A/N: Hey, sorry it took so long for the next chapter. I'm still recovering from a depression phase (yes, sometimes I get like Mai) and a hiatus for story writing (caused by the depression state). Also, I got an extremely bad case of WRITER'S BLOCK!!!*Dun-dun-DUN* so, yea. If you think I should try to update regularly, please say so in the comments. So, yea, THIS IS THE NEXT CHAPTER OF *drum roll*… Book 4: Air! *Cheers from somewhere* All right, all right!! Settle down! Let the story BEGIN!! P.S. don't ask why it's in Sokka's P.O.V. half the time. I was bored and feel like the idiot needs more credit in the story.
Chap. 3 A mysterious note.
Sokka's P.O.V.
Well, everything SEEMS normal after Aang's little nightmare last night. I guess it didn't MEAN anything because we're not packing up and moving out, but, I get the strange, instincts-trying-to-tell-me-something feeling that something's not right.
Everyone's here, except Aang. Oh, well. He's probably busy doing… whatever it is Avatar's do way too early in the morning. Meditating or whatever. What's with that look on Katara's face? Now I KNOW something is up. She's got THAT face on.
"What's with the face?" I ask annoyingly.
"What face?" she replies," I don't have a face. This is my face, that's all."
"Katara, what's wrong?" I ask more seriously. I really don't have a good feeling about the world when she's got THAT face on.
"Well, its just Aang. He won't tell me what his dreams are about anymore. It's like he's… hiding something…"
"Well, if he doesn't want to talk about it, he doesn't want to talk about it. Just leave him alone about it. If he needed to talk to someone about it, he would've come to you. We all know Aang. It was probably nothing to worry about."
"PORBABLY nothing to worry about. I mean, if he would just.."
"Just tell you what my stupid dream was about?" cut in Aang.
"…Yea, I just want to know," said Katara, probably as surprised as I was by the coy tone in Aang's voice. He seemed… Mai-esque when he talked, as if he didn't care, or was hiding pain. Knowing Aang, he's hiding pain and it's best not to question him.
"It's something you can't do anything about," warned Aang.
"But, I want to try, I mean, it's not like it's your fault, whatever happened," said Katara.
"… It was one of those dreams again, but this time" Aang was cut off.
"Was it that old monk guy?" asked Toph. "Ya know, your mentor?"
"No… worse," said Aang.
"Aang, you KNOW that couldn't be helped," said Katara. They've talked about this a hundred million gazillion times. "The airbenders…"
"YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!" shouted Aang to the sky, to all of us. " YOU STOPPED LISTENING AFTER I SAID IT WAS ONE OF THOSE DREAMS!! FIRST YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND THEN YOU DON'T LISTEN WHEN I DO!!!! THIS IS ONE REASON I DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT!!"
After Aang regained his cool he continued, all of us shut up by his rant.
"I bet you guys didn't know I had a sister," he said with a wry smile.
Lin's P.O.V
I know this will work. It HAS to work. I've got to meet him somewhere where the news won't be shouted to the entire Earth Kingdom that I'm alive. He'll know it's me, I'm sure.
I thought this as I carefully laid the note down on the doorstep. I thought about just staying, but decided to go. I knocked three times and bolted with a speed only airbenders can achieve. As I opened my glider and started towards the cave I was in for the time being, and from there to the Eastern Air temple.
I hope Aang is okay.
Aang's P.O.V
I had just finished telling them when Toph said, " Uh, guys, we have company."
We were all wondering what she meant until we heard three knocks at he door. Sokka went to answer, but soon came back saying, "No one was there. Just this note."
"Their was someone there a minute ago!" exclaimed Toph. " They ran off, though. I thought only twinkle toes could run that fast."
I said, "Only me? Let me see that note, Sokka."
A/N: XD Sry about the cliffy, I couldn't resist. Wow, THIS is a long chap. I'll be uploading soon. Thx to kataang-lovin gurl-San, XSFanatic-San, and Kimjuni2-San. I 3 U, loyal readers!!! XD
With all due respect,
Nancy.