I've decided since I was so long in updating that I'll post another chapter tonight. I've aiming to have this story finished by the middle of December...It's going to be about 80 chaps or so. Although take into consideration I have exams this year...ahh...stupid report card. Passing Modern & English with very high grades of 1. History & Cooking 2 but damn Bio and Maths 3 and 4! Ah!!!

1st of October

Firelord Taishi (25)

Year of the Sun

Noon

It's been very lonely the last few days.

I don't know why but as the weather gets colder I find myself wanting to be around my family more. I miss Kari and Chen but it's not that, thats making me feel lonely.

It's been raining heavily so I've been confined in doors and somehow the servants seem very quiet lately. Shinji is hardly ever here and most of the time it's just me and Mielia which is normally fine but after a week of someones solid company you do run out on things to say to each other.

I've been using my spare time to practice, read and think of a spirit costume. So far the only one I'm succeeding in is Reading. I go through three books on average a day.

Mielia is also very grumpy lately and I've not got a clue as to why, I'm trying to avoid her for she's very argumentative.

There haven't been many letters lately either. Not a word from Kari, Chen or Lee...not even Sozin or Yin. I wouldn't mind who I got a letter from...I just want something different to do...

Hmm...

Ah! Got it!

Write back later...

Ten hours after noon

Well ask and ye shall recieve.

We did recieve a letter...although hardly what I was wanting. I had to say a letter from anyone and by spirits that what I got...or rather Mielia got.

Here it is...

Dear Mielia Bei Fong,

My niece I hope you are in good health. Your husband was kind enough to come and visit ; charming man I asked why you were not with him since you are his wife but he told me that you were in ill health.

I do hope you try to get better for the Spirits Festival...it would be a terrible shame if you were to miss out since everyone will be wanting to meet you and it would be rude if your husband came unaccompanied.

I am also worrying over the company you are keeping these days my dear, I have heard unsightly rumours from Mr Chan - He says his daughter and son Jia and Jian were at a little gathering you had last week.

While I was happy to hear you are sociallising with such people as the Chan twins he also mentioned that a stable girl was present.

My dear think of it - While I know how kind hearted you are and I'm sure you merely wanted to make the peasent happy you must consider you position as a Bei Fong.

I also hear that the Grand Vizier's daughter is with you and I am most pleased to be able to tell my friends that my niece and Lady Azu are friends - of course being such good friends with her you must be pleased that Prince Sozin has taken an interest. I heard from Lady Kala - her son is a personal servant to the Prince - that they have been corosponding regulary. I whole heartedly encourage this friendship...think of the benefits you could recieve in a few years time Mielia dear.

I leave you know but hope to see you next week,

Your Loving Aunt x

Loving Aunt? I've seen Giant Hogmonkeys that are more subtle than the letter her "Loving Aunt" just sent.

She's pure poison. A witch with all her gossipy friends and connections. I don't really care if people know I write to Prince Sozin - all the more reason for them to respect me - but really what the heck is wrong with Haku! She's not a peasent she's that stable masters daughter and she isn't that poor!

She comes across all innocent and sweet...urgh! If she wanted to manipulate she could have been subtler! The message is so clear...come or else!

Agni I think I'd take else!

Still I must go but her letter revealed one very important piece of information...

We're going next Week!

Yesterday The summer Solstice seemed like a lifetime ago but now it seems like only yesterday. The rush for carriages is just the same although I doubt I'll have Lee driving us. I feel sick with nerves.

Mielia is furious but...she's also scared.

It's strange how her face fell when she read the letter...it was almost like the light in her eyes vanished to be replaced with emptyness...

I'm more concerned than ever. Still I managed to cheer her up briefly.

We did something I'm sure Mielia's "Loving Aunt" would disapprove of.

We disguised ourselves as commoners and snuck out with Haku.

Haku is terribly shy but she knows the best places to go. Last time we went we wandered about for ages because all the Inns we went into were empty. This time Haku pointed us in the direction of a place called "The Badgermole."

It was lively and I throughly enjoyed myself. So did Mielia...she even laughed and danced. She enjoyed freedom as much as me. We were rich and had everything we could ever want except freedom and thats what we did tonight.

A few people stared at us with suspicion though.

If we were commoners why did we have such unbleamished skin that was free of burns or lines? Why were our nails so long? They probably thought it was quite clear we'd never worked for our living before in our lives. We didn't care.

Still we leave on the 9th. We'll be in Ba Sing Sei on the 20th since it's a 300 mile journey. We'll make some stops. We stop at Oma Shu for two days but still...the journey is nearly twice as long as my trip to the Fire Palace...how on earth will I survive for eleven days?

Also we've came up with a plan to baffle Mielia's Aunt.

Haku is coming with us. A personal request...she will be my personal servant for the journey meaning she'll keep me company and do next to nothing. She's proved herself useful to me and I like her and would be pleased to be able to look after her. She's delighted by the prospect and her Fathers more than happy since Mielia's bribed him by paying him extra.

We'll see if Mielia's Aunt recognises the so called "Peasent"