Hi guys, I'm sorry it took so long (again). But, I'm beginning to get the ball rolling. Just need a few more introductions, a few lessons from Toph, a few more creepy Samis moments (god, I hate that guy), and Poof! I've got a story going. Go thank the Chanters-of-Tremaris group on dA for inspiring me to get my lazy but up and do this. Also, thanks to my sister for helping me tame the plot bunnies in to a usable herd (is that what you call a group of bunnies? idk, my BFF steve). Anywho, here we are with a for real chapter this time. Enjoy! :)

About three months earlier

Earth King Kuei walked along a road somewhere in the middle of no-where with his beloved bear, Bosco. At the moment he and his pet were traveling the world incognito going by the names Luei and Rosco and were lost somewhere in the Fire Nation.

"Oh, Bo – uh – Rosco, I'm afraid that we'll never find civilization again," "Luei" said and was met by a sneeze from his companion. "All the other times we've been here there has always been something to do, but now nothing is happening!" he shouted. "Rosco" gave a small roar.

Then a very loud noise started above their heads. Looking up the Earth King saw a bright light streaking across the sky.

"Is that a comet?" Bosco didn't really give him much time to contemplate it because he went running in the opposite direction of the light as fast as his bear-legs could take him. "B-Rosco? Rosco!" the man went running after him. He glanced over his shoulder after a few strides and realized why the bear was running. The light was getting closer. With a somewhat undignified and lady-like scream he began to run with remarkable speed and hid behind the boulder that Bosco had picked out.

They sat there for a few moments, their hearts pounding in their ears. Then the ground shook and they heard the loudest noise that either had ever imagined. Once the dust had settled, they slowly peeked over the rock. What they saw was what looked like a weird dilapidated city that had crash landed into the ground. Not long afterwards a man came stumbling out of one of the "buildings".

"Oh, no, Rosco! We need to help him!" The ruler ran to the other man. "Sir, are you alright?"

The man seemed to be middle aged with somewhat frazzled gray hair (presumably from the fall). He was very tall with an ugly face on a head too big for his body. Shaking his head and placing a hand on his temple, he looked at the king and smiled a pleasant (as pleasant as he could get on his face) and said, "I'm fine, thank you. I'm Samis, and you would be-?"

Presently
Micas POV

As we walked through the corridors of this temple, Aang and I discussed the various forms of our respective magics and their restrictions. So engrossed in our conversation, I didn't notice the sound of small, running feet until I felt the weight of a child crash into my legs and nearly knocking me down.

Rebalancing myself, I heard the sound of a crying little boy. His voice was the same as the one that barged into my room when Katara was with me. "Laino, are you ok?" Aang asked worriedly. I noticed the subtle change in his voice as he switched to dad-mode. I'd heard it many times in my own fathers voice after I had walked into a wall or tripped over something and hurt myself.

The tear-strained voice of Laino replied, "I hurted my knee, Daddy!"

"Sit-tight, kiddo, I'll go get Mommy, ok?"

There was a "mm-hmm" and I assumed he nodded with his reply.

"Wait," I said, kneeling down and feeling around on the ground until I felt a small foot. "Stay still, okay?" I said in my best soothing-voice. Placing my hand on the bare skin of his leg, I instantly sensed the injury. The power of Becoming is hard to explain. It's the only power I've ever felt comfortable using as healing magic and hardly hurt someone. Whenever I touch the bare skin of someone who's injured, I just know where they're hurt and can instantly find it without flailing around like I usually do.

Placing my hands on the first skinned knee, I allowed power to flow through me and felt my fingers move around the wound on their own. It's like there are strings of life across every injury, and it's my job to re-string them.

I finished healing the first knee to the sounds of gasping coming from my two companions. Zoning them out, I healed the second and sat back.

"Daddy! How'd she do that without water like Mommy does?"

Before I could say anything female voice from behind me said with a sarcastic tone, "Well, I've certainly never seen anything like that before."

"TophTeng!" The young boy next to me exclaimed and presumably ran to this "Tophteng" person.

"Hey, Kiddo," Said a more masculine voice and the sound of a hand running through a head of hair reached my ears.

