Sorry for the delay guys (believe me, i can check you guys looking at my last chapter.) So i'm putting up two chapters to make you happy. Its short, but it gets the plot moving again. So i hope you enjoy and leave lots and lots of comments

DISCLAIMER (since i dont really do this): I do not own avatar, but i do own Ashayna (muahaha) and if i did own avatar, i would make the season start earlier


The crickets chirped in the night as the boy awoke, surrounded by his friends. Carefully picking himself through the fire, water, and earth bender, the boy stretched at the mouth of the cave. Looking through his hooded black hair, he crossed the wet grass and found the ostrich horses, sleeping quietly. He released one, climbed on top, and led the animal out past the clearing.

The lean, tall figure felt an impulse to turn around – a force drawing him back. Doing so, he looked back to the dark cave, closed his eyes painfully and whispered, "I'm sorry Shay."

And with that, Samuel was gone.


A dark set of gray eyes observed from afar – a girl watched from behind the tall bushes. A lone boy, who she recognized, stalked out of the cave, stretched, and started to walk away on an ostrich horse. The watcher waited for the boy to walk a little farther before she stood up silently to follow him. She had quite a journey in front of her, but she was tired of her friends' ways.

And with that, Mai was gone.


The moon was slowly descending when Momo leaped onto Ashayna, effectively waking her. Grumbling, the fire bender shooed the flying lemur away, only to get up herself to go find water. She shivered slightly, more with a sense of foreboding than because of the cold. Nonetheless, Ashayna was able to reach the mouth of the cave without incident – she was even able to climb over the sleeping Sokka and snoring Toph without any problems.

Momo followed her out, talking in his clicking, chirping, musical way.

"What is it boy?" she asked tiredly, bending over to get some water from the pond at the edge of the cave Shay only looked up when Momo's talking got more frantic. He seemed to be telling her something, but Ashayna hadn't been around long enough understand how to communicate with the lemur.

The fire bender shook her head. "Show me Momo. What is it?" she asked, trying not to get frustrated.

The small animal then took into the air, gliding over to where Ashayna's old carriage was – the carriage that had carried her and Sam to the Avatar. It didn't take her long to notice the missing ostrich horse. It then hit her, like a slap with a fire whip, that Sam was gone.

The small girl then ran back to the cave, searching for her friend and confirming her fears. Sam was not in the cave. He had taken an ostrich horse. He was gone.

Toph rolled over, waking slightly from the frantic running around that Ashayna was doing. "What is it, Hot Head?" the earth bender asked, calling Ashayna by her new nickname.

"Sam left."

"I thought I heard someone leave about an hour ago…"

Ashayna watched Toph roll over, falling back asleep – apathetic to Ashayna's tragedy.

"I'll be back in the morning, Toph. I have to find him." And with that, Ashayna clasped her butterfly pendant and headed to retrieve her friend and right the things she did wrong.


Dun Dun Dun. Mai and Sam are gone, but sam doesnt know he's being followed. what does it mean? Read on my dear readers, read on.