"WAAAHOOOO!" Leiko cheered as she went skidding down the mountain! She stood on the shield that she had found and balanced on it as she went zooming down! Even though times were bad, she had to admit, she was having fun. Something she thought she'd never experience again. And it felt good to be carefree for at least a moment in her life. Especially after how things had changed.

Rocks and trees went whizzing by, and then she went into a forest. She swerved from side to side, missing the trees! She could have hit one and broken her neck at any moment, but she was to absorbed by excitement to care. She concentrated on what was in front of her and maneuvered to how she saw fit. A tree seemed to pop out of nowhere in front of her! She quickly leaned back and made the shield swerve to the side, just missing it! "YEAH!" and she saw a log and jumped up, off the shield and over it, and then landed back on the shield still zooming ahead! She giggled as she looked back at the forest she had passed. She was having a blast.

She came up to a ledge and went skidding off of it, and she and the shield went high into the air! She put her arms up and felt like she was flying! She came back down hard but kept boarding down the mountain. She was almost at the bottom! She saw another ledge and she went off it out of pure adventure and went into the air again. This time she did a full spin in the air before she landed back on the snow!

She leaned back and stopped the shield enough to jump off. "Woo!" She laughed as she stood up straight. "What a rush!" What a rush it was! "I wish I could do that more often!" and she began to walk down the rest of the mountain, for all the laid before her was a simple hill. She walked down it until she hit dirt. The mountain journey was over, and her journey on the sea would begin. "Excuse me." She said as she approached a man who was packing up crates onto a ship. He stopped and looked at her. "Where's the captain of this boat?" The man pointed to a woman who stood a few yards away. "Thank you." And she walked up to the woman. She had never seen a female captain before. The woman turned and looked at Leiko. Leiko bowed and smiled at the lady.

"How may I help you?" the woman asked.

"I would like to board the ship to Omashu please." Leiko spoke. The lady just looked at her.

"Pass please." She said and held out her hand. Leiko reached into her belt for the paper, but realized that it wasn't there! She snapped her head down and looked at her belt, but there was no sign of it!

"Oh no…"

She had lost it somewhere in the mountains. After all that hard work and all that excitement of getting closer to victory, she had lost the pass. Leiko couldn't believe it. She couldn't go back and look for it, it would be ludicrous. Plus it was probably already covered by snow. She bowed her head and sighed. She wondered if she should go back to the village and request another one. That would mean climbing the mountain twice more. "I don't have it." Leiko admitted, "I lost it somewhere in the mountains." And she went to walk away, feeling more depressed than ever.

"Did you say somewhere in the mountains?" the woman asked. Leiko turned and nodded sorrowfully, "You climbed the mountain? And made it?" Leiko nodded again. "That mountain is dangerous, many have tried and not survived." And then she took a closer look at Leiko. "What is your name, child?"

"Leiko." Leiko said, and the woman gasped.

"Leiko? Leiko Sikari?" and Leiko nodded. "The great warrior, Leiko Sikari?"

"You've heard of me?" Leiko was surprised.

"Who hasn't?" the lady asked. "What brings you to Kyoshi?"

"My husband and babe were killed here a week ago." Leiko explained.

"You were married?"

"Yes, thought I'm widowed now."

"You're so young to be a widow." The lady sympathized. Leiko nodded. "Leiko, my name is Captain Sienna. And I would be honored if you boarded my ship." Leiko smiled widely and bowed.

"Really? Oh, thank you! Thank you!"

Leiko had gotten lucky. The woman was very nice and generous to let her on her ship without a pass. Leiko didn't put her backpack down with the other cargo, but she helped the crew prepare the ship for their travels. Leiko was more than excited, she was ecstatic. She was taking another step closer to her revenge. After helping the crew, Leiko went up to the deck of the wooden ship and walked up to Captain Sienna. "Are you looking forward to the trip, Leiko?" she asked her.

"More than anything." Leiko replied. "I've been wanting to go to Omashu for some time now. I have some…business to attend there." Leiko worded it in a different way.

"You do realize that we're going to the Northern Water Tribe first though." Siena informed Leiko. Leiko froze.

"What?"

"My men need healing before they can fight again. So we're going there to be healed and then we're going to Omashu to help in the war." Leiko didn't know this.

She thought for a moment. This wasn't what she expected. She had thought she was going to Omashu right when they set sail. But she'd be doing a big loop and going to a worthless ice land first. Should she still go? "Are you still in?" Sienna asked Leiko with a smile. Leiko just smiled back.

"Yes, I'm in." Leiko replied. "I'm up for a bit of an adventure."