"So, Twinkle-Toes, who's the new girl?" the female voice said.

"Oh! Hehe," Aang said as I heard the sound of him scratching the back of his head. "Sorry. Mica, this is one of my best friends, Toph, and her son, Teng. Guys, this is Mica." So, that's what Laino had been shouting.

"Um, hi," I said, turning my head in the general direction of the voices and using the wall next to me to stand up.

"So, you're blind, too, huh, kid?" It was more of a statement than a question from Toph.

"Um, yes?"

"You a bender?" asked Teng.

I hesitated a little, I really didn't want to go through explaining the mechanics of Chantment again. Thankfully, Aang came to the rescue and did the work for me.

General POV
The Royal Palace of the Fire Lord

"Big brovver!" the voice of a little girl rang through the hallways in the Royal families private quarters.

"What is it Tila?" Replied the voice of her older brother, Yuu.

"Guard-y mans mad at me!" She shrieked and ran around the tall form of the 16-year old to hide behind his back.

Just then, a disgruntled soldier rushed through the door and looked around frantically for the girl. Noticing the Fire Lords son, he quickly bowed to him, "Please pardon me, your highness –"

"Why have you been scaring my sister?" The protective brother demanded with a dangerous tone, one would also notice the various flames around the room got a touch larger.

Shaking and stuttering a bit he replied, "Th-the Fire Lady told me to bring the princess to her."

Looking behind himself to get his first good look at the girl since she came squealing into his quarters, Prince Yuu noticed the various smudges of mud and paint covering his sisters face, hands… well, really, her everything. Sighing, he knelt to the ground and looked the princess in the eyes and allowed his face to soften. "Tila, what have you gotten yourself into?"

Placing her finger on her lip and looking up as if in thought while she recalled the day's events. "Well, first, I went to play with the turtle-ducks in the pond." So, that's where the mud came from. "Then, I decided to write a story." He hadn't noticed the ink covering her hands. "And then, Mommy found me and took me to her room to give me a bath," she made a face at this, "but then something happened and she had to leave and she told me to stay exactly where I was. I did it, too, but then I got bored and I started to play with her makeup." The reason for the various colors covering her face. "Then," She got excited by this, "I saw a monkey-squirrel and I could tell it wanted to play, so I went out side to play with it, but it ran away." Her face dropped. "Then, I saw him and he said I had to come with him, but I didn't wanna, so –"

" – you came here." Yuu finished and Tila nodded brining up her thumb to suck on it. "Don't put your thumb in your mouth with that stuff on it." He turned his golden-brown eyes to the soldier. "I'll take her back, you're dismissed."

Picking up the five-year-old girl, he began to walk to his parents room. "But brovver, I do not wanna take a baff!"

"Tila, you smell like skunk-bear dung."

"But –"

"Ah, look, it's the Prince and Princess, very nice to meet you this evening," said the creepy voice of Samis, interrupting the beginnings of a royal tantrum. Tila burred her face in the crook of her brothers neck. He didn't blame her, this guest gave him the creeps.

"And you, too," replied Yuu, not allowing any emotion on his face and only replying out of formality. "If you'll excuse me I must find my mother to bathe my sister."

"Yes, yes, of course, quite a little trouble maker, isn't she?" the elder mans long mouth twisting into a sideways grin.

"Yeah," before Samis could attempt any more conversation, Yuu had slipped past him with a muttered good-bye and into his parents room.

"He scares me, brovver."

"I know, me, too." He ruffed her hair.

The girl widened her own golden-brown eyes and stared into her brothers. "You get scared?"

The boy laughed a little bit, "Sometimes, but I beat those scares up, so I don't have to worry about them anymore."

The door to the connecting bathroom opened and Fire Lady Mai walked through it. "Tila, your baths cold now because you didn't do as you were told," she stated in her usual emotionless voice. Mai was a strict mother, but to those who knew what to look for, she was incredibly compassionate and protective of her children.

Underneath her mother's gaze, the little girl lowered her eyes. "I know, I sawwy, Mommy."

Picking up her daughter, she turned to her son, "Thank you for bringing her back."

While the royals slept that night, little did they know that their mysterious guest was coming up with mischief of his own.