20th of September

Fire Lord Taishi (25)

Year of the Sun

Eleven hours after Noon

Mielia and I had our own party tonight.

It took a while to plan. I mean at first it was a little pipe dream to cheer Mielia up but then we started writing invitations...I'm surprised at some of my old friends who turned up. I had no idea how many of them had migrated to the Earth Kingdom or how much they had changed in the past year. I mean obviously I've written but still...it's was strange seeing them all.

Kaia was one of my friends. We did fire-bending together...I had no idea she was in the Earth Kingdom but it turns out she came over here with her brother to study music. She was always good at music...I suppose it isn't that unexpected but she's grown her hair since I last saw her. It's longer now and the suns rays have lightened it from dark brown to a coco colour...I mean her father was Earth Kingdom.

Along with Kaia came Su Lee and Aiku. They each brought their brothers or sisters so in the end we had about twenty people.

It's nice seeing them all again. We stayed up and traded stories about what had happened to us in the past year. We ate food and had cushions brought into Mielia's bedroom so we could sleep in the same room...Aiku even brought spiced wine.

They're all awake now but thankfully Su Lee's got them in giggles with her impression of our old Ettiquet mistress. Never did like her the old bat.

Shinji seems quite happy too, We invited his girlfriend to join us. We did her hair and leant her one of our kimono's. The girl is quite pretty when out of her usual stable aquire and she was glowing when we told her she could keep the kimono.

Also Mielia and I finally recieved a letter from Mei Xing each. It took four weeks to get here...but at least it's finally here. They were all crowding around us wanting to see the letter from the exotic Princess who lives in snow. Mielia seemed oddly privet with her letter...

Dear Maeko,

How are you? I hope you are well and that you're enjoying the Earth Kingdom? Things here are much the same. My elder sister had finally married her betrothed and they are quite happy. My father and Mother are also well but we have concerns with our tribe. As the weather gets colder the Wolves are moving closer too our city and it is concerning my people but my Father has ordered more guards to watch the area.

We had ships come in from our sister tribe. They bore mostly gifts and food but it's nice too hear from them. I cannot wait for the Winter Solstice when they all come here to celebrate it...it's like a joining of our two tribes.

I hope to hear from you soon. Give my wishes to Lee if you see him and try not to worry about Sozin too much...I'm sure he will loose interest eventually.

Love Mei x

"It's sort of cute how they all stick together...still it's odd. Imagine having ice for walls!" Giggled Su.

Su been drinking too much wine, In fact we all have...we're all tipsy apart from Mielia but she could always hold her drink!

I'd better go. Su's finished talking and their all demanding that Kaia and I have a fire duel. This should be interesting...Kaia was my main rival but...well If I can take on Sozin...I don't think Kaia's going to last long...still should be fun...I'll have to watch out though cause she can breath fire from her mouth.

Sorry the last chapter was short. Maeko is normal normally and normal people don't usually make long diary entries. Still hoping to improve in the next few chapters. Also I can reveal the title names for the chapters of the Spirit Festival.

Chapter 49 - Fighting Fire with Fire

Chapter 50 - Facades and Masks

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