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'ello. Welcome to Chapter Five! Eheh, sorry for the wait, I had a HUGE writer's block. I didn't know what to do after the last chapter. Sorry! Just so you know, this will span water, earth, and fire, so Aang will have to master all those elements before I can end this story. He'll master water in one of the upcoming chapters; the rest will take longer. But Aang already knows some waterbending. So it will be like three stories in one! But, eh, it might be a little sped up so it won't become too tiringOh, and I might do a couple chapter's as Amory's POV, 'cos I can. And if people think this story has been pretty predictable so far, I have a few tricks up my sleeve.

Oh, and I found a name for Amory's once nameless father, and he'll be General Renjiro, which means clean; upright; honest in Japanese. I got it off a website-h t t p / w w w . 2 0 0 0 0 - n a m e s . c o m / m a l e j a p a n e s e n a m e s . h t m. If you're stuck for names, visit this site. It's excellent, and you can look up male and female names in many different languages. I think her brother's name will be Kaemon, which means joyful; right-handed; an old samurai name. Off of same website.

And I no longer can answer your reviews in the story. :( Sorry guys! Oh, and I just saw the new episode of Avatar, and it didn't go with what I was going to do. So I may take a few elements from the episodes and just make the rest up. Oh well. This is AU anyway.

PLEASE R and R! PLEASE? Reviews are what keep me going. And my MP3 player. Sorta. I just listen to it while I write. Anywho, sorry for the long A/N. On with the fan fict!

Note: Eh is my word of the chapter of the day… thing.

Note: I'm going to be rewriting Chapter Three, Four, and ESPECIALLY ONE. TO UNDERSTAND PARTS LATER IN THIS STORY, YOU NEED TO AT LEAST RE-READ CHAPTER ONE! Sorry.  It's just that the plot bunnies bit me in the butt after I wrote and posted it.

Note: Amory did not witness Zuko's "punishment" or know why he was punished and did not see him after it; she just heard that he had gotten banished. And she only got a small glimpse of him during the last chapter. This info might be important in later chapters, but I don't know. I have no idea where I am going with this. Erm, that's bad. (Sweatdrop)

Note: There will be no more notes in this chapter besides the ending A/N. (Too much sugar hehe).

Amory was starting to enjoy riding on Appa. When she had first started riding she had felt sick. Thankfully she hadn't thrown up over the saddle and into the cold sea below. Now her stomach was used to it, and she could fully enjoy the view. At least for a little while. Now she was tired of the practically endless water.

When Appa would get tired, they would steer their way to an island, navigating off Aang's map (and getting lost several times). They had been traveling for a week since they had last seen Zuko. Needless to say, everyone was getting just a little tired of it.

"Wow," Katara said, looking at the map. "We've never traveled this far without stopping to see something. We're really making good time!" Sokka looked over at the map. "Great," he grumbled. "I can't wait to get to the North Pole. This trip is taking forever!" Katara just shook her head, grinning. "It shouldn't take us much longer to get to the North Pole at this rate. And we haven't seen Zuko or any other firebenders for awhile, so if we keep this up, we might be able to get there in a week!"

"A week!" Sokka and Amory exclaimed together, though for different reasons.

"A whole week?" Sokka complained. "I thought it would take a few days!"

"A week? We'll be there in no time," Amory said cheerfully. Aang looked back from his position at the front. "That's great! So in a week, I can start to learn more waterbending?"

"Well, if we keep this pace up and aren't delayed," Katara replied. "And we haven't seen any firebenders for a week, besides Amory. I hope our luck keeps this way." Amory looked over the side. "Katara, this is going to be so cliché-ish, but I think you spoke too soon. AANG! TURN TO THE LEFT!"

"What?" Aang asked, confused, but did as he was told. A huge fireball went past them, right at the spot where they had been a moment before. Katara, Sokka, and Amory rushed to the side of Appa's saddle, peering down at the water below. A huge Fire Nation warship loomed below them. "That's too big to be Zuko's," Sokka breathed.

"Yep," Amory replied. "See those symbols? That's Zhao's."

"Zhao?" Aang's eyes darkened as he repeated the name. "I remember him." Before they could question him, Aang jerked hard on the reins to avoid another fireball. "Okay," Amory said. "Playtime's over!"

"What do we do?" Aang yelled at her.

"Um, I'm still working on it!" she answered. "RIGHT!" Aang jerked the reins again, causing Appa to turn, missing another fireball. "Alright, this is getting really annoying," Amory growled. "Aang, can Appa go any faster?"

"I don't think so. He's really tired."

"Damn," Amory muttered.

"Why don't you just throw some fireballs at them?" Sokka suggested.

"I can't do that! I'm traveling incognito. I can't let them see my face or use my firebending against them; they'd know it was me! I'm a general's daughter. AND I'm still loyal to the Fire Nation, if you don't know. If they knew I was traveling with the Avatar, what would they say?"

"We could pretend that Aang had mastered firebending. Not only would we be able to fight back, they'd be scared because they'd think he mastered all the elements," Katara said. Amory looked at her thoughtfully. "As long as they couldn't see it was me, that just might work. Sokka, could you take over steering Appa? They can tell the difference between you and Aang's clothes, and it needs to look like Aang is using firebending." Sokka looked at her. "Do you know how high up we are! They're not going to see it's you!"

"…" Amory just stared unblinking at him. "Fine, okay, geez. If you want to be all paranoid, fine." Sokka went over to Aang, who sat down next to Amory. Sticking her hand out over Appa's saddle and looking over Aang's shoulder, she carefully aimed a fireball at Zhao's ship. Aang stared at her for a moment before asking, "How much damage can you do to the ship with just fireballs?" Amory sighed irritably before straightening. "I'll have you know, you just broke my concentration. And I don't think I'll be able to do much, especially from this height, whereas they have big rocks to set on fire. But I think if I throw enough fireballs down there, I might be able to block their view of us and allow us to escape, got it?" Aang nodded cheerfully. "Good," Amory said. She took careful aim. "Where are we going to land? We won't be able to make it to the North Pole." Sokka asked. Amory glared. "Would you quit breaking my dang concentration! And I don't know. Check the map. See if there are any islands near here. USE YOUR FRIGGIN' HEAD! Do I have to do ALL the planning!"

"Sheesh," Sokka said, but he went over and borrowed the map from Katara. Amory took aim again. "Good news! There is an island near here!" Sokka said excitedly. Amory rolled her eyes over at him. "Do you mind?" she asked. Sokka smirked. "Whenever you're ready, o great firebender." Amory decided not to grace this with a response.

Again, she took aim. She waited a moment, seeing if anyone would dare say anything. She was just starting to think that they wouldn't when Sokka said, "Hey Amory."

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" she yelled.

"Never mind," Sokka said. "I got it."

Amory glared at him for a long, cold minute. "Um, guys, have you forgotten that Zhao's ship is right below and that he is still throwing fireballs at us?" Katara asked. They all looked down. "Oh, crap," was all Amory said. Several "flaming rocks" were currently hurtling up at them. "Oh crap," Sokka agreed, before he started pulling the reins this way and that to dodge them. Hastily Amory took aim again. Fortunately, she was actually able to shoot her fireballs. "Just a little more… just enough to mask our presence…" Sokka said, more to himself than to anyone else. Amory just nodded, and narrowing her eyes, complied. Katara surveyed her work. "That should be enough. I can't see them, so I'm assuming they can't see us," Katara cried jubilantly. Sokka glanced over the edge. "Good," he grunted. Now it was Amory's turn to smirk.

Several minutes later Appa landed on a small island. Amory slumped over the saddle. "Finally," she sighed. "I thought we were going to be flying all day, what with Mr. Genius here getting us lost."

"Hey!" Sokka yelled. "That was NOT my fault." Everyone stared at him, all thinking, How was it not your fault? Sokka huffed angrily before climbing down from Appa. "Let's set up a camp. We should probably lie low until tomorrow. Then we can make it to the North Pole," he suggested.

"Hmm…" Katara wondered. "Are you sure they're not going to look for us here?" Amory hissed in frustration. "That could be potentially problematic." They all stared after her, as if to say, potentially!

"Uh, guys? Even if they do come looking for us, Appa's too tired to keep going. We have no choice but to stay here for the night. I think we should follow Sokka's plan," Aang stated. Sokka puffed out his chest. Amory rolled her eyes, but nodded. So did Katara. "So it's decided then," Aang said cheerfully.

The next day the four of them- five including Momo- were back on Appa's back. Amory sighed and lazily dangled her arm over the edge. She glared down at the blue water. What the hell was wrong with her? She was a firebender of the Fire Nation. What was she doing with these people? And when one of them was the Avatar. She would be accused of treason by being in his company without doing… ANYTHING. She winced. And her father…

Amory was interrupted from her thoughts by Katara's excited shout of, "Look! I see it! The North Pole!" They all glanced up. Sure enough, stretching before them, the North Pole rose out of the ocean. They had made it.

Kay, I'm sorry you waited this long for a piece of crap like this. I'm sorry! I had writer's block. And I'm a bit stuck with what happens next… I haven't seen almost any of the new episodes… I think the next chapter might be mostly one of the episodes in written form with minor changes to include Amory, then going on with the story… Still, ideas are appreciated.

Hmm… this sort of sounds like it's SokkaxAmory lol, with all the bickering. But I have other plans. Hehe…