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Disclaimer: Refer to previous chapter.

Chapter 13

:Red's POV:

When we finally arrived at the Great Divide, I could barely stand in one place as we stared at its vastness.

"It kinda looks like the Grand Canyon," I commented without thinking. In return I received questioning looks.

"The Grand Canyon is a big canyon where I come from," I explained. Even though they nodded, I knew they didn't understand. I sighed and pulled my hair free from the scarf I'd wrapped around it earlier. The wind blew it every which way, but I barely noticed as the dude in white walked up yelling about how he got there first.

I ignored him and climbed on top of Appa to search for an orange. After a minute of searching, I found one and began to peel it. As I gradually freed the orange, I fed the peelings to nearby birds.

"A girl's gotta have her Vitamin C," I told Faithful, who sat infront of me, her eyes looking into mine with an eerie amount of intelligence. I kept imagining she would soon open her mouth and tell me I should stop talking to myself.

As I chewed on my last orange wedge, I leaned over Appa's saddle to see that everyone had agreed to cross the Great Divide together.

At first I wished I had eaten more than an orange, but after a few yards of walking I realized that I could eat a little later with Sokka. Then we got attacked by those...bugs that looked like they crawled out of a Twilight Zone film.

If I had to describe them in one word I would say 'creepy' because they give a whole new meaning to creepy crawling things.

'Leah...' I mind melded as one approached, ' You are so lucky you are not here right now. Ew! Gross! It just swiped at me!' I avoided getting hit and helped Aang scare them away, but the Guide's arms still broke. Ugh, now I had to sleep with the smelly tribe.

:Leah's POV:

It had been a few days since Music Night and I snorted when Jess mind melded with me, 'Ah so it's Great Divide day, huh?'

Then I broke the connection and continued to stare at the vast sea, waiting for inspiration to strike me.

'What to do? What to do?' I thought to myself.

"Would you care for a game of Pai Sho, Leah?" Uncle Iroh asked me.

"Not now Uncle; I'm trying to think of something to do to rid me of my boredom," I replied, having not fully taken in the fact that Pai Sho would indeed rid me of my boredom.

Uncle rose an eyebrow at me, "Are you as you say 'out of it', Leah?"

I blinked, "Er...yeah."

"What did you do when bored at your home?" Uncle questioned.

"A lot of stuff that I can't do here," I replied, "But I suppose I could sketch some stuff."

"I'd love to see your artwork," Uncle Iroh encouraged.

"Sure thing," I headed to my room to retrieve my book bag.

When I arrived in my room and looked into my book bag to check for some paper, pencils, and older artwork, I saw some things from home that I knew I hadn't had before. There was even some stuff I didn't even own at home.

I closed the flap and thought hard about the Fruits Basket manga I had at house. I reopened it and inside lay my manga.

'Jessica!!!'

:Jess's POV:

I was walking along with Sokka and the dirty clan when Leah sent the message through our link. I clutched my head and tripped over a rock. I fell face first and a dust cloud rose around me.

'What!' I yelled back, ignoring the stares everyone gave me and sat up in the dirt.

'My bag...' She trailed off. As I waited for her to continue, I stood up and dusted off my front.

'It's magical.'

I rolled my eyes and started walking again, still ignoring the stares.

'Yes Leah, your back pack is very nice.'

'No! Really! If I think it, I find it in the bag.'

'...'

'I mean it!'

'Leah! Have you been sitting around the fire too much? I think the smoke is getting to you.'

'...Jess. I am dead serious.'

'Okay. Fine, I believe you.'

After a long pause, while the clan set up camp for the night, I mind melded again.

'Would it work for my stuff?'

'I don't know. What do you need?'

I thought for a minute then my eyes widened as I though of the item I needed.

'My hairbrush! I am sick of using this comb.' I pulled the thing out of my pocket and glared at it.

:Leah's POV:

'Alright. I'll see what I can do,' I broke off the chat and rushed back on deck, dragging my magic bag with me.

I though about some of my sketches before stopping infront of Iroh, then dug some out and handed them to him.

Unlike people back home who just glanced at them and said 'Great', Iroh actually looked each individual one over.

Zuko walked by , heading to go train again, but Iroh stopped him, "Zuko, what do you think of this?"

Zuko blinked a few times as he looked at my fanart of his anime form, "Is that me?"

"Uh huh," I nodded, "Erm..do you like it?"

"Yes, it's very well drawn," Zuko replied, "It must have taken awhile."

"About five days," I shrugged.

:Jess's POV:

While we sat around the fire and talked I thought about the music night on Zuko's ship. I smiled at the memory and looked up at the sky. The stars stood out ten times better in this universe than they do in mine.

I sat lost in my own thoughts, when the thought struck me , and I jumped up in excitement. What I didn't know was that Sokka was right behind me. In my haste to stand I bumped into Sokka and his feet tripped me. We went down like a sack of potatoes with him on top.

I had the air knocked out of me and moaned in pain. Sokka and I laid there for a whole minute before we looked into each others eyes, our cheeks red in embarrassment.

"Uh, sorry about that," I muttered.

"It's okay," he said, but didn't move.

We laid there, staring at one another, until the people around us started pulling food from their clothes. Which I still don't understand how they did that!

With one last look we moved apart and stood up, trying to look innocent.

The clan members handed Sokka and I a foot-sized...leg? I decided not to ask where the meat came from.

I felt guilty for eating...it...while Aang and Momo sat alone, hungry on top of the cliff. Everyone else seemed guilt free. I sighed and nibbled on my meal.

When I became too tired to sit up any longer, I laid down in the dirt and fell asleep.

:time passes:

The next day was horrible. Constant yelling and screaming. It didn't take long before I aquired a pounding headache.

I felt almost happy for the...bug attack.

Wishing I had a glider, I blew any of the bugs that charged at me into the side of the cliff. Except, they kept coming.

While I was distracted with one bug, one came up from behind and hit me from the side. I went flying and landed 20 yards away. Several rocks stabbed me and dust flew every which way. Groaning, I stood up and dusted myself with a very unhappy look on my face.

"If we didn't need you to get out of the stupid canyon, I'd squash you all!" I yelled at three approaching monster-sized fiends.

It felt like a life time before Aang made up his plan to ride the critters out of the canyon. Before I knew it, we were at the top of the cliff and safe.

"We did it! We did it!" I jumped up and down, to give the impression that I didn't expect to survive to the clan members. To make it more believable, I raced to Sokka's side and gave him a big hug and a quick kiss on the lips.

Afterwards, Sokka stared at me, stunned by my actions. I pretended nothing was wrong and skipped off to Appa. I petted his big head and whispered complimentary words in his ear.

:Leah's POV:

:next day:

I imagined that Jess would enjoy the bug attack today...not. Anyways, after acknowledging what day it was in Avatarverse, I decided to go on one of my random walks around deck.

My thoughts drifted to Zuko and I began to sing.

(A.N.: In case you haven't grasped the fact...I love to sing!)

'So this is love, Mmmmmm

So this is love

So this is what makes life divine

I'm all aglow, Mmmmmm

And now I know

The key to all heaven is mine

My heart has wings, Mmmmmm

And I can fly

I'll touch every star in the sky

So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of

Mmmmmm

Mmmmmm

So this is Love.'

Clapping came from behind me, so I spun around and said, "Don't make me get my flying ninja frogmonkeys!"

Uncle rose an eyebrow at me, "Flying ninja frogmonkeys?"

"Oh, it's just you."

"Who did you expect?"

"The wicked witch of the fire nation?"

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