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Our next stop was Norune Village. It was out in the middle of nowhere; and the longer it took us to get there; the more excited I got.

Zuko and Monica had begun fighting. Yelling; and fighting on the roof with their weapons and fire bending. Cedric, one time they were fighting on the roof, grabbed both of them by the collor of their clothing and dragged them back down to the train; he put Zuko in one cart; and Monica in another. So they wouldn't fight and kill everyone on the train. During the night; Monica and Zuko had resolved their fight; that fight anyway; and were allowed to be in the same cart again.

During the night; while everyone slept; Monica stayed awake. Not wanting to sleep; because she'd be thrown back into that horrible dream world.She closed her eyes for only a moment; when she jerked herself back awake; Zuko's head was laying on her shoulder. She softly smiled; he looked so innosent when he was sleeping. Like a little boy. She found herself yawning; and finally falling into the world she had feared so despritly.

During her dream; for all intensive purposes; won a fight with the Black Dragon, which is the howl that echos in dreams; on the outside; she gained massive bits on her arms and blood on her waist; and against Uther; a floating body of armor that could only be peirced through with swords. It was when she reached Gaja Ein and Gaja Zwel; two monsters with giant swords. She couldn't even get one attack in! They kept swiping at her; makeing fresh wounds on the inside; and out.

Monica was screaming in her sleep. They watched as her arms got covered in wounds and in blood as the seconds passed. She looked to be struggling to get an attack in; but it was failing.

"What can we do? We can't just stand here!" Zuko shouted; they all nodded in agreement. Cedric took a second to think; and handed them all a cup of tea. "Tea? I would have expected this from Uncle Iroh but..?"

"Don't be stupid boy; if you drink it; It might put you in her dreams so you can save her!" They all looked back down at her hesitantly; her eyes were closed; and her breathing was getting slower; and she looked to be struggling. They all put their cups of tea to their lips and drank. In a split second; they were all fast asleep; Sokka on the table; Aang beside Katara; and Zuko beside Monica..They were all ready to fight.

Monica was breathing hard; she couldn't defete them. She knew she'd die; but just as she thought that; a blast of fire came from behind her. She turned and saw Zuko; Katara; Aang; and Sokka all standing there.

"What are you guys doing here?This is my dream!"

"Were here to help you." Zuko told her. "We'll explain how later; but we arn't going to let you get killed." She smiled at him.

"You big dummy." Gaja Ein slashed her from behind; causing blood to gush out. Zuko had Katara heal her while he and the other guys fought. Katara found she did not have any water to heal her with; her water was with her body outside of the dream world.

"There isn't any water! I can't heal her!"

"Well then try to wake her up in the real world! We'll take care of things in here! You get her out of here!" Zuko yelled at her.

"But I want to help fight!"

"Your useless without water!" Zuko boomed back at her. "Get Monica out of here!" Katara hesitated; she knew he was right; without water she was useless.She grabbed monica's shirt and tried shakeing her awake; but when her body didn't disappear; it showed her it was useless. Zuko could only watch from the corner of his eye; as Katara fought to wake Monica. He growled; Monica would get herself killed if she stayed laying there. He wasn't sure if she was contious or not; this being her dream. Was she able to still watch them even though she looked uncontious? Well; only one way to find out.

"Aang, Sokka, how long can you hold them off."

"A fairly long time. Why?"

"I've got something that I need to try." He quit fighting and ran to Monica. "Wake yourself up Katara." She nodded and tried to wake up; soon; they saw her body disappearing, fading untill it was gone. Zuko gulped. Please..he thought...Please work... He shut his eyes tightly; and kissed her on the mouth.

Everyone stopped. Even Gaja Ein and Gaja Zwel. Everyone wide eyed. Zuko held that kiss; wanting it to shock her awake. He opened his left eye and saw her body fading; it worked! He had shocked her awake! Now to finish off Gaja Ein and Gaja Zwel.

Monica sprang up; breathing hard. Soon; she held her hand to her throat and started gaging.

"What's wrong Monica?"

"Oh god it burns!" Iroh gave her tea; and hoped it would sooth the 'burn'. She drank it down quickly; and soon the tast of Zuko's lips faded. "Thank you."

"Monica; your wounds need to be treated." Iroh told her. Katara appeared with a bowl of water.

"Already on it." She bended the water onto her hand and healed up all Monica's wounds. "How did Zuko wake you up Monica? I tried all I could think of and you sleep like a rock." She saw Monica blush; and then pout.

"That basturd didn't wake me up; I woke myself up."

"What'd he do?" Katara asked again; mainly because Monica's blush never faded.

"Nothing."

"What'd he do?" Monica was quiet; and made her promise not to say anything to anyone. "Of course."

"He kissed me." Katara's eyes widened as Monica tried to talk her way out of it. "this is no time to be thinking of that. We've got to help them or wake them up or something! Gaja Ein and Gaja Zwel could kill them!" Katara lead Monica to where they put the tea; and explained what it did. Monica and Katara both drank the tea once more; and fell into the sleeping world of darkness.

They re-appeared with their weapons handy. Monica had her sword; while Katara had her water. They helped the guys; and then Zuko interigated Monica while fighting.

"This is my dream world." She had begun explaining as she fought. "I won't leave you and the others to fight my battels for me."

"This isn't just your fight." Aang told her; blowing gusts of wind at the monsters, forcing them farther away. "Were a team. Jurak told us to stick togther. The last thing were going to do is lose you to your own dream world." Zuko nodded in agreement.

"Besides; I think we needed a bit more practice anyway!" He shot streams of fire at the monsters; burning them temperarily.

The fight progressed for a long time; Monica and Katara getting alot of hits in. But soon; Gaja Ein and Gaja Zwel died. They staired at the staircase ahead of them. Woundering what was on top. They were one staircase away from defeting the cause of her nightmares.

"What are we waiting for?" Sokka asked. "We defete this last guy and were done! Monica can finally sleep soundly!" They all nodded and decended the stairs; walking up the winding case; upto the final platform. It was diffrent than the rest though; it had a spiked fence around the outside. They approched the middle; a dark purple ball appeared; it was like the lava in a lava lamp after it's been turned on for a while. It started to form into a giant; dark blue creature called Dark Element.

During the fight; Dark Element shot a beam at them; and it hit Katara as she readied a water attack; turning her into stone.

"Katara!" Sokka yelled in upsetness. She was solid rock; and the only way to free her was to defete Dark Element. Sokka pounded on the stone statue of his sister in anger; Monica told him to calm down; but he was mad as hell that someone hurt his sister. He drew his boomarang and attacked Dark Element head on.

The battle ended. Dark Element was gone and Katara was freed from the stone statue. Seeing as it all was over; they left Monica's dream; and awoke at the same time back in the train.

Monica was asleep on Zuko's body. When their eyes opened and they looked at eachother; Monica noticed that during the battle; Zuko had put his hands on her. She rose her hand and struck him across the face.

yes finally :D I updated!YESS! woo:P Also; my spell check isn't working. So please don't comment on the spelling.