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Josh gaped at the sight before him. Hundreds of miles of chutes extended past his gaze. As he stared in wonder he noticed the benders again. There was no doubt in his mind that he was where he thought he was.

Although it didn't help that he had seen all of three minutes of this particular episode…

As he wandered around Omashu aimlessly he wondered where the others where. He also wondered why in the world he was in the Earth Kingdom, if he was even right about his location.

The people were friendly and gave him cheerful waves as he passed. He smiled to himself, trying to forget that he was in a different dimension and that his friends could be hundreds of miles away.

He wondered if they were even here—he tried not to think that he was in this strange world alone. Even if they were miles away, knowing that they were here would be good enough for him.

He was thinking hard about what had happened the last time he had watched the show. It had been the end of season one and he had actually enjoyed watching that particular hour. He assumed – correctly – that whatever time it was here, it was after the events that had taken place.

He knew this mainly because he heard a group of earth citizens talking about it in hushed voices.

--"…oh yes, the cabbages are ripe this year, sure to be…"

--"…did you see her this morning? What was she…?"

--"…yes, siege on the Northern Water Tribe a few days ago…"

--"…Avatar is staying up North…"

It was then that he realized that not only did he have to find his friends, but he had to locate the Avatar as well.

He was so obsessed with his thinking that he didn't watch where he was going, and thus running into a cart, in the outcome spilling cabbages all over the street.

The merchant screamed in outrage and frustration and called the soldiers on him.

Josh gulped as he was led into an enormous stone building that could only be home to the King.


Tina inhaled sharply and caught her breath as she climbed the last hill. In front of her loomed a great city that was very familiar to her.

"Omashu!" she cried with glee as she picked her way down the steep slope to the pathway that led up to the gate. As she walked towards the entrance she caught a piece of conversations here and there.

--"Oh yes, the baby's doing fine…"

--"…That's right; some strange boy was arrested for destruction of cabbages, taken to the king. He didn't seem to know what was happening…"

Tina willed herself to keep her relief inside. It was most likely that that boy was Josh. The bad news was, he was being held prisoner.

The guards let her in upon seeing that she was of the earth kingdom and she made her way through the crowds to the great palace, hoping she could free her friend.

"I need to speak with King—Bumi," she said awkwardly at the gate.

The soldier sneered at her, "And what is your business with the King?"

She straightened herself and stared him right in the eye, "I have information about the prisoner."

The guard nodded and stepped aside, letting her walk through the earthen brown gates to the King's throne room.

Just as she expected, Josh was bound and sat on his knees in front of the king. She noted with amusement that the merchant was the same one from the actual episode. He was just as mad, if not even more.

The king looked up at her arrival, "Ah, hello there young lass."

Josh paid no attention, he just sighed in relief at his sentence being withheld for the time being.

"Your liege," she bowed deeply, "I have information that proves the prisoner should be set free."

Josh whipped his head around as he heard the familiar voice. He sighed in relief when he saw Tina. At least he knew he wasn't alone in this godforsaken place.

Tina made up a long and believable story about how they were good friends of the avatar, and in the panic of their separation Josh had become distressed and thus forth accidentally ran into the man's cart.

The king nodded, "The avatar eh? Well why didn't you say so?" he snapped his fingers and the chains – which were made of rock and stone – fell to the floor.

Tina and Josh exchanged looks as the King went on, "I will give you a weeks worth of supplies, that should help you two get to the next town: Bai Sing Sai. You have a long journey ahead of you if you wish to reach the Avatar before he departs. Of course," he narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, "His next stop would be in the earth kingdom…"

Tina exchanged a panicked look with Josh before he stated, "But we need to find him now. He—he has our friend with him."

Josh had no idea, in fact, how accurate this was. Never would he imagine finding one of his friends at the North Pole. But the king nodded and sent them on their way, Tina's bag filled to the brim, as was the one the king had given Josh.

She grinned at him and slapped him on the back as they climbed the same hill she had only an hour ago descended down, "Good to see you man,"


Kyle approached the odd kid slowly. What was he supposed to say to him anyway? "Hi I'm Kyle, can you tell me if this is Earth? Or where I am for that matter?"

Oh yeah, that was Oscar material all right.

He sighed and cautiously tapped the kid on the shoulder. When he turned around Kyle's eyes grew wide in shock. This kid had a freaking arrow not only on his head but up and down his arms, most likely also his legs.

The kid – Aang – saw the odd teen staring at him and uneasily asked, "Can I help you—with something?" he asked helpfully.

Kyle snapped back to what was happening. He had been so intent on the strange markings that he had not noticed the other two young teenagers – Sokka and Katara – stand beside Aang with questioning looks on their faces.

Kyle cleared his throat, "Oh, I was wondering—" he hesitated, "I was wondering if you could tell me where I am."

