suddenly they heard a cry "Help, someone please!" they heard from the trees below.
Aang didn't wait for anyone to answer that and dove Appa downward and said "Appa, Yip, yip!" The bison listened to the command and dove towards the trees where they could see was a girl in bright red and fire benders chasing after her. Appa landed in front of the benders and the benders backed off for a moment until Aang blew them clear 50 ft away.
"Come with us." said Sokka taking her hand and helped her onto the bison. Then the rest climbed on and they took off.
Sokka sat down next to the mysterious girl. She wore a black hooded poncho over her head then Sokka broke the ice.
"What is your name?" she asked the mysterious girl.
The girl took of her hood and all of them gasped. "Yes I know, I'm fire nation. My name is Tara." she said taking off her poncho. She had Hazel eyes and blond hair. She wore baggy pants and a red shirt to show she was fire nation. Her hair was back in a ponytail with a fire nation symbol.
"You don't look fire nation." said Aang looking at her. "I know, because I was born into the Earth Kingdom but was banished from my village because I bent fire." she said. "I was being chased by those idiots because I stole some food from their ship. Great fun though." she said with a chuckle. She wore a gold necklace around her neck made with the fire bending symbol.
It grew a bit dark and it was silenced most of the way as they traveled. Sokka was having many thoughts run through his head. 'Is she nice? Does she know Zuko?' is what he was thinking.
"I got a question for you, do you or have you heard of Prince Zuko?" he came out with the question. "Actually, yes, he had been my friend along the way when I was banished but then he disappeared. I never saw him again." she said sadly.
"You don't want to know him." Sokka grumbled then stared at the night stars.