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Sokka was afraid to leave the camp.

It wasn't that he was afraid of Jet...well, it was exactly because he was afraid of Jet. Jet had been the person who had come closest to actually killing him. And they were almost the same age!

He had to leave camp, of course. They would have to camp out here for a couple of days, to wait for the worst of Appa's shedding to be done with. Everyone had to do their share of the work, and for Sokka, that meant hunting.

It wasn't that he was the only one who could hunt, it was that he was the only one who actually liked to do it. Aang had a thing against killing animals. Katara would never be able to kill anything "cute." And Toph would probably spend all day looking for something difficult, like a giant tortoise-hare.

Which left Sokka.

He put it off until there was no more meat left, which only took a day. When he ventured into the forest, it was with threats from Katara about what she would do to him if he came back without a catch.

Sokka had just spotted another boar when a sound made him whip around and the boar to run away. Sokka was very afraid; he was sure that it was Jet. When he saw who it actually was, he was double afraid.

Price Zuko.

Even without a ponytail, Sokke would have known the young prince anywhere, because of the scar. Sokka hid behind a tree, wondering what the odds were that they had picked the same place to camp as their two worst enemies.

Katara was ready to kill her brother when she saw him emerge from the trees empty handed. "What's your problem!" She shouted, "Can't you do anything?"

When he got closer, though, she stopped shouting and started worrying.

Sokka's face was frozen in a mask of fear. Katara had never seen her brother look like this, as if he had just seen something that made him want to die. "What's wrong Sokka?"

He didn't say anything, just sat down on the ground, not even bothering to clear it of Appa's hair. "Sokka?"

Toph came over, her ears perked up, trying to catch everything. Sokka finally spoke. "I...there was...Prince Zuko was in the woods!"

Suddenly, Aang was there, "Zuko? Are you sure?"

Sokka couldn't help himself. "No Aang, I don't know what the guy who's been chasing us for months looks like. Of course I'm sure!"

Aang's eyes were clouded with worry. "We need to get out of here. Sokka could be in terrible danger!"

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