Sokka raised an eyebrow, "This is the North Pole," he stated clearly and slowly, as if this kid was stupid. How could he not know where they were?

Kyle looked around quickly, and seeing all the people he muttered, "And all those years my geography teacher told me the North Pole was unpopulated." He whistled long and low in appreciation.

Katara glared at Sokka, who was making crazy signs at the kid. She smiled at him, "My name is Katara, please excuse my brother Sokka, he doesn't know what he's saying," she glared at her brother once again.

Kyle fully noticed the girl now and gulped. She was rather attractive and he felt really stupid now for asking such a dumb question.

"Well," he said, trying to think of an excuse for his idiotic statement, "What I meant was if you could—tell me what street we're on, I'm a bit turned round." He said smoothly, inside his mind he was applauding his abilities.

The girl named Katara smiled and he felt himself smiling too, "Well," she said, "This is Water Way." She laughed at the silliness of the name but forced herself to pull together, "You never told us your name,"

"I'm Aang!" Aang put in. everyone looked at him but he only shrugged.

"Kyle, my name is Kyle," he said, relaxing.

Katara took her gloved hand and grabbed his bare one, smiling, "I'll show you the way to the kitchen, you look starved," she started to pull him along.

After she and the boy had left Sokka turned to Aang, "Do you have an odd feeling that something isn't right here?

"I'll say!" Aang had one hand out, pointing at the street sign, "This says Water Lane."

Sokka smacked his forehead. Aang looked offended, "What?"

Sokka only shook his head and walked away, leaving a very confused Aang behind.


The next morning Alex and Luke were traversing through the forest, tired, hungry, and sweaty. They had been walking for hours and all she had seen were trees, trees, and more trees.

"They really need to get an exterior decorator in here," she muttered to herself, smiling.

Luke looked at her from up ahead, "What did you say?"

She shook her head, "Nothing. How much longer till we hit the harbor?" she gasped, panting from the hike they had just completed.

He thought for a moment, "Actually, we should have been there about an hour ago."

She groaned, "Are you saying we're lost?" she hiked up the small pack on her back, which was full of food and water canteens.

She couldn't see him, but she knew he was smiling sheepishly, "No. I'm just saying we should of…" he trailed off and stopped. "Thank goodness," he sighed.

She was about to ask what his problem was when she saw what he was looking at. The harbor was directly below them, just down a small hill. All around people were manning their ships and buying supplies from local venders.

She smiled and clapped him on the back, "Nice job. But next time I recommend a tour guide." She laughed and started down the hill. But she suddenly stopped and reached into the bad, pulling out an article of clothing his mother had given her to wear into the port.

"They don't like seeing lots of women around, makes um nervous," his mother had said as she had handed her the item.

She pulled it on. In all facts it resembled a hooded sweatshirt she had owned back home. But this one had very light cloth for the warm weather, and it was a dark black color.

She pulled the hood up over her head, just revealing part of her face, the rest hidden in shadows.

Luke nodded and led the way down the terrain.

As they walked through the port they pondered about what they were going to do. There was no way they would find a ship of their own to take, so their best bet was to find a shipper who was heading in the same direction and hope they could sign on as crew members.

But so far every place they asked was a disappointment. The only ship they had found was a war ship. But the captain leered at her and said point blank, "no women allowed."

Now she sighed as they continued down the port's main street. Life was so unfair.


Is everyone here? can you all hear me? great. well, the good news is that I've officially written 81 FULL Word pages of this story! the greater news is...well, that means one or even two or three chapteres up any time I gets da chance! Yay! lol, and eveysooften I will treat you to a lil treat: a special sneak peek at a much later chapter! yay! here is the first one:

omg before I do that, you all have to know that whatever happens in the second season, THIS qoute was written before ZUKO ALONE, episode twenty seven, where he had memories, feels along yadda yadda. I didn't want people thinking I told it from that, since the story is so long it might be after the episode I get the chappie up! here ya go,enjoy the very confusing qoute(s..?)

on a beach, watching a sunset

"It makes you think about things," he mussed, "Like how alone you are, when you watch a sunset with no one to share it with." He looked awfully sad and depressed.

"Do you think you're alone now?" she asked, wanting to get to the bottom of this right now, so she could get these thoughts out of her mind.

He thought for a moment, "I think so. I'm all ways alone, no matter how many people are around."...(skip a few lines, lol)

"You're wrong, Prince Zuko," she whispered, "You're not alone."

in a shop, the dilema is Zuko can't fasten his armor

Alex saw his dilemma and took pity on him. Shaking her head in wonder she walked over, "let me help you with that,"

But as she reached to tighten an arm strap she looked at him, the picture of sheet seriousness, even though they both knew she was joking.

"Not that I'm playing the role of your future wife," she pointed out as she tightened the arm and side straps.