A/n: Thank you for all the reviews, and I'm sorry it's taken me awhile to update, It's been a crazy few months. But enough of the chatter, on to the story ! (:


The weeks passed slowly, grief dragging every moment along at a monotonous pace. Mirra's death went almost unnoticed, and in a strange way, it relieved me. I didn't have to deal with every circus member coming up to me, trying to comfort me, give their advice or sympathy. I didn't need them, I didn't need anyone except Ty Lee.

Ty Lee was the one who found me, sprawled on the ground next to Mirra's body. I vaugely remember her crying out and falling to her knees, asking me what happened. I couldnt spaek, my mind was in a fog and everything seemed to move in slow motion, words slurring, creating sounds I couldn't decipher, images blurring. I was in shock, I knew I was, having experienced this when Gyatso died, but mirra was different, she gave me hope and love, something Gyatso could not. Gyatso gave knowledge and riddles, but he never really understood my need for family, something he took away from me because I was a bender. Enlightenment, self- mastery, and Air- mastery were more important than having a family.

I remember Ty Lee running back to camp, bringing a man with her. The man bent down and touched Mirra's throat, and that's when the fog dissipated and anger took its place.

"Don't touch her!" I screamed clutching her body closer to me.

The man who touched Mirra put his hands up in surrender, "I am only checking her vitals, but it seems she has none."

"She left me! She wasn't supposed to leave!" my eyes welled up with tears, blurring my vision, "She wasn't even sick, she was perfectly healthy, why did she leave me?"

Pity showed in the man's eyes, "It was just her time to leave, she is now in the spirit world, watching over you."

"I don't need her in the spirit world watching over me, I need her HERE, with me!" I cried as I hugged her, feeling the last bit of warmth leave her body.

"Razzi, you need to let go of her, we need to bury her, and you need to sleep" the healer said softly.

"No, she's not going to be buried " I said, as I stood up, Mirra's small frame in my arms.

His face scrunched in confusion "are we burning the body?"

"No, we're preserving it" I replied.

"How?" He asked, puzzled.

The Koi fish anklet began to move, a burst of energy filling my body as it unraveled itself from my ankle and floated into the air in front of me. It began swimming around Mirra, slowly at first, the faster and faster until a silverlight encompassed her body giving Mirra's form an unearthly glow. She lifted out of my arms and onto a huge black rock in the center of the clearing. The rock split enveloping Mirra in a cold embrace, sealing itself around her. The Koi fish touched the face of the stone and it shimmered, turning translucent, showing Mirra through a thick slab of clear stone, perfectly Koi fish rewound itself around my ankle as I walked back to camp,Ty Lee and the healer parting as I passed.


A month had passed since Mirra's death when I was walking along the river that our camp was situated by, when a beam of light shot into the sky from the south, Ice blue and raw with power. I took off running towards my room. I flung the door open and scrambled to the trunk at the foot of my bed. Grabbing a thick canvas pack, I shoved everything into the bag. I stuck my hand under my pillow, grabbed the picture of my family, stuck it in between the pages of my favorite book and stuffed it into the bag. Underneath my mattress I had a pouch of coins that I had accumulated over the last two years, which also ended up in the bag. So did a canteen full of water, a loaf of bread, and whatever fruit I could manage to find. Considering how much stuff was in my bag, it was pretty light, which was good because I intended to run a lot.

Going over to the small desk Ty Lee and I share, I wrote her a quick letter:

Ty Lee,

By the time you read this I will be many many miles away.
Before I came to the circus I was given a task by my mentor, you see, this task is my destiny, and I must fulfill it.
I am sorry that I could not properly say goodbye to you, and I want you to know that you're like a sister to me. Until we see eachother again I want you to have my mother's necklace, to remind you of me, and to keep you safe. Be strong Ty Lee, I love you and I'm sorry.

Love always,
Razzi

From around my neck, I took a silver chain with a jade teardrop pendant dangling from its center and laid it on the desk.
Taking one last look around the place I have come to call home, I pulled the hood of my cloak up, walked out the door and into the night.

I knew what that blue light meant. It meant that Aang was alive, and I was going to find him.


A/n: I'm sorry this is so short but in order for the next chapter to flow, this one needed to end so quickly.

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