DISCLAIMER: don't own AVATAR.

Flame: time 4 shout outs! (ME: she's starting 2 act like me. Lol)

Rioki Moondove: yay! A new reviewer! My story is WAY more popular than it wuz on nick dot com! Err, ok, done with that. And don't' worry, Zukoscute2 did reply 2 ur story, where's the cake? I'm hungry. Lol. Hmm, well, the guidelines say the characters need 2 b themselves, and Zukoscute2 is doing just that. Or, mayb that's nick dot com guidelines… I don't know! Well, Lerolas and Zukoscute2 shall tell me wut u think of Zukoscute2's other stories, there r plenty, and I hope u enjoy the update…

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Chapter 3: Captured!

Zuko looked around. There was the Avatar and his stupid friends, gaping unbelievably at the 13-year-old girl standing in front of him, then there was Flame herself. Oh, how she had changed. He remembered when he had first met Flame, at the North Pole. Her pale face, standing out from all the tanned faces, just like her father. Her giant green eyes, sparkling away from all the blue eyes staring frightened at her. Then her black hair, it was no longer styled in the ways of the Water Tribe.

Her hair looked just like the Avatar's female companion's hair does now.

Zuko acknowledged. But, sometime after he had driven her away from his ship, she must of torn her hair from it's braid, bun, and beads. Now leaving it to flow down her shoulders.

Zuko came to the conclusion he couldn't get to the Avatar directly, so he decided a new approach. If it was to work, everything had to gin his favor.

Zuko threw a fireball, but it was not at Aang.

It was aimed at Flame.


Flame looked up at the sound of fire roaring towards her. She saw the fireball coming at her, and immediately began to pull giant streams of water out of the ocean, forming a giant shield of water.

When the water shield and fireball met, a heavy fog covered everybody. Flame looked around frantically, for the silhouette of Appa.


Aang, Sokka, and Katara froze as the fog fell over them, they could just barely see the silhouettes of each other, five feet in front of them.

Aang sat up on the head of Appa, and watched as Sokka and Katara loaded up the rest of their belongings.

Katara jumped on, and now they waited for Flame.


Flame searched frantically for the shape of Appa to jump out at her, so she could leave with the Avatar and his companions. Now that Zuko had landed upon her island, the bitter memories of her past were on this island, and she needed to leave her past behind. It hurt too much, to think of them.

Mom, dad, I love you.


Zuko waited patiently for Flame to come running out of the fog, she would be looking for the Avatar, but would find him instead.


Flame squealed in joy when she saw the shape of Appa. She climbed aboard, and Aang snapped the reins.

"Appa! Yip yip!"


Zuko tilted his head. He heard a girl squeal, and the voice of the Avatar yelling at his stead to move. This wasn't going to plan.

Zuko looked up just as the flying bison came up and out of the fog. He shot a giant fireball at the bison, and grinned as the two met.


Appa roared when he felt the fireball burn at him. He reared back, straight as a pin, and Sokka, Aang, and Katara all held on for dear life. But Flame was new to the bison, and she slipped from the saddle.

The trio watched in horror as Flame fell back into the fog.


Flame hit the ground, on her back, with a loud thud. She got unsteadily to her feet, and began to try and find her way out.


Zuko watched as Flame fell to the ground, and winced slightly when he heard the thud signaling she had landed. He ran head on into the fog, determined to find the fire and waterbender.


Aang turned Appa around, and they landed. The trio got off hastily, and like Zuko, began their search for Flame, by calling her name.


Flame looked up at the sound of her name. She immediately began to return the call.

"Aang? Aang! Aa-" But Flame was cut off as a hand wrapped around her mouth, silencing her. She felt another hand grab her wrists, and drag her away.

All Flame could do was try to writhe away from the hands that held her captive.


As the fog finally cleared (A/N: I hav no clue y Aang just didn't blow away the fog), Aang, Sokka, and Katara wearily walked back to Appa. They hadn't found Flame, they could only hope that she had gotten away.

As the trio flew over the ocean, Momo spotted something. It was actually rather obvious, but the Avatar and his companions were too sad to have noticed.

"What is it boy?" Aang asked as his lemur wrapped around his head, pointing at something.

He saw a ship, a red, metal ship.

Zuko's ship.

And on deck, Aang saw Zuko, holding someone's hands behind their back, while they writhed in his grip.

It was Flame, still enslaved in the grasp that Zuko had captured her in.


HAPPY HALLOWEEN! YEE HEE HEE HEE!

INSANITY AT ITS FINEST
LONG LIVE THE HIPPIES!

Halloween's Demon (or Zukoscute2. if u've read my story, Athena, u'll kno wut I'm talking about)