Me: Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I meant to have this chapter up over two weeks ago. Stupid writer's block.
Gidget: Don't blame the writer's block. You only had it for six days. The rest of the time you were just lazy.
Me: I hate you.
Gidget: That I knew.
Sokka: Just get on with the story already!
Me: Maybe I should kill you off…
Sarah: I like that idea.
Sokka: Please do the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I'd love to own A:TLA except not Sokka. They can keep him.
Sokka: Hey!
Jewels
"Ok. Where should I start?" Sarah asked.
"Start where you first met Ruby."
Flashback
Air Princess Sarah watched through the window in her room as the Fire Princess Ruby dismounted the flying bison that had brought her to the Southern Air Temple. She turned and ran to the throne room where her mother, Air Queen Serena, was.
"Mother, the Fire Princess is here!" Sarah crawled onto the Queen's lap.
"I know darling."
"Why is she here again?"
"The Fire Lord says that it is because she is a very sickly child. We have better healers here because they are waterbenders. They don't usually live in the Fire Nation because it's too hot but they can live here because it is more like their home climate. Of course it's hotter than what they are used to here too but it is more tolerable. Just between us, I think that the Fire Princess's being sickly is just an excuse. The Fire Lord wants the Air Nation as allies."
"Queen Serena, Princess Sarah, the Fire Princess is here." a soldier told them.
"Thank you. You are dismissed." Serena told him. The soldier bowed and left the throne room.
"Mother, am I going to get to play with Princess Ruby?"
"If she wants to play with you. Remember she is very sick Sarah. She may not be well enough to play with you all the time."
"I will Mother." Sarah said as the doors opened. The little princess slipped off of her mother's lap and sat in the small throne next to her mother's.
Several Air Nation soldiers entered the room and bowed. When Queen Serena nodded her head they moved and a young girl Sarah's age stepped forward. She was dressed in a floor length, red and black dress.
"Air Queen Serena and Air Crown Princess Sarah, I am Fire Princess Ruby. Thank you for allowing me the privilege of staying in the Air Nation. It is an honor." Ruby curtsied.
"You're welcome Princess Ruby. Princess Sarah, will you take the Fire Princess to her room?" Sarah knew that it was not a request.
"Yes Mother. This way Princess Ruby." Sarah hopped off her small throne and motioned for the young girl to follow her.
Sarah led the girl though several hallways and soon arrived at a door in a long corridor with red carpet. Sarah stopped at the towering door and said, "This is your bedroom Princess Ruby. My room is through the door on the right. There is also a door in your room that leads to mine."
"Thank you for showing to my room Crown Princess Sarah."
"You don't have to call me Crown Princess."
"All right Sarah." Ruby said awkwardly. "You can call me Ruby."
"Do you want to be friends, Ruby?" Sarah asked.
"I'd love to be your friend. I've never had a real friend before. Can we be best friends?"
"Of course we can. Best friends forever."
"Forever." Ruby repeated.
End Flashback
"That's how you met Ruby?" Katara asked.
"Yes. The next day we played and we were true to our word. We were best friends until I dropped out of existence."
"Now what about Sapphire?"
"Well, you already know how we met."
"There has to be more to her story though."
"Yes, there is, but not much. I introduced Ruby and Sapphire and we took a new oath to all be best friends forever."
"What happened to James?"
"He stayed in the Air Nation. Eventually we fell in love. The girls teased me mercilessly about it."
"You mean Sapphire and Ruby?"
"We had another friend."
"Who?"
"The Earth Kingdom Princess Emerald."
"How did you meet her?"
Flashback
"Ruby! Sapphire! Guess what!" Sarah called to her friends.
"What Sarah?" Ruby asked.
"We've been invited to Earth Kingdom for the Earth Princess's 7th birthday party."
"Why did they invite us?" Sapphire wondered aloud.
"Well technically they invited me and Ruby but it says that we can bring a guest."
"Why did they invite us?" Ruby inquired.
"Probably because I'm the queen of the Air Nation and you're the princess of the Fire Nation."
"So are we going to go?" Sapphire asked impatiently.
"Of course we are Sapphire. Do you want to come?" Ruby answered.
"What do you girls think?" was her answer.
End Flashback
"So you three went to the party. Then what?"
"Well, James came with us and like you said we went to the party. That's when we met Emerald."
Flashback
"Welcome to the Earth Kingdom, Queen Sarah. Welcome Princess Ruby and Prince James." The king said kindly.
"We are glad to be here." Sarah told him in a regal voice. Just because she had only just turned 7 and had only been queen for a year didn't mean she couldn't act queenly. "This is my friend, Sapphire of the Southern Water Tribe."
"It is nice to meet you Lady Sapphire. May I introduce my daughter, Crown Princess Emerald?" A young girl entered the room where the Earth King was greeting them and bowed.
