The chapter after the 3rd one and before the 5th one

(also known as chappie 4)

Disclainer: I don't own Avatar, but what I do own is Whips, so don't mess with her.

Authoress note: I hope that this makes up for the shortness of the last chapter. Here be the deep, dark secret about Whips's past. For in case you haven't guessed, she wasn't telling the whole story about her origins. Here goes nothing.

The next morning, Whips woke to the sound of someone sneaking around. She got up and looked outside to see Sokka. Suspecting that he might be up to somthing, she followed him. She trailed him all the way to the spot where Jet was getting ready to blow up the dam. She saw Sokka sneak up behind a bush, and she saw Smellerby and Pipsqueak sneak up on him. Pipsqueak grabbed Sokka by the hair as Smellerby put a knife to the unfortunate nutball's throat and said, "Where are you going, Ponytail?"

Whips took the opportunity to not only save Sokka's butt, but also to tell him what she had hidden for so long.

"Where he's going is with me," she said, stepping dramatically out of the shadows in which she had been hiding, "Unless... do you have a problem with that?" Pipsqueak, a little scared by her authority over him, loosened his grip on Sokka's hair. Just loose enough. Sokka pulled himself away from the tent-sized Freedom Fighter and started to run. Smellerby and Pipsqueak started to run after him, but Whips stopped them.

"He's mine," she said as she started to run, "and if any one decides to follow me, it'll hurt." She left before they could say anything.

She caught up with him eventually. She smirked, "Sorry about the morons. But seriously, why were you following them?"

"Why were you following me?" Sokka asked as a rebuttal, "Did Jet tell you to spy on me?" Whips looked him in the eye, "No, I have to tell you somthing. C'mon, we need to find a private area where we can talk. Follow me." He followed her until they reached a small clearing where they sat down.

"OK," Whips said to Sokka, "this is very important, so don't interrupt me."

"What do you want to ask me?" he asked. She answered, "Where I really came from. Now, just let me talk, and all your questions will be answered. Now, here it is, from the beginning. Now, I told you that I lived in a village that was occupied by the Fire Nation. That's not true. It was part of the Fire Nation, in fact, it was the capital," She paused, as if waiting for a reaction from Sokka. She wasn't dissapointed.

"You're from the FIRE NATION!" he shouted. She smirked again and said, "It gets worse." He looked slightly puzzled, "I don't get it," he said, "If you're from the Fire Nation, why do you hate them so much?" She said, "I was just about to explain that. You see, I never would have left, if it wasn't for that idiot Zhao."

"What did he do?" asked Sokka. Whips really looked angry now, "You see, when I was 7, my cousin was my best friend. We did everything together. Then, one day, I heard Zhao talking to him. ' What about my cousin?' my cousin was asking. ' What about her?' the moron had said, 'She's useless. You might as well ditch her now.' It was that day I left home."

"I don't get it," Sokka said, "What would he want with an 8-year-old?" Whips said, "Have you ever heard of General Iroh?" When Sokka said yes, Whips said a little nervously, "Well, he's my father." She flinched as this revelation sunk in, waiting for him to yell, leave, or both. He didn't. All he said was, "Wait a minute, if he's your father, that would mean that your cousin, the one who you were talking about, is... Prince Zuko?" Whips looked astonished, "You know him? How is he? Does he still remember me?"

"Woah, wait a minute," said Sokka, "I don't know the guy. He's launched one or two fireballs at me, but that's it. Just a second, I just wanna know, did he always have that scar on his face?" Whips looked surprised, "Scar? What scar? He never had a scar! Anyway, there's one more thing that I have to tell you. Although, you might've figured it out. I'm a Firebender."

"Wow," said Sokka, "You think you know a person. Whips, wait a minute, Whips can't be your real name. What is it?"

"Fine then," said Whips, "I'll tell you my real name. But I have to tell you, only people I trust call me by my real name. So I'm saying that I can trust you when I'm telling you that my name is Lana."

Authoress note: So, Whips, or shall I say Lana (that's pronounced l-AH-na) is Zuko's cousin. DA-DA-DUMMMMM! And she's a Firebender. Well, I guess she already had the temper of one! OK, that's corny. Anyway, stay tuned for more Temper of a Firebender!

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