By the time Darrin, Andy, Kayla, and Jon got to my house to watch TV, me and Jet were standing around like nothing had happened. "Hey, guys, what's shakin'?" Jon plopped into one of the beanbag chairs. "Nothing much," I replied, smiling. "You guys ready to see Season 1 on Dvd?" Darrin and Andy nodded eagerly. "You bet we are," Darrin said with a grin. "Where's the popcorn?" I slapped my forehead. "Ugh, I forgot! Let me make it now so it'll be hot." I popped the Avatar disk into the Dvd player and hit play. "Enjoy."

I returned to the basement with two bowls of popcorn, handed one to Andy and the other to Kayla, and snatched some sodas from the mini-fridge. Then I gratefully flopped into a beanbag. The Avatar people watched, spellbound, as they appeared on the TV. "Whoa, that's us?" Sokka cocked his head to one side. "Yeah it is." I turned the volume up a little. "You're our favorite show." At that moment Darrin sneezed hard, making his Pepsi go down his shirt.

"AAARGHHH, COLD!"

Everybody was snorting in their popcorn. Kayla tossed him some napkins. "Quit acting like such a big baby." Darrin frantically shoved the napkins down his shirt. "I hope it dries up soon..." I burst out laughing. He looked like he was growing giant pimples - on his stomach. And then it happened. I had dropped the remote from laughter, and when I bent to pick it up, I noticed the TV. The movie was flicking in and out between scenes like a slide show. "Uh, Syd? What's happening?" Jon got up and reached toward the TV. I jumped. "No, don't touch it!"

FLASH.

A moment later I was lying faceup on what felt like grass. I started to wonder where we were, but then I remembered. "Oh, no, not again..." I sat up. My friends were all awake, staring at me. The Avatar people, I noticed, were back in their proper attire. "Syd, you okay?" Jon looked down at me, face full of concern. "What happened." "Well, it's complicated, but we're in Avatar land, people." "We're certianly not in Kansas anymore," Darrin grumbled.

"Guys! Over here!" Kayla was over by some bushes. "Hurry up!" We all hurried over to see what she was yelling about. What I saw shocked me down to the tips of my toes.

It was Jet's treehouse, being eaten by flame. "What!" Jet crashed through the bushes toward the treehouse. "Wait, Josh, come back!" Kayla screamed. "Wait...since this is Avatar land...isn't his name Jet?" I nodded. "We had to modify them before going to school." Kayla stepped through the bushes, following him. "Well, let's go!" We ran in the direction Jet had gone, but then we couldn't find him. "Where'd the dude go?" Andy wondered out loud. I frowned, listening. I could make out the sounds of screaming and fire being shot. "Come on, we're going this way." I led them to the front of the treehouse and stopped, startled. Jet seemed to be fighting a dark-haired girl with Fire Nation armor - and she was bending LIGHTNING. "Oh. My. Gosh." Jon could barely get three words out. "My sister Azula." Zuko looked angry. "So this is the Azula everyone's gone kooky over in Darrin murmured. "No wonder; she's bending lighting," Andy remarked.

Zuko ran over to Azula like a mad bull. "What are you doing?" Azula sneered at him. "This boy is wanted by the Fire Nation. He won't come quietly, even though we've already driven off all his little friends." I stepped forward, angry. "How could you do that! I can't believe you can call yourself a princess!" Azula's lips straightened into a thin line. The next thing I knew, my arm was on fire.

"Ahrghhh!"

I dropped to the ground and held my arm. "Sydney!" Jet started forward, but Azula's men grabbed him. I felt Kayla touch my arm. "That's a bad scar..." The boys circled me. "Does it hurt bad?" Darrin asked, sounding just as scared as I was. That's when I noticed Azula and her men walk away, Jet in chains. "Wait, don't do this!" I stood up and ran as fast as I could toward them, but a blast of fire from one of the men made me jump back. I could feel hot tears on my face, partly from the wound and partly beause I knew they were going to kill Jet.