"It is an honor to meet all of you."
"Happy birthday Princess." They all said in unison.
A smile formed across the birthday girl's face. "Thank you."
End Flashback
"Go on." Katara urged.
"Stop interrupting me." Sarah snapped.
"Just get to the party already."
"The party was that night. Unfortunately it wasn't much fun."
Flashback
"This party is so boring." Sarah whined.
"I can't believe you made me come Sarah." Sapphire teased.
"I didn't make you come and I'm going to hurt you for that." Sarah punched Sapphire in the arm lightly.
"Sarah, I think my brother is looking at you." Ruby said pointing at James who was standing on the other side of the room.
"What you mean?" Sapphire and Sarah asked at the same time.
"I mean he was looking at you." Ruby told them once more as James made his way over to them.
"Hey James." Sarah greeted.
"Would you girls like some punch?" He asked quickly.
"Sure." They said together. A minute after he left Emerald came over to them.
"Hello Queen Sarah, Princess Ruby, Lady Sapphire." She curtsied to each of them.
"Good evening Princess Emerald. Please call me Sarah. There is no need for formalities."
"As you wish Sarah. I'm sorry the party is so boring. My father insisted on having only nobles."
"Why didn't he let any of you friends come?" Sapphire asked.
"I don't have any friends Lady Sapphire." Emerald's eyes gazed at the floor.
"That's terrible! We'll be you friends." Ruby said.
"You would really be my friend Princess Ruby?"
"Of course we will and like Sarah said, there is no need for formalities. Call me Ruby."
"Hello ladies." None of them had noticed James approaching. "I saw Princess Emerald over here so I brought her a cup. Could someone help me?" His arms were clutching five glasses of punch. Sapphire helped him distribute them.
End Flashback
"Is that all?" Katara asked.
"Can you let me finish without interrupting once?" Sarah snapped.
"No."
"Anyway, our friendship grew. Emerald came to live with us in the Air Nation. Of course her father was honored that the Air Queen wanted his daughter to come live with him."
"Now tell me about Sapphire."
"I already told you." Sarah protested.
"I know there is more to her story."
"Fine, I'll tell you. Katara, do you know the royal family of your tribe?"
"Well, yes and no. We don't call them the royal family anymore."
"Do you know who they are?"
"Yes, because I guess I'm one of them. My mother's father was the leader of our tribe."
"You're going to be very surprised."
Flashback
"Queen Sarah, a waterbender would like to see you." A young soldier said, entering the garden that Sarah, James, Sapphire, Emerald, and Ruby were sitting in.
Sarah looked at him and spoke, "Thank you. Dismissed." The soldier bowed and left.
"You're getting good at that Sarah." James teased his nine year old girlfriend.
"Oh shush. That's what happens when you've been queen for three years." She sent a little blast of air at him.
"Sarah, you need to go see the waterbender so stop playing with my brother." Ruby scolded. Sarah stuck her tongue out at the Fire Princess and went into the throne room. They all followed her.
Sarah sat in the same throne that her mother had sat in just a few years before. The memory brought tears to her eyes and her friends who were sitting beside her noticed but she brushed them away as a waterbender entered the room.
"Air Queen Sarah, thank you for seeing me today. My name is Kinjo." Sapphire gasped at the name. Everyone turned to look at her. Kinjo's jaw dropped as if it was the first time he had seen her.
"Princess Sapphire! Thank goodness you're safe." Kinjo exclaimed."
End Flashback
Me: I was going to add more but it was getting too long.
Gidget: I didn't know you were capable of writing such a long chapter. Now, didn't you have something else to say?
Me: Yes, I did. People, you have to start reviewing. This story has received 554 hits but only has8 reviews. There is something wrong there. If everyone who read the story would review at least once I could have about 100 reviews. I love criticism. If I've misspelled something tell me. If you don't understand something in the story, ask me. I hate having so many hits but only a few reviews. This is one of the reasons I didn't update. I need motivation but so far that's not happening.
Gidget: Go on.
Me: The one thing I don't like in reviews is flames. I find flames rude and disrespectful to the author that has put so much work into writing a good story. Please don't flame me or my story. If you don't like it, politely say so. This afternoon I received a review from Sky Ocean. It was a flame and it was absolutely terrible. They pointed out several things 'wrong' with the story, for example, that Aang wasn't rescued by Sarah. Did I ever say he was? No, she came in way after that. Sky Ocean also said that Aang wasn't raised by his family. After a few more chapters, you learn this. Their mother is dead and their father tried to kill Sarah. I don't think he would have raised Aang. Has Aang appeared in any of the flashbacks? No. He would have if Sarah raised him. So please review but don't flame me. If you find a hole in the storyline or someplace that the story doesn't go with the show, please tell.
Gidget: I would also like more people to review. So, for colorcrystal's sake, review.