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I do not own Avatar. If I did, Ashayna would be a character and Katara wouldnt be such a Mary Sue)

Azula stood in the dark center of her room. Mai and Ty Lee listened from the bed as she read them the new "modified" note from Ashayna that would be going to Zuko.

"You are too cruel Azula, I love it. Zuko's going to lead us right to Ashayna and the Avatar after he goes chasing after her," Ty Lee giggled as she bounded up to give Azula a hug. The fire princess stopped her with a gentle shove and sealed the letter back up. Mai got up silently and stood on the other side of Azula.

"Do you think Zuko will fall for it? Sometimes I think you give him less credit then he deserves when it comes to stupidity," Mai commented. The other two girls stared at each other skeptically.

"And sometimes we think you have more of a crush of Zuko then you give credit to," Azula snapped, beckoning forward a Dai Li guard and ignoring Mai's blush. "Make sure this gets to my brother. Tell him it is from a Miss Ashayna Song. And then report to me of his reaction after he reads it."

The girls smiled cruelly as the door shut and the three were left alone to plot more dastardly deeds.

Zuko stormed into his room past midnight and slammed the door. He had waited for Ashayna till the restaurant had closed, but he was more worried then upset. The Ashayna he knew would never leave him hanging, unless she was in trouble or extremely sick. He would have walked to her house to check on her, if it hadn't been so late and her house on the other side of the city.

Zuko flopped onto the bed moodily. The stupid waitress from earlier in the evening had stopped bothering him eventually…until another equaling annoying one took her place. Zuko flushed at the though of the girls all trying to talk to him. Besides, he only had eyes set on one girl…and he wasn't even sure on that either.

Girls are frustrating, his consciousness barked at him as he rolled over to go to sleep. The early spring air blew through the window and hit his hot face. He cooled down some as his eyes fluttered shut. I hope she's alright… The young prince fell asleep, fully clothed and full of apprehension.

BANG BANG BANG

Zuko yelled in alarm as someone knocked loudly on the door. He scowled as he picked himself off the bed and cracked open the door.

"Letter for you from a Miss Ashayna Song," the messenger presented the letter. Zuko took it eagerly and ripped it open before remembering to shut the door. He turned his back to the messenger and read the message.

Dearest Zuko,

The Avatar sits next to me as we speak. He says that I am to be taken with to help him learn fire bending. I told him I needed to write one last letter. I have to tell you, dearest blood brother, that I have no wish to go with the Avatar. I thought that me going would merely help you find him and bring him to your father…that is…if you still want your father's honor. In the following pages are directions to get there that only you can understand. Please find me. It'll benefit both of us.

Love, Ashayna

Zuko read with blank expression what he thought was the original note Ashayna wrote. Ashayna…with the Avatar. The Avatar as the main source of pain all these years. He could finally catch the wretched kid.

The young prince slammed the door in the messengers face and sat back down on the bed to think.

Ashayna was the main thing he wanted back. The Avatar would be a nice bonus for finding his beloved friend. He remembered the last time he battled with the young Avatar and shuddered. His betrayal still haunted him. It was tempting, but did he want to actually capture the Avatar?

The Avatar in question woke up the next morning and started the day off by sitting on his air ball and zooming around the now empty cave. He assumed everyone was outside, eating breakfast. He zipped out and ran abruptly into Katara.

"Oh Katara! Sorry about that," he said, smiling and standing up. He helped Katara up. She seemed a bit off as she brushed off her skirt, as if she was avoiding Aang's gaze.

"Katara is something wrong?" the young boy asked her. He looked at her expectantly, waiting for her answer. Katara sighed and took Aang by the arm and led him to the fire where a small breakfast was cooking.

"Aang, everyone has left. They are… going for the day to go see if they can get some more supplies. We leave here in two days, and we're running short…So…um…they'll be back soon," Katara lied. She bit her lip, not feeling comfortable with it. But telling Aang the truth, that Sokka, Toph, and the Earth King had left to go rally for support, would feel like betraying him, going behind his back to do something she and her brother thought he was not being conscience about.

The young Avatar believed her and gave a smile as he dished out some breakfast. "Sounds good to me."

Both kids ignored the wind which blew small pine needles from the North.

Ashayna was woken up abruptly by an excited Samuel. His face shone in boyish excitement as her eyes fluttered open reluctantly. She spluttered as a piece of pine needle blew from a harsh wind into her mouth.

"Get up Miss Shay you've GOT to see this!"

Ashayna sat up, looked around, and let out an uncontainable gasped.