Suki moaned and opened her eyes. Blurry faces swam through her vision. She started to ask who they were, but then she remembered who she was. And where she was. There was no one with her on the edge of this cliff. She was disgusted by her own weakness and her hallucination. Rolling back over and closing her eyes, she tried to block out the illusion.

A gentle hand rested on her shoulder. It was soft and sure and warm. She liked it. "Suki" someone said softly. She clenched her eyes tighter. Not real. She told herself.

Another hand placed itself on her waist, rolling her over and holding her up. Could it be real? She asked herself. She opened her eye the tiniest bit. It took a minute to focus but once the faces came into view once again, her heart leapt.

It was the Avatar and his companions. She opened her other eye, and looked at the person holding her. Sokka. It felt so good to be in his arms after all this time. He met her eyes and gave her a small smile. "She's awake," he said.

"Is she hurt?" said a deep voice from behind her. She didn't recognize it. She turned her head to find its source. Zuko.

She jumped to her feet, ready to defend herself, but she was still weak. Her legs did not have the strength to carry her weight. She swayed precariously. Sokka rushed to catch her.

"It's okay," he assured her. "Zuko is good now. He's helping us. He's Aang firebending teacher."

"Really?" She looked to the other members of the team to confirm this. Toph and Aang nodded. Katara stood stiffly, not shaking her head, but not nodding either. This fact was slightly baffling to her, and she decided not to ponder it further until she had the strength to walk. "Could I have some water?" she croaked.

Katara picked up a cup near her feet. "I thought you might need some," she said, handing Suki the cup. Suki sipped it gratefully. It was cool, and it gave her a new energy that spread itself throughout her veins, making her feel alive again. She sat up, glad to have the strength to move herself again, but slightly regretful that she was removing herself from Sokka's arms.

"Why are you here? What happened while I was in jail?" Suki had endless questions whirling around her head, these were just a start.

"Well Aang kept training for a while, then we found the date of a complete solar eclipse, and planned a massive invasion for that day. The point was for Aang to defeat the Firelord while the firebending was out- but that didn't happen. That's pretty much everything you need to know. What's happened with you? How did you get here?" asked Aang.

"Well the only reason I'm here today is thanks to Iroh. It was amazing. He broke me and several prisoners out of jail, and we made a small settlement in the woods for a while, until the Fire Nation found us. Then we all ran off in different directions. From all the gossip I heard about Avatar sightings, I figured you were here."

Several of the others began to ask questions, but Zuko jumped in first. "My uncle? What happened to him?"

"He is amazing. He broke people out of jail! I'm sure he managed to get away from the Fire Nation."

Sokka seized the next opportunity to talk. "How did you get here? I mean, I hear there are some pretty nasty mountains to the east of here."

"I traveled across the Serpent's pass with a fellow traveler, and avoided the mountains," she answered.

A flurry of questions came from all directions. Suki's head was spinning. She couldn't handle the pressure. All she wanted was some rest.

Katara noticed this and came to her rescue. She looped her arm through Suki and said, "You must be horribly tired. Come with me, I'll find you something to sleep on, and something to wear. Those prison clothes are dreadful dirty." The girls made their way into the small room where they kept their things. They found and extra sleeping bag, and started to go through clothes. They laughed at the strange styles in the Fire Nation clothes. Suki tried on several outfits, all different. She finally settled on a midriff-baring shirt with a pair of pants, a lot like Katara's.

The next morning, Suki awoke to a breakfast of scrambled eggs, cooked by Sokka. She was a little worried about how raw they were, but she ate them anyway, not wanting to offend. It seemed that she was the last one out, the 'Aang Gang' were all there, along with some people she had only just been introduced to, like Haru, Pipsqeuak and the Duke. When she sat down between Zuko and Sokka and said good morning, Zuko didn't respond. He had a cloudy look in his eyes, and his brow was furrowed tightly. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Huh?" he said, startled out of it's daydream. "Oh, I was just…thinking."

"About what. Come on, tell me."

"Just…my mother. I think about her sometimes. I wonder if she could still be out there."

Now it was Aang's turn to look forsaken. "At least you had parents. I never knew mine. No one loves me."

"That's not true! I love you." Katara jumped in, regretting it immediately. "You know, like a sister," she added.

Sokka broke into a brutal coughing fit after this remark. When he noticed that all of the eyes had turned to him he quickly excused this by saying, "Wow, these eggs are kind of dry, aren't they?"

Suki looked down at the runny mess on her plate. Sokka wasn't very good at covering or himself. She decided to change the subject. "So, what's the daily routine around here? What can I do, what are you all doing?"

"Well," started Aang. "I was thinking about going down to the find this air temple's sanctuary today. Remember that room with all the Avatar statues in the Southern Air Temple? All air temples have one. It's a good place for me to meditate. You can come if you like."

"I'm not going to meditate…but I'll come along. It sounds like an interesting place."

Later that day, a small party set out to find the sanctuary. Pretty much everyone that Suki really liked came; Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, and Zuko. She hated to be judgemental, but she wasn't very fond of the others staying at the air temple. She was especially wary of Haru, who she had bad first impressions of from the moment theny had met.

They found the sanctuary without too much trouble, because it was the only door in the building that had a large, air-activated lock. They entered, and Aang went to the center of the room to meditate, and the rest of the group examined the exotic room in awe.

There were statues of every single avatar, spiraling around the room and up to the ceiling. In fact, she wasn't sure there was a ceiling. She could see the Avatar statues all the way up until everything faded into oblivion. She quickly set about to the task of finding Avatar Kyoshi. She was distracted a moment later though, when Zuko called everyone over to some writing on the walls.

Everyone huddled around as he read the writing to them. "It's a prophecy," he said. "One day, a war will come about. The Avatar must save the world from the horror and violence blooming from the Fire Nation. If he wants to win, he must fight fire with fire. He